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Proud to be a Japanese desecendant (Spanish)

(Spanish) I left Japan on the Buenos Aires Maru. In practical terms, it [the ship] was built to be a battleship, I don’t know. But the crew, the majority had been to war. And before arriving at Yokohama because first we arrived at Yokohama and then at Kobe, I disembarked at Kobe. But before arriving at Yokohama, everyday, everyday, we did as one says in nihongo (Japanese), “donchan sawagi,” because we were at war, you know, as they celebrated with flags and a bunch of things. When we arrived at Yokohoma there was a big celebration, a welcoming [celebration], because already everything had been prepared. For that [reason] I say that I saw the best part of Nihon (Japan) before, during, and after the war, and over time, like twenty years or more…I saw four faces of Nihon. For that reason, I can say that I am lucky to have seen [every facet] of Japan, the worst, the best, the good and the bad, and much better. I saw it all. I don’t say this to everybody, of course, one has it inside, but it is a pride that I have in the strength of the nihonjin (Japanese). There is much that doesn’t bother them [the Japanese], but I feel it.


Japan World War II

Date: September 18, 2006

Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Interviewer: Takeshi Nishimura, Ricardo Hokama

Contributed by: Centro Nikkei Argentino

Interviewee Bio

Luis Yamada is a Nisei born in Buenos Aires in 1929. His parents were immigrants who came from the Fukui province. As a little boy he traveled to Japan where he lived during World War II; afterwards he returned to Argentina. He was able to see Japan before, during, and after the war. Today he is the director of the Instituto Argentino de Paisajismo (Argentine Institute of Landscape Painting), one of the most prestigious institutes of its kind in Argentina. (September 18, 2006)

Antonio Shinkiti Shikota
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Shikota,Antonio Shinkiti

Oizumi, the Brazilian town in Japan (Portuguese)

(b. 1962) Japanese Brazilian owner of a Brazilian products store in Japan.

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Reiko T. Sakata
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Sakata,Reiko T.

Backstory of Parents

(b. 1939) a businesswoman whose family volunterily moved to Salt Lake City in Utah during the war.

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Hiroshi Sakane
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Sakane,Hiroshi

Returning to Japan on a prisoner-of-war exchange boat (Japanese)

(b. 1948) Executive Director of Amano Museum

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Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura
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Uchimura,Sawako Ashizawa

Family was shipped back to Japan after the war

(b. 1938) Philipines-born hikiagesha who later migrated to the United States.

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Masakatsu Jaime Ashimine Oshiro
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Ashimine Oshiro,Masakatsu Jaime

The Image of Japan: Expectations versus Reality (Spanish)

(1958-2014) Former Bolivian Ambassador to Japan

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Edward Toru Horikiri
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Horikiri,Edward Toru

My image of America as a child (Japanese)

(b. 1929) Kibei Nisei

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Edward Toru Horikiri
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Horikiri,Edward Toru

Longing to be an imperial soldier as a youth (Japanese)

(b. 1929) Kibei Nisei

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Margaret Narumi
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Narumi,Margaret

Nomo Press Conference

Producer at NHK Cosmomedia America, Inc.

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Margaret Narumi
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Narumi,Margaret

Nomo's American Debut

Producer at NHK Cosmomedia America, Inc.

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Margaret Narumi
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Narumi,Margaret

Japanese Fans

Producer at NHK Cosmomedia America, Inc.

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Margaret Narumi
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Narumi,Margaret

Baseball Hall of Fame

Producer at NHK Cosmomedia America, Inc.

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Margaret Narumi
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Narumi,Margaret

How the Dodgers internationalized MLB (Japanese)

Producer at NHK Cosmomedia America, Inc.

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Acey Kohrogi
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Kohrogi,Acey

Walter O’Malley’s philosophy

Former Director of Asian Operations for Los Angeles Dodgers

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Hikaru “Carl” Iwasaki
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Iwasaki,Hikaru “Carl”

Joining WRA Photographic Section

(1923 - 2016) WRA photographer

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Fred Y. Hoshiyama
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Hoshiyama,Fred Y.

Celebrating his birthday on December 7, 1941

(1914–2015) Nisei YMCA and Japanese American community leader

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