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What’s in a Name? Mixed Race and Identity in Japan

  • Children at the Amerasian School in Okinawa are taught in both Japanese and English. Photograph taken in Ginowan, Okinawa, in 2002, as part of a series on the thirtieth anniversary of the reversion of Okinawa to Japan. (© Jiji)

    Children at the Amerasian School in Okinawa are taught in both Japanese and English. Photograph taken in Ginowan, Okinawa, in 2002, as part of a series on the thirtieth anniversary of the reversion of Okinawa to Japan. (© Jiji)

  • An extract from a New York Times article from April 30, 1967.

    An extract from a New York Times article from April 30, 1967.

  • Among the many new fashion magazines published in the 1970s and 1980s, it was extremely common to feature a hāfu model on the cover. Photograph shows the inaugural June 1975 edition of JJ, featuring the model Keren Yoshikawa.

    Among the many new fashion magazines published in the 1970s and 1980s, it was extremely common to feature a hāfu model on the cover. Photograph shows the inaugural June 1975 edition of JJ, featuring the model Keren Yoshikawa.

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