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Voice actress Hirano Aya (Misa in DEATH NOTE) revealed that her work in anime has exposed her to death threats that required involving the cops. “I love helping make great works seen around the world. But it’s not healthy working in fear of my life due to a few fanatical fans.”
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Love (and by love I mean AAAAARGH) how right-wing weebs see a trans parade in Japan and posit it's a left-wing woke Communist Critical Race Theory Gaijin Imperialist conspiracy to topple Nippon...instead of the simpler theory that trans people exist in Japan and would like rights
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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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Japanese nationalists are knicker-twisted lately that subway displays rotate languages, something that happens in virtually every country with immigrant populations. They’re more upset by Korean than English despite Japan having more Korean speakers, which is…telling.
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Twitter Anxiety has spread to Japan, where Twitter is widely used, and some users are suggesting everyone return to Mixi, a MySpace-esque 2000s throwback. The site is still running, albeit with a UI that feels like it hasn’t been updated in 20 years.
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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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(CW: Rape)
Right-wing mangaka Hasumi Toshiko, who made illustrated posts repeatedly on Twitter denying Ito Shiori's rape and saying she was just trying to "sleep her way to success", has lost her appeal to pay 880K yen in damages to Ito for slander.
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JPN twitter is filling up with tributes to Noda Satoru's popular manga Golden Kamuy, which releases its final chapter today. Golden Kamuy is notable for its portrayal of the indigenous Ainu, Uilta, and Nivkh of Japan's colonies in Hokkaido and Sakhalin.
twitter.com/Reman_Kamuy/st…
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A fairly understandable reaction to the deer in Nara.
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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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Japanese cuisine is globally renowned. However, when asked what they know, people often get stuck after sushi and ramen. But Japanese food has so much more to offer. Here’s a quick-fire introduction to ten types of cuisine and restaurants you’ll find in Japan.
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Twitter right-winger was told that trans rights was all about pronouns. Sees trans rights parade happening in Japan and trans people existing in Japan. Tries to square this with their JLPT L7 knowledge of Japanese. A mighty confusion ensues.
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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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“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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A new telephone poll by Kyodo News says that, in the wake of discriminatory comments against LGBTQ people by PM Kishida’s (former) secretary, a full 64% of people in Japan support same sex marriage rights. Only 24.9% oppose.
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“I went to Japan and discovered that they have words” twitter.com/jamierusso/sta…
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“Maternity harassment” is rife among employers who use (abuse) Japan’s foreigner internship program. In October, a Filipino worker who became pregnant lost her shifts and was harassed to return to her country until she quit - a clear case of illegal discrimination.
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Weebs & influencers: Japan is a crime free paradise where everyone always follows the rules
Tokyo Metro Police to young people: beware getting sucked into 闇バイト (illicit part time jobs) before you end up with a criminal record that destroys your life
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Reminds me of the time I sent an email and my Japanese colleague complimented me on my keigo. I confessed I had modeled it after an online template from a site full of business email templates. She replied, "Can you send me the link?!?!" twitter.com/once_socialism…
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Pic is a child’s drawing of someone washing their hands. OP: “Seeing this confirmed that I am no longer pure of heart.” twitter.com/tdnomdk/status…
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"Ordered an ice coffee in Kobe, and what I got was the coffee inside of ice..."
twitter.com/wakadanna_coo/…
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"Tried putting a Halloween headband from the ¥100 store on our black cat, and the cat ended up looking way more like a witch's familiar than expected...
#blackcats "
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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?”
ima.goo.ne.jp/column/article…
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"A mysterious, unreachable space on the Mansei Bridge in Akihabara. Would seem the stairs were once a boat landing, but the small room beside them remains an enigma."
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“Found a store where the price changes based on how you order”
The sign:
“Yo, beer” - 1000 yen
“Grab me a beer will ya” - 500 yen
“Excuse me, one beer please” - 380 yen twitter.com/etoriasan/stat…
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