By SHUHEI NOMURA/ Staff Writer
August 29, 2020 at 17:20 JST
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urges International Olympic Committee members to pick Tokyo to host the 2020 Olympics during a meeting held in September 2013. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
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