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Roland Kelts, half-Japanese American writer, editor and lecturer, lives half of each year in Tokyo and New York. He is the author of "Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture has Invaded the US," writes about contemporary Japan for several publications in the US, Japan, Europe and Canada, and is a frequent commentator on Japan for National Public Radio and the BBC. He also plays the drums.


Average rating: 3.39 · 127 ratings · 27 reviews · 1 distinct work
Japanamerica: How Japanese ...
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Roland Kelts wrote a new blog post: Japanamerica meets TV
Roland said "yes" to attending the event: THE GLOBAL SALON: Cities in Japan
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date: January 19, 2012 07:00PM
location: The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space @ WNYC, 44 Charlton Street, New York, NY, The United States
description: The Global Salon: JAPAN presents compelling stories of courage and resiliency, while the country continues to face unprecedented hardships of increased suicidal rates and unemployment, before and after the Tsunami of 2011. Conversation and performance with musicians KEIKO MATSUI and AKIKO YANO, and authors IAN BURUMA and ROLAND KELTS.
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“But in Japan, there are two very specific words to define these selves: tatemae, or the presentation of your public self, and honne, how you really feel. ”
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