Outside Contributors
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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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Disaster relief efforts benefited future of Japan-U.S. ties
LOS ANGELES — John Roos, who was the U.S. ambassador to Japan at the time of the 2011 Great East Jap...
March 11, 2021
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Get smoother skin courtesy of Ureshino Onsen in Saga Pref.
Hi, everyone. This time around, I feel like introducing Ureshino Onsen hot spring in Ureshino. Saga...
March 11, 2021
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Reconstruction panel wasn’t ‘dancing’
Governments past and present have often set up ad hoc advisory panels to tackle enormous problems fa...
March 8, 2021
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Attention to context: Differences start at a very young age
How soon cultural differences emerge in children is an issue that many people find fascinating, but ...
March 8, 2021
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Treasure hunting in Toyama Prefecture
This time around, I tried to look for jade at Miyazaki-Sakai beach, also known as “jade beach” in th...
March 4, 2021
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My Day on the Slopes: Full of Fun and Food
Hi everyone! I’m sure that many schools in snowy areas enjoyed taking part in ski camps this winter ...
February 25, 2021
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