{"id":6486,"date":"2021-05-08T08:15:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T23:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oyako.org\/talk\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T09:02:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T00:02:04","slug":"talk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oyako.org\/en\/talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk Live vol.51 – Present to the Future – Guest: Yae (Half-Farmer, Half-Singer)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You can watch the live streaming of the program on the above YouTube channel.
\nLive program schedule: Thursday September 24th., from 13:00 JST<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]MC: Satoshi Seki \/ Editor & Producer<\/strong>
\nHosts: Bruce Osborn, Yoshiko Inoue<\/strong>
\nOrganized by: OYAKO Day Promotion Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n

Streaming Date & Time: Thusrday, September 24, 2026 \u2013 From 13:00 (LIVE)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guest: Yae | Half-Farmer, Half-Singer<\/strong><\/p>\n

The guest for the 51st Oyako Day Online Talk Live<\/b><\/span> is <\/span>Yae<\/b><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her father was the late Toshio Fujimoto<\/b><\/span>, who devoted his life to taking action and speaking out on issues that mattered to society. Her mother is singer Tokiko Kato<\/b><\/span>, who has continued to share her messages with the world through music.<\/p>\n

Yae has inherited that powerful spirit of expression. Describing herself as a \u201chalf-farmer, half-singer,\u201d<\/b><\/span> she follows two paths\u2014farming and music\u2014while continuing to communicate the values and ideas that are important to her.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

In this edition of the Oyako Day Online Talk Live, we look forward to hearing about Yae\u2019s way of life and exploring how her experiences resonate with the values at the heart of Oyako Day<\/b><\/span>\u2014the connections between parents and children, and what we receive from one generation and pass on to the next.<\/p>\n

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Yae | Half-Farmer, Half-Singer<\/p><\/div>\n

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Yae is the second daughter of the late Toshio Fujimoto<\/b><\/span> and singer Tokiko Kato<\/b><\/span>.<\/p>\n

She made her debut as a singer in 2001 and celebrates the 25th anniversary of her musical career in 2026<\/b><\/span>. Her work includes performances for NHK\u2019s Minna no Uta<\/i><\/span> and the video game Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles<\/i><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Yae lives with her family at Kamogawa Shizen Okoku<\/b><\/span> in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, where she combines farming and everyday life with a wide range of activities centered on music, the environment, and food<\/b><\/span>.<\/p>\n

She serves as an ambassador for Japan\u2019s Ministry of the Environment\u2019s Mori-Sato-Kawa-Umi Project<\/b><\/span>. In 2025, she released the new song \u201cInochi no Hi\u201d (The Light of Life)<\/b><\/span> and brought her voice and message to audiences at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan<\/b><\/span>, as well as COP30 in Brazil<\/b><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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\u2060Yae Official Website \u2013 \u201cHalf-Farmer, Half-Singer\u201d<\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/www.yaenet.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2060Yae Official Instagram (@yaefujimoto)<\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/yaefujimoto\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2060Living as a \u201cHalf-Farmer, Half-Singer\u201d \u2013 BLUE GRAY GREEN JOURNAL (KYOCERA Corporation)<\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/blue-gray-green.com\/journal\/07\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2060Farming in Kamogawa, Singing in Brazil \u2013 Weekly Economist Online<\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/weekly-economist.mainichi.jp\/articles\/20260421\/se1\/00m\/020\/006000c<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2060Yae \/ Half-Farmer, Half-Singer \u2013 YouTube<\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CD-SYkujtAk<\/a><\/p>\n

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Present to the Future \/ Online Talk Event Vol.5<\/p>\n

Presented by OYAKO DAY COMMITTEE
\nDate: September 18, 13:00 – 13:45<\/p>\n

During this online event, Bruce Osborn will be speaking from Gallery AWAI where he is having his “NATURE CALLS” exhibition and Tomoko Okazaki will be in Iriomote Island (Okinawa) where she is doing a workshop using marine debris collected on the beach. Satoshi Seki the navigator for this series, will be at a separate location in Tokyo. The theme of this event is “What is happening with the environment and how can we do to help.”<\/p>\n

Tomoko Okazaki \/ Ocean Athlete & Journalist<\/p>\n

Tomoko was born in Kamakura where she learned to windsurf. She is now based in Maui and travels the world covering surfing and other water sports in addition to snowboarding. She believes that the sea is the best school and wants to share what she learned with the next generation. Tomoko feels a sense of crisis about the pollution of our oceans and has been having workshops with children using marine debris. She believes in the important of making her workshops fun while creating an opportunity to think about the environment. “Trash 2 Treasure” is the title she has given her project of turning marine garbage into treasures while giving people an opportunity to think about the environment.<\/p>\n

Instagram: @trash2treasure.jp
\nFacebook: Trash 2 Treasure<\/p>\n

Satoshi Seki \/ Editor, Producer<\/p>\n

Participated in the planning and editing of culture magazines such as POPEYE, BRUTUS, and Takarajima. In addition, he was the editor of science fiction magazines at Tokuma Shoten. Seki has gone on to produce a game version of the best-selling novel “Legend of the Galactic Heroes” along with PS software “Democratic Crisis!” Lately his work is focused on a variety of digital content. In addition he is a part-time lecturer at Nihon Kogakuin, director of the Stimulus Switch Research Institute, and a member of OYAKO Day planning staff.<\/p>\n

Bruce Osborn \/ Photographer Oyako Day Originator<\/p>\n

Bruce moved to Tokyo in 1980 to where he works as a commercial photographer. In addition to his OYAKO series and OYAKO Day projects, much of his current activities are centered on his photographs of marine debris. Micro plastics and other manmade pollution are having a great impact on the oceans and its sea life. Bruce collects the debris and brings them to the studio where he creates colorful graphic design with them. He feels that these items are not to blame for the pollution, it is man’s disregard and wastefulness that created this environmental problem. Through his “NATURE CALLS” photos, Bruce hopes to draw awareness to this issue while showing even trash can be made into something beautiful.<\/p>\n

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