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@kikerenzo
Journalist, co-editor of Kaikan magazine and correspondent for International Press
Nikkei Interests
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125 years of Japanese immigration in Peru: history and memories
When my cousins and my brother get together to eat on a holiday, we always remember the sushi tha…
July 7, 2024
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Nikkei Paraguayan Identity Center: History, memory, identity and legacy
“We wanted any place in America to come and live. We heard very nice things about Paraguay,” says R…
May 14, 2024
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Juana Miyashiro: sensei and entrepreneur
His first student was his mother, an Okinawan immigrant. When she was a high school student, Juana …
April 1, 2024
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President of the Peruvian-Japanese Association in a year for history
2024 will be a big year for the Nikkei community in Peru because it celebrates the 125th anniversar…
Feb. 12, 2024
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Growing up with the Nikkei community
Medical technologist Pedro Ruiz's relationship with the Nikkei community began in 1980, when he wa…
Jan. 10, 2024
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Sow in Japan, harvest in Peru
Jorge Vargas Tsuruda's first experience in Japan was amazing. He was a teenager (still in school) a…
Nov. 23, 2023
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Kenzo Kobashigawa, the sensei of dekasegi past
For Peruvians over 45 years of age, 1989 was probably one of the worst years in the history of thei…
Sept. 27, 2023
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Shigueko Unten, everyone's chodewa
The first thing that surprises you about Shigueko Unten is that she doesn't look anywhere near her …
Aug. 16, 2023
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Augusto Ikemiyashiro, memories of a life dedicated to service
Augusto Ikemiyashiro does not seem like a man of this era. Their vocation for service and their st…
June 21, 2023
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Ginyu Igei: the teacher, the lighthouse
Ginyu Igei arrived in Peru with the halo of sensei. A teacher in his native Okinawa, the 26-year-o…
May 18, 2023
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