Mao Osumi

A fourth-year student in the Department of English at Sophia University's School of Foreign Studies. During his one-year study abroad at Seattle University, he interned at Soy Sauce and North American Newspaper for six months. At Sophia University, he serves as the head of the newspaper club.

(Updated June 2017)

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Getting to Know Seattle's Japantown: During and After the War

July 19, 2018 • Megumi Matsuzaki , Mao Osumi , Misa Murohashi

Prewar Edition >> A symbol of Seattle's minority culture The International District is located south of downtown Seattle. Japantown remains in one corner of the district. At its peak before the war, around 8,500 Japanese immigrants lived and ran businesses there. However, after the start of the Pacific War, a presidential decree led to all Japanese residents being repatriated to internment camps. Following on from our previous article, which introduced Japantown before the war , here we trace the changes …

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Getting to Know Seattle's Japantown - Prewar Edition

July 18, 2018 • Megumi Matsuzaki , Mao Osumi , Misa Murohashi

There are festivals, public baths, kabuki, and "little Japan" The International District is located south of downtown Seattle. In one corner of the district remains Japantown. At its peak before the war, around 8,500 Japanese immigrants lived and ran businesses there. An intern from the North American Post Agency traces the origins of Japanese immigration to Seattle, the glorious era, and the vestiges that remain today. History of Japanese immigration dating back to the 1880s Did you know that Seattle …

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