The week's good news: May 10, 2018

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Shizuoka, Japan.
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1. American man reunited with birth mother discovers she named her restaurant in Japan after him

Air Force Col. Bruce Hollywood always knew he was adopted, but it wasn't until he had a heart attack in 2005 that it became urgent he meet his birth mother. Hollywood told The Washington Post he wanted to thank her for placing him with an American family in 1960, but struggled to find her, until an admiral contacted the Japanese Embassy. They found Hollywood's birth mother, Nobue Ouchi, and had her call him. Through an interpreter, he learned it was the day before Ouchi's 65th birthday, and she had dreamed of seeing her son again so she could show him her restaurant and bar, named Bruce. She knew his name because before Hollywood and his adoptive family left Japan, the mothers met, and Ouchi was given a photo of baby Bruce. Their relationship blossomed, Hollywood said, and before Ouchi died in 2009, he made several visits to her home in Japan.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.