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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...
    IN PASSING, I REFLECT ON THE MEMORIES OF MY PREVIOUS SELF
    • Apr 15
    • 1 min

    IN PASSING, I REFLECT ON THE MEMORIES OF MY PREVIOUS SELF

    Photos by ZEFAN SRAMEK No. 7 No. 3 No. 6 Zefan Sramek is a Ph.D. student in the Graduate School of Engineering. THE KOMABA TIMES ISSUE...
    JUST SO YOU KNOW...
    • Apr 13
    • 6 min

    JUST SO YOU KNOW...

    Words by ADIT AMOD GURJAR Illustrations by YASHA LAI Hey there. So, you’ve received your acceptance letter, maybe even a scholarship....
    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...
    BUREAUCRACY | 070/080/090
    • Apr 11
    • 1 min

    BUREAUCRACY | 070/080/090

    Words & Artwork by YASHA LAI Yasha Lai (b.1999) | Bureaucracy 070/080/090, 2022 Komaba Times issues 9 & 10 on MacBook Air screen Yasha...
    HOW TO FIGHT THE CLIMATE CRISIS IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE
    • Apr 8
    • 4 min

    HOW TO FIGHT THE CLIMATE CRISIS IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE

    Words by VEDANT AGRAWAL and JENNA STALLARD Illustration by LEAH HAN According to an article published in the September 2021 edition of...
    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...
    REALITY SHIFTING
    • Apr 4
    • 4 min

    REALITY SHIFTING

    Words by NAOMI HADISUMARTO Illustrations by YASHA LAI Have you ever read that book? Yes, that book, or watched that movie, or played that...
    EDITORS' NOTE | ISSUE 11
    • Apr 1
    • 2 min

    EDITORS' NOTE | ISSUE 11

    Words by THE EDITORS Photo by CHARISIA ONG On January 6, 2022, we had a snowstorm in Tokyo. The city transformed into something magical...

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