Ricardo G. Hokama
Ricardo G. Hokama is a Nikkei born in Buenos Aires in 1968. He majored in journalism at the Argentine Catholic University, specializing in Radio and Television Production. Since his youth he has participated in leadership positions within the Japanese community in Argentina. Today, he is vice president of the Argentine Nikkei Center and the Argentine Center of Former Fellows of Japan. He also is director of the press at the Argentine Nikkei Center and editor of Argentine Nikkei. Hokama produces and directs the radio program "Japan Today" on Palermo Radio of Buenos Aires.
Updated February 2023
Stories from This Author
Maia Harima – Distinctive Fashion Designer
Feb. 28, 2023 • Ricardo G. Hokama
Maia Harima is third-generation (Sansei), with family origins in Akita, Ibaraki, and Shiga prefectures. She grew up in the Japanese community in La Plata, a city in Buenos Aires Province. After studying fashion design at the prestigious University of Buenos Aires, these days you’ll find her in the land of her ancestors, where her talent and art are on full display. What does “being Nikkei” mean to you? I think “Nikkei” is a very broad term, from my perspective it …
Nikkei solidarity in times of pandemic
Sept. 17, 2021 • Ricardo G. Hokama
Solidarity is a fundamental human value in our lives and more so, in times of crisis like the ones we are experiencing in the face of the pandemic around the world. We live in a unique moment in these modern times, a time where the Japanese community in Argentina has also committed itself to fight against the common enemy: the new coronavirus, with its impacts on health and society. Faced with this delicate context, solidarity and creativity emerge as the …
Tintorerías japonesas en Argentina
June 2, 2009 • Ricardo G. Hokama
A lo largo de cinco décadas, el oficio de tintorero en nuestro país fue casi una exlusividad de la comunidad japonesa. Los pioneros fueron los españoles, pero los japoneses les sacaron rápida ventaja, con laboriosidad y esmero, detalles que llevaron al nivel de carácter distintivo. A tal punto se impusieron que terminó por ser lo mismo decir "voy a la tintorería" y "voy a lo del japonés". Fue así hasta cerca de la década del 60. Por entonces (en los …
Carlos Kasuga: "Everything That You Do, Do It Well"
April 23, 2009 • Ricardo G. Hokama
On February 9, 2009, the prominent Nikkei businessman Carlos Kasuga shared his wisdom in a presentation titled “How to be Well” in the auditorium of the Japanese Embassy’s Cultural and Information Center. The Argentine Nikkei Center and the Argentine Center of Former Fellows of Japan organized the event. We present here the concepts relayed to the many folks who attended the conference in the cultural wing of the Japanese Embassy. “I am the son of Japanese immigrants who, during the …
