Part 2 >> The Nikkei in Peru Kaori is impressed by the way the Nikkei community in Peru has preserved its identity. “What I really find admirable is that there is a place (Japanese-Peruvian Cultural Center) that seeks to maintain the Nikkei identity in some fashion; there’s no reason to analyze something …
Part 1 >> Nikkei Identity Kaori was raised by her grandmother in a Japanese environment. “Our relationship within our Japanese home was one of constant silence; it took just a simple stare of disapproval to know that I did something wrong. My grandmother did not have to say anything for me to …
Two years ago a photograph changed Kaori Flores Yonekura’s life, a Venezuelan filmmaker whose grandparents were Japanese. It was a photo of Mr. Takeuchi, who at the time of the photograph was president of the Nikkei Association of Venezuela.
Década de 1960. Atrás habían quedado los dolorosos tiempos de la guerra. La colonia japonesa había volteado la página y comenzaba a despegar. Sus negocios prosperaban y los hijos de los inmigrantes japoneses acaparaban los primeros puestos en los colegios o sobresalían en las universidades.
1999: Copa América de fútbol. Perú va a jugar contra Japón y el empleado de la panadería donde acabo de comprar una empanada, a una cuadra de la oficina donde trabajo, me pregunta: ¿Y a quién le vas? ¿Al Perú o a Japón? Al Perú obviamente, le contesto. Estoy perplejo. …
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