Tae Hyun & Makha: "Fall down 7 times, get up 8 times."
T: We were always talking about how “We gotta quit the team!” (laughs) It’s just so much work. We first meet up at 10 PM, warm up,...
Hana Alexis Tanaka: "To be honest, I wasn't looking for my passion, it found me."
I was in 5th grade when I saw my first Takarazuka performance. Everything was so sparkly on the stage and it felt a bit like going to...
Yasue Kurauchi: "If you prepare well and concentrate on that passion, you learn to cherish your
Last year, I took a one year break from university and attended a vocational school for photography. My mother was against it at first,...
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...
Jake Adelstein: "You have to take the opportunity as it comes."
I remember my first encounter with an actual Yakuza boss. I don’t remember how he got my name, but he wanted to talk about problems he...
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...
Professor Yuka Sugawara: "The only thing I want you to remember is my struggle."
This is for the future you. When I was a student, I remember one professor who was raising young children back then. She got a phone...
Professor Kukhee Choo: "I want to teach my students to see things in ways that are different fr
I want to teach my students to see things in ways that are different from what is conventionally taught in a Japanese classroom setting....
