Transcript WELCOME TO THE FUTURE

WHAT IS “A JAPANESE”?
Views of a Naturalized
Japanese Citizen
By ARUDOU Debito
Associate Professor, Hokkaido Information University
Tokai University, Monday, June 25, 2007
Download this Powerpoint Presentation at
www.debito.org/tokai062507.ppt
Onsen Yunohana in Otaru
www.yunohana.org
Yunohana’s
JAPANESE ONLY sign
Sept. 2000: Arudou Debito
gets Japanese citizenship.
 Yunohana manager:
 “We understand that
you have
citizenship.
 “But you don’t look
Japanese.
 “So you can’t come
in.”
じゃあ、Are these people Japanese or not?
Wada Akiko
Entertainer
Miyazawa Rie
Actress
Umemiya Anna
Model, Tarento
Oh Sadaharu
Baseball hero
Kinugasa Sachio
Baseball hero
Alberto Fujimori
Fmr. Peru Prez
WELCOME TO THE FUTURE
(Amy (left) and Anna Sugawara Aldwinckle 1996)
Born and raised in Japan. Native speakers of Japanese. Japanese citizens.
“Your younger daughter looks foreign.
We’ll have to refuse her entry.”
..
.
Wakkanai
...
.
.
Monbetsu
Rumoi
Otaru
Ohtaki-mura
AKITA CITY
ISESAKI CITY, GUNMA PREF.
OHTA CITY, GUNMA PREF.
KOFU, YAMANASHI PREF.
DAITOU-SHI, OSAKA PREF
KYOTO
KITAKYUSHU CITY
FUKUOKA PREF
OKINAWA
URUMA CITY
.
.
KURASHIKI CITY,
OKAYAMA PREF.
HIROSHIMA
Sapporo
.....
.
.
.
.
Nemuro
MISAWA, AOMORI PREF.
KOSHIGAYA, SAITAMA PREF.
TODA CITY, SAITAMA PREF.
TOKYO OGIKUBO
TOKYO AOYAMA DOORI
TOKYO SHINBASHI
TOKYO SHINJUKU-KU
TOKYO KABUKICHO
HAMAMATSU, SHIZUOKA PREF.
NAGOYA
More information and photos at
www.debito.org/roguesgallery.html
じゃあ、Are these people Japanese or not? (2)
Konishiki
Tarento
Akebono
Pro Fighter
Ramos Rui
Soccer Hero
Amy
Daughter
Anna
Daughter
Arudou Debito
Yours Truly
My view:
Anyone with a Japanese passport is a Japanese.
Former exclusionary onsen manager Mr. Ohkoshi and friend enjoy a hot
bath in Hokkaido...
Photo courtesy Kyodo News/Kumanichi Shinbun, Jan 12, 2002
Downloads
See my website at
www.debito.org
 Download this Powerpoint Presentation at
www.debito.org/tokai062507.ppt
 My research surveys on “Japaneseness”
www.debito.org/ICU042507.ppt
--Thank you for listening to my presentation!