{"id":10017,"date":"2012-03-09T17:52:58","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T08:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=10017"},"modified":"2012-03-12T02:55:56","modified_gmt":"2012-03-11T17:55:56","slug":"congratulations-donald-keene-on-getting-japanese-citizenship-now-stop-making-yourself-out-to-be-somehow-morally-superior-to-nj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=10017","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations Donald Keene on getting Japanese citizenship.  Now stop making yourself out to be somehow morally superior to NJ."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8577\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8577\" style=\"width: 149px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/inappropriatecoverthumb150x226.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8577\" title=\"inappropriatecoverthumb150x226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/inappropriatecoverthumb150x226.jpg\" alt=\"IN APPROPRIATE, A novel of culture, kidnapping, and revenge in modern Japan, By ARUDOU Debito\" width=\"149\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New novel IN APPROPRIATE by ARUDOU Debito<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/handbook.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1298\" title=\"HANDBOOKsemifinalcover.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/HANDBOOKsemifinalcover.jpg\" alt=\"Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants, and Immigrants to Japan\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/tshirts.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1701\" title=\"joshirtblack2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\\&quot; width=\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html#japanese\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1700\" title=\"jobookcover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/jobookcover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\u300c\u30b8\u30e3\u30d1\u30cb\u30fc\u30ba\u30fb\u30aa\u30f3\u30ea\u30fc\u3000\u5c0f\u6a3d\u5165\u6d74\u62d2\u5426\u554f\u984c\u3068\u4eba\u7a2e\u5dee\u5225\u300d\uff08\u660e\u77f3\u66f8\u5e97\uff09\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html#english\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1699\" title=\"japaneseonlyecover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/japaneseonlyecover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"JAPANESE ONLY:  The Otaru Hot Springs Case and Racial Discrimination in Japan\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemabstruso.de\/strawberries\/main.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2735\" title=\"sourstrawberriesavatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/sourstrawberriesavatar.jpg\" alt=\"sourstrawberriesavatar\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?cat=32\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4921\" title=\"debitopodcastthumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/debitopodcastthumb.jpg\" alt=\"debitopodcastthumb\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nUPDATES ON TWITTER: arudoudebito<br \/>\nDEBITO.ORG PODCASTS on iTunes, subscribe free<\/p>\n<p>Hi Blog. Good news. \u00a0Congratulations to The Don for getting his Japanese citizenship, and on what looks to be an expedited schedule (of only four months, according to the Yomiuri below. \u00a0Of course; the guy is in his ninetieth year!) \u00a0I think it&#8217;s good that an old man can realize his twilight dreams, and take advantage of opportunities that he has clearly earned as a contributor to Japan in the world.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-fdMrbjqSIs\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Quoth Donald in the above press conference: \u00a0\u300c\u65e5\u672c\u4eba\u3068\u3057\u3066\u72af\u7f6a\u3092\u8d77\u3053\u3055\u306a\u3044\u3053\u3068\u3092\u8a93\u3044\u307e\u3059\u300d(As a Japanese, I swear not to commit any crimes.) \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That said, I don&#8217;t believe that gives him license to continuously bad-mouth other NJ, whom he yet again essentially accuses of desertion, according to the Asahi article trumpeting the news of his successful application below (translation mine):<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;&#8230;[Keene] received Japanese Permanent Residency, but after the Great East Japan Earthquake, knowing about the large numbers of foreigners that distanced themselves from Japan, he said, &#8216;I came to Japan, where I will always stay. I believe in Japan, is what I wanted to broadcast.'&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Well, if you really said this as reported (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=8999\">and you certainly seem to have done so in the past<\/a>), then screw you, Donald. As I&#8217;ve said before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=8824\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=8999\">here<\/a>, not only are you buying into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=8870\">this whole J media-generated gaijin-bashing &#8220;Flyjin&#8221; phenomenon (in ways unbecoming a bona fide academic researcher<\/a>), but your making yourself out to be more holier-than-thou than other foreigners is childish, pandering, and disrespectful of other people making their own life choices.<\/p>\n<p>And it shows a remarkable naivet\u00e9 regarding Japan and life in general, since will you never have to face a life in Japan as a non-elite NJ laborer in Japan; moreover, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=8999\">as I&#8217;ve said before<\/a>, as a nonagenarian you won&#8217;t be around for any denouement. \u00a0Just shut up and take your kudos with grace, already, without denigrating others. \u00a0Do something to lose that &#8220;mean-old-man&#8221; stink you&#8217;re repeatedly and needlessly airing in public. \u00a0Arudou Debito<\/p>\n<p>\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/<\/p>\n<p>\u30c9\u30ca\u30eb\u30c9\u30fb\u30ad\u30fc\u30f3\u3055\u3093\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u56fd\u7c4d\u53d6\u5f97\u3000\u9707\u707d\u5f8c\u6c38\u4f4f\u3092\u6c7a\u610f<br \/>\n\u671d\u65e5\u65b0\u805e\u30002012\u5e743\u67088\u65e5 \u00a0Courtesy of Mark in Yayoi<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asahi.com\/national\/update\/0308\/TKY201203080224.html\">http:\/\/www.asahi.com\/national\/update\/0308\/TKY201203080224.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/donaldkeene030812.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10019\" title=\"donaldkeene030812\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/donaldkeene030812.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/donaldkeene030812.jpg 528w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/donaldkeene030812-300x256.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u65e5\u672c\u6587\u5b66\u8005\u306e\u30c9\u30ca\u30eb\u30c9\u30fb\u30ad\u30fc\u30f3\u3055\u3093\uff08\uff18\uff19\uff09\u304c\uff18\u65e5\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u56fd\u7c4d\u3092\u53d6\u5f97\u3057\u3001\u8a18\u8005\u4f1a\u898b\u3057\u305f\u3002\u7d04\uff14\uff10\u5e74\u9593\u3001\u7814\u7a76\u30fb\u8457\u4f5c\u6d3b\u52d5\u3067\u7c73\u56fd\u3068\u65e5\u672c\u3092\u884c\u304d\u6765\u3057\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u6c38\u4f4f\u6a29\u3082\u53d6\u5f97\u3057\u3066\u3044\u305f\u304c\u3001\u6771\u65e5\u672c\u5927\u9707\u707d\u5f8c\u3001\u591a\u304f\u306e\u5916\u56fd\u4eba\u304c\u65e5\u672c\u3092\u96e2\u308c\u305f\u3068\u77e5\u3063\u3066\u300c\u79c1\u306f\u65e5\u672c\u306b\u884c\u304d\u3001\u305a\u3063\u3068\u3044\u308b\u3002\uff08\u65e5\u672c\u3092\uff09\u4fe1\u3058\u307e\u3059\u3001\u3068\u77e5\u3089\u305b\u305f\u304b\u3063\u305f\u300d\u3068\u8a71\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u30ad\u30fc\u30f3\u3055\u3093\u306f\uff11\uff19\uff17\uff14\u5e74\u304b\u3089\u6771\u4eac\u90fd\u5317\u533a\u306b\u66ae\u3089\u3057\u3001\u540c\u533a\u306e\u5ba3\u4f1d\u5f79\u300c\u30a2\u30f3\u30d0\u30b5\u30c0\u30fc\u300d\u3092\u52d9\u3081\u308b\u3002\u6238\u7c4d\u540d\u306f\u300c\u30ad\u30fc\u30f3\u3000\u30c9\u30ca\u30eb\u30c9\u300d\u3001\u901a\u79f0\u3067\u300c\u9b3c\u6012\u9cf4\u9580\uff08\u30ad\u30fc\u30f3\u30c9\u30ca\u30eb\u30c9\uff09\u300d\u3068\u3044\u3046\u6f22\u5b57\u540d\u3082\u4f7f\u3046\u3002\u6803\u6728\u770c\u306e\u9b3c\u6012\u5ddd\u3068\u3001\u5fb3\u5cf6\u770c\u306e\u9cf4\u9580\u304b\u3089\u3068\u3063\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u9707\u707d\u5f8c\u306e\u65e5\u672c\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u3001\u30ad\u30fc\u30f3\u3055\u3093\u306f\u300c\u7387\u76f4\u306b\u8a00\u3063\u3066\u3001\u304c\u3063\u304b\u308a\u3057\u3066\u3044\u308b\u300d\u3068\u3044\u3046\u3002\u76f4\u5f8c\u306f\u6771\u4eac\u304b\u3089\u3042\u304b\u308a\u304c\u6d88\u3048\u30a8\u30ec\u30d9\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc\u3082\u6b62\u307e\u308a\u300c\u529b\u3092\u5408\u308f\u305b\u3066\u6771\u5317\u306e\u4eba\u3092\u52a9\u3051\u3066\u3044\u308b\u300d\u3068\u611f\u3058\u305f\u304c\u3001\u300c\u3044\u307e\u306f\u660e\u308b\u304f\u3001\u5fc5\u8981\u306e\u306a\u3044\uff08\u96fb\u5149\uff09\u770b\u677f\u304c\u305f\u304f\u3055\u3093\u3042\u308b\u3002\u6771\u4eac\u3060\u3051\u3067\u306f\u306a\u3044\u3002\u3082\u3046\u5fd8\u308c\u3066\u3044\u308b\u306e\u3067\u306f\u306a\u3044\u304b\u300d\u3068\u8f9b\u53e3\u3060\u3063\u305f\u3002<br \/>\nENDS<\/p>\n<p>More trappings of The Don&#8217;s legacy:<\/p>\n<p>\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/<\/p>\n<p>\u30c9\u30ca\u30eb\u30c9\u30fb\u30ad\u30fc\u30f3\u8a18\u5ff5\u9928\u8a2d\u7acb\u3078\u3000\u65b0\u6f5f\u30fb\u67cf\u5d0e\u3067\u8535\u66f8\u8d08\u5448\u5f0f<br \/>\n\u671d\u65e5\u65b0\u805e\u30002011\u5e7412\u67084\u65e5<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asahi.com\/national\/update\/1203\/TKY201112030538.html\">http:\/\/www.asahi.com\/national\/update\/1203\/TKY201112030538.html<\/a><br \/>\n\u7c73\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30e8\u30fc\u30af\u5e02\u306e\u30cf\u30c9\u30bd\u30f3\u5ddd\u8fd1\u304f\u306b\u3042\u3063\u305f\u30ad\u30fc\u30f3\u3055\u3093\u306e\u81ea\u5b85\u306e\u66f8\u658e\u3002\u67cf\u5d0e\u306e\u8a18\u5ff5\u9928\u5185\u306b\u5c45\u9593\u3068\u5408\u308f\u305b\u3066\u305d\u3063\u304f\u308a\u518d\u73fe\u3055\u308c\u308b\uff1d\u30d6\u30eb\u30dc\u30f3\u63d0\u4f9b<\/p>\n<p>\u8a18\u5ff5\u9928\u306b\u518d\u73fe\u3055\u308c\u308b\u30ad\u30fc\u30f3\u3055\u3093\u306e\u81ea\u5b85\u306e\u5c45\u9593\u306a\u3069\u3002\u9593\u4ed5\u5207\u308a\u3084\u6249\u3092\u305d\u3063\u304f\u308a\u67cf\u5d0e\u306b\u904b\u3093\u3067\u304d\u305f\uff1d\u30d6\u30eb\u30dc\u30f3\u63d0\u4f9b<\/p>\n<p>\u8a18\u5ff5\u9928\u3078\u306e\u601d\u3044\u3092\u8a9e\u308b\u30c9\u30ca\u30eb\u30c9\u30fb\u30ad\u30fc\u30f3\u3055\u3093\uff1d\u67cf\u5d0e\u5e02\u8acf\u8a2a\u753a<br 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\/>\n\u671d\u65e5\u65b0\u805e\u30002011\u5e749\u67082\u65e5<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asahi.com\/national\/update\/0901\/TKY201109010409.html\">http:\/\/www.asahi.com\/national\/update\/0901\/TKY201109010409.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u6765\u65e5\u3057\u3001\u5831\u9053\u9663\u306e\u53d6\u6750\u306b\u5fdc\u3058\u308b\u30c9\u30ca\u30eb\u30c9\u30fb\u30ad\u30fc\u30f3\u3055\u3093\uff1d\uff11\u65e5\u5348\u5f8c\u3001\u6210\u7530\u7a7a\u6e2f\u7b2c\uff11\u30bf\u30fc\u30df\u30ca\u30eb\u3001\u9577\u5c4b\u8b77\u64ae\u5f71<\/p>\n<p>\u65e5\u672c\u6587\u5b66\u7814\u7a76\u3067\u77e5\u3089\u308c\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u3067\u306e\u6c38\u4f4f\u3092\u6c7a\u3081\u3066\u3044\u308b\u30c9\u30ca\u30eb\u30c9\u30fb\u30ad\u30fc\u30f3\u7c73\u30b3\u30ed\u30f3\u30d3\u30a2\u5927\u5b66\u540d\u8a89\u6559\u6388\uff08\uff18\uff19\uff09\u304c\uff11\u65e5\u5348\u5f8c\u3001\u6210\u7530\u7a7a\u6e2f\u306b\u5230\u7740\u3057\u305f\u3002\u30ad\u30fc\u30f3\u3055\u3093\u306f\uff19\u6708\u4e0b\u65ec\u306b\u65e5\u672c\u56fd\u7c4d\u53d6\u5f97\u306e\u7533\u8acb\u624b\u7d9a\u304d\u3092\u3059\u308b\u4e88\u5b9a\u3067\u3001\u300c\u56fd\u7c4d\u3092\u53d6\u5f97\u3059\u308b\u3068\u306a\u308b\u3068\u3001\u4eca\u307e\u3067\u306f\u3042\u307e\u308a\u8aad\u3093\u3067\u3053\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u653f\u6cbb\u3084\u7d4c\u6e08\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u3082\u3001\u8a73\u3057\u304f\u77e5\u308b\u8cac\u4efb\u304c\u3042\u308b\u300d\u3068\u8a71\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u5831\u9053\u9663\u304b\u3089\u6771\u65e5\u672c\u5927\u9707\u707d\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u8cea\u554f\u3055\u308c\u305f\u30ad\u30fc\u30f3\u3055\u3093\u306f\u300c\u5e0c\u671b\u304c\u3042\u308c\u3070\u4e57\u308a\u8d8a\u3048\u308b\u3053\u3068\u304c\u3067\u304d\u308b\u3002\u7d42\u6226\u76f4\u5f8c\u3001\u79c1\u304c\u8a2a\u308c\u305f\u6771\u4eac\u306f\u7159\u7a81\u3057\u304b\u6b8b\u3063\u3066\u3044\u306a\u3044\u8857\u3060\u3063\u305f\u304c\u3001\u3044\u307e\u306f\u7acb\u6d3e\u306a\u90fd\u4f1a\u306b\u306a\u3063\u305f\u3002\u6771\u5317\u306b\u3082\u5947\u8de1\u306f\u8d77\u3053\u308b\u300d\u3068\u8a71\u3057\u305f\u3002\u4f55\u5ea6\u3082\u8a2a\u308c\u305f\u3053\u3068\u306e\u3042\u308b\u5ca9\u624b\u770c\u306e\u4e2d\u5c0a\u5bfa\u306b\u306f\u8fd1\u304f\u3001\uff12\uff5e\uff13\u6cca\u306e\u4e88\u5b9a\u3067\u8db3\u3092\u904b\u3073\u305f\u3044\u3068\u3044\u3046\u3002\uff08\u5c71\u7530\u512a\uff09<\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n<p>\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the Yomiuri&#8217;s take, with The Don not only bashing NJ and coming here for the sake of &#8220;enduring hardships with the Japanese&#8221;, but also traipsing off to Africa and India next month, like most Japanese can to escape their hardships.<\/p>\n<h1>Keene becomes Japanese citizen<\/h1>\n<p><strong>The Yomiuri Shimbun\u00a0(Mar. 9, 2012), courtesy of JK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yomiuri.co.jp\/dy\/national\/T120308006608.htm\">http:\/\/www.yomiuri.co.jp\/dy\/national\/T120308006608.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yomiuri.co.jp\/dy\/photo\/DY20120309102133744L0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"251\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<div><em>Donald Keene speaks to The Yomiuri Shimbun in Tokyo on Thursday morning after learning he has been granted Japanese citizenship.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><em>Donald Keene, a prominent scholar of Japanese literature and culture, has been granted Japanese citizenship, the Justice Ministry announced in a government gazette issued Thursday.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Keene, 89, decided to permanently live in Japan following the Great East Japan Earthquake.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A professor emeritus at Columbia University, Keene studied Japanese literature and culture after serving as an interpreter for U.S. forces during the Pacific War.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Regarded as an authority in the field, he received the Order of Culture in 2008.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>He expressed his intention to obtain Japanese citizenship after the March 11 disaster.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;I love Japan,&#8221; Keene said, while explaining his decision to move to Japan at a press conference following his last lecture at Columbia University. He now lives in Tokyo.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>===<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Keene expresses gratitude<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Keene expressed his joy over the news that he has been granted the Japanese citizenship in an exclusive interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun at his home in Tokyo on Thursday.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;I&#8217;m so glad to finally be able to become Japanese,&#8221; a smiling Keene said.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;If my decision encourages the Japanese people, it&#8217;s a great joy.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Keene was informed of the decision by phone by a Justice Ministry official on Thursday morning. He said he expressed his appreciation to the official, repeatedly saying, &#8220;Thank you.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Right after the March 11 disaster, Keene saw the stoic suffering of people in the Tohoku region on TV.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Worried over the news that an increasing number of foreigners were leaving the country, Keene made up his mind to permanently live in Japan. &#8220;I wanted to endure the hardships with the Japanese, who had taken good care of me, at a difficult time like this,&#8221; he said.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Keene applied for Japanese citizenship in November last year.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>He wondered how long it would take to obtain citizenship, but officials only told him it would take some time. He sometimes expressed his anxiety to people around him, saying, &#8220;As I&#8217;m already 89 years old, I don&#8217;t have much time left.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>In the end, he obtained his citizenship in only about four months.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;Donald Keene&#8221; became his pen name, and his Japanese name is now Kiin Donarudo.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Starting next month, he will travel by ship to India and Africa for vacation.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;[After returning to Japan], I&#8217;ll continue to work more diligently in a suitably Japanese way. I also want to contribute to areas affected by the disaster,&#8221; he said with a smile.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div>ENDS<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\uff0f\uff0f\uff0f\uff0f\uff0f\uff0f\uff0f\uff0f\uff0f\uff0f\uff0f\uff0f\uff0f\uff0f\uff0f\uff0f\uff0f\uff0f\uff0f\uff0f\uff0f\uff0f\uff0f<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Sankei:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 id=\"NewsTitle\">\u300c\u5f85\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305f\u77e5\u3089\u305b\u300d\u3000\u65e5\u672c\u56fd\u7c4d\u53d6\u5f97\u306e\u30ad\u30fc\u30f3\u6c0f\u3000\u6f22\u5b57\u8868\u8a18\u306f\u300c\u9b3c\u6012\u9cf4\u9580\u300d<\/h2>\n<div>\u7523\u7d93\u65b0\u805e\u30002012.3.8 20:22<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/sankei.jp.msn.com\/region\/news\/120308\/tky12030822120013-n1.htm\">http:\/\/sankei.jp.msn.com\/region\/news\/120308\/tky12030822120013-n1.htm<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/sankei.jp.msn.com\/region\/photos\/120308\/tky12030822120013-p1.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\u65e5\u672c\u56fd\u7c4d\u3092\u53d6\u5f97\u3057\u3001\u8a18\u8005\u4f1a\u898b\u3059\u308b\u30c9\u30ca\u30eb\u30c9\u30fb\u30ad\u30fc\u30f3\u6c0f\uff1d\uff18\u65e5\u5348\u5f8c\u3001\u6771\u4eac\u30fb\u5317\u533a\u5f79\u6240\" src=\"http:\/\/sankei.jp.msn.com\/images\/news\/120308\/tky12030822120013-n1.jpg\" alt=\"\u65e5\u672c\u56fd\u7c4d\u3092\u53d6\u5f97\u3057\u3001\u8a18\u8005\u4f1a\u898b\u3059\u308b\u30c9\u30ca\u30eb\u30c9\u30fb\u30ad\u30fc\u30f3\u6c0f\uff1d\uff18\u65e5\u5348\u5f8c\u3001\u6771\u4eac\u30fb\u5317\u533a\u5f79\u6240\" width=\"169\" height=\"250\" 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Yomiuri gives a picture of a possible <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Messiah_complex\">Messiah Complex<\/a>:<\/p>\n<h1>\u7387\u76f4\u306b\u8a00\u3046\u3068\u30ac\u30c3\u30ab\u30ea\u2026\u30ad\u30fc\u30f3\u3055\u3093\u3001\u5fa9\u8208\u3067\u82e6\u8a00<\/h1>\n<p>\uff082012\u5e743\u67089\u65e508\u664254\u5206\u00a0\u00a0\u8aad\u58f2\u65b0\u805e\uff09<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yomiuri.co.jp\/national\/news\/20120309-OYT1T00135.htm\">http:\/\/www.yomiuri.co.jp\/national\/news\/20120309-OYT1T00135.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u300c\u7387\u76f4\u306b\u8a00\u3046\u3068\u3001\u304c\u3063\u304b\u308a\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u300d\u2015\u2015\u3002\u65e5\u672c\u56fd\u7c4d\u3092\u53d6\u5f97\u3057\u305f\u65e5\u672c\u6587\u5316\u7814\u7a76\u8005\u306e\u30c9\u30ca\u30eb\u30c9\u30fb<a href=\"http:\/\/search.yomiuri.co.jp\/index.html?q=%E3%83%89%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%20%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3&amp;r=reflink\">\u30ad\u30fc\u30f3<\/a>\u3055\u3093\uff08\uff18\uff19\uff09\u306f\u3001\uff18\u65e5\u306e\u8a18\u8005\u4f1a\u898b\u3067\u300c\u9b3c\u6012\u300d\u306e\u96c5\u53f7\u901a\u308a\u3001\u9707\u707d\u5f8c\u306e\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u72b6\u6cc1\u306b\u3042\u3048\u3066\u82e6\u8a00\u3092\u5448\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u300c\u65e5\u672c\u4eba\u306f\u529b\u3092\u5408\u308f\u305b\u3066\u6771\u5317\u306e\u4eba\u3092\u52a9\u3051\u308b\u3068\u601d\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u300d\u3002\u4f1a\u898b\u3067\u7d42\u59cb\u6717\u3089\u304b\u306a<a href=\"http:\/\/search.yomiuri.co.jp\/index.html?q=%E3%83%89%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%20%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3&amp;r=reflink\">\u30ad\u30fc\u30f3<\/a>\u3055\u3093\u3060\u3063\u305f\u304c\u3001\u9707\u707d\u306e\u8a71\u306b\u306a\u308b\u3068\u8868\u60c5\u304c\u5f15\u304d\u7de0\u307e\u3063\u305f\u3002\u305d\u3057\u3066\u3001\u300c\u6771\u4eac\u306f\uff08\u96fb\u6c17\u304c\uff09\u660e\u308b\u3044\u3002\u5fc5\u8981\u306e\u306a\u3044\u770b\u677f\u304c\u305f\u304f\u3055\u3093\u3042\u308b\u3002\u6771\u4eac\u3060\u3051\u3067\u306f\u306a\u3044\u3002\u5fd8\u308c\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3093\u3058\u3083\u306a\u3044\u304b\u3002\u307e\u3060\u3084\u308b\u3079\u304d\u3053\u3068\u306f\u3001\u3044\u3063\u3071\u3044\u3042\u308b\u3068\u601d\u3044\u307e\u3059\u300d\u3068\u8a9e\u3063\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u300c\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u4eca\u307e\u3067\u3001\u3042\u308b\u610f\u5473\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u304a\u5ba2\u3055\u3093\u3060\u3063\u305f\u300d\u3068\u632f\u308a\u8fd4\u3063\u305f<a 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Congratulations to The Don for getting his Japanese citizenship, and on what looks to be an expedited schedule (of course; the guy is in his ninetieth year!). I think it&#8217;s good that an old man can realize his twilight dreams, and take advantage of opportunities that he has clearly earned as a contributor to Japan in the world.<\/p>\n<p>That said, I don&#8217;t believe that gives him license to continuously bad-mouth other NJ, whom he yet again essentially accuses of desertion, according to the Asahi article trumpeting the news of his successful application below (translation mine):<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;[Keene] received Japanese Permanent Residency, but after the Great East Japan Earthquake, knowing about the large numbers of foreigners that distanced themselves from Japan, he said, &#8216;I came to Japan, where I will always stay. I believe in Japan, is what I wanted to broadcast.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Yomiuri adds:  Worried over the news that an increasing number of foreigners were leaving the country, Keene made up his mind to permanently live in Japan. &#8220;I wanted to endure the hardships with the Japanese, who had taken good care of me, at a difficult time like this,&#8221; he said&#8230; Starting next month, he will travel by ship to India and Africa for vacation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,35,52,12,26,4,13,56,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bad-social-science","category-good-news","category-hate-speech","category-immigration-assimilation","category-ironies-hypocrisies","category-japanese-government","category-media","category-nj-legacies","category-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}