Koji Sudo: "I want to create a space where Japanese people and foreigners can work together.&qu
二年前まであった四ツ谷のある居酒屋で、いつも同じ、少し顔のやつれたネパール人が働いていたんです。ひょんな事から仲良くなって話を聞いてみると、実は僕よりも若くて、 家族のためにネパールの大学も辞め、出稼ぎに日本へ来て、その居酒屋では時給700円、週6で雇ってもらっているという...
Riko Miller: "If you can’t stop the waves, then learn to surf."
There’s this phrase I love which I live by: “If you can’t stop the waves, then learn to surf”. Learn to surf, because there are so many...
Tae Jun Moon: "We should be comfortable with who we are."
I was raised in a multicultural background, with a Korean dad and a Japanese mom. There is still some historical resentment between the...
Shiori Niitani: "Though differences in perception on the matter of Hiroshima exists, it does no
For someone who is from Hiroshima, I have been educated how awful war and nuclear weapons are. I’ve written articles about peace for a...
Quentin Lim: "Family will always be first for me."
I failed a class freshman year of high school. When my mother found out, to my surprise, she said, "We'll figure it out. It's okay." She...
Angela Panzica: "My parents raised me to always give my 110%."
I think my competitive nature comes from the fact that my parents raised me to always give my 110%. I remember in my childhood whenever...
Yuki Toko: "Of course, what made me who I am today is my family."
I have a so-called “typical family”. We used to go on family trips together when I was young. My father is my friend and my mother, a bit...
Taka Sun: "My mother reassured my unique, personal worldview and by doing so, ultimately gave m
It was sometimes difficult to have a conversation with my mother. While I mostly believe that it’s due to the generational gap, we simply...
Dhisha Stamboel: "Even though I can't help but miss my family, my friends never gave me a c
I’ve been really homesick ever since Ramadhan started. I remember when my whole family would wake up before sunrise, and we would have...
Augusto Policastro Barrientos: "All the struggles in life, we have this potential to make them
The objective of life is to be happy, nothing else really matters, everything should lead to that. There was a moment in my life when I...
