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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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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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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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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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A Tokyo judge has ordered Tokyo Medical University to pay 27 women a total of 18.26 million yen after lowering their entrance exam test scores as a deliberate way of decreasing women’s admissions and attendance.
digital.asahi.com/sp/articles/AS…
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New Post: How an outdated Japanese law and no same-sex marriage rights denied one transgender parent legal guardianship of her own biological child.
unseenjapan.com/transgender-pa…
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“Hit-by-a-car-yesterday deer sashimi, 900 yen” twitter.com/ami105610/stat…
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The latest ep of anime Lycoris Recoil shows images of characters smoking red spider lilies (彼岸花) in the interstitials. Small catch: the flower is poisonous - leading fans online & even the lead illustrator to warn others "don't try this at home, kids."
huffingtonpost.jp/entry/lycoris-…
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“Unbelievable when cut in half, just genius level stuff” 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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Man is shocked to learn that mixed race people in Japan have the audacity to *checks notes* exist.
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OP says his parents told him to “settle down and start a family” (身を固める; mi o katameru) so “in accordance with their wishes” he bought a suit of armor to “protect his body” (身を固める).
10/10 wordplay, no notes twitter.com/sakone_shogen/…
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Super Typhoon Nanmadol - known as Typhoon no. 14 in Japan - is projected to make landfall in Kyushu in the coming day. The typhoon has the possibility of being one of the strongest recorded storms to ever reach mainland Japan. Be careful out there!
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チンチン can mean “penis”, but can also mean “extremely hot” in Aichi Prefecture. The unfortunate example sentence at the end can be read as “When Dodekabashi fights an enemy, its beak gets hot/becomes a d*ck”. twitter.com/akki_stsa/stat…
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Japan is reopening for visa-free tourist travel on October 11th. Here's what we know so far and a backgrounder on the long wait. We'll update this as more information comes in.
unseenjapan.com/japan-tourism-…
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Some especially impressive engineering by a high school class for their bunka-sai (school festival). Who knows - they may have a career ahead of them as imagineers at Tokyo Disney.
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Fuemi's illustrated "farewell to Abe" - which includes English translations - is a must read. twitter.com/fuemiad/status…
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“Why I can’t get anything done” twitter.com/cutest_animal1…
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Japan Twitter users are trending a hashtag calling for former politician Hashimoto Kotoe’s account to be frozen after she tweeted that protests over Abe’s state funeral were a “mobilization of homeless people” who “stank horribly”.
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"Must've been pretty comfy, he hung out in the apple all day.
"Morning Night" twitter.com/akai_suisei_z/…
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The average voice actor in Japan only makes around 2 million yen (USD $13,850) a year off their work. Many work part-time jobs to make ends meet and spend a significant chunk of their income on expenses such as voice training.
unseenjapan.com/voice-actors-j…
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Asahi’s latest polling shows support for Kishida’s gov plummeting in the wake of Abe’s state funeral: a full 50% disapprove of his leadership and only 40% approve. It’s the 2nd straight month that disapproval has climbed.
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Video has the word “osampo” (a walk) in the background. Pouring the water reverses the さ (sa) to a ち (chi), making this “ochimpo” or “p*nis”.
May everyone who is still 7yo at heart get a giggle from that. twitter.com/huniki_kanetin…
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A high school in Hyogo Prefecture has apologized after a softball coach hit a student so hard he dislocated her jaw. Her crime? Forgetting her uniform. The teacher is on home suspension; the school is “considering” further disciplinary action. twitter.com/ntvnewszero/st…
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“The scariest English expression isn’t ‘fuck’ or ‘shit’ but ‘we need to talk’.” twitter.com/AgingAnarchist…
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