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Pushed by his father to study in the US I got to know Hikaru Fujimoto, a CPA based in Chicago, whe…

Keiko Fukuda • March 4, 2024

Hiroshi Kawaguchi, a former Self-Defense Forces officer working to popularize physical education in America

I can't protect Japan if I stay in Japan - In 2011, I left the Self-Defense Forces and voluntee…

Keiko Fukuda • Feb. 19, 2024

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The Little Match Girl — Debut Ballet Performer Yurino Niyama

From the very young age of three, Yurino Niyama has always known she wanted to be a ballet dancer. …

Ashley Valdes • Dec. 6, 2023

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Dr. Ryuzo Yanagimachi—Heads or Tails?

Writer’s note: Back in 2014 when I worked at University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa, …

Lois Kajiwara • Nov. 28, 2023

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Art director for Hollywood blockbusters - Katsuya Imai, who moved to the US in 2014

Obtained an O visa after studying abroad In the summer of 2023, when I went to see Hollywood movies…

Keiko Fukuda • Nov. 21, 2023

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Seattle Koyasan Chief Priest Taijo Imanaka — Spreading the Buddhist Circle from Seattle to the World

Seattle Koyasan is a Shingon Buddhist temple founded in 1949. Taijo Imanaka has served as the templ…

Keiko Miyako Schlegel • Sept. 15, 2023

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Software Engineer Utako Kase - I want to be a role model for female engineers - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> What is a software engineer's job? Utako works as a software engineer in …

Jaejun Jeon • Sept. 1, 2023

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Software Engineer Utako Kase - I want to be a role model for female engineers - Part 1

Despite her extremely busy career as a software engineer, Kase Utako is dedicated to nurturing the …

Jaejun Jeon • Aug. 31, 2023

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Yugo Tomita, an immigration lawyer who studied abroad in the US in high school to become a truck driver

Experience the class-based society of America I have interviewed many new immigrants who have left…

Keiko Fukuda • Aug. 18, 2023

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Lawyer Miyuki Yoshida - Born in Japan and raised in America, I want to be a bridge between the two countries - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Working as a "hot spring lawyer" for the sake of his family His moth…

Hitomi Kato • April 6, 2023

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CPA and lawyer Hikaru Fujimoto, who moved to the U.S. in 1985 and lives in Chicago