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Differences in discrimination
Sakaye Shigekawa March 31, 2005
The only time we got discrimination is when we went to medical school, cause…of course …
Working at the family flower shop, meeting Greta Garbo
Sumiko Kozawa May 24, 2011
In the early days, my mother used to go to the flower market. She used …
Birthplace
Edward Toru Horikiri January 31, 2012
Edward Toru Horikiri. I was born in 1929, November 2nd, in Little Tokyo, at 305 …
My father’s venture into the hotel business (Japanese)
Edward Toru Horikiri January 31, 2012
(Japanese) After my father graduated from driving school, he went to work for a man …
Working in America
Edward Toru Horikiri January 31, 2012
First of all, my aunt's husband, my uncle, he was a big shot in a …
Struggles with English (Japanese)
Edward Toru Horikiri January 31, 2012
(Japanese) I came back and was working as an apprentice at my aunt’s friend’s place …
My daughter couldn’t fit in Japan, so I decided to go back to America (Japanese)
Hachiro Ohtomo July 17, 2016
(Japanese) So I decided to go back to Japan for a while, and I did. …
Facing discrimination in America (Japanese)
Hachiro Ohtomo July 17, 2016
(Japanese) I don’t think people would ask me, ‘Can you do the job?’ if I …
Move to Los Angeles
Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura July 12, 2017
Well, it was one of the requirement that we have a job, at the – …
Going to America after completing a three-year contract twice (Japanese)
Toshiaki Toyoshima April 16, 2016
(Japanese) There’s an organization called Japan Chefs Association, and I became a member of Sanchoukai’s …