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‘Soul Mate’ reaches for pathos but remains hollow

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By Mike Fu Verified
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Halfway through the first episode of “Soul Mate,” a queer-themed limited series from Netflix, 21-year-old protagonist Ryu Narutaki (Hayato Isomura) lies down on a pew in a Berlin church dramatically engulfed in flames. Just moments earlier, Ryu had sputtered a few words of guilt in the confessional. His sin? Clamming up in response to a romantic overture from his male classmate and fellow hockey player Arata (Koshi Mizukami), who later jumps from a college dormitory window.
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Anglophone bookworms unite across Japan

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By Mike Fu Verified
| The Japan Times Verified
Reading doesn’t always have to be a solitary activity: A burgeoning book-based social scene in Tokyo and other cities is allowing English-language bibliophiles to find kindred spirits. While literary types in Japan have been connecting through conferences and professional organizations for generations, a relatively new network of book clubs, book swaps and other gatherings is responding to the needs of a diversifying population.
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How Japanese influencers in China are bridging a growing divide

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By Mike Fu Verified
| The Japan Times Verified
As they say online, Sakaekiko Ninomiya is “in a very Chinese time” of her life. The 28-year-old Tokyo native, an MBA student at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, sanitizes dishes with hot tea at restaurants, treats her hay fever with acupuncture and converses easily in Mandarin with curious taxi drivers.
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