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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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Sep 4, 2021
Roger Dahl on the versatility of an obi at the beach
Japan Times
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Aug 28, 2021
Roger Dahl on Japan's fragile medical response to COVID-19
Japan Times
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Aug 28, 2021
Roger Dahl on valuable judo lessons
Japan Times
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Aug 21, 2021
Roger Dahl on the ever-present threat of COVID-19
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Aug 21, 2021
Roger Dahl on baby steps in texting
Japan Times
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Aug 14, 2021
Roger Dahl on Yoshihide Suga's struggles to combat COVID-19
Japan Times
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Aug 14, 2021
Roger Dahl on Instagram safeguards
Japan Times
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Aug 7, 2021
Roger Dahl on Olympic gratitude
Japan Times
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Aug 7, 2021
Roger Dahl on the inspiration for karaoke
Japan Times
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Jul 31, 2021
Roger Dahl on athletes' ambitions at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
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Jul 31, 2021
Roger Dahl on emergency air conditioning
Japan Times
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Jul 24, 2021
Roger Dahl on Japan's vaccination targets
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Jul 24, 2021
Roger Dahl on fortune telling in Japan
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Jul 17, 2021
Roger Dahl on Suga's empty Olympic stadiums
Japan Times
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Jul 17, 2021
Roger Dahl on roses and radishes
Japan Times
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Jul 10, 2021
Roger Dahl on managing COVID-19 outbreak
Japan Times
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Jul 10, 2021
Roger Dahl on wet shoes and rainy season blues
Japan Times
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Jul 3, 2021
Roger Dahl on the Supreme Court ruling on separate surnames
Japan Times
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Jul 3, 2021
Roger Dahl on dog haikus
Japan Times
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Jun 26, 2021
Roger Dahl on heard immunity
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.
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.
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.

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