Filipino-Japanese visits father's homeland

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Bienvenido Toshio Shin, a 70-year-old Filipino-Japanese, receives a bouquet of flowers from his Japanese relatives on Aug. 7, 2014, at Kagoshima Airport in Japan's southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima, his Japanese father's homeland. Shin, who acquired Japanese nationality earlier this year, said, "My 70-year dream finally came true."

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