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Bad business deal (Japanese)
Kazuo Funai October 14 & 17, 2004
(Japanese) On Beverly Boulevard, I started a farmer’s market. I started it with a partner. …
Company in Tokyo burned down (Japanese)
Kazuo Funai October 14 & 17, 2004
(Japanese) Even if I want to go home, I can’t so it’s useless. There’s no …
Having patience in Japan, being both
Jane Aiko Yamano September 3, 2003
I try to pick up the good points from the American side and the good …
Preserving traditional Japanese culture
Jane Aiko Yamano September 3, 2003
At the same time, the culture that the Japanese have is something that we really …
Working at the magazine
Wayne Shigeto Yokoyama November 13, 2003
When I first came to Japan, I was just an American living in Japan. And …
The privations of living in post-war Japan, 1952
Wally Kaname Yonamine December 16, 2003
When we first went to Japan, we got married and went to Japan, in two …
Starting an import business after World War II
Sam Naito December 8, 2005
Right after the war ended and coming back and then I decided well, I guess …
Father’s success in farm business
Bill Hashizume October 29, 2005
Well, my father, at first he started out with about twenty-seven or twenty-eight-acre farm. And …
Liaison between the Americans and the Japanese
Bill Hashizume October 29, 2005
I already had a job lined up with a construction company at the time of …
Getting involved in the family business at age 19
Bert A. Kobayashi June 1, 2006
When I was 19, I was going to Kapiolani Community College and my dad got …