Academic Writing & Creative work (AY2021-Present)

Tuesdays with Morrie 🧑‍🏫

• "Moving Against the Current: Discovering Values Through Action" by Anna Miyabe (2026) 👏

• "What Aging Takes and What It Gives: Rereading Tuesdays with Morrie through Gender and Lived Experience" by Moka Iinuma (2026) 👏

• "Regret as Companion: Identity and Choice in Tuesdays with Morrie" by Kokoro Yaguchi (2026) 👏

• "Overcoming a Fallibility of Language in an Alienating World" by Chisato Ishii (2026) 👏

Paul Auster's In the Country of Last Things  💌

• Memory and Record: The Ethics of Writing in In The Country of Last Things (2026) by Wakana Nagata 👏

• The Representation of Persistence in In the Country of Last Things: Love and Hopefulness of Anna Blume (2024)

• Mirror of Our World: The Distorted Reality and Alternative Utopia in In the Country of Last Things (2024)

• The Meaning of the Color of Anna's Notebook (2024)

• The Power of Writing in In the Country of Last Things (2024)

• Feminism in In the Country of Last Things (2024)

Hemingway's Work 🏕️

• Adjustment and Limits in Hemingway's "Big Two-Hearted River" (2026) by Nami Omori 👏

• Reflection on "Indian Camp" (2023)

• Childbirth in Japan: Reflecting on "Indian Camp" (2023)

• The Mystery behind "Indian Camp" (2023)

My Revolutionary Calendar 🪷

• "The Calendar of Sensory Return" by Charlotte Walker (Mimi) (2025) 

• "Marking Time with Water and Wind" by Koharu Isogai (2025) 

• "Work Less, Live More" by Kanon Takaiwa (2025) 

• "Two Calendars: Rie and Ricky" by Rie (2025) 

• "Against Capitalism: A Poetic Water-Calendar" by Mina Sato (2025) 

Developing voices in environmental discourse 🌱

• "GPS and Jack London" by Shuna (2025) 

• "The Nature Inside Me" by Ryuto (2025) 

• "Who Holds the Fang?" by Kyoka (2025) 

Studies in CULTURE & HISTORY ☕

• "The Limitations of Fair Trade and Japan’s Role in the Coffee Industry" by Masatoshi (2025) 

• "Tea and Coffee Culture: Formality versus Functionality" by Mirei (2025) 

• "Labor Exploitation Under the Surface of Coffee and Tea Industries" by Ayane (2025) 

• Chocolate & Potato Cultures (2022)

• Covid-19 Pandemic in Japan (2022)

• History of Teacup & Coffee Cup (2022)

Waste Archeology Project ♻️

• The Life Cycle of Plastic Bottles (2024) 

• My Journey with the Clothes I Threw Away (2024) 

• Pocky Box (2024) 

• Brazilian Chickens (2024) 

• 100-yen Eyelash Curler (2024) 

• A Lesson from Bottled Green Tea (2024) 

• My Memorable Clothing's Life Story  (2024) 

• Food Delivery: Was I Delivering "Future" Trash? (2024) 

• My Contact Lens Case's Life (2024) 

Freedom of expression 🗣️

• Should the "N" World be Eradicated? (2024) 

• Why was the "Non-Freedom of Expression Exhibition" canceled? (2021)

EDUCATION  SYSTEMs 🎓

• Sleep More, Learn Better: Why Japanese Schools Should Start Later (2024) 

• Exit Examination: The Case of Japan (2022)

Toponymy 🌀

• Animal-related Toponymy (2022)

• Tokyo during the Meiji Restoration (2021)

• Exploring "Aichi" (2021)

• Toponymy with two characters (2021)

• Enhancing Imagination through Toponymy (2021)

• Exploring the Origin of Tsukuba (2021)

Death penalty ☠️

• Death Penalty: A Japanese Perspective (2021)

• Rethinking the Death Penalty in Japan (2021)

STUDENTS’ Presentations

AY2021 to AY2023 (no more presentation classes after that)

• Freedom of Expression: About Uniform

• Is Statistics Trustable?

• The Dark Side of Statistics

• University Entrance Exam Systems: Japan and Korea

• China’s One-Child Policy: Presentation Video

• Creative News Video: About China’s One-Child Policy

• Debate Video

• Let's Do Outdoor Sport!