Dan Orlowitz
@aishiterutokyo.bsky.social
Sports (& more!) journalist (ditto) in Japan | Lots of soccer but sometimes everything else | available for commissions | nerdy shit at @nerdy.tokyo | all hot takes my own | 日本語OK | Philly & Tokyo>>> | he/him | danorlowitz.carrd.co
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This week's episode is available now via Podbean, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts: @aishiterutokyo.bsky.social chats Machida winning the Emperor's Cup, then the Chaos Energy J.League Cup.
Plus, more team MVPs and a look ahead to Sunday's J1 Matchday 37.
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Plus, more team MVPs and a look ahead to Sunday's J1 Matchday 37.
jtalkpod.podbean.com/e/episode-59...
Episode 596 - Machida are Emperor's Cup Champions | The J-Talk Podcast
After Machida won their first major title in Saturday's Emperor's Cup final over Kobe, Dan Orlowitz joined Jonny and Ben to chat about their deserved success, and the progress the club has made in rec...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:15 AM
This week's episode is available now via Podbean, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts: @aishiterutokyo.bsky.social chats Machida winning the Emperor's Cup, then the Chaos Energy J.League Cup.
Plus, more team MVPs and a look ahead to Sunday's J1 Matchday 37.
jtalkpod.podbean.com/e/episode-59...
Plus, more team MVPs and a look ahead to Sunday's J1 Matchday 37.
jtalkpod.podbean.com/e/episode-59...
Yeah and Avatar 2 shouldn't have qualified for the Oscars because it was basically just a three-hour videogame cutscene.
Avatar and Titanic legend James Cameron said that Netflix films shouldn't qualify for the Oscars because they're not in theaters.
"The Academy Awards mean nothing to me if they don’t mean theatrical." https://bit.ly/3XeCZMX
"The Academy Awards mean nothing to me if they don’t mean theatrical." https://bit.ly/3XeCZMX
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Yeah and Avatar 2 shouldn't have qualified for the Oscars because it was basically just a three-hour videogame cutscene.
The Chugoku Shimbun is confirming that Michael Skibbe will leave Sanfrecce Hiroshima at the end of his fourth season with the club.
He's the first Sanfrecce manager to oversee a full season before stepping down since Mihailo Petrovic in 2011.
He's the first Sanfrecce manager to oversee a full season before stepping down since Mihailo Petrovic in 2011.
【独自】サンフレのスキッベ監督、今季で退任へ ルヴァン杯2度優勝 | サンフレッチェ広島 | 中国新聞デジタル
J1サンフレッチェ広島のミヒャエル・スキッベ監督（60）が、今季限りで退任することが25日、分かった。本人とクラブが話し合いを重ねる中、互いに4年間を区切りとすることで合意した。クラブは近く正式に発...
www.chugoku-np.co.jp
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The Chugoku Shimbun is confirming that Michael Skibbe will leave Sanfrecce Hiroshima at the end of his fourth season with the club.
He's the first Sanfrecce manager to oversee a full season before stepping down since Mihailo Petrovic in 2011.
He's the first Sanfrecce manager to oversee a full season before stepping down since Mihailo Petrovic in 2011.
Interesting comments from Tokyo United manager Masashi Fukuda after his team lost all three games in the final round of the Japan Regional Champions League, which determines promotion to the JFL:
"This is no longer a tournament that amateurs and salaryman can train for in their free time."
"This is no longer a tournament that amateurs and salaryman can train for in their free time."
東京U福田監督「今後どう舵を切るか、悩ましい」
全国地域CLに初挑戦した東京ユナイテッドは24日のジェイリース戦に0－1で敗れ、決勝ラウンドは3戦3敗に終わった。
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November 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Interesting comments from Tokyo United manager Masashi Fukuda after his team lost all three games in the final round of the Japan Regional Champions League, which determines promotion to the JFL:
"This is no longer a tournament that amateurs and salaryman can train for in their free time."
"This is no longer a tournament that amateurs and salaryman can train for in their free time."
We need to spin up the unlicensed merch machine for the Chaos Energy Cup.
NO GODS - NO MASTERS - NO PRO/REL
NO GODS - NO MASTERS - NO PRO/REL
NEW PODCAST: First for J-Talk patrons (free feed at 7pm), @aishiterutokyo.bsky.social chats about Machida's triumph in the Emperor's Cup final, and then the Chaos Energy J.League Cup, before Jonny & Ben hand out some more team MVPs & look ahead to J1 Matchday 37.
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Episode 596 - Machida are Emperor's Cup Champions | The J-Talk Podcast
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November 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
We need to spin up the unlicensed merch machine for the Chaos Energy Cup.
NO GODS - NO MASTERS - NO PRO/REL
NO GODS - NO MASTERS - NO PRO/REL
Lots of great tips so far please keep them coming!
Officially one month away from The Big 40 and trying to decide if I want to get a head start on a midlife crisis or if I should at least wait until we get back from our family Eurotrip.
p.s. officially taking recommendations for Paris 🇫🇷 and Barcelona 🇪🇸, wheels up in two weeks or so!
p.s. officially taking recommendations for Paris 🇫🇷 and Barcelona 🇪🇸, wheels up in two weeks or so!
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Lots of great tips so far please keep them coming!
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And there we have it. After 22 years, the record for the highest-grossing Japanese live-action film of all time is beaten!
Kokuho has had unprecedented success, growing weekly for over a month, earning incredible word of mouth, for what is ostensibly a 3-hour dense drama about an outdated art form
Kokuho has had unprecedented success, growing weekly for over a month, earning incredible word of mouth, for what is ostensibly a 3-hour dense drama about an outdated art form
映画「国宝」実写日本映画の興行収入で歴代1位に、22年ぶり新記録 「踊る2」超え
https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/649441?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
#国宝
https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/649441?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
#国宝
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 AM
And there we have it. After 22 years, the record for the highest-grossing Japanese live-action film of all time is beaten!
Kokuho has had unprecedented success, growing weekly for over a month, earning incredible word of mouth, for what is ostensibly a 3-hour dense drama about an outdated art form
Kokuho has had unprecedented success, growing weekly for over a month, earning incredible word of mouth, for what is ostensibly a 3-hour dense drama about an outdated art form
I miss when search functions worked like they're supposed to work. Not just Google but across the board.
On one shopping site I use occasionally in Japan, if it doesn't find the word you search for it just gives you matches that match fragments of the word. I can't figure out what logic it's using.
On one shopping site I use occasionally in Japan, if it doesn't find the word you search for it just gives you matches that match fragments of the word. I can't figure out what logic it's using.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I miss when search functions worked like they're supposed to work. Not just Google but across the board.
On one shopping site I use occasionally in Japan, if it doesn't find the word you search for it just gives you matches that match fragments of the word. I can't figure out what logic it's using.
On one shopping site I use occasionally in Japan, if it doesn't find the word you search for it just gives you matches that match fragments of the word. I can't figure out what logic it's using.
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Tatsuya Imai brought the "I come to bury Ohtani, not to praise him," vibes in an interview with Daisuke Matsuzaka last night.
The Seibu Lions ace doesn't want to join the Dodgers, he wants to beat them. Thanks to Ayako Oikawa for help translating: www.mlb.com/news/tatsuya...
The Seibu Lions ace doesn't want to join the Dodgers, he wants to beat them. Thanks to Ayako Oikawa for help translating: www.mlb.com/news/tatsuya...
Ace pitcher Tatsuya Imai wants to 'take down' the Dodgers to win a World Series
When the news broke that Seibu Lions ace Tatsuya Imai was posted, many Major League fans had one question: Would he also want to join the Dodgers? After all, not only is Los Angeles arguably the close...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Tatsuya Imai brought the "I come to bury Ohtani, not to praise him," vibes in an interview with Daisuke Matsuzaka last night.
The Seibu Lions ace doesn't want to join the Dodgers, he wants to beat them. Thanks to Ayako Oikawa for help translating: www.mlb.com/news/tatsuya...
The Seibu Lions ace doesn't want to join the Dodgers, he wants to beat them. Thanks to Ayako Oikawa for help translating: www.mlb.com/news/tatsuya...
If I called out every technogrifter who came across my LinkedIn timeline I wouldn't have time to keep my Queens streak going.
Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
If I called out every technogrifter who came across my LinkedIn timeline I wouldn't have time to keep my Queens streak going.
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This Eagles offense is Xenogears again defector.com/the-eagles-s...
November 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This Eagles offense is Xenogears again defector.com/the-eagles-s...
Has PA considered a trade deal with Japan: give Nihonbashi Philly a regular supply of Cooper Sharp and JR can send a team of engineers over in return.
➡️ TODAY: Making nearly $220 million available to SEPTA so they can restore full service on Regional Rail, lease additional train cars, repair the overhead lines for trolleys, update equipment, repair escalators, improve safety, and more.
November 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Has PA considered a trade deal with Japan: give Nihonbashi Philly a regular supply of Cooper Sharp and JR can send a team of engineers over in return.
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Every otaku visitor to Tokyo raids branches of BookOff and Mandarake. Here's a Jinbocho bookstore with over a century of specialist film and theatre knowledge that now caters to rakugo, kabuki and sumo otaku as well as offering film posters and sc-fi magazines.
www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
Century-old Tokyo bookstore draws fans with wall of rare finds | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
In the heart of Kanda-Jinbocho, Tokyo’s famed district for secondhand books, a stucco building stands out with bookshelves covering its outer walls. The eye-catching display often stops people in thei...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Every otaku visitor to Tokyo raids branches of BookOff and Mandarake. Here's a Jinbocho bookstore with over a century of specialist film and theatre knowledge that now caters to rakugo, kabuki and sumo otaku as well as offering film posters and sc-fi magazines.
www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
Why are the Toronto Blue Jays sponsoring a boxing event in Japan?
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Why are the Toronto Blue Jays sponsoring a boxing event in Japan?
If only Sky had a TikTok account they could use to promote women’s sports 🤔🍵💄✨
In a surprise to no-one, apart from the #WSL itself, midday kick-offs have hit attendance figures and TV audience figures. So this "concern" is just PR or born of ignorance about their target audience.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
WSL concerned by Sky broadcast slots after low TV audience figures for derby
Arsenal v Chelsea had a TV audience of only 71,000 with the Saturday noon kick-off believed to be a factor in the drop-off
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
If only Sky had a TikTok account they could use to promote women’s sports 🤔🍵💄✨
I'd be more disappointed if the Tanner situation hadn't deflated most of my enthusiasm for the club.
However promising the squad looks, massive changes needed across the front office this winter.
However promising the squad looks, massive changes needed across the front office this winter.
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I'd be more disappointed if the Tanner situation hadn't deflated most of my enthusiasm for the club.
However promising the squad looks, massive changes needed across the front office this winter.
However promising the squad looks, massive changes needed across the front office this winter.
Well surely after this game the Philadelphia Union can't play any worse.
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Well surely after this game the Philadelphia Union can't play any worse.
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have you said domo arigato to the mr roboto in your life today
November 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
have you said domo arigato to the mr roboto in your life today
I thought CeeDee had dropped the ball before his knee went down but the next play made this even funnier
lol, lmao
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I thought CeeDee had dropped the ball before his knee went down but the next play made this even funnier
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Incredible chyron work
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Incredible chyron work
mornin' go birds
November 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
mornin' go birds
Officially one month away from The Big 40 and trying to decide if I want to get a head start on a midlife crisis or if I should at least wait until we get back from our family Eurotrip.
p.s. officially taking recommendations for Paris 🇫🇷 and Barcelona 🇪🇸, wheels up in two weeks or so!
p.s. officially taking recommendations for Paris 🇫🇷 and Barcelona 🇪🇸, wheels up in two weeks or so!
November 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Officially one month away from The Big 40 and trying to decide if I want to get a head start on a midlife crisis or if I should at least wait until we get back from our family Eurotrip.
p.s. officially taking recommendations for Paris 🇫🇷 and Barcelona 🇪🇸, wheels up in two weeks or so!
p.s. officially taking recommendations for Paris 🇫🇷 and Barcelona 🇪🇸, wheels up in two weeks or so!
Wouldn't be shocked if she finds an excuse to be overseas on every Day 15 for the rest of her tenure, just to avoid forcing the issue of whether the JSA will ever let a woman into the ring.
When Ishiba gave the trophy to Hoshoryu in January it was the first time a PM had done so since Abe in 2019.
When Ishiba gave the trophy to Hoshoryu in January it was the first time a PM had done so since Abe in 2019.
November 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Wouldn't be shocked if she finds an excuse to be overseas on every Day 15 for the rest of her tenure, just to avoid forcing the issue of whether the JSA will ever let a woman into the ring.
When Ishiba gave the trophy to Hoshoryu in January it was the first time a PM had done so since Abe in 2019.
When Ishiba gave the trophy to Hoshoryu in January it was the first time a PM had done so since Abe in 2019.
In J3 news,
- Congratulations Tochigi City on clinching J2 promotion in their first J3 season!
- Azul Numazu Claro have clinched last place, setting up a pro-rel playoff with Reilac Shiga. First leg in Shiga on Dec. 7, second in Numazu on Dec. 14.
#jleague
- Congratulations Tochigi City on clinching J2 promotion in their first J3 season!
- Azul Numazu Claro have clinched last place, setting up a pro-rel playoff with Reilac Shiga. First leg in Shiga on Dec. 7, second in Numazu on Dec. 14.
#jleague
November 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
In J3 news,
- Congratulations Tochigi City on clinching J2 promotion in their first J3 season!
- Azul Numazu Claro have clinched last place, setting up a pro-rel playoff with Reilac Shiga. First leg in Shiga on Dec. 7, second in Numazu on Dec. 14.
#jleague
- Congratulations Tochigi City on clinching J2 promotion in their first J3 season!
- Azul Numazu Claro have clinched last place, setting up a pro-rel playoff with Reilac Shiga. First leg in Shiga on Dec. 7, second in Numazu on Dec. 14.
#jleague