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Nikkei Chronicles #9—More Than a Game: Nikkei Sports

Sports and Schools

My name is Taira Fernanda Yumi. I am 14 years old. Nice to meet you. I have loved swimming since I…

Fernanda Yumi Taira • Nov. 6, 2020

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Nikkei Chronicles #9—More Than a Game: Nikkei Sports

Brazilian immigrants' unusual business

I wrote this story in the Toronto Continental Times in 2008 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of…

Hideo Maruki • Sept. 18, 2020

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Nikkei Chronicles #9—More Than a Game: Nikkei Sports

Memories from the Volga

I am 85 years old this year and have many memories from my more than half a century of life as an i…

Hideo Maruki • Aug. 31, 2020

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Tetsuo Okamoto, a hero of Brazilian swimming: A miracle born from Japan-Brazil exchange

Part 6: Children of immigrants make national contributions

Read Part 5 >> To celebrate Okamoto's great achievement, a victory celebration called the…

Masayuki Fukasawa • July 27, 2020

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Tetsuo Okamoto, a hero of Brazilian swimming: A miracle born from Japan-Brazil exchange

Part 5: How a flying fish changed Okamoto’s fate

Read Part 4 >> In the documentary film "O nadador – A história de Tetsuo Okamoto" (…

Masayuki Fukasawa • July 20, 2020

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Tetsuo Okamoto, a hero of Brazilian swimming: A miracle born from Japan-Brazil exchange

Part 4: Anti-Vargasist sports promotion policies

Read Part 3 >> A surprising connection from before the war Research revealed that Padilha had…

Masayuki Fukasawa • July 13, 2020

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Nikkei Chronicles #9—More Than a Game: Nikkei Sports

Making a Splash: Nikkei Role Models in Swimming

I joined a swim team in Southern California when I was 8 years old and before I knew it, swimming…

Kate Iio • July 7, 2020

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Tetsuo Okamoto, a hero of Brazilian swimming: A miracle born from Japan-Brazil exchange

Part 3: The unsung hero, Director Padilha

Read Part 2 >> The Director of the São Paulo State Sports Bureau who gave permission to fly t…

Masayuki Fukasawa • July 6, 2020

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Tetsuo Okamoto, a hero of Brazilian swimming: A miracle born from Japan-Brazil exchange

Part 2: A ray of hope in the midst of hardship for Japanese immigrants

Read Part 1 >> At the US-led Pan-American Conference of Foreign Ministers held in Rio in Janu…

Masayuki Fukasawa • June 29, 2020

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Tetsuo Okamoto, a hero of Brazilian swimming: A miracle born from Japan-Brazil exchange

First medal in swimming at the 1st Helsinki Olympics

Nisei swimmer Tetsuo Okamoto (born 1932 - died 2007) brought the first Olympic medal to both Brazil…

Masayuki Fukasawa • June 22, 2020

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