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Watch this video... After Haitian-Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka won the U.S. Open champion, The Japan Times asked people what they think makes a person Japanese. Is it parentage, language, culture or a combination of factors?

After watching the video you will realize that the same prejudices Haitians in Haiti have against Haitians born outside of Haiti in the diaspora, especially when in matters of politics, it is the same problem that Half Japanese men and women are facing in Japan.

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"Haiti is a beautiful little country," says Haitian-Japanese Tennis Player Naomi Osaka, "the negative comments do not reflect the reality." Naomi Osaka visited her father's native Haiti for the first time in her young 20 years, a personal decision she said.

Related: Haitian-Japanese Tennis Player Naomi Osaka visits Haiti

Naomi Osaka was born in Japan to a Haitian father. She started playing tennis at the age of three while living in Japan. Her parents then moved with her to New York so she could improve her skills as a tennis player. All this time, she had never been to Haiti.

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Haiti has just received a LARGE donation in the form or rice bags from Japan... 6,727 metric tons of rice, an estimated 223,347 bags or rice was officially received by Haiti from the government of Japan Friday...

This rice donation is estimated at USD $3.9 million US... Japan diplomat Yoshiaki Hatta said he strongly hope that this rice is transported as quickly as possible to the vulnerable population that is struck by food insecurity...

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