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Debito Arudou
Debito Arudou
Born David Christopher Aldwinckle
January 13, 1965 (1965-01-13) (age 43)
Flag of the United States California U.S.
Residence Flag of Japan Sapporo, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Home town Geneva, New York[1]
Known for Activism
Website http://www.debito.org

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Background

Early life

Arudou was born David Christopher Aldwinckle in California in 1965.[2] He attended Cornell University, first visiting Japan as a tourist on invitation from Ayako Sugawara (菅原文子 Sugawara Ayako?) [3] [4][5], his pen pal and future wife, for several weeks in 1986. Following this experience, he dedicated his senior year as an undergraduate to studying Japanese, graduating in 1987.[6] Aldwinckle then taught English in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, for one year, and "swore against ever being a language teacher again, plunging instead into business."[2] After returning to the United States to enter the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Aldwinckle deferred from the program in order to return to Japan, whereupon he married a Japanese national in 1989, spending one year at the Japan Management Academy in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture. In 1990, he returned to California to complete his Masters of Public and International Affairs (MPIA), and received the degree in 1991.[7] This article is about the U.S. state. ... Cornell redirects here. ... Sapporo redirects here. ...   literally North Sea Circuit, Ainu: Mosir), formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japans second largest island and the largest of its 47 prefectural-level subdivisions. ... The Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS), at the University of California, San Diego, is one of the worlds leading graduate schools devoted to the study of international affairs, economics, and policy education. ... The University of California, San Diego (popularly known as UCSD, or sometimes UC San Diego) is a highly selective, research-oriented[1] public university located in La Jolla, a seaside resort community of San Diego, California. ... Nagaoka (長岡市) is a city located in the central part of Niigata Prefecture, Japan. ... Niigata Prefecture ) is located on HonshÅ« island on the coast of the Sea of Japan. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...


Aldwinckle then joined a small Japanese trading company in Sapporo. It was this experience, he recounts, that started him down the path of the controversial activist that he would later become. "This was a watershed in my life," Arudou writes. "… and it polarized my views about how I should live it. Although working [in Japan] made my Japanese really good — answering phones and talking to nasty, racist, and bloody-minded construction workers from nine to six — there was hell to pay every single day."[2] Arudou said that he was the object of racial harassment.[2] Aldwinckle quit the company. In 1993 he joined the faculty of Business Administration and Information Science at the Hokkaido Information University, a private university in Ebetsu, Hokkaidō, teaching courses in English as a foreign language. As of 2007 he is an associate professor.[8] Sapporo redirects here. ... Ebetsu (江別市; -shi) is a city located in Ishikari, Hokkaido, Japan. ...   literally North Sea Circuit, Ainu: Mosir), formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japans second largest island and the largest of its 47 prefectural-level subdivisions. ...


Japanese naturalization

Aldwinckle became a permanent resident of Japan in 1996. He obtained Japanese citizenship in 2000, whereupon he changed his name to Debito Arudou (有道出人 Arudō Debito?), whose kanji he says have the figurative meaning of "a person who has a road and is going out on it." To allow his wife and children to retain their Japanese family name, he adopted the legal name Arudoudebito Sugawara (菅原有道出人 Sugawara Arudōdebito?)[5] — a combination of his wife’s Japanese maiden name and his new transliterated full name.[9] As reasons for naturalization he cited the right to vote, other rights, and increased ability to stand on his rights;[2] he later chose to renounce his U.S. citizenship.[10] Permanent residency refers to a persons status such that the person is allowed to reside indefinitely within the country despite not having citizenship. ... Japanese writing Kanji Kana Hiragana Katakana Hentaigana Manyōgana Uses Furigana Okurigana Rōmaji   ) are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern Japanese logographic writing system along with hiragana (平仮名), katakana (片仮名), and the Arabic numerals. ... Last name redirects here. ...


Family and divorce

Ayako Sugawara gave birth to two children, Amy Sugawara Aldwinckle (Ami Sugawara (菅原 亜美 Sugawara Ami?) in Japanese), and Anna Marina Aldwinckle (Anna Sugawara (菅原 杏奈 Sugawara Anna?) in Japanese). [11] [3][12][13] Aldwinckle described Amy as "viewed as Japanese because of her looks" and Anna as "relegated to gaijin status, same as I" because of physical appearances. [14] According to Arudou's writings, when he took his family to the Yunohana Onsen to test the rules of the onsen, the establishment allowed for Amy to enter the onsen and refused entry to Anna on the basis of their appearances. [12][13]


In 2000 he lived in Nanporo, Sorachi District, Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō with his family. [5] Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Sorachi subprefecture (空知支庁) is located Hokkaido, Japan. ...   literally North Sea Circuit, Ainu: Mosir), formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japans second largest island and the largest of its 47 prefectural-level subdivisions. ...


Arudou said that he divorced his wife in September 2006. Following the divorce[15], Arudou petitioned the Sapporo Family Court to delete his ex-wife’s Japanese maiden family name from his koseki, or Family Registry, thus officially changing his name to Debito Arudou in November 2006.[16] A koseki (戸籍) is a family registry. ...


Otaru onsen lawsuit

The original problematic sign
The original problematic sign

Arudou was one of three plaintiffs in a racial discrimination lawsuit against the Yunohana Onsen in Otaru, Hokkaidō. Yunohana maintained a policy to exclude non-Japanese patrons; the business stated that it implemented the policy after Russian sailors scared away patrons from one of its other facilities. After reading an e-mail posted to a mailing list digest complaining of Yunohana's policy in 1999,[17] Arudou visited the hot spring (onsen), along with a small group of Japanese, White, and East Asian friends, in order to confirm that only visibly non-Japanese people were excluded.[18] From debito. ... From debito. ... Outdoor pool, Naruko, Miyagi Guidebook to Hakone from 1811 An onsen ) is a Japanese hot spring. ... Otaru (小樽市; Otaru-shi) is a city and port located in Shiribeshi, Hokkaido, Japan, northwest of Sapporo. ... Whites redirects here. ... East Asia Geographic East Asia. ...


Arudou assumed that when he returned in 2000 as a naturalized Japanese citizen, he would not be refused. The manager accepted that Arudou was a Japanese national but refused entry on the grounds that his foreign appearance could cause existing Japanese customers to assume the onsen was admitting foreigners and take their business elsewhere.[19]


Arudou and two co-plaintiffs, Kenneth Lee Sutherland and Olaf Karthaus, in February 2001 then sued Yunohana on the grounds of racial discrimination, and the City of Otaru for violation of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, a treaty which Japan ratified in 1996. On November 11, 2002, the Sapporo District Court ordered Yunohana to pay the plaintiffs 1 million JPY (about $25,000 United States dollars) each in damages.[20] The court stated that "refusing all foreigners without exception is 'unrational discrimination' [that] can be said to go beyond permissible societal limits." [21] The Sapporo High Court dismissed Arudou's claim against the city of Otaru for failing to create an anti-discrimination ordinance; the court ruled that the claim did not have merit.[22] The Sapporo High Court upheld these rulings on September 16, 2004[23] and the Supreme Court of Japan denied review on April 7, 2005.[22] Olaf Karthaus (born 1963 in Koblenz). ... is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Supreme Court of Japan (最高裁判所 Saikō-Saibansho; called 最高裁 Saikō-Sai for short), located in Chiyoda, Tokyo is the highest court in Japan. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Kyōgaku no Gaijin Hanzai Ura File - Gaijin Hanzai Hakusho 2007

Main article: Kyōgaku no Gaijin Hanzai Ura File - Gaijin Hanzai Hakusho 2007

In February 2007, Arudou commented on Kyōgaku no Gaijin Hanzai Ura File - Gaijin Hanzai Hakusho 2007 (Secret Foreigner Crime Files) a mook (magazine/book) published by Eichi Suppan on January 31. The mook contains images and descriptions of what the magazine says are crimes committed in Japan by non-Japanese, including graphs breaking down crimes by nationality. The magazine includes a caption describing a black man as a "nigga", an article entitled "Chase the Iranian!" and calls Tokyo a "city torn apart by evil foreigners."[24] Arudou posted a bilingual letter for readers to take to FamilyMart stores protesting against "discriminatory statements and images about non-Japanese residents of Japan."[25] Nigga is a term used in African American Vernacular English that began as an eye dialect form of the word nigger (which is derived ultimately from the Latin word niger meaning the color black). ... FamilyMart in Osaka City, Sekime station shop Daytime shot of a FamilyMart in Tokyo FamilyMart (Japanese: ファミリーマート) TYO: 8028 is a konbini or convenience store franchise chain in Japan. ...


Publications

Arudou has written a book about the 1999 Otaru hot springs incident. Arudou originally wrote the book in Japanese; the English version, Japanese Only — The Otaru Hot Springs Case and Racial Discrimination in Japan (ISBN 4-7503-2005-6), was published in 2004 and revised in 2006.


Arudou has also written several textbooks on business English and debating in addition to many journalistic and academic articles.[26]


Criticism

“ People, including me, are fascinated by Debito Arudou because we wonder why he wanted to become Japanese in a country where he finds so many wrongs. ”

—Robert C. Neff [27]

Anna Isozaki, one of Arudou's former colleagues who was initially active in the BENCI (Business Excluding Non-Japanese Customer Issho) project (unconnected to Arudou's "Community in Japan" project), said that Arudou has an unwillingness to co-operate within a larger organization and that Arudou felt resentment against being told to separate "the apparent center of activity from himself." [28]


Alex Kerr, author of Dogs and Demons: Tales from the Dark Side of Japan (ISBN 0-8090-3943-5), believed that Arudou's tactics are "too combative." Kerr said that he was doubtful "whether in the long run it really helps." According to Kerr, "in Japan… [the combative] approach fails." Kerr said that "gaijin and their gaijin ways are now part of the fabric of Japan's new society," and feared that Arudou's activities may "confirm conservative Japanese in their belief that gaijin are difficult to deal with."[29] On 7 April 2007, Arudou publicly criticized Kerr’s comments on his personal blog and mass e-mail newsletter lists. Following Arudou's public criticisms, Kerr responded in an open e-mail posted by Arudou elaborating on his initial impressions of Arudou’s tactics, his current impressions of Arudou’s newsletter and website, and Kerr’s own distinct techniques for being critical in the field of “traditional culture, tourism, city planning, and the environment” — “to speak quietly, from ‘within.’” Respecting Arudou's "undoubtedly combative" tactics, Kerr now concluded by stating: “I wholly support [Arudou’s] activities and [his] methods.”[30] Alex Kerr (b. ... The characters for Gaikokujin. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...


Responding to Arudou's statements regarding the United States Department of State in the Hokkaido International Business Association (HIBA), Alec Wilczynski, Consul General, American Consulate General Sapporo, said that Arudou's statements contain "antics," "omissions," and "absurd statements" as part of an attempt "to revive interest in his flagging ‘human rights’ campaign." On his website Arudou responded with the statement "A surprising response from a diplomat," and posted commentary from an associate regarding the renunciation of Arudou's United States citizenship.[10] Department of State redirects here. ...


Gregory Clark, Akita International University Vice-President, views the lawsuit as the product of "ultrasensitivity" and "Western moralizing."[31][32] Yuki Allyson Honjo, a book critic at JapanReview.net, criticized Clark's statements and referred to him as one of a group of "apologists." [33] Clark responded to Honjo's criticism, believing that Honjo mis-characterized his statements. Honjo responded by saying that her use of the word "apologist" applied to Clark's particular stance on Arudou's case and not as a sweeping generalization of Clark's character. Honjo maintained her stance regarding Clark's statements. [34] Akita International University ), or AIU, is a public university located in Akita City, Akita Prefecture, Japan. ...


Robert Neff, author of Japan's Hidden Hot Springs (ISBN 0-8048-1949-1), believes that much of Arudou's campaign is divisive, stating: "I think much of his campaign is faux because most of the places he is going after are in Hokkaido trying to protect themselves from drunken Russians. I have bathed and/or stayed at well over 200 onsen establishments and been stopped only once."[27]

“ Arudou and his family should not have been excluded from the onsen in Otaru, but I suspect I am not alone in objecting to the way this unpleasant, but essentially trivial incident has been parlayed into a career opportunity. ”

—Peter Tasker [35]

Peter Tasker, author of numerous non-fiction and fiction works on Japan, argues that in "attempting to monster [Japan] into George Wallace's Alabama, [Arudou] trivializes the real-life brutal discrimination that still disfigures our world and the heroic campaigners who have put themselves on the line to fight it."[35] Alexander Kinmont, a former chief equity strategist of NikkoCitygroup, does not believe that a collection of bath-houses, "soaplands," massage parlors, and nightclubs is representative of Japan's civil rights situation in any meaningful sense.[36]Tasker and Kinmont object to Arudou's statements comparing the institutionalized racial discrimination historically exhibited in the segregated American south with the examples that, according to Arudou, show racial discrimination in Japan.[35][36] George Corley Wallace, Jr. ... Racial segregation characterised by separation of different races in daily life, such as eating in a restaurant, drinking from a water fountain, using a rest room, attending school, going to the movies, or in the rental or purchase of a home. ... Historic Southern United States. ...


Reviews of Japanese Only

Jeff Kingston, reviewer for The Japan Times, described the book as an "excellent account of his struggle against prejudice and racial discrimination." The Japan Times is one of the few independent English language newspapers published in Japan: it mainly competes with English editions of the major dailies, such as the Daily Yomiuri and the International Herald Tribune/Asahi Shimbun. ...


Yuki Allyson Honjo, reviewer for JapanReview.Net, writes that Japanese Only did not develop Arudou as a three-dimensional character, did not correctly discuss Japanese citizenship laws, did not provide a valuable resource for other activists, and did not establish a clear purpose. Honjo says that she personally knows Arudou. [33] Arudou says that they agree on political matters and "personally we do not get along."[37]


Arudou responded to Honjo's criticism, saying that her criticism did not fairly address the book. The editors of JapanReview.Net said that they believe in Honjo's criticism of the work. [38]


Arudou posted a lengthy critical response to Honjo's review on his website. [37] Former BENCI member Bern Mulvey posted a critical response to Honjo's review on Arudou's website; Mulvey believed that the Honjo review consisted of a personal attack and little of a book review. Mulvey said that Honjo held membership in Tony László's Issho Kikaku. [39] The JapanReview.Net editors posted a response to Mulvey's text; JapanReview.net says that the review did not originate from personal motives and that Honjo does not personally know László. [40] Tony László (born October 16, 1960) Is a journalist of Hungarian and Italian descent who was brought up in the United States and came to Japan in 1985. ...


Notes

  1. ^ Brooke, James. "LETTER FROM ASIA; Foreigners Try to Melt an Inhospitable Japanese City", The New York Times, 12 May 2004. Retrieved on 2008-02-03. (English) 
  2. ^ a b c d e Arudou, Debito. "A Bit More Personal Background on Arudou Debito/Dave Aldwinckle," Debito.Org
  3. ^ a b "THE JUUMINHYOU MONDAI: WHAT IT MEANS TO BE "LEGALLY NONRESIDENT" IN OUR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE," Arudou Debito
  4. ^ "Wife," Arudou Debito
  5. ^ a b c "French, Howard W.. "Nanporo Journal; Turning Japanese: It Takes More Than a Passport", The New York Times, 29 November 2000. Retrieved on 2008-02-03. (English) 
  6. ^ A brief mention of Aldwinckle and his book, Japanese Only, is made in the Cornell Alumni Magazine Online, Mar/Apr 2005 Volume 107 Number 5, available at: <http://cornellalumnimagazine.com/Archive/2005marapr/depts/Authors.html>. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
  7. ^ A brief biographical sketch of Aldwinckle and other 1991 UCSD IR/PS alumni is available at the official university website. See: <http://irps.ucsd.edu/alumni/class-notes/class-of-1991.htm Class of 1991>. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
  8. ^ "Schoo of Distance/Satellite Education Syllabus." Hokkaido Information University
  9. ^ Arudou, Debito. "What's in my Name? Japanese Naturalization Update," Debito.Org, August 24, 1999. Retrieved on 2006-12-14.
  10. ^ a b Arudou, Debito. "How to Lose Your American Passport," Debito.Org, January 10, 2003.
  11. ^ "JAPANESE EDUCATION PART ONE ENTERING YOUCHIEN (KINDERGARTEN)," Arudou Debito
  12. ^ a b Arudou, Debito. "Japanese Only Presentation in English," Arudou Debito
  13. ^ a b Arudou, Debito. "Japanese Only Presentation in Japanese," Arudou Debito
  14. ^ "Dave Aldwinckle - daughters," Dave Aldwinckle's website on voicenet.co.jp
  15. ^ Arudou, Debito. “Debito.org Special Edition Newsletter: How to Get a Divorce in Japan,”, December 2, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-14
  16. ^ Arudou, Debito. “Debito.org Newsletter: Bianchi, Johnston, Immigration, & losing my name,” December 14, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-14.
  17. ^ Arudou, Debito. Japanese Only — The Otaru Hot Springs Case and Racial Discrimination in Japan, (Tokyo: Akashi Shoten, 2004), pp. 14–29.
  18. ^ Arudou, Debito. "The Trip to 'Gaijin-Okotowari' Onsen," Debito.Org, September 19, 1999.
  19. ^ French, Howard W. "Turning Japanese: It Takes More Than a Passport," The New York Times, November 29, 2000
  20. ^ "THE WORLD; Japanese Court Ruling Favors Foreigners; Bathhouse must pay three men who were denied entry." Los Angeles Times. November 12, 2002.
  21. ^ Arudou, Debito. "The Otaru Lawsuit Decision and its Possible Effects," Debito.Org, November 12, 2002.
  22. ^ a b Newswire, "City Off the Hook for Bathhouse Barring of Foreigners," The Japan Times Online, April 7, 2005. According to the Sapporo High Court ruling, "The convention has only general, abstract provisions recommending appropriate measures to eliminate racial discrimination, and the Otaru government does not have any obligation to institute ordinances to ban such discrimination." For a look at the original (Japanese) Supreme Court decision, see "Japan Supreme Court Decision on the Otaru Onsen Case," Debito.Org, April 7, 2005.
  23. ^ Arudou, Debito. "Preliminary Report on the Otaru Onsen Lawsuit: Sapporo High Court Decision," Debito.Org, September 16, 2004.
  24. ^ Arudou, Debito (1 February 2007). Gaijin Hanzai File” pubs spectre of evil foreign crime. Debito.org. Retrieved on 2007-02-19.
  25. ^ Stuart Biggs and Kanoko Matsuyama (7 February 2007). Japan Store Withdraws `Foreigner Crime File' Magazine. Bloomberg.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-19.
  26. ^ "Debito Arudou/Dave Aldwinckle's Publications," Debito.Org
  27. ^ a b "Interview with Robert C. Neff," JapanReview.Net, January 31, 2005.
  28. ^ Isozaki, Anna. "Narratives: a Matter of Perspective," Letters, JapanReview.Net, June 2005.
  29. ^ McNicol, Tony. "Japan Sees Beginning of Change: Tony McNicol Talks to Dogs and Demons author Alex Kerr," The Japan Times Online, October 25, 2005.
  30. ^ Arudou, Debito. "Alex Kerr falls into 'Guestism' arguments with unresearched comments," Newsletter, Debito.org, 7 April 2007. Retrieved on 8 April 2007
  31. ^ Clark, Gregory. "Destroying a Fragile Trust," Opinion, The Japan Times Online, February 12, 2001
  32. ^ Clark, Gregory. "Racist banner looks frayed," Opinion, The Japan Times Online, February 17, 2005
  33. ^ a b Honjo, Yuki Allyson. "The Dave and Tony Show," JapanReview.net
  34. ^ "Gregory Clark Responds," JapanReview.net
  35. ^ a b c Tasker, Peter. "Opportunism Trivializes Real Discrimination," Letters, JapanReview.Net, June 2005.
  36. ^ a b Kinmont, Alexander. "UN CERD and Representative Government: Sense or Nonsense?," Letters, JapanReview.Net, June 2005.
  37. ^ a b "A Critique of JapanReview.net's book review entitled "The Dave and Tony Show" released January 2005 which compares book JAPANESE ONLY with Oguri Saori's manga DAARIN WA GAIKOKUJIN," Arudou Debito
  38. ^ Arudou, Debito. ""The Dave Show" Revisited," Letters, JapanReview.Net, June 2005.
  39. ^ "Mulvey, Bern. The Yuki and Paul Show," Arudou Debito
  40. ^ "And finally...," Japanreview.net

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Article about "Arudou Debito" in the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 (397 words)
Arudou Debito (有道　出人) is a naturalized Japanese citizen born in the United States as David Christopher Ardwinckle.
Arudou became a permanent resident of Japan in 1996, and renounced his American citizenship and was naturalized as a Japanese citizen in 2000, whereupon, as required by Japanese law, he took a Japanized name.
Arudou has written a book about a particular incident of discrimination he faced, in which he and his family went to a hot spring and Arudou and one of his daughters were refused entry on the grounds that they were "not Japanese" (his wife and other daughter were invited in).
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Arudou Debito (有道 出人), a naturalized Japanese citizen born in the United States, is a teacher, author and activist who is known for fighting for human rights and the rights of foreigners in Japan.
Arudou has written a book about a particular incident of discrimination he faced, in which he went with some Japanese friends to an onsen (hot spring) in the Hokkaido town of Otaru in 1999.
Arudou assumed that, as a naturalized Japanese citizen, he would not be refused; but the manager, although accepting that he was Japanese, refused him anyway on the grounds that his foreign appearance could cause existing Japanese customers to assume the onsen was admitting foreigners and take their business elsewhere.
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