Zack Polanski saying what every politician should be saying, "It's problematic to weaponise the synagogue attack to silence protest in this country against the genocide in Gaza" "These are separate things and we should condemn them both"

Enjoying the last moment in Zurich after another memorable workshop here.

Workshopping in Zurich!

Also: x.com/AmbJapanUK/s...

Ambassador Suzuki almost downing the Manchester beer - heralding ever-stronger Manchester-Japan connections: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

The average American simply has no idea how quickly the infrastructure that keeps us safe and healthy is collapsing. These systems run in the background thanks to government employees who quietly do critical work. Those employees are being purged and systems are being destroyed.

Oh wow so powerful and made me emotional. A must listen piece. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/p...

This is an extraordinarily cool study: Two unrelated young people buried in cemeteries in Anglo-Saxon times in England probably had grandparents who came from West Africa. It was a joy to cover this for @newscientist.com #science #archaeology #history 🧪 www.newscientist.com/article/2492...

Really lovely to have you in Manchester, Xiaoyue & Erchen! Good luck with writing up the theses!

@asanoshioko.bsky.social in Mcr!

I'm spending July and August in Manchester as a visiting scholar at Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Manchester. Grateful for the opportunity to pursue my research here.

東京都立図書館、PDFファイルで複写物を送信する「遠隔複写（PDF送信）サービス」を開始 【※都内在住・在勤・在学でない方は、国立国会図書館で所蔵していない資料の内、要件を満たす資料のみ受け付けます。】 | カレントアウェアネス・ポータル current.ndl.go.jp/car/254857

A brief stopover in SG - hunting for the city’s heritage with medical history and of course good food!

Oh wow, thought summer had just started there...

This is finally out! Thanks to co-authors Prof. Yoko Matsubara, Dr Motoyuki Goto & Mr. Yuki Funatsu. My sincere thanks also go to Benedict Ipgrave of the From Small Beginnings anti-eugenic project for introducing me to Janna and to Janna for her superb editorship!

Accreditation is absolutely a pressure point they are going to exploit

Fascinating article on amber from Myanmar, which @manchester.ac.uk student Lauren Smith originally wrote as a blog post assignment for Dr Amelia Bonea's course unit on Fossils: Global Histories of Natural Heritage, Science and Empire. mancunion.com/2025/05/22/a...

A couple of photos from Dr James Sumner's 'Electric Dreams' stall at last weekend's Universally Manchester festival. universallymanchester.com #scicomm

An interesting newspaper has been introduced note that I’m in indonesia: www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05...

This library cat knows how to appreciate Japanese Studies, Indonesian way. @ Pusat Studi Jepang, Universitas Indonesia

Out now - Hiro Fujimoto, Aya Homei and Ellen G. Nakamura eds. Medical Women in the Japanese Empire: Sources and Critique (Routledge, 2025). www.routledge.com/Medical-Wome...

Now out! Hope it will be used for teaching (as well as research).

Out soon! It's been such a rewarding experience. Thanks to co-editors and contributors! www.routledge.com/9781032744582

Thanks in part to @olegb.bsky.social. It was lovely to meet Reza ☺️

Collecting materials at Universitas Indonesia!

Having a lot of fun at the BKKBN Library in Jakarta!

Having a lot of fun at the BKKBN Library in Jakarta!

Off to Indonesia and NewZealand via Singapore! Looking forward to meeting new people and catching up with the old ones 😀

Out soon! It's been such a rewarding experience. Thanks to co-editors and contributors! www.routledge.com/9781032744582

Now out as paperback! It's still Open Access, too 😀 Science for Governing Japan's Population (Cambridge University Press, 2023) www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...

Mark your calendars! 📅 I'm thrilled to share the line-up for the fall 2025 Science and Technology in Asia online seminar series. Hope you'll be able to join us for one or more of these sessions! seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia #histstm #histsci #histtech #histmed #sts #envhist #envhum 🧪

Holy shiitake! Trump fired Shira Perlmutter, the Director of the US Copyrights Office apparently because she refused to let Elon Musk raid the place to steal author’s intellectual property rights democrats-cha.house.gov/media/press-...

I’m so into this podcast atm! open.spotify.com/show/3rIUEha...

Thanks for the heads up @jdimoia.bsky.social!

左派勢力も彼らなりに正しいと思うことをしたのだろうし、実際、正しい面もあっただろう。しかし、学術会議のような組織が権威を維持できるとすれば、政治的立場を越えて受入れられるような学術的に妥当な知見を提供するという信頼を保てるときだろう。学術と政治を分けることは実際には困難なのはもちろんなのだが（科学史研究の事例の大部分がそういう事例である）、分けることが不可能という前提をおいてしまうのも間違いである。

A new piece on #chineseresources and tools made to manage their cataloguing on the The Digital Orientalist! #chineseculture #chineseintellectualhistory #chineseresources #AI #digitalhumanities

Having a coffee break while marking, with a barrel chocolate my colleague gave me yesterday to celebrate her birthday. Thanks for the choc and happy birthday @kaszyma.bsky.social 🥰🌸

For centuries, a “gossip” was a woman who attended another woman's delivery. The word was a corruption of “god-sib” or “god-sibling,” meaning “sister in the Lord.” The gossips offered support to mother and midwife. Only later did the term take on a derogatory meaning.

Coming out of the last class of this semester and the campus is looking good!

「7月5日、日本が大災難に見舞われる」。そんな“予言”がSNSを中心に拡散しています。 漫画に端を発した科学的根拠のない“うわさ”ですが、YouTubeを介して拡散。都市伝説系のチャンネルなどが多く取り上げ、関連動画はあわせて1億再生を超えています。 さらに、このうさわは国境を超え、中国語圏でも広がりを見せています。地元メディアや風水師も言及、ついに香港からのインバウンドにまで影響を及ぼすまでになっています。 SNSの分析、香港現地の取材や、専門家の見解から見えてきたことを、まとめた記事です。広がりの調査を担当しました。 www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20...

Mcr Marathon!

若年層の摂食障害を助長するおそれが懸念されている、SNSにあふれるダイエットに関する投稿… 「#ダイエット記録」はインスタで300万件以上。短期間のダイエットのため、過度な食事制限や運動を薦めるようなものも多くみられます。 こうした投稿を繰り返している「インフルエンサー」には、画像や動画を加工したとみられる投稿を掲載。サプリメント販売に誘導しているアカウントが、複数確認できました。 さらに、LINEオープンチャットでは、小学生や中学生がダイエットに関するやり取りをするグループまで。その実態と背景をまとめた記事はこちらです。 www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20...

Time of the year when we can come out of hibernation.

ミャンマー中部で発生した大地震について、SNSでは生成AIで作られたとみられる偽の動画が、複数広がっています。 NHKが元の動画を調べたところ、生成AIを使って動画を作成するサービスの「透かし」があることが確認できたものも。 報道機関が引用してしまったケースや、現地で撮影された動画と並べられる形に編集されて拡散したケースもありました。 生成AIによる偽動画は精巧になっていて、見抜くのが難しいものも増えています。 大きな災害の発災直後は情報が少なく、こうした情報が広がりやすいため、安易に拡散させないよう注意が必要です。 www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20...

Coffee time! With a cake given by my son to celebrate the end of Ramadan.

Coffee to start a day today - a souvenir I brought for us from Kyoto

Back to Manchester and to the new semester (after 2 years of research leave)!