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Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 16:23:02 +0900
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From: Arudou Debito/Dave Aldwinckle <debito@debito.org>
Subject: Media Update July 5, 2001

Hello All. Yet another update. Topics this time:

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1) July 8 Ritsumeikan Keishou HS Symposium: "What is Discrimination?"
2) Text of Keishou highschooler's prizewinning speech on discrim (J text)
3) Minshutou (DPJ)'s flyer reports on 6/19 Human Rights Forum (J text)
4) June 30 Fukuoka "Love FM" Radio interview link (E&J soundfile)
5) Otaru Onsen Case hits bookstores as part of book prolog (J text)
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1) July 8 Ritsumeikan Keishou HS Symposium: "What is Discrimination?"

Sapporo Ritsumeikan Keishou High School, one of the premier secondary
educational institutions in Hokkaido, is holding their annual School
Festival this weekend. On Sunday, their International Club will be putting
on a symposium on discrimination, human rights, and internationalization.
As I have very high hopes for the future of a society if constructive ideas
are brought forth at an early age, I am very proud to say that I have been
invited to hold a workshop on the topic.

Keishou HS is located at Ebetsu Nishi-Nopporo 640-1, phone (011) 381-8888
(point man: Kataoka Tooru Sensei). The symposium will start on Sunday noon
sharp, and admission is free and open to the public. The style of
presentation will be Socratic, not lecture-format, and audience
participation is welcome.

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2) Text of Keishou highschooler's prizewinning speech on discrimination (J text)

As noted in the last media update, Watanabe Mami, a senior at the above HS,
took first prize in Japan's National Speech Contest for a talk she gave on
Japan's Internationalization, and the corresponding ironies with the Otaru
Onsens Case. If you would like to see the original text of the speech in
Japanese, please go to:

http://www.debito.org/watanabeyuushou.html
　
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3) Minshutou (DPJ)'s flyer reports on 6/19 Human Rights Forum (J text)

The Democratic Party of Japan in Hokkaido has published a flyer (Minshutou
Sapporo Number 206) this week reporting on last month's Forum for a human
rights ordinance in Hokkaido. The full outline of the forum, representative
attendees, and topics covered by the five panelists (Mr Aoki from Hokkaido
Hemophiliacs Association, Ms Tahara from the Ainu Utari Kyoukai Association,
Mr Suzuki from the Hokkaido Sexual Minority Association, Associate Professor
Iwamoto from Hokusei Gakuen University, and yours truly) are all up in
summary form in Japanese (with photos) at:

http://www.debito.org/doshin060701.html#206

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4) June 30 Fukuoka "Love FM" Radio interview link (E&J soundfile)

Last Saturday morning I got up early for a live phone interview with a
Fukuoka radio station (http://www.lovefm.co.jp) on naturalization and the
Otaru Onsens Case. The entire interview, in English and Japanese, is
available at:

http://www.debito.org/KyushuInterview.mp3

Playable on mp3 players such as Real Player
(free download at http://www.realaudio.com/)

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5) Otaru Onsen Case hits bookstores as part of book prologue (J text)

As part of the push to help workers in limbo become more involved in
enterprises of their choosing, a book named "Teppen Kaketaka" hit shops last
week, with Nanporo friend and neighbor Mr Ono Mitsutoshi writing the
prologue. Surprising is that he opens by mentioning his friend in Nanporo
who became a naturalized Japanese, who works to make Japan a more open place
in the new century with a lawsuit against racial discriminators. Seems a
bit of a logical stretch (I haven't digested the chapter yet), but the point
is that the Otaru Onsen Case is influencing Japanese society in very
interesting and unpredictable ways.

The book jacket (containing ISBN, publisher, price and outline), as well as
the first two pages of the prologue, are viewable in Japanese at

http://www.debito.org/teppenkaketaka.html

FWIW, my hometown's (and the author's) website is
http://www.nanporo.com

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All for now. Thanks for reading!

Arudou Debito
Sapporo