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Hideo Yokokawa
He was born in Nagano Prefecture on July 11, 1942.
He graduated Takasaki City University of Economics. Living very closely to
the residence of Shipei Kusano, he studied the spirit of poetry from
Shinpei. His poem "An Afterimage" won the top award of the
the 1999 poetry contest of National Library of Poetry, USA. He has been
introduced in the PBS TV twice in 2000 as a Japanese poet and translator.
He lives with his cat in Higashimurayama, Tokyo.
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Yumiko Kawakami
She is Geatest Master
of Ikuta Koto. She graduated Tokyo
University of the Arts in 1964 and finished NHKJapanese Music
Player Course in 1965. Also, she won the prize of 1967 Ethnic Music
Competition at Sofia, Bulgaria. She played koto at many places in Bulgaria,
Romania and Soviet Union. She taught music at Yokohama National University
from 1991 until 2002. She played koto in many places in Italy, France, Germany,
England and South Korea in 1998. Many records, CDfs, DVDfs have been
published. She lives in Tokyo.
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.Jessica
Helen Lopez
She was born in Paramount, CA, USA. She
resides iAlbuquerque, NM with her daughter and is pursuing a degree in
creative writing from the University of New Mexico. She is an award-winning
performance poet. She facilitates spoken word performances and poetry
workshops for youth and adult writers/performers. She has been the
Poet-In-Residence in several New Mexico High Schools and continues her work
in the classroom.
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. Shinzan
Otoguro
He is Greatest Master,
Tozan Shakuhachi.@He graduated Tokyo@Denki University@in 1960, and in the
same year, graduated NHK Japanese Music School. He studied music
composition and theory from Akihiro Norimatsu. He is the producer of
gThe Mongolian Ethnic Instrument Orchestra in Collaboration with Poetry
Readingh held by Japanese government celebrating Mongolia-Japan 40th
Anniversary at the several major cities this autumn.
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Aftab Seth
He was born in Patna
Bihar, India on
September 17, 1943. M.A. from Oxford University. Doctorate of laws, American
College of Greece He has been former Ambassador of India to Japan. Then, he
has been a former Professor/Director Global Security Research Institute,
Keio University. He is now Honorary President tor English Speaking Union of
Japan and Chairman of Japan India Partnership Forum He understands
Japanese, Vietnamese, German, Indonesian, French besides English as well as
Hindustani.
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Tpmpko Mano
She graduated Musashino Womanfs University.
She is Reading Adviser for Publishing Culture Industry Progression
Foundation. She has been a member of Higashimurayama Reading Society for 17
years. She is teaching in the lessons of elementary/junior high/high
schools the importance of life, telling stories by picture cards. She also
plays ventriloquism and puppet. She belongs to the local chorus group.
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Aiko Iezuka
She was born in Saitama and grew up in Tokyo, She graduated
Tokyo Dai 4 Commercial High School. She is a freelance actress of theater
and TV. She also belongs Higashimurayama Reading Society as a volunteer.
She teaches shamisen and kouta (traditional Japanese music).
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Kyoko Takirai
She graduated Waseda University, where she studied the
national linguistics. She has been a teacher of elementary schools for 30
years. She lives now in Higashimurayama with her husband, She belongs to
the reading society for aged persons and the visually impaired in
cooperation with the city library She is teaching readings for Broadcasting
Expression Education Center.
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