Yearly Archives: 2024

Last February 5, a team consisting of Mr. Norihiro Inomata of the Philippine Nikkei-jin Legal Support Center (PNLSC), Minister and Consul General Takahiro Hanada, and Consul Motoyori Yamaguchi of the Japanese Embassy embarked on a mission to Palawan to interview […]

The Philippine Nikkeijin Rengokai, held a meeting with the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) for the revision of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that will help in fast-tracking the application of vital events for 2nd generation descendants. The meeting happened on […]

A sequel to the previous video we posted: [WATCH] Japan’s Forgotten People – the Nikkei-jin of the Philippines. A documentary program jointly produced by 24 TV Asahi affiliates nationwide. This documentary features Samuel Akahiti and Kaneshiro Rosa, whose father was […]

State Minister for Foreign Affairs TSUGE Yoshifumi meets with Filipino Nikkei-jin On 21 August 2024, Mr. TSUGE Yoshifumi, Japan’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs met with the “Filipino Nikkei-jin” during his visit in Manila. He exchanged views on the current […]

NHK Japan has given us a glimpse into the struggle of the PNLSC, alongside Nikkei-jin who were separated from their families, regardless of whether they remained in the Philippines, or were repatriated to Japan. Featuring Teruko Miyagi, born of Japanese […]

December 14 to 19, 2023. Two Nisei (2nd generation) Nikkei-jin traveled to Okinawa with the last hope of locating their relatives on their father’s side. Each of them has an Okinawan father. They are Ms. Rosa Kanashiro (80 y/o) from […]