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Mariko Akari Matsuda

Journalist and author

  • 🇯🇵 Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
  • Baobab Courier
  • 1987 to 2018
  • Japanese
I've been writing from 1987 to 2018. First as a hobby, then as a job and finally as the thing I couldn't stop doing. My readers are the reason I keep going.

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Some of my pieces still make me wince. Some, I'm proud of.
What gifts mean to Mariko: I'd put a gift toward a research trip.

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  • Henry Emeka MbaReader / listener🇳🇬

    Your piece on translation stayed with me for weeks. Greetings from Badagry.

  • Kiara L. SrivastavaReader / listener🇮🇳

    Your piece on translation stayed with me for weeks. Greetings from Madurai.

  • Emil Patrick BergmannReader / listener🇩🇪

    your piece on translation stayed with me for weeks! Greetings from Mannheim.

  • Clara E. Sims 🇬🇧 · $10

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