π¨ Todayβs publication by Hajime Kimura: βDistinctive Characteristics of Japan's #Arctic Approach and Engagement with Arctic #Governanceβ π―π΅π§
π Find the full article, that is part of the TAI Japan Series, below! ‡οΈ
www.thearcticinstitute.org/distinctive-...
FUWAA. EVENING SKY
#puppetsunsun #sunsun
#γγγγγΉγ³γΉγ³ #γΉγ³γΉγ³
π¨ Todayβs publication by Barry Scott Zellen: βRising Sun in the Warming #Arctic: As Great Power Competition Returns to the Polar Region, #Japan Is Positioned for Prominenceβ π―π΅βοΈ
π Find the full article, that is part of the TAI Japan Series, below! ‡οΈ
www.thearcticinstitute.org/rising-sun-w...
π¨ Todayβs publication & the start of a new TAI series π by Nima Khorrami: βThe Arctic Institute's 2026 Japan Series: An Introductionβ π―π΅βοΈ
π Find the full article, that is part of the TAI Japan Series, below! ‡οΈ
www.thearcticinstitute.org/the-arctic-i...
WA! SNOW! TIME TO WALK
#puppetsunsun #sunsun
#γγγγγΉγ³γΉγ³ #γΉγ³γΉγ³
An old warehouse cafΓ© in #Otaru, as if filled with a twinkling nightscape. Warm lights and quiet voices slow the passing of time.
A quiet night on the #Otaru Canal, with the lights held in the water
A beautiful winter morning in #Sapporo
Heavy snow in #Sapporo does little for one's ambition, yet even so I found myself pausing, perhaps even posing, here for a moment.
A view from the hotel room, perhaps not remarkable, but everyday life in a northern town, as it is.
#Mombetsu
Now you can see just how big that crab claw statue is.
#Mombetsu
From the deck of the sightseeing icebreaker Garinko Go in the Sea of Okhotsk, there are no vast fields of drifting sea ice today, only small rounds of pancake ice, said by some to look like lotus leaves on a winter sea.
#Mombetsu
Frozen water, lifted ships, #Mombetsu Port in winter
The monument along a snow-covered path
#Mombetsu
I visited Okhotsk Tower again this year, an observation tower in the Sea of Okhotsk, ice-covered in winter, with a small aquarium and cafΓ© inside.
#Mombetsu
February in #Mombetsu, for the third time, and once again this year I meet this iconic giant crab claw. I really should stand beside it for scale, but for now it is just the claw and me, with no one around to take our photo.
FUWAA...
WINTER SUNSHINE
#puppetsunsun #sunsun
#γγγγγΉγ³γΉγ³ #γΉγ³γΉγ³
π‘ Women represent about 1/3 of researchers, yet they remain underrepresented in scientific organizations. On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we launch a new report examining this gap: https://council.science/publications/towards-gender-equality-in-scientific-organizations/.
Canada opens consulate in Greenland in show of support for Arctic island ft.trib.al/qK8uz1m
Above Lapland, Finland, winter snow spreads like a white carpet, the forests silent
It may be an ordinary and familiar tourist spot in the middle of the city, nothing remarkable, I reckon, yet a view I have always liked.
#TromsΓΈ
Thursday evening, a short organ concert at the Arctic Cathedral. Perhaps not enough to change much, but enough to give a foreigner a quiet sense of relief, if only for a moment.
#TromsΓΈ
A small performance in the city square makes me pause, and offers a moment of delight.
#TromsΓΈ
At every election, I grow weary of the inhuman rhetoric that rings out so loudly. I may cry, but even so, I have no intention of giving up on thinking, or on speaking out.
One goes on living until one dies, after all.
I have now come to see just how effectively the collusion between capital and political power can shape collective perception and distort facts. Still, as someone entrusted by history with the right to vote, I believe I acted without shame.
An afternoon at my favourite cafΓ©, with a slice of lemon cake, watching the snowploughs at work
#TromsΓΈ
Summer or winter in #TromsΓΈ, the mountains beyond the fjord never quite let me go.
Walking across the bridge, the Arctic Cathedral slowly comes into view.
#TromsΓΈ
The bridge and the Arctic Cathedral always remind me that I am in #TromsΓΈ.
The reindeer were friendly and gentle. A quiet #Arctic moment.
#TromsΓΈ
