Home > Publications and Goods > Periodicals > Wochi Kochi (Japanese, Bimonthly Magazine) > No. 32 December 2009(Japanese)

Publications and Goods

Program Guidelines

No. 32 December 2009(Japanese)

 

 

 

No. 21 February 2008 (Japanese)

Vol.32
Wochi Kochi
Wochi Kochi
No.32
Subscription Japanese
Price ¥525(including tax)
Publisher Yamakawa Shuppansha Ltd.
ISBN: 978-4-634-58050-3


Please note that our bi-monthly magazine “Wochi Kochi” has been discontinued as of December 2009. We would like to thank our readers for their support for the last five years and look forward to serving you by enriching our website content in the future.

Cover Story

Is Japan Introverted? Finding Active Japanese around the World

Opening Conversation

 

It’s Time to Fly out of Introverted Japan, Again

Koichi Kabayama, Shinichi Kitaoka, Aiko Doden

 

A Concern You Encounter Leads You to the World
―Youngsters Trying to Solve the Problems through
Social Entrepreneurship

Hideyuki Inoue

 

At the Corner of the Multilingual World

Yoko Tawada

After 9/11 Attack, My Life in Afghanistan Started

Hiromi Yasui

Supporting Reconciliation and Coexistence Measures after Genocide in Rwanda

Kazuyuki Sasaki

 

Interview: Daishin Kashimoto

When I was 11 year old and Decided to Go to Germany,
I had a Hunch that I would Become a Musician


Interviewer  Shogo Akagawa

 

Encounter with the World Opens Doors

 

U.S.  Kazuhiro Soda  Filmmaker
Am I Making Japanese Films or American Films?

 

 

Indonesia Nobuyuki Suzuki  Actor
I became an Actor in Indonesia. Breath-taking Tension
in the Audience

 

 

Russia  Morihiro Iwata Ballet Dancer
To be the Best Character Dancer of the Bolshoi Theatre


Text by Takeshi Kitagawa and Yuko Kitagawa

Sweden Munetaka Yokota Pipe Organ Builder
Building and Restoring Old-Style Pipe Organs

 

 

France Aki Kuroda Artist
Works in Various Styles are Generated
from the Same Magma of Creation

 

Text by Yuki Takahata

France Reiko Kruk Special Effects Make-up Artist
Mastered Special Effects Make-up and Evolved into Skin Art


Text by Yuki Takahata

China Yoshikazu Kato Graduate Student
While Anti-Japanese Sentiment Increased, I Launched a New Student Exchange Project

 

 

China Hironobu Yasunaga  Entrepreneur
Launched a Business in China.
A Courage to Challenge and Strength to Persist are Required.

 

 

Kazakhstan Yuji Imayo  Architect
Launched an Architect Office in the Place
between Japan and Europe

 

 

Egypt Kasumi Kimura Belly Dancer
Finally Found the Dance that I Can Express My Passion


Interviewer Koji Sato

Brazil  Akiko Ohara  Dancer / Mariko Kawamura Educator / Michinori Konagano Agroforestry
Japanese Culture and Thoughts Enrich Brazilian Culture

 


Text by Masayuki Fukasawa

Ponyo Meets Wall-e: Miyazaki’s Magic Meets America

Susan Napier

How to Measure Cultural Support Activities

Yoko Shioya

Product Names Reflect the Image of Japan

Shoichi Inoue

Cover Photograph

 

“Voyage – Journey of Six Artists” Exhibition
at Maison de la Culture du Japon a Paris

 

People

 

Aiming to Build a Sustainable Society
through Urban Development

Marco Kusumawijaya

Wochi-Kochi Stroll

Editing the Scenery

Tabaimo

Unforgettable Brother Buildings in Beijing

Taro Igarashi

World in Sumi-e (Ink Painting)

Tessa Morris-Suzuki

Japan Foundation Awards 2009 Presentation Ceremony:
The Acceptance Speeches

 

 

*Your Comment and/or Inquiry E-mail

Page Top