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Identity in both the United States and Japan - California Congressman Al Murato
Keiko Fukuda
People of the Showa Era Al Murato is known as the only Japanese-American member of the California State Legislature, and is committed to education, clean energy, and Japan-U.S. relations. I once heard him say at a North American Okinawan Association meeting, "My hometown is Okinawa. Kubasaki High School (a high …
Japanese media in the United States
#13 Interview with the New Owner - Los Angeles Japanese Radio TJS
Keiko Fukuda
To Internet radio In the morning when I was taking my children to school, I used to listen to the Los Angeles Japanese radio station's program "LA Morning" in the car. Later, when my youngest child graduated from high school, I no longer had the opportunity to listen to Japanese …
Japanese-American Lawyer in Hawaii - Christine A. Kubota
Keiko Fukuda
Becoming a tour guide taking Japanese people to Japan Apart from the Shin-Issei whose parents were born in Japan, I have hardly ever met a Sansei or later Japanese American who is fluent in Japanese. At the Japanese language school in Gardena that my children attended, a girl in my …
Yugo Tomita, an immigration lawyer who studied abroad in the US in high school to become a truck driver
Keiko Fukuda
Experience the class-based society of America I have interviewed many new immigrants who have left Japan for the United States and are now working here. Immigration lawyer Tomita, with whom I had the opportunity to interview, has a unique reason for coming to the United States. Tomita is the representative …
Yoshito Yonezawa, the driving force behind the Los Angeles Tanabata Festival
Keiko Fukuda
Wants to continue but problem is lack of manpower The Tanabata decorations of the Los Angeles Tanabata Festival have been delighting visitors to Little Tokyo at the Nisei Week Festival, the largest festival for the Japanese community in Los Angeles, held every August, since 2009. The large decorations, sent from …
Joshua Thomson, a British man born and raised in Japan
Keiko Fukuda
My grandparents came to Japan One day, a conversation between a white man and an African-American woman came up in the recommended videos on YouTube. I started watching it as recommended, and before I knew it, I had finished watching the 26-minute video. What was interesting about the video? First …
Yumi Aoyama, a new second-generation Japanese-American born and raised in the United States who spent four and a half years in Japan after graduating from college
Keiko Fukuda
New Nisei-ness I was born and raised in Japan and moved to America, so I am what they call a "new first generation." And my children are "new second generation." However, even if we say "new second generation," their level of adaptation to Japanese language and culture varies. Whether they …
Connecting Japanese anime with fans around the world — Azusa Matsuda of Anime Expo
Keiko Fukuda
A suffocating life in Japan Anime Expo is a large-scale anime festival held every year at the downtown convention center. It is the largest in North America, and the expo held in July 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic attracted more than 350,000 anime fans over four days. Anime Expo seems …
Choices for Japanese People Living in America
Shinya Miyata, who moved to the U.S. as a resident 41 years ago and has permanent residency, plans to return to Japan permanently soon.
Keiko Fukuda
Final home in Japan Shinya Miyata, who I interviewed online, was smiling broadly on the other side of the screen. He told me that he had just returned to Japan after four years from Los Angeles, where entry restrictions had been lifted, and that his one month stay in Japan …