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Yoko Mikami, the class instructor, shows her students a hand gesture they can use to politely deny a wrong order at a restaurant during the Japanese Survival Class in the Japanese American Society’s office here Aug. 20. To maintain a relaxed atmosphere, Mikami sits around the table with her students and allows them to talk and ask questions freely making it less like a class.
090820-M-8097K-028.jpg Photo By: Lance Cpl. Chris Kutlesa

Aug 20, 2009
Yoko Mikami, the class instructor, shows her students a hand gesture they can use to politely deny a wrong order at a restaurant during the Japanese Survival Class in the Japanese American Society’s office here Aug. 20. To maintain a relaxed atmosphere, Mikami sits around the table with her students and allows them to talk and ask questions freely making it less like a class.


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