Miura Anjin
@anjinmiura.bsky.social
Former bond guy. Dismal scientist, but love old maps & complex chords. Toronto & Tokyo leaver, Kyushu liver & lover. Middle Kingdom (not that one) visitor.🌸
The Littlest Hobo now lives in Japan
May 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The Littlest Hobo now lives in Japan
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BREAKING:
I JUST MERGED MY NEW STARTUP COMPANY WITH AN OLD SHOE IN A TRANSACTION VALUED AT $80 BILLION.
I JUST MERGED MY NEW STARTUP COMPANY WITH AN OLD SHOE IN A TRANSACTION VALUED AT $80 BILLION.
March 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
BREAKING:
I JUST MERGED MY NEW STARTUP COMPANY WITH AN OLD SHOE IN A TRANSACTION VALUED AT $80 BILLION.
I JUST MERGED MY NEW STARTUP COMPANY WITH AN OLD SHOE IN A TRANSACTION VALUED AT $80 BILLION.
Planning lectures for the upcoming term. Explaining economic populism using Glinda’s (Kristen’s and Ariana’s) performance and Steven’s lyrics… I love Broadway
March 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Planning lectures for the upcoming term. Explaining economic populism using Glinda’s (Kristen’s and Ariana’s) performance and Steven’s lyrics… I love Broadway
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After the opening Japan in 1859, the old backwater capital of Kamakura was transformed into an international tourist destination.
This bilingual tourist map from 1912 (Meiji 45) provides a glimpse into which Kamakura sites were seen as most significant, including the Kamakura Daibutsu. 🧵
🗃️ 📜 #Japan
This bilingual tourist map from 1912 (Meiji 45) provides a glimpse into which Kamakura sites were seen as most significant, including the Kamakura Daibutsu. 🧵
🗃️ 📜 #Japan
March 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
After the opening Japan in 1859, the old backwater capital of Kamakura was transformed into an international tourist destination.
This bilingual tourist map from 1912 (Meiji 45) provides a glimpse into which Kamakura sites were seen as most significant, including the Kamakura Daibutsu. 🧵
🗃️ 📜 #Japan
This bilingual tourist map from 1912 (Meiji 45) provides a glimpse into which Kamakura sites were seen as most significant, including the Kamakura Daibutsu. 🧵
🗃️ 📜 #Japan
The trade war Trump should’ve fought (and won) was in 2021. That TPP group of nations was the best chance the world had of avoiding Chinese domination of global trade and trade rules).
February 3, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The trade war Trump should’ve fought (and won) was in 2021. That TPP group of nations was the best chance the world had of avoiding Chinese domination of global trade and trade rules).
The US has a roughly $3.5 Billion trade *surplus* with Columbia (US exporters need Columbian customers more than Columbian exporters need US customers)
Breaking: Trump said he would impose 25% tariffs on Colombian goods, in retaliation for the country's rejection of two U.S. flights carrying migrants
Trump Says Colombia Will Face 25% Tariffs Amid Fight Over Deportation Flights
The retaliatory step followed the Colombian government’s decision to block U.S. planes carrying migrants.
www.wsj.com
January 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The US has a roughly $3.5 Billion trade *surplus* with Columbia (US exporters need Columbian customers more than Columbian exporters need US customers)
Phones contagious like yawns. See someone check their phone then need to do same. Suddenly group is ignoring each other staring at screens. To fight that, tried this: only 1 of us allowed to be on phone at anytime. Worked great: allowed for needed use but didn’t take away from group human dynamic.
January 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Phones contagious like yawns. See someone check their phone then need to do same. Suddenly group is ignoring each other staring at screens. To fight that, tried this: only 1 of us allowed to be on phone at anytime. Worked great: allowed for needed use but didn’t take away from group human dynamic.
How it started, how it’s going, Kiyomizu edition 😂
January 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
How it started, how it’s going, Kiyomizu edition 😂
New Years’ can recycle. It was a good run…
January 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
New Years’ can recycle. It was a good run…
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2024 was one of the most unusually intense years of news events in recent Japanese memory, right from day one. So far, 2025 is off to a quieter start, but there’s still much to watch for — including these five things I have my eye on. Free to read:
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Anime, M&A and Expo: What to Watch in Japan’s 2025
Foreign investors will be examining all kinds of assets in Asia’s second-largest economy, while it’s expected to be another bumper year for animated hits.
www.bloomberg.com
January 2, 2025 at 8:47 AM
2024 was one of the most unusually intense years of news events in recent Japanese memory, right from day one. So far, 2025 is off to a quieter start, but there’s still much to watch for — including these five things I have my eye on. Free to read:
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Here’s hoping that this eventually results in a tier of properly edited publications that are able to charge for their superior product.
This is increasingly becoming an issue with academic publications too. Not because editors aren't doing great work, but because companies are far too eager to farm out the editing to AI or to companies that don't do a good job/know the field. Pay good, expert copy editors!
and anecdotally, as a freelancer, I can say that genuinely over half the pieces I wrote last year for publications didn't get edited, by which I mean not even a comma got shifted, because commissioning editors are so overworked, so again - the temptation to go at it alone can be overwhelming
January 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Here’s hoping that this eventually results in a tier of properly edited publications that are able to charge for their superior product.
Lots of entrance exam takers in the crowds at Daizaifu Tenmangu under the new greenery roof
January 2, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Lots of entrance exam takers in the crowds at Daizaifu Tenmangu under the new greenery roof
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The most moving moment of 2024 was after visiting a mult-million pound D-day Centre at Juno Beach, going down to the actual beach and finding loads of inuksuit spontaneously made by Canadian visitors.
December 31, 2024 at 11:51 PM
The most moving moment of 2024 was after visiting a mult-million pound D-day Centre at Juno Beach, going down to the actual beach and finding loads of inuksuit spontaneously made by Canadian visitors.
December 31, 2024 at 12:33 PM
December 31, 2024 at 10:28 AM
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Asahi has an English version of its report on the plan by JR West to equip trains with knife-proof umbrellas. www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
December 11, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Asahi has an English version of its report on the plan by JR West to equip trains with knife-proof umbrellas. www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
Not sure if the inherited infrastructure in JR West was comparatively weak when privatized in 1987 but the regular delays on the main Sanyo line due to minor maintenance problems are *way* worse than in the rest of Japan.
December 11, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Not sure if the inherited infrastructure in JR West was comparatively weak when privatized in 1987 but the regular delays on the main Sanyo line due to minor maintenance problems are *way* worse than in the rest of Japan.
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Very worthwhile report on the promises and perils of Japan's Rapidus:
Japan’s audacious bid to become a semiconductor superpower
The government is backing a start-up that aims to upend the economics and geography of the microchip industry. Does it have a chance of success?
www.ft.com
December 5, 2024 at 6:40 AM
Very worthwhile report on the promises and perils of Japan's Rapidus:
When I read this at first I IceSave-type debacle potential. But PayPay Bank deposits seem protected by deposit insurance. Wow. Times change! www.dic.go.jp/english/e_yo...
December 5, 2024 at 7:59 AM
When I read this at first I IceSave-type debacle potential. But PayPay Bank deposits seem protected by deposit insurance. Wow. Times change! www.dic.go.jp/english/e_yo...
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A good example of this is when a lot of pundits heard "abolish the police" a lot on Twitter, and this led them to conclude that "abolish the police" was a common and popular opinion among left-leaning voters, even though it's actually a fringe view that has a very vocal consituency on social media.
December 4, 2024 at 8:41 PM
A good example of this is when a lot of pundits heard "abolish the police" a lot on Twitter, and this led them to conclude that "abolish the police" was a common and popular opinion among left-leaning voters, even though it's actually a fringe view that has a very vocal consituency on social media.
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3. This makes it appear as though the people with the strongest views also have *the most common* views, even though there isn't actually any reason to believe that's true.
December 4, 2024 at 8:37 PM
3. This makes it appear as though the people with the strongest views also have *the most common* views, even though there isn't actually any reason to believe that's true.