Editorial & Columns
Cultural Viewpoints
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True pursuit of happiness takes more than the techniques of positive thinking
Already two days past the deadline, I was struggling to finalize the courses I was going to teach in...
October 21, 2022
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Cultural Conundrums / Extraordinary orthography: Katakana’s multifaceted expressiveness
Cultural Conundrums / Extraordinary orthography: Katakana’s multifaceted expressiveness By Kate El...
September 1, 2022
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Missing photographs speak loudly of family history
In her recent book, “Shadow Traces: Seeing Japanese/American and Ainu Women in Photographic Archives...
August 18, 2022
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The subtle art of non-imposed disclosure with new acquaintances
This past quarter I taught an online course on intercultural communication to students from a wide v...
August 4, 2022
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Shooting of Abe raises questions about the state of Japanese society
“Check the news. Abe was assassinated.” The text message, which arrived from a friend in Japan while...
July 21, 2022
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After all, adverbs can illuminate cultural differences in semantic inclinations
The other day I was walking near my home, and I passed a nice-looking casual cafe. Outside it, there...
July 7, 2022
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We need to address the real cause of mass shootings: social alienation
We need to address the real cause of mass shootings: social alienation...
June 16, 2022
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Doubling down on ‘daro’: Admirable alignment in Japanese communication
At first, the UQ mobile commercials, launched in 2016, were simply bewildering. Two large, furry cha...
June 2, 2022
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Symbol of the American Dream is drying up, literally
“You need more water,” my next-door neighbor says decisively. We can both see clearly that the grass...
May 19, 2022
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Gaijin identity management: Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t
When I was growing up, my family had a much-loved black Labrador retriever named Eric. Eric was inde...
May 5, 2022
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What a power outage taught me about emergency preparedness
When the lights flickered off late on the night before Thanksgiving last November, I didn’t think mu...
April 21, 2022
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Jibun: The private self in Japanese discourse
By Kate Elwood / Special to The Japan News [posttime] JST, [postdate] A recent TV commercial fo...
April 7, 2022
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France stands divided over Napoleon’s legacy
A landmark speech by French President Emmanuel Macron marking the 200th anniversary of Napoleon Bona...
October 7, 2021
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Nice, tight Japan: Implicit rules and their flouting
Recently I was rereading cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand’s 2018 book “Rule Makers, Rule Breake...
October 7, 2021
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Culture of perfection creates anguish-laden adolescents
Among a handful of friends I have made through tennis, I’ve grown particularly fond of Kelly. She wa...
August 19, 2021
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