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    11:05
    • Apr 30
    • 3 min

    11:05

    By MOE KINOSHITA Hi, I’m Moe and I am a Tokyo-based, Berlin-born hobby singer-songwriter. I have been playing music for almost my entire...
    FURUSATO
    • Apr 29
    • 6 min

    FURUSATO

    Words & Photos by PRIYA MU 2020, Late July Remote mountain village in Japan It had been three weeks since I moved to Yamagata from Tokyo...
    MIXING BODIES: LESSONS ON SEXUAL CONSENT FROM THE OCEAN
    • Apr 27
    • 3 min

    MIXING BODIES: LESSONS ON SEXUAL CONSENT FROM THE OCEAN

    Words by MISHA CADE Illustration by YASHA LAI On the Strait of Gibraltar between Spain and Morocco, there are two bodies of water that...
    DISTANCE
    • Apr 25
    • 6 min

    DISTANCE

    Words by GU YUE Illustration by YASHA LAI What do you feel at the age of 20? I feel pain. To be exact, I first felt a silence... And...
    STUDYING WHILE MUMMYING
    • Apr 22
    • 4 min

    STUDYING WHILE MUMMYING

    Words by CHARISIA ONG As a child, time is dictated by your parents. “15 more minutes and it’s lights out.” “Curfew is 11pm. Be home by...
    • Apr 20
    • 1 min

    AN OPEN LETTER TO A

    By YUKO ITATSU Dear A, Had I known you as a teenager, my life would have been different. You would have been the perfect buddy. Someone I...
    A POLYPHONY OF OUR TIMES
    • Apr 18
    • 11 min

    A POLYPHONY OF OUR TIMES

    Words by THE KOMABA TIMES & POLYPHONY Illustrations by YASHA LAI Layout by ZEFAN SRAMEK Polyphony Student Journal is the first...
    BUREAUCRACY | NON-RESIDENT
    • Apr 11
    • 1 min

    BUREAUCRACY | NON-RESIDENT

    Words & Artwork by YASHA LAI Yasha Lai (b.1999) | Bureaucracy non-resident, 2022 Komaba Times issues 9 & 10 on banking documents Yasha...
    NEIGHBOUR
    • Apr 6
    • 1 min

    NEIGHBOUR

    Words by MIZUKI IGATA Layout by YASHA LAI Here is an excerpt from an investigation report on 379 candidate planets in the Exoplanet...
    An Evening with Tokyo’s Finest
    • Jun 29, 2020
    • 5 min

    An Evening with Tokyo’s Finest

    By CHOI JIWOONG
    Darkest Day: The Oct 6, 1976 Massacre In Bangkok, Thailand
    • May 20, 2020
    • 6 min

    Darkest Day: The Oct 6, 1976 Massacre In Bangkok, Thailand

    By PONGADISORN JAMERBSIN
    Cambodia: The Bittersweet Smile of Khmer
    • May 13, 2020
    • 5 min

    Cambodia: The Bittersweet Smile of Khmer

    By MUDI WANG
    Theater the Ineffable
    • Nov 19, 2019
    • 5 min

    Theater the Ineffable

    By MINGHAO XU
    The Games After the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
    • Nov 12, 2019
    • 2 min

    The Games After the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

    By SAYUMI TAKE
    Sexism in the Age of the “Shining Woman”
    • Nov 4, 2019
    • 6 min

    Sexism in the Age of the “Shining Woman”

    By EMI YASUDA, EXCHANGE STUDENT AT UTOKYO (2018-2019)
    I Am Large, I Contain Multitudes
    • Oct 28, 2019
    • 6 min

    I Am Large, I Contain Multitudes

    By ALEXINE CASTILLO YAP (PEAK JEA, Y3)
    Learning to Write My Name
    • Oct 8, 2019
    • 5 min

    Learning to Write My Name

    By ERIKA YAMAUCHI, EXCHANGE STUDENT AT UTOKYO (2018-2019).
    Discussing Hate Speech
    • Feb 1, 2019
    • 3 min

    Discussing Hate Speech

    By YISAC PARK
    Tongue-tied and Culture-shocked
    • Feb 1, 2019
    • 5 min

    Tongue-tied and Culture-shocked

    By ALEXINE CASTILLO YAP
    Physically Close but Psychologically Distant: Japan and Korea
    • Feb 1, 2019
    • 3 min

    Physically Close but Psychologically Distant: Japan and Korea

    By YEONSOO SONG
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