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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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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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Japan has defeated the USA and won the #WorldBaseballClassic2023 . Here are the fans at my local pub reacting to the final pitch that decided the game! Well done, Samurai Japan!
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Netizens react to the goal that decided Japan's victory over Spain at the World Cup:
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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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Here is a video of a Tyrannosaurus race that took place on a beach in Okinawa yesterday. Over 100 T-Rexes participated. #ティラノサウルスレース
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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...
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Today is day two of Super Comic City 30, a doujinshi convention in Tokyo where fans of various anime and manga series buy and sell fan fiction comics. Many of the works are BL manga, which cater to a primarily female audience. This is the line for the ladies' room! twitter.com/Md0ri_/status/…
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Japan's LDP has not really cut ties with the Unification Church: Tokushima city assembly member Mima Hideo, who openly identifies as a member of the UC, has been allowed back into the city's LDP faction and is serving as its vice president. https://t.co/6NyYUsZP9g
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Japan's national baseball team has just arrived home after winning the World Baseball Classic in Miami. This Japanese TV footage shows firetrucks at Narita Airport spraying an arch of water to honor the champions.
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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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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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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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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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20/ As @NathanielMSmith has noted, if the suspect was a member of the Sanctuary Church, his possession of a gun makes more sense. According to this 2018 Vice News report, its members "believe they need guns to build God's Kingdom on Earth." youtube.com/watch?v=ArfGyo…
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Newly appointed ambassadors to Japan are given the option of either a car or horse carriage for their ride to the imperial palace to present their credentials to the Emperor. Most, including the new Australian ambassador, choose the carriage (because it's utterly magnificent). twitter.com/stephendziedzi…
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Moroi Nanako (Independent) recently ran a successful one-person campaign for the Toyohashi city assembly. She had no campaign office and no campaign staff. She also did not use a loudspeaker van because they are noisy and wake up babies/small children.
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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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A few years ago a Japanese idol group apologized for Nazi-inspired costumes. This Osaka host club appears to be going full-out Nazi. It will be interesting to see how the owners react to the international shock and anger that will be coming in the next few days. twitter.com/MikiDezaki/sta…
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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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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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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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5/ As this photo from a magazine article shows, Abe had ties to a sizable list of religious organizations. Like many democracies around the world, Japan is a country in which conservative religious groups support conservative politicians. twitter.com/B4Btv/status/1…
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16/ An article from Shūkan Bunshun dropped more details: the suspect's mother was a member of a religious group, but he left it to join a sect that was in conflict with the original group. No names, but it sounds like it could be the Sanctuary Church. twitter.com/NathanielMSmit…
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Kyoto University is well-known for allowing students to dress however they want at its graduation ceremony, giving rise to a tradition of elaborate and silly costume-wearing. Here is a compilation of some of this year's best costumes: togetter.com/li/2108574
PhD. Special Lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies. Japan's Politics/Nationalist Activism/History Disputes/Pop Culture. RT/Likes ≠ endorsements