Sakhalin's deaf man called "I am Japanese" for first visit to Japan October 19th 0:08
A former deaf man, a deaf man who was born and raised in Sakhalin, Russia and claims to be a Japanese, visited Japan for the first time.
The first visit to Japan was Russian citizen Nikolai Hiranuma (75) who lives in Sakhalin.
Hiranuma arrived at Narita Airport on the afternoon of the 18th and embraced the people who were greeted.
According to Hiranuma, he was born in 1944 in Minami Eita, a Japanese territory, and lost his hearing at the age of three, so he was unable to communicate with the people around him. Because I died, I didn't know much about my background.
Later, when I studied letters at a deaf school and looked at the birth documents, I knew that I was Japanese because the last name of my deceased father was written as “Hiranuma”. I can no longer prove that I am Japanese.
Last year, when a Japanese organization that promoted international exchange through sign language visited Sakhalin, they told them that they were Japanese.
Mr. Hiranuma met with staff from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo and asked for support for a survey to prove that he was Japanese after explaining the circumstances so far.
Hiranuma visits Hiroshima and Kyoto to interact with people with hearing impairments while staying in Japan, and will hold a lecture in Tokyo on the 27th.