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Tokyo & Nagasaki
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For @nytimes I wrote about a unique building in Tokyo (thanks to Hiroko Masuike for great pics). nytimes.com/2026/10/14/reale…
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【愛知で震度５強】
最新情報や各地の様子はニュース・防災アプリでもご覧いただけます
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Grandpa 😭
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"If you joint a cult, at some point the cult leader takes you to Jonestown. This is Jonestown for the Republican Party" -- CNN Van Jones cnn.com/2026/11/03/politics/…
Is #Tokyo falling out of love with big redevelopment projects like the "Second Roppongi Hills"? Michiyo Nakamoto has the story in @fccjapan's Number 1 Shimbun
fccj.or.jp/number-1-shimbun-…
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November 3 is Godzilla Day (marking the anniversary of the original 1954 film’s release)
And starting today, at Hibiya Station, the train departure chime has been permanently changed to this:
Why do foreigners fetishize konbini? I'm quoted in this @eliz_beattie article about how convenience stores are the karakuri mechanical dolls of logistics in Japan @japantimes japantimes.co.jp/life/2026/1…
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Albertans support staying in Canada, oppose separation referendum, CTV News projects.
Follow for live updates: ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/…
"Although experts say greater tree cover can help lower air temperatures, a University of #Tokyo study in 2024 showed the city lost canopy cover equivalent to three and a half times the size of New York's Central Park in under a decade."
AFP's new article: "'Act before it's too late': Tokyo residents fight for more trees" Be sure to also read the comments - voices of many non-Japanese in Japan lamenting the lack of trees and over-pruning. japantoday.com/category/nati…
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ホントはこの写真勝手にUPしちゃいけないんだろうけど、うれしくてさ。ドラゴンに乗って世界を面白くするぞ〜って、調子こいてる感じ。増池宏子さん撮影、撮影中も楽しかった！
However, it’s written with the kanji characters for ant, trout and kite (the raptor), an uncommon appellation that, if written by hand, requires no fewer than 58 strokes, an echo of its painstaking construction.
