{"id":13923,"date":"2016-04-15T10:19:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T20:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=13923"},"modified":"2016-04-15T11:37:52","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T21:37:52","slug":"april-15-1996-twenty-years-of-debito-org-and-counting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=13923","title":{"rendered":"April 15, 1996: Twenty years of Debito.org. And counting."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi Blog. \u00a0As of today (JST), Debito.org has been in action for twenty years.<\/p>\n

That means two decades of archiving issues of life and human rights in Japan.<\/p>\n

After starting out as an archive of my writings as Dave Aldwinckle on the Dead Fukuzawa Society (an old-school open mailing list that once boasted some of the biggest names in Japanese Studies as members, but eventually succumbed to a death by a thousand spammers), Debito.org, with\u00a0assistance from\u00a0internet mentors like\u00a0Randal Irwin at Voicenet, soon expanded to take on various contentious topics, including Academic Apartheid in Japan’s Universities<\/a>, The Gwen Gallagher Case<\/a>, The Blacklist (and Greenlist) of Japanese Universities<\/a>,\u00a0 The Community in Japan<\/a>, The Otaru Onsens Case<\/a>, the Debito.org Activists’ Page<\/a> and Residents’ Page<\/a>, book “Japanese Only” in two languages<\/a>, the Rogues’ Gallery of Exclusionary Establishments<\/a> (which became the basis of my doctoral fieldwork), racism endemic to the National Police Agency<\/a> and its official policies encouraging public racial profiling<\/a>, the “What to Do If…” artery site<\/a>, our “Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants and Immigrants to Japan<\/a>” (now in its 3rd Edition), the overpolicing of Japanese society<\/a> during international events<\/a>, the reinstitution of fingerprinting of NJ only at the border<\/a>, the establishment of the Foreign Residents and Naturalized Citizens Association (FRANCA<\/a>), the 3\/11 multiple disasters and the media scapegoating of foreign residents (as “flyjin”)<\/a>, the archive of Japan Times articles (2002- ) which blossomed into the regular JUST BE CAUSE column (2008- ),<\/a> and now the acclaimed academic book, “Embedded Racism: Japan’s Visible Minorities and Racial Discrimination<\/a>” (Lexington Books 2016).<\/p>\n

Debito.org\u00a0has won numerous\u00a0awards, been cited in publications worldwide, and its work noted in reports from organizations such as the US State Department and The United Nations.\u00a0 With thousands upon thousands of documents and reference materials, Debito.org remains one of the oldest continuously-maintained websites on Japan. \u00a0It is THE website of record on issues of racial discrimination and human rights for Visible Minorities in Japan, and, for some, advice on how to make a better, more stable, more empowered life here.\u00a0 It has outlasted<\/a> at least two stalker websites,<\/a> a faux threat of lawsuit<\/a>, an insider attempt to artificially set its Google Page Rank at zero<\/a>, and cyberhackings<\/a>. \u00a0And it will continue to go on for as long as possible.<\/p>\n

I just wanted to mark the occasion with a brief post of commemoration. \u00a0Thank you everyone for reading and contributing to Debito.org! \u00a0Long may we continue.\u00a0 Dr. ARUDOU, Debito<\/p>\n

P.S. Let us know in the comments section which part(s) of Debito.org you’ve found helpful!<\/p>\n

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Do you like what you read on Debito.org? \u00a0Want to help keep the archive active and support Debito.org’s activities? \u00a0We are celebrating Debito.org’s 20th Anniversary in 2016, so please consider donating a little something. \u00a0More details here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As of today (JST), Debito.org has been in action for twenty years. That means two decades of archiving issues of life and human rights in Japan.<\/p>\n

After starting out as an archive of my writings as Dave Aldwinckle on the Dead Fukuzawa Society, Debito.org soon expanded into an award-winning website, cited by venerable institutions and publications worldwide, taking on various contentious topics. These have included Academic Apartheid in Japan’s Universities, The Gwen Gallagher Case, The Blacklist (and Greenlist) of Japanese Universities, The Community in Japan, The Otaru Onsens Case, the Debito.org Activists’ Page and Residents’ Page, book “Japanese Only” in two languages, the Rogues’ Gallery of Exclusionary Establishments (which became the basis of my doctoral fieldwork), racism endemic to the National Police Agency and its official policies encouraging public racial profiling, the “What to Do If…” artery site, our “Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants and Immigrants to Japan” (now in its 3rd Edition), the overpolicing of Japanese society during international events, the reinstitution of fingerprinting of NJ only at the border, the establishment of the Foreign Residents and Naturalized Citizens Association (FRANCA), the 3\/11 multiple disasters and the media scapegoating of foreign residents (as “flyjin”), the archive of Japan Times articles (2002- ) which blossomed into the regular JUST BE CAUSE column (2008- ), and now the acclaimed academic book, “Embedded Racism: Japan’s Visible Minorities and Racial Discrimination” (Lexington Books 2016).<\/p>\n

I just wanted to mark the occasion with a brief post of commemoration. Thank you everyone for reading and contributing to Debito.org! Long may we continue. Please leave a comment as to which parts of Debito.org you’ve found helpful!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,24,35,20,5,12,13,56,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-discrimination-templates","category-debitoorg-website-updates","category-good-news","category-history","category-human-rights","category-immigration-assimilation","category-media","category-nj-legacies","category-victories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13923","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=13923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13923\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}