Birei Kin

Birei Kin
金 美齢
Born	(1934-02-07) 7 February 1934 Taihoku Prefecture, Taiwan under Japanese rule
Citizenship	Japan (1934–45; 2009–) Taiwan (1945–2009)
Education	Waseda University (BLitt, MLitt)
Occupations	Critic commentator political activist Waseda University part-time English Lecturer Shibanaga International School-JET Japanese Language School Chairperson National Policy Adviser for the President of the Republic of China (2000–05, 2005–06)
Television	Asamade-sei TV! (EX) Birei Kin to Sutekina Nakama-tachi (Channel Sakura) Hikari Ota's If I Were Prime Minister... Secretary Tanaka (NTV) Takajin no soko made Itte Iinkai (YTV)
Movement	Taiwan independence movement
Spouse	Eimei Shu ​ (m. 1964⁠–⁠2006)​
Children	Mana Shu
Website	Official homepage

Birei Kin (金 美齢, Kin Birei; Chinese: 金美齡; Wade–Giles: Kim Bi-Ling; born 7 February 1934, in Taihoku Prefecture, Taiwan under Japanese rule) is a Taiwan-born Japanese critic and political activist. She is also known by the name Alice King. Kin is the president of the Shibanaga International School-JET Japanese Language School, and served as national policy adviser to President of the Republic of China Chen Shui-bian from 2000 to 2005. Her husband was Eimei Shu and she has a daughter and a son. Her eldest daughter is Tokyo Broadcasting System Television business office manager Mana Shu.

For many years Kin has been involved in the Taiwan independence movement.

Bibliography

Solo author

Year	Title	ISBN
1998	Jibun no Jinsei, Jibun de Jimeru ―― Iubeki koto o Iu Onna no Ikikata
1999	Sekaiichi Yutakade Shiawasena Juni to, Arigatami o Shiranai Fuan na Hitobito
	Tonari no Kuni kara mita Nihon
	Birei Kin no Chokugen
2000	Nihonjin ni Umarete Shiawasedesuka
2001	Birei Kin no Watashi wa Oni ka a-chan
2002	Birei Kin to Sutekina Otoko-tachi
2003	Dare no tame ni Ikiru no ka ―― Jinsei no Kiki wa Chie to Yūki de Norikoeru
	San Kazoku 11-ri de Kurashite mitara ―― Sansedaidōkyo Monogatari
2004	"Oni ka a-chan" no susume ―― Kitaete koso Ko wa Nobiru
2005	Nihon ga Kodomo-tachi ni Oshienakatta koto
2006	Nihon hodo Kakusa no nai Kuni wa arimasen!
2007	Ima Nihon ni Kitai suru koto
	Nihon wa Sekai de Ichiban Yume mo Kibō mo aru Kunidesu!
	Nihonjin no Kakugo
	Fūfu Junai
	Rintoshita Ikikata ―― Jibun no Jinsei, Jibun de Kimeru
2008	Sengo Nihonjin no Wasuremono ―― Birei Kin no Chokugen
	Nihon no Hatasu Yakuwari to Susumubeki Hōkō ―― Dai 34-kai Bōei Seminar Kōen-shū
	Rintoshita Hahaoya ga Nihon o Sukuu
	Seijika no Hinkaku, Yūkensha no Hinkaku
	Birei Kin no "Rōgo wa Jinsei no Sōkessan" desu!
2009	"O hitori-sama" de Shiawasedesuka
2010	Watashi wa, naze Nihonkokumin to natta no ka
2011	Rintoshita Nihonjin
	Utsukushiku Yowaiwokasaneru
2013	Seijika no Hinkaku, Yūkensha no Hinkaku

Co-authored, edited, co-edited

Year	Title	Co-author	ISBN
1996	Kagi wa "Taiwan" ni ari! ―― "Bi-dai" Shin Kankei ga Asia o Kaeru	Yusuke Fukuda
1997	Daichūka Shugi wa Asia o Kōfuku ni shinai	Ng Chiau-tong
1998	"Furyō Shōjo" kara Cosmopolitan ni	Yoshiharu Fukuhara
1999	Kodomo wa Matteru! Oya no Deban	Yoshinori Kobayashi, Shiro Takahashi, Eita Namikawa
	Jiritsu dekinai Kuni Nihon ―― Yūkigāreba Jinsei wa Hirakeru	Yoshiko Sakurai
2000	Teki wa Chūgoku nari ―― Nihon wa Taiwan to Dōmei o Musube	Yusuke Fukuda
2001	Nihon yo, Taiwan yo ―― Kuni o Aishi, Hito o Aisuru koto	Eimei Shu
	Nyūkoku Kyohi ―― "Taiwan-ron" wa naze Yaka reta ka	Yoshinori Kobayashi
	Tokyo no Mado kara Nihon o	Shintaro Ishihara
2002	Kenshō Yasukunimondai to wa Nanika
2003	Owarai Nitchū Sentō Sengen!	Terry Ito, Koui Chou
2004	Wagakuni no Shōnen Hikō no Genjō ni omō ―― 21 Seiki ni Ikiru Wakōdo-tachi no Takumashī Seichō o Negatte ―― Shōnen Mondai Symposium "Shomondai no Kaiketsu no Kagi wa, Oya ga Kawaru koto"
	Kenpō no Ronten ―― "Seiron" Kessaku-sen Seiron "Hō no Fubi no moto Kokumin o Mamoru no wa Dare ka"	Shintaro Ishihara, Toshiyuki Shikata
	"Aikokushin" "Kokueki" to wa nanika.―― Asamade-sei TV!	Masaru Kaneko, Kang Sang-jung, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Hajime Takano, Susumu Nishibe, Keiko Higuchi, Satoshi Morimoto
2008	Onna wa Kashikoku Tsuyoku are!	Yoshiko Sakurai
2009	Kubi-kiri Fuyō! ―― Dai Restru Jidai e no Shohōsen "Nihon no Wakamono, Hakkiri Itte "Amae-sugi" desu"
	Nihon o Zan suru Hitobito ―― Fusakui no "Genjitsu Shugi" ni Dashita Tohai o Nazashi de Tadasu	Shōichi Watanabe, Hidetsugu Yagi
2010	Aien-ka Tsūshin "Watashi wa Suwanai. Keredo 'Kenen-ken o Furikazasu no wa ijimedesu'"
	Oconomission "Genki wa Shoku ni Ari, Shoku wa Genki ni Aru"
2011	"Kimitachi ga, Nihon no tame ni dekiru koto Daigakusei ni Tsutaetai Sokoku to no Kizuna"

Translations

Year	Title	Author	ISBN
1992	Chūgoku no Kanashī Isan ―― Kono Shi Jū-nen no Kenetsu naki Shōgen	Betty Pao Road
1997	Nanatsu no Chūgoku ―― 21 Seiki Chūgoku no Haken Shugi kara Zen Jinrui o Surutameni	Wang Wenshan
2002	Taiwan yo ―― Ri Tōki Tōsō Jitsuroku	Zou Jingwen

Magazine articles

Title
Gekkan Jiyū Minshu "Gekkan riburu"

Filmography

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2007	Hōdō 2001	Fuji TV
	Beat Takeshi no TV Tackle	TV Asahi
	Itsumite mo Haranbanjō	NTV
	Asamade-sei TV!	TV Asahi
	Birei Kin to Sutekina Nakama-tachi	Channel Sakura
	Hikari Ota's If I Were Prime Minister... Secretary Tanaka	NTV
	Takajin no soko made Itte Iinkai	YTV
	Mirai Vision: Genki Dase! Nippon!	BS11	"Asia no Leader to shite no Nihon"

See also

• Shinzō Abe
• Yoshinori Kobayashi
• Shi Wen-long
• Japanophile
• Taiwanization

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)