Professor David Slater: "In that gap between the representation and the reality, there is alwa
It was 1986: Japan was bubbling, it was the model for the rest of the world. Everybody was trying to copy Japanese education because the...
Professor Sarajean Rossitto: "I can't believe you are letting your daughter go to Japan!&qu
My father was going to have an open heart surgery the week after my interview with the Tokyo YMCA. They told me I had two weeks to...
Professor Makiko Deguchi: "Makiko, you are the prettiest girl on the bus!"
When I was in the United States, I felt invisible. It was already ingrained in me that I didn’t meet their beauty standard of having...
Yuina Uno: I went to LA for an internship program and realized that feminism can actually be a profe
Seven years ago, I was so sure that I wanted to work with event planning but when it came time to choose my university major, all of a...
Ricardo Stock: It's true that I didn't have a pre-set reason for coming here, but I've f
On my very first evening here, I met a girl at a bar in Shibuya. I never expected to have such a strong bond with someone here in Japan....
