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Noriko Takey Yagi


Passionate and budding narrator of memories, and publicist by profession. I started as a child writing diaries and stories and to date I have not been able to stop; What began as a healthy catharsis of feelings transformed into stories that tell why I am who I am today.

Last updated October 2018


Stories from This Author

Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage
If you fall down seven times, stand up eight times

Oct. 23, 2018 • Noriko Takey Yagi

I remember I was playing after a carefully prepared lunch, when my okasan came up and touched my shoulder: “Do you see that man over there? “He is going to be your husband.” I thought he was handsome. Your ojichan was a wonderful man, he fell several times but always had the strength and courage to get up and reinvent himself. A man of honor, descendant of samurai and one of the few Japanese of his time to obtain a …

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