豪のローズがチャンピオンが、原田も伝説的に
ファイティング原田対リオネル・ローズの1968年２月東京での世界バンタム級タイトル戦がローズの勝利となった。
The February 1968 world bantamweight title fight between Lionel Rose and Masahiko “Fighting” Harada ended with a victory to the indigenous Australian in Tokyo.
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Kyushu’s Marsupial Park
Shiki no Sato, located atop Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, is notable for having a park filled with kangaroos and wallabies.
Japanese long-term resident numbers double Down Under
Japanese long-term residents in Australia doubled over the course of the Noughties, according to the recently released 2011 Australian Census. The number of Japanese speakers residing permanently in Australia grew from 1,002 to 2,032 from 2000 and 2010, representing a 102.8% change. The 2011 Census showed there were 21,507,730 people in Australia, of who 43,692…
A Symbol Of Japan That Fits Australia Like A Shoe
Given the powerful pull of the surf culture in Australia, a link with Katsushika Hokusai‘s The Great Wave Off Kanagawa that immediately conveys an image of Japan was almost inevitable, but also symbolizes the strong ties between the two countries almost made for each other. Countless Australian companies, organizations, entrepreneurs, artists and others utilize or…
いち早くCool Japanを先駆けて80・90年代の豪テレビCM
Japan was trending in Australia long before it became flavor of the month in the way it has in recent years courtesy of Cool Japan. 近年の「クール・ジャパン」現象はオーストラリアでは、かなり昔から現れていた。 During the late 1980s through to the mid-1990s, a time when trade friction between a seemingly unstoppable Japan and the struggling United States resulted in such incidents as American…
日本で防衛成功した豪ボクサー
1968年東京で世界バンタム級チャンピオンとなって、オーストラリア先住民初の世界チャンピオンリオネル・ローズが同都市で初防衛。相手が桜井孝雄だった。 Lionel Rose won his world bantamweight title in Tokyo in 1968 and defended it there later that same year against Takao Sakurai. しかし、この防衛戦の前に、伝説的な戦いがあった、、、
Acrobatic Start to Relations まさにアクロバティックに始まった日豪関係
知られざる日豪関係のルーツ What You Didn’t Know about Australia-Japan Relations 日豪関係のルーツは、まさにアクロバティックに始まった。１８６７年に日本の曲芸団がオーストラリアを訪問した数年後（具体的な日付は不明。１８７１年という説もあれば、１８７４年という説もある）、Sakuragawa Rikinosukeという曲芸師がオーストラリア人女性と結婚して、豪州に移住した日本人として初めて記録された。 Japan-Australia relations started off by swinging into action – literally. First contact came in 1867 when a Japanese acrobatic troupe visited Down Under in 1867. A few years later (the exact date is unknown – some say 1871, others 1874), Rikinosuke Sakuragawa, an acrobat touring Melbourne…
