{"id":16353,"date":"2020-12-29T10:00:48","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T18:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=16353"},"modified":"2020-12-29T15:01:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T23:01:11","slug":"full-text-of-my-second-sna-column-is-now-archived-on-debito-org-visible-minorities-debitos-new-column-for-shingetsu-news-agency-aug-19-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=16353","title":{"rendered":"Full text of my first “Visible Minorities” column now archived on Debito.org: “Debito\u2019s New Column for Shingetsu News Agency” (Aug 19, 2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi Blog. \u00a0It’s been nearly two years since I wrote my first feature piece for the Shingetsu News Agency<\/a><\/strong> (the only independent English-language media left in Japan not toeing a Japanese government line; please subscribe) after the rightward editorial swing over at The Japan Times. \u00a0All of my columns are behind a paywall, unfortunately, but now with the acknowledgment of SNA, I am now reprinting my columns in full on Debito.org after one year has passed since publication. \u00a0Here’s an excerpt to my first “Visible Minorities” column, followed by a link to the full article in the Debito.org original timeline. \u00a0Debito Arudou, Ph.D.<\/p>\n

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Visible Minorities: Debito\u2019s New Column for the Shingetsu News Agency<\/strong>
\nSHINGETSU NEWS AGENCY, AUG 19, 2019 by DEBITO ARUDOU in COLUMNS<\/strong><\/p>\n

My name is Debito Arudou (or Arudou Debito, if you prefer), that guy from Sapporo who started writing about Japan from the early 1990s on a long-dead mailing list called the Dead Fukuzawa Society. I wrote so much there that I decided to archive my writings on a webpage. Debito.org soon blossomed into an award-winning reference site on life and human rights in Japan, and later a platform for newspaper articles and fieldwork research on racial discrimination.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

After moonlighting at places like the now-defunct Asahi Evening News and Japan Today, I began writing in 2002 a column for Japan Times, first under Zeit Gist and then Just Be Cause. Decades later, here we are with a new monthly column at the Shingetsu News Agency, under the title Visible Minorities. I chose this title for two reasons…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Full article text now archived at https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=15720<\/a><\/p>\n

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It’s been nearly two years since I wrote my first feature piece for the Shingetsu News Agency (the only independent English-language media left in Japan not toeing a Japanese government line; please subscribe) after the rightward editorial swing over at The Japan Times. \u00a0All of my columns are behind a paywall, unfortunately, but now with the acknowledgment of SNA, I am now reprinting my columns in full on Debito.org after one year has passed since publication. \u00a0Here’s an excerpt to my first “Visible Minorities” column, followed by a link to the full article in the Debito.org original timeline:<\/p>\n

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\nVisible Minorities: Debito\u2019s New Column for the Shingetsu News Agency
\nSHINGETSU NEWS AGENCY, AUG 19, 2019 by DEBITO ARUDOU in COLUMNS
\nMy name is Debito Arudou (or Arudou Debito, if you prefer), that guy from Sapporo who started writing about Japan from the early 1990s on a long-dead mailing list called the Dead Fukuzawa Society. I wrote so much there that I decided to archive my writings on a webpage. Debito.org soon blossomed into an award-winning reference site on life and human rights in Japan, and later a platform for newspaper articles and fieldwork research on racial discrimination. After moonlighting at places like the now-defunct Asahi Evening News and Japan Today, I began writing in 2002 a column for Japan Times, first under Zeit Gist and then Just Be Cause. Decades later, here we are with a new monthly column at the Shingetsu News Agency, under the title Visible Minorities. I chose this title for two reasons…
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