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Studying a language is a way to learn about the culture of a town or a country. And to know the anc…

Javier García Wong-Kit • April 27, 2016

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The Japanese Language in Peruvian Speech

Languages crossed national borders well before globalization and today, in any part of the world,…

Javier García Wong-Kit +1 • April 15, 2016

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Toshiro Konishi, in his own way. A Japanese with a Latin heart

Toshiro Konishi avoids labels. At his recently opened restaurant Oishii, he only prepares food that…

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • April 5, 2016

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Eduardo Tokeshi: A Portrait of Curiosity

His gaze conceals a reality that he has transformed into art. Eduardo Tokeshi, born in Lima in 19…

Javier García Wong-Kit • March 21, 2016

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Stories to remember: The Okuyamas. Four generations of a Nikkei family in Peru

The Okuyama family is one of the few Nikkei families in Peru that are fortunate to have an Issei at…

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • March 2, 2016

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Dahil Melgar: “The third generation is going to achieve a more successful insertion.” Mexican anthropologist analyzes the Peruvian community in Japan

At first they were dekasegi , people who migrate to work and save with the purpose of returning to …

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • Feb. 15, 2016

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Nikkei cuisine: history, evolution and international expansion. From the huariques to the conquest of the world

In June 2015, Mitsuharu Tsumura's restaurant Maido was ranked among the 50 best in the world, a…

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • Feb. 4, 2016

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106 years of Peruvian Japanese journalism. A story only interrupted by war

Journalism in the Peruvian-Japanese community is almost as old as the history of Japanese immigrant…

Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato +1 • Jan. 26, 2016

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Christmas Memories of the Nikkei

Our memories are filled with sad and happy landscapes that speak to each other. I asked some Nikkei…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Dec. 25, 2015

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The culture and pleasure of sake

A bottle can contain an ancient tradition to take to any corner of the planet. Sake, the emblematic…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Dec. 11, 2015

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