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Japanese politics analyst; author of The Iconoclast: Shinzō Abe and the New Japan; Chicago-born Cubs fan now living in DC; marathoner; RHP + IF ⚾ Substack: Observingjapan.substack.com.
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The Japanese translation of my book is back in print, with a spiffy new cover.

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

This whole thing from @ryanlcooper.com. prospect.org/world/2025-0...

submitted 23 hours ago • 1 comment

Good. More please.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Call it what it is: denying Americans access to their own country's treasures -- that they paid for -- is simply un-American.

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Judith Butler: To Imagine a World After This, Democracy Needs the Humanities (and imagination). “The world we have known is the world that is bound up with the movement toward greater destruction. What about a world we are yet to know?” [lithub.com]

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

On the use of "NPC," it feels like without a civilization-wide renaissance of humanism we are well and truly cooked.

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

more like the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact

submitted 2 days ago • 20 comments

I'm guessing we'll see a G6 before we see a G8. Or else a G6+ that expands to bring in Australia, ROK, etc. on.ft.com/4km1MJp

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There's a grim humor in Japanese elites expressing their alarm at being passed by Germany in the global GDP tables.

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The Republic Endures

submitted 2 days ago • 15 comments

The Lyceum speech is so damned good at making the case for why pervasive lawlessness is the enemy of self-government. www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/ad...

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Now a deal with China in the works? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/b...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

This is just so stupid. asia.nikkei.com/Business/Aut...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Think I preferred the end of history

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Yes. Good. I'm ready for this (though my own representative has been about as good as can be).

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

The Simpsons really nailed this one, huh.

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The consequences of this reach far beyond Europe. observingjapan.substack.com/p/japan-and-...

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Analysis: Xi seeks to join Trump and Putin for Yalta 2.0 asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Pick...

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Why are they even going to bother marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence?

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New at Observing Japan: The US pivot on Ukraine leaves Japan in an uncomfortable position, as it considers whether its key ally is undermining the international order that Tokyo knows is indispensable for its national interests. open.substack.com/pub/observin...

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

Thread 👇🏻

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New at Observing Japan: The US pivot on Ukraine leaves Japan in an uncomfortable position, as it considers whether its key ally is undermining the international order that Tokyo knows is indispensable for its national interests. open.substack.com/pub/observin...

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

Easily the most hilarious business card I've received.

submitted 4 days ago • 7 comments