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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Tetsuo Okamoto Swam to Show His “Japanese Spirit”—He Was One of Three Athletes of Japanese Ethnicity Representing Three Countries That Dominated the Podium of the 1,500-meter Freestyle Swimming at the Helsinki Olympic Games
Just two months away from the Rio Olympic Games, let us take a moment here. Do you know that once i…
Masayuki Fukasawa • June 14, 2016