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I have shared some of my bitter experiences growing up as Hafu in the countryside of Japan. I used to be pretty bitter about it because why would you love or miss the environment or a group of people or a society who doesn’t quite accept who you are...

I am a very result oriented person..in other words, no matter how hard I work in the process, it doesn’t matter to me that I worked so hard unless I see the end result. It is very frustrating because no matter how hard we try, we fail sometimes and don...

When people of think of Japan, most of them think of it as a technologically advanced country. Creepy inventions, Robot, anime . But Japanese women are beautiful. Especially celebrities, called “tarento” in Japanese.
These women are so beautiful, reserved (some of them), sophisticated..just beautiful. When I went back to Japan last year, I felt like there were more beautiful women walking on the streets in Tokyo. I am not sure if the celebrities do influence common...

I love Beni Arashiro, a Japanese pop singer known as “Beni.” She is one of the most talented Japanese singers that I’ve known. She writes her own music, dances well and has a beautiful voice. What more can we ask for?
Beni is Okinawan. She grew up in Okinawa (southern island of Japan) as Hafu. Her father is American and her mother is Japanese. I think she might have even had a better chance of doing well in Hollywood because of her beautiful looks and talent. She...