MLS 128: The Ladies of Japan for Black Lives feat Ryoko Ito, Maya Hatch and Naomi Kawahara

The perfect guest list continues! Ryoko Ito is an interpreter/ translator, a member of the Japan For Black Lives (JP4BL) Non-profit organization, "otaku DJ," and one of the organizers of the #1 vibe out party in japan, SpeakEasy TYO Today she joins us with former guests, singer/songwriter, Maya Hatch and founding member of Japan for Black Lives, Naomi Kawahara. - Ryoko's upbringing in the US and Japan. - Naomi, Ryoko and Maya's involvement with Japan for Black Lives. - The importance of educating Japanese people about race issues. - The difficulty of translating academic English terms to Japanese.  - Doing interpretation work in the 90s and 00s for hip-hop's most well known artists visiting Japan. - Hanging out with Chaka Khan and Kanye   - Doing interpretative work for Grammy nominated artist, Maimouna Youssef aka Mumu Fresh & a whole lot more... Musical Bed Brought to you by the incredible Ra Ra Raj (Episode 114)  Naomi appears on episode #121 with Brooklyn Terry discussing more details about Japan For Black Lives.  Maya Hatch appears way back on episode #64.  Tokyo Show Spotlight: Aaron Choulai Sextet at Battica on 10/23  @iam.reeyo  @jp4blacklives @fabfivetokyo  @mayahatch @rararajbeats