Asia

INTERVIEWS

We foreigners should not press for only own our demands.

2009-06-20

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com   Elok Halimah (Indonesia) Vice Chairperson of foreign representatives assembly (She’s been in Japan since 2002) Today we introduce you to Elok Halimah from Indonesia. She is a person whom My Eyes Tokyo has waited for because we felt the goal of her activities is close to our goal. She is working on creating a comfortable environment for foreigners in Kawasaki, a part of Greater Tokyo. Her activities are not at the grass-root level. They involve the government of Kawasaki, a city where 1.4 million people reside. Her goal is to create a

INTERVIEWS

I’ll never give up my dream for the rest of my life.

2009-05-09

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com   Mohammed Khairul Islam (Bangladesh) Trading company CEO (He’s been in Japan since 2001) We introduce you to a hot-blooded man from Bangladesh. Mohammed Khairul Islam is running various kinds of businesses such as exporting used cars. When we talked to him over the phone for the first time, we felt that he would be a gentle guy. But when we met him in person, he talked passionately, often flinging up his arms. He is like a ball of energy or of intellectual curiosity. However he is far from a big

INTERVIEWS

I never think that giving something to people for free as a donation helps them.

2008-08-22

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com   Atif Dewan Rashid (Bangladesh) Matrighor Limited director *At that time Do you remember a Japanese woman, Eriko Yamaguchi who is making bags from jute in Bangladesh? Today we introduce you to a Bangladeshi gentleman, Atif Dewan Rashid, who is one of her most trusted partners. He is a director of the local corporation of Motherhouse, Yamaguchi’s bag company. Yamaguchi had faced many difficulties in Bangladesh when she started her business and she decided to hire a local staff of Motherhouse. Her ideal person was someone who understood the Japanese sense

INTERVIEWS

My company would be delivered a damaging blow because of me.

2008-01-13

Interviewed by Hisa Written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com   Fu Chen (China) Marketing Manager of the Advertising agency (He’s been in Japan since September ’99) This is the first interview in 2008 and the first interview with Chinese national since we started this website. Fu Chen is from Shanghai and he can speak Japanese really, really well. If he didn’t say he was Chinese, you would think he might be Japanese. He talks in a gentle tone. He made a favorable impression on us. He is very polite. He is like the way Japanese people used to be.

INTERVIEWS

Finding similarities makes you comfortable.

2007-09-22

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com   Jagmohan Chandrani (India) President of a trading company (He’s been in Japan since ’78) His long, long beard catches your eyes. Jagmohan Chandrani is a very, very gentle person. He talks slowly and gently and always brings smiles with his face. He has been running his business in relation to his home, India, for a long time. Such as Indian cuisine restaurants, a tea shop and organizing the Indian community of Edogawa region, east-end of Tokyo. His activities became well-known among Japanese through TV, newspapers and magazines. *Interview at Japan Business