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From immigrant boy to doctor of Law

Well, I was born in Japan and when I was 5 years old, my uncles invited my family to immigrate to Brazil and I arrived in Brazil on January 16, 1954, when I was 5 years old. After that, I attended schools in Brazil, from primary school to university and then when I graduated from the University of São Paulo, I received a scholarship from the Japanese government and went to Japan in October 1972 and stayed for 10 years. doing master's and doctorate at the University of Tokyo.


Date: September 19, 2019

Location: California, US

Interviewer: Yoko Nishimura

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

Interviewee Bio

Masato Ninomiya was born in Nagano Prefecture in 1948 and moved to Brazil at the age of 5 with his family. He currently maintains a legal office in São Paulo, and in addition to working as a Law Professor at the University of Sao Paulo, also serves as Special Assistant to the President at Meiji University and as Visiting Professor of Law at Musashino University. Since its founding in 1992, he has served as President of CIATE (Center for Information and Support to Workers Abroad), Advisor to the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) for Central and South America, and also a Committee Member of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Additionally, he is considered a Nikkei community leader in Brazil, supporting various activities such as improving the working conditions of Brazilian Dekasegi, and the education of Japanese-Brazilian children. . (May 2021)