The
Community
in the News
- Asahi Evening News on The Community's September 1999 Founding (October 3, 1999)
- Kyodo, IHT/Asahi,
Saga Shinbun, et al on The Community's protest of NTT Docomo's
30,000 yen tariff on new foreign subscribers. (June-Sept 2002, English and Japanese)
- Japan
Times on The Community's visit to NTT Docomo's Tokyo HQ,
protesting the 30,000 yen foreign subscriber tariff. Column written by Arudou Debito,
one Coordinator of The Community (Aug 29, 2002) (English)
- Asahi Shinbun Tokyo Bureau mentions The Community on Nakano Police posters on "bad-foreigner
crimes". (October 1, 2002) (Japanese)
- Mainichi Shinbun Tokyo Bureau mentions The Community and Member Julian in an article on Nakano Police
posters on "bad-foreigner crimes". (October 1, 2002) (Japanese)
- XENE Magazine on "The ABCs of Exaggerating
Foreign Crime"gives many eye-opening observations about
police reportage and press coverage which inaccurately and disproportionately portrays
foreign criminality. It also mentions many sources made public by The Community (Oct-Dec
2002) (English)
- International Herald Tribune/Asahi
Shinbun on exaggerated foreign crime, with comments from
Community Coordinators and information from the Community Issues Page. (December 15, 2002, page
32) (English)
- "Celebrating Sealion 'Tama-chan's'
newfound residency status"--though taxpaying foreigners cannot get juuminhyou
(residency certificates) themselves. Information site by Coordinator Dave Gutteridge
on a public celebration (dressing up like sealions and asking for a juuminhyou, Feb
22, 2003), a formal request for registration changes at Yokohama Nishi Ward (Feb
24, 2003), and the copious media coverage at http://www.gutteridge.info/pages/tamachan.html,
or at http://www.debito.org/tamachanmoreinfo.html
- 「在日外国人はタマちゃん以下?」Newsweek Japan, March 5, 2003, page 13, "Periscope Section"
blurb on Tama-chan Celebration (Japanese)
- 朝日新聞記事『マンダムのチンパンジーCM、「黒人差別」指摘で中止』(Asahi
Shinbun on The Community's Mandom Project, where an advertisement
featuring black Rastafarians and a chimp were juxtaposed in order to sell male grooming
products. June 14, 2005 (Japanese)). The Community's efforts forced the company
to suspend the ad campaign.
more to come...