Japanese Brazilian speaks to foreign worker as union official

Second-generation Japanese Brazilian Kenji Endo speaks with a foreign worker in Spanish at the office of Union Mie in Tsu in the western Japanese prefecture of Mie on May 11, 2015. Endo speaks four languages, including English and Japanese as well as his native tongue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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