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BY: So after you had lived in Chicago for a while, you went back to Japan. So can you please tell about that? Why did you go back to Japan and what made you decide to go back to Japan?

SN: Well, I wanted to show our kids to my parents, that's the only reason. And I didn't stay there.

BY: I'm talking about when you went back and stayed by yourself. I don't remember what year it was, but you went back to, I think, Kyoto University.

TI: Yeah, it was when, I think you were with Pfizer, you were assigned to Japan.

SN: Yeah. I worked for Pfizer and then they needed somebody working with Japanese. So I went there, but wasn't very comfortable. I stayed in a little dormitory or house, went back and forth, so that was my mistake.

BY: Oh, okay. So how did you decide to leave your wife and family in the United States? Why did you decide to do that?

SN: Well, the job sound good, you know, administer Pfizer offices and plant. But when I went there, not very comfortable. Living alone is terrible. So was my mistake.

BY: Okay.

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