Self and MindWhat is the "self"?This is actually a very modern question."Finding yourself," "being yourself," "just as you ...

Ever since I read the Shueisha Bunko edition of "The Melancholy of the Tennis Boy" by Ryu Murakami, which was on my parents' bookshelf when I was in elementary school, I have been strongly influenced ...

How should we use the term "HSP" in our daily lives? In this series, we will consider the difficulties of living not just as ...

Can we support each other even with those who do not feel the same way? Thinking about actions we can take even without ...

Could the words that saved me be hurting others? I am learning to question how I use even the most important words. How ...

Are they an alien?There is always at least one person you just can't seem to get through to, or whose conversation just doesn ...

The 'Diagnosis and Labeling Indulgence' TrendRecently, both on social media and in real life, I often hear phrases like, 'I'm ...

I don't really like being called 'Sensei'"Whoever teaches learns in the act of teaching, and whoever learns teaches in the ...

August 11, 2026 - Otemachi, Tokyo / A book I introduced at a small reading group hosted by Mayuka (@machan_books).

Since I started using note, I have been seeing alphabet-based terms quite often.As I looked into what they were out of ...

Jürgen Habermas, the great defender of deliberative democracy, lived up to its demands: he never feared changing his mind ...

Through much of its history, Americans understood their republic as a nation ‘under God,’ relying on a providentialist narrative to provide a shared community, identity and national purpose. Beginning ...