Who knew. In today’s Boston Globe’s Living Arts section, there is a really nice article about 26-years-old Japanese street art/graffiti artist, Kenji Nakayama. You can also hear him and see his work on the boston.com slideshow. Seems like a interesting guy and really cool art. There are lots of talented Japanese/Japanese American in this area. Tak Toyoshima, creator of Secret Asian Man comes to mind (He’s a Art Director of Weekly Dig.) …(surfs the web)… I’ve found bunch of info on Wikipedia, here are couple of good links there: Japanese American, List of Japanese Americans who have made significant contributions to the US, and Asian American.
Speaking on Japanese link in Boston, congratulation to Reiko Tosa, who finished 3rd in womens race (She lead the race for a while) and Kenjiro Jitsui, who came in 6th in the men’s race yesterday in the 110th Boston Marathon. In fact there are 4 women and 3 men who finished within 100. Tosa:3, Kiyoko Shimahara:5, Chika Horie:11, Keiko Tomura:80 for women; Jitsui:6, Kazuo Ietani:17, Shinobu Minami:25 for men.
That is pretty amazing.
On the semi-related issue (in the way that it is “showing” in Boston), a documentary movie Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story will be shown in Boston as part of Boston independent film festival this weekend. It’s a pretty shocking and controversial issue, but the story of a (then) 13-years-old girl who was abducted by North Koreans in 1977. North Koreans were snatching Japanese citizens off the streets and whisking them to their motherland to help train its spies in the 70′s and 80′s. North Korea admitted this in 2002. I knew of the issue but really didn’t hear much in the US news media, but this film will bring the issue up front (and more personal) a little more. Meanwhile, relationship between Japan-China has worsened over Yasukuni issue… I just pray that all the leaders of nations will make smart and rational decisions and May Peace Prevail on Earth.
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