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YouTube has deleted 200 video of so called “burakumin areas” that included houses and maps to locations of Japan’s so-called “lower” class. The company said the videos violate its policy on hate speech. The deletion was the result of a petition drive by burakumin advocates.
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Japanese 6th grader Ui is the author of a new picture book that contains interviews w/ regular ppl and celebs in the LGBTQ+ community. It’s the result of research she started in 3rd grade when a TV program about LGBTQ+ people made her want to learn more.
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/32803…
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“The rabbit’s too liberated” twitter.com/pon0412x/statu…
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“Sorting through my pics and chortled by myself over Jaws drowning” twitter.com/nekozenoshin/s…
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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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Ishikawa Yui, the voice of Mikasa Ackerman in Attack on Titan, received threats in 2020 that targeted her, her family, and an agency director. In 2019, police arrested two people for sending death threats about Ito Ayumi, the voice behind Final Fantasy‘s Tifa Lockhart.
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Journalist Ito Shiori shined a spotlight on the shameful stigma surrounding rape in Japan when she went public with her own rape in 2017. That same year, she published her memoir Black Box, chronicling her quest for justice; both for herself and for other sexual assault victims.
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“Unbelievable when cut in half, just genius level stuff” twitter.com/tyomateee/stat…
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Coming soon to a bookshelf near you: the ancient Japanese art of Semai twitter.com/FuckCarsReddit…
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"Santa Claus drawn in ukiyo-e style.
The creation of Kawase Hasui, an ukiyo-e artist active during Taisho and Showa eras.
Can't get enough of the mismatched feeling of seeing Santa walking through a Japanese garden bearing presents."
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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."
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NHK asked young people in Japan between 17 & 19 if they ever plan to have kids. Only 46% said yes. The majority who said no say the biggest factors are the financial burden (69%) and work-life balance (54%).
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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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I never get tired of this genre of tweet where people are shocked to discover they followed an account about Japan that doesn’t hate minorities.
We’ve been covering social justice issues in Japan since our inception in 2018. This is quite literally our lane.
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After well over a year, the first major news related to Miyazaki's newest (and likely final) feature film, How Do You Live (君たちはどう生きるか). The film will release on July 14th, 2023, in Japan. The very first visual for the described "epic fantasy" film is shown below. twitter.com/JP_GHIBLI/stat…
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Architectural designer, model, & transgender woman Sari Kaede says she’s happy that more Japanese schools are allowing students to choose uniforms w/o gender restrictions - but says schools also need to create an environment where students can safely make such choices.
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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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"My boss (50s) was late to a big meeting & said 'A grade school kid found a damn pretty rock & wanted to show me so I was late watching their lecture. They gave me the rock. I present it as proof' & showed a pretty rock. Everyone was like 'seems legit' & the meeting started." twitter.com/NamidaAfredel/…
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Very strong earthquake off the coast of Fukushima and Miyagi, magnitude currently listed as 7.3. Extended shaking felt throughout Tohoku and Kanto regions. Tsunami advisory in effect for Fukushima, Miyagi, and southern Iwate coasts.
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Can you huff Japan's red spider lily? Survey says...you probably shouldn't. An eye-catch in the anime Lycoris Recoil ended up being pulled because it showed the characters doing exactly that. More background on higanbana and the controversial image below 👇
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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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Special cat variants of the traditional Okinawan/Ryukyuan guardian statuary known as Shiisaa. These two were installed at a local lodging house in Okinawa.
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(CW: Sexual assault)
Police arrested 41yo Miyajima Tsutomu for following a Tokyo college student home, holding an ice pick against her face, and sexually assaulting her. The kicker? Miyajima was already on parole for ANOTHER sexual assault.
Miyajima was arrested at the scene.
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Sazae-san, the world’s longest running animated show, has lost one of its original voices. Sasuga Takako - who voiced Fuguta Tarao, the son of the titular character - passed away on the 5th at age 87. She voiced Tara-chan for over 50 years, since the show’s inception in 1969.
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"Got out of the bath to find myself being watched over with great intensity lolololol"
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The Japan you don’t learn about in anime. Staff account.