#Latest news with #gaijinWashington Post03-07-2025Washington PostHe thought his father abandoned him. Then he took a DNA test.For most of his life, Akihiko Yamamoto believed his American father had abandoned him in Japan. Raised by his Japanese mother, his classmates and neighbors called him 'gaijin' – meaning foreigner – and told him to 'go back to your country.' 'My childhood was terrible,' said Yamamoto, 73. 'Everybody was so mean to me.'
Washington Post03-07-2025Washington PostHe thought his father abandoned him. Then he took a DNA test.For most of his life, Akihiko Yamamoto believed his American father had abandoned him in Japan. Raised by his Japanese mother, his classmates and neighbors called him 'gaijin' – meaning foreigner – and told him to 'go back to your country.' 'My childhood was terrible,' said Yamamoto, 73. 'Everybody was so mean to me.'
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