the qualia journal

I met with Mr. Yukio Sakamoto, CEO of Elpida Memory Inc. for interview in "The Professionals" program that I host with Ms. Miki Su...

Some time ago, I made a half conscious, and half unconscious resolution that I will basically refer to positive things coming from positive ...

Leonard da Vinci's "Annunciation" is now on exhibit in the Tokyo National Museum. Taking a good look at it, I realized how it ...

In a warm night, when the wind is gently breezing around my body, there is one memory that comes back to me again and again. It is about two...

As one gets along with time in life, many thing accumulate in the brain. You cannot recall them explicitly. But it is all there. Therefrom c...

This saturday morning, I chatted with Dr. Ueda of Riken about his research on biological clockes, in the editorial office of Nikkei Science...

Recently, I met with the architect Kengo Kuma for intervew on the weekly "The Professionals" program that I am hosting for NHK wit...

We are supposedly living in a "dog year". But certain things take longer time. Take the maturation of whiskey, for example. If you...

We love the cherry blossoms in spring because of their short existence on earth. If these flowery manifestations of the power of life stayed...

Homeostasis, the maintenance of the status quo, is an important aspect of all biological processes. Evolution deals with a long time scale, ...

Recently I met with Mr. Mochio Umeda, the famed visionary based in Silicon Valley, in the headquarters of the IT venture "Hatena" ...

Fads are interesting social cognitive phenomena. Something becomes popular, and loses popularly and wanes in its push. I suspect many trends...

This week I went to the southern island of Okinawa to give a lecture in front of 100 or so people involved in pharmaceutical business. The s...

Ms. Miki Sumiyoshi, co-presenter of "The Professionals" show on NHK, recently said something which set me pondering. During conver...

The basic thesis is that memories of the past are not fixed. They transform themselves and change their shapes and appearances every time yo...

I experienced my first snow of this winter in the northern town of Yamagata, which I am visiting as one of the judges for the students' ...

The composer Tetsuji Emura is working on a composition based on my poem (see the 31st December 2006 entry of this blog.) When Tetsuji came ...

The other day I went on air as the guest in the early morning FM radio program (on J-wave) hosted by the actor Tetsuya Bessho. When I asked ...

I am now in the westernmost town of the Honshu Island, Shimonoseki. I have come here to deliver a series of lectures. This town is an unforg...

I've been seeing lots of British comedies. Among the many excellent entries into the genre, I think "Little Britain" is truly ...