Smoked. 📷: Gary Hershorn

It's summer, when the sun rises hours before most people are awake in Tokyo -- and sets no later than 7pm. Early sunsets, wasted daylight and scorching commutes are a relic of a time zone set 150 years ago. It's time we reconsidered. My latest: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

The Chinese government's politically motivated ban on Japanese seafood over Fukushima wastewater seems to have caused some consumers to panic buy salt (even though mainland China's nuclear power plants have been dumping similar wastewater for many years):

Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸 FYI

I'm always interested in the question "What is culture?" and here's one answer. (Translation: "Gyoza with beer is culture.")

White women voters for the next 3 months

Kamala’s menu of potential VPs

Democrats getting ready to say nice things about Kamala Harris:

Kamala’s VP options:

Poor guy got dragged away from enjoying his Wolf Spritzer

Kamala looking for a VP

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Never check your work email on a day off

Read our new cover story on Joe Biden's decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race: ti.me/46voGHL The cover at left was published on July 21; the one at right was published digitally June 28, the day after the first presidential debate.

Veep is a documentary.

Hope Maya Rudolph has cleared her schedule

My neighbors move quickly. All in for Kamala Harris!

Nikki Haley Voters PAC Announces Support for Kamala Harris - Newsweek newsweek.com/nikki-haley-vo…

FLASHBACK: Nikki Haley in January: "The first party to retire its 80 year old candidate is going to be the one who wins this election."

Akiya ("vacant home") and inaka ("countryside") may not be as familiar to the world as karaoke or kimono, but they are to Parker Allen, who runs a website for foreigners interested in living in rural Japan. s.nikkei.com/3yclpQL