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Article: Torrance import-export firm brings Japanese scarves to US market
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- Daily Breeze
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- July 20, 2009
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When Masahiko Takami immigrated to the United States from Japan
in 1993, his American dream was to start his own business.
Takami made that dream a reality in 2000 when he started ICDI
Inc., an import and export company, with his business partner
Patrick Nguyen.
Nguyen and Takami quit the import-export company where they had
worked to start ICDI.
"We thought we might be able to get better compensated if we were
on our own," said Nguyen, 39, of Torrance. "And we thought we could
do better. With the things we learned, we thought we could build
from that."
ICDI, which stands for "I Can Do It," is also their business
philosophy.
"There's no barrier that would stop us," said Takami, a ...