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Naomi Osaka stirs up debate about what it means to be Japanese following U.S. Open victory
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Oona McGee
Sep 16, 2018 - Tweet
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Our Korean-Japanese reporter’s thoughts on people asking “Is Naomi Osaka really Japanese?”
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SoraNews24
Sep 12, 2018
P.K. Sanjun takes a look at some of the common criteria used to define what makes a person “Japanese,” and whether they’ll still be used in the future.
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