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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