After deciding to become a permanent resident of Canada... Yoshihiko Masuda was stationed in California until 2014 and served as the president of the Japan Business Association (JBA). About five years after he returned to Tokyo from California, Masuda was to serve as a special lecturer at a newly established …
Divorce in my late 30s was a turning point The news of the sale of Keiro, a nursing home in Los Angeles, attracted a lot of attention a few years ago. Japanese-Americans and Japanese retirees applied to live there as their final resting place, and there were many names on …
Introducing Japanese TV programs I first started working as a freelance writer in 2003, and the magazine I wrote for was TV FAN. I continued to write for the magazine until its last publisher, Hiroshi Takeuchi, stopped publication in 2010. After it went out of publication, when I went to …
Participatory media So far, this series has interviewed editors of print media such as newspapers and magazines published all over the United States. However, in today's Internet society, in addition to print media, we should also focus on "Japanese media" that operate only online. "Discover Nikkei," where I am writing …
Japan for the first time in 32 years Born This Way is an Emmy Award-winning reality TV show that depicts the real-life lives of young people with Down Syndrome. Hiromi Ashmore, whose eldest daughter was one of the main cast members and who also appeared in the show, returned to …
The Nomo whirlwind for the Dodgers marks a turning point When I first started living in Los Angeles in 1992, the Japanese newspaper Nikkan Sun was a paid publication. Later, it became free, and then with the appearance of Los Angeles Dodgers player Nomo, who created a tornado of a …
Both English and Japanese The Rafu Shimpo, first published in 1903, is still published four days a week as a paid paper (three days a week during the pandemic). Since the days before free papers, the paper has provided local news, Japanese news, and lifestyle information for the Japanese community …
Collaboration with local Japanese organizations I have often heard of the free Japanese newspaper "Iroha" published in Dallas. However, as a California resident, I have never had the opportunity to learn about what kind of publication it is or what it contains. The publisher, Makoto Ueda, told me that this …
A vast area and a wide range of readers The Japanese media we have introduced so far have focused on one or more specific areas: Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, and San Francisco, but the free Japanese magazine we will introduce this time, USFrontLine, is distributed to many areas across …
A pioneer of free SF media Recently, I often check out the Facebook community "Japanese in America." A common post I see in this community is, "I'm moving to the XX area. Can you recommend some local Japanese information magazines?" As a Southern California resident, I can immediately write a …
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