WHAT IS “A JAPANESE”?Views of a Naturalized
Japanese Citizen
By ARUDOU DebitoAssociate Professor, Hokkaido Information University
Tokai University, Monday, June 25, 2007
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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 AkikoEntertainer
Miyazawa RieActress
Umemiya AnnaModel, Tarento
Kinugasa SachioBaseball hero
Oh SadaharuBaseball hero
Alberto FujimoriFmr. 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.”
.SapporoOtaru
MonbetsuWakkanai
.Rumoi
Nemuro
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Ohtaki-mura
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MISAWA, AOMORI PREF.
AKITA CITY
TOKYO OGIKUBOTOKYO AOYAMA DOORITOKYO SHINBASHITOKYO SHINJUKU-KUTOKYO KABUKICHO
KOSHIGAYA, SAITAMA PREF.TODA CITY, SAITAMA PREF.KOFU, YAMANASHI PREF.
NAGOYA
ISESAKI CITY, GUNMA PREF.
KYOTO
KURASHIKI CITY,OKAYAMA PREF. HAMAMATSU, SHIZUOKA PREF..
OKINAWAURUMA CITY
.HIROSHIMA
OHTA CITY, GUNMA PREF.
KITAKYUSHU CITYFUKUOKA PREF
DAITOU-SHI, OSAKA PREF
じゃあ、 Are these people Japanese or not? (2)
KonishikiTarento
AkebonoPro Fighter
Ramos RuiSoccer Hero
AmyDaughter
AnnaDaughter
Arudou DebitoYours 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
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