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User Manual: How to Distinguish Love from Attachment

October 5, 2025

A bilingual poetic guide that reimagines love and attachment as emotional devices, complete with a user manual, troubleshooting tips, and self-diagnostic instructions. For anyone who's ever felt their feelings misfire.

Sunburned in Guam, Divorced in Tokyo: On Skin, Silence, and the Slow Collapse of a Marriage

A personal essay tracing the quiet unraveling of a marriage from a sunburn in Guam to silence in Tokyo. What begins as a small oversight becomes the final signal that care has quietly left the room.

September 11, 2025

by Hiroshi Tsuzuki

Corporate Kindergarten: The Shinsotsu Myth and Its Specters

In Japan, the “Shinsotsu card” is treated as a rite of passage. But what if this

“You Must Dominate Your Inner Peace”: An Interview with Master Tranquilitus

We interviewed Master Tranquilitus, a meditation instructor who trains seekers to dominate serenity with silence sprints

Louder than Headlines: The Silence Around Akira Otani’s Dagger Award Win

Opinion·TTT Exclusive

July 6, 2025

by Annie Kawasaki

Japanese author Akira Otani wins the CWA Dagger Award for translated crime fiction, yet major UK media remain silent. A quiet reflection on what goes unspoken.

What Prophecies Reveal Isn’t the Future. It’s Us.

Opinion·TTT Exclusive

July 3, 2025

by Annie Kawasaki

What will happen on July 5, 2025? Prophecies don’t reveal the future, they reflect the present. A long-form opinion piece exploring crowd psychology, the media’s role, and the shifting burden of responsibility in an age of uncertainty.

I Sold My TV in the Name of Minimalism. Now I Stare at a Blank Wall for Fun

Essay·TTT Exclusive

June 29, 2025

by Hiroshi Tsuzuki

An extreme minimalist sold his TV to embrace simplicity… only to discover the unexpected joys of blank-wall entertainment. In this personal essay, he reflects on his journey toward owning less… and staring more.