Tatsuya Ishikawa
Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1989. Graduated from Mejiro University's Department of Sociology. In 2014, he moved to Brazil through the training program of the Japan-Brazil Association and began working as a Nikkei society reporter for the Nikkei Shimbun newspaper.
(Updated March 2015)
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"Imin-bushi" is released in Japan. Lyrics by early immigrant Shigeo Sasaki. "Discovered" by singer Mio Matsuda. New life with Baion-style arrangement.
Feb. 26, 2015 • Tatsuya Ishikawa
"Imin-bushi," a song written by early Brazilian immigrant Shigeo Sasaki (1914-1990, Miyagi) to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Japanese immigration, has been reborn by Japanese singer Mio Matsuda (34, Akita). She has added an arrangement of the Brazilian song "Baion 1 " and included it in the CD book "Creole Nippon: Traveling Through the Memories of Songs" (A5, 80 pages, Arte Publishing, 3,500 yen), which was released in December last year. In an email interview with this newspaper, Matsuda said, …
