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Promotion 89. From dekasegi to residents: 30 years - Part 1
Thirty years is half a life. This is what happens in the story of the Peruvians who one day decided…

Eduardo Azato Shimabukuro • Aug. 27, 2019


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30 years after the dekasegi phenomenon
Historical background In April it was 120 years since the arrival of the first 790 Japanese immigra…

Takahashi Takashi • Aug. 12, 2019


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Episode 32: Only 5 months of dekasegi life
Mari had no children and, after her husband died early, she focused solely on work. After graduatin…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • July 15, 2019


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Episode 31 Yuji is great!
Yuji and I are childhood friends. We've been together since we were little, and our houses were…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • June 10, 2019


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Japan from a distance: dekasegi phenomenon, 30 years later
Today, terms like “crisis”, “terrorism” or “inflation” seem like foreign words that refer to a real…

Enrique Higa Sakuda +1 • May 29, 2019


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Episode 30 (Part 2) Joanna's Great Adventure
Read the first part >> Joana had never left the rural area where she was born and raised, but…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • May 22, 2019



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The decasséguis are returning. Japan thanks you.
“Mr. Higuchi, I read the news that Japan will need more than 300,000 foreign workers in the next fi…

Katsuo Higuchi • March 27, 2019




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