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A video of Golden Week holiday horror at the Shinkansen ticket gate area of Tokyo Station.
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A clip of what it sounded like when Japan's national broadcaster was faced with the impossible task of providing simultaneous interpretation for today's American presidential debate. #Debates2020 twitter.com/mi2_yes/status…
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Tokyo Pokémon card shop bans sales to adults so kids can enjoy the hobby: Hareruya 2 in Akihabara will not sell new Snow Hazard and Clay Burst packs to anyone over junior high school age, hoping it will block adult resellers and make the new cards more accessible to children.
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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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This video shows yesterday's robbery of a Rolex watch shop in Tokyo's Ginza district. It seems carrying out a robbery in broad daylight while witnessed filmed it was not a great idea: police have already arrested 4 suspects, with one still on the run.
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NHK is now reporting that Abe is in a state of "cardiac arrest" (心肺停止). This is usually how the Japanese press reports a person's death. After doctors at a hospital declare a person to be dead, the press reports will change to state that the person in question died.
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A video showing how to get workers to embrace Marxist ideology (from the 2009 Japanese comedy tokusatsu series "The Ancient Dogoo Girl"[古代少女ドグちゃん]):
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Eri Arfiya, a Georgetown graduate who speaks 7 languages and worked at the United Nations, was elected to Japan's House of Representatives today. She will be the first-ever Diet member of Uyghur ancestry. Here is a news report about her from 2022:
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A BBC television report about a Japanese food store opening in Wales that aired on this day in 1983: "What about the idea that you eat raw fish all the time?"
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3/ The Unification Church has members in many countries, including Japan, and has supported conservative political causes. It is no secret that Abe Shinzo, Donald Trump, and other politicians have been friendly towards the church. (images from a 2021 Unification Church event)
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We now have a clear video of moment the explosive device was thrown at Kishida. It looks like security failed quite badly here. The suspect could throw it right next to Kishida, and if it had a shorter fuse it may have exploded right then and there. https://t.co/s0R7HHlU86
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A second clip of more #StopTheSteaI protesters in this march. They are chanting anti CCP and anti media slogans in Japanese and English.
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This announcement was only made in English to what Musk has called a "Japan-centric" site. When Japanese language media picks up this story, expect some very negative reactions from Japanese users who don't want to pay for basic features. #投票有料化
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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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From ANN: a Japanese language school in Gunma prefecture offered about 40 Ukrainian students the opportunity to study in Japan. The students were led to believe it was free. However, after arriving, the school demanded that they pay tuition fees: youtube.com/watch?v=GHDNg2…
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Some additional information: This was not simply a comedic cosplay. The graduate dressed as Zelensky was holding a sign expressing support for the Ukrainian cause. It included this quote from the president's speech to the US Congress.
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The Japanese government's Twitter account is promoting a contraption developed by researchers at Osaka University that can track moving "pests" and deliver death by laser beam.
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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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This is absolutely insane: a wild bear is on the loose in Sapporo, and there's actually footage of it forcing its way into a Japan Self-Defense Force's military base. youtube.com/watch?v=rTHEaj…
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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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Japan's Self-Defense Forces and Police held a joint anti-terrorism drill today. The scenario involved 3 annoying YouTubers filming themselves as they tried to force their way into a military base with a backpack full of explosives.
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"Young people, don't vote." - This short commercial features older Japanese people telling young voters that everything is fine and they don't need to show up to this year's election. The older people will vote and decide everything instead.
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This morning two ponies escaped from their enclosure and ran around the city of Maebashi in Gunma prefecture. Several Twitter users uploaded videos of their encounters with the pony duo:
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