Tag: Nippon.com

  • As the population of mixed-race Japanese—popularly called hāfu—grows, entertainers and athletes with bicultural backgrounds are increasingly prominent. However, most of those considered hāfu in Japan live normal, private lives, struggling daily with curiosity, prejudice, and their own identity conflicts. Whole, a new short film, takes up the issues facing just such people through the story…

  • “Hafu” Filmmaker Spotlights Bicultural Japan Nippon.com: Your Doorway to Japan 2013-12-27 Nishikura Megumi The recent film Hafu documents the lives of five bicultural Japanese. Nippon.com spoke to one of the film’s two directors, Nishikura Megumi, to learn more about the film and the motivation behind it. The number of Japanese citizens marrying foreign nationals has…