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A vision, a path

Opening roads What was a dream is today a reality. The footprints well left on the paths of life a…

Graciela Nakachi Morimoto • May 7, 2024

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Carlos Yushimito: The inevitable readings of a writer

His days pass in the academic world, in Viña del Mar, a city in the interior of Chile where …

Javier García Wong-Kit • April 9, 2024

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Juana Miyashiro: sensei and entrepreneur

His first student was his mother, an Okinawan immigrant. When she was a high school student, Juana …

Enrique Higa Sakuda • April 1, 2024

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Nikkei and Japanese literature in Peru opens space

At the risk of optimism being refuted with regional reading level indicators, some of the initiativ…

Javier García Wong-Kit • March 27, 2024

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Aiko Yamada: Eisa to Remember Peru

Aiko Yamada Yoshimoto grew up in Lima, Peru, but her connection to traditional eisa dance of Okinaw…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Feb. 22, 2024

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John Azama: The Peruvian Nikkei Who Revitalized Ryukyu Damashii, the Eisa Group of Dallas-Fort Worth

“I was a very shy child,” he confesses, preferring to be at the back of the group durin…

Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato • Feb. 16, 2024

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President of the Peruvian-Japanese Association in a year for history

2024 will be a big year for the Nikkei community in Peru because it celebrates the 125th anniversar…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Feb. 12, 2024

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Jishuryo: Santa Beatriz School those times of our childhood — Part 2

Read part 1 >> At Jishuryo School, the afternoon classes were not as hard as the morning clas…

Graciela Nakachi Morimoto • Jan. 31, 2024

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Jishuryo: Santa Beatriz School those times of our childhood — Part 1

A few days ago, after many years, I passed by Jishuryo (now Santa Beatriz Early Education Center), …

Graciela Nakachi Morimoto • Jan. 30, 2024

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Lima Peru Santa Beatriz Jishuryo School

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Growing up with the Nikkei community

Medical technologist Pedro Ruiz's relationship with the Nikkei community began in 1980, when h…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Jan. 10, 2024

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