Sergio Hernández Galindo is a graduate of Colegio de México, where he majored in Japanese studies. He has published numerous articles and books about Japanese emigration to Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America. He is currently a professor and researcher with the Historical Studies Unit of Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History.
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José Ernesto Matsumoto: 101 years of history between Mexico and Japan — Part 2, His return to Mexico
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The naval battalion to which José Ernesto Matsumoto belonged was part of the first ant…
Nov. 12, 2024
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José Ernesto Matsumoto: 101 years of history between Mexico and Japan — Part 1
José Ernesto Matsumoto was born, among flowers and brocades, in a huge and elegant mansion in the…
Sept. 17, 2024
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Michiko Tanaka — Part 2: 50 years as a teacher at El Colegio de México
Read part 1 >> Upon finishing their undergraduate studies in the Soviet Union, Michiko and Américo …
Aug. 4, 2023
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Michiko Tanaka — Part 1: From the refuge in the mountains of Kyushu to El Colegio de México
Michiko Tanaka was born in the middle of the Pacific War, in April 1943 in the city of Tokyo. Durin…
Aug. 3, 2023
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María Elena Ota Mishima: from forced concentration to El Colegio de México
María Elena Ota Mishima was the most important scholar of Japanese immigration in Mexico. His book …
May 5, 2023
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Katase Tanaka Family: Returning to Sonora After the Concentration of the Great War
At the start of 1942, Japanese immigrant communities living in diverse areas of North America start…
Feb. 1, 2023
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125 Years after the First Japanese Immigration to Mexico: The Soul of Relations between Mexico and Japan - Part 3
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Japanese Immigrant Communities in the Era of Globalization
The waves of immigratio…
Oct. 13, 2022
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125 Years after the First Japanese Immigration to Mexico: The Soul of Relations between Mexico and Japan - Part 2
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From the End of World War II to the Founding of the Japanese-Mexican School in 197…
Oct. 6, 2022
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125 Years after the First Japanese Immigration to Mexico: The Soul of Relations between Mexico and Japan - Part 1
From the 1897 Opening to the War of the Pacific
The start of diplomatic relations between Mexico a…
Sept. 29, 2022
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Takeshi Morita: A Mexican Fisherman Imprisoned in U.S. concentration camps
The Japanese attack on the U.S. fleet in Hawaii on December 7, 1941 triggered war between the two c…
Jan. 21, 2022
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