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Seiji Arakaki: writing therapy

It is not common to find associations that, at first, seem logical, but that are sometimes hidden…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Feb. 25, 2025

authors identity Japanese Peruvians La Union School (Lima, Peru) literature psychology soccer sports writers

Masaki Gaja, the sansei of balance

The case of graphic designer Masaki Gaja is unusual. He has lived the experience of Japan in two s…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • March 24, 2023

dekasegi foreign workers generations identity Japan Masaki Gaja migration Nikkei in Japan Peru Sansei soccer sports

Alberto Izu: the human encyclopedia

There are friendships that, when talking, one tends to see in them a kind of “Human Encyclopedia.” …

Luis Iguchi Iguchi • July 6, 2022

Alberto Izu Lima Peru soccer sports volleyball

Nikkei Chronicles #9—More Than a Game: Nikkei Sports

Why Coach Sports? Bob Kodama’s Legacy Coaching Youth Sports

My Father, Bob Seiko Kodama, was a Nisei born in Seattle, Washington in 1931. His parents operated …

Michael Kodama • Nov. 15, 2020

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A Japanese fan with a Peruvian heart

When the Tribunal Arbitral du Sport (TAS) issued a 14-month sanction that prevented the captain of …

Marjorie Reymundo Conde +1 • Sept. 21, 2018

FIFA World Cup identity Japanese Peru soccer sports World Cup

Thanks to life

When he turned 72 in 2013, Samuel Matsuda Nishimura published a book titled Thank You, Thank You V…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • May 9, 2018

families hostages migration Okinawans Peru soccer sports Uchinanchu work

The Olympic Dream That a Group of Young Nisei Transformed into Reality in Tokyo

“We asked ourselves, how is this possible? There won’t be any Nisei at the Tokyo Olympics?” The sp…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • April 6, 2018

athletes athletics Carlos Tsuboyama generations Japan Lima Luis Toyama Nisei Olympic Games (1964, Tokyo, Japan) Olympics Peru soccer sports students Teófilo Toda Tokyo (metropolis) Tokyo Prefecture Union Stadium Association

My Grandmother's Ozoni

“She’s making soup!” That was my mother’s and my aunts’ hint to us children, that it was time for …

Hudson Okada • Jan. 5, 2018

Brazil families food grandmothers grandparents Japanese food New Year Oshogatsu ozoni parents soccer sports

Interview with Nahomi Kawasumi (Seattle Reign FC Footballer)

I want to play well so our fans are satisfied Nahomi Kawasumi is a member of the Seattle Reign, a …

The North American Post • Dec. 28, 2017

Seattle soccer sports United States Washington

Anthony Aoki, promise of Peruvian football

If soccer is the corner of optimism for Peruvians, the national team is its maximum expression. In…

Javier García Wong-Kit +1 • Sept. 18, 2017

Anthony Tadashi Aoki Peru U17 (soccer team) Peruvians soccer sports

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