Digging into Japan

society, entrepreneurship, alternative culture, cities&rural life

[akaptur]

[shinjimanlangit]

TAKE AWAY SHOW: Shugo Tokumaru - Linne

I love watching this from time to time. It brings me peace.

[akaptur]

SOUR STRAWBERRIES - a documentary on migrant workers, human right, exploitation and discrimination in Japan. It tells the story of two Nikkei-Jin workers from Peru and Bolivia and three Chinese participants of the International Training Programm. It also features interviews with former Vice-Minister of Justice Kono Taro, Upper House Member Tsurunen Marutei, Union-Leader Torii Ippei, Arudo Debito, Keidanren represenative Inoue Hiroshi and the German political scientist and Japan expert Dr. Gabriele Vogt.

[ayashikwei]

Isezaki Street, Yokohama, Japan by donmball on Flickr.

From the 1950s when my father was stationed in Japan as a clerk typist for the U.S. Army.

[akaptur]

First Mighty No. 9 documentary episode - amazing kickstarter campaign raised $4,000,000!

[tokyo-fashion]

The “HAFU” documentary - about Half-Japanese people’s experiences living in Japan - opens Saturday at Uplink Shibuya. Should be great.

[thingsandschemes]

At the age of 79, Misao Miyoko was found by her cat, Fukumaru. Today, at the age of 87, the pair is inseparable. Misao’s granddaughter Miyoko Ihara began taking photos of the duo and published them in a 68-page hardcover book called Misao the Big Mama and Fukumaru the Cat.