Unseen japan

RT @harumisasaki69: to fellow japanese women: we don’t have to be this agreeable. our smiles don’t have to be 0 yen. to japanese men: lear…

@harumisasaki69 東スポだから驚きなんかないよね。

RT @writerofscratch: "North Korea said Wednesday that the issue of its abduction of Japanese nationals in the 1970s and 1980s has been 'com…

RT @ProjectLincoln: Donald Trump emailed his entire list that he won the debate. Before the debate. https://t.co/pcpCCirP3t

Yep - same energy as "I can't be racist, I adopted children of color!!" There's no shortcut to doing the actual work to rid yourself of the racist and misogynistic ideas that society's been drumming into you since birth.

RT @MissRinAelia: my white mother literally punched me in a restaurant for speaking Japanese in front of her and referred to my father as…

@mikedawsonmusic Really surprised I've never seen anything about it before. I mean I even know about the DEATH NOTE musical for god sakes 😅

@rachel_thorn_en Good call (and solid reasoning).

Neat article on how some Japanese food chains got their name. E.g., Mosburger is from the name of the owner's prior company (Merchandising Organizing System), & Hanamaru from the owner's anguish over never getting hanamaru (good marks) on his school work.

RT @japanesepearl: Talk about fucked up: Wakayama City mayor apologizes for misusing funds from a 2018 animal welfare crowdfunding campaign…