akira

Tōkyō, Japan

Nima since 2009

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Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

Explaining why I haven't left Japan or even Tokyo: Radiation, Mass Media and more: Part 2

Akira Uchimura

Read Part 1 >>*What was your experience with the earthquake?We were in our Nikkei Youth Network office located on the 6th floor of a building in Shibuya, Tokyo. Around 3pm, we felt as if our building was being hit and pushed by someone. With my colleague Mao, we ran down …

Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

Explaining why I haven't left Japan or even Tokyo: Radiation, Mass Media and more - Part 1

Akira Uchimura

Before I start, I would like to ask the international news media to stop using the situation in Japan—bloating the facts—and making it into entertainment to sell more papers and commercials. Many foreigners who live in Japan and can’t speak Japanese are guided solely on these kinds of news which …

Young Japanese people's views of Japan and the world

インターネット時代の青年日系

Akira Uchimura

私はいま27歳。自分のことを「青年」と呼ぶのはちょっと恥ずかしいのですが、「コミュニケーション時代に生まれた人」という呼称がピンと来ます。

Young Japanese people's views of Japan and the world

世界一周の船旅で出会った日系人

Akira Uchimura

一昨年、大学に通っている間、憲法9条のドキュメンタリー映画を見にいかないか、と大学の先生に誘われました。東京、六本木の洒落た映画館で、各国からきた留学生と一緒に見て、ディスカッションするイベント付き映画鑑賞でした。

Young Japanese people's views of Japan and the world

はじめまして、明です。

Akira Uchimura

みなさん始めまして、新しくここでコラムシリーズを書くことになりました、打村明です。 先日、掲示板の「自己紹介」で英語の自己紹介をしましたが、改めて日本語で自己紹介をしたいと思います。

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