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Alberto Teramoto Ohara


Alberto Teramoto is a Mexican Sansei, currently working as a dental surgeon, specializing in Orthodoncy. He is an advisor for the Department of National and International Relations in the Asociación México Japonesa A.C. (Mexico-Japan Association).

Updated September 2022


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70th Anniversary of Fukuoka Kenjinkai Mexico

Feb. 6, 2023 • Alberto Teramoto Ohara

In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of Fukuoka Kenjinkai Mexico, Mr. Shozo Ogino, a community historian of Nikkei community in Mexico, contributed some anecdotes which include in a commemorative book of the Kenjinkai. Here, I would like to share with you some episodes from the book. * * * * * 1. The first president of Fukuoka Kenjinkai – Mr. Tokichi Baba In 1952 a group of roughly 30 former residents of the Fukuoka prefecture gathered at …

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Who is Nikkei? A Conversation with the President of The Association of Nikkei & Japanese Abroad, Mr. Katsuyuki Tanaka

Sept. 28, 2022 • Alberto Teramoto Ohara

At the Fifteenth National Nikkei Convention (XV Convención Nikkei), held in May of 2022 in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, I asked the following questions to the president of the Association of Nikkei & Japanese Abroad (Kaigai Nikkeijin Kyokai [海外日系人協会] - KNK), Mr. Katsuyuki Tanaka, with the purpose of updating the notion that we have concerning the Nikkei identity. Due to the passage of time, it was both interesting and necessary to understand how this has evolved to include new ideas …

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