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If a filmmaker had to direct a film inspired by the life of Yoshitaro Amano, he wouldn't have t…

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • Dec. 10, 2014

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What was behind the Exhibition “Yonabaru: 100 Years of Presence in Peru”

“Yonabaru: 100 Years of Presence in Peru” is the title of the exhibition that opened last Wednesday…

Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato • Dec. 2, 2014

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Nikkei Chronicles #3—Nikkei Names: Taro, John, Juan, João?

A Discordant Name Match

My birth certificate says Jimmy Seiji. When they hear my name, many of my friends have asked me, &l…

Jimmy Seiji Amemiya Siu • Nov. 7, 2014

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Nikkei Chronicles #3—Nikkei Names: Taro, John, Juan, João?

My Experience as a Dekasegi

My parents are Japanese (my father is from Kagoshima; my mother from Ehime), which firmly rooted my…

Santos Ikeda Yoshikawa • Oct. 27, 2014

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We lack stories

When they returned to their town, Maida, the Italians who had migrated to the United States were re…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Oct. 1, 2014

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The Nikkei of Latin America and Latino Nikkei

Differences and Similarities between Peruvians and Brazilians Living in Japan

It has been a quarter century since Japanese migrant workers from South America arrived in Japan, b…

Alberto J. Matsumoto • Sept. 17, 2014

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Japan, a land still waiting to be discovered

Almost seven years in Japan. Sufficient time to learn Japanese. I didn’t learn it well; just …

Enrique Higa Sakuda • June 13, 2014

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The Boy Who Believed That Deportation Was an Adventure

Between 1942 and 1945, 1,771 Japanese nationals and their descendants in Peru were deported to the …

Enrique Higa Sakuda • May 7, 2014

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Encyclopedia of Nikkei Migration

Peru - Migration Historical Overview

The story of the Nikkei in Peru began in 1899 with the arrival of the first immigrants from Japan w…

Akemi Kikumura Yano • April 25, 2014

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Nikkei Chronicles #2—Nikkei+: Stories of Mixed Language, Traditions, Generations & Race

A Japanese Chief

Yamato Taba arrived to Peru in 1921 from Okinawa, Japan, to harvest cotton in the Cañete are…

Seitoku Shimabukuro +1 • Nov. 19, 2013

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A life like a movie: Yoshitaro Amano, Peruvian and man of the world