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                    [Title] => A well-meaning festival in an incompatible month
                    [Summary] => To begin with, we want to make it clear that we are totally in favor of having an annual Philippine-Japanese Festival celebration. A festival is an occasion that promotes the good feeling that the participants have for each other in their social and political relations. It should commemorate an event when such a spirit prevailed. Along with our Department of Foreign Affairs, the ASEAN-Japan Exchange Year has decided to make February the month to hold a Philippine-Japanese Festival commemoration.
                    [DatePublished] => 2003-02-08 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces
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                    [Title] => Natsukashi Nihon (Missing Japan)
                    [Summary] => A telephone call from a Japanese friend temporarily based in the U.S. could not have come at a more auspicious time. Both of us were feeling terribly natsukashii Nihon (homesick). We utterly miss Japan, specifically chaotic Tokyo, a mega-forest of ultra-modern skyscrapers and hyper-energy. Manila’s languorous pace is aggravating this affliction. 


                    [DatePublished] => 2003-02-02 00:00:00
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A well-meaning festival in an incompatible month

By ROSES AND THORNS | By Alejandro R. Roces | February 8, 2003 - 12:00am

To begin with, we want to make it clear that we are totally in favor of having an annual Philippine-Japanese Festival celebration. A festival is an occasion that promotes the good feeling that the participants have...

Opinion

Natsukashi Nihon (Missing Japan)

By Ibarra C. Mateo | February 2, 2003 - 12:00am

A telephone call from a Japanese friend temporarily based in the U.S. could not have come at a more auspicious time. Both of us were feeling terribly natsukashii Nihon (homesick). We utterly miss Japan, specifically...

Starweek Magazine