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Alexa is a New York native currently based in Tokyo. Her areas of interest include books, film and TV, and other subjects that could be filed under “Culture.” When she isn’t writing, translating, ...

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Burcu Basar, originally from Istanbul, Turkey, is doing her PhD in Japan in an area that miraculously combines her profession—law—and her passion—national parks. She lives in Tokyo but can often be ...

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Gary Dexter is an English writer based in Kanagawa. Of his three published novels, the most recent is Natural Desire in Healthy Women, about the contraception movement of the 1920s. His books have ...