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Hitomi Ina
H11, Hitomi Ina ‘00, Tomiyo Watanabe, Grandmother, 1921, Fukuoka, Kumamoto I interviewed my maternal grandmother, Tomiyo Watanabe. She is 77 years old this year. The topic of this interview is World War II, also called the Pacific War in Japan. The interview took place in my grandmother’s house in Kawasaki. My grandmother was in her…
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Asako Kanzaki
H12, Asako Kanzaki ‘00, Toshinori Kurata, 1928, Korea, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi Q: When and where were you born? A: I was born on February 18 in 1928, in Pyong’an-Pukdo (in Japanese called Heian-Kokudō), which is now North Korea. Q: Tell me about your family. A: There were 10 members in my family including myself. I had…
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Sayo Kondō
H14, Sayo Kondō ‘00, Haru Kirioka, Grandmother, 1915, Tōkyō, Niigata On November 15th 1998 I interviewed my maternal grandmother, Haru Kirioka, who is 83 years old. I asked her about her experiences during World War II and what happened to her after the war. My grandmother was living in Tōkyō before the war with her…
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Wako Osada
F06, Wako Osada ‘97, Kayoko Tadokoro, Grandmother, 1924, Yokohama: Minami-ku, Kanagawa: Hakone-machi, Shizuoka In December 1995, I interviewed my maternal grandmother, Kayoko Tadokoro, about her experiences during World War II. She is currently 71 years old. Q: How old were you during the war? Where were you living?A: I was 21 years old, when the…
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Colin Novick
H15U, Colin Novick ‘00, Teruko Satō, Neighbor, 1904, Kanagawa: Hayama-machi, Hokkaidō, Korea, Australia On November 14, 1998, I spoke with Mrs Teruko Satō, who turned 94 years old on August 23rd. She now lives in Hayama with her niece. Her life has been very interesting and probably not the life of an average Japanese woman…
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Sinead O’Keeffe
H16Ir, Sinead O’Keeffe ‘00, Norberto Sequeira, Family friend, 1928, China, Yokohama: Naka-ku Norberto Sequeira was born in 1928 in Yokohama. His nickname is Nori. He grew up in Yokohama, attending Saint Joseph College, as well as in Shanghai, where his father was a wealthy merchant of Portuguese origin, although he had never lived in Portugal.…
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Karen (Jia-lin) Hsu
G03C, Karen (Jia-lin) Hsu ‘99, Grandmother, 1916, Yokohama: Naka-ku In November 1997, I interviewed my paternal grandmother, who is now 81 years old. She experienced World War II when she and her family lived in Yamashita-chō [Yokohama Chinatown] when she was in her 20s. She survived the harsh conditions of the war. I asked her…
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Yukiko Yamaguchi
H18, Yukiko Yamaguchi ‘00, Mieko Oda, Grandmother, 1926, Kyōto On November 8, 1998, I interviewed my maternal grandmother, Mieko Oda, who is 72 years old. My grandmother was born and raised in Tango, located in the northern part of Kyōto prefecture, and that was where she was living during World War II. Japan officially became…
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Aya Kurasawa
G05, Aya Kurasawa ‘99, Masa Maekawa, Neighbor, 1923, Niigata, Tōkyō Mrs Masa Maekawa is a 74-year-old woman who is a neighbor of mine. She lives with her married son, since her husband passed away a few years ago. Although I was not familiar with her, she and my mother became friends, so she arranged a…