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Paralympics announcer Jason Hancock said it best, "I feel our generation has the ability to bring a fully inclusive Japan closer to reality."

Saori Iwano had a busy year that was capped off with her attendance at the United Nations Climate Change Conference where she picked up a few new ideas on how to approach the topic in Japan.

Nour Eldin Sultan came to Japan, fell in love with Yamagata Prefecture and ended up becoming the first Arab Muslim to be elected to a local prefectural assembly.

Name: Oussouby Sacko Title: President of Kyoto Seika University URL: www.kyoto-seika.ac.jp/eng/ Hometown: Bamako, Mali Years in Japan: 30 What was your first encounter with Japan? Oussouby Sacko | © KYOTO SEIKA UNIVERSITY I first came to Japan in the summer of 1990. I didn’t really know anything about Japan at the ...

Finding herself in a part of Japan where there weren't so many foreign women, Jayne Nakata decided to reach out through podcasting.

Name: Trista Bridges Title: Principal and co-founder of Read the Air and co-author of “Leading Sustainably” URL: https://www.readtheair.jp Hometown: New Jersey Years in Japan: 6 What was your impetus for coming to Japan? Trista Bridges | © HIROMICHI MATONO My husband, our son and I had been in France for many ...

With little fanfare, since the 1980s Bon Yagi has helped transform New York’s grungy East Village into a trendy hub for Japanese cuisine. His motto? “Visit Japan without airfare.”

People who worked from home during the pandemic often opted for a soundtrack to keep them company. Nick Luscombe specializes in just the kind of ambience we all need.

The TV show “RuPaul’s Drag Race” has led to a boom in the popularity of drag that even extends to scenes that focus on both gore and glamour.

"A sport for anyone" is how athlete and coach Maya Uno describes tennis. Though she has since come around to golf, too.

According to his bio, Maxwell Powers is the "voice guy in Tokyo." He explains a few of his roles and the perks of being widely heard.