Public Integrated Junior and Senior High Schools in Miyagi: '40 Minutes for Essay Writing Only.' The 500-Character Limit for Nika and Reimei Even Dictates Paragraph Content

The 15th installment of our prefecture-by-prefecture series is Miyagi. Starting with this issue, we enter the Tohoku region.Families choosing to take the entrance exam for integrated junior and senior ...

Are you worried that readers are thinking, 'Not this pattern again'? A blueprint for choosing, rather than breaking, paragraph structures

Last week, I received a message from a reader who runs a cafe in Kyoto and writes on note (a woman in her 40s, currently serializing an essay about opening her business)."Ever since I learned the PREP ...