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  • Philip Kendall Writer / Translator Hailing from Liverpool in the UK, Philip Kendall made Japan his second home in the summer of 2006 after dolefully abandoning his childhood dream of becoming a ghost buster.
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  • Jessica Ocheltree Writer / Translator　Jessica Ocheltree is a freelance writer and editor living in the exciting, interesting and sometimes perplexing city of Tokyo.

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