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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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Someone was appalled that their boyfriend uses the lid of takeout sushi as a soy sauce tray and she wants to break up with him, prompting JP Twitter to wonder why you WOULDN'T use a sushi tray lid like this. Others point out some lids contain an indent for just this purpose! twitter.com/sakamobi/statu…
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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."
unseenjapan.com/kishida-secret…
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JPN-language Twitter didn't initially have as negative a reaction upon the change of management here, but after various outages and service problems things have been taking a turn. Today is one among many where issues with Twitter are trending - today, it's "the Twitter Ice Age."
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"After 12 years on Twitter, when I'm told 'the site's done for, time to move elsewhere,' I feel like I enter the headspace of an elder binding their fate to a village bound for extinction. 'I was born an' raised in this village. Can't live anywhere else.'"
twitter.com/tetsu_fr/statu…
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Step into any Japanese grocery store, and you’re sure to see rows of tiny bottles of Yakult lining the dairy aisle. This instantly recognizable probiotic beverage has taken the world by storm. But what is Yakult? How did it become so popular? And who is the mastermind behind it?
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“← Society before same sex marriage is legalized
Society after same sex marriage is legalized →”
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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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PM Kishida doubled down on his opposition to Japan federally recognizing same sex marriage, saying that it would “change family values, our values system, and society”.
Reminder that the majority of people in Japan consistently approve of marriage equality by a sizable margin.
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"Pretty darn cute seeing this manga-esque batting scene play out in real life"
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"Our walk today, when the wind was blowing so fiercely that I could no longer tell head from tail🐾
#pomeranian "
twitter.com/ak1toPome/stat…
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A snowbound showdown for the ages.
twitter.com/kagekatsu_1555…
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"This might just be the best dentist I've ever been to"
twitter.com/takaboutitt/st…
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Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day - and a fine time to commemorate the story of Sugihara Chiune, the Japanese diplomat went against the dictates of his own government in order to issue Jewish refugees with visas to Japan - helping to save 6000 lives in the process.
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"In the midst of the blizzard, this McDonald's appeared like a savior sent down to earth"
twitter.com/aybena/status/…
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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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Japanese company Takiko is selling a “wearable beanbag cushion” that lets you plop down & rest anywhere. Touted as “the cushion that takes you out - anywhere, anytime”, it didn’t sell at all until going viral on social media recently. It can be yours for the low price of ¥17,800.
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In case you ever wanted to listen to Goku and Doraemon "fight" it out with English subs:
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"A battle of words between Doraemon and Son Goku - close your eyes and listen to have your mind blown lol"
Oyama Nobuyo (Doraemon) on the left, Hidaka Noriko (Touch, Ranma 1/2, Totoro) playing referee, and Nozawa Masako (Dragon Ball) on the right.
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"The cook went ahead and made this for me only to get scolded by the head sushi chef"
We've seen bentos made to look like Ohmu from Miyazaki's Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind before, but sushi is a new one!
twitter.com/MO__AKAN/statu…
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People in Japan are expressing disgust over a video (we won’t share, it’s cruel and sick) of a woman who took an unhoused woman to a combini promising to buy her food - only to leave her stranded at the register at the last minute. One unhoused advocate called the vid “violent”.
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“An abandoned shrine past a torii where you feel like you may just vanish from the human world” twitter.com/JIYUKENKYU_jp/…
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"When I asked, “Why do I need to bring a swimsuit?”, [my manager] said, “You can probably go without one, but...[the director's] been good to you, you owe him a little something, right? Just get in [the mixed bath] with him for a bit!'" - @HirokoKonishi
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Kirin, which sells Tropicana brand juice in Japan, sold a melon juice for two years that the packaging advertised as being 100% melon. In fact, the melon content is a biiiit lacking: it tops out at 2%. The gov fined Kirin 19.15M yen for the blatant lie.
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(CW: Stalking, murder)
Japan is safe - unless you're a woman: 38yo Kawano Miki consulted police multiple times about a stalker (possibly her ex, whom she separated from months before). Now, Kawano is dead after being stabbed multiple times by an assailant.
The Japan you don’t learn about in anime. Staff account.