Minamata, a coastal town in Kumamoto Prefecture in the Kyushu region of Japan, has become infamous … Producing Prosperity through Bodies and Land: The Case of MinamataRead more
“Nuchi nu Miji (Water of Life)”
TV Documentary on PFAS Contamination and Militarism in Okinawa Nuchi nu Miji (Water of Life),” a … “Nuchi nu Miji (Water of Life)”Read more
Review: Vietnam, The Landscape of Memory
Venue & Period:Fukuoka Asian Art Museum: September 13 – November 9, 2025Okinawa Prefectural Art Museum: November … Review: Vietnam, The Landscape of MemoryRead more
Let’s Walk as the Legs of a Centipede
It was a hot and humid summer morning in late August. I was standing with three … Let’s Walk as the Legs of a CentipedeRead more
Bearing the Grief of Those Who Survived: Okinawan Feminist Literature Resisting Militarization
(佐喜真彩『生き延びたものたちの哀しみを抱いて――軍事化に抗する沖縄のフェミニズム文学』勁草書房、2025年) “Survivors’ guilt” names a particular kind of pain. To survive a catastrophe does not simply … Bearing the Grief of Those Who Survived: Okinawan Feminist Literature Resisting MilitarizationRead more
Desolation and stillness amid a disappearing landscape
Over the last two and a half years, at the time of writing in early 2026, … Desolation and stillness amid a disappearing landscapeRead more
Review: Sugata Bose, Asia after Europe
Sugata Bose, Asia after Europe (Harvard University Press, 2023) What is Asia as a cultural space? … Review: Sugata Bose, Asia after EuropeRead more