By Parul Ghosh I visited Gunma, Japan three years ago when I worked for a cross-disability rights organization in New Delhi, India. The Chairperson of my organization was invited to attend a meeting organized by The Nippon Foundation which had recently established an International Working Group on Leprosy and Human Read more…
(L-R) Doglegs co-founder, and star of the film, Shintaro Yano (ring name “Sambo” Shintaro) watches on as tag-team partner L’Amant delivers a kick to able-bodied “Antithesis” Kitajima’s face. Credit: Alfie Goodrich Doglegs is a movie that may make you feel uncomfortable. Why? It is about people with disabilities in Japan… Read more…
Katsuji Takashima experienced a tragedy early in his jockey career at the age of 23 before he had a single victory. Unfortunately, Takashima fell from his horse and sustained rather serious injuries forcing him to retire from the Japan Racing Association. Although he’s a former jockey and racer he has Read more…
No One’s Perfect The Complete Edition by Hirotada Ototake Review by K. Opoku Being from the West, I was at a slight disadvantage as I had no idea who Hirotada Ototake was when I began this book. However, this might be akin to any good reader who saves the last Read more…
Notes from the Obstacle Course Dr. Michael Peckitt I see it as a twilight genre between the night of confession and the daylight of criticism. The“I” with which I shall occupy myself will not be the “I” that relates back strictly to myself, but something else, some residue, that remains Read more…
Matt Padmore is a young foreigner living in Japan – teaching English for a living, enjoying sports, and married to a Japanese fashion designer, Jun. Though they plan to return to Matt’s native England one day, they are leisurely enjoying their newlywed life and are just taking things as they Read more…