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Good school day for Thai-Japanese boy

First day at school for the Japanese-Thai boy, Keigo Sato, was a success as his fellow students welcomed him with open arms and Naresuan University offered to arrange for translators should the boy's Japanese father come to visit. ...full story at The Nation

from The Nation on Mon, May 18 2009

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20 Oct 07 visit Preuksaraja-Thai Japanese Friendship Concert  »  YouTube videoPreuksaaja-words by Chitralada School, Music by Charunee Hongcharu Sungby Ms Benjaporn Chopkiikhun Thai-Japanese Orchestra and Chorus Conducted by Charunee Hongcharu on Oct19 2007 @ Thailand Cultural Centre タイ日本フレンドシップコ サートでのタイの歌 す。
19 May 09 visit Japanese father to call Keigo  »  The Nation The Japanese father of nine-year-old Keigo Sato, has contacted the Japanese Embassy in Bangkok and asked to have personal talk with his son by phone this week, Phichit Governor Somchai Hatayatani said yesterday.
16 May 09 visit Orphan boy's Japanese father found  »  Bangkok Post The Japanese embassy in Thailand reported to Thai officials orphan boy Keigo Zato’s long-lost Japanese father has been found.
19 May 09 visit Media must not jump to conclusions  »  The Nation A nine-year-old Thai-Japanese boy, Keigo Sato, made international headlines when the local media found him selling fish at a temple in Pichit province and asking Japanese tourists if they knew his father. Since then, everybody has wanted to help him out....
24 May 09 visit Keigo keeps his promise  »  The Nation Nineyearold ThaiJapanese boy Keigo Sato yesterday kept his vow to a Buddha statue at Wat Tha Luang in Phichit province by running 40 times around the temple's ubosot (main chapel) after his prayers to talk to his longlost Japanese father were answered.
14 May 09 visit 'I've lost my daddy' : Keigo Sato  »  The Nation A nine-year-old boy in Phichit gets help in the search for his Japanese father

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