Ambassador Manuel Lopez Extends Assistance to “Philippine Nikkei-Jin” 08 August 2014 – Philippine Ambassador Manuel M. Lopez offered his support and assistance to “Philippine Nikkei-jin” in their effort to gain recognition by the Japanese Government of their Japanese heritage being children of Filipino mothers and Japanese citizens who migrated to the Philippines before the Second World War. Nikkei-jin is a Japanese term for Japanese emigrants and their descendants who have established families and communities in foreign lands. In the case of the Philippines, a number of Japanese migrated from the late 19th century to 1945, many of them marrying Filipinos and raising families. Those children and their descendants are called “Philippine Nikkei-jin”. After WWII, the children of Nikkei families became orphans or were left behind in the Philippines with their Filipino mothers. Continue reading on the source below. SOURCE: tokyo.philembassy.net/events/ambassador-manuel-lopez-extends-assistance-to-philippine-nikkei-jin/
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 01:55:25 +0000