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Okinawa War Refugees Find New Life on Bolivian Farm
Tokusho Miyagi, a WWII prisoner of war and Okinawan native, now runs a 430 acre Bolivian farm near Santa Cruz with his family. He grew soya, sorghum, wheat and rice, living amid tropical savanna. He, like many Okinawans, left Japan after the war, aided by land grants and equipment from Bolivia and the United States, contributing to regional agriculture and economy despite lingering ties to Japan.
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Okinawa
Bolivia
Tokusho
Miyagi
South America
Santa Cruz
Siberia
Pacific Ocean
U.S. Civil Administration
Ryukyu Islands
Japan
Tadatsuma Yabu
Taiwan
Manchuria
United States
San Juan de Yapacan