Over ten years ago, when I visited Japan, I met a woman from the U.S. When we were chatting about books, I learned from her that a well-known best seller book, I had once read, was written by a ghost writer.

Growing up in Japan, we always had a rice cooker at home and didn't know any family that didn't have one. When I left my house for college I bought one. When I moved to the US, I naturally thought, I must