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....
Matsushima Shiho: Actually, my name “志保(Shiho)” means "to keep aspirations"
My family and I moved to New York in my third year of elementary school and for six and a half years I went to a local school there....
Lindsay: "I have had some pretty bad culture shocks here, it's insane."
Japan is just such an entirely different world from the United States. I have had some pretty bad culture shocks here, it’s insane. I was...
Mone: "I feel like it's very different when you actually see these people suffering."
Every Saturday, I handed out sweets to the children of the slum in Kenya. Located on the borderline between the rich cityscapes of...
James: "Thousands of miles away from New York, but I felt right at home there."
I was devoted to cross country and track before getting the Shingles that ended my sports career, so I needed a new outlet. By accident,...
Liana: "Here, no one is judged for how they are dressed."
I was the youngest in my class but ironically I felt like I was the most mature. I think this was because I am the oldest daughter in my...
