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Working for French gaming giant Ubisoft at the time, he had an idea for his own project - a role-playing game inspired by one of his childhood favourites, the classic Japanese series Final Fantasy.

The use of this ancient wartime power, which was only used three times before, and grievously abused in the case of the Japanese and Italian American internment, is an attack on common sense.

"We have had Japanese wedding celebrations conducted underneath the cascades of double blossom," she says.

The Ainu lived in self-governing communities across the island and maintained their own traditions under Japanese imperial rule.

A longtime Altadenan, Garcia moved to the community as a child because it was one of the few places where her parents — who were Japanese and Mexican — were able to buy a home.