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No. 52 (part 1) Connecting Japan and the World through English Rakugo - Following Kanariya Eiraku at the St. Louis Japan Festival

Ryusuke Kawai

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Part 51: Japanese child left behind in Congo

Ryusuke Kawai

"Child of the Sun" brings to light

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Part 50: Athletes and Japanese-Americans

Ryusuke Kawai

A difficult choice of nationality

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Part 49 Japanese Nationals, Japanese People, and Nikkei

Ryusuke Kawai

What is a Japanese person? In the previous column, I considered this question through the discussion of beauty pageants. There are various definitions and images of Japanese people, but in the end, it seems that "Japanese people" cannot be defined. On the other hand, "Japanese citizens" can be defined as …

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Part 48: What is Japaneseness?

Ryusuke Kawai

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Part 47: Japanese Emigration Overseas

Ryusuke Kawai

There are 1,294,000 Japanese people residing overseas.

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Part 46: Were there any Japanese who served in the American Civil War? Read "Japanese who fought in the American Civil War"

Ryusuke Kawai

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Part 45: Interview with Mr. Maeda, the translator of "Darkness" - Part 3

Ryusuke Kawai

Juliet Kono's novel "Darkness" depicts a Hawaii-born second-generation Japanese-American woman surviving a life of hardship during and after the war. Ippei Maeda, a scholar of American literature, translated the novel over the course of 10 years and published it at the end of last year. We asked him about the …

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#45 Interview with Maeda Ippei, translator of "Anshu" - Part 2

Ryusuke Kawai

Juliet S. Kono's novel "Darkness" depicts a Hawaii-born second-generation Japanese-American woman surviving a life of hardships during and after the war. Ippei Maeda, a scholar of American literature, translated the novel over the course of 10 years and published it at the end of last year. We asked him about …

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No. 45 Interview with Maeda Ippei, translator of Anshuu (Darkness) — Part 1

Ryusuke Kawai

Juliet Kono's novel "Darkness" depicts a Hawaii-born second-generation Japanese-American woman surviving a life of hardship during and after the war. Ippei Maeda, a scholar of American literature, translated the novel over the course of 10 years and published it at the end of last year. We asked him about the …