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12/27/2025 Reflections on a Year of Change
Tête de veau, at a restaurant in Lyon, June 2025 Blog Update At the start of this year, I intended to update my blog regularly with personal stories and reflections. However, time seemed to slip by, and before I realized it, an entire year had passed without many posts. For those of you I haven't connected with in a while, I want to assure you through this blog that I am doing well. While there haven't been major changes in my life, I continue to cherish everyday moments and

Emi Igarashi / Editor


1/12/2023 Declining Physical Strength - Comments to Editor’s 1/4/2023 Blog
Regarding your declining physical strength mentioned in your blog (1/4/2023), my physical therapist at the gym told me that if I do not...

Yuki T.


1/9/2023 Current Affairs in Japan - Comments to Editor’s 1/4/2023 Blog
Your impression of Japan after a three-year absence is very helpful (Editor’s 1/4/2023 Blog). In short, I live my life with the same...

Takeaki Iida


1/4/2023 Returning home during the 8th wave of the COVID-19 in Japan - Miscellaneous thoughts
I returned home for the first time in three years by intending to avoid the hustle and bustle of the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays...

Emi Igarashi / Editor


2/21/2021 Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy
Anyone who is a lover of food or Italy, will find this six-part series on CNN a delight. Each of the one-hour episodes focuses on six of...

Kathy Price
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