Wtf, Japan?

[krtek a houby]

Honestly seems a bit pointless paying that much attention to Japanese politics given how ossified the entire structure seems to be I know.

This was a decent feature on cuddly Ishiba, whether he will be a major break I guess we’ll see.

The Idealist

Ishiba Shigeru and the deep roots of conflict in Japanese politics

observingjapan.substack.com

Interesting, especially about the US and China influences. Cheers for that!

 

[bcuster]

A US bomb from World War II explodes at a Japanese airport, causing a large crater in a taxiway

An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport has exploded, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights but no injuries.

apnews.com

 

[skyscraper101]

Does Japan still do TV shows like this? They look way more entertaining than Strictly.

 

[Peter Norf]

A bona fide genius

 

[nightowl]

He’s a very smooth media operator and careful with his approach to videos and it serves him well but he’s frankly boring over last few years since he plugged fully into YouTube creators only network

I notice Broad's just done a '12 unwritten rules not to break in Japan' video... despite regularly commenting that in some ways he 'hates' his '12 things not to do in Japan' one from a few years back. I guess the thought of revisiting the number of views that one got won out over his supposed feelings towards it.

 

[skyscraper101]

We need this show in the UK