Kind-hearted Japanese Taxi Drivers Who Pay for Ghost Passengers’ Fares
by Masaki Watanabe Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu / Happy New Year! I hope you’ll continue to read my columns this year. To kick off the...
by Masaki Watanabe
by Masaki Watanabe Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu / Happy New Year! I hope you’ll continue to read my columns this year. To kick off the...
Akemashite omedetoo gozaimasu and a Happy New Year to all you readers out there. You are a source of great inspiration for me as...
I recently heard again that all-too-familiar expression, this time from a bright, well-mannered Japanese college youth, one of our recent “home-stay” students on short-term...
SERIES: JAPANESE CANADIAN PIONEERS Some of you readers may know him already as Sada- san, the personable owner and chef at the popular sushi...
SERIES: JAPANESE CANADIAN PIONEERS This is the second instalment of our semi-regular series, “JAPANESE CANADIAN PIONEERS,” featuring Nikkei men and women young and old...
In Japanese society today, especially among men, there is still quite a lot of discomfort if not antagonism toward “house husbands who make...
Attitudes toward male and female roles between married couples, as well as between those betrothed, have undergone changes with every new generation within the...
今回は特に注意せねば、ちょっと哲学的な難題に取り組んでみたいからだ。即ち、私達日系カナダ人や在住邦人向けの、たいてい職員とボランティアによる諸コミュニティ団体を利用している人達と、社会的な役割をはたしているそうした団体自体の存在だが、究極的にどっちの方が大事なのだろう?
Within minutes of meeting Mr Kaye Kaminishi, I who consider myself a “seasoned reporter,” could not help being awe-struck by the aura of the man, now aged 93. He was like an old Zen monk who had found enlightenment ….
When new immigrants from all over the world acquire Canadian citizenship, they ceremonially swear to respect each other regardless of race, religion and original...
初対面のケイ上西氏、会って数分でその迫力に圧倒されしまった。長年の記者生活で大分スレてしまった当方だが、齢93歳の同氏はまるで悟りをひらいた禅僧のごとく、自己に対しても周囲に対してもいつも自然体、平常心で接している様だ。唯一の情熱の対象をひたすら追い続けて人生を生き抜いてきた人物の重みとでも言うか。
If former players of our legendary Asahi ballclub could have witnessed the impact Japanese players are having on Major League Baseball (MLB) today, I...