
Voices of the Lost Authors
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đŻđľReviving echoes of lost Japanese literary souls beyond time. Reflections on existence and future through the âVoices of the Lost Authorsâ project.
Joined April 2025
A masterpiece isnât written with special words. Itâs woven from ordinary ones that everyone knows, rearranged by the writerâs hand, until even silence begins to mean something.
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Tried to post something today, but no words came. Somehow, like the day a baby is born, we canât control the moment when words come alive. They breathe only through communication.
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After unfollowing most of the huge accounts, my timeline finally feels healthy again. The current X algorithm doesnât optimize âfreedom of expression,â but âconcentration of attention.â It may stabilize ad revenue in the short term, but in the long run it leads to the departure
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In an age obsessed with isekai fantasies, an editor urges Osamu Dazai to âwrite something that sells.â But Dazai laughs at the idea of a âreader persona.â For him, life itself is already another worldâ a quiet hell where writing is not escape but confession. âThat is your story.
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English names the actor. Japanese lets the moment decide. Between them lies a world of silence. Read more https://t.co/aLzeD7V3V1
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When Rain Speaks Itself: The Poetics of Subjectless Japanese It was raining. Somewhere inside me, something felt quietly wet. That is all. Two simple sentences, and yet the reader pauses, as if the âŚ
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They donât have time. They donât have energy. Theyâre tired. They donât have the will to learn. They donât trust what they read online. But thereâs someone who tells them, âJust drink this.â The package says it works. The reviews have stars. So believing is faster. Itâs easier
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The wind outside howls through the power lines. But thereâs another kind of storm these days â not in the sky, but inside the glowing square we call a âtimeline.â âToo stupid.â âClueless trash.â âLeave Japan already.â Words fly like knives. Everyone slashes. No pause, no
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Japanese Mayor Apologizes for Hotel Meetings with Subordinate Questions Raised on Duty Certification and Power Abuse Akira Ogawa (42), Mayor of Maebashi City, acknowledged in a press conference on the night of the 24th that she had met multiple times with a married male city
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How we eat natto looks a lot like how we argue about everything else: rituals up front, essence on mute. The yolk, the oil, the stirring rule: correctness that feels safe and slowly takes the seat meant for taste. This piece sets a small test: one plain mouthful, then a line
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Japanese Yohaku: Over-Explanation and the Loss of Space to Imagine. We often say ânegative spaceâ in design, but Yohaku runs through film, literature, and relationshipsâthe meaning that rises from the unsaid. https://t.co/m29n0qZeB6
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Japanese Yohaku: Over-Explanation and the Loss of Space to Imagine In Japanese, Yohaku reaches across domains. In film and television, it includes the empty frame and off-screen space that invite the...
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Kentucky goes electric. Toyota isnât just making EVs, itâs making them in the US. A move shaped as much by politics as by demand.
Toyota to manufacture EV SUVs at US Kentucky plant, source says https://t.co/1MGIrLwSKW
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đ Toyotaâs Price Cut Request and the Responsibility of Big Corporations Japan is finally beginning to nurture a long-awaited âwage growth momentum.â Pushed by rising living costs and government encouragement, companies and workers alike are reaching a shared understanding:
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An electric cup that makes food taste saltier. Cool idea, but do we really need this?
Japanese food and beverage maker Kirin started selling the Electric Salt Cup, which uses electricity to enhance the perception of the salty taste and umami in food. đ https://t.co/EXiKBenxm5
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Everyday choicesâbean sprouts, single-ply paper, right shoe firstâlook trivial. Yet they reveal the unconscious programs that shape our lives. https://t.co/LOuCVMCQuS
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Bean Sprouts I eat bean sprouts every day. There is no particular reason. Well, maybe a little. I eat them because they are cheap. A single man tends to lack vegetables, so I eat bean sprouts. I just...
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Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Yukio Mishimaâs birth. In âDefense of Culture,â he warned: âYou donât develop a desire to defend something that doesnât have a value that transcends you.â In todayâs Japanese society, what should we defend? The fading traditions, or the
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đ¨ Zombie Vapes: The silent epidemic hitting Asiaâs youth. Etomidate-laced e-cigs from China are spreading to Okinawa, causing blackouts & collapses. From underground malls to school hallsâwhy itâs a Category II threat. Read my deep dive:
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A Silent Epidemic Crossing Borders
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What if aliens canât âeatâ us due to molecular chirality? đđ§Ź Fascinating speculative piece channeling Ukichiro Nakaya on the new Alien: Earth seriesâwhy homochirality might be our ultimate defense. Worth a read! Link:
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The Science of Molecular Mismatch
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If Gen Z starts adulthood at the bottom, policy should target early adulthood: build housing, raise job quality, expand mental-health access, and curb doomscroll incentives. Misery isnât fateâdesign is.
The middle-aged are no longer the most miserable | The Economist Youth used to be cheerful. No more FOR DECADES, surveys have suggested that middle age is the low point of life. While young and old generally reported high levels of life satisfaction, those in mid-life endured a
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