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Jay Allen

@gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social

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Writer on Japan. Living my best life in Tokyo. Militant bisexual. Pagan/Buddhist. 日本在留アメリカ人男性 https://unseen-japan.com

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Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · Nov 17

Not sure how I got 500 followers already but…hi! I’m the @unseenjapan.com guy. This account is mostly about cool things I’m doing (or eating) around Japan plus pontification on publishing and politics.

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Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 11h

I don’t drink, this is coffee

Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 11h

Me: Look at that huge weeb over there

Also me:

Chisato’s Blend coffee from OK Coffee, a tie in with Lycoris Recoil

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Rob @greaterhermit.bsky.social · 1d

Arguably the only accurate word here is “woman”

Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 1d

"Firm views"

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Cosmic Chambo @cosmicchambo.bsky.social · 1d

if you listen to metal then you know that "heavy metal fan with firm views on foreigners" is the same kind of heavy metal fan with a pronounced interest in "heritage"

Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 1d

"Firm views"

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David in Setouchi @david.setouchi.social · 1d

Is "firm views" the new way to say "xenophobic"?

Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 1d

"Firm views"

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Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 1d

Wow that's significant. Seeing if one of our writers can jump on this, thanks

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Michey Peckitt @micheypeckitt.bsky.social · 2d

@gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social Immigration in Japan appears to get stricter at least in the Tokyo Immigration Bureau office.

Of course we can’t rule out the possibility that more people just hadn’t done the paperwork properly, but it’s easy to see why some non-Japanese people would feel scared.

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Michey Peckitt @micheypeckitt.bsky.social · 2d

@gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social Approval Rate for Japan Permanent Residency Applications Drops

barrierfreejapan.com/2025/10/10/a...

Approval Rate for Japan Permanent Residency Applications Drops

By Barrier Free Japan October 10 2025 TOKYO – Approval rates for permanent residency (PR) applications at the Tokyo Immigration Bureau have dropped sharply this fiscal year. About 45 percent …

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Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 1d

Also no inkling in this headline that the Komeito/LDP alliance just blew up this am and her election isn't anywhere near a sure thing. Just straight up whitewashing

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Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 1d

"Firm views"

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Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 3d

Someone at Shibuya 109 understood the assignment

Shibuya 109 promotional poster featuring two jirai girls

Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 4d

Sorry I haven’t been around much, I’ve realized that social media is the Torment Nexus

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🌿Elaine Tipping🍃 @triaelf9.bsky.social · 6d

I'm so tired of being my own hype person, I'm tired of having to do it on sites where the owners hate their userbase. Or sites built to stoke rage to keep interactions up. I'm just so tired. I just wanna make comics that ppl enjoy & not worry every day about making an income & bills. Please.

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Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 6d

Needy Dog Overdose

Pumpkin, my French bulldog, resting her head on my arm as I read a book on kindle

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Fern 🖤 @lewdfern.bsky.social · 6d

Kinktober day 05 - Finger sucking + Dacryphilia

just a little sketch for today cause it's late and I've been busy but I hope y'all like goth elf girls 🖤

#NSFW #NSFWArt #Kinktober2025 #kinktober #nsfwgoth

POV: a goth elf girl with the viewer's finger in her mouth <3 her mascara's running on her cheeks but she's smiling

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Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 7d

Being back NSFW Tumblr that was peak

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Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 7d

Japan has also been making a lot of great strides in the past two decades on LGBTQ recognition and cracking down on workplace sexism. Still a long way to go but solid progress that I now fear may start to be undone…

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Cackling O'Brien, Chief Witch-gineer 🔵 @radobrien.myatproto.social · 8d

This throwaway joke in Only Murders In The Building was fucking WILD. What a deep cut in a show for boomers

Martin short telling Steve Martin that Tumblr was ruined after they banned naughty pics

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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 9d

“Dear Stranger” follows a Japanese husband and a Taiwanese-American wife, in a New York-set tale of intrigue that wields the awkward intricacies of English as a 2nd (or 3rd) language to enhance its drama. Also, Hidetoshi Nishijima drives his car. #BIFF2025 joysauce.com/dear-strange...

‘Dear Stranger’ finds a couple at their breaking point

Tetsuya Mariko’s Japan-Taiwan-U.S. production applies a unique lens to modern Asian American-ness in this domestic drama.

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Rob Fahey @robfahey.net · 8d

Unless Takaichi as LDP leader can show a side of herself that's never been apparent in her career to date, this is going to be a disaster. Lots of very glum faces among the senior LDP faces up on stage right now; they no doubt suspect that the turkeys just voted for Christmas.

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Rob Fahey @robfahey.net · 8d

Takaichi wins, with Koizumi falling surprisingly short in the lawmaker votes - he didn't even win all of Hayashi's votes.

Probably in part down to lawmakers not wanting to ignore the constituency votes, but also a pretty clear sign of a party running scared of populist challenges from its right.

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⛰踊❤️ウタマロ♨️ @utamaro.bsky.social · 8d

高市さんのほうが立憲はやりやすいよね

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Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 8d

Welp looks like Japan has its first female PM (derogatory)

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Escher🍉@I love Asaba Harumasa @escher.gay · 9d

it's amazing how -publicly- up their own ass the whole bsky team is. they don't even just leave it to the official accounts run by shadowy hands like most services do. no they go on their own personal accounts and say it with their whole chest.

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