Hapa Japan Project

The Hapa Japan Festival celebrates mixed race and mixed roots Japanese people and culture. Come join us at the Japanese American National Museum and the USC (University of Southern California) campus in Los Angeles.

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A two volume collection of essays surveying the history of global mixed-race identities of persons of Japanese descent

“Now, more than ever, Hapa Japan is essential reading for all citizens of our transcultural, transnational, boundless, borderless, beautifully mixed-up world.”

Ruth Ozeki

Award-winning novelist and filmmaker; author of A Tale for the Time Being

“An important collection of scholarly essays, bringing together new voices and some of the true pioneers of the field.”

Kip Fulbeck

Professor of Art, University of California, Santa Barbara; Artist, Filmmaker, and Author

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WHAT IS THE HAPA JAPAN PROJECT?

It is part educational. Part genealogical. And all connected.

Welcome to the HapaJapan.com website, a global hub of information for and about the mixed race and mixed roots Japanese community. The Hapa Japan Project is based at the University of Southern California's Ito Center and sponsors events, publications, and this website that features news stories, longer form articles, and interviews. In 2017, the project released the edited volumes, Hapa Japan (vol. 1 History and vol. 2 Identity and Representations) - check out http://kaya.com/books/hapa-japan-history-volume-1/ and http://kaya.com/books/hapa-japan-identities-volume-2/