This is old news but, since I seem to have missed it at the time and most of the articles are still relevant, I’d like to share this link to the Fall 2017 YOKA magazine:
http://kumamotojet.com/documents/YOKAs/2017AutumnYOKA.pdf
—– Start quote from e-mail announcement I received —– The 2017 Autumn YOKA is here! This YOKA features the following… With Friends, in High Places: Climbing Mt. Fuji by Olivia Poole Minamata and Bamboo by Greg Corbett Success Amidst Misfortune: A Reflection on My Hospitalization in Japan by Erika Bareng Untitled haiku by Alexandra Butler A for Annyeong, B for Busan by Joyce Tan Onsen Ideas for Winter by Chris Ott Invitation to the Kumamoto International Friendship Festival by the Kumamoto Prefecture International Affairs Division Photos by Greg Corbett, Luna Howell, Justin Lau, Laura McGhee, Olivia Poole, and Joyce Tan —- End quote
– Kirk