Japanese letsrunners, what did you think of having someone who lives in America lighting up the Tokyo Olympic flame?

wrong. at least one. she chose to be a japanese citizen...which is her birth right. i'm sure she's thrilled to not be labelled as American and be grouped together with you losers.

she's a very successful and very recognizable athlete at or near the top of her game. it's hard to argue this is a bad choice.

sorry for my bad engrish

It fit in perfectly in a ceremony that looked like it was made for Americans.

SDSU Aztec wrote:

I seriously doubt there are any Japanese that post on LR. They do speak a different language.

Use your brain, moran.

Dur wrote:

SDSU Aztec wrote:

I seriously doubt there are any Japanese that post on LR. They do speak a different language.

Use your brain, moran.

Can I use yours? Why would Japanese people post on LR?

I liked the 3 baseball players. All seemed really happy and proud.

SDSU Aztec wrote:

I seriously doubt there are any Japanese that post on LR. They do speak a different language.

You would be wrong. Are you not aware of the fact that there’s a couple that actually translates Letsrun into Japanese every day?

rojo wrote:

SDSU Aztec wrote:

I seriously doubt there are any Japanese that post on LR. They do speak a different language.

You would be wrong. Are you not aware of the fact that there’s a couple that actually translates Letsrun into Japanese every day?

There can't be too many and it would be a long shot that one would see this thread. If they use one of the translation websites, the result sticks out like a sore thumb.

My wife and kids were born in Japan, and I lived there for several years. Osaka is a huge star there and I can assure you, that if your mother is Japanese (and you were raised by her), you are almost certainly Japanese yourself, culturally speaking! Yes, there is a progressive movement in Japan to embrace multiracial citizens as fully Japanese, which Osaka's role in the ceremony represents (and Hachimura as the flag-bearer), though some old-timers are not completely on board with that idea and the term "hāfu" is used informally quite often. Ironically, because Japanese tend to think of their nationality in racial/genetic terms, the fact that she lived outside the country for a long period of time is not as significant as it might be for people in other countries.

The citizenship issue is more complex than it seems, however. The Japanese government requires that a citizen holding a second citizenship must declare at age 22 if they wish to remain Japanese citizens or renounce it. On the surface, choosing to be a Japanese citizen would seem to have the appearance of relinquishing one's American citizenship; but that is not strictly true because the American government does not accept such a statement to a foreign government as proof that you really wanted to give up your citizenship. Thus, if Osaka wanted to, she could claim Japanese citizenship at age 22, telling them she had given up her American citizenship, while still retaining her American passport as well as all other rights and duties as an American. In fact, it turns out to be surprisingly expensive and difficult to renounce American citizenship because they want such citizens to continue paying taxes on their worldwide income. The question of whether a dual-national Japanese citizen would actually relinquish their citizenship will ultimately depend on their tax situation. In Naomi's case, I guess it would be advantageous for her to truly relinquish American citizenship and the taxes that go along with it, but for others in different tax situations, it might make more sense to relinquish Japanese citizenship, or just hold on to both. It all depends.

Ummmm yeah ok wrote:

I liked the 3 baseball players. All seemed really happy and proud.

Sadaharu Oh looked in great shape for an 81 yr old guy. Nagashima (age 85) on the other hand...

According to Asahi report, there were four finalists.

Tadahiro Noruma (three time judo champion).

Saoti Yoshida (three time wrestling champion).

Kosuke Kitajima (four time swimming champion).

Osaka.

You saw the first two bringing the torch to the stadium. I don't know if Kitajima was in involved in the torch relay. Seiko Hashimoto (the Organizing Committee chair) strongly pushed Osaka because... well I could not read the rest of the story because it was behind the paywall. ;)

There is another speculation (in the Yahoo comment). Yoshida was not chosen, because there is actually a more accomplished wrestler, Kaori Icho (four time gold medalist). But Icho is in bad relationship with her federation (and with JOC as a result), so she could not be chosen. And picking Yoshida ahead of Icho would smack favoritism.

私の国を侮辱するなんてあえて？あなたの外国人は私たちに何をすべきかを言うビジネスを持っていません。

100% japanese wrote:

私の国を侮辱するなんてあえて？あなたの外国人は私たちに何をすべきかを言うビジネスを持っていません。

Clearly machine translated. It's so transparent.

rojo wrote:

SDSU Aztec wrote:

I seriously doubt there are any Japanese that post on LR. They do speak a different language.

You would be wrong. Are you not aware of the fact that there’s a couple that actually translates Letsrun into Japanese every day?

Why would the casual user know that when the forum rules are arbitrary and LetsRun is anything but transparent in how they operate.

Yes. This was the best.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gmRf41SVHS4

y3554 wrote:

You clearly are an idiot.

All you have to do now to complete your routine is to say that poster is Hardloper.

Why did you just use a completely random name just to insult me?

Be braver.

byron evans wrote:

They wouldn't know because she doesn't talk to the media there, either, because they try to "embarrass her" by trying to converse with her in Japanese, which she doesn't know.

She has said that she "understands most" Japanese but isn't fluent.

OP really thought he was really making a smart swing at "woke culture" posting this just to have literally everyone tell him she's a massive star lol. You need to find better things to do with your time than ruminate on why a woman you will never meet is extremely famous, rich, and loved.

The Japanese appreciate talent regardless of whatever

package it comes in.Unlike some well known people,the

Japanese don't carry the racist gene.

USA all the way wrote:

Any Japanese on here? What do you think of having someone who lives in American light the flame?

I found it kind of funny when MikeTirico on the NBC broadcast said something like "She has the honor or lighting the flame at her home Olympics." When he said that, I was thinking, "Her home is in California"

Is she a huge star there? Or is this a sign of woke culture going world wide? I mean on her wikipedia page it says she's referred to as a "hāfu" meaning that she is half-Japanese. Do people still refer to her like that or have things changed quickly?

Why the hell should this be of interest to you? How does this affect your humdrum life? Are you Japanese? You need to mind your own business.

Ain't 1857 wrote:The Japanese appreciate talent regardless of whatever

package it comes in.Unlike some well known people,the

Japanese don't carry the racist gene.

Maybe not a racist gene but they definitely carry a nationalistic gene.