Roger Talking to Jōji Yuasa 7:00

When Karen and I arrived in Tōkyō in 1966, Jōji Yuasa and his family welcomed us in a way that rarely occurred between foreigners and locals. He later became a valued colleague at UC San Diego. When he returned to Tōkyō, his renown grew. When he passed away in 2024, his  painter and mixologist son Ryūhei and physician daughter Rena asked whether I would compose a video message as though I were talking directly to him. Ryūhei filmed and edited this memorialization which was featured at a ceremony in Tōkyō in 2025.