You can watch the live streaming of the program on the above YouTube channel.
Live program schedule: Thursday September 24th., from 13:00 JST
MC: Satoshi Seki / Editor & Producer
Hosts: Bruce Osborn, Yoshiko Inoue
Organized by: OYAKO Day Promotion Committee
Streaming Date & Time: Thusrday, September 24, 2026 – From 13:00 (LIVE)
Guest: Yae | Half-Farmer, Half-Singer
The guest for the 51st Oyako Day Online Talk Live is Yae.
Her father was the late Toshio Fujimoto, who devoted his life to taking action and speaking out on issues that mattered to society. Her mother is singer Tokiko Kato, who has continued to share her messages with the world through music.
Yae has inherited that powerful spirit of expression. Describing herself as a “half-farmer, half-singer,” she follows two paths—farming and music—while continuing to communicate the values and ideas that are important to her.
Rather than simply preserving what she has received from her parents, she nurtures it, allows it to grow, and passes it on to the next generation.
In this edition of the Oyako Day Online Talk Live, we look forward to hearing about Yae’s way of life and exploring how her experiences resonate with the values at the heart of Oyako Day—the connections between parents and children, and what we receive from one generation and pass on to the next.
Yae | Half-Farmer, Half-Singer
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Yae is the second daughter of the late Toshio Fujimoto and singer Tokiko Kato.
She made her debut as a singer in 2001 and celebrates the 25th anniversary of her musical career in 2026. Her work includes performances for NHK’s Minna no Uta and the video game Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles.
Yae lives with her family at Kamogawa Shizen Okoku in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, where she combines farming and everyday life with a wide range of activities centered on music, the environment, and food.
She serves as an ambassador for Japan’s Ministry of the Environment’s Mori-Sato-Kawa-Umi Project. In 2025, she released the new song “Inochi no Hi” (The Light of Life) and brought her voice and message to audiences at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, as well as COP30 in Brazil.
Yae Official Website – “Half-Farmer, Half-Singer”
https://www.yaenet.com
Yae Official Instagram (@yaefujimoto)
https://www.instagram.com/yaefujimoto/
Living as a “Half-Farmer, Half-Singer” – BLUE GRAY GREEN JOURNAL (KYOCERA Corporation)
https://blue-gray-green.com/journal/07/
Farming in Kamogawa, Singing in Brazil – Weekly Economist Online
https://weekly-economist.mainichi.jp/articles/20260421/se1/00m/020/006000c
Yae / Half-Farmer, Half-Singer – YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD-SYkujtAk
