The Colourful World of Kansai! An Interview
Laura Pollacco. This article originally featured in the February 2019 issue of CONNECT. Kansai Yamamoto is a force of energy.
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Arts & Culture
Crank That Bass: Forming a Band in Japan
Logan McCarthy (Gifu) This article originally featured in the December 2018 issue of Connect. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash. Many of us see
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Tokyo Passes Bill to Ban LGBT Discrimination
Tresha Barrett (Kyoto) This article originally featured in the November 2018 issue of Connect. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has passed
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Gender and Fashion: What We Learnt from Japan
Laura Pollacco (Kanagawa) This article originally featured in the November 2018 issue of Connect. Gender neutral fashion is one of
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CONNECT MAGAZINE Japan #76 November 2018
Whether the impending chill is making you want to curl up at home with a book or video game, or
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Uchinaaguchi: Writing Songs in an Endangered Language
Trevor Slevin (Oita) Umi nu mii warain Nzoo yunugutu sun Kuri nnjun tuchi Chimu, ufuʻiichi This is a poem I
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CONNECT MAGAZINE Japan #75 October 2018
Fall has finally arrived in Japan, bringing with it a chill in the air as well as the October issue
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Bending Not Breaking
Laura Pollacco (Kanagawa) This article originally featured in the September 2018 issue of Connect. Header photo by Anete Lūsiņa on Unsplash We are
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CONNECT MAGAZINE Japan #74 September 2018
Are you a brand-new ALT looking for some advice for your time in Japan, or are you a seasoned JET
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Life as a Muslim in Japan
Aisha Bibi (Hiroshima) “Muslims are spied on in Japan”—this was the statement that I had read online when I searched
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