Yokohama Yankee

Continuing with this week's theme of "Outsiders in Japan," I'm reccing Leslie Helm's book, Yokohama Yankee: My Family's Five Generations as Outsiders in Japan (available on Amazon). Helm is the great-grandson of a German immigrant who became a successful businessman in Japan and married a Japanese woman. The death of his abusive father, along with his and his wife's decision to adopt two Japanese children, led to Helm researching his family's history, which in turn resulted in this book.

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