A Podcast about my writing
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I talk about my journalism and other thoughts. This was done in April 2026, but is being re-released August 2026.
Kita Kamakura Writers’ Workshop
Kita Kamakura Writers’ Workshop
Delighted I got invited to take part in the Kita Kamakura Writers’ Workshop March 21, 2026. I climbed a lot of beautiful green hills (giving my legs an enormous workout) to get to the home of Duncan Whom (aka D Whom, a performance artist, filmmaker and dancer), filled with bottles of perfume because his partner, Neil Chapman, is a scent specialist. We also got taken on another walk around the area, uphill much of the way, to finally see a lake, which had been hidden. Although not articulated, it was part of the workshop to do all this obviously, to feel through our muscles that nothing comes without work. As a reward, we got very nice food, including couscous I hadn’t had in a while, but was marvelous with salad with cheese, and wine.
Last but not least, I got to read my essay, “Why Butterfly Should Stop Committing Literary Harakiri,” published in “Bigotry on Broadway,” Baraka Books, 2021. I hadn’t looked at that piece in a while, and of course never shared it. I have finally come to terms with what I have written, feel and want to tell the world _ everyone _ and our legacy. Racism is wrong, no matter what. But the fight can be meaningful, creative, even redemptive. I was filled with gratitude toward the hosts, the other writers who were there and shared their work, as well as to Ishmael Reed and Carla Blank, who put together the book, in which my work was published. And to the world of artists in general.
My AP Stories for 2025
My AP Stories for 2025
My AP Story Nov. 21, 2025, a co-byline with my colleague Terry, about the “rental family” business in Japan and the Hollywood film starring Brendan Fraser it inspired. Click on the link below to see the Video for the Story:
My AP Story Nov. 12, 2025 on “Last Samurai Standing,” for which I interview Junichi Okada, as in the video below:
My AP Story Dec. 8, 2025 on Japan’s revised GDP data.
My AP Story Nov. 11, 2025 on SoftBank saying it’s sold all its stock in Nvidia.
My AP Story Nov. 11, 2025 on Sony’s profits soaring because of blockbuster “Demon Slayer.”
My AP Story Nov. 7, 2025 on Honda’s profits slipping because of Trump’s tariffs.
My AP Story Nov. 6, 2025 about Nissan’s selling its Yokohama headquarters building as it reports losses.
My AP Story Nov. 5, 2025 about Toyota reporting lower profits as a result of tariffs.
My AP Story Nov. 2, 2025 about Japan celebrating the Dodgers becoming the 2025 World Series champions.
My AP Story and My AP Photo Oct. 30, 2025 on how fans are rooting for Shohei Ohtani.
My AP Story Oct. 30, 2025 and My AP Photo on the Tokyo auto show.
My AP Story Oct. 21, 2025 about the newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s economic policies.
My AP Story Oct. 22, 2025 on Japan’s trade data for September.
My AP Story Oct. 3, 2025 on the AI collaboration between Nvidia and Fujitsu.
My AP Story Oct. 3, 2025 about the cyberattack on Asahi.
My AP Story and My AP Photo Oct. 1, 2025 on Japan’s minister negotiating on Trump’s tariffs.
My AP Story and My AP Photos Sept. 22, 2025 about Nissan’s self-driving technology.
My AP Story Sept. 3, 2025 about a film about the Kabuki theater becoming a big hit.
My AP Story Sept. 3, 2025 when that former executive asserts his innocence.
My AP Story Sept. 2, 2025 on an executive’s resignation at Suntory over drug allegations.
My AP Story and AP Photos Aug. 22, 2025 on the popularity of matcha outside the tea ceremony.
My AP Story and My AP Photos Aug. 8, 2025 about bugs being pets in Japan.
My AP Story July 26, 2025, in which I interview the great Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
My AP Story and My AP Photos July 25, 2025 on how AI is being used in traditional weaving. I also did AP Video.
My AP Story July 22, 2025, a book review.
My AP Story July 8, 2025 on Japanese boxing star Junto Nakatani, a story relayed to the world as a Top Story for The Associated Press.
As a reporter, I am privileged to meet some of the best people in the world, like this champion, Junto Nakatani. When I asked him about how he is always smiling, even in the ring, he told me matter-of-factly that it is a disadvantage to get angry because “you lose control.” Obviously, boxing is all about winning. He also said he believes winning by knockout is what is “expected” of him. And I felt like a mom, as I often do at interviews, and in life, because I am one, and couldn’t help but respond with an empathetic: “Hey, it’s OK to just win.” Which goes to say that Nakatani is a very special person _ to bring that out in you.
My AP Story and My AP Photos July 9, 2025 on Tsukudani, a traditional dish made in Tsukuda, Japan.
My AP Story and My AP Photos July 9, 2025, a recipe for Tsukudani.
My AP Story July 17, 2025 on Canada’s Couche-Tard dropping its attempt to acquire 7-Eleven.
My AP Story July 15, 2025 on Nissan ending vehicle production at its flagship Oppama plant.
I’m a Contributor to this AP Story June 24, 2025 about travel disruptions because of Middle East tensions.
My AP Story June 10, 2025 on the merger of the truck units of Toyota and Daimler.
My AP Story June 9, 2025 on a sumo wrestler’s retirement.
My AP Story May 27, 2025 and My AP Photo on the new CEO approved by shareholders at 7-Eleven.
My AP Story May 26, 2025 and My AP Photos on Nissan’s e-Power technology.
My AP Story May 20, 2025 on Honda delaying its electrification strategy to focus more on hybrids.
My AP Story May 21, 2025 on Japan’s trade data that show exports falling.
My AP Video Story May 13, 2025 on collectors’ cards being authenticated and evaluated in Japan.
My AP Story May 16, 2025 on Japan’s economy contracting.
My AP Story May 13, 2025 on job cuts at Nissan.
My AP Story May 14, 2025 on record profits at Sony.
My AP Story May 13, 2025 on profits falling at Honda.
My AP Story May 13, 2025 on SoftBank reporting a profit for the first time in four years.
My AP Book Review May 6, 2025.
My AP Story, My AP Photo and My AP Video April 23, 2025 on “Bullet Train Explosion.”
My AP Story May 9, 2025 on job cuts at Panasonic.
My AP Story May 8, 2025 on Toyota’s financial results.
My AP Story and My AP Photos May 1, 2025 on May Day around the world.
My AP Photos are part of this Gallery on May Day.
My AP Story April 22, 2025, a book review on a memoir.
My AP Story April 18, 2025 on a Star Wars event in Japan.
My Co-Byline AP Story May 5, 2025 about Trump’s trade demands.
My AP Story April 30, 2025 on the collaboration between Toyota and Waymo.
My AP Story and My AP Photos April 25, 2025 on the CEO-to-be of the 7-Eleven chain.
My AP Story April 24, 2025 about Nissan’s earnings forecast.
My AP Story May 2, 2025 about a minister’s comment on Japan’s U.S. Treasury holdings.
My AP Story April 17, 2025 on Japan’s trade data.
My AP Story April 15, 2025 about Japanese regulators accusing Google of monopolistic behavior.
My AP Story and My AP Photos April 10, 2025 on a machine that measures the fattiness of tuna.
My AP Story April 6, 2025 on a helicopter crash.
My AP Story April 1, 2025 on a major survey about sentiments on the economy.
My AP Story and My AP Photos March 26, 2025 on Nissan’s soon-to-be CEO.
My AP Story March 18, 2025, a book review.
My AP Story March 13, 2025 on 7-Eleven.
My AP Story March 11, 2025 on Nissan replacing its chief executive.
My AP Story and My AP Photos March 10, 2025 on Nissan’s driverless vehicles.
My AP Story and My AP Photos Feb. 22, 2025 on a city Toyota is building near Mount Fuji.
My AP Story Feb. 25, 2025 on Toyota trying to add diverse views to its board.
My AP Story and My AP Photos Feb. 19, 2025 on marketing Japan’s elderly.
My AP Story Feb. 17, 2025 on Japan’s economy.
My AP Story Feb. 13, 2025 on Nissan and Honda dropping their talks for a business integration.
My AP Story Feb. 5, 2025 on Toyota’s EV initiatives in China and the U.S.
My AP Story Feb. 4, 2025 on the appeals court ruling on the case of Nissan’s former executive Greg Kelly.
My AP Story Jan. 16, 2025 on a YouTube star with eyes now on a global audience.
My AP Story Feb. 3, 2025 on the partnership between SoftBank and OpenAI for smarter artificial intelligence.
My AP Story Jan. 30, 2025 on Nissan’s job and production cuts in the U.S.
My AP Story Jan. 24, 2025 on the Bank of Japan raising interest rates.
My AP Story Jan. 23, 2025 on Japan’s trade data.
My AP Story Jan. 16, 2025 on bank executives taking pay cuts after acknowledging an employee stole from customers’ safe deposit boxes.
My AP Story Jan. 13, 2025 on the quake that hit southwestern Japan.
My AP Story Jan. 7, 2025 on Nippon Steel determined to push its US Steel takeover.
My AP Story Jan. 5, 2025 about a Nagasaki bombing survivor, who has died.
My AP Story Jan. 4, 2025 on the death of the world’s oldest person.
My AP Story Jan. 2, 2025 on the well-wishers at the Imperial Palace.
I’m a Contributor to this AP Story Jan. 1, 2025, which started out as My last AP Story for last year.
“CONTINUOUSLY POETRY” MY NEW BOOK OF POEMS
“CONTINUOUSLY POETRY” My new book of poems
“CONTINUOUSLY POETRY” My new book of poems, a collaboration with Osaki HANIYA. Out as a real paper book January 2025. Please stay tuned for a big book party _ you are all invited to come celebrate poetry that knows no borders. Some poems shared on this site earlier became a part of the book: Continuously Poetry, Part Two and KELOID. I am very proud of this book. Special thanks to Shinsuke, who volunteered his time and love to put the digital data together so we could get it all nicely printed. So please come to the book party, but I already said that. Details coming soon.
FEARLESS AT 90 a poem by Yuri Kageyama
FEARLESS AT 90 a poem by Yuri Kageyama
I am fearless at 90
Wrinkles deep as the Nile
Hair translucent spiderwebs
Varicose veins throbbing blood
A map of fate on a carcass of skin
I am fearless at 90
I rap poetry with my dentures
Jazz dance with my wobbly knees
I rock like Jimi Hendrix
We Boomers invented Revolution
I am fearless at 90
I’m so close to the pearly gates
I’m on speaking terms with the angels
I’m so near-sighted I read minds
My fungus breath slays dragons
I am fearless at 90
My wheelchair zips Ferrari-style
My voice resonates five octaves low
My cane duplicates as a samurai sword
My hearing aid just blocks out noise
I am fearless at 90
I have no appointments to keep
No bosses to please
No dates to impress
No one can put me down
I am fearless at 90
I barely remember what’s up or down
Or who is where anymore;
Beyond gender, race, class,
Or even age
I am fearless at 90
My skin like washi paper
My fingers gnarled like a witch
I am neither man nor woman
White, black, brown or yellow.
I am just 90, and fearless:
Those days are long gone,
Not trusting anyone over 30,
I’ve given birth to a thousand children
And have a million grandchildren
I am fearless at 90
Although death is around the corner,
I’ve seen war and peace
Endured abuse to survive;
Don’t expect or need respect
I’m proud to be fearless at 90
^___<
Note from the poet:
I am not yet 90, but I feel this way and wrote this poem.
When I’m 90, I will write my real fearless at 90 poem.
The poem was published in the Winter 2024 issue of KONCH MAGAZINE.
More with Turner at this link. And also at this link for what we did together later.
TOKYO CORRESPONDENCE
Tokyo Correspondence: Notes From a Writer Beyond the Headlines
I kept a blog from 2007 before I started this site in 2011. Here’s the link below. I’m also sharing after this TEPCO CORRESPONDENCE: Notes From a Writer Beyond the Headlines. Those are my posts on Facebook in 2011, while I was covering the utility behind the Fukushima nuclear disaster. It’s amazing to run across bits of your past self _ and what you wrote then. Both so clearly you and not you at all. Yet totally the truth. And all that makes you you.
MY POETRY IN ISHMAEL REED’S KONCH
My Poetry in Ishmael Reed’s KONCH
My poetry gets published in Ishmael Reed’s KONCH MAGAZINE.
“Fearless at 90” in KONCH magazine Winter 2024 issue.
What a thrill. And what company I keep.
My reading of the poem with bass by Toshiyuki “Turner” Tananashi. Tokyo 2024.
MAGIC a poem by YURI KAGEYAMA
Why do We Write?
More Mysterious,
Why do We Read What we Write?
Why are there Chants, Prayers, Songs?
Poems?
Words are There To Be Spoken.
Words are There To Be Heard.
Magic of The Word.
Magic
Of
The
Word.