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"Just got to my hotel in Kobe and I don't think it's gonna work out..." twitter.com/ibukiinterpres…
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A majority of people in Japan support same sex marriage - but the ruling party refuses to act. Today, PM Kishida continued slow rolling any commitment to legalization, saying it’s a matter that relates to “the foundations of the family”.
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OP continues:
"You may wish that saying 'we won't accept them' will make their existence magically turn to sea foam and disappear(which would mean my disappearance, too),but since that's not going to happen, let us first speak of the status and rights of flesh-and-blood humans."
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Also ironic given that we just wrote yesterday about a temple bathroom that had to be demolished because people kept trashing it out.
Japan’s like any other country on Earth, folks. Let it go.
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Voice actor Mitsuishi Kotono, the voice of Sailor Moon, has lent her voice to a 20 second video opposing the invoice system in Japan, a new taxation scheme that many say will drive voice actors out of the business.
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Kira kira names (キラキラネーム) in Japan can be divided into a few categories. They can be concepts (Beauty, 美) or pop culture references (Pikachu, 光宙). They’re also commonly ateji names where the phonetic reading has no relation to the kanji’s meaning (Maria, 真理亜).
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婚約 (konyaku) is “engagement” - but if you want more than a mere husk of a marriage, one built around an indestructible kernel of love, you’ll give your partner a コーン約 (corn-gagement) ring. Available in various states of poppage!
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I wonder how it must feel to be so loud and yet so wrong. twitter.com/nanisupremacis…
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(CW: Sexual assault)
Police arrested 41yo Miyajima Tsutomu for following a Tokyo college student home, holding an ice pick against her face, and sexually assaulting her. The kicker? Miyajima was already on parole for ANOTHER sexual assault.
Miyajima was arrested at the scene.
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"You say 'I don't like seeing them' about us; but who am I? A loyal son to my parents; a reliable brother to my siblings; a cheerful buddy to my friends; a dear dad to my cats; a beloved partner to my fiancé...just a person making up part of this society."twitter.com/ToriToruTori/s…
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It’s one of those “what was he thinking” sort of crimes: a man in Tokyo got drunk with a friend, beat him up for 9 HOURS for “lying”, then loaded him into his car and drove 12 hours to Kitakyushu, where he left him while attending a BBQ and singing karaoke with a friend.
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Congrats on being disinvited from most people's homes throughout the world.
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Women in Japan have been speaking out about workplace harassment for ages. And they've even complained of harassment during the hiring process itself.
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FInally, Japan is rapidly moving towards greater acceptance of LGBTQ+ people. Once Tokyo implements its partnership system this year, a majority of the country's residents in same-sex relationships will have marriage rights. unseenjapan.com/lgbt-partnersh…
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Horiai Arisa (19) talks with Nikkei about her struggles as a transgender woman embarking on a career in Japan. It started with her college which wanted two forms diagnosing her w/ gender dysphoria before she could use her chosen name - & finding a doc to sign off was a struggle.
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"This Shiba Inu starts off as a babysitter, but ends up as more of a younger brother"
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Yoda Karen was unsuccessful in her bid to become head of Shinjuku Ward and Japan’s first local transgender political leader, losing to LDP-backed incumbent Yoshizumi Kenichi. She campaigned under the slogan “Diversity is Power”. Yoda vowed to supporters that she would push on.
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The product shown here is a mango (マンゴー) pie cake, but the discount sticker turns マンゴー into manko (マンコ), or “p*ssy” 💀 twitter.com/kamuiy/status/…
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One Japanese Buddhist priest shares his view on abortion: “Of course we can’t take life. Buddhist law doesn’t allow that. On the other hand, a woman shouldn’t have to have a baby if she doesn’t want to. A child should not have to be born into a family that doesn’t want it."
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Sazae-san, the world’s longest running animated show, has lost one of its original voices. Sasuga Takako - who voiced Fuguta Tarao, the son of the titular character - passed away on the 5th at age 87. She voiced Tara-chan for over 50 years, since the show’s inception in 1969.
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Juna (13yo), a model for gyaru fashion mag egg, says she’s taking classes in a room where she’s the only student bc of her school’s regulations against dyed hair. She’s isolated from her classmates & can’t participate in group activities like music.
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This pic of a Super Hotel room with a line telling guests to take off their shoes and have a “good sleep” (ぐっすり) is freaking people out with the somewhat menacing font size of the ぐっすり. OP: “Doubted if I’d wake up. Relieved I lived to see the morning.” twitter.com/62178g/status/…
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"Ordered an ice coffee in Kobe, and what I got was the coffee inside of ice..."
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Journalist Ito Shiori shined a spotlight on the shameful stigma surrounding rape in Japan when she went public with her own rape in 2017. That same year, she published her memoir Black Box, chronicling her quest for justice; both for herself and for other sexual assault victims.
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Late Xmas gift for y’all: General Affairs Vice Minister Sugita Mio resigned two days ago after months of controversy regarding her discriminatory statements towards LGBTQ people, indigenous people, Koreans, and…well, just about everyone except old powerful men.
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