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Reika Utsugi
(December 16, 2002)
Trends in Japan interviewed softball
player Reika Utsugi, a Chinese-born naturalized Japanese citizen who helped
the Japanese national team to the silver medal in the
Sydney Olympics.
Elizabeth Kiritani
(October 30, 2002)
Award-winning
journalist and author Elizabeth Kiritani shared with Trends in Japan the joys of community and the beauty of traditional life in Japan.
Charles Dutoit
(October 28, 2002)
Trends in Japan interviewed
Swiss conductor Charles Dutoit, who serves as principal conductor and
music director of the NHK Symphony Orchestra.
Carl "Tuffy" Rhodes
(August 6, 2002)
Our latest interviewee is one
of the most well-known and popular athletes in Japan, Carl "Tuffy"
Rhodes.
Stepping into a Hidden World--By Gina Cogan
(April 24, 2002)
A researcher of Buddhism shares her unusual experience
of stepping inside a convent that is closed to the public and glimpsing
the reality of its inhabitants.
Carlos Ghosn
(April 5, 2002)
Possibly Japan's most famous foreign resident, our
third interviewee shared with Trends in Japan the importance of embracing
differences and learning from them.
Poem Provides Advice About Identity--By Janine Beichman
(March 20, 2002)
Trends in Japan is featuring foreign residents of Japan. This month
we are pleased to carry an essay written especially for Trends in Japan
by author and translator Janine Beichman.
Chung Myung-Whun
(February 25, 2002)
The Korean-born maestro gave Trends in Japan a positive message about the power of music to unite people around the world.
Haiku Blooms in Other Cultures Around The World--By Carmen Sterba
(February 15, 2002)
A haiku poet writes about her first encounter with haiku and her subsequent experiences with the art.
Walls? What Walls?--By Geraldine Harcourt
(January 9, 2002)
A translator writes about transcending the cultural barriers often associated with Japan.
David Peace
(October 31, 2001)
I have lived and worked in Japan for seven very
happy and positive years that have changed my life. Why and how this came
about has much to do with how my first impressions of the country
were formed.
Gerald L. Curtis
(September 19, 2001)
"I've never been bored in Japan," says renowned
Japan-watcher Dr. Gerald L. Curtis, looking back on almost four decades
of his involvement with the country. Dr. Curtis came to Japan for the
first time in 1966. "Every decade since has been very different. Japan
changes, it's been changing a lot over the time I've seen it, I've been
involved with it. So I've never had the opportunity to really get bored."
