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Teaching English in Japan

There's I know...there were two Americans. Soldiers I guess.  They were dressed as civilians but I think they were soldiers.  I'd sit at the bar and the, um, the bartender I mean the lady, -- the girl said, You know Jerry-san.  I really like that one guy.  You know he keeps coming in looking at me.  And It makes me nervous but you know I really like him, you know.  So I say, Oh. Then why don't you go over and tell him.  I been teaching her all this English, you know?  She says, "Yeah but I'm kind of shy.  So she says would you please tell him for me," you know?  So I went up to him.  

That was the first time I used my so-called full, long sentences.  I says, excuse me but... It took me some time but I said, "I'm American."  And he says, "Yeah, what do you want buddy?"  And I says, I'm American.  And you are American.  I want to tell you something.  And he says, "Yeah, what?"  I says, "See that girl over there?  Sachiko, or whatever her name was.  Sachiko...or Sayuko... Anyway, I said she likes, she likes you.  He says, "Oh is that right?  God so many of the guys thinks she's fabulous.  So I really like her a lot too."  Out of them, they were too, both of them were too shy to say anything, you know. So basically what I did was fix them up. my.

So Sayuko came over and they start chatting and I was translating and all that kinda stuff and, and sitting there.  And kinda made friends with them in a way, you know.  And my English starting coming back again.  But, uh, then I went back and did my classes and she, uh disappeared.  She took...after that she never came back.  And I went to the bar and she wasn't there, so I asked one of the girls, and she was new there, you know.  So she said I think, I think she went to America.


japoneses idiomas

Fecha: June 29, 2012

Zona: California, US

Entrevista: Chris Komai, John Esaki

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Entrevista

Desde niño, Jimmy Murakami (1933 – 2014) decidió convertirse en un animador de películas al ver los dibujos animados de Disney que eran proyectados a los japoneses que se encontraban en el campo de concentración Tule Lake durante la segunda guerra mundial. Después de asistir al Instituto de Arte Chouinard en Los Ángeles, trabajó como animador para el estudio de animación UPA (United Productions of America). Tiempo después, fundó Murakami Wolf, una compañía que realizó varios comerciales muy conocidos en la década de los 60 y 70. Se convirtió en el director de largometrajes de “When the Wind Blows” (“Cuando el Viento Sopla”) y “The Snowman” (“El Hombre de Nieve”). Después de haber establecido su residencia en Irlanda en los últimos años, Murakami falleció en febrero del 2014 a la edad de 80 años.  

Hokama,Ryoko

Al principio, problemas de idioma (Japonés)

(n. 1917) Issei en Argentina, originario de Okinawa

Takagi,Kazuomi

Aprendiendo el idioma español

(1925-2014) Periodista de La Plata Hochi

Uyeda,Clifford

Escuela de idioma japonés (Inglés)

(1917 - 2004) Activista político

Suto,Henry

Being enlisted into the Japanese Army

(1928 - 2008) Recluta de la Armada Imperial de Japón y de la Armada Norteamericana

Suto,Henry

Working tirelessly after the war (Japanese)

(1928 - 2008) Recluta de la Armada Imperial de Japón y de la Armada Norteamericana

Amano,Miyoko

A Lifestyle Using Both Japanese and Spanish (Japanese)

(n. 1929) Directora del Museo Amano

Biller,Francesca Yukari

Fitting in to both sides of her family

Periodista judío japonesa-americana

Horikiri,Edward Toru

(Japanese) My children’s education

(n. 1929) Kibei nisei 

Hirano,Paulo Issamu

The term Nikkei (Japanese)

(n. 1979) Sansei brasileño reside en Oizumi-machi, Prefectura de Gunma. Administra una oficina de Diseño Gráfico.

Yamashiro,Michelle

Working together in Okinawa using three languages

Okinawense estadounidense cuyos padres son de Perú.

Wasserman,Fumiko Hachiya

Mother founded Japanese language school in neighbors’ backyard

Juez Sansei en la Corte Superior del Condado de Los Ángeles en California

Fujie,Holly J.

Her grandfather was pressured to teach Japanese

Juez sansei en la Corte Superior del condado de Los Ángeles en California.

Ninomiya,Masato

La enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras estuvo estrictamente regulada durante la guerra.

Profesor de doctorado en la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de São Paulo, abogado, traductor (nacido en 1948)