One wonders why GOJ is attracted to state-owned defense production-- the hoary "state arsenals." Are firms really so reluctant to get into the defense business at this point? www.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/202...

This shift in US security policy--should it come to pass-- is a nightmare to all but the most ambitious Japanese nationalists. And even they know they are not yet capable of deterring China alone (or with any existing combination of allies that excludes the US.) www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Just out from Tuttle: <Japanese Cooking with Kids> by Debra Samuels and Mayumi Uejima-Carr, from the NGO, TABLE FOR TWO. Recipes were developed for more than 1,000 children who took TFT classes on how to cook Japanese food. Great gift. Profits go to TFT. #Japanesefood #Japaneseculture #cookbook

Sunset-- Deer Isle, Maine

Japan and foreign workers... asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/ja...

#food #Japan #JapaneseHomeCooking

Just out from Tuttle: <Japanese Cooking with Kids> by Debra Samuels and Mayumi Uejima-Carr, from the NGO, TABLE FOR TWO. Recipes were developed for more than 1,000 children who took TFT classes on how to cook Japanese food. Great gift. Profits go to TFT. #Japanesefood #Japaneseculture #cookbook

“Yet as Google does the Googling, humans no longer visit the websites from which the information is gleaned. Similarweb, which measures traffic to more than 100m web domains, estimates that worldwide search traffic … fell by about 15% in the year to June” www.economist.com/business/202...

Will be interesting to see how she fares in the HoC election on Sunday: www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

Will be interested to see how she fares on Sunday in the HoC election: www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

My piece on Sanseitō for Nikkei Asia. I've been working on this with @robfahey.net for a while now. I just presented on our working paper at IPSA in Seoul, and a peer-reviewed paper is coming out soon. There's also an exciting Japanese project on its way as well. asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Sans...

The Mainichi reports Sanseito’s draft constitution removes the following human rights found in Japan's current constitution: •Freedom of expression, thought, & religion •Right to a fair trial & remain silent •Equality under the law (no discrimination race, creed, sex, social status or family origin)

"The Japanese government's plan to end financial support for foreign doctoral students has drawn criticism from students and academics who have labeled the step unjust and counterproductive to fostering a diverse, inclusive and thriving academic environment."

Japan to have a new MOD VM--the highly qualified Yamato Taro: mainichi.jp/english/arti...

More trouble for Kawasaki's P1, for its IHI aero engines-- and for the kokusanka ideal. www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-as...

More trouble for Kawasaki's P1, for its IHI aero engines-- and for the kokusanka ideal. www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-as...

Trump quoting an OSHIT account for confirmation of his strikes on Iran has a very special level of ick for me.

The world's been waiting for something like this: www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

Even the most accommodating -- and dependent --- allies have their limits...

The world's been waiting for something like this: www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

A reminder that I shall be speaking in London at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation on Thursday 19 June to introduce my new book on Russian spies in Japan. Please use the link below to register. dajf.org.uk/event/cracki...

Risky business: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/w...

Risky business: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/w...

No sourcing here, but if true, US timing seems off. 1st of all, this project has long been in the works, & the horse is well out of this barn/hangar. 2nd, complaining at a time when US allies have many reasons to question US reliability seems, well, tone deaf. militarnyi.com/en/news/u-s-...

No sourcing here, but if true, US timing seems off. 1st of all, this project has long been in the works, & the horse is well out of this barn/hangar. 2nd, complaining at a time when US allies have many reasons to question US reliability seems, well, tone deaf. militarnyi.com/en/news/u-s-...

DPRK's capsized destroyer: www.wsj.com/world/asia/w...

DPRK's capsized destroyer: www.wsj.com/world/asia/w...

Granting Curtis LeMay an Imperial decoration has always been hard to understand. Good that it is back in the news: www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

This has been a long time coming. japan-forward.com/the-science-...

This has been a long time coming. japan-forward.com/the-science-...

A more confident military might work "Zero" into the name. Just saying ...

A more confident military might work "Zero" into the name. Just saying ...

"Strong Gale" seems fighter appropriate, but naming the F-3 after a successor to the Zero that never went beyond prototyping strikes me as somehow inauspicious... #AsianSecurity theaviationist.com/2025/05/03/j...

That's not mere click bait folks. www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

This is world championships trolling you are seeing here

Oguma Shinji, CDP (opposition) Diet member, frankly expresses his outrage at current US trade policy:

Trump Trade War Predicted To Decimate Japan’s GDP Growth Through 2029 open.substack.com/pub/richardk...

Trump Trade War Predicted To Decimate Japan’s GDP Growth Through 2029 open.substack.com/pub/richardk...

The Asahi Shimbun shared this photo of Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba, noting that it was taken on International Women's Day:

Russia has sanctioned FM Iwaya. He is one of 9 Japanese subjected to a Russian visa ban. The others include the current & former ambassadors to Kyiv, the heads of Isuzu & IHI, & JICA officials. The measures are retaliation against Japan’s latest sanctions. www.hokkaido-np.co.jp/article/1130...

Mariska den Eelden 🇪🇺🇳🇱 @eeldenden.bsky.social #Japan just announced a five-year action plan pledging "multidimensional support" for #Ukraine. The #EU and Japan signed a defence pact last year.

This is the usually bustling Fulbright desk at the International Studies Association annual convention site in Chicago. Empty. Abandoned. @fravel.bsky.social @dcsneider.bsky.social @profdansmith.bsky.social @dziblatt.bsky.social

Doctoral programs are pausing or cutting back admissions. This is just the latest signal that the future of the university is under threat, @ibogost.bsky.social writes: