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Hikosaemon
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Tokyo based Vlog/Video podcaster & bilingual news geek 東京在住外国人ブロガーです♪ Livestream 10:30pm JST on YouTube
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We’re back! 10pm tonight, reacting to biggest news and drama in Japan YouTube. Will be fun, join us!

Two & a HALF - Oyajis! www.youtube.com/live/Zdkwnwt... with @gimmeabreakman.bsky.social
Two & a HALF - Oyajis!
YouTube video by Gimmeabreakman
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December 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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New week a new mash battle! Two 90 second mashup beats. Support us by voting A or B!

Mash Battle Ep 029: Boom Boom Boom Boom!! YOU VOTE, YOU DECIDE THE WINNER!! youtu.be/ysZGe2ywSHs?...
Mash Battle Ep 029: Boom Boom Boom Boom!! YOU VOTE, YOU DECIDE THE WINNER!!
YouTube video by Tokyo Digital Crew
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December 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Man... WHAT is in my coffee today....???
December 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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A lot of people, including myself, find ourselves wishing people "Happy Thanksgiving, for those who celebrate". This is stupid. 1) This is only Americans (yes Canadians, I know you have a superior one on a different day), 2) Does anyone in America NOT celebrate it?
December 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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A lot of topics tonight, come join me starting in 3 minutes!

Tokyo Tonight: Bears, Power Banks, Noodles and MORE! www.youtube.com/live/al5bvkD...
Tokyo Tonight: Bears, Power Banks, Noodles and MORE!
YouTube video by Hikosaemon
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November 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Racist soba chain store gets telling off.

No Tourists at Lunch? Japanese Soba Store Sparks Controversy with Sign unseen-japan.com/japan-soba-s...
No Tourists at Lunch? Japanese Soba Store Sparks Controversy with Sign - Unseen Japan
The chain's owners ultimately ordered the store to take the sign down. Here's why many Japanese netizens defended it.
unseen-japan.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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PLA posts social media claiming to be ready to turn Tokyo into a "sea of fire" at any moment. Japanese internet calls them a bunch of weakling pussies... (guessing posters not from Tokyo...)

中国・人民解放軍『習主席のご命令があれば、今すぐにでも東京を火の海にする準備は出来ている』 itainews.com/archives/205...
中国・人民解放軍『習主席のご命令があれば、今すぐにでも東京を火の海にする準備は出来ている』 : 痛いニュース(ﾉ∀`)
1 ：：2025/11/25(火) 17:45:44.84 ID:oJcV0nIR0●.net 中国ロケット軍「戦争がきょう起きたら」 動画を使った宣伝繰り返す(ABEMA TIMES)https://t.co/demjZv34ty— 野村日経平均 (@dsw5jP0) November 24, 2025 中国人民解放軍のロケット軍が、「も
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November 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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More on the Maebashi Mayor resignation

Love Hotel Scandal Claims Career of Japanese City Mayor unseen-japan.com/ogawa-akira-...
Love Hotel Scandal Claims Career of Japanese City Mayor - Unseen Japan
Ex-mayor Ogawa Akira insists the 10+ times she went to a love hotel with another city employee were strictly business.
unseen-japan.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Chinese Govt demands Japan not amend its constitution or grow its defense forces. I think someone there needs to google "Barbara Streisand"

中国国防省「日本は憲法改正や軍備増強を放棄しろ」 itainews.com/archives/205...
中国国防省「日本は憲法改正や軍備増強を放棄しろ」 : 痛いニュース(ﾉ∀`)
1 名前：：2025/11/27(木) 23:23:45.82 ID:KJI19wv70●.net “We urge the Japanese side to fully repent its war crimes and immediately abandon dangerous attempts in Constitutional revision and military b...
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November 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Saikyo line is back to pre pandemic horrific levels of overcrowding. Some net commenteres blaming tourists (who for some reason are coming from Saitama during rush hour?) 首都圏の通勤ラッシュがどんどんひどくなっている　JR埼京線は混雑率163％！コロナ前に戻ったわけ itainews.com/archives/205...
首都圏の通勤ラッシュがどんどんひどくなっている　JR埼京線は混雑率163％！コロナ前に戻ったわけ : 痛いニュース(ﾉ∀`)
1 名前：首都圏の虎 ★：2025/11/30(日) 17:08:27.66 ID:EaLZMZyL9.net 首都圏の通勤ラッシュがどんどんひどくなっている　JR埼京線は混雑率163％！コロナ前に戻ったわけ#通勤ラッシュ https://t.co/UCuOaTfOwK— J-CASTニュース (@jcast_news) November 30, 2025
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November 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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China continuing to lack chill.

China's UN enemy-clause claim 'contrary to facts,' 'unacceptable': Japan mainichi.jp/english/arti...
China's UN enemy-clause claim 'contrary to facts,' 'unacceptable': Japan - The Mainichi
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan on Tuesday rebuffed China's claim that it can take military action against nations defeated in World War II based on the U.N.
mainichi.jp
November 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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It could be flipping properties but the fact that so many Taiwanese are buying properties in Japan could reflect anxiety about geopolitics.

Overseas-based Tokyo condo buyers doubled in 2025 1st half: gov't survey mainichi.jp/english/arti...
Overseas-based Tokyo condo buyers doubled in 2025 1st half: gov't survey - The Mainichi
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A survey of new condominium transactions in major metropolitan areas showed a rise in buyers with overseas addresses, with Tokyo seei
mainichi.jp
November 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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I imagine a mayor meeting someone in a love hotel 10 times in France would guarantee reelection

Japanese mayor to resign over rendezvous scandal with city official mainichi.jp/english/arti...
Japanese mayor to resign over rendezvous scandal with city official - The Mainichi
MAEBASHI, Japan (Kyodo) -- The mayor of Maebashi, the capital city of Gunma Prefecture in eastern Japan, on Tuesday tendered her resignation after her
mainichi.jp
November 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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I'd like to see a LOT more AI implementation at YouTube. If Google is harvesting us for training, we should at least get some benefits back.

More AI: Will YouTube’s new promptable feed replace the recommendation algorithm? www.tubefilter.com/2025/11/26/y...
More AI: Will YouTube's new promptable feed replace the recommendation algorithm? - Tubefilter
YouTube and X may be closer than they first appear: Google's video platform is testing a new type of feed where users will be able to use text prompts to YouTube and X may be closer than they first ap...
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November 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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From the land where police spend most of their time filling out lost umbrella forms...

Shizuoka senior charged with firearms violation after giving toy guns to the police soranews24.com/2025/11/27/s...
Shizuoka senior charged with firearms violation after giving toy guns to the police
No good deed goes unpunished.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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This seems a bit vague to me. By making reentry more difficult, I assume they mean medical tourists coming to Japan again, rather than residents on reentry visas...?

Japan to tighten reentry checks for foreigners with unpaid medical bills mainichi.jp/english/arti...
Japan to tighten reentry checks for foreigners with unpaid medical bills - The Mainichi
TOKYO -- The Japanese government plans to tighten reentry screening for foreigners with unpaid medical bills by lowering the threshold for unpaid amou
mainichi.jp
November 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Okay okay, hear me out.... "Using exploding power banks to scare bears away"

Public caution urged amid rise in fires involving power banks in Japan mainichi.jp/english/arti...
Public caution urged amid rise in fires involving power banks in Japan - The Mainichi
OSAKA (Kyodo) -- With the number of portable power banks catching fire in Japan having more than doubled between 2020 and 2024, both public and privat
mainichi.jp
November 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Sumo association assures that the ban on women isn't for shinto religious beliefs, it is just their tradition to exclude women, just like Greeks did at the Olympics 2500 years ago.

Takaichi’s Rise as Prime Minister Rekindles Debate on Women in the Sumō Ring www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/...
Takaichi’s Rise as Prime Minister Rekindles Debate on Women in the Sumō Ring
Women have long been banned from entering the sumō ring or dohyō. Some see a connection with the ancient Shintō belief that women are ritually impure, although prominent sumō figures have denied this.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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USA again throwing an ally under the bus...

Trump conveyed concerns to PM Takaichi over Japan-China rift: source mainichi.jp/english/arti...
Trump conveyed concerns to PM Takaichi over Japan-China rift: source - The Mainichi
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- U.S. President Donald Trump expressed concerns about the deepening rift between Japan and China over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's
mainichi.jp
November 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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I was curious about this - it turns out former PM Noda asked the question about who Japan would likely consider defending as part of collective defense

Editorial: Japan PM shifting responsibility won't lead to easing tensions with China mainichi.jp/english/arti...
Editorial: Japan PM shifting responsibility won't lead to easing tensions with China - The Mainichi
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has participated in her first party leaders' debate in the Diet since taking office.
mainichi.jp
November 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Curious what the proportion of foreign residents learning and visitors is. Also I'd say resources for self study are much better than they have ever been

Number of foreigners studying Japanese in Japan hits record high, but are there enough teachers? soranews24.com/2025/11/29/n...
Number of foreigners studying Japanese in Japan hits record high, but are there enough teachers?
Students studying Japanese as a second language in-country hits historic high, majority of teachers are unpaid volunteers.
soranews24.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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More punishing of Japan for questioning China having the right to militarily invade whoever the hell it wants

Chinese airlines slash over 900 Japan-bound flights amid Taiwan tensions asia.nikkei.com/business/tra...
Chinese airlines slash over 900 Japan-bound flights amid Taiwan tensions
December flights cut by 16%, with cancellations tripling in 2 days
asia.nikkei.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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I should actually try this sometime. Unless the palace is open, you can't actually see anything but the walls and gates normally. The palace is mostly just a great 5k running course

Imperial Palace in Tokyo opens section for public to view fall foliage mainichi.jp/english/arti...
Imperial Palace in Tokyo opens section for public to view fall foliage - The Mainichi
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Imperial Palace in Tokyo opened its Inui Street to the public for fall foliage viewing on Saturday, allowing visitors to stroll a
mainichi.jp
November 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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This is like McDonalds offering spaghetti. Which they probably have done at some point...

Yoshinoya adds first-ever chain-wide ramen with new beef and pork-broth noodle hot pot meals soranews24.com/2025/11/30/y...
Yoshinoya adds first-ever chain-wide ramen with new beef and pork-broth noodle hot pot meals
Japan’s gyudon king now has Gyunikutama Ramen available too for the winter.
soranews24.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Interesting stat that Tokyo is hosting an increasing proportion of the foreigners in Japan as many move away from other prefectures into Tokyo

Net influx of foreign residents in Japan to Tokyo hit record-high in 2024 mainichi.jp/english/arti...
Net influx of foreign residents in Japan to Tokyo hit record-high in 2024 - The Mainichi
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of foreigners resident in Japan who moved to the Tokyo metropolitan area in 2024 outnumbered those leaving by over 16,000,
mainichi.jp
November 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM