小川和也さん Filmmaker What I want to catch on film is “what I feel at that time and at that point”.     We are bringing you the interview with Kazuya Ogawa, a film director who made a movie called “Pink Subaru”. The last part is the unique standpoint and ideas of a filmmaker who filmed [...]

小川和也さん Filmmaker People lead regular lives exist even in extraordinary circumstances.     Kazuya Ogawa, a young auteur or film director who made a movie called “Pink Subaru”, which is set in a town on the Israeli-Palestinian border. In this part, we tell you about the true aspects of the Middle East which Ogawa and [...]

小川和也さん Filmmaker I felt something strangely familiar about Palestine when I got there.     Today we’re introducing you to Kazuya Ogawa, a young auteur or film director who made a movie called “Pink Subaru”. The movie is set in Tayibe, a town on the Israeli-Parestinian border. A man fulfilled his heart’s desire and got a [...]

影山伊作さんJapanese drum (taiko) player(Born in America and raised in Japan)   Taiko is what shaped mebut also helped me to find who I am.   Today we introduce you to a Japanese-American man who inherits the Japanese heritage which has been handed down to him for thousands of years.Isaku Kageyama, a young, up-and-coming star Japanese [...]

浅田龍さん Designer of Matchbox (Mattel, Inc) (He’s been in the US since ’97)   Someday I will have a big house with nice garage in the States.   This is the last interview on this journey. Ryu Asada is a designer of the British toy brand called “Matchbox“. It’s under the Mattel, Inc. and he is [...]

Hiroko Nagaoka Contract Administrator of the American capital bank (She’s been in US since ’91)   I think I became more independent than I used to be.   Hiroko Nagaoka is a really calm woman and she speaks very softly. In that sense, she doesn’t look like a person who are living in the US. [...]

宮尾仁一郎さん Drummer (He’s been in the US since 1998)   I want to be learning all through my life.       After 5-hour flight from New York, I arrived in Los Angeles. I had the first talk here with a wonderful Japanese drummer, Jinichiro Miyao, known as Jinx_K_Miyao. What is the most important thing [...]

山田和孝さん Buddhist Priest/Okinawa folk song singer (He’s been in the US since September, 2005) I stick to being a 100% pure Japanese here. I believe that is a real New Yorker.   I found the article about his activities on a Japanese newspaper in Manhattan the day before flying to Los Angeles. Then I sent [...]

松尾公子さん Coordinator/Graphic Desiner of Harlem Connection, Inc. (She’s been in the US since November, 2002) If guys say you look fabulous, you should give them a smile and say, “Thank you!”   This is the second interview in New York. We introduce you a woman who works as Tommy Tomita’s right hand. Kimiko Matsuo is [...]

トミー富田さん Representative of Harlem Connection Inc./Music producer Organizer of Harlem Japanese Gospel Choir (New York City NPO) (He’s been in th US since ’85)   I got shot twice. I faced countless holdups.     My Eyes Tokyo bring you interviews with mainly Japanese people living and working in US. We’ve met four persons in [...]

松田笑子さん Export sales manager of European Vegetables Specialities Farms Inc (She’s been in the US since 2000)   A plus B is supposed to be “C”.     She looks very funny, doesn’t she? Shoko Matsuda is originally from Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. Generally speaking, Osaka people try to outdo each other with how much [...]

影山優理さん Tokyo Correspondent for the Associated Press (Business Writer) (Born in Japan and educated mainly in the US) I felt like I was not accepted by Japanese society and by mainstream American society. I am a novice journalist. On the other hand, today’s interviewee is very, very experienced journalist. Ms. Yuri Kageyama is a Tokyo [...]

ハーシュ奈々さん Sound Engineer (She’s been in US since January 2001)   If you don’t do anything, nobody will give you a job.   I had an interview with a Japanese for the first time. Nana Hirsch, nee Horinouchi, is Jeffry Hirsch’s wife. She left Japan to the United States about six years ago and she [...]