Tag: Brian Ashcraft

  • So while biracial people in Japan might not even be expected to speak or know Japanese due to their appearance or the larger societal presumptions, Osaka is now expected to show her Japaneseness, whether that’s being asked about her love of Japanese food or asked to say things in Japanese. Her situation is reversed, but…

  • The Face of Japan Is Changing, But Some Aren’t Ready Kokatu 2015-03-13 Brian Ashcraft Eriana Miyamoto Change happens slowly in Japan, but it does happen. You wake up one day, and things that weren’t possible years ago are happening today. Nowhere is that more evident than in the woman who will represent Japan in the…