Outside Contributors
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Former Indian ambassador to Japan introduces memoir written by his colleague
Former Indian Ambassador to Japan Aftab Seth contributed a book review on a memoir written by his co...
December 3, 2021
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Fashion brands collaborate with budget restaurant chains
One of the most notable promotion strategies in the fashion industry over the past two decades must ...
December 3, 2021
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Enryo-sasshi and ‘The Makioka Sisters’: The power and limits of vague communication
In David Sedaris’ 2018 essay collection “Calypso,” the humorist writes of how his father would simpl...
December 2, 2021
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Japan must keep supporting Afghan friends
In April this year, the United States announced it would soon withdraw its troops from Afghanistan. ...
November 26, 2021
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Tensions with China bring anti-ship missile development into spotlight
Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, recognized in the United States as an author...
November 20, 2021
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My students and I are all learning: teamwork is hard work
I hated group work when I was a student. It was a real problem in Japanese schools I attended decade...
November 18, 2021
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Afghanistan remains geopolitically vital
“Feng sheng he li” in Chinese, or “fusei kakurei” in Japanese, is a classic Chinese idiom that liter...
November 11, 2021
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Being a kanji party organizer: The constructivist nature of honorifics
Yesterday in a writing class I pointed out that the correct pronoun to refer to a company is “it,” n...
November 4, 2021
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What does the future hold for Naoko Kuroishi and the Ameri brand?
Fashion schools in Japan can be said to have created the history of fashion in the country. Now, 76 ...
September 3, 2021
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Ambivalence of transition back to social life after a year of isolation
Everyone was already in the backyard when I arrived at the home of my friend, who recently retired f...
May 20, 2021
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Rescue dogs are my new family
Do you currently have any obsessions? It’s boring to not be able to meet friends so often these days...
April 8, 2021
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COVID-19 further widens income gap
The issue of income inequality has been repeatedly and widely debated from a number of viewpoints....
April 4, 2021
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Career success: Differing self-definitions by workers across countries
The last time I worked in an American office I was 19 years old, earning an hourly wage to do a vari...
April 1, 2021
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For the love of Shirobara coffee
This time around, I’d like to introduce you to a famous product of Tottori Prefecture that I absolut...
April 1, 2021
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Some changes forced on us by COVID-19 might be here to stay
A year ago, almost to date, three innocent words turned our lives upside down here in California: “S...
March 18, 2021
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