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Harumi Nako Fuentes


Harumi Nako Fuentes is a social communicator with a major in journalism from the University of Lima. She has worked in public and private institutions, as a teacher, press analyst, writer and editor of various publications. He has followed specialization courses in image and marketing and has a diploma in Cultural Management. She is currently head of Communications for the Peruvian Japanese Association (APJ), editor of Kaikan magazine and member of the editorial committee of the APJ Editorial Fund.

Last updated April 2019


Stories from This Author

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Doris Moromisato: 'The poet in me will go into hibernation'

May 6, 2008 • Harumi Nako Fuentes , Asociación Peruano Japonesa

A book in love and bitter at the same time. This is how Doris Moromisato describes her latest collection of poems 'Landscape', with which she also announces her retirement from poetry for a long period. 'Now the narrative is more like me,' she confesses, with the irreverence of the activist and militant that, yes, she can never stop being. Tell us about LandscapeIt is the fourth book. I published my first book in 1988, when I was 25 years old. …

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Manco Cápac: a monument with history

Nov. 27, 2007 • Harumi Nako Fuentes , Asociación Peruano Japonesa

In the populous district of La Victoria, in Lima, the monument to the Inca Manco Cápac has stood imposingly for 81 years. A gift from the Japanese colony for the centenary of Peru's independence, this colossus has a unique history behind it. The streets and squares of Lima have in their countless statues, effigies, busts and memorial plaques, the reflection of an idiosyncrasy that highly values ​​famous people and the symbols of its history, which remind us of past glories …

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The documentary heritage of Kiyoshi Sato

Oct. 23, 2007 • Harumi Nako Fuentes , Asociación Peruano Japonesa

Last Tuesday, July 17, Mr. Kiyoshi Sato, an experienced photographer who photographed events of the Peruvian-Japanese community for more than six decades, passed away. Many albums preserve as relics the photos captured by this remembered image creator.Mr. Kiyoshi Sato (Yamagata, Japan 1919 - Lima, Peru 2007), possessor of a lively and restless character, decided at the age of 16 to take a 40-day journey to see abroad. Your destination, Peru. Here his uncle Heikichi Sato was waiting for him, who …

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Traditional Tanabata festival

Aug. 6, 2007 • Harumi Nako Fuentes , Asociación Peruano Japonesa

The Tanabata or Star Festival is an unofficial celebration in Japan; However, it is a very widespread tradition, which is celebrated on July 7 of each year. Legend has it that long ago there were two young people named Orihime and Hikoboshi. Orihime was very skilled at weaving on the loom, and lived on the west side of the Milky Way (Amanogawa). Hikoboshi lived on the east side and took good care of the livestock. They were both very hardworking, …

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