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Beyond the Paper Screen / Homemaking on the Go Never Really Stops

By Sawa Kurotani / Special to The Japan News 17:19 JST, March 25, 2024 It was a typical day in Oregon in mid-May: drizzles, clouds, five minutes...

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By Sawa Kurotani / Special to the Japan News 13:46 JST, February 18, 2024 In my class, which is for students who are just starting their major in...

By Sawa Kurotani / Special to The Japan News 10:30 JST, January 21, 2024 I think I was about 10 years old. One sunny spring day following a long...

By Sawa Kurotani / Special to The Japan News 12:00 JST, December 24, 2023 Just a couple of weeks ago, I had an opportunity to speak at a...

By Sawa Kurotani / Special to The Japan News 14:30 JST, November 19, 2023 When the first floor of the library building on our campus was...

By Sawa Kurotani / Special to The Japan News 15:50 JST, October 22, 2023 In some ways, the Japanese word kiyo is like “handy” or “crafty”...

By Sawa Kurotani / Special to The Japan News 11:27 JST, September 24, 2023 It was a long journey indeed. I was starting a semester in the U.S.,...