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Stories from Both Sides of the Classroom
Laughter Meets Learning: Breakout Comedian Yiran
on the Crossroads between Comedy and Study

2025.11.14【Special Feature 087　Beyond J......[read more]

Feature Stories

Professor Satoshi Miyazaki × Patrick Harlan: What Role Should Japanese-Language Education Need Now?

2026.1.26 【087 Beyond Japanese-Language......[read more]

Contributed Articles

HERALBONY's Bold Mission to Bring Artistic
Brilliance to the World
Interview with Marie Oshioka, CEO of HERALBONY Europe

Heralbony's Bold Mission to Bring Artistic Brilliance to the World Interview with Marie Oshioka, CEO...[read more]

Serialized Essays

Beyond Disasters - Telling the Stories <4>
Ishikura Toshiaki, Art Anthropologist, Associate Professor at the Akita University of Art, contributor
Rethinking Stories - From The Story of Ishi to "Cosmo-Eggs" (Part 2)

[Special Feature 074] Myths and history are passed down from generation to generation. How are these...[read more]

Behind the Scenes

Busan as a Bridge: Re-envisioning Japan-Korea Relations through Japanese-Language Education by Jung Giyoung

2026.3.3 【Special Feature 088 Japan Fou......[read more]

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