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From Debito's doctoral research:

Embedded Racism: Japan's Visible Minorities and Racial Discrimination

(Lexington Books, Rowman & Littlefield HB 2015, PB 2016)

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One Response to “CNN on the upcoming documentary FROM THE SHADOWS re Japan’s Child Abductions issue”

1. robert torres Says:
   October 5th, 2009 at 8:04 am

   from the shadows is wake up call to japan about child abductions.

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