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Roger Dahl
Roger Dahl has been contributing editorial cartoons and his Zero Gravity strip for The Japan Times since 1991. He also is an illustrator; his most recent project, a children's book called "Wisha Wozzariter" (Penguin Publishing), was released in 2012. An American from Seattle, he is a graduate of the University of Washington.
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Jan 22, 2022
Roger Dahl on rating noh performances
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Jan 15, 2022
Roger Dahl on how to tame a tiger
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Jan 15, 2022
Roger Dahl on sumo rankings for ordinary citizens
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Jan 8, 2022
Roger Dahl on tackling Japan's debt
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Jan 8, 2022
Roger Dahl on bubble gum garnish
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Jan 1, 2022
Roger Dahl on Japan's immigration obstacles in 2022
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Jan 1, 2022
Roger Dahl on end-of-year cleaning
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Dec 25, 2021
Roger Dahl on the arrival of the omicron variant
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Dec 25, 2021
Roger Dahl on celebrating Christmas amid a pandemic
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Dec 18, 2021
Roger Dahl on Santa's travel woes
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Dec 18, 2021
Roger Dahl on Christmas songs amid a climate crisis
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Dec 11, 2021
Roger Dahl on home cooking
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Dec 11, 2021
Roger Dahl on what Santa is keeping an eye on this Christmas
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Dec 4, 2021
Roger Dahl on Japan's possible sixth wave of COVID-19
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Dec 4, 2021
Roger Dahl on the different interpretations of consensus in Japan
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Nov 27, 2021
Roger Dahl on the use of doughnuts to express an opinion
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Nov 27, 2021
Roger Dahl on Shohei Ohtani's MVP award
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Nov 15, 2021
Roger Dahl on sharing an elevator with sumo wrestlers
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Nov 15, 2021
Roger Dahl on the reaction to Kishida's cash handout
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Nov 13, 2021
Roger Dahl on Fumio Kishida's climate pledges
Dominant Natsumi Tsunoda delivers Japan's first gold medal at Paris Olympics
Gold medalist Natsumi Tsunoda celebrates on the podium after she won the women's under 48-kg division at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
Japan's Hifumi Abe defends Olympic title after sister falls early
Hifumi Abe reacts after defending his Olympic title in the judo men's under-66 kg division at the Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris on Sunday.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
In historic move, U.S. to upgrade military command structure in Japan
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (left to right), U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Defense Minister Minoru Kihara prior their "two-plus-two" talks at the Iikura Guest House in Tokyo on Sunday
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
The Olympic roar is back in Paris after two pandemic-hit Games
French fans cheer on their team during an Olympic rugby sevens match on Sunday. Fans are back in force at the Games and providing a lively atmosphere for the competition after COVID-19 forced the Tokyo and Beijing Olympics to be mostly played without spectators.
For aging Japan, a troubling link between heat and dementia
The latest research indicates that heat stress is likely to worsen the condition of people with Alzheimer’s disease — which accounts for over half of all dementia cases in Japan — by making them more irritated or exacerbating their cognitive decline.
In historic move, U.S. to upgrade military command structure in Japan
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (left to right), U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Defense Minister Minoru Kihara prior their "two-plus-two" talks at the Iikura Guest House in Tokyo on Sunday
Influencers helped cause overtourism. Can they help fix it?
More tourists than ever are guided around Japan based on the content they consume online, but can those same creators help direct them to less-populated areas of the country?
Japan's extreme heat is causing a rethink of school sports
The students at Mitaka Municipal No. 7 Junior High School have access to various cooling devices for when they play sports.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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