Mack’s article appears in a Japanese weekly press “Hoken Joho”, a widely read newspaper dedicated to the insurance sector. The article is written in Japanese, and covers Mack’s participations in international meetings for May and June 2016, which would allow…
Entertainment
Mack sang Japanese Anime songs in French, duo with Noriko, Tokyo, on August 5, 2016
Mack sang Japanese Anime songs in French, at Piano Bar Cozy, Meguro, Tokyo, on August 5 2016. Noriko Sunamoto kindly played keyboard for the night.
Noriko Sunamoto is a music director, composer, arranger, orchestrator and pianist from Japan. Noriko works for several Off-Broadway musical theater such as “702 Punchlines and Pregnant: The Jackie Mason Musical”, “Rapunzarella White” and “Triangle The Musical” as a musical director and pianist. Her original Disney-style musical/dance performance “OMOTENASHI Journey” has been performed at such venues as New York’s Carnegie Hall and Bandshell, Central Park.
Noriko’s Official website: Norikosunamoto.com
Piano Bar Cozy: news on the night
Japanese Anime in French: Battlespaceship Yamato, Lum’s Love Song, Odoru Ponpokolin and Gue Gue Gue no Kitaro (with French Rap)
日本のアニメをフランス語で歌おうシリーズ:
宇宙戦艦ヤマト、ラムのラブソング、おどるポンポコリン、ゲゲゲの鬼太郎(フランス語ラップ付き)
Vocal Mack Okubo
Keyboard Noriko Sunamoto
Asia-Pacific
Mack partcipated in the APFF Roundtable and the ABAC meetings in Shenzhen, August 1-4, 2016
The Asia-Pacific Financial Forum (APFF) convened the 2016 ASIA PACIFIC FINANCIAL FORUM HIGH-LEVEL SYMPOSIUM “Public-Private Collaboration to Develop APEC Financial Markets – Achievements and Way Forward” in Shenzhen, China, on August 1, 2016. It included the two sessions: Financial Innovation…
Education, Entertainment
Mack gave a Mensa Lecture in collaboration with OMOTENASHI JOURNEY, July 21 2016 in New York
In collaboration with OMOTENASHI JOURNEY, Mack delivered a lecture on global communication for the Mensa Thursday Lecture Series, organized by the Greater New York Mensa, hosted by the Microsoft Flagship Store on Fifth Avenue, New York on July 21, 2016.
[The entire program of Mensa lecture & OMOTENASHI Jorney]
Mack shared his views on the limitation of the language and demonstrate how the language may affect the way people think and communicate, and discuss global communication beyond culture and nationalities. He start his lecture from demonstration of 20 English accents as an ice breaker.
As a part of this lecture, the audience enjoyed the Disney-like musical performance of OMOTENASHI JOURNEY, a group of talented dancers or singers.
“OMOTENASHI” means warmth, understanding, respect, gratitude and kindness, and is also known as the slogan for the 2020 Olympic Games in Japan. The musical project aims to introduce the hospitality of the Japanese culture to the world through the diversity. This concept is consistent with Mack’s key messages on global communication beyond language.
[Musical Performance Only]
This event was meant to be a collaboration of intellect and performing art to deliver key concepts of global communication.
For OMOTENASHI Journey, visit Norikosunamoto.com
*Mensa is the largest and oldest high IQ society in the world. It is a non-profit organization open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardized, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test.
For Mensa, visit Mensa.org
Us.Mensa.org (American Mensa)
Mensa.jp (Japan Mensa)
Media Coverage:
Broadwayworld.com: OMOTENASHI JOURNEY to Collaborate with The Mensa Third Thursday Lecture Series
Photo Flash: OMOTENASHI JOURNEY Takes Part in Mensa Third Thursday Lecture Series
週刊NY生活:高IQ団体メンサNY 21日に講演
週刊NY生活:非言語コミュニケーション メンサレクチャー&おもてなしジャーニー NYで一般向け無料講座開催
APFF-IRI
Protected: Documents for the 4th APFF Retirement and Long-Term Investment Working Group meeting on July 13, 2016, Hong Kong
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