Nikkei Brazilian builds bridges in diverse community in central Japan

When second-generation Japanese Brazilian Kumiko Miura moved into a public housing complex in central Japan in 2006, friction was brewing over social rules and norms between long-time residents and the growing influx of foreign tenants.Her response was to act as a bridge inside the multicultural community in the huge complex in Chiryu city in Aichi Prefecture, and what the 55-year-old achieved can be seen as an example of how foreigners and Japanese can work together to facilitate communication and embrace diversity.The process was not always easy. But Miura's experience may provide importa…READ FULL ARTICLE