Japanese Identity

01 2月 The New Standard 新たな基準

Posted at 00:16h in Japanese Culture, Japanese Identity, racial discrimination, sports

I don’t normally like to admit to having heroes, but I would have to consider Ichiro a hero of mine, but for reasons only remotely related to baseball. Ichiro represented a new image for Japanese men worldwide. Up until Ichiro’s Major League Baseball debut in...

18 1月 Shogun!

Posted at 23:00h in Japanese Culture, Japanese Identity, racial discrimination, television

Creating a homepage has aroused some feelings of nostalgia in me, looking back. Going way back, growing up in New York, I remember my first exposure to Japanese culture was from my grandparents. When I was a child my maternal grandparents (originally from Japan) would...