US Army Officer Reunites With Japanese Mom After 45 Years Apart

A Long-Waited Reunion

American Air Force officer Bruce Hollywood tried to track down her mother with the help of the Japanese Embassy and a private investigator, but his efforts were all in vain. One day, he casually met a former Air Force colonel who offered to give him a hand after listening to his story, and that's when Bruce's luck began to change! He gave the colonel all the information he had, and 10 days later, he received an unexpected call.

Bruce received a call from the Japanese embassy saying that they had found his birth mom and that she would be calling him in 10 minutes. Before he knew it, with the help of a translator, he was talking to his birth mother, Nobue Ouchi, for the first time! A few months later, he traveled to Japan to meet her in person, and guess what? Her mother owned a restaurant that was called Bruce!