Need generational change in Japanese community (Spanish)

Decided to leave Japan to Argentina (Spanish) Tango makes him to stay in Argentina (Spanish) Leaving to Argentina (Spanish) His first jobs in Argentina (Spanish) Learning Spanish (Spanish) Journalism as Vocation (Spanish) Marriage to a non-Japanese (Spanish) No more close family in Japan (Spanish) Conflicting relations between Argentina and Japan (Spanish) To feel uncomfortable in Japan (Spanish) Argentina is my home (Spanish) Generational Gap (Spanish) Need generational change in Japanese community (Spanish) No discrimination in Argentina (Spanish) Nikkei identity (Spanish)

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(Spanish) A new Japanese collectivity is emerging. The age of the Issei is over. Not all [Issei] have passed away, but they are retired. It is [now] in the hands of the Nisei. The Nisei will have their own ideas; they are not dumb. Therefore, why do they say “do this, do that.” If [the Nisei] need Issei collaboration [with us], well, that’s great. But the Nisei do not need advice, from my perspective, from the Issei. They are capable of developing the Japanese collectivity in their own way.

Date: February 23, 2007
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Interviewer: Takeshi Nishimura, Ricardo Hokama
Contributed by: Centro Nikkei Argentino

argentina identity issei nikkei nisei