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LOUISE GEORGE KITTAKA, CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Giving up your nationality is not something to be taken lightly, especially in a society like Japan where so much of one's identity is tied to citizenship. For Bolivian-born Noemi Inoue it was a necessary step to feel fully integrated in Japanese society and to become the first person not born Japanese to serve as a city councilor in Tokyo's Sumida Ward.
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