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New York corporate lawyer (外国法事務弁護士; gaikokuhō jimu bengoshi) living in Japan
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submitted 8 days ago • 23 comments

Didn't have "foreigners are using up all the onsen water" on my tourism grumbles bingo card. mainichi.jp/english/arti...

submitted 8 days ago • 7 comments

Welcome to Japan! Former Met Michael Conforto hits a HR against Giants in exhibition at Tokyo Dome.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.

submitted 13 days ago • 1100 comments

It seems that Trump, Musk, Vance, Miller, et al. think that they are buffered from suffering and death, and so they are willing to bring them on to affect those they loathe politically, even if they also strike their supporters. This is hard-heartedness, callousness, sociopathology.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:

submitted 18 days ago • 880 comments

My nieces are sweet if not from Nice.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Elon Musk posted a photo of Japanese cherry blossoms and received a Japanese language community note pointing out it was taken without permission from the Instagram page of a Japanese photographer. This is the second time that Musk has posted photos from the same user without permission or credit.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

@powderbum75.bsky.social You need to get your bunny some wheels (& some ducks)

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

If you’re running a Hot Cocktail Festival, would think only minimal “proof”reading is needed.

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

Today in Asakusa.

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

So TV Asaji’s Morning Show just played Musk’s “German” salute (as they described it) a few times, including in slo-motion. Even they recognized it for what it was.

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

The only reason Trumpism works is because it’s identity-based, not policy-based. It’s not about logic—it’s about belonging to a group that thrives on shared outrage. Logic won’t fix it. They believe in a world that doesn’t exist and see no problem in the fact that they can’t prove what they say.

submitted 63 days ago • 68 comments

So the Yakuza are moving on from drug trafficking to buying & selling surface-to-air missiles and weapons grade plutonium. Their version of Cool Japan? www.justice.gov/opa/pr/japan...

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

Meaning: • October Term 2024 • Application • The Mark of the Beast

submitted 75 days ago • 5 comments

Just read The NY Times obit for Tomiko Itooka, by Martin Fackler — which notes that he is the acting Tokyo bureau chief. I guess there can be repeat performances.

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

Thankfully not all of the lanterns at Hongaku-ji are in kanji.

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments