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In 2015, a 68yo woman died after being forced to houseclean for an elderly patient for a week w/o rest. But Japan won’t declare it death by overwork (karoushi, 過労死) bc “housework” doesn’t qualify. A new petition seeks to overturn that ruling.
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JP basketball player Hachimura Aren is speaking out after another JP player, Monica Okoye, publicized racist DMs she received: “It’s easy to ignore such slander, but I think it’s important to speak about the reality of our lives.” Both are half Japanese. huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_jp…
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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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OP calls out English speakers “dangling made-up philosophies on Japanese words” - specifically calling out the treatment of “ikigai”, rattling out one EN explanation (“an ancient Japanese philosophy…for making money”) and asking “What the hell’s that mean?” twitter.com/wanwanO/status…
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"'The 2nd Assembly of the Alley Cats' Onigiri"
Honestly would have a hard time eating these - too cute.
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“Tried making a Rirakkuma pancake and the result is a charred corpse” twitter.com/etoriasan/stat…
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Apparently the tanuki that was previously cited in a Shinjuku bookstore also made their way to the JR Shinjuku station. (No word on whether they successfully managed to reload their Suica.) twitter.com/core_kaopy/sta…
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"I bought this tatami chair from Cainz thinking the cat would end up using it but I didn't expect this" twitter.com/sumochi3310/st…
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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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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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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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Women in Japan have been speaking out about workplace harassment for ages. And they've even complained of harassment during the hiring process itself.
unseenjapan.com/japanese-women…
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The announcement that Pixiv will work to create a more friendly working environment for all of its employees is drawing fire from Westerners who are under the impression that Japan doesn’t have (1) an issue with workplace harassment, (2) LGBTQ+ people, or (3) women.
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“A corner where you can touch the otters, this is just too cute” twitter.com/tyomateee2/sta…
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"As a Black female resident of Japan, it’s not lost on me that even within the monolith of gaikokujin, there is still a hierarchy of treatment based on nationality, skin color, and yes, race." (@ladyscribe21)
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HuffPo JP covers the new web manga HANBUN KYOUDAI (Half-Siblings) by @fujimiyoico, which chronicles the life of two ordinary mixed race Japanese - including the micro-aggressions and racism they encounter on a regular basis.
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ggrks (ググレカス)
This ancient piece of Japanese wisdom tells us that the answers we seek are at our fingertips. Moreover, it exhorts us to seek out that wisdom ourselves rather than relying on others. We would expect nothing less from such a deeply spiritual nation.
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"If someone admits to sexual assault & keeps working as usual, and business & media continue to employ him, it sends a message to society: 'That's all sexual assault is. A succinct apology will suffice. You won't lose work or anything.'" twitter.com/takinamiyukari…
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“This shouldn’t be posted on a train platform.”
Sign: “When you’ve lost hope, your goal is one step away” twitter.com/Amitayus33/sta…
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(TW: sexual assault)
“Kagawa Teruyuki admitting on his am show he committed sexual assault, apologizing, & doing the show as normal is super-scary. Japan is so lax towards sex offenders? I don’t wanna see the face of someone who unhooked a woman’s bra w/o permission, twitter.com/tenshicos/stat…
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“I went to Japan and discovered that they have words” twitter.com/jamierusso/sta…
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File under “Japanese is Hard” - someone partially graffitied “kenka” (fight, brawl) on this beam. Says OP: “They couldn’t remember the ‘ka’ and gave up.” twitter.com/sewashi__/stat…
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"Bought this speaker at Daiso, and since it's supposed to be able to play songs off of SD cards, I tried playing one of K.K. Slider's songs on it. It looks all retro and cute, just like something out of a house in Animal Crossing."
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"This bus stop in Nagasaki is simply too cute."
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“Climbed Mt. Fuji yesterday and someone there ordered Domino’s Pizza” twitter.com/fatmanairsoft/…
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