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New Post: Japan's aging population has some unexpected consequences. One is hunting. Fewer and less-mobile hunters mean fewer people to control Japan's wild animal population. Japan's deer and wild boars are taking that as a sign that it's time to revolt against human rule.
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Former volleyball star Oyama Kana wrote on her blog that a bus driver refused to open the door and took off when he saw her double baby stroller for her twins. While some sympathized, other commenters blasted her saying she was expecting “special treatment”.
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Japan online art community Pixiv has admitted in court that a transgender woman was the subject of harassment from her manager due to her gender identity and has agreed to pay the victim the full damages she’s requested, according to TBS. news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/bacc6…
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Just days after his boss threw cold water on national marriage equality, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio's secretary makes blatantly anti-LGBTQ+ comments: "There are lots of people put off by same-sex marriage. I don’t want them living next to me either."
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These issues are prevalent in Japan & are discussed weekly both online and in the country's mainstream media. We do our best to translate this info as it comes out so follow us for more.
Meanwhile, don't buy into Fantasy Japan crap from people who don't even speak the language.
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YouTube has deleted 200 video of so called “burakumin areas” that included houses and maps to locations of Japan’s so-called “lower” class. The company said the videos violate its policy on hate speech. The deletion was the result of a petition drive by burakumin advocates.
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"In the midst of the blizzard, this McDonald's appeared like a savior sent down to earth"
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CDP Diet rep exploded at Vice Minister Sugita Mio, who lost a defamation lawsuit to rape victim Ito Shiori after liking tweets that said Ito was just trying to sleep her way to the top. After Sugita refused to respond to questions Shiomura said, “This isn’t a laughing matter!”
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The walls of Shibuya’s “transparent toilet” are supposed to turn opaque when someone’s using it. But…they…don’t always do that. Apparently, a dip in temperature can harden the wall’s material and elongate transition time, leaving some doing their business in full public view.
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Sugita Mio has - finally - apologized for years of discriminatory statements such as calling LGBTQ people “unproductive” and referring to Koreans and Ainu people as “cosplayers”. This comes after the Vice Minister has been called out by Diet members for weeks.
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Songwriter Akiyama Kiiro (real name Arai Yuya), who wrote music for My Hero Academia & The Promised Neverland, has been arrested for assaulting a woman in his home. Neighbors say it wasn’t the first time they’d heard fighting and sounds of violence from the apartment.
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Japanese 6th grader Ui is the author of a new picture book that contains interviews w/ regular ppl and celebs in the LGBTQ+ community. It’s the result of research she started in 3rd grade when a TV program about LGBTQ+ people made her want to learn more.
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Architectural designer, model, & transgender woman Sari Kaede says she’s happy that more Japanese schools are allowing students to choose uniforms w/o gender restrictions - but says schools also need to create an environment where students can safely make such choices.
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“I’m sorry but I could watch this vid of a Chiikawa getting snatched by a seabird and its owner’s howl over and over again” twitter.com/tyomateee/stat…
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"1970 - the Tokyo Design College, specializing in manga, was unilaterally shut down. We see students protesting by barricading themselves in the school, also having taken in a stray cat from outside and allowing him to sleep on a cute futon."
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Twitter users are debating whether anyone actually orders the green peas w/ bacon & egg dish at Saizeriya. One claims the mere existence of the dish made him shorter & broke his right arm - leading another to ask, “did green peas kill your parents?”
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Meanwhile, news stories in Japan are all about how prices on consumer goods and gas are going through the roof while real wages have remained flat for three DECADES.
Tell the whole story instead of just generating simple soundbites for clicks, please. twitter.com/MarketUrbanism…
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Dr. Kikuchi Misako tried to withdraw nearly 20m yen from a dead 90yo patient’s bank. When that didn’t work, she went to the patient’s sister (who has Alzheimer’s), brought her back ON THE SAME DAY & tried to convince the bank she was the dead woman.
This was not successful.
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Five people at a Turning 20 ceremony in Kitakyushu had their ceremonial dresses ruined by an assailant who surreptitiously splattered them with an “ink-like substance” during the proceedings. One women’s dress was a rental she booked year before last that cost 300K yen.
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New Post: You may think you know what that word means in Japanese because you heard it in English. But don't be so sure! We dive into the most common "false friends" you're liable to encounter in your Japanese studies.
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(CW: Racism)
We wonder if Cosmos International School in Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture would mind telling the class why their Google images contain a pic of a teacher in full blackface?
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Kanagawa Prefecture’s Labor Standards Board has agreed with a transgender woman that a boss who (among other things) told her to “change your sex in your family registry” if she wanted to be addressed as a woman committed gender identity harassment - a rare ruling in Japan.
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Sites really need to stop saying Japan has "reopened" for tourism when you can only go through expensive packaged tours and the conditions for obtaining visas are still opaque. This kind of breathless advert is irresponsible. twitter.com/timestravel/st…
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On a concerning note, 40% of teachers surveyed in Japan subscribe to the outdated belief that sexual orientation was a choice. Clearly, it's not just kids, but teachers and school staff who need support and education as well.
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With Japan set to host the G7 Summit in May, it would be shocking if same-sex marriage didn't come up in discussion. Japan remains the only G7 country without LGBTQ+ protections.
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