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29/ It's out! Gendai Business has reported the suspect's mother was a member of the Unification Church: news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/6b0e3…
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Here is a third clip. Police have divided the march into sections so that traffic can pass. Each group has a loudspeaker and many flags and banners. #January6th #tokyo #Japan
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There's a pro-Trump #StopTheSteaI march happening in Tokyo right now. Quite a few people chanting "God Bless Trump" and anti-China slogans.
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CDPJ lawmaker Yoshida Harumi suggested that the government's policies to encourage more children should include allowing married couples the choice to choose separate surnames. As this video shows, LDP politicians jeered & heckled her:
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A video shot yesterday from the gate of the Enoshima Shrine shows some major crowding. https://t.co/1EZemo7WfZ
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Breakig: Someone apparently set off an explosive device (possibly a pipe bomb) at a place in Wakayama where Prime Minister Kishida was about to give a campaign speech. No injuries were reported.
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Nakayama Kiku, one of the last surviving members of a unit of high school girls who were conscripted into service as military nurses during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, passed away this week. She was very active in educating people about the horrors of war.
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From the alleged Twitter account of the man arrested for Saturday's pipe bomb attack on Prime Minister Kishida: Japan's election laws prevent ordinary citizens from running for office. Only hereditary politicians and "dogs" who obey political parties can be candidates.
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The fourth group of Japanese #StopTheSteaI protesters. I overheard one guy claiming that police divided the march into groups of 500 people, but I was too busy filming to count.
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Japan has had almost a year to improve security since the Abe assassination and will host world leaders at a G7 summit next month. Questions will be asked about whether enough was done to prevent this man from throwing an explosive device at the PM. twitter.com/mrjeffu/status…
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A Japanese journalist who has spent years trying to import American conservative culture war ideology to Japan goes on Fox News to denounce US Ambassador Rahm Emanuel's friendliness towards Japanese people who support LGBTQ rights.
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9/ The vague wording being used by police/media is probably meant to avoid discrimination against that group. However, this will also fuel conspiratorial beliefs that the group in question has power over the Japanese government and media, and is covering-up the truth.
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8/ The Abe assassination is a shocking event for Japan - the most famous politician in the country has been killed. Regardless of what the assassin says or what the media reports, such an event will be a major topic for conspiracy theorists (think JFK or 911).
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The Japanese government actually produced a short Isekai anime movie in 2022 to promote their territorial claim to the Southern Kuril Islands. A girl gets hit by a car and wakes up in 1945, experiencing the Soviet invasion of the islands (24 minutes): youtube.com/watch?v=dJdjY_…
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Kamakura Tsuyoshi is campaigning for the Okayama city assembly as a representative of the Hemp Party (麻党). As you may have already guessed from this photo and his party name, he is an advocate for the legalization of marijuana in Japan. twitter.com/SWAGLABCBD1/st…
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An "Orange Parade" was held in Tokyo today. Participants were calling for Japan legally recognize joint custody of children for divorced parents. A lot of the Ishin party social media accounts I follow were promoting this event.
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A new PSA from Japan's Ministry of Health, encouraging people to take their masks off when outdoors. At the end it briefly tells people to keep on masks when commuting, meeting elderly people, and when feeling ill.
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Kishi Nobusuke shaking hands with Unification Church leader Rev. Sun Myung Moon (1973). LDP/Church cooperation has carried on until the present day. On Friday a man who reportedly held a grudge against the Unification Church assassinated Kishi's grandson, Abe Shinzo.
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7/ Japanese police/media are facing a very unpleasant situation. If they report the details of what the shooter is saying, it could increase hate towards a specific group, towards all new religious movements, and/or towards foreigners. twitter.com/mclaughlin_lev…
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Actor Orlando Bloom recently traveled to Ukraine as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. When he met with President Zelensky he produced a piece of paper and read the words of Ikeda Daisaku, the Japanese founder of the Soka Gakkai religious movement.
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Twitter is having problems today. Japanese Twitter users have taken note, and several of the top trending terms in Japan are related to tweets failing to send.
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Sushi restaurant chain Sushiro is considering legal action against young people shown doing rude/disgusting stuff to their conveyer belt sushi in viral TikTok videos. You can see some examples of this under the hashtag #寿司テロ ("sushi terrorism"). news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/87be0…
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A video of Tokugawa Iehiro, the 19th generation head of the Tokugawa clan. He is the keeper of the Tokugawa clan seal, used by the Shogunate to sign the 1858 US-Japan Treaty of Amity and Commerce. twitter.com/nhk_nw9/status…
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This tweet has blown up overnight, with a lot of really bad takes in response to it. Just to clarify: several hundred people marching in Tokyo does not mean that this is a mainstream view in Japan. Also, this march is not endorsed by Japan's conservative government. twitter.com/mrjeffu/status…
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New Pokémon card were released today in Japan. Here is a video of people who lined up overnight in Akihabara to be the first to buy them...
PhD. Special Lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies. Japan's Politics/Nationalist Activism/History Disputes/Pop Culture. RT/Likes ≠ endorsements