Japanese, especially newcomers to Japan, many of the customs and traditions of New Year may seem hard to understand. New Year or oshogatsu is the most important holiday period in Japan for families ...

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Kanji is a traditional Indian fermented drink made using vegetables, spices and water. Kanji is one of those age-old drinks that instantly reminds you of winter in India. Traditionally prepared by ...

Every single step of an entrepreneurial journey happens through some form of writing — from early pitches to later marketing campaigns, from contracts to plans. The academic phrase for this is: ...

1 Department of Health Care, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan 2 Takuma Neurology Clinic, Tokyo, Japan In this article, I discuss the cognitive neuropsychological aspects and anatomical ...

Source: Stable Diffusion, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons I love teaching writing. It's my favorite job ever. Part of the reason it's fun is that I get to teach something I'm passionate about. But that's ...

Do you find you're often saying you want to "delve into" an issue or "navigate the landscape" of it? Or perhaps the latest version of your CV says that you're "adept" at being "meticulous"? If so, ...

Corrected: A word was misspelled in the title of the book co-authored by Magliozzi and Peterson. The correct title is AI in the Writing Workshop: Finding the Write Balance. Since ChatGPT’s release, we ...

Mehr Singh is a food and culture reporter based in New York. Her work appears in Bon Appétit, Food52, and other publications. If you’re the kind of person who finishes a jar of pickles and finds ...