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Christopher P. Hood @hoodcp.bsky.social · 7h

I may not have persuaded any crows to visit me yet, but I did have a visitor to my balcony area today.

Christopher P. Hood @hoodcp.bsky.social · 7h

Pretty sure that's not the reason. Highly questionable that she should be seen as a figurehead for women. There are a lot of Japanese women on social media who are hoping she doesn't get appointed as PM.

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Christopher P. Hood @hoodcp.bsky.social · 7h

Well done Komeito.

I mean, you should never have been in a coalition with the LDP in the first place, but at least you're doing your bit now to block the Wicked Witch of the Orient becoming PM.

#NoTakaichi

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Christopher P. Hood @hoodcp.bsky.social · 12h

Today is World Mental Health Awareness Day. Here is a blog post I wrote about this in 2023. Be kind to each other and, perhaps more importantly, yourself.

#WorldMentalHealthAwarenessDay #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealth

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Mental Health Awareness Day

10 October is Mental Health Awareness day. As I also wrote last year, it’s one of those days where I think it’s sad that we still need to have a day to raise awareness of the issues sur…

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Christopher P. Hood @hoodcp.bsky.social · 2d

Red Fuji

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Jason Rainey @jraineyesq.bsky.social · 3d

As a fan of Shinobu Yaguchi, it was really cool to hear this podcast covering one of his movies, Happy Flight.

Besides movie talk, there's a lot of interesting info about the Japanese airline industry discussed as well!

Christopher P. Hood @hoodcp.bsky.social · 20d

Podcast Appearance Discussing ‘Happy Flight’ (2008)

#HappyFlight #Podcast #Japan #Movie #Films #JapanOnFilm #ANA #ShinobuYaguchi #MovieReview

@japanonfilm.com

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Podcast Appearance Discussing ‘Happy Flight’ (2008)

As noted in my post ‘Netflix and Learning About Japan (7)’, I watched Happy Flight (ハッピーフライト Happi Furaito)(directed by Shinobu Yaguchi, 2008) a couple of times earlier this year &#8211…

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Christopher P. Hood @hoodcp.bsky.social · 3d

It's like someone said "design the perfect sweets for Hood" 😂😂😂

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Christopher P. Hood @hoodcp.bsky.social · 3d

I went back to my favourite cat cafe. First time since they've moved into a bigger place. They also sell merch now to help fund their cat shelter.
They cat which always scratched me in the past, it can't use its back legs after being abused by a person, rushed over to me to be stroked 🥲🥲🥲

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Christopher P. Hood @hoodcp.bsky.social · 3d

Book Review: “The Lie She Wears” by Elle Marr

#BookReview #TheLieSheWears #ElleMarr

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Book Review: “The Lie She Wears” by Elle Marr

Elle Marr is one of my favourite authors, so when the opportunity arose to get an advanced copy of “The Lie She Wears”, I jumped at it. One of the things that I am noticing about Elle&#…

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Christopher P. Hood @hoodcp.bsky.social · 4d

It would have been rude not to stop at the takoyaki place.
Pleased I did had a great time.

Christopher P. Hood @hoodcp.bsky.social · 4d

Gotta love it when about the closest restaurant to your accommodation in Osaka is an okonomiyaki restaurant.

There's also a takoyaki place almost next door.

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Christopher P. Hood @hoodcp.bsky.social · 4d

I went to EXPO today. I'll post something about it at some stage. But, honestly, the highlight of the day was probably coming across a stray (probably) cat. Luckily (well, luck played no part... I was prepared 😂), I had some cat food with me. My dinner had to wait 😂

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Christopher P. Hood @hoodcp.bsky.social · 4d

This is how Mount Fuji was looking today as the shinkansen passed.

Christopher P. Hood @hoodcp.bsky.social · 4d

On my way to Osaka to go to EXPO today.

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Jake Adelstein @tokyovice.bsky.social · 6d

BREAKING 🚨Japan to have a female Prime Minister
But it's not progress
Sanae Takaichi, "the Brendan Carr" of Shinzo Abe, threatened critical TV networks as communications minister, lies that foreigners kick Nara’s deer, claims she speaks to The Gods
#InsaneSanae bodes badly for Japan
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The Rise of Japan’s Female Trump: Why Takaichi Sanae Is the Worst Thing to Happen to Japanese Democracy Since Abe 2.0

Takaichi endorsed “Hitler’s Election Strategy” in the ‘90s, threatened TV networks as communications minister, claims foreigners abuse Nara’s deer without evidence and speaks to the Gods #InsaneSanae

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Christopher P. Hood @hoodcp.bsky.social · 5d

She's effectively going to be that.

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The Death Studies Podcast @deathstudiespod.bsky.social · 6d

Re-live DDD17 through our special conference episode!

The episode includes a myriad of soundbites from attendees including @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social @lucyhyde.bsky.social @katewoody.bsky.social @hoodcp.bsky.social and many more!

@ddd17-2025.bsky.social

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DDD17: The 2025 Death, Dying and Disposal Conference

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Christopher P. Hood @hoodcp.bsky.social · 6d

The witch is dead, the wicked witch of the West is dead. Arise the Wicked Witch of the Orient 😢

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Takaichi Wins LDP Leadership, Poised to Become Japan’s First Female Prime Minister

Sanae Takaichi won the leadership race of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on October 4th, defeating former environment minister Shinjirō Koizumi in a runoff election that sets her on course to...

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Christopher P. Hood @hoodcp.bsky.social · 7d

100 days until I return to the UK. It's going down so quickly, but I'm getting so much done.

I'm on course for having 4 book manuscripts done within the next few months. Amazing what can be achieved when you're given the space and time to think and write.

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Kate Woodthorpe @katewoody.bsky.social · 8d

Pleased to share that our ESRC project on living at home with advanced progressive illness has started!

Based in @cendeathsociety.bsky.social we are working across the universities of Bath, Hull, York, Durham & Cardiff to understand reaching the end of life at home

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Living with Advanced Progressive Illness at Home

This project is funded by Economic and Social Research Council

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The Death Studies Podcast @deathstudiespod.bsky.social · 8d

Our special @ddd17-2025.bsky.social episode is out now! Including lots of soundbites from attendees, a short interview with organiser Mariske Westendorp & some words from keynote Enny Das!

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DDD17: The 2025 Death, Dying and Disposal Conference

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Christopher P. Hood @hoodcp.bsky.social · 9d

On this day in 1964, Japan launched the Shinkansen (bullet train) and showed the world high speed rail had a future.

#Japan #Shinkansen #HighSpeedRail #新幹線 #夢の超特急 #BulletTrain #OnThisDay #OTD

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My Favourite Shinkansen: The 0 Series Shinkansen

We are now into the Top 10 in my series about my favourite shinkansen and at position 8 is the original 0 series (it actually had no number when first introduced, but became the 0 series when the 1…

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Christopher P. Hood @hoodcp.bsky.social · 9d

A final photo from the WEC race at Fuji Speedway. It's of one of the Aston Martins, a company whose cars James Bond has often driven. The car number is 007. 👏👏👏

(A little bit confusing when Toyota also has a number 7 car - I imagine this causes chaos on some people's Excel sheets 😂)

Christopher P. Hood @hoodcp.bsky.social · 10d

After the racing ended, the clouds cleared and Mount Fuji made an appearance.

#WEC #FujiSpeedway #MtFuji #MountFuji #Japan

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Christopher P. Hood @hoodcp.bsky.social · 10d

Was great to see one of the cars that Toyota raced at Le Mans this year.
And I spotted a budding new Japanese F1 driver 😂

#WEC #FujiSpeedway

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