A blog about human settlements in Japan. And sometimes bikes.
This blog has been too silent for too long, and that’s about to come to an end. I’m moving this effort to Substack, under the banner of The Sapiens Project. The Sapiens Project stems from work I completed this spring as an Amplify Fellow with the Pacific Council on International Policy. My Amplify project built […]
Read More moving to substack + new article in strive magazineThoughts on aging, change and continuity.
Read More Holding on and letting go: depopulation and culture“I initially became interested in feminism because I was frustrated about the difficulty of living in this world as a woman.”
Minori Kitahara, writer
Read More The Rocky Road to Gender EquityDespite the silence, it’s been busy.
Read More Update: COVID and all that“The light from the oncoming train focuses the mind.”
Bruce Springsteen
Read More Talkin’ ’bout trains: Becoming a tetsudo fanRecognizing, confronting and deconstructing White supremacy is our task as citizens.
Read More Black Lives MatterConstitutional politics and creative measures for social distancing.
Read More Of Constitutions and COVID-19I just felt an earthquake. A small one, but enough to make our building wave and wiggle.
Read More Minor earthquakeAn overview of Japan’s demographic transition and the questions it raises.
Read More Japan’s demographic transition
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