the qualia journal

During the new year holidays, I had a chance to glance at some of the old photos at my parents' house. The old times certainly existed, ...

I was invited to sit as one of the guest judges at the 58th Red & White Year-end Song Festival hosted by NHK, performed live and broadc...

In early December, I traveled to Seattle, U.S.A. and interviewed Ichiro Suzuki of Seattle Mariners for "The Professionals" program...

I am not sure if there's really such a word, but I am coining it anyway. I am going to write about the rain reaction. I am fond of joggi...

On the veranda of my flat in Tokyo, I have several pots of plants. These were originally purchased in gardening shops, featuring the benjami...

Some time ago I received a mail about my 11th April blog from Janice Tay. Janice is an active writer originally from Singapore, who now sta...

Some time ago, I met with Prof. Lisa Randall of Harvard University at a lecture and discussions session held in Koshiba Hall at the Universi...

I have been visiting Salzburg, Austria, to attend the Quantum Mind conference organized by a long time friend of mine, Gustav Bernroider of ...

I met with Mr. Adam Smith, who is the product management director for the Book Search service at Google. Mr. Smith visited Japan on the occa...

Recently, I was invited to the Kankyu-an of Mushanokojisenke in Kyoto. I was to attend the most formal of tea ceremonies hosted by the next ...

Everybody is getting busier these days. The internet and the mobile phone are responsible for making us occupied with various things all day...

I have this bad habit of scribing nonsensical things in my notebook during meetings and conferences. Just listening to other people talk see...

I met with Dr. Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google for an interview to be broadcast in the "The Professionals" program in NHK during his v...

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...