Minyo Crusaders – "Kushimoto Bushi" (Weekly Music Roundup)
Minyo Crusaders – "Kushimoto Bushi" (Weekly Music Roundup)Have you fallen in love with cumbia music yet? It’s a style from Colombia characterized by this boom-chi-ka rhythm that you’re hearing, and...
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It is not often that a museum exhibition takes its theme from a work of literature. But then “The Tale of Genji,” supposedly the world’s very first novel, was written in Japan in the early 11th century...
View ArticleWhy Hibachi is Complicated
The hibachi restaurant was created in America in 1964 by a savvy showman and Japanese immigrant named Rocky Aoki, who observed that "Americans enjoy eating in exotic surroundings, but are deeply...
View ArticleCompanies Might Have to 'Lean In' to Transparency by Reporting Salaries
Companies Might Have to 'Lean In' to Transparency by Reporting Salaries For all the leaning in, women still made 82 cents on the dollar in 2017. Women of color fared even worse.U.N. Environment...
View ArticleCleaning Up After the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
Eight years ago this week, the most powerful earthquake since 1900 shook the world. It created a 43-foot tall tsunami in the Pacific Ocean that swept across the island of Japan, killing nearly 16,000...
View ArticleThe Chef Niki Nakayama Does It Her Way
Not long ago, the food correspondent Helen Rosner had one of the best meals of her life. It was served at n/naka, which has been called the best restaurant in Los Angeles. The cuisine is distinctive...
View Article#4091: Jazz Meets Japan
Hear music that blends jazz and traditional music of Japan for this New Sounds episode, from the likes of California-based flutist Nicole Mitchell, New York drummer Jaimeo Brown, the string quartet...
View Article#4263, Music with Traditional Japanese Instruments
For this New Sounds, hear traditional Japanese instruments in both traditional and somewhat non-traditional settings in music from shakuhachi player Goro Yamaguchi, jazz clarinetist Tony Scott, and...
View ArticleLeap of Faith - Snap Classic
An aid worker is held hostage in Iraq, a detective’s toughest case turns out to be an investigation into his own past, and a hauntingly beautiful story of a simple piece of fruit. Snap Classic - Season...
View ArticleLeap of Faith - Snap Classic
An aid worker is held hostage in Iraq, a detective’s toughest case turns out to be an investigation into his own past, and a hauntingly beautiful story of a simple piece of fruit.Snap proudly presents...
View ArticleNahoko Takato: Hero Held Hostage
In 2004, aid worker Nahoko Takato was taken hostage in Iraq. When she finally returns back to Japan, she was not prepared for her homecoming. Check out her work. Produced and scored by Davey Kim
View ArticleThe Chef Niki Nakayama Does It Her Way
Not long ago, the food correspondent Helen Rosner had one of the tastiest meals of her life. It was served at n/naka, which has been called the best restaurant in Los Angeles. The cuisine is...
View ArticleJamie Lee Curtis, the Original Scream Queen
Jamie Lee Curtis comes from Hollywood royalty as the daughter of Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis. She credits her mother’s role in “Psycho” for helping her land her first feature role, as the lead in...
View ArticleThe Children Of Heart Mountain
At an annual pilgrimage back to a former Japanese American incarceration site, we hear from people reliving complicated childhood memories, and descendants looking for answers. For more about Japanese...
View ArticleUnsettled in Japan Part 1: Massamba Arrives In Tokyo With A Suitcase And A...
In the years after World War II, most countries of the world signed a United Nations agreement pledging to protect those fleeing persecution. But there are now more people forcibly displaced from their...
View ArticleUnsettled in Japan, Part 2: Rose And Nahed Try To Become 'Japanese'
Asylum seekers everywhere face family separation, trauma, poverty, deportation — and the challenges of assimilation. In Japan, that means both learning the language and figuring out unique garbage...
View ArticleUnsettled in Japan, Part 3: Flying Across Borders And Ending Up Detained
In the United States, some 12,000 asylum seekers currently sit in prisons, even though they passed initial interviews indicating their claims of persecution or torture are legitimate. Asylum seekers...
View ArticleUnsettled in Japan, Part 4: Coexisting in Japan’s Sanctuary City
The chef at the sushi restaurant in downtown Kawaguchi has heard the complaints from his customers about how diverse the city has become — "many foreigners speaking so loudly, with mysterious...
View ArticleUnsettled in Japan, Part 5: Broken Promise for Refugees
Japan’s decision to reject most asylum seekers is not just a function of its restrictive immigration policies; it’s a reflection of how the global refugee protection system has collapsed, from Tokyo to...
View ArticleAsylum in Japan
Matt Katz, WNYC reporter, talks about his reporting on refugees in Japan -- a country with an aging, shrinking population that needs workers, but is still inhospitable to outsiders. Japan admitted 42...
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