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For a more nuanced take of political themes in anime that’s not absolute bs, check out our write up here. unseenjapan.com/anime-politics…
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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 difference between Tokyo Metro Police and Osaka Police posters”
Left (Tokyo): “Tokyo’s here to protect you”
Right (Osaka): “Let’s GO! Time to show ‘em what we’re made of!” twitter.com/etoriasan/stat…
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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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"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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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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"This might just be the best dentist I've ever been to"
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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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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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“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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"I'm certain there's YouTubers already planning on filming themselves venturing into cults. And they're going to be like 'they were friendlier than I expected.' Cause everyone loves a 'they look scary but they're actually nice~'-type story." 1/2
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New Post: A woman who suffered sexual assault in Japan's JET program found a lack of accountability across the entire system. @farrahakase interviews SaseboAnon on her four-year legal battle and on what JET must do to ensure the safety of future participants.
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Beautiful modern yokai by the artist さきゅう/ Sakyu. A cigarette dragon; demonic bug zapper; humidifier and dehumidifier oni locked in titanic battle; the reverse sides of USBs - interesting representations of modern objects of consumption in yokai form.
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The envelope says “reward/honorarium” (謝礼) but the writing makes the kanji 礼 look like the hiragana れ so it looks like it reads “apologize, dammit!” (謝れ). twitter.com/polandball_200…
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"A coping method for when one encounters ghosts"
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Absolutely mental and creator-hostile. Wtaf. twitter.com/TwitterSupport…
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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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Introducing the Pom Pom Purin tissue holder you never knew you needed twitter.com/k64KHpukRR6cpZ…
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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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"1978, Shinjuku looking out in the direction of San-chome."
Amazing how an image from 45 years in the past can look so similar and so different simultaneously.
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"Mei-chan the sea otter just loves attention 😍 #TobaAquarium"
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Records have emerged of the founder of the Unification Church, Sun Myung Moon, telling followers they needed to build a power base in Japan’s Diet - and that they should focus on increasing support in the faction controlled by former PM Abe Shinzo. twitter.com/MMT20191/statu…
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"The happy dance of a parrot who managed to get let out of his cage at 10 at night😳"
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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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