Shifting Society – Essays on Japan's changing realities | A continuing series on significant shifts in Japanese society in the broadest sense | Reflection Square – A place for ideas, serious or quirky | Thoughts on topics unrelated to Japan. 'Reflection Square' is a translation of Hansha Hiroba, a pseudonym occasionally used in the past by Hans Brinckmann. Hiroba is Japanese for 'brink', the Dutch for 'town square.' | Kanrin Maru | Earthquake Special |