Educating, Empowering And Embracing One’s Half-Japanese Heritage
Tokyo-based communication specialist Nina Cataldo is the founder of Hafu Ladies, a worldwide community for half-Japanese (hafu) women. Since launching the public page and private group on Facebook in November 2018, she has seen the community grow to 900-strong.Savvy Tokyo sat down with Nina Cataldo to find out more about the group, why it is important to her, and how it serves its community.Tell us a little aboutHafu Ladies.We have three pillars: to educate, to empower, and to embrace. Members typically have a connection to Japan in a racial or ethnic sense, but we also have members who are cu...