People of Japanese ancestry worldwide invited to attend International Day of Nikkei on June 20
Andres Tadashi Isa (left) and Andres Higa promote the International Day of Nikkei on March 12 at Meio University in Nago City.
March 13, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
At Meio University in Nago City on March 12 Andres Higa, 43, a second generation Okinawan-Argentinian, and Andres Tadashi Isa, 28, a third generation Okinawan-Peruvian promoted the “International Day of Nikkei” 100 days in advance of the event.
The International Day of Nikkei (Japanese ancestry) will be held every year on June 20 to strengthen connections among people of Japanese descent and establish their identity as Nikkei.
On the day of the event, Higa and Isa plan to hold a cultural exchange event inviting Nikkei and related people, and give a presentation on the history of Japanese emigrants.
The venue and time will be made available soon. These two men are calling for many Nikkei and Japanese people to participate and interact with each other.
June 20, 1868 was the day that the first group of Japanese people arrived in Hawaii, and last year the Association of Nikkei and Japanese Abroad declared International Day of Nikkei.
Higa and Isa proposed the event and worked to establish it.
Higa said, “We are here due to the history of [Japanese] emigration. Many Japanese people do not know about the emigrants. We want you to know the emigration history for the International Day of Nikkei.”
The two men also worked on the establishment of October 30 as “World Uchinanchu Day.” Isa stressed that, “We want Japanese people and Nikkei people to cherish the International Day of Nikkei just as Uchinanchu do World Uchinanchu Day.
We want to create a relationship in which Japanese and Nikkei can help each other, like a family.”
(English translation by T&CT)
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