COPANI & KNT (2007)
This is a series of reports and presentations from the Joint Convention of COPANI & KNT held July 18 - 21, 2007 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Stories from this series
Past, Present, and Future of the Nikkei Community in Brazil
Dec. 12, 2007 • Alexandre Ratsuo Uehara , Mary Maruyama
Between July 18–21, 2007, the Joint Convention of the 14th Pan-American Nikkei Convention (COPANI) and the 48th Convention of Nikkei and Japanese Abroad (Kaigai Nikkeijin Taikai ) was held in the city of São Paulo. The event – whose main topic was “The Nikkei Contributions to Society in the Progress of Society” – brought together hundreds of participants from eleven countries in the Americas (Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela) in addition to …
46th Kaigai Nikkeijin Taikai
Dec. 5, 2007 • Paulo Yokota
In this important and interesting meeting held in São Paulo, jointly with the 14th Pan-American Nikkei Convention, the debates started with a superb and stimulating speech of Prof. Kotaro Horisaka. In the final session, coordinated by Prof. Masato Ninomiya, I had the opportunity to make some small remarks. It was suggested by the convention leaders that the discussion were concentrated in the current problems and future perspectives of the Nikkei communities. The presentation of the participants of abroad showed that, …
An Era of Innovation: The Nikkei Contribution to the Knowledge Pipeline -- Part 2
Dec. 1, 2007 • Kotaro Horisaka
>> Part 1 2. Increasingly Diverse Nikkei Communities in the Midst of Globalization With regard to Nikkei communities themselves, recently in Japan I get the feeling that a new movement has emerged that seeks to take a fresh look from a new perspective at Nikkei communities abroad. In the past it used to be the case that “Nikkei” was equated with “emigrant,” and from the 1990s the image of Nikkei become one of people who had come to Japan to …
An Era of Innovation: The Nikkei Contribution to the Knowledge Pipeline - Part 1
Nov. 30, 2007 • Kotaro Horisaka
48th Convention of Nikkei and Japanese Abroad and 14th Convention of Pan-American Nikkei"Going back to the basics of the Nikkei community abroad and promoting the development and role of the community" Introduction Ladies and Gentlemen, a very good morning to you all. As just introduced, my name is Kotaro Horisaka and I work as a professor in the Faculty of Foreign Studies of Sophia University in Tokyo. Since June last year I have been serving as one of the board …
Joint PANA-KNK convention in Brazil Airs Nikkei Identity
Nov. 23, 2007 • Harry K. Honda
SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Overall over 500 participated in the joint convention of the Association of Nikkei and Japanese Abroad (48th annual Kaigai Nikkeijin Taikai-KNT) and Asociación Panamericana Nikkei (14th Convention of Panamerican Nikkei-COPANI) from July 18-21, 2007. There were 245 Brazilians, 156 from the Spanish-speaking countries such as Peru, Paraguay, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, etc., and 66 from English speaking countries, the United States, Canada and Australia. For the first time, delegates from Indonesia, Venezuela and New Caledonia participated. …