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WHAT IS “A JAPANESE”? Views of a Naturalized Japanese Citizen By ARUDOU Debito Associate Professor, Hokkaido Information University Tokai University, Monday, June 25, 2007
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2. Onsen Yunohana in Otaru

3. Yunohana’s JAPANESE ONLY sign

4. 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.”

5. じゃあ、Are these people Japanese or not?
Wada Akiko
Entertainer
Miyazawa Rie
Actress
Umemiya Anna
Model, Tarento
Oh Sadaharu
Baseball hero
Alberto Fujimori
Fmr. Peru Prez
Kinugasa Sachio
Baseball hero

6. (Amy (left) and Anna Sugawara Aldwinckle 1996)
WELCOME TO THE FUTURE
(Amy (left) and Anna Sugawara Aldwinckle 1996)
Born and raised in Japan. Native speakers of Japanese. Japanese citizens.

7. “Your younger daughter looks foreign. We’ll have to refuse her entry.”

8. More information and photos at.
Wakkanai . . . .
Monbetsu
Rumoi . .
Otaru
Sapporo
Ohtaki-mura
Nemuro . .
MISAWA, AOMORI PREF.
AKITA CITY
ISESAKI CITY, GUNMA PREF. . .
KOSHIGAYA, SAITAMA PREF.
TODA CITY, SAITAMA PREF.
OHTA CITY, GUNMA PREF. . . . .
KOFU, YAMANASHI PREF. . . .
DAITOU-SHI, OSAKA PREF
TOKYO OGIKUBO
TOKYO AOYAMA DOORI
TOKYO SHINBASHI
TOKYO SHINJUKU-KU
TOKYO KABUKICHO .
KYOTO .
KURASHIKI CITY,
OKAYAMA PREF. .
HAMAMATSU, SHIZUOKA PREF.
HIROSHIMA
NAGOYA
KITAKYUSHU CITY
FUKUOKA PREF
More information and photos at
OKINAWA
URUMA CITY

9. じゃあ、Are these people Japanese or not? (2)
Konishiki
Tarento
Akebono
Pro Fighter
Ramos Rui
Soccer Hero
Amy
Daughter
Anna
Daughter
Arudou Debito
Yours Truly

11. Anyone with a Japanese passport is a Japanese.
My view:
Anyone with a Japanese passport is a Japanese.

13. Photo courtesy Kyodo News/Kumanichi Shinbun, Jan 12, 2002
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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My research surveys on “Japaneseness”
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