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Shikinami
@shikinami.bsky.social
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MA in Public Policy. UTokyo GraSPP alumnus. Trying my hand at the Japanese content industry. I stand for Human Rights. RTs≠endorsements He/him.
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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 2h
This cracked me up (by Justin Charity at The Ringer) www.theringer.com/2025/10/15/v...
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Shikinami @shikinami.bsky.social · 5h
Just saying: it’s not going to fix the seriously bad state of Japanese government debt (and certainly would not be compensate any consumption tax reduction as some would like to believe) but doing away with the tax free treatment for tourists seems like an option that gets better by the minute.
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mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social · 5h
September saw 3,267,000 overseas visitors, bringing the annual total to 31.65 million, which is the fastest ever pace through 30 million. Breaking 40 million for the first time is on the cards in 2025. www.fnn.jp/articles/-/9...
【過去最多】史上初の年間4000万人突破の勢い…9月の訪日外国人旅行者320万人超え過去最速で年間3000万人到達｜FNNプライムオンライン
今年1年間の外国人旅行者の数が、4000万人を突破する勢いです。観光庁や日本政府観光局によりますと、9月に日本を訪れた外国人旅行者は約326万7000人で、9月として初めて300万人を超えました。アメリカを中心に学校の休暇や紅葉の時期など混雑するシーズンを避けて訪日する動きもみられたことや、大阪・関西万博でナショナルデーが行われた影響で、中東地域からの旅行者の増加も目立ちました。これで、今年の外国...
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Shikinami @shikinami.bsky.social · 5h
In case you are curious about the above (or thinking the worst about my reasons lol): reasons are two mobile games I play (despite talking sh*t about them in the past) and cosplayers - a hobby that some of my IRL acquaintances have a rather twisted view of
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Shikinami @shikinami.bsky.social · 10h
Oh, didn’t they move away from these contractors after Covid?
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Shikinami @shikinami.bsky.social · 10h
It’s appalling how much data Meta has stored even if you barely use their services for over a decade.
How is this stuff even legal?
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Shikinami @shikinami.bsky.social · 10h
Needless to say, deleted that account immediately - I don’t want to broadcast to family and IRL acquaintances (only reason I haven’t deleted Facebook and kept the account on suspended state there) to be aware of what I read/follow on my spare time.
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Shikinami @shikinami.bsky.social · 10h
Tried to create a sub account on Instagram to follow some folks that moved from Twitter to there and immediately got recommended high school acquaintances who I cut ties with a long time ago to follow. Mind you, email account that was never used for Facebook and using this handle (not my real name).
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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 2d
Great choices. Love that they paired theorists with an economic historian. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/b...
Three Share Nobel in Economics for Work on How Technology Drives Growth
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Shikinami @shikinami.bsky.social · 2d
Yay for a day with food intoxication 😞

Even more yay for it striking while shopping at Bic Camera in Shinjuku
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Shikinami @shikinami.bsky.social · 2d
This is beyond stupid. It will just split votes between Komeito and LDP and boost the chances of everyone else.
This will only benefit populists and the far right.
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Dan Sneider @dcsneider.bsky.social · 2d
The LDP-Komei war seems to be escalating.
www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
LDP toying with revenge tactics over Komeito’s decision to bolt | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
Smarting from Komeito’s decision to quit the ruling coalition, Liberal Democratic Party executives have  decided to play hardball against their former ally.
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Shikinami @shikinami.bsky.social · 3d
This is giving me really bad feels - it strongly gives the impression that she embraced the conspiracies and is “trying to dismantle the MOF cult”

This will not end well.
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日経電子版 @nikkei.com · 3d
高市総裁「自民税調をガラッと変えたい」　財務省出身で固めず（無料記事）
www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO...

党税制調査会は「インナー」と呼ばれる幹部会のメンバーが政策決定に大きな影響力を持ちます。

高市氏は税調会長に小野寺五典前政調会長を内定。ほかのメンバーは小林鷹之政調会長に委ねたと説明しました。

会長を務めた宮沢洋一氏にも触れ、参院の重要ポストに就任する見通しだと明かしました。

#ニュース
高市総裁「自民税調をガラッと変えたい」　財務省出身で固めず - 日本経済新聞
自民党の高市早苗総裁は12日、X（旧ツイッター）で党税制調査会の人事に言及した。小林鷹之政調会長に「スタイルそのものをガラッと変えてほしい」と指示したと明かした。「財務省出身の税専門家だけで役員を固めない」と強調した。「国会議員たちが必要だと考える税制の方向性を闊達に議論できる税制調査会」をめざすと表明した。「国会議員は税制で達成したい目標を示すのが主な役目だ」と強調した。税率や対象など詳細
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Shikinami @shikinami.bsky.social · 4d
If it were to happen (I sincerely do not think it would do any good), I also very much doubt the CDPJ would win that many seats as some estimates suggest - the last upper house election was terrible for them as well.
The far right celebrated they won votes while CDPJ-like moderates were stagnant.
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Shikinami @shikinami.bsky.social · 4d
I would not write off a snap election after all - regardless of how destructive it would be for the LDP - since Takaichi and Aso (mostly the latter) are pros in the school of hubris
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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 4d
In a free edition of the Japan Daily Briefing — I’m starting “free Fridays” — I look more at the causes and effects of Kōmeitō’s break with the LDP and discuss Ishiba’s reflections on the eightieth anniversary of the end of World War II.

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The end of the coalition | Japan Daily Briefing
As the coalition breaks, Ishiba delivers an impassioned defense of democracy
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Levi McLaughlin @levimclaughlin.bsky.social · 4d
Japan, ostensibly one of the least religious countries in the world, had its political order upended by the lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai. That is THE story about Friday's epochal shift in Japanese politics (thread follows):
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日経電子版 @nikkei.com · 5d
石破茂首相の「戦後80年所感」全文（無料記事）
www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO...
石破茂首相の「戦後80年所感」全文 - 日本経済新聞
石破茂首相の戦後80年所感全文は次の通り。戦後80年に寄せて（はじめに）先の大戦の終結から、80年がたちました。この80年間、わが国は一貫して、平和国家として歩み、世界の平和と繁栄に力を尽くしてまいりました。今日のわが国の平和と繁栄は、戦没者をはじめとする皆さまの尊い命と苦難の歴史の上に築かれたものです。私は、3月の硫黄島訪問、4月のフィリピン・カリラヤの比島戦没者の碑訪問、6月の沖縄
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Shikinami @shikinami.bsky.social · 5d
Seriously, is Hagiuda such an irreplaceable genius that risking the breakdown of the coalition was deemed a worthy risk?
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Shikinami @shikinami.bsky.social · 5d
It is baffling that what brought down the coalition was reportedly not the hyper-conservative stances Takaichi took throughout her career, it was the insistence on a bad political donations legislation and on reinstating someone who was suspended due to *you guessed it* a faction funding scandal.
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Shikinami @shikinami.bsky.social · 5d
So fitting that they picked an orange background for this 👏
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日経電子版 @nikkei.com · 5d
ノーベル平和賞にベネズエラの野党指導者　マリア・コリナ・マチャド氏（無料記事）
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#ノーベル賞
ノーベル平和賞にベネズエラの野党指導者　マリア・コリナ・マチャド氏 - 日本経済新聞
【ロンドン=湯前宗太郎】ノルウェーのノーベル賞委員会は10日、2025年のノーベル平和賞をベネズエラの野党指導者のマリア・コリナ・マチャド氏に授与すると発表した。授賞式は12月1
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Dan Sneider @dcsneider.bsky.social · 5d
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Japan's Komeito withdraws from ruling coalition with Takaichi's LDP
Quarter-century of formal partnership comes to end over political funding scandal
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hakusangazette.bsky.social @hakusangazette.bsky.social · 5d
At least Liz Truss managed to become PM.
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日経電子版 @nikkei.com · 5d
【号外】公明党、連立離脱へ　党首会談で自民党に伝達
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d
Philippines earthquake: tsunami warning issued after 7.4 quake hits Mindanao
Philippines earthquake: tsunami warning issued after 7.4 quake hits Mindanao
The Philippines seismology agency said it strongly advises people in coastal towns in central and southern Philippines to immediately evacuate Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the earthquake in the Philippines. A quake measuring 7.4 has struck the Mindanao region, triggering a tsunami warning. The Philippines seismology agency has warned of damage and aftershocks after the quake struck the southern island. Continue reading...
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Shikinami @shikinami.bsky.social · 5d
“Sankei, meaningful[ly], is suggesting that it may be better for the LDP and Kōmeitō to separate.”

Not surprised that the Fox News of Japan wants the party that moderated LDP stances to leave government.
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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 5d
In a new Japan Daily Briefing, Komeito debates breaking the coalition ahead of a meeting of party leaders Friday, Takaichi tries to salvage it, and the CDP continues to try to organize an alternative coalition to prevent a Takaichi premiership.

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Can the ruling coalition be saved? | Japan Daily Briefing
Kōmeitō debates whether to leave the coalition, Takaichi tries to thread a needle, and the CDP continues its attempt to organize an alternative government
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James Brady @frogjumpsin.bsky.social · 6d
If you missed it yesterday, here’s the link to my discussion with @victordcha.bsky.social and @tobiasharris.bsky.social on the implications of Takaichi’s LDP leadership victory for Japan, East Asia and the US, on @csis.org’s Impossible State. Really enjoyed our chat.

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What to Expect? New Leadership in Japan | The Impossible State
YouTube video by Center for Strategic & International Studies
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