Asociación Peruano Japonesa
@APJThe Japanese Peruvian Association (Asociación Peruano Japonesa, APJ) is a nonprofit organization that brings together and represents Japanese citizens who live in Peru and their descendants, as well as their institutions.
Updated May 2009
Stories from This Author
Caesar Tsuneshige: Memories and legacies to last
March 6, 2019 • Enrique Higa Sakuda , Asociación Peruano Japonesa
“This is how an artist must feel,” says César Tsuneshige while being photographed. It is a new experience for him to be the subject of a photo shoot. As a veterinarian, leader of the Nikkei community, and student of the history of Japanese immigration to Peru, he is used to dedicating his attention to others. The fact that the spotlight is now on him disorients him a little. However, he also takes it as a recognition. It means that he …
Nomi Sasaki is inspired by Chabuca Granda to draw migration
Feb. 20, 2019 • Javier García Wong-Kit , Asociación Peruano Japonesa
Express yourself with words, with a song or a drawing. These three forms come together in the creative adventure of the visual artist Nomi Sasaki who, after several trips, hours listening to Chabuca Granda and meditating on the origin of people, migration and the connection with the land, created “En la grama” , a series of 30 drawings inspired by the song of the same name written by the Peruvian composer and performer. “I don't know what stung me,” says …
Isaac Lindley's Inca Kola: a support that is never forgotten
Jan. 30, 2019 • Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato , Asociación Peruano Japonesa
“Golden Kola”, “with a national flavor” and that “combines with everything”, this is Inca Kola. He was born on January 18, 1935, when Lima (Peru) celebrated its quadricentennial and since then it has captivated Peruvians and foreigners. The story begins with Joseph Robinson Lindley, an English immigrant who opened his soda water factory “La Santa Rosa” in Rímac in 1910. By 1945, his youngest son Isaac took over management and with him a friendship with the Japanese community in Peru …
A Japanese fan with a Peruvian heart
Sept. 21, 2018 • Marjorie Reymundo Conde , Asociación Peruano Japonesa
When the Tribunal Arbitral du Sport (TAS) issued a 14-month sanction that prevented the captain of the Peruvian soccer team, Paolo Guerrero, from participating in the World Cup in Russia, the Japanese journalist Tasuku Okawa, whose Twitter account (@tas) coincides with the acronym of the sports organization, received an avalanche of unpleasant messages from the outraged Peruvian fans. IT ALL STARTED WITH A TWEET After asking them to stop confusing him and clarifying that he is not the TAS, netizens …
Akemi Kasuga: “It is important to have the opportunity to help the community”
Sept. 12, 2018 • Harumi Nako Fuentes , Asociación Peruano Japonesa
Carlos Kasuga Osaka is one of the most recognized Latin American Nikkei for his philanthropic work throughout the continent and for his successful business career in his native Mexico. An accident at the beginning of 2017, which his children presumed had a fatal outcome, led them to ask themselves various questions, including how to continue their father's legacy. Fortunately, the businessman was able to recover and celebrate his 80th birthday with a valuable gift from his family: the creation of …
The feeling of onigiri
Sept. 5, 2018 • Javier García Wong-Kit , Asociación Peruano Japonesa
Practical, delicious and with varied flavors. This is how the charm of onigiri could be summarized, this traditional rice ball with different fillings that is “fast food” in Japan and that in recent years has been becoming more frequent on the menu and vocabulary of Peruvians. Although it is in sushi bars throughout Lima, where it still occupies an expectant place behind makis, its greatest boost has come from initiatives that some Nikkei have undertaken to take it to more …
Sentei Yaki, a life dedicated to helping others
June 29, 2018 • Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato , Asociación Peruano Japonesa
Hachizo Nakamura, a Japanese immigrant who died at the age of 80, never forgot the help he received from Sentei Yaki. Since she met him, she used to celebrate two birthdays: one for her birth and another for her rebirth, which was the date on which she received Yaki's help. “Without his timely help, I would have died a long time ago,” he said. This testimony reminds us of what Sentei Yaki was like, a prominent Okinawan businessman, leader and …
Giancarlo Shibayama: Tribute to the Japanese grandfather
June 13, 2018 • Javier García Wong-Kit , Asociación Peruano Japonesa
Memory is everywhere, in the drawer of a family piece of furniture, in a portrait and even in the imagination. When Giancarlo Shibayama's grandfather, Sakae, passed away, his relatives performed a very peculiar ritual. They opened the photo albums and tore out the ones in which someone appeared with the ojiisan to take them, leaving a mark that had an effect on Giancarlo, who after years working as a photographer and graphic editor at El Comercio wanted to start a …
The pride of identifying. “I am Nikkei Perú”, a space for reflection and contribution to society
April 12, 2018 • Javier García Wong-Kit , Asociación Peruano Japonesa
On the occasion of the National Censuses that were carried out in Peru in October 2017, a group of Nikkei from different professions created a space for reflection with the “I am Nikkei Peru” campaign, which took advantage of social networks, the media and different spaces to sensitize the Peruvian-Japanese community with its identity. Caroline Gibu, Geraldine Sakuda, Alexis Sakuda and Yuriko Tanaka make up this group that had its first meeting at the end of September, after Caroline raised …
Carolina Shimabukuro: lady of iron
March 5, 2018 • Javier García Wong-Kit , Asociación Peruano Japonesa
Racing driver and support manager at Komatsu Mitsui in Lima, Carolina Shimabukuro Goto's life is a test of skill in mechanics, speed on the wheel and knowing how to avoid the prejudices that are put in front of her. Since she was a child, she liked to play with cars with her brother or be in the workshop that her father had in the La Victoria district. “The mechanics made me take things apart or clean parts of the car, …
