🗞️🤖🇯🇵 In 7-Corriere della Sera, weekly newsmagazine of Italy’s leading daily, I interview a true legend of anime and manga: Gundam’s character designer and animation director Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. Part of my exclusive series on Japan’s philosophy and spirituality

A Japanese philosopher and an Italian novelist/essayist after discussing for two hours the meaning of life for his upcoming conference and her upcoming book #TokyoD78 🇯🇵

Thank you, @pep_on_, for reposting this quote from my 7-Corriere exclusive interview with Yuzu ("The skater of hope"), his first, and only one to date, interview with major intl media since going pro. My interview has been translated into Japanese + quoted by J-media www.corriere.it/sette/24_nov...

My exclusive interview with Dai Ajari Shionuma RyōJun for Italy's leading daily newspaper Corriere della Sera is now on permanent display in Shionuma-san's media room at Jigenji Temple for all visitors to see. You can read it here (machine translation available) www.corriere.it/sette/25_feb...

The largest exhibition to date of architect Sou Fujimoto’s three-decade career, “Primordial Future Forest” at Mori Art Museum showcases thousands of models and drawings in an engaging way.

🇯🇵🗞️ My April 2025 interview with Japanese philosopher and Waseda University professor Masahiro Morioka @masahiromorioka.bsky.social is available in Italian corriere.it/sette/25_apr... , English lifestudies.org/CORRIERE.html , and Japanese lifestudies.org/jp/CORRIERE_... . Please, check it out!

“In martial arts, sword and meditation are the same”. My interview with Tada shihan is now available online with machine translation. どうぞ、侍の家系に生まれ、合気道の開祖・植芝盛平翁の最後の直弟子の一人である多田宏師範への、私の独占インタビューをお読みください。イタリアの一流日刊紙『コリエーレ・デッラ・セーラ』紙に掲載されました。 機械翻訳をご利用いただけます。 今週の土曜日、多田宏師範に直接お会いします。 とっても楽しみです！ 🥋🇯🇵

🥋🇯🇵 In 7-Corriere della Sera, newsmag of Italy’s #1 daily, my interview with Japanese aikidō shihan Tada Hiroshi, 95 y.o., 9th dan in the Aikikai, born into a samurai family and one of the last living disciples of aikidō founder Ueshiba Morihei. Part of my series on Japan’s philosophy t.co/D5kvMOJT1i

🇯🇵 My Milo children’s books in the library of the Italian Cultural Institute in #Tokyo. Neatly catalogued, exhibited and ready to be checked out 🐈‍⬛📚

More pics from #Tokyo: 1. My street at night (Ebisu, Shibuya); 2. Waseda University; 3. Going to work; 4. Fancy cappuccino in Ebisu ⬇️

This past Monday I went to see “Living Buddha” Dai Ajari RyōJun Shionuma, with whom I’m working on a book out next year. Read our interview in 7-Corriere della Sera (machine translation available) www.corriere.it/sette/25_feb...

Been back in #Tokyo for almost two weeks now. A ton of work. But here are some pics 🇯🇵 1. The view from the Yamanote Line at Gotanda; 2 & 3. The view from my bedroom at night; 4. Tokyo Tower day and night ⬇️

Yesterday I met Costanza Rizzacasa d'Orsogna at Waseda University in Tokyo, and we took a stroll around Waseda's Okuma Garden (photo) and the main campus. It was a lovely day.

🇯🇵📚 A philosopher and a writer discussing the meaning of life in the garden at Waseda University (Shinjuku, Tokyo). You can read our interview in ENG lifestudies.org/CORRIERE.html JPN www.lifestudies.org/jp/CORRIERE_... ITA www.corriere.it/sette/25_apr... @masahiromorioka.bsky.social #JapanD6

If the US stops taking foreign students, the economic impact will be catastrophic. Almost $44B lost in economic contributions and over 370K jobs across the US, according to NAFSA.

"The Trump administration has launched a comprehensive attack on knowledge itself, a war against culture, history, and science....By destroying knowledge, Trumpists seek to make the country more amenable to their political domination." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

一番美しい光景 🇯🇵

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Loneliness, friendship: my column’s IG Live #AntiBodies #DearCostanza Il live della rubrica #AntiCorpi di questa settimana sulla solitudine e l’amicizia www.instagram.com/reel/DJ9nMkM... 🌼 Write to me: 📧[email protected]

Love my readers 🐈‍⬛📚 #StoriadiMilo

There was a meeting at the Expo's Italian Pavilion between Mr. Yamakawa, Pres. of the Japan Aerospace Agency (JAXA), and the Pres. of the Italian Space Agency. Mr. Yamakawa is a character in my children's book "Milo, the Cat Who Saved Pluto". He sends Milo on a special mission: saving Pluto's heart

Today, in Corriere della Sera’s weekly literary supplement La Lettura, my interview with Roth’s biographer Blake Bailey on the new edition/translation of Portnoy’s Complaint

🐈‍⬛🏆 The Milo Award at Rome’s Capitol. What an incredible day! enpa.org/consegnati-o... The winning short story, by a sixth grader from Rome, will be published today on Corriere della Sera's website www.corriere.it/animali/25_m... Il Premio Milo in Campidoglio. Cronaca di una giornata bellissima 🐈‍⬛🏆

An interview with me, originally published in Italy’s leading newspaper Corriere della Sera, has been translated into English and is now available on the Internet: lifestudies.org/CORRIERE.html "Masahiro Morioka, the Philosopher and the Secret of the “Small Happiness” That Saves Us from Suffering".

🇯🇵 Life, death, and the pursuit of happiness. ENGLISH translation of my interview with Japanese philosopher @masahiromorioka.bsky.social for Italy's leading daily newspaper Corriere della Sera. Part of my exclusive series on Japanese philosophy and spirituality lifestudies.org/CORRIERE.html

Nearly 30% of people in de facto marriages in Japan have not filed for marriage registration because they or their partners do not want to change their surnames, a survey found.

「小さな幸福」が苦しみから救ってくれる――その秘密を知る哲学者。私が『コリエーレ・デッラ・セーラ』紙のために行った、哲学者・森岡正博さんとのインタビューが日本語に翻訳されました。ぜひこちらからご覧ください lifestudies.org/jp/CORRIERE_... @masahiromorioka.bsky.social

Life, death, and the pursuit of happiness. My interview with Japanese philosopher @masahiromorioka.bsky.social for Italy's leading daily newspaper Corriere della Sera has been translated into Japanese. Part of my series on Japanese philosophy and spirituality www.lifestudies.org/jp/CORRIERE_...

Today, at La Sapienza University in Rome, my masterclass on right-wing cancel culture, wokism, and Trump’s America. My book on these subjects, one of the very first, came out in Italy in 2022, in Spanish in 2023. Updated edition 2024. Listed as one of the best books of 2023 in Spain

🇯🇵 My series of exclusive interviews on Japanese philosophy and spirituality for Italy's #1 daily newspaper Corriere della Sera: Skating legend Hanyū Yuzuru corriere.it/sette/24_nov... Living Buddha Shionuma RyōJun corriere.it/sette/25_feb... Philosopher Morioka Masahiro corriere.it/sette/25_apr...

At Columbia, in the 1990s, a huge number of math, economics, and science professors were Chinese. I myself had three (wonderful) Chinese instructors (math, economics, social studies). I can’t imagine US campuses without Chinese scholars. But hey, US, you do you.

The interview with me that appeared in the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera is now available online. "Masahiro Morioka, the philosopher and the secret of the 'small happiness' that saves from pain" www.corriere.it/sette/25_apr... Machine translation is available. #philosophy #phlsky #Italy

My interview with Japanese philosopher @masahiromorioka.bsky.social for Italy’s #1 daily Corriere della Sera is now online. Machine translation available. The meaning of life, seeing our dead loved ones again, the ills of a painless civilization, an aging society www.corriere.it/sette/25_apr...

From my conversation with 🇯🇵 philosopher @masahiromorioka.bsky.social for Corriere della Sera (pls, credit properly). Sooner or later, our loved ones will die. It’s a fact of life. But we can meet them again every time we think about them. Lo spirito dei nostri cari che non ci sono più resta con noi

I was interviewed by CostanzaRdO, which is published today in the 7-Corriere della Sera, weekly mag of Italy’s #1 daily!! #philosophy #Italy #Corriere #della #Sera

“I remember a Higashi Nihon Great Earthquake and Tsunami survivor telling a reporter that he could feel the existence of the spirits of his missing family members in the midst of the winds he felt on the sea shore in the morning” @masahiromorioka.bsky.social

If life is full of pain, would it have been better not to be born? The meaning of life, seeing our dead loved ones again, the ills of a painless civilization, an aging society. A long conversation with Japanese philosopher @masahiromorioka.bsky.social for Italy’s #1 daily Corriere della Sera

A long interview with me will be published in the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera Sette on Friday, April 18. I hope those in Italy will have a chance to read it. The title is: Il filosofo e il segreto della “piccola felicità” che salva dal dolore #philosophy #Italy

The philosophy of life and death. What is the meaning of life? For my new feature on #Japan, I interviewed @masahiromorioka.bsky.social, one of 🇯🇵’s most interesting philosophers, professor of philosophy, ethics, bioethics @ Waseda. TOMORROW in 7-Corriere della Sera, weekly mag of Italy’s #1 daily

🇯🇵⛩️ “Even in darkness there is light.” The meaning of life, the values we seem to have lost. My exclusive 4-page interview with “Living Buddha” Dai Ajari RyoJun Shionuma. In this week’s 7-Corriere della Sera, weekly magazine of Italy’s #1 daily newspaper #Sendai #Japan

🇯🇵 This Friday, in Corriere della Sera’s magazine 7, a new installment of my series of international exclusives on Japanese culture, philosophy, spirituality. The series began in November with figure skating legend Yuzuru Hanyū and continued with living Buddha RyōJun Shionuma 🌸

春よ、来い 🌸

My reply to the trustees of @columbiauniversity.bsky.social A note to the trustees: This email is disgusting. I'm ashamed of this university. A profile in cowardice. You have failed your mission and tossed values to the curb. When the history of this era is written, Columbia will not fare well.

We are now Trump's prison bitch. I am ashamed of the university I work for. @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. Lee Bolinger never would have let this happen. We should be leading the fight. Not kissing the ass of power. @columbiajournalism.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...

++ International exclusive. Q. "Why did you sleep with not one but several former pupils? Did it ever cross your mind that even after several years the balance of power would have been you 10, them 0?". In Corriere della Sera, Italy's #1 daily, my exclusive interview with Philip Roth's biographer

“Perché è andato a letto non con una ma addirittura con varie ex alunne [della scuola media dove insegnava]? Non ha pensato che anche dopo alcuni anni i vostri rapporti sarebbero stati estremamente sbilanciati?" La mia intervista esclusiva al biografo di Philip Roth a 4 anni dallo scandalo

“My waist is no longer the same, but my voice is better than ever. Of course I’ve struggled. But this, perhaps, is why I remain relatable and able to be inspired by the people I meet” 🎶🖤 #SarahJaneMorris #DearCostanza #AntiCorpi

++ A true icon of the 1980s. Please, read Sarah Jane Morris’ beautiful letter to my column on aging in the public eye. Let’s dance, everybody! Nel 1986 avevo 13 anni, Don’t Leave Me This Way era la mia canzone preferita. La bellissima lettera di Sarah Jane Morris sull’invecchiare sotto i riflettori

🇯🇵🗞️ Searching for the meaning of life. “Even in darkness there is light.” My exclusive interview with "Living Buddha" Dai Ajari RyoJun Shionuma is now online. Machine translation available www.corriere.it/sette/25_feb...

🇯🇵⛩️ “Even in darkness there is light.” The meaning of life, the values we seem to have lost. My exclusive 4-page interview with “Living Buddha” Dai Ajari RyoJun Shionuma. In this week’s 7-Corriere della Sera, weekly magazine of Italy’s #1 daily newspaper #Sendai #Japan