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Police in Saitama took 15 hours to arrest a man suspected of murdering 3 people, even though he lived just 80 meters away and neighbors had witnessed him leaving the crime scene. (Because he didn't answer his door when they first rang his doorbell.)
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Japan's Health Ministry will be classifying certain acts that force children to participate in religious activities as child abuse (for example, telling them they will burn in hell if they don't believe/participate): japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/polit…
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Video of about 60 members of Yamato Q, a Japanese offshoot of the QAnon movement, marching today in Tokyo. Waving Trump flags, they shouted out anti-vaccine conspiracy claims about health officials and political higher-ups all faking their vaccinations.🤡 twitter.com/fujiwara_g1/st…
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Ogawa Sayuri, a former member of the Unification Church, told to NTV that her mother felt it was her religious duty to have more children to give away to childless Church members. Two of Ogawa's siblings were sent away via the Church's adoption system: youtube.com/watch?v=tAhQYF…
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An advanced monkey-based simulation of tonight's Japan vs. Croatia match has determined that Japan will win 3-1 and advance to the next round of the World Cup:
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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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Netizens react to the goal that decided Japan's victory over Spain at the World Cup:
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Video of fans in Shibuya celebrating Japan's World Cup victory over Spain. It looked like Japan had very little chance to advance to the next round, but they once again surprised the world:
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Sugita was also pressed to apologize or take back anti-LGBT statements she had made. Sugita said she had no intention of discriminating and refused to apologize.
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It was a 2016 blog post about the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in Geneva, calling the women "old female cosplayers in ethnic costumes." Here's a Mainichi article in English about it her other hateful online posts: mainichi.jp/english/articl…
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Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Sugita Mio was asked if she wrote a blog post bashing Ainu and Zainichi Korean women who were fighting against discrimination. Her answer was pretty much: "Yes, but I wasn't a lawmaker at the time." twitter.com/JapanPoliticsC…
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Osaka's Tennōji Zoo held a training exercise today to prepare staff for the possibility of a lion escape. As you can see from this NHK news video, they put great effort into making it very realistic.
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When Saudi Arabia defeated Argentina, the next day was declared a national holiday. No such luck following Japan's victory over Germany. Everyone has to go to work today. The phrase "supposed to be a holiday" (祝日のはず) is trending in the sports category on Twitter Japan.
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Japan won. You may have laughed at this photo, but the otter was right. The otter was right. twitter.com/PopulismUpdate…
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As Japanese conservative politicians scramble to cut or downplay ties to the Unification Church, Donald Trump and Mike Pence both spoke via video to a Unification Church UFP summit held in Korea this week. twitter.com/cult_and_fraud…
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A #JapanPolitics thread (Part 2): The assassination of former Prime Minister Abe has led to greater attention to the controversial relationship between conservative Japanese politicians and the Unification Church. Let's look at what is being reported...
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A #JapanPolitics thread: The assassination of former Prime Minister Abe has led to greater attention to the controversial relationship between conservative Japanese politicians and religious groups, particularly the Unification Church. Let's look at what is being reported... 1/
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It's about time. More people need to pay attention to the importance of religious groups in Japan. This time the Unification Church is in the news, but it is hardly the only religious organization that participates in Japan's political system. twitter.com/UnseenJapanSit…
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Time to stop hiding the truth, mainstream Japanese media: the Washington Post has confirmed the suspect's mother is a member of the Unification Church. (I was interviewed for this article.) twitter.com/mrjeffu/status…
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The Abe shooting suspect built his own firearms in a one room apartment. The sound of the machinery was very loud and neighbors reported it to the building management company, which responded by...putting fliers into every mailbox asking residents to be quiet and considerate.
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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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An interesting decision to drop it late a night- now that the floodgates have been opened and the "open secret" has finally been published, starting tomorrow we can expect other Japanese media outlets to finally start reporting on the Unification Church's ties to Abe and the LDP.
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A Japanese media outlet has broken the silence and released the name of the religious group that Abe's assassin has a grudge against. It's the Unification Church. twitter.com/mrjeffu/status…
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30/ A quote from the suspect: "I targeted Abe because he's friendly with the Unification Church" 「統一教会と安倍が親しいので狙った。」Also a quote from the suspect stating that the motive was "not political." This makes no sense because Abe's ties to the church were political.
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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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