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Though Chen Po-jung struck gold selling English in 1970s Taiwan, in 1980 he decided to bring his family to America, a dream ...

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Japanese cities each have their own guides on how to dispose of rubbish. In Fukushima, rubbish bags have to be placed at collection points every morning by 0830 - but cannot be left out from the ...

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As the first half of the 2020s comes to a close, one global literary trend shows no signs of abating: a hunger for the stories of Japanese writers. The past five years saw authors from Japan win ...