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Living While Black, In Japan

NPR    15 September 2021

 

 

 

 

Living While Black, In Japan

All Things Considered        Video        NPR        15 September 2021

 

In the wake of the 2020 killing of George Floyd,

African-Americans and others mounted ongoing street protests.

 

But African-Americans living abroad felt the anguish

as profoundly as their families and friends back "home."
 

 

Some have chosen to live in Japan,

one of the most homogeneous nations in the world.

 

Despite being in a smaller minority in Japan than in their home country,

they express feelings of safety and freedom.

 

Yet, racism in the U.S. still plays a role in their lives.

 

In this short film,

several African-Americans living in Japan discuss

how their encounters with police and racism in the U.S.

played into their decision to live abroad

and how leaving the U.S. changed their perceptions of who they are

and their connection to the country of their birth.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMpxLmMnS6M
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japan        UK / USA

 

https://www.npr.org/tags/126924744/japan

https://www.theguardian.com/world/japan

https://www.theguardian.com/world/shinzo-abe

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/fukushima

https://www.theguardian.com/film/akirakurosawa

https://www.theguardian.com/film/yasujiro-ozu

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/sony

https://www.theguardian.com/business/toyota

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Canon_Inc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Denon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Epson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Hitachi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Honda

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Mitsubishi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Nikon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Panasonic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Pioneer_Corporation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Sony

 

 

 

2024

 

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/29/
1241574530/oppenheimer-premieres-japan

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/08/
arts/akira-toriyama-dead.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/feb/25/
perfect-days-review-wim-wenders-koji-yakusho-tokyo-toilet-cleaner

 

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/25/
1226791513/man-sentenced-to-death-
for-arson-attack-at-japanese-anime-studio-that-killed-36

 

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/17/
1221849861/china-japan-immigration

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2024/jan/03/
japanese-earthquake-aftermath-in-pictures

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2024/jan/02/
japans-deadly-earthquakes-spark-fires-and-destroy-buildings-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

2023

 

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/01/
1215837807/the-boy-and-the-heron-review-hayao-miyazaki

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/08/06/
1190900066/japanese-food-diet-healthy-eating

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/02/
ryuichi-sakamoto-
the-avant-gardist-who-became-a-groundbreaking-pop-star

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/mar/27/
japanese-poster-pictures-20th-century

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/
t-magazine/noh-mask-makers-women.html

 

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/13/
1163040120/maki-kashimada-book-love-at-six-thousand-degrees-
explores-trauma

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/13/
kenzaburo-oe-nobel-prize-winning-japanese-writer-dies

 

 

 

 

2022

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/02/
books/review/hayao-miyazaki-shunas-journey.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/oct/03/
today-in-focus-podcast-
assassination-shinzo-abe-political-scandal-japan - Guardian podcast

 

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/29/
1114222052/japan-traditional-crafts-small-business-population-decline

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2022/jul/21/
the-spirit-within-photographer-kenro-izus-impermanence-in-pictures

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/18/
utoro-is-my-identity-
can-a-museum-heal-the-scars-of-korean-migrants-in-japan

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/08/
abe-shooting-why-gun-violence-is-so-rare-in-zero-tolerance-japan

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2022/jul/08/
shinzo-abe-a-life-in-pictures

 

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/11/
1110948421/japan-is-examining-its-security-and-defense-policy-
as-russia-continues-war-in-uk

 

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/07/11
10242307/yu-gi-oh-kazuki-takahashi-dead

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2022/jul/06/
imperial-artwork-early-photographs-of-life-in-japan-in-pictures

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/02/
world/asia/japan-covid.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/27/
garbage-island-no-more-
how-one-japanese-community-triumphed-over-a-toxic-waste-dump

 

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/27/
1107748722/tokyo-warned-of-power-crunch-as-japan-endures-heat-wave

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/24/
movies/anime-belle-your-name.html

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/17/
world/asia/japan-plan75-hayakawa-chie.html

 

 

 

 

2021

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/dec/22/
swiss-wanderer-soul-of-japan-werner-bischof

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/05/
japan-death-row-inmates-sue-over-same-day-notification-of-execution-report

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2021/nov/01/
tokyo-subway-knife-attack-video

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/oct/27/
seven-samurai-review-cinema-akira-kurosawa

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/09/24/
1035513463/whatever-happened-to-the-ww-ii-sex-slaves-fighting-for-justice

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMpxLmMnS6M - NPR - 15 September 2021

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/24/
business/japan-anime.html

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/24/
world/asia/japan-deaths.html

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/
world/asia/japan-women-suicide-coronavirus.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/18/
japans-ruling-party-invites-women-to-meetings-but-wont-let-them-speak

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/feb/16/
an-uncertain-future-for-japans-love-hotels-in-pictures

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/19/
hospitals-japan-close-collapse-serious-covid-cases-soar

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/16/
japans-suicide-rate-rises-16-in-second-wave-of-covid-study-finds

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2021/jan/12/
coming-of-age-day-japan-covid-in-pictures

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/07/
japans-pm-declares-state-of-emergency-in-tokyo-amid-covid-crisis

 

 

 

 

2020

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/25/
japan-reports-cases-coronavirus-variant-spreading-across-uk

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/24/
world/asia/japan-birthrate-shrink.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/10/
japan-covid-cases-reach-daily-record-as-third-wave-hits

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/01/
896627359/opinion-75-years-on-remember-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-
but-remember-toyama-too

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/06/
contact-tracing-japan-coronavirus-covid-19-patients-social-etiquette

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/25/
japan-lifts-state-of-emergency-after-fall-in-coronavirus-cases

 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/24/
the-swamp-by-yoshiharu-tsuge-review-powerfully-strange

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/22/
from-near-disaster-to-success-story-how-japan-has-tackled-coronavirus

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/14/
japan-suicides-fall-sharply-as-covid-19-lockdown-causes-shift-in-stress-factors

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/03/
commuted-sentence-covid-19-spares-the-japanese-salaryman-from-ritual-exhaustion

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/18/
japanese-flu-drug-clearly-effective-in-treating-coronavirus-says-china

 

 

 

 

2019

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/15/
japan-shinzo-abe-pledges-action-homeless-men-denied-shelter-access-typhoon-hagibis

 

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jun/14/
the-tokyo-neighbourhood-where-people-come-to-disappear

 

 

 

 

2018

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/06/
japan-executes-sarin-gas-attack-cult-leader-shoko-asahara-and-six-members-
reports

 

 

 

 

2017

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/
world/asia/japan-lonely-deaths-the-end.html?

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/05/
japanese-woman-dies-overwork-159-hours-overtime

 

http://www.npr.org/2017/09/08/
549295524/poor-in-miami-hoping-to-ride-out-irma-on-bread-and-cans-of-tuna

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/02/
business/japan-population-births.html

 

 

 

 

2016

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/08/26/
490687505/a-dying-japanese-village-brought-back-to-life-by-scarecrows

 

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/video/2016/jun/13/
people-who-live-sleep-tokyo-internet-cafes-japan-video

 

http://www.npr.org/2016/05/28/
479747302/after-hiroshima-bombing-survivors-sorted-through-the-horror

 

 

 

 

2012

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/10/
japan-manhunt-sarin-suspects-completion

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/03/
tokyo-subway-nerve-gas-suspect-arrested

 

 

 

 

2011

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jul/13/
fukushima-nuclear-workers-inexperienced

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/apr/03/
fukushima-fears-nuclear-angle-japan-suffering

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2011/mar/14/
fukushima-nuclear-plant-reactor-explosion-video

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/13/
japan-fukushima-nuclear-power-station-explosion

 

 

 

 

2008

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/aug/22/
japan.socialexclusion

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/may/31/
japan

 

 

 

 

 

2006

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jan/31/
japan.justinmccurry

 

 

 

 

2003

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/dec/19/
japan.justinmccurry

 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/sep/16/
pressandpublishing.japan

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jun/21/
japan.jonathanwatts

 

 

 

 

1995

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/1995/mar/21/
japan.martinwalker

 

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/20/
world/poison-gas-fills-tokyo-subway-six-die-and-hundreds-are-hurt.html

 

 

 

 

1989

 

https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/31/
world/wave-of-vietnamese-refugees-straining-japan.html

 

 

 

 

1970

 

https://www.nytimes.com/1970/11/15/
archives/a-us-marine-in-japan-becomes-an-antiwar-symbol-perplexing-problems.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Noh masks        USA

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/
t-magazine/noh-mask-makers-women.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sea walls        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2018/mar/09/
after-the-tsunami-japan-sea-walls-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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But you may have

one very basic question

that you can't easily find

an answer for:

How big is Yemen, anyway?

 

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and check out Wikipedia

but wouldn't it be great

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