#Japanese

Watched Shลซbun/Scandal (Kurosawa, 1949) with @sforrest this evening. What a great film. *Such* an affirming view of humanity, in spite of our weaknesses and flaws, and such breathtaking cinematography. https://asakiyume.dreamwidth.org/9534
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Japan's official statement upon commencing hostilities against the Dutch East Indies in Jan. 1942.They may well have invaded anyway if they could not get at Indonesia's oil, but it's noteworthy
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The orientalism and xenophobia in relation to a US-centric fear of Japanese globalism isn't new to Cyberpunk 2077, and isn't new to the Cyberpunk genre at all. 2077 seems really
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the white people who look down on diaspora for not speaking the langauge of their homeland or living outside of it entirely ignore history and their own privilegemy Japanese family
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My post on UK's priority in free trade agreement with Japan - it should not be about increasing exports (particularly in sensitive areas like food/agriculture) it should be about protecting
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Hugh Paul Seagrim, GC, DSO, MBE (24 March 1909 โ€“ 22 September 1944), nicknamed "Grandfather Longlegs", was a British Indian Army officer notable for his leadership of Karen rebels in
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I'm gonna do a thread that's gonna cost me followers, but it needs to be said. This is about anime, & the way white people need to examine how their
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One-Size-Fits-All Translation is a Myth: A Thread (/8) A common thing we face as localizers is the question of why certain words or phrases are translated differently at different points
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Not to be like that, but when I talk about the themes and visuals of FFXIV I do so in the context of Japan being a former Empire/colonial power. It's
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I have literally dozens of pages on notes on the wh*te supr*macist fascination with Japan, which I had convinced myself was now out of date with public discourse until the
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Iโ€™ll start this off by saying: I don't mind having a discussion with anyone on this but if you start being a dick about it, i'll probably block youI think
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calling out transphobia in fandom is super important, but arguing over pronouns for fictional characters =/= calling out transphobia. there are nonbinary and trans people who use non-standard pronouns are
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๐”ธ ๐•‹๐•™๐•ฃ๐•–๐•’๐•• ๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•๐•’๐•ก๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•ค๐•– ๐”น๐• ๐•ฃ๐•  ๐•‹๐•–๐•ฉ๐•ฅ๐•š๐•๐•–๐•ค: ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ
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To be honest, I can't say that I'm a fan of that costume design. But superpower? Maybe a combination of Han and Nunchi?https://twitter.com/USEmbassySeoul/status/1358651311126839298 The more I think about it, I
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Thread on Japanese computer industry:It's surreal watching this. In the 80 and very early 90s, Japan was the 2nd largest PC market. The term "IBM compatible PC" didn't exist (well
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ghosts of tsushimas haiku mechanic has me thinking again about how fraught the notion of a haiku in english is, just like inherently most common definition (i think) we come
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