Zurui (Black Tokyo)

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About me :

I provide information and discussions via insightful Afromentary on ura-Nippon (behind-the-scenes Japan). I run the site "Black Tokyo". I speak Japanese and Korean and have over 25-years of experience in Asia. I have resided and worked in Japan for about 16-years in both the U.S. government (U.S. Marine Corps and DOD Civilian) and Japanese civilian sectors. My travels include: Japan, Korea, China, Pakistan, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines for work and relaxation.

Currently, I work as an educator and provide consulting services to individuals and businesses interested in doing business with Japan. I am also in the process of completing my Master of Arts - National Security Studies (Far East Asia) which aids in the research for my book.

  • Tokyo
  • Japan
  • English, Japanese, Korean
  • Educator and Master of Arts - National Security Affairs (Far East Asia) student
  • Black Tokyo

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080620 obama monkey T.jpg 20/06/2008 - 16:11 / JAPAN

Is it racist?

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Teaching in Japan

Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Sun, 12/10/2008 - 22:23.

Hello!
I’ve recently been looking for information on black people living in Japan, and your blog has been extremely helpful to me. I'm trying to get a general feel of what it would be like to go, but as you and many other people have said, everyone (whether they be gaijin or Japanese) is different, and I won't know until I get there. Regardless, I always look forward to reading new posts from you and hope you keep it up. ^^ Also, I have this interview project coming up in one of my classes (Intro to Women’s Leadership), and I was wondering if you happen to know any black females that are also teaching English in Japan. If you do know someone, could you please e-mail me at jpneduinterview@yahoo.com.

Thanks so much,
Raven

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Postings/Comments on E-Mobile Controversy

Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Thu, 03/07/2008 - 22:35.

Hi Zurui. I am doing a piece for The Huffington Post on the controversy which covered and broke related to E-Mobile's usage of a monkey as a Obama in their recently pulled ad. I was hoping to get some comments from you, which I can get through email. Can you pass on your email address so that I can forward you some questions for your comments which I would love to publish in the piece.

My email address is marloprod3@mac.com. My name is Earnest Harris. Thanks.

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Huffington Post Comments

Submitted by Zurui on Fri, 04/07/2008 - 04:54.

Mr. Marlow,

I contacted you off-line to follow-up on your request.

regards,

Zurui
www.BlackTokyo.com
Information and discussions on Japan from the Afro perspective!

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  • Japan
  • Educator and Master of Arts - National Security Affairs (Far East Asia) student

Controversial CM depicting Obama as a Monkey

Submitted by Brother Malcolm MC (not verified) on Wed, 02/07/2008 - 17:31.

Zurui,
Hit me with an email so that we can discuss matters of mutual interest. I'm about to release my piece on the eMobile CM and would like your input. I have an exclusive interview with the president of the company. It was my letter to him that forced him to pull the ad campaign wihin 24 hours of him reading it. Members of my musicians union, Japan African-American Music Society or JAMS and repesentatives of JAFA, the Japan African-American Friendship Association as well as other Black individuals attended a news conference which we held at the CNN Tokyo offices. The CNN story ran two days later. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Brother Malcolm MC

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Arigato

Submitted by Zurui (Black Tokyo Webmaster) (not verified) on Wed, 02/07/2008 - 21:32.

Thank you for the feedback. I watched the report on CNN this morning. I will post an update to the story on Black Tokyo. In the meantime, please read my posts on Black Tokyo to give you some background on my position. I will contact you via email to follow-up with your request.

Regards,

Zurui

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thanks.

Submitted by John Smalls (not verified) on Tue, 01/07/2008 - 18:22.

Hey I came across your site when I was reading up on a blog about tokyo. I wanted to say thanks because I have a interest in the Japanese culture. Basically the topics you write about surprised me but not in a bad way. I appreciate that another Black individual is speaking about the other side of Japan rather than the typical topics of music and hip hop. I've visited Tokyo twice and looking to move there in the near future. Now I have another site to look forward to reading. Please continue doing what you do it is appreciated even if some do not understand where your coming from. Thank you.

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Domo Arigato

Submitted by Zurui on Wed, 02/07/2008 - 21:39.

It is nice to receive some positive feedback. I am glad that you find BT interesting and surprising, in a good way!

I currently revamping the site to add even more resources for those interesting in Japan. Please feel free to post questions on the blog?

Mata ne!

www.BlackTokyo.com
Information and discussions on Japan from the Afro perspective!

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Zurui

  • Japan
  • Educator and Master of Arts - National Security Affairs (Far East Asia) student