Is Racial Profiling Effective?
I had the pleasure of attending the first lecture in the TUJ Lecture Series, New World Law & Order: Profile, Protest, and Social … Keep Reading
What's the Word?
Jim Crow During the Occupation of Japan
Jim Crow Black/White violent apartheid of the USA, was also practiced as American culture in the U.S. military during the Occupation of … Keep Reading
Lost in Translation: U.S. Forces and Crime in Japan
A recent spate of crimes committed by United States Forces in Japan (USFJ) personnel has been widely reported in both Okinawan and … Keep Reading
Living in Japan
Why Japan?
Eye-Ai Magazine interviews Zurui, the Black Tokyo Creative Director. As you may know, Black Tokyo started as an online forum in 1999. … Keep Reading
Questioning Identity in the Black Pacific
I questioned my belonging on earth, in general, due to the violences I experienced in Japan, verbal and physical, as well as … Keep Reading
Blasian Narratives: A Black and Asian Intersection
Mitzi Uehara Carter interviewed Director Jivan Atman on his latest project, Blasian Narratives, a bricolage of thematically divided vignettes based on the cast members’ … Keep Reading
Education in Japan
How to Manage Your Curls in Japan
The lovely songstress Davina Robinson shares her process on how to care for curly hair in Japan. Feel free to share! 私の髪の毛に関して、よく質問されること。私の髪の毛は自然ですよ～。 … Keep Reading
TUJ Lecture Series: New World Law & Order
Recent political protests worldwide highlight the seemingly endless struggle between government interests in preventing crime, maintaining public order and protecting national security … Keep Reading
Behind the Racist Slurs in Okinawa
Two Osaka Prefectural police officers that used derogatory terms to refer to protesters opposing the ongoing construction of helipads for the Northern Training Area, … Keep Reading
Japanese Vocab for Singers and Artists by KemushiChan
KemushiChan brings us 外国人が喜ぶテッパン英語 (Japanese Vocal for Singers and Artists). … Keep Reading
Okinawa & U.S. Forces in Japan
Behind the Racist Slurs in Okinawa
Two Osaka Prefectural police officers that used derogatory terms to refer to protesters opposing the ongoing construction of helipads for the Northern Training Area, … Keep Reading
U.S. – Japan SOFA Revision: Facts and Fallacies
ARTICLE XVI It is the duty of members of the United States armed forces, the civilian component, and their dependents to … Keep Reading
Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) Revision
ARTICLE XVI: It is the duty of members of the United States armed forces, the civilian component, and their dependents to respect … Keep Reading
Lost in Translation: U.S. Forces and Crime in Japan
A recent spate of crimes committed by United States Forces in Japan (USFJ) personnel has been widely reported in both Okinawan and … Keep Reading
BT Video
Sailing to Japan: Zurui Interviews Fuu
Zurui interviews Fuu (Kaze) about his heartstopping voyage from Alameda, California, USA to Osaka, Japan via boat. The two discuss life in … Keep Reading
Why Japan?
Eye-Ai Magazine interviews Zurui, the Black Tokyo Creative Director. As you may know, Black Tokyo started as an online forum in 1999. … Keep Reading