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Rob @greaterhermit.bsky.social · 5d

I just find it impressive that he left his longtime HoC seat in 2021 and moved to the lower house in the hopes of doing just this, and now here he is in second place. Even if he doesn’t get it, I think he’s played his cards really well these past 4 years.

Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 5d

Japan's LDP race projections from FNN:
•Takaichi is leading in 17 prefectures
•Koizumi is leading in 15 prefectures
•6 prefectures are a toss up: Takaichi or Koizumi
•Hayashi is leading in 4 prefectures
•Hayashi might come in 2nd place due to lawmakers' votes
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a73...

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 5d

NBC News interviewed me about tomorrow's LDP leadership vote, which will decide who will take over Japan's ruling party and become Prime Minister: www.nbcnews.com/world/japan/...

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 5d

The overseas betting market doesn't appear to be reacting much to news that Hayashi might make it to the second round of the LDP leadership election.
Most still have confidence in Koizumi, who is at 82%.

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 5d

FNN is basing these predictions on its own survey of nationwide party member votes. If it's accurate, things are looking difficult for Takaichi. I was not expecting Koizumi to be competitive in so many prefectures.

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 5d

Japan's LDP race projections from FNN:
•Takaichi is leading in 17 prefectures
•Koizumi is leading in 15 prefectures
•6 prefectures are a toss up: Takaichi or Koizumi
•Hayashi is leading in 4 prefectures
•Hayashi might come in 2nd place due to lawmakers' votes
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a73...

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 5d

CNN interviewed me for this piece about the LDP leadership election: "Japan’s ruling party is in crisis as voters swing to right-wing rivals. Can a new leader save it?" edition.cnn.com/2025/10/02/a...

Japan’s ruling party is in crisis as dissatisfied voters swing to right-wing rivals | CNN

Japan’s ruling party is in trouble, and it knows it.

edition.cnn.com

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 6d

Today I spoke to Australia's ABC News about Saturday's LDP leadership race. Three candidates currently seem to have a chance at becoming Japan's next Prime Minister: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_rg...

Could Japan's next prime minister be a woman? | The World | ABC NEWS

YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)

www.youtube.com

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 11d

Here is one example of a speech that the Emperor delivered at a UN conference in 2023. It's not just some empty keynote address - he speaks in detail for 20 minutes about Japan's history of water management. It's very impressive. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d3S...

天皇陛下、ビデオでご講演　国連「水と災害」特別会合で

YouTube video by 産経ニュース

www.youtube.com

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 11d

A viral tweet with over 1.2 million views calls on Japanese nationalists to choose a side: Who is the one involved in a con job?

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 11d

Video - Emperor Naruhito of Japan and President Donald Trump on Climate Change:
Many Japanese netizens have noted that the Emperor strongly advocates action to address climate change, and has often spoken about it at UN conferences.
Quite a contrast from Trump's climate change denialism.

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 19d

Here is a link to the paper, Kojima T, Oishi K, Matsubara Y, Uchiyama Y, Fukushima Y, et al. (2020) Correction: Cows painted with zebra-like striping can avoid biting fly attack. PLOS ONE 15(3): e0231183 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Cows painted with zebra-like striping can avoid biting fly attack

Experimental and comparative studies suggest that the striped coats of zebras can prevent biting fly attacks. Biting flies are serious pests of livestock that cause economic losses in animal productio...

journals.plos.org

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 19d

Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 20d

I spoke with Monocle Radio today about the LDP leadership race (my segment starts around the 33 minute mark) monocle.com/player/?uuid...

Monocle radio - listen now

monocle.com

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 22d

It is my understanding that she is currently not working as a police officer.
I might be wrong, but I would guess that her time as an airport cop did not involve a lot of homicide investigations that required her to analyze the trajectory of bullets. [3/3]

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 22d

In a YouTube live stream she showed a video clip on her phone and argued that a person standing behind Charlie Kirk was the shooter. The stream received over 279K views. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNZ-... [2/3]

ヤバい。見えてしまった。

YouTube video by 警察官ゆりのアメリカ生活

www.youtube.com

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 22d

Japanese YouTuber Nagata Yuri is spreading conspiracy theories about the death of Charlie Kirk.
She became a famous as "the first Japanese woman to become an Los Angeles police officer" (she was an airport cop at LAX) & makes videos introducing the "truth" about world politics. [1/3]

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 23d

A new poll asked Japanese their preference for the next leader of the LDP. Takaichi Sanae came in first with 29%.
However, it should be noted that when you isolate for LDP supporters, Koizumi Shinjiro beats her 33% to 28%. Non-party members do not vote in the election.
news.line.me/detail/oa-yo...

次の自民党総裁、トップは高市早苗氏２９％・小泉進次郎氏が続く…読売世論調査（読売新聞オンライン）

読売新聞社は１３～１４日、全国世論調査を実施した。自民党総裁選（２２日告示、１０月４日投開票）を巡り、次の自民党総裁に誰がふさわしいと思うかを尋ねたところ、高市早苗・前経済安全保

news.line.me

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 23d

Charlie Kirk, who was almost unknown in Japan over a week ago, is being incorporated into Abe Shinzo assassination conspiracy theories.

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Romeo Marcantuoni @rmarcantuoni.bsky.social · 24d

A wrinkle to the social media in polisci debate is that unlike previous iterations, this current slate of platforms have explicit political agendas they are promoting

Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 24d

"Japan needs its version of the AfD to rapidly save the nation." - Elon Musk, reacting to a Japanese user who very wrongly described Takaichi Sanae a "center-left figure."
She's so conservative that a former Prime Minister Kishida allegedly referred to her as the "Taliban."

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 24d

The Japanese right tends to have very favorable views of Takaichi, and she depicts herself as the successor to Abe's conservativism. She is a serious contender in the upcoming LDP leadership election, and could take the party in a rightward direction.

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 24d

"Japan needs its version of the AfD to rapidly save the nation." - Elon Musk, reacting to a Japanese user who very wrongly described Takaichi Sanae a "center-left figure."
She's so conservative that a former Prime Minister Kishida allegedly referred to her as the "Taliban."

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 25d

Yamamoto Taro, leader of Japan's left-wing populist Reiwa party, reimagined as character in Hearts of Iron IV (hoi4).
[translated from @makahannya7676 on Twitter]:

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 25d

There is no evidence yet that Robinson, who allegedly assassinated Charlie Kirk, was a fan of Japanese anime or games such as Fate. At the moment, authorities are still investigating his political background and motives. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Tyler Robinson's Discord messages and dark online footprint

Tyler Robinson is alleged to have discussed the aftermath of killing Kirk on the app Discord, mentioning how he had inscribed the bullets with political messages.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 25d

The Daily Mail is using a random image they found on Reddit to explain the "Notices bulge, OwO" meme that Tyler Robinson Robison allegedly carved into one of his bullets.
It's Astolfo, a feminine-looking male character who appears in the Japanese game Fate/Grand Order. [1/2]

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 25d

An account of one of Charlie Kirk's last speaking events, which took place in Japan on September 7th:
•He spoke with the leader of the far-right party Sanseito
•1,200 people paid for $68-$200 tickets
•"Nearly half" of the audience was "dozing off"
kurodoraneko15.theletter.jp/posts/208b5f...

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