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I visited the memorial of the #AbeAssassination in Nara yesterday. The line to offer flowers was over a kilometre long. For scholars who might find these photos useful: #anthrotwitter Society for Cultural Anthropology Miguel Levi McLaughlin Mark Rowe Reischauer Center @erica_baffelli @JJRS_NIRC Suma Ikeuchi 池内須摩

I think Tobias Harris has nailed the essence of Abe's political agenda. The weakness of Japan's decentralized postwar state was exposed during Fukushima, when the govt dithered as the plant teetered on the brink. That failure made possible Abe's political comeback a year later.

An article on Abe's family history with the Moonies. The weekly tabloids play a role in Japan's media space by writing what the big dailies dare not. Problem is their articles can be so fast and loose that you're never sure what to actually believe. news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/99c04…

This is interesting: LDP moving to shut down the flow of public info on the Abe assassination. Apparently, Nara police were too forthcoming, so Katayama wants to manage all disclosure via Tokyo. Same happened during Fukushima, after NISA briefly admitted a meltdown was possible

中国のゼロコロナ政策による入国手続きが厳しすぎる。取り立ての魚やカニまでPCR検査を受ける。from Manya Koetse

米「ゴジラ」原爆批判のせりふ削除していた　国防総省が脚本に抗議　2014年映画（沖縄タイムス） news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a30cf…

WaPo looking for freelance contributions:

My company just listed on LinkedIn a job posting for what I’m currently doing (so we’re hiring another UX writer) and now thanks to salary transparency laws, I see that they intend to pay this person $32k-$90k more than they currently pay me, so I applied.

I like your answer and use it in the future! Why Japan? That’s because political science is not just American politics!

At a recent Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia event, Martin Fackler and Arn Howitt discussed the impacts of the Fukushima disaster and how the accident ultimately altered the world's approach to crisis management Read more here ⤵️ news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…

"Dry Run for War: How Fukushima Changed Japan and Its Place in the World" conversation with Martin Fackler and Arn Howitt Watch here ⤵️ youtube.com/watch?v=crxlca…

殺虫剤を使わずに、レーザーで害虫を焼き殺すAI搭載の農耕用トレーラー rt Brian Roemmele

The need for Japan to step up and punch closer to its economic weight in global political and cultural affairs is as strong today as it was when the book came out. Even more so, with China's top-down economic growth model running out of steam.

外国のメディアが報じるまで日本の実態を知ることができなかったのは、ジャニーズ問題だけではない。伊藤詩織さんのレイプもそうだった。残念なのは、日本人のジャーナリストがこういう問題を真面目に追究しようとしたら、あのBBCの記事よりずっといい調査報道ができるはず。もっと頑張って下さいよ。

原発事故の最初の日から、政府は言葉の選び方により情報操作を行なってきた。今は「汚染水」対「処理水」だが、1号機が爆発した日に、「メルトダウン」や「溶融」を使っちゃういけないと言いながら、「炉心損傷」という意味不明な言い方にした。分かり難いのは、メディアが素直に政府に従ってきたこと

Chinese academics also challenge the legitimacy of Japan's takeover of Okinawa in the 1870s, saying the Qing were too weak (and diverted by Japan's 1874 attack on Taiwan) to oppose it. While there are kernels of historical truth, these claims serve present-day political goals.

Not all production can be reshored to the U.S., as this A/B test conducted by a showerhead maker attests: afina.com/blogs/news/mad… #trade #Tariffs