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June 2023

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All entrance exams should disappear soon.
As always, it's swarming with people who seem marketing-savvy.
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Slow Playback
The day before yesterday, I drank a little too much, so I had a bit of a hangover yesterday morning.
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On the horror of fabric softeners, and the inability to leave this life behind
That's a really interesting hypothesis.
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I got embroiled in a major online controversy in America.
I've been meaning to write about a very unusual incident that happened, but when asked if this event led me to any reflections or realizations, the…
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The English ban and the theory that the native language is the strongest
I haven't felt this frustrated in a while – or rather, something I wanted to say was mentioned by someone else before I could express it.
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May 2023

Metaverse and the Gun Society
October 1, 2017, was indeed a tough day.
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I have difficulty speaking English.
I've lived in New York for eight years and have been running a company there, so I can converse in English without any real issues in terms of…
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Credit Reading
Today, I'm going to introduce one of the industry stalking techniques that I've honed throughout my career.
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Goodbye Search
There are people who are good at Googling and those who are not.
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The splendor of "Sanctuary." And a shove from a sumo geek
In a recent article, I mentioned that my Sagami Original T-shirt, which I always wear during interviews and media appearances, had worn out, and I asked…
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