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Japanese are more accustomed to foreigners
Because we look Japanese, but we really didn’t know the Japanese customs, the Japanese language…the language is the big thing. The way of business and the way people think, I think, is very different. But now, I think people – the Japanese themselves – are more used to Japanese Americans or foreigners in general, so they don’t really look down on you and you could still be a part of their life or be a part of their conversation. And in the past, I felt like, “Gosh, now I look like everybody, but I feel more of an outsider than I did when I was in America, when I didn’t look like everybody.”
Date: September 3, 2003
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Interviewer: Art Nomura
Contributed by: Art Nomura, Finding Home.
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