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Hachiro Ohtomo
My daughter couldn’t fit in Japan, so I decided to go back to America (Japanese)
(b. 1936) Shin-issei welding business owner
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Akira Takashio
Tough life at boarding house (Japanese)
Shin Issei – owner of izakaya (Japanese-style tavern) and kappo (small Japanese diner) restaurant, Honda-Ya
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Michelle Yamashiro
General reasons why people left Japan for Peru
Okinawan American whose parents are from Peru.
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Mitsuye Yamada
Her mother came to the U.S. with a group of picture brides
(b. 1923) Japanese American poet, activist
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Mitsuye Yamada
Her father bought her mother American clothes after she arrived from Japan
(b. 1923) Japanese American poet, activist
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Kazumu Naganuma
Checking in with Immigration once a month
(b. 1942) Japanese Peruvian incarcerated in Crystal City
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