{"id":16058,"date":"2020-05-02T09:47:20","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T16:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=16058"},"modified":"2020-05-14T16:16:47","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T23:16:47","slug":"debito-interviewed-by-shingetsu-news-agencys-speakeasy-forum-japans-foreign-residents-in-the-coronavirus-apr-26-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=16058","title":{"rendered":"Debito interviewed by Shingetsu News Agency&#8217;s &#8220;Speakeasy&#8221; forum:  &#8220;Japan&#8217;s Foreign Residents in the Coronavirus&#8221;, Apr 27, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Books, eBooks, and more from Debito Arudou, Ph.D. (click on icon):<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/handbook.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11452\" title=\"Guidebookcover.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Guidebookcover.jpg\" alt=\"Guidebookcover.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/japaneseonlyebookcovertext-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"japaneseonlyebookcovertext\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/handbook.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1298\" title=\"Handbook2ndEdcover.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Handbook2ndEdcover.jpg\" alt=\"Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants, and Immigrants to Japan\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/inappropriate.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8577\" title=\"inappropriatecoverthumb150x226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/inappropriatecoverthumb150x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" 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=\"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\/wordpress\/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\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/debitopodcastthumb.jpg\" alt=\"debitopodcastthumb\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=12473\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/FodorsJapan2014cover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"FodorsJapan2014cover\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nUPDATES ON TWITTER: arudoudebito<br \/>\nDEBITO.ORG PODCASTS on iTunes, subscribe free<br \/>\n&#8220;LIKE&#8221; US on Facebook at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/debitoorg\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/debitoorg<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/embeddedrcsmJapan\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/embeddedrcsmJapan<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/handbookimmigrants\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/handbookimmigrants<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JapaneseOnlyTheBook\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JapaneseOnlyTheBook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BookInAppropriate\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BookInAppropriate<\/a><br \/>\nIf you like what you read and discuss on Debito.org, please consider helping us stop hackers and defray maintenance costs with a little donation via my webhoster:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/donate.cgi?id=17701\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.newdream.net\/donate4.gif\" alt=\"Donate towards my web hosting bill!\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>All donations go towards website costs only. Thanks for your support!<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/<\/p>\n<p>Hi Blog. \u00a0In lieu of a longer blog entry, here&#8217;s an interview I had with the <a href=\"http:\/\/shingetsunewsagency.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shingetsu News Agency<\/a>, in one of their &#8220;Speakeasys&#8221; (25 minutes):<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-08-at-9.40.46-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16062\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-08-at-9.40.46-AM-1024x579.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"561\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-08-at-9.40.46-AM-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-08-at-9.40.46-AM-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-08-at-9.40.46-AM-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-08-at-9.40.46-AM.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nM5HIjCCv0M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m making the case that the GOJ could be doing a much worse job taking care of their NJ Residents, but that&#8217;s because people have been vigilant about potential human rights abuses. It could very easily revert to racist and exclusionary habits if systems get overloaded or panic hits. Also, I argue that it&#8217;s also incumbent upon NJ Residents themselves to step out of their &#8220;Guestism&#8221; mentalities and claim their due as taxpayers and residents.<\/p>\n<p>(If you haven&#8217;t become a supporter of this important (and solitary) venue for independent journalism in Japan, please do. $2 a month gets you access to all articles, <a href=\"http:\/\/shingetsunewsagency.com\/category\/column\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">including my &#8220;Visible Minorities&#8221; columns<\/a>. It&#8217;s a worthy venture.) \u00a0Debito Arudou, Ph.D.<\/p>\n<p>======================<br \/>\n<em>Do you like what you read on Debito.org? \u00a0Want to help keep the archive active and support Debito.org&#8217;s activities? \u00a0Please consider donating a little something. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=13748\">More details here<\/a>. 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Also, I argue that it&#8217;s also incumbent upon NJ Residents themselves to step out of their &#8220;Guestism&#8221; mentalities and claim their due as taxpayers and residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,18,34,33,12,4,14,60,46,11,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-embedded-racism","category-academia","category-exclusionism","category-fingerprinting-nj","category-immigration-assimilation","category-japanese-government","category-japanese-politics","category-nj-voices-ignored","category-practical-advice","category-problematic-foreign-treatment","category-speech-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16058","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=16058"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16074,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16058\/revisions\/16074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}