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Christopher P. Hood
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Academic and author.
Research on symbols, shinkansen, the JAL123 plane crash, death studies, disaster movies - with focus on Japan.
Also author of three novels so far & writing books about Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
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【⚠️津波警報】
北海道、青森県、岩手県に発表　ただちに避難 (23時23分現在)
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津波注意報から津波警報へ切り替えた沿岸は次のとおりです。
＜津波注意報から津波警報への切り替え＞
　北海道太平洋沿岸中部、青森県太平洋沿岸、岩手県
December 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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＜国内で震度6強以上は能登半島地震以来＞
青森県東方沖を震源とするマグニチュード7.6の地震が発生し、青森県八戸市で震度6強を観測しました。
国内で震度6強以上を観測するのは2024年の能登半島地震以来です。この地震で津波警報が発表されています。
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青森県で震度6強　国内では能登半島地震以来　津波警報発表 - ウェザーニュース
青森県東方沖を震源とするマグニチュード7.6の地震が発生し、青森県八戸市で震度6強を観測しました。国内で震度6強以上を観測するのは2024年の能登半島地震以来です。この地震で津波警報が発表されています。
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December 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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One of my favourite episodes of @deathstudiespod.bsky.social. Not just a great episode for those who study Death Studies, but for anyone who has an interest in life, academic study, and many more subjects.

#DeathStudies #Academia #Grief #Loss #Purpose
December 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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As for the movie, 栄光のバックホーム (Eikou-no Bakkuhomu), the true story of Hanshin Tigers player Shintaro Yokota, who died of a brain tumour in 2023... it was simply amazing. I have no tears left to cry.

#栄光のバックホーム #阪神タイガース #横田選手 #横田慎一郎
December 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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For the first time in possibly 31 years I went to the cinema in Japan. Didn't realise it would be THIS cinema when I booked the ticket.
The food and drink was so cheap compared to the UK.
December 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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By chance, I found myself very close to this convenience store again, so I decided to get my lunch from there and do some Zom 100 contents tourism.

#Zom100 #ゾン100 #ContentsTourism
December 7, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Fuji from the air and Haneda Airport.

#Japan #MountFuji #富士山
December 6, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Zom 100. Well. I generally do like Zombie things. Saw like 5 episodes and approve. It definitely has plenty anime-trope-iness which i find at times annoying but some really cool moments. Definitely emphasizes the positives of the downfall of civilization

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Akira's Finally Free! | Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead | VIZ
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December 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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While, now, thanks to a story in the news today, I can see why some people may confuse Luffy of One Piece with the iconic image of Tendo from Zom 100 - they are clearly different. Luffy has a hat, for one. In Tendo's 'Yatta' moment, he is also more smartly dressed.

#Zom100 #ゾン１００ #Luffy #OnePiece
December 1, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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Most of the leaves may be off the trees now at TUFS, but, on the first day of December, it's another sunny day in Tokyo. Not missing the grey of the UK 😂

#Japan
December 1, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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New Novel Title and Cover Reveal.

"Officer’s Death Fall From Japan’s Floating Palace" should be available in early 2026.

#Officer’sDeathFallFromJapan’sFloatingPalace #Japan #Cruise #Iwakura #IwakuraSeries #Novel #Book #WritingCommunity

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New Novel Title and Cover Reveal
The title of my next novel is Officer’s Death Fall From Japan’s Floating Palace. This is the next book in the ‘Iwakura Series’, continuing the adventures of photojournalist ‘Rock’ Iwaku…
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December 1, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Fuji and wires

#Japan #MountFuji #富士山
November 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Fuji creating shadows in the sky

#Japan #MountFuji #富士山
November 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Back at ICU for the first time for a few years. First time to come for something other than a pastoral care trip for Cardiff University.

#JWC #JWC2025 #JapanWritersConference #Writing #WritingCommunity #Novels #Research #Japan
November 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Looking forward to attending and speaking at the Japan Writers Conference.

I'll be speaking on 'Bridging Different Worlds: Academic Experiences and Writing Novels'

#JWC #JWC2025 #JapanWritersConference #Writing #WritingCommunity #Novels #Research #Japan

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November 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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📰 Understanding the Hidden Clues in Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead

In the world of anime, subtle hints and foreshadowing can often go unnoticed until a pivotal moment brings them all...

🔗 https://animenewsdaily.us/articles/44342

#AnimeNews #Crunchyroll #Zom100BucketListOfTheDead
Understanding the Hidden Clues in Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
November 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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My Music Banzuke (a ranking of my favourite bands and singers)

#Music #Banzuke #Ranking #FrankieGoesToHollywood #REBECCA #レベッカ #Roxette #PerGessle #Berlin #HollyJohnson #PetShopBoys #Propaganda #xPropaganda #ThompsonTwins #TomBailey

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My Music Banzuke
While I’m in Japan for my Japan Foundation Fellowship, based at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS), as well as doing my research about symbols and Visual Packaging Culture, I am doing…
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November 28, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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This week Slovenia rejected an Assisted Dying bill making our latest episode even more timely as we speak to Dr Jessica Young about the development of a legal framework around assisted dying in New Zealand

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Dr. Jessica Young on assisted dying, the New Zealand End of Life Choice Bill, culturally responsive research, end of life care and decision making, and sociological approaches
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November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Is Japan Cheap? (And why exchange rates matter)

#Japan #Cheap #Prices #ExchangeRates

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Is Japan Cheap?
Further to my comments about ‘over tourism’ in Japan in the post Formal Prayers at Meiji Shrine, I am going to discuss another related issue; the price of things in Japan. The first thi…
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November 27, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Cardiff University has done a short piece about the work that my PhD student, Emily Bush, is doing. The research explores ecocriticism through Japanese disaster narratives.

#Japan #DisasterStudies #DisasterNarratives #Ecocriticism

You can read the article here:
www.cardiff.ac.uk/stories/expl...
Exploring ecocriticism through Japanese disaster narratives
PhD student Emily Bush is exploring ecocritical perspectives in media about historical Japanese disasters.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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Sumo wrestler Hitachiyama, c. 1910, a yokozuna [grand champion] from 1903-1914 who did much to popularize sumo into becoming the national sport during the Meiji and Taisho eras.
Sumo wrestler Hitachiyama, c. 1910. | Old Tokyo
"Advocates of Hitachiyama's greatness were not content to leave it at a single assertion. Recurring evaluations of the origins and continuing basis of his fame almost invariably cited three things to ...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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If you see this, QTP with an anime that has an awesome theme song 🎶
#anime #promosky #animesky

#zom100 #BucketlistOfTheDead
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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The (TV Series) Zom 100: Bucket List Of The Dead (Season 1) is available today on (iTunes) (US) for $9.99 Cast: Shuichiro Umeda, Zeno Robinson, Bill Millsap, Makoto Furukawa, Yûko Sasaki, Jill Remez, Abby Trott, Kate Clarke, Jamieson Price, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Xander Mobus
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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After my Zom 100 meal, I took the shinkansen back to Tokyo. On it, I started & finished Vol 21 of the Zom 100 manga. I've read all 21 in the last 2 months of being in Japan.

But

The next one isn't due out until March 😢

I'll just have to get the English versions in the meantime 😂

#ゾン100 #Zom100
November 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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I went back to the Nagoya izakaya where Tendo's welcome party in Zom 100 is held. Not only did the manager let me sit at the same table (despite being by myself when the table seats eight), he said he could do me the same menu. So that's what I did. やったー!!

#Zom100 #ゾン100 #聖地巡礼 #ContentsTourism
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM