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- She does not speak Japanese. Despite her Japanese name, Ittogi does not speak Japanese, said Tharman: "... when we go to hawker centres in other parts of the island, someone will occasionally come up to her to practise their Japanese: O genki desu ka?
- Lived in Singapore since she was three. Ittogi is one of four children born to a Japanese father and a Singaporean Chinese mother. She has lived in Singapore since she was three.
- Lawyer by training. The pair met in the London School of Economics. She had just completed her Masters of Law, while Tharman was about to embark on his Bachelor of Science in Economics.
Jane Yumiko Ittogi is the wife of former Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. A lawyer by training, Ittogi left the legal practice to support the local arts and education scenes and engage in community work.
- She doesn’t speak Japanese. From her name, Jane Yumiko Ittogi, one would probably assume she’s fluent in Japanese. She may be learning a few phrases here and there, but she doesn’t actually speak the language.
- She comes from a Japanese-Singaporean-Chinese family. That’s not to say that she doesn’t have Japanese blood. Ms. Ittogi comes from a Japanese and Singaporean-Chinese family.
- She worked as a lawyer. Ms. Ittogi is a lawyer by training. She completed her Master of Laws degree at the London School of Economics. That’s where she met Tharman, who enrolled in the university a few years later.
- She was a writer at The Straits Times. Besides being a lawyer, Jane Ittogi also has a creative side. She was a feature and lead writer for The Strait Times for a few years in the ’80s.
Tharman Shanmugaratnam and his wife, Jane Ittogi during an interview with Lianhe Zaobao. PHOTO: Lianhe Zaobao. PUBLISHED ON July 31, 2023 11:20 PM By Claudia Tan. Last week, her...
- But That said, He Was Not Without An Aptitude For Formal Education
- Tharman Shanmugaratnam Emerges as Singapore’s 9th President in Pe 2023
- Tharman as A Husband to Jane Yumiko Ittogi and Father to Four Children
- Number 1: Little Moments Add Up.
- Number 2: Let Them Find Their Own Way in Life.
- Number 3: Teach Them to Be Serious About What They Are doing.
- Number 4: Encourage Them to Question and Think in Original ways.
- Number 5: Learn to Play and Love to Play.
- Number 6: Trust Your Kids in What They Want to do.
- Number 7: React in A Way That Respects What They Are Doing!
Alas, at the age of 17, he was diagnosed with anaemia and had to reduce his involvement in sports. Having to be forced to spend less time on sports he diverted his time into reading. A former ACS boy, he did quite well in the A levels and went to the London School of Economics and then to the University of Cambridge to study economics. After Cambri...
In a historic moment for Singapore, its citizens participated in a highly anticipated Presidential Election on September 1, 2023, marking the first contested presidential election in over a decade. The outcome was a resounding victory for Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who secured his place as the nation’s ninth head of state. Tharman, a former Senior Min...
Tharman is married to Ms Jane Yumiko Ittogi, a lawyer of Chinese-Japanese heritage. They have a daughter, Maya and three sons, Aran, Arivan and Akilan. Based on his interview and by “stalking” his Facebook fan page, we have compiled his thoughts on parenting and education. The interpretation of the philosophies is my own.
In a Q&A with families for life in 2012 he shared, “The little moments add up—I SMS them when I am on my way back home, in the hope I can give one of them a lift. Sometimes they get off the bus or MRT just so I can pick them up along the way”. “Family time to him means, “chatting with my kids, usually about their sports, listening to music together...
As a busy father, it is very easy to tell the kids what to do and what not to do! Who would not want the best for his kids? But when we chalk down a path for the kids, we deprive them of a learning curve. It is better if they find what they like to do than what we want them to become! We should encourage them in whatever they are doing. As a parent...
It is extremely important to teach your kids to take the job at hand seriously. No job is small or big, and in the larger scheme of things, every job is important. It also warrants all the seriousness even if it seems menial. If your kid is passionate about something, teach him to pour his heart into it. Only then would he enjoy it to the fullest!
President-Elect Tharman writes that we need to nurture the “ability to think for themselves and think in original ways. This can only come about if it is a habit from young—a habit of constantly questioning, reading up on their own, discussing alternatives.”
In late August 2012, Tharman wrote on his Facebook,“Good to play and learn through play. Let our children have their childhood!” In October of that same year, he echoes similar sentiments by writing. “We have to create real space for children to have a broad-based education, to interact outside the classroom, get to know each other across the races...
President-Elect Tharman says, “Trust that they will find their own way in life. You have got to trust them.” This is so true, often as parents when our child starts to walk, we hover around him lest he would fall. We continue to do that throughout his childhood and this leads them to follow your direction instead of following their hearts. One of t...
Tharman shares, “The signals we send our children are extremely important. Respect the things they want to do and enjoy. That is how we develop imaginative people who do something different.” Kids are receptive to body language. If you say something but your body language says something otherwise, then the kids will lose respect for what they are a...
Jul 26, 2023 · July 26, 2023. SINGAPORE: Former Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam wrote in a Tuesday night (July 25) Facebook post that people sometimes come up to his wife, Ms Jane Yumiko...
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Aug 25, 2023 · Tharman Shanmugaratnam and wife Jane Ittogi on their honeymoon in Sulewesi, Indonesia in 1990. During the interview, she sits by the side filming Mr Tharman with her phone.
