Life As A Mixed-race Model In Japan

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Thu, 10/25/2018 - 9:21am

For 18-year-old model Rina Fukushi, Tokyo is home. But growing up as a mixed-race child in Japan wasn't always easy. With a Japanese-American father and a Filipina mother, Fukushi was one of a growing number of biracial individuals identifying as "hafu" -- a phonetic play on the English word "half."

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Topics:  rina fukushi   tokyo   japanese-american   filipina   english   fukushi   japan   mixed-race   model   growing   
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