Akane Takahashi
@annetakh.bsky.social
PhD student @USC. US historian in training. History of agricultural/food labor, Méx-US (& other) migration and boundaries in borderlands. Union steward. Formerly at UTokyo. she/her/ella
米国 (農場) 労働史・移民史及び広範に「他者」と「我々」の境界線に関心を持ち研究しています．
📍Tohoku, Tokyo, LA
米国 (農場) 労働史・移民史及び広範に「他者」と「我々」の境界線に関心を持ち研究しています．
📍Tohoku, Tokyo, LA
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So I was able to actually capture the tremor on video--this is what my student saw yesterday. It's not always this bad but when I'm trying to do precise things (like typing) it gets more pronounced. The neurologists call it "involuntary abnormal movement" lol
December 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
So I was able to actually capture the tremor on video--this is what my student saw yesterday. It's not always this bad but when I'm trying to do precise things (like typing) it gets more pronounced. The neurologists call it "involuntary abnormal movement" lol
But I also post about Japan. I usually don’t expect a lot from a Hollywood movie on Japan but this was nice. They need to work on shedding “Asian beauty” stereotype and palatable and accommodating female character who conveniently speaks perfect English, though.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=n0pq...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=n0pq...
RENTAL FAMILY | Official Trailer | Searchlight Pictures
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December 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
But I also post about Japan. I usually don’t expect a lot from a Hollywood movie on Japan but this was nice. They need to work on shedding “Asian beauty” stereotype and palatable and accommodating female character who conveniently speaks perfect English, though.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=n0pq...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=n0pq...
By the way people sometimes think I am a Japan studies person. I am not. I am a person from Japan who studies. That’s kinda different.
December 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
By the way people sometimes think I am a Japan studies person. I am not. I am a person from Japan who studies. That’s kinda different.
Japan privatized the post office because it wasn’t profitable. People were happy at first, but recently we found out there were several serious violations of vehicle safety regulations. So now they are delivering without a kind of mid-sized trucks. This is what happens when profit comes first.
The Post Office is a service the government supplies to its citizens. Profit should not be the metric that is used to evaluate it. We do not ask police forces to turn a profit, even though there exist private security firms.
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Japan privatized the post office because it wasn’t profitable. People were happy at first, but recently we found out there were several serious violations of vehicle safety regulations. So now they are delivering without a kind of mid-sized trucks. This is what happens when profit comes first.
International students from Asia who have wealthier backgrounds back home seem to be targeted by this kind of scam as well, and the scammers pretend to be law enforcement, immigration officers, or consulate officers and threaten students that they wouldn’t be able to remain here. It’s a thing…
This is an INCREDIBLE investigative story, told in the form of a graphic novel. Arrested by phone - a true story.
A must read
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
A must read
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Arrested by Phone: A Graphic Novel
No texting. No visitors. No escape. She was caught in India’s new digital nightmare.
www.bloomberg.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
International students from Asia who have wealthier backgrounds back home seem to be targeted by this kind of scam as well, and the scammers pretend to be law enforcement, immigration officers, or consulate officers and threaten students that they wouldn’t be able to remain here. It’s a thing…
It finally got us here at USC as well. It’s a faulty bandwagon with an engine powered by bad tequila disguised as biofuels. Also, steering wheel doesn’t work, and there aren’t any guardrails. Where are we going again?
December 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It finally got us here at USC as well. It’s a faulty bandwagon with an engine powered by bad tequila disguised as biofuels. Also, steering wheel doesn’t work, and there aren’t any guardrails. Where are we going again?
Can we just go back to, like, 2013? When instagram was just an app where people posted pictures of sky or something, and when I was a more careless, ignorant, but maybe happier young person
December 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Can we just go back to, like, 2013? When instagram was just an app where people posted pictures of sky or something, and when I was a more careless, ignorant, but maybe happier young person
史学史と歴史そのものの展開を網目のように理解していくと，頭の筋肉が鍛えられてる気がする これが脳筋ってやつ…！？
December 3, 2025 at 6:09 AM
史学史と歴史そのものの展開を網目のように理解していくと，頭の筋肉が鍛えられてる気がする これが脳筋ってやつ…！？
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Are you studying for a BA or taught Masters and need financial help to research a dissertation with a labour history theme? Check out our #bursary scheme…
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December 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Are you studying for a BA or taught Masters and need financial help to research a dissertation with a labour history theme? Check out our #bursary scheme…
sslh.org.uk/bursaries-gr...
sslh.org.uk/bursaries-gr...
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Honored to present my work at “Historias Radicales” conference at The Huntington this weekend.
I'll be presenting on 1990s Latina/o written publications and their expansive radical imagination, as in their pages, they connected U.S. Latina/o and Latin American readers and intellectual traditions.
I'll be presenting on 1990s Latina/o written publications and their expansive radical imagination, as in their pages, they connected U.S. Latina/o and Latin American readers and intellectual traditions.
December 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Honored to present my work at “Historias Radicales” conference at The Huntington this weekend.
I'll be presenting on 1990s Latina/o written publications and their expansive radical imagination, as in their pages, they connected U.S. Latina/o and Latin American readers and intellectual traditions.
I'll be presenting on 1990s Latina/o written publications and their expansive radical imagination, as in their pages, they connected U.S. Latina/o and Latin American readers and intellectual traditions.
A friend who was formerly detained and now deported wrote to us. She is trying to get back on track in her home country and missing her kids and family here terribly. I wouldn’t share what she wrote, but it ends with “Until next time,” and I don’t know, I’m just crying really hard now. I miss her.
December 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
A friend who was formerly detained and now deported wrote to us. She is trying to get back on track in her home country and missing her kids and family here terribly. I wouldn’t share what she wrote, but it ends with “Until next time,” and I don’t know, I’m just crying really hard now. I miss her.
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December 4 at 10am @ UMich and on Zoom, I'll be talking about the labor & environmental impacts of AI in historical context. Computing's long history of automation & pollution reframes how we understand capitalism in the digital age.
Register for free: sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/...
Register for free: sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/...
November 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
December 4 at 10am @ UMich and on Zoom, I'll be talking about the labor & environmental impacts of AI in historical context. Computing's long history of automation & pollution reframes how we understand capitalism in the digital age.
Register for free: sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/...
Register for free: sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/...
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Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are still on strike at corporate stores nationwide.
In the snow, rain, or sunshine, America’s unions have their backs. One day longer, one day stronger!
In the snow, rain, or sunshine, America’s unions have their backs. One day longer, one day stronger!
Snow, rain, or shine - we're out here on the picket lines ☃️ It's DAY NINETEEN of our national ULP strike.
Our striking baristas in Rockford, IL are braving the weather to make sure Starbucks hears our demands loud an clear: stop union busting and settle a fair contract! #nocontractnocoffee
Our striking baristas in Rockford, IL are braving the weather to make sure Starbucks hears our demands loud an clear: stop union busting and settle a fair contract! #nocontractnocoffee
December 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are still on strike at corporate stores nationwide.
In the snow, rain, or sunshine, America’s unions have their backs. One day longer, one day stronger!
In the snow, rain, or sunshine, America’s unions have their backs. One day longer, one day stronger!
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Does anyone here do freelance indexing, or know someone who does? I've got a manuscript that needs an experienced indexer with a relatively quick turnaround. Message me here and we can talk details.
December 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Does anyone here do freelance indexing, or know someone who does? I've got a manuscript that needs an experienced indexer with a relatively quick turnaround. Message me here and we can talk details.
Little Tokyo Public Library is a great place to work, but they have so many Japanese magazines (surprisingly so up to date) and that’s the problem. I just end up reading them 🥺
December 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Little Tokyo Public Library is a great place to work, but they have so many Japanese magazines (surprisingly so up to date) and that’s the problem. I just end up reading them 🥺
If you happen to have quality soy sauce like the insulated ones from Kikko Man (imported from Japan), add some droplets to your mashed potatoes. You’re welcome.
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
If you happen to have quality soy sauce like the insulated ones from Kikko Man (imported from Japan), add some droplets to your mashed potatoes. You’re welcome.
I’m grateful for the camaraderie both in my professional and personal life. I’m thankful that we chose courage, kindness and action, instead of silence.
Likewise grateful for food we have, thanks to farm workers and farmers near and far, from fields in CA to the ones in Japan my families work in.
Likewise grateful for food we have, thanks to farm workers and farmers near and far, from fields in CA to the ones in Japan my families work in.
an orange pumpkin with the words feeling grateful on it
Alt: an orange pumpkin with the words feeling grateful on it
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November 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I’m grateful for the camaraderie both in my professional and personal life. I’m thankful that we chose courage, kindness and action, instead of silence.
Likewise grateful for food we have, thanks to farm workers and farmers near and far, from fields in CA to the ones in Japan my families work in.
Likewise grateful for food we have, thanks to farm workers and farmers near and far, from fields in CA to the ones in Japan my families work in.
21st century has been such a long century I’m ready to move on to the next one
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
21st century has been such a long century I’m ready to move on to the next one
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As you do your last-minute shopping for Thanksgiving, remember to buy union-made goods! #BetterInAUnion
https://aflcio.org/union-thanksgiving
https://aflcio.org/union-thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
As you do your last-minute shopping for Thanksgiving, remember to buy union-made goods! #BetterInAUnion
https://aflcio.org/union-thanksgiving
https://aflcio.org/union-thanksgiving
This helps not only when you’re going through challenges yourself - also helps folks navigate in the library to understand what you’re going through to support you better. Good reminder that we actually can care and support each other
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This helps not only when you’re going through challenges yourself - also helps folks navigate in the library to understand what you’re going through to support you better. Good reminder that we actually can care and support each other
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Windmill Farms workers are fighting for a union! Support their boycott. This holiday season, don’t buy Windmill mushrooms!
¡Los trabajadores de Windmill Farms están luchando por una Unión! Apoya su boicot. ¡Estas fiestas, no compres hongos Windmill!
#BoycottWindmillMushrooms
¡Los trabajadores de Windmill Farms están luchando por una Unión! Apoya su boicot. ¡Estas fiestas, no compres hongos Windmill!
#BoycottWindmillMushrooms
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Windmill Farms workers are fighting for a union! Support their boycott. This holiday season, don’t buy Windmill mushrooms!
¡Los trabajadores de Windmill Farms están luchando por una Unión! Apoya su boicot. ¡Estas fiestas, no compres hongos Windmill!
#BoycottWindmillMushrooms
¡Los trabajadores de Windmill Farms están luchando por una Unión! Apoya su boicot. ¡Estas fiestas, no compres hongos Windmill!
#BoycottWindmillMushrooms
Sharing good news 🌏
“Danylo Yavhusishyn - known by his sumo ring name Aonishiki - arrived in Japan as an 18-year-old in 2022 after the Russian invasion of his country.”
“The name Aonishiki contains the Japanese character for "blue" - a reference to the Ukrainian flag.”
www.bbc.com/sport/articl...
“Danylo Yavhusishyn - known by his sumo ring name Aonishiki - arrived in Japan as an 18-year-old in 2022 after the Russian invasion of his country.”
“The name Aonishiki contains the Japanese character for "blue" - a reference to the Ukrainian flag.”
www.bbc.com/sport/articl...
Aonishiki: Ukraine sumo prodigy becomes champion in Japan
Aonishiki wins the November sumo tournament in Japan and becomes the first person from Ukraine to claim an elite-level sumo championship.
www.bbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Sharing good news 🌏
“Danylo Yavhusishyn - known by his sumo ring name Aonishiki - arrived in Japan as an 18-year-old in 2022 after the Russian invasion of his country.”
“The name Aonishiki contains the Japanese character for "blue" - a reference to the Ukrainian flag.”
www.bbc.com/sport/articl...
“Danylo Yavhusishyn - known by his sumo ring name Aonishiki - arrived in Japan as an 18-year-old in 2022 after the Russian invasion of his country.”
“The name Aonishiki contains the Japanese character for "blue" - a reference to the Ukrainian flag.”
www.bbc.com/sport/articl...
I made Japanese Purin (pudding). Light and slightly eggy and less dense than usual puddings or flan. Traditional coffee shop favorite in Japan. Do they usually come in this big size? No, they come in ramekins. Do I care? No, because I am a grown up woman and I do what I want
November 22, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I made Japanese Purin (pudding). Light and slightly eggy and less dense than usual puddings or flan. Traditional coffee shop favorite in Japan. Do they usually come in this big size? No, they come in ramekins. Do I care? No, because I am a grown up woman and I do what I want
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New work by @samuelklee.bsky.social :
New publication by IEHS member Samuel J. Klee:
“Drawing Barbed Wire: The Tule Lake Scrapbook of 1942,” Environmental History 30, no. 4 (October, 2025): 729-745.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
“Drawing Barbed Wire: The Tule Lake Scrapbook of 1942,” Environmental History 30, no. 4 (October, 2025): 729-745.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Drawing Barbed Wire: The Tule Lake Scrapbook of 1942 | Environmental History: Vol 30, No 4
Abstract In December 1942, teachers and Japanese Americans at the Tule Lake Relocation Center created a scrapbook for Elmer Shirrell, the camp’s outgoing director. The scrapbook reveals Tule Lake teac...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
New work by @samuelklee.bsky.social :
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***New article by IEHS member @kangborderlaw.bsky.social ***
“Creating a ‘Mass Production Technique’: Anti-Mexican Racism and the McCarran-Walter Act of 1952,” Journal of American Constitutional History 3, no. 3 (2025): 545-613.
jach.law.wisc.edu/anti-mexican...
“Creating a ‘Mass Production Technique’: Anti-Mexican Racism and the McCarran-Walter Act of 1952,” Journal of American Constitutional History 3, no. 3 (2025): 545-613.
jach.law.wisc.edu/anti-mexican...
Creating a “Mass Production Technique”: Anti-Mexican Racism and the McCarran-Walter Act of 1952
by S. Deborah Kang
New archival research shines a light on the anti-Mexican animus that motivated the authors and agents of the McCarran-Walter Act of 1952 and reveals that racism was a feature, rathe...
jach.law.wisc.edu
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
***New article by IEHS member @kangborderlaw.bsky.social ***
“Creating a ‘Mass Production Technique’: Anti-Mexican Racism and the McCarran-Walter Act of 1952,” Journal of American Constitutional History 3, no. 3 (2025): 545-613.
jach.law.wisc.edu/anti-mexican...
“Creating a ‘Mass Production Technique’: Anti-Mexican Racism and the McCarran-Walter Act of 1952,” Journal of American Constitutional History 3, no. 3 (2025): 545-613.
jach.law.wisc.edu/anti-mexican...