Doubted

The Japanese baseball ball and the MLB ball are not the same. Uehara, Iwakuma, and Ohtani all said one word about the American ball: it slips.

The Shohei Ohtani mandala chart is famous now. But which came first, the chart or the success? A Japanese fan in his 60s says what bothers him.

Do not come if you are not in pain, one doctor told me. Another repeated the same three lines every visit. Why no doctor in Japan looks at the whole of me.

The numbers say cancel my earthquake insurance. I know how harsh the payout system is. I still keep paying. Here is why I cannot let it go.

I have watched MLB almost every day in my 60s. Then Shohei Ohtani started spitting on the field. Not angry, just disappointed, and this is why.

Google puts big companies at the top. I trusted them once. A 67-year-old retired factory worker in Japan explains what that trust cost him — and why he blogs anyway.

When my parent died, I had to throw away a Buddhist family altar. The temple refused. The religious organization wanted it back. A 67-year-old Japanese man's honest account.

I built a house for my family. Will my sons ever live in it? Before it sits empty, here is what I think about the home I leave behind.

A 60-year-old explains why Google AI Mode and AI Overviews are annoying. I just want the links, not an AI summary deciding what the answer is.

A retired factory worker in Japan on why it is fine to feel lost about work. Stay, change jobs, or earn on your own. The choice is yours to make.