In the 1980s, Miki was "instrumental" in fighting for redress from the federal government for the internment of Japanese-Canadians during the Second World War. [2 ] [4 ]
Vystudoval Fakultu politické ekonomie na Univerzitě Waseda v Tokiu. [2 ] Během školní docházky se přátelil s fotografem Džunem Mikim, který studoval na Keio University a obdivoval fotografie Jónosuka Natoriho. [2 ]