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Opening Story: A Train Station Goodbye That Lingers It was late afternoon on a crisp spring day when the foreign traveler found themselves standing on the platform of a Shinkansen station. The air was filled with a faint metallic hum, th...

Opening Story: A Quiet Gesture of Care When Emily, an American woman, first came to Japan, she expected love to be declared with words—the way it often is back home. “I love you” or “You mean everything to me” were phrases she was used t...