A new issue of YOKA (an English-language newsletter published by the International Affairs Division with the help of current and former Kumamoto JETs) has come out. The 2015 Spring YOKA includes the following:
Half Past Ten by Christopher Hester
Last Breaths of Spring by Audrienne Manansala
Adventures in the Life of a Developing Obachan: a satire about premature aging by Jemma Gallagher
The Color Run in Kitakyushu by Mana Haleem
The Golden Country: Iwate
Continue? The Return of an ALT After JET by Matthew Khor
Photos by Jemma Gallagher, Erika Egner, and Olivia Lee