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Beyond the Paper Screen / Teaching first-year students reminds me of my own journey to college

By Sawa Kurotani / Special to The Japan News 11:27 JST, September 24, 2023 It was a long journey indeed. I was starting a semester in the U.S.,...

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By Sawa Kurotani / Special to The Japan News 13:00 JST, May 18, 2023 “You know why I do all this?” Kawagoe-san looked around her living room....

By Sawa Kurotani / Special to The Japan News 10:00 JST, March 16, 2023 A trip to Costco is an event in itself. In my very first visit to one of...

By Sawa Kurotani / Special to The Japan News 11:00 JST, February 16, 2023 A persistent cold that waylaid me over the winter holiday break was a...

By Sawa Kurotani / Special to The Japan News 19:50 JST, January 19, 2023 I live in California, in a subdivision of tract homes that was developed...

By Sawa Kurotani / Special to The Japan News 17:11 JST, December 15, 2022 Imagine, for a moment, being a faculty member at a small residential...