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Peru Shimpo for the Nikkei community (Spanish)

(Spanish) Okay, so the most important roll that Peru Shimpo plays. I think it’s to keep people informed about everything that goes on throughout the Peruvian-Japanese community. That’s, I believe, the main reason that someone reads Peru Shimpo. Because according to a survey we did last year asking readers, “Why do you read Peru Shimpo?”, the main reason, they say, is, “because I want to find out about what’s going on in the Japanese community.” It’s the biggest, most important reason. After that comes, you know, ” Oh, to read the obituaries,” that sort of thing. But most of all it’s about what’s happening within the community.


communities Hawaii Japanese Americans Japanese language newspapers newspapers Nikkei Peru Peru Shimpo (newspaper) United States

Date: October 7, 2005

Location: California, US

Interviewer: Ann Kaneko

Contributed by: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum.

Interviewee Bio

Alfredo Kato was born in Cañete, Peru, on November 12, 1937. During World War II, his family lived in Cañete, but his father moved them to a mountainous region called Lunaguara. In 1947, they returned to Lima. At that time, Nikkei were not allowed to gather in public, so he attended Japanese school clandestinely.

He studied at la Universidad Católica and has been a journalist for 44 years. Currently, he is director of the Japanese Peruvian newspaper, Perú Shimpo and professor at the Universidad de San Martín de Porres. (October 7, 2005)

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The term Nikkei reflects ties to Japan (Spanish)

Nisei Paraguayan, Researcher

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Kasamatsu,Emi

Japanese language education for Paraguayan Nisei (Spanish)

Nisei Paraguayan, Researcher

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Emi Kasamatsu
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Kasamatsu,Emi

Paraguayan with a Japanese face (Spanish)

Nisei Paraguayan, Researcher

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Toshio Inahara
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Inahara,Toshio

Identified as Japanese ancestry

(b. 1921) Vascular surgeon

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Yumi Matsubara
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Matsubara,Yumi

Traditional Japanese events for Japanese Americans (Japanese)

Shin-Issei from Gifu. Recently received U.S. citizenship

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Venancio Shinki
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Shinki,Venancio

We go to America (Spanish)

(b. 1932-2016) Peruvian painter

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Memories of my infancy: Japanese 1, Japanese 2… (Spanish)

(b. 1932-2016) Peruvian painter

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Mistreating the Japanese community (Spanish)

(b. 1932-2016) Peruvian painter

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Prejudice in Japanese school (Spanish)

(b. 1932-2016) Peruvian painter

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Hiding out to avoid the concentration camps (Spanish)

(b. 1932-2016) Peruvian painter

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Help from fellow Japanese (Spanish)

(b. 1932-2016) Peruvian painter

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Shinki,Venancio

Education Japanese style (Spanish)

(b. 1932-2016) Peruvian painter

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Closing the Japanese school and deportation (Spanish)

(b. 1932-2016) Peruvian painter

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Akira Watanabe
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Watanabe,Akira

Origins of the Matsuri Daiko Group in Peru (Spanish)

(b. 1974) Director of Ryukyu Matsuri Daiko in Peru

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Akira Watanabe
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Watanabe,Akira

The kimochi surpasses technique (Spanish)

(b. 1974) Director of Ryukyu Matsuri Daiko in Peru

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