Another book has been published in Japan that conveys the gravity of the fact that Japanese Americans were segregated for national security reasons during the US-Japan war. Many books about the forced internment, or segregation, have been published in both Japan and the US, but the recently published Japanese translation, …
Vibrant Although there are not many attempts to perform rakugo in English, it seems to have become established by Japanese and foreigners alike. However, Ramune (29) is probably the only female rakugo performer who can perform rakugo in Japanese, English and Portuguese. Ramune, a Japanese-Brazilian rakugo performer who has recently …
Japanese people remaining in the Philippines file lawsuit What is the definition of "Japanese-American"? According to the dictionary (Daijirin), it is "something that has Japanese descent or a person." Similarly, the definition of "Japanese-American" can be thought of as someone who has Japanese descent (bloodline, blood ties). According to this, …
Traces of the war still remain Last January, a book titled "Portraits of the Remaining Soldiers: Their Postwar Lives and the Gaze of Their Homeland" (by Eiichi Hayashi, Shinyosha) was published. Hayashi, whose previous works include "The Truth about the Remaining Japanese Soldiers" (Sakuhinsha), is a highly regarded scholar who …
As the hidden history of postwar Japan Photographer Tsuneo Enari, who has captured things that postwar Japan has forgotten, published "Brides of America" in 1981, a collection of portraits and interviews depicting the candid lives of women who had married American soldiers and gone to America. This book caused a …
Inspired by Kenichi Horie and Minoru Oda Kenichi Horie (84), an ocean adventurer, was recently awarded the Blue Water Medal, the highest honor given by the Cruising Club of America (CCA), in recognition of his achievements in ocean adventure. Last year, Horie became the oldest person in the world to …
The life of Nagano Manzo, the first Japanese immigrant to Canada, who was introduced in the previous column, is summarized in "The First Immigrant to Canada" (Osuzuyama Shobo), published in 1977. This year marked the 100th anniversary of Manzo's arrival in Canada, and in addition to "The Story of Manzo," …
Since the summer before last, I have been traveling by car intermittently along the coastline of Japan, starting from Hokkaido and Tohoku, and last year driving around Hokuriku, Sanin, and Kyushu. In the past, Japan, an island nation, had no choice but to rely on sea routes to travel to …
War brides after the war After Japan lost the war in 1945, many American soldiers and civilian employees were stationed in Japan as the occupying forces. It was only natural that young men and Japanese women would fall in love with each other. The women who married them and went …
We spoke to Negawa Yukio, a special research fellow at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies and author of São Paulo Oriental Town: A Town Built by Immigrants: Modern Japan on the Other Side of the Earth (University of Tokyo Press, 2020), a book that focuses on the Japanese …
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