VTP's note: This letter originally appeared in New American Media. View the original page here. Editor’s note: This letter, written by a Vietnamese immigrant working in Fukishima as a policeman to a friend in Vietnam, has been circulating on Facebook among the Vietnamese diaspora. It is an extraordinary testimony to the strength and dignity of the Japanese spirit, and an … [Read more...] about Letter from Fukushima: A Vietnamese-Japanese Officer’s Account
The Japanese Scatological Sensibility: Making Sense of a Nuclear Situation
News across the world has been solemn and unsettling lately. In Libya, what began as a civil uprising against a long-ruling dictator has escalated into a civil war, and much of the rest of the Middle East remains in violent incertitude. In the Ivory Coast, the possibility of wide-scale civil war looms as the country struggles to find political harmony. And, in Japan, as we … [Read more...] about The Japanese Scatological Sensibility: Making Sense of a Nuclear Situation
Vietnam’s Conglomerates Drive Economy Forward?
A recent article in The Economist may give more hope to Vietnam’s already burgeoning economy. In "Tata Sauce," the author suggests the ubiquitous conglomerate business model in emerging markets has its own merits and deserves much more credit from the Western business community. The economy in many developing countries is dominated by conglomerates. As the author points out: … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s Conglomerates Drive Economy Forward?
UCLA Student’s Racist Rant and the Backlash
On March 11, 2011, the same day the tsunami hit Japan, the Asian community exploded with fury at a racist video blog posted by an alleged student at UCLA titled “Asians in the Library.” Alexandra Wallace mocked the “hordes of Asians” swarming to the UCLA library and mocking them for talking on the phone in the library. She mocks these students by imitating Asian languages in a … [Read more...] about UCLA Student’s Racist Rant and the Backlash
Census 2010: Welcome to the Bay-sian Area
The following is an article by Andrew Lam of New American Media, re-posted with permission. What everyone’s been saying for a while about the Bay Area, the 2010 Census has confirmed. The East is acquiring greater weight in the life of the region because the Asian American population is surging. Politically and culturally, the result is something of a rumbling mid-Richter … [Read more...] about Census 2010: Welcome to the Bay-sian Area