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OpenID Summit Tokyo 2026 "Special Edition" Closing Keynote

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OpenID Summit Tokyo 2026 “Special Edition” Closing Keynote

The tickets apparently sold out instantly, so I had not introduced this event here; however, tomorrow, August 26, I will appear at the OpenID Summit T…

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Choosing a Car — Test Drives Begin —

This may be sudden, but I am thinking of buying a car. Since the Mark II I used to drive was totaled (a truck that ran a red light at an intersection crashed into it, totaling it),…

An Unpleasant Dream

I keep having unpleasant dreams: dreams in which I am on stage and the performance goes badly. Today’s dream involved a glockenspiel and a cimbalom. Naturally, I cannot play either…

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A Salon “for Grown-Ups”

I attended an event called “Scribble Of Melody part II” at Kawai Music Aoyama’s Salon Pause in Aoyama (from Omotesando subway station’s Exit A1, a 1-minute walk). The e…

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A Funeral

I attended a relative’s funeral. It was from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. At 92 years old, it must have been a long and fulfilled life. These were words I heard there: Even in death, I go nowh…

I Need to Stock Up on Ponstan

This headache is really persistent. No matter how much Naron, Saridon, or Advil I took, nothing worked. I suffered until morning, then finally turned the medicine box upside down a…

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