Kirk here. I’ve been a bit preoccupied with other activities lately and so haven’t been able to post for a while. I’m very grateful to Atsuko, Liz, Olivia, and William (alphabetical order) for continuing to post in my absence. If there are other readers out there who would like to come on board as an “editor” (someone who can post as “Kumamoto International”) please let me know. It’s good to have a variety of people with different interests who can post about different topics and provide different perspectives.
The page is approaching a major milestone. As of October 17th “Kumamoto International” will be 20 years old. That’s the age of majority in Japan but, alas, I don’t think the page will be able to vote in the next election. ;)
I’m happy to report that we have just reached another milestone – 4,000 likes. Pretty good for a community that doesn’t have 4,000 native speakers of English. When I started Kumamoto International as a mailing list 20 years ago my “dream” was to reach 400 subscribers. I remember a friend smiling when I talked abut my hope of reaching so many people. :)
Thanks again to all of you – editors and readers – for supporting the page!