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‘Give me the money’: Suspected attempted convenience shop robbery – man arrested; posed as a foreigner… may have committed offences at other shops too – Gunma (TV Asahi Network (ANN))
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‘Give me the money’: Suspected attempted convenience shop robbery – man arrested; posed as a foreigner… may have committed offences at other shops too – Gunma (TV Asahi Network (ANN))

news.yahoo.co.jp
u/fuzzy_emojic — 1 day ago
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President of Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Survivors' Group on Takaichi's "Hidden Face" that she doesn’t show when the cameras are around: "She’s the Coldest of the Prime Ministers"

bunshun.jp
u/jjrs — 1 day ago
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Japan reports increase in rental car accidents involving foreigners- Most visitors hail from countries that drive on the other side of the road

asia.nikkei.com
u/jjrs — 1 day ago
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False prisoner figure fuels anti-foreigner storm online | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

From Ashahi Shinbun today. Onoda again citing facts that's inciting more foreigner hate by stating a fact without context. The prison in question has facilities and personnel to help people who don't speak a word of Japanese, which is why the foreign prisoner population is higher in this prison.

asahi.com
u/CapExtension9002 — 1 day ago
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Right-wingers outside Yasukuni Shrine beat up a Pro-Japan Taiwanese protestor that they mistake as Chinese.

x.com
u/Miao_Yin8964 — 2 days ago
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This Japanese festival chant basically says: stop watching and join in

One of the most famous lines heard during Awa Odori is:

踊る阿呆に見る阿呆

同じ阿呆なら踊らにゃ損々

Odoru ahou ni miru ahou.

Onaji ahou nara odoranya son son.

A natural translation would be:

“The dancers are fools, and the watchers are fools. If we’re all fools anyway, you’re missing out if you don’t dance.”

阿呆 means “fool,” but here it is playful, not insulting.

踊らにゃ is a casual way of saying “if you don’t dance.”

損 means a loss or waste, so 踊らにゃ損 feels like “not dancing would be a waste.”

Awa Odori is held in Tokushima every August and has more than 400 years of history. I love how this chant captures the spirit of the festival: stop worrying about how you look and join in.

Would you dance or stay in the crowd?

u/NihongoNana — 1 day ago
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KaijuCon 2 — Nagoya, October 24th

Up from the depths...ギャオオオーン！

KaijuCon is back and bigger than ever! Join us on October 24th for Nagoya's first and most monstrous TRPG and board gaming mashup convention. This year we'll have over 25 game tables in 3 sessions (both in English and Japanese). The VP of Chaosium, Michael O'Brien, will be joining us again (and GMing!) along with various authors and artists of CoC and other Chaosium products. There will be signings, merch, and games run by authors, artists, designers and a multitude of GMs from tabletop communities across Japan and beyond. Please come and roll some dice with us at KaijuCon 2!

Purchase tickets and sign up to play in or host a game at the links below.

Tickets:
https://kaijucon.org/

Registration for games:
https://kaijucon.org/games

Time: October 24th, 10am 〜 9pm
Place: Nagoya Prime Central Tower, 13F
Cost: Advance tickets 2,500円 / 3,000円 at the door

u/Neither-Figure-1308 — 1 day ago
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In a rare criticism of its U.S. ally, Japan on Wednesday described Washington's decision to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court's Japanese president and a senior trial lawyer as "very unfortunate."

reuters.com
u/jjrs — 1 day ago