Like Braces on Bloodied Teeth: MoJ agrees to include Sexual Consent in the Penal Code
By MISHA CADE In a breakthrough victory for the #MeToo movement in Japan last week, the Ministry of Justice has agreed to include “sexual...
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PERSPECTIVES
- Mar 3
- 9 min
An Ordinary Day
By SUYOG GARG To a majority of us, it is a known fact that some days are actually longer than a day. The day in question, however,...
- Apr 30, 2022
- 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...
- Apr 29, 2022
- 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...
- Apr 27, 2022
- 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...
- Apr 25, 2022
- 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...
- Apr 22, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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...
- Apr 18, 2022
- 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...
- Apr 11, 2022
- 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...
- Apr 6, 2022
- 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...
- May 20, 2020
- 6 min
Darkest Day: The Oct 6, 1976 Massacre In Bangkok, Thailand
By PONGADISORN JAMERBSIN
- Nov 4, 2019
- 6 min
Sexism in the Age of the “Shining Woman”
By EMI YASUDA, EXCHANGE STUDENT AT UTOKYO (2018-2019)
- Oct 8, 2019
- 5 min
Learning to Write My Name
By ERIKA YAMAUCHI, EXCHANGE STUDENT AT UTOKYO (2018-2019).
- Feb 1, 2019
- 3 min
- Jul 14, 2017
- 3 min
Alone in Komaba: Combating the Challenges of Leaving Home
By ELA BOGATAJ STOPAR
- Jun 21, 2017
- 4 min
Can't Curry On!: Deconstructing the Myth of “Indian Curry”
By DHRITI MEHTA
- May 15, 2017
- 3 min
- Jan 18, 2017
- 4 min
- Jul 13, 2016
- 3 min
And Then There Were None: Tv as a Graveyard for Queer Women
By ANGELI RAMBUKPOTA
- May 26, 2016
- 3 min
Hello, Kitty: A Look into Cat Culture in the Digital Age
By ANGELI RAMBUKPOTA
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