Let’s Respect Individuals – Generation Labels Like “Boomers” Are Meaningless
“You must listen to what your father says.” This is what many of us were told over and over again as we were growing...
Category: CrossCurrents
個人を尊重しよう＜何々世代＞は関係ない
「お父さんの言うこと聞きなさい！」今やグローバル時代を謳歌し益々複雑化する世界だが、私たちの多くは、幼い頃から物事の良し悪しを模索しつつも、いつもそう叱られて育ってきた。
J-Town Logo Is Like Nazi Swastika? I Disagree
Just who among this small number would think of the Nazi swastika when they see the logo in question? I leave the answer to our Canadian readers’ common sense.
Let’s Help Visiting Japanese Youngsters “Find Themselves” in Canada
Unfenced school yards and sports grounds where a ball sailing over an outfielder’s head keeps rolling on. The rule about drivers having to stop...
訪れる日本人の若者たちに少しでもカナダ人の主体性を
外野手の頭上を抜けたボールがどこまでも転がっていく柵のない校庭やスポーツグラウンド。どこでも歩行者が一歩でも車道に踏み出したらドライバーは直ちに停車して横断させるべしというルール。
Finally Made It to Dublin Captivated by Culture Born of Resistance
What kind of a country is Ireland? Generations of people migrating to North America, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere since the Potato Famine of...
ついに実現ダブリン訪問 不屈の精神に育まれた文化を堪能
アイルランドってどんな国なんだろう。19世紀の大飢饉以来北米、オ−ストラリアなどへの移民が数世代続き英語圏には必ず有力者を含むアイルランド系がアングロサクソン系と共に幅をきかしている（例：カナダ首相マルローニー、米大統領ケネディ）。
“Mr K” a Pioneer who brought the First “Cool” Japanese Car to North American markets
Born in the Meiji era, he had a great “sense of the borderless,” passion for cars and a curious mind – all extraordinary for Japanese people of the time, or even of today. This I can attest to with certitude, as it turns out he was probably my father’s best friend since the time they went to the university together.
Our Legendary Asahis —The Movie Version Invaluable Publicity vis-à-vis Japanese People of Today
Travis Takashi Ishikawa of the San Francisco Giants recently made a lot of Japanese North Americans feel proud when he said: “I never give...
A Small Joy of Life in Vancouver – Bookstores Still Everywhere
One of the things I appreciate about life in Canada is that we still have bookstores just about everywhere, from small neighborhood retailers to...
Sophisticated Disinformation Technique a Necessity? Stress from Japan’s Close-knit Interpersonal Relations
In my daily perusal of the Japanese print media via news websites and a weekly magazine or two, I sometimes come across fascinating juxtapositions...
What a Wonderful World part.2
This is the second half of my exercise in optimism as in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World, the evergreen hit made popular...
