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Interviewed by Isao Tokuhashi Edited by Daniel Penso Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com   Mayuko Ban Fashion Designer My Eyes Tokyo has heard stories from people of various nationalities and fields for 11 years. However, we have not met people involved in the fashion industry yet. But, finally, we met a Japanese fashion designer, Mayuko Ban. Ban started her career as an ethnic clothing designer after graduating Bunka Fashion Graduate University in 2009. In 2011, she submitted a work to Soen Prize, which is considered to be the first step up the ladder of a professional fashion designer in Japan. Her work

Vietnamese women wearing traditional costume Áo dài. *Photo from Wikipedia September 2 is National Day, celebrates the independence of Vietnam from Japan and France in 1945. The Japanese occupied Vietnam during World War II but allowed the French to remain and exert some influence. At the war’s end in August 1945, a power vacuum was created in Vietnam. Capitalizing on this, the Việt Minh launched the “August Revolution” across the country to seize government offices. Emperor Bảo Đại abdicated on August 25, 1945, ending the Nguyễn Dynasty. On September 2, 1945, at Ba Đình Square, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, leader

Uruguay supporters at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. *Photo from Wikipedia August 25 is Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uruguay from Brazil in 1825. Portuguese established “Colonia del Sacramento”, one of the oldest European settlements in the country, in 1680. Montevideo was founded as a military stronghold by the Spanish in the early 18th century, signifying the competing claims over the region. In 1816, a force of 10,000 Portuguese troops invaded the Banda Oriental (comprising the modern nation of Uruguay, the modern Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul and some parts of Santa Catarina) from Brazil;