My Eyes Los Angeles

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I think I became more independent after I came to the US.

2007-10-14

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com   Hiroko Nagaoka Contract Administrator of the American capital bank (She’s been in US since ’91) 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. But she’s been in the US for a long time and she has much experience working at American companies. A woman who has virtues of both Japanese and American people tells us about the differences in the working environment in America and Japan. *Interview in Orange County, California

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Musical skills are not the most important thing for musicians.

2007-10-14

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com   Jinx_K_Miyao (Jinichiro Miyao) Drummer (He’s been in the US since 1998) 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 for musicians? Musical sense? Performing technique? Of course, those are very important, but he believes “humanity” is the most important thing for them. He says we can’t play music well without maturing as a person. *Interview in Little Tokyo *Edited by Daniel Penso 校正協力：ダニエル・ペンソ 日本語  

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If you don’t do anything, nobody will give you a job.

2007-01-27

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com   Nana Hirsch Sound Engineer (She’s been in US since January 2001) This is our 1st episode of Japanese who live in abroad. Nana Hirsch left Japan to the United States about six years ago and she has worked really hard ever since to realize her dream. She looks like a little girl, but she is really tough. This is the special interview “My Eyes America”. *Interview in Yokohama *Edited by Daniel Penso 校正協力：ダニエル・ペンソ 日本語   I can’t think about US easily like before I arrived in the US on January