#Japanese

Larry Schweikart

LarrySchweikart

1) Yesterday we saw the Christmas Miracle of George Washington's victory at Trenton & what it meant for Patriots & America.2) Today I have a slightly different Christmas story for

Medlife Crisis (Rohin)

MedCrisis

Did you know? Japan banned heart-beating (ie donation after brain death (DBD)) transplants for 30 years? The 1st heart transplant surgeon, Juro Wada, was charged with murder (not convicted but

Jordan

FrostiFusionZ_

JOJO'S OVA ANNOUNCEMENT THREAD...Recently purchased a Japanese Boxset of the OVA's, and to my surprise it featured a nice Data Booklet that had Official Clean DVD Covers. Was stoked to

Tiffany

mxlkcircus

Some things have been bothering me about the recent AP sizing discourse so I'm just gonna thread on a few things regarding fashion manufactering, audience, and Lolita brands in general

Kaitlyn Ugoretz

KaitlynUgoretz

Episode 3 of @andrewmarkhenry's Religion For Breakfast Shinto series is out! This episode explores the evolution of Shinto & its classification as "religion" or "non-religion" in Japanese politics starting from

SORAYA

sorayatokyo

Japanese artists are not a big fan of sarcasm because sense of humor differs by culture. Not all jokes/slangs/memes/reaction images are universal. I know it's common for people in the

DTwyman (Suburban Nasty Woman)

dtwyman

Are you familiar with the story of the 100th monkey?Back in the 50’s scientists conducted a behavioral study on a troupe of Macaca fuscata (Japanese monkeys) on Kōjima island. Scientists

Sokva//сокъва

sokvabekr

Here’s the pinned tweet!I like nintendo/fire emblem and a few animes. I love to learn new languages and read any books. I am german. My pronouns are she/her. I’ll go

heautontimoroumenos #QuattroMob

LeeSpring__

Okay, being both Korean AND German, here's my 2 cents on this whole Gfriend mess.First, there are NO excuses. Kids' history books in Korea talk about WW2 and the Holocaust,

Macro Strategy

StrategyMacro

For me, it is actually the opposite. Used to take Noam Chomsky / Howard Zinn line on this topic when I was in college, but the more I learn about

Fiholic, M.D.

fiholicMD

IKIGAI1/ What is ikigai?It's a combination of Japanese words: 'iki-' means life, 'kai' means 'effect, result, worth or benefit'.Combined, it simply means 'a reason for living'. It can also be

Jake Jung （ジェイク・ヤング）

jake_j_jung

Re: my translation of the Twittering Birds film, there really isn't much point in comparing tls without looking at the JP. The point here is that Domeki is impotent and

Daniel M. Smith

ProfDanSmith

As a comparative political scientist who often works with the case of #Japan, I have mixed feelings about stories in the @nytimes and other (US) media that highlight unrepresentative or

March of the Sugar Plum Furies

marchofthenorth

So let's talk about 2.5D franchises like Sakura Wars or Touken Ranbu, Waifuism, and VTubers. For context, "2.5D" means something different in the case of Japanese franchises. It's referring to

Tokyo Fashion

TokyoFashion

Popular article about many Japanese teen girls choosing to visit Shin-Okubo instead of Takeshita Dori recently. Takeshita has been gentrified for tourists & rent is super high in Harajuku now.

R̵͉͂a̷f̵f̷a̴e̷l̴ C̵o̷r̶o̷n̷e̷lli ラファエル・コロネリ

raffleupagus

Daimajin’s design was inspired by prehistoric Haniwa figures, like this one on the left from Gunma prefecture. I’m fascinated by the notion that Majin is a spirit that actually predates

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