A Ghost Story That Shaped a Nation’s Words — Learning Bushido Beyond the Sword
How a classic Japanese ghost story shaped modern Japanese language and revealed a side of Bushido beyond the sword—restraint, responsibility, and balance in an age of endless voices.
Elon Musk’s AI Future - and the Question of Human Value
Elon Musk predicts a future where AI surpasses human intelligence and work disappears. This essay explores human value beyond productivity, drawing on Jomon culture, Bushido, and a vision of resonance between humans and AI.
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter: A Blueprint of a Civilization That Chose to Let Go
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter reveals a uniquely Japanese vision of civilization—one that survives not by possession or conquest, but by understanding limits and knowing when to let go.
When Silence Is Kindness: What Japanese Myth Teaches Us About Justice
What if justice is not about exposing guilt, but about protecting what must not be broken?
Through the Japanese myth of Ame-no-Wakahiko, this article explores a different moral logic where silence, song, and compassion preserve human bonds beyond verdicts and blame.
When a Promise Matters More Than Power — The Bushidō of Tōdō Niemon
A powerful samurai story from the Battle of Sekigahara that explores why a single promise mattered more than power, reward, or authority—and what true integrity requires to endure.
Time Has Meaning : The Japanese Zodiac and the New Year
Discover how Japan understands the New Year through the Japanese zodiac.
This essay explores Eto not as fortune-telling, but as a cultural language for reading time, change, renewal, and quiet hope.
How People Are Brought into Violence― Not by Nature, but by the Way They Enter
What turns ordinary people into agents of violence? This essay explores how the conditions and “entrances” into war shape human behavior, drawing on historical insight, ethical reflection, and the philosophy of Bushido to reconsider responsibility, dignity, and the direction of civilization.
A Silent Promise: Love and Honor in Chūshingura
A quiet love story hidden within Chūshingura. Through silence, restraint, and an unspoken promise, this article explores Japanese ideas of honor, integrity, and moral choice beyond reward or recognition.
Myth as Philosophy: How Ancient Japan Solved the Crisis of Identity
A 1,300-year-old Japanese myth reveals the modern crisis between “the roles we perform” and “the heart we silence.” This article reinterprets the Ame-no-Wakahiko story as a blueprint for rebuilding human-centered civilization.
Pearl Harbor Revisited: What We See When We Look Through the Lens of Human Dignity
An in-depth reconsideration of Pearl Harbor through the lens of human dignity.
This essay explores Japan’s overlooked strategic concerns, the global racial order of the early 20th century, the responsibility for Micronesian mandated territories, and how two nations can learn to understand one another beyond blame.