Rekindling a family friendship across continents
I exited baggage claim at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport and scanned the crowd for a face I hoped I’d recognize. I hadn’t seen the man in 23 years, and my recollection of what he looked like came only from photographs – namely, the family pictures that came along with the holiday package he mailed from Japan every Christmas.
When I was growing up, my dad spoke to me of this man endearingly, as “your Japanese uncle.” My dad was working as an interpreter in Beijing in 1991 when he first crossed paths with Shuichi Kosuge, who was visiting the capital with a group of
