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Learning Spanish (Spanish)

(Spanish) I was learning Spanish, more or less, but that was not enough because I learned only about the job. I had to learn the grammar and vocabulary, but I didn’t have money to go to school, or for a tutor. And an Argentine told me that I should go to night school, that it was free. [The night class] is not for foreigners [who want to learn the language] since every class was taught in Spanish and the official language was Spanish. Nearby was a school, and I went to take a class. I studied mathematics for six weeks. I received my diploma from an Argentine primary school, and afterward I enrolled in high school in the evening, which was difficult for me. But at least I persevered until I finished Argentine high school…and there I was able to learn many things. Afterward they suggested that I attend the university…I said no. I did not come to Argentina to study and that is not to earn a degree but to learn Spanish. Now I have to enjoy myself.


Argentina education languages Spaniards

Date: February 23, 2007

Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Interviewer: Takeshi Nishimura, Ricardo Hokama

Contributed by: Centro Nikkei Argentino

Interviewee Bio

Takagi Kazuomi was born in Japan on March 27, 1925, in the Mie province. He arrived in Argentina as a tourist and never returned to Japan. By chance he started out in journalism, a profession that provided employment for more than fifty years on radio and in the graphic arts. Today, at eighty-one years old, he continues to fervently work as a journalist for the newspaper of the Japanese collectivity, La Plata Hochi (Japanese Section), including acting stints in various forms of publicity. He passed away on November 10, 2014 at age 89. (January 2021)

Mónica Kogiso
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Mónica Kogiso

History of her family's immigration (Spanish)

(b. 1969) Former president of Centro Nikkei Argentino.

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Mónica Kogiso
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Mónica Kogiso

Jobs for Japanese Argentines (Spanish)

(b. 1969) Former president of Centro Nikkei Argentino.

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Mónica Kogiso
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Mónica Kogiso

Nihongo gakko - Preserving Japanese culture (Spanish)

(b. 1969) Former president of Centro Nikkei Argentino.

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Mónica Kogiso
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Mónica Kogiso

Identity crisis (Spanish)

(b. 1969) Former president of Centro Nikkei Argentino.

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Aiko Yoshinaga Herzig
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Aiko Yoshinaga Herzig

Results of being more American than Japanese

(1924-2018) Researcher, Activist

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Francis Y. Sogi
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Francis Y. Sogi

Going to Japanese school

(1923-2011) Lawyer, MIS veteran, founder of Francis and Sarah Sogi Foundation

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Francis Y. Sogi
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Francis Y. Sogi

Volunteering to serve for the U.S. military in Japan

(1923-2011) Lawyer, MIS veteran, founder of Francis and Sarah Sogi Foundation

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Francis Y. Sogi
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Francis Y. Sogi

Feeling closer to Japan as a Japanese American

(1923-2011) Lawyer, MIS veteran, founder of Francis and Sarah Sogi Foundation

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Lorraine Bannai
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Lorraine Bannai

First learning about the incarceration experience in college

(b. 1955) Lawyer

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Dale Minami
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Dale Minami

Reasons for conformity and competitiveness in Gardena, California

(b. 1946) Lawyer

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Dale Minami
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Dale Minami

Impact of the original Korematsu case on current events

(b. 1946) Lawyer

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Roberto Hirose
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Roberto Hirose

Retaining Japanese customs (Spanish)

(b. 1950) Nisei Chilean, Businessman

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Michie Akama
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Michie Akama

Opening a Japanese-style all-girls' school in Brazil (Japanese)

Issei, Pioneer of women's education in Brazil

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Paula Hoyos Hattori
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Paula Hoyos Hattori

Identity (Spanish)

Sansei Argentinean

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Paula Hoyos Hattori
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Paula Hoyos Hattori

The arrival of her grandpa (Spanish)

Sansei Argentinean

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