Hmm, in new Asahi shimbun poll, Takaichi is actually the most popular candidate to lead LDP (and become prime minister) among the Japanese public, with 28% against Koizumi's 24%. Among LDP supporters, though, Koizumi leads with 41% against 24% for Takaichi. digital.asahi.com/articles/AST...

I know this is just electoral strategy to try to get Sansei voters back, but it just shows how f**king stupid Ishin are. Ishin introduces plan to allow to cancel naturalizations. Do they not understand the UN charter on Human Rights prohibits making people stateless www.jiji.com/sp/article?k...

I wrote a piece about the recent trends in Japanese politics for ECPRs The Loop. (Pretty short sided of me to talk about current Ishiba cabinet, he was out before the piece was even published 🥲) theloop.ecpr.eu/more-women-m...

First Colbert, now Jimmy Kimmel, American comedy staples being taken off the air, what autocrats and dictators fear most is being made fun of.

➡️ Has #Japan really swung to the right? 🔥 @rnords.bsky.social explores how the collapse of one-party dominance has fuelled European-style #Populism — and opened the door to wider social change. #Sanseito #SoheiKamiya 👉 bit.ly/4pwYHJ2

I like the title of this article “Sanseito’s statement on the 80th anniversary of the end of the war - denies Nanking massacre - a fantasy made to make them feel better about themselves (free translation)” 参政党の「戦後80年談話」、南京事件否定…　事実見ず気持ち良くする「物語」 - 毎日新聞 mainichi.jp/articles/202...

Charlie Kirk, who was almost unknown in Japan over a week ago, is being incorporated into Abe Shinzo assassination conspiracy theories.

Komeito loses half of its support in new Kyodo poll, dropping to 2.2 percent. Will be interesting to see how LDP election shapes the future of the coalition.

NTV (日テレ) called Charlie Kirk’s killer an “anti-fascist” activist. I have gone through a lot of news and have found no evidence of this, I have also seen speculation he might have been a groyper, but this also seems more speculative. Am I wrong or is this again Japans news making up stuff??

Former President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen is visiting Japan for a personal trip. Chinese government complains… What right do China have to make claims over what people can visit Japan, a fully sovereign nation, have they no shame??? mainichi.jp/articles/202...

致死率75％・ワクチンなし…アジアで広がる「ニパウイルス」を第1級感染症に指定　韓国疾病管理庁　-Chosun Online 朝鮮日報　www.chosunonline.com/site/data/ht...

Big political drama in small-town Japan: Ito mayor Takubo Maki (pop. ~62,000) dissolved the city assembly after a no-confidence vote over her forged academic record. Apparently Japan’s “presidential” local govt' system lets mayors play at being South American dictators. mainichi.jp/articles/202...

99 complaints of sexual harassment!! And they reelected him!! Though it is to the local council, but still… (I don’t really like Japan Times lately but that’s where I saw the story) www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09...

In the gubernatorial election in Ibaraki last night, incumbent Oikawa overwhelmingly took the victory with around 56% of the votes, while JCP backed leftist candidate Tanaka and Sansei-backed right-wing conspiracy theorist Uchida received ~20% each www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/mito/2...

In this really idiotic story, which I found on instagram, far-right racists Japan First Party staged a protest against a “plan” to designate the city for African migrants. The caveat, there is no plan, and the whole story was because MOFA used the wrong English term in one of their materials

Tool live in Japan, should I go 🤔🤔

It’s gonna be like tsitp, is Belly (LDP) gonna choose slightly depressed prettyboi Conrad (Koizumi) or fratboy, cheater Jeremiah (Takaichi) ***I apologize in advance, this is the lamest joke I’ve made in a while

What a waste of great source material

Okay, we are fucked, who will the LDP pick?? Will they really go for Takaichi, or will they choose some status-quo guy like Motegi ?? - Ishiba steps down 石破首相が退陣意向　自民党内の「石破おろし」耐えきれず、続投断念 digital.asahi.com/articles/AST...

As it seems LDP is going for a leadership race, it is notable that Ishiba remains by far the most popular candidate for PM in a fresh poll by Mainichi. Ishiba was the candidate of choice of 21% of voters, while ultranationalist Takaichi was second with 14%. mainichi.jp/articles/202...

Okay, just for anyone considering buying a car in Japan, I just learned that if you buy full electric or PHEV, you can apply to receive a govt subsidy for up to 900,000 joy depending on the car. This is not that much, but often eliminates the price difference between electric and gasoline.

Far-right populist Sanseito is relying on membership fees for an unusually high share of their income. The party rely on these fees for 35 percent of their income, compared to 4 percent for LDP and 1 percent for CDPJ. Membership costs 1,000jpy/month for regular members mainichi.jp/articles/202...

Okay, just for anyone considering buying a car in Japan, I just learned that if you buy full electric or PHEV, you can apply to receive a govt subsidy for up to 900,000 joy depending on the car. This is not that much, but often eliminates the price difference between electric and gasoline.

As the movement against Ishiba doesn’t die down, some have started wondering if he might use the dissolution of the Lower House as a final option. Holding lower house election right now would be terrible, as the likely outcome is many CDPJ seats would go to Sansei digital.asahi.com/articles/AST...

Vad vill hon ens säga? Är det bara utövande militärer som är experter på folkmord?

RFK Jr: “If you’ve ever compared an unvaccinated kid to a vaccinated kid… you see the bright eyes, the engagement, the social interactions, the curiosity. And you compare them to the child who even had one or two vaccines, and they’re completely different.“ This man is an existential threat.

> 「石破おろし」につながる党総裁選の前倒し実施について「人気者に表紙を代えたら支持が戻ってくることではない」と指摘し、慎重姿勢を示した。 🔹自民稲田氏、旧安倍派の石破おろしに　｢これ何なんだとなる｣ www.asahi.com/articles/AST...

The question is, why am I bitching about Japanese energy policy at 5 in the morning??

Mitsubishi pulls away from three off-shore wind farm projects they had been awarded contracts to build, citing high import costs of building materials and the weak yen. How could they win the contract if they have no desire to finish it?? digital.asahi.com/articles/AST...

The Japanese Environment ministry calculates the proposed tax cut on gasoline would increase Japans CO2-emissions by 6,1 million tons by 2030 (emission still expected to drop, but would be smaller if the tax is cut). Why not subsidize electric cars instead?? digital.asahi.com/articles/AST...

Okay, can someone explain what is happening in Indonesia, it’s blowing up the feeds of most of my Indonesian friends feeds , but I can’t find much international news on the protests at all?

LDP wants to increase Japans research position to 3rd in the world after it dropped to 13th place in the number of high-impact publications. While I think it’s good they’re talking about this, there are foundational issues to why Japans academia is falling behind www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...

In this very sad story a very young couple (18 and 19) are accused of murdering their newborn baby. The baby was born in their apartment, and it seems suffocated the newborn with a plastic bag The mother admitted the crime, saying she didn’t know what else to do digital.asahi.com/articles/AST...

Morning-after pills (ECPs) to become available without prescription in Japan. An expert meeting at the MHLW made the decision on August 29th. However, the pills will not be allowed to be sold online, meaning they can only be sold through drugstores. digital.asahi.com/articles/AST...

Yomiuri is in trouble after publishing a story that turned out to be false. They published a front-page story stating that Ishin lawmaker Ikeshita's secretary had received salaries from the Diet in error, despite not being officially employed. However (cont.) digital.asahi.com/articles/AST...

Gender, my dudes, gender exists. And there's this field called demography where we study population.

Always happy for a chance to say: I read every real study on the impact of bike lanes on street-level retail. They never hurt. They often help. Sometimes they help a lot: www.businessinsider.com/bike-lanes-g...

Sanseito is experiencing growing pains as they don’t have enough aides for their 14 new diet members According to Gendai, the candidate pool — ex-aides to LDP candidates who lost — are reluctant to apply because they fear having to draft insane diet questions www.nikkan-gendai.com/articles/vie...

DPP popularity falling like a rock in new Kyodo poll, Sansei now second most popular party 😱

Among the demonstrators urging PM Ishiba to stay, there are people of many political colors. There are LDP supporters who don’t like the nationalist, hawkish stances of people like Takaichi, and left-wing supporters afraid the alternative to Ishiba would be worse. mainichi.jp/articles/202...

President Lee plans to visit Japan before his first visit to the US, indicating stronger ties between countries despite earlier having expressed views critical of Japan. This is a good thing, and shows the countries trying to improve relations while US is unpredictable. mainichi.jp/articles/202...

この夏の酷暑や、熊本を襲った大雨の被害に「メガソーラー」が影響しているとする、根拠のない投稿がXを中心に広がっています。 専門家は「施設の面積が地域全体に比べ限られる」として、いずれも否定。熊本県も、「因果関係があるとは考えていない」と否定していますが、なかには1千万回以上閲覧されているものも… メガソーラーをめぐってたびたび根拠のない情報が拡散する背景には、乱開発による影響に加え、再エネへの反感を利用する「ポピュリズム」があるとの指摘もあがっています。 広がりの分析や、検証結果とともに、記事をまとめました。 www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20...

In an official Diet inquiry, Sanseito leader Kamiya calls gender equality and LGBTQ-movement “cultural Marxism” that “aims to destroy country from within”. Still, he is the one parroting Russian talking points, who are the real enemy. Interesting

参政党・神谷宗幣氏の「参政党ドリル」や国会に提出した「質問主意書」で、ジェンダー平等やLGBTQなどは「文化的マルクス主義」で「共産主義者が敵対する国を内部から崩壊させるために悪用」「国家が見えない形で崩されている」などと陰謀論を主張。旧統一教会と全く同じ。 www.nikkan-gendai.com/articles/vie...

Many false rumors have been spreading in Japan alleging solar energy plants are the causes of heatwaves and heavy rain. Pretty worrying signs that people don’t believe in global warming but actually think the solutions are causing these events www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20...

現在，教員どれだけ残業してるのか？？ 教員の時間外勤務、月45時間以下を100％に　文科省が指針改正案 digital.asahi.com/articles/AST...

MEXT plans to reduce teacher overwork. The plan calls to eradicate overtime over 45 hrs/month, and reduce the average monthly overtime to 30 hrs/month. Two questions: - how much overtime are teachers doing right now!!??? - does 45 hours include extracurriculars? digital.asahi.com/articles/AST...

Shuukan Shincho has decided to retire the column by racist author Takagi Masayuki after massive critique after a racially charged July 24 post. However, reading Takagis Wikipedia article he’s wrote racist stuff for decades, seems they only act in face of criticism 🤔 www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20...

Shuukan Shincho has decided to retire the column by racist author Takagi Masayuki after massive critique after a racially charged July 24 post. However, reading Takagis Wikipedia article he’s wrote racist stuff for decades, seems they only act in face of criticism 🤔 www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20...

Video of Columbia Heights residents driving ICE agents out of their area. source: www.instagram.com/reel/DNjkvLQ...