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@suika

Editor at @tokyoreview.net. Freelance journalist & translator. Independent researcher specialising in Japanese LGBTQ+ politics. Volunteer lexicographer. Aspiring tanka poet. 研究者。記者。翻訳者。編者。日蘭・蘭日辞書編集者。歌人。元短期間早稲ギャル。

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黙らない。国会前を行進すデモのコールに呼応する声

黙らない。国会前を行進すデモのコールに呼応する声

黙らない。国会前を行進すデモのコールに呼応する声

#平和憲法を守る0310

コの音を連続させることで口の形を想起させる歌を詠みました。憲法を守れ!!広がれ連帯の輪!

10.03.2026 10:32 👍 122 🔁 55 💬 1 📌 0
あしのうら
からかみげまで
このすべて
わたしがきめる
わたしのからだ

あしのうら からかみげまで このすべて わたしがきめる わたしのからだ

足の裏から髪毛までこのすべて私が決める私の身体

#国際女性デー
#ウィメンズマーチ東京2026
#短歌

08.03.2026 15:01 👍 40 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 0

The cool thing about identifying only as one of the two it is that it opens you up to the possibility of others thinking you're weird about trans people in one way or another.

10.03.2026 11:52 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Might start identifying as both bisexual and pansexual at the same time, to both sow and avoid confusion.

10.03.2026 11:44 👍 25 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 0

Oh maybe yeah!

10.03.2026 08:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Talking about how I feel so old and frail now that I'm 28 so my friends who are in their 30s and 40s feel less alone about their predicament ❤️

10.03.2026 08:34 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
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Contemporary LGBTQ+ Politics in Japan: Policy Issues, Discourses and Developments, and the role of Foreign Actors - Leiden Asia Centre This report offers a comprehensive overview of LGBTQ+ politics in Japan. It examines policy issues impacting LGBTQ+ communities and analyzes policymaking processes

Yep, here!

10.03.2026 07:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Piracy discourse has me reminded of the time the Dutch film industry tried suing the government for 1.2 billion euro in "lost revenue" from piracy, and half the country's first response was "I don't think I've ever illegally downloaded a *Dutch* movie..."

10.03.2026 06:20 👍 59 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 0

Weird question but does anyone know of a spot in Tokyo that has a bunch of Takaichi posters next to each other?

10.03.2026 06:09 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

They have a lot!

10.03.2026 05:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Japan urges Iran to exercise restraint over war with US, Israel - The Mainichi TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan urged Iran on Monday to exercise restraint in phone talks between their foreign ministers amid the Middle Eastern country's esc

"Japan urged Iran on Monday to exercise restraint in phone talks between their foreign ministers amid the Middle Eastern country's escalating military clash with the United States and Israel."

10.03.2026 05:27 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 2

Yeah. The Gender & Sexuality Center.

10.03.2026 05:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Nago mayor lodges protest after US Marine chopper lands on baseball field - The Mainichi NAHA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Nago Mayor Taketoyo Toguchi lodged a protest with the central government on Monday after a U.S. military helicopter made an eme

"Nago Mayor Taketoyo Toguchi lodged a protest with the central government on Monday after a U.S. military helicopter made an emergency landing on a baseball field while a youth team was practicing, demanding that U.S. forces stop flying over residential areas or near schools."

10.03.2026 05:26 👍 16 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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Still feels so cool, seeing my writing displayed on a shelf, available for everyone to read.

10.03.2026 04:46 👍 55 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 0

The one time a horoscope turned out crazily true for me was when Jetix Magazine or something like it told 10(?)-year-old me that "kids near you will try to re-enact Jackass. Sit back and watch from a safe distance without joining."

10.03.2026 03:37 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Officially 6 months left on my visa 🥲

10.03.2026 02:56 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

idk lol I low-key regret sending the message hahaha. I bet she doesn't even remember me.

09.03.2026 17:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Just gave in to my impulsive thoughts and sent こんばんわ to some girl I met on the Yamanote 2.5 years ago while riding home at 5AM and whom I've had saved in my LINE contacts as "[first name] (Yamanote)" ever since but never really ended up chatting with.

09.03.2026 16:54 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

fondly remember how all the girls in the circle would use "-kun" when referring to me, while the one guy in the circle used "-san" for me lol.

09.03.2026 16:40 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Kind of hate how my Japanese was so shit back in 2018, I didn't end up forming any strong connections with the other members of my circle at Toyama University. They were nice, and I would've loved to have gotten to know them better...

09.03.2026 16:40 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

If you're going to use footnotes instead of author-date citations, please, I beg you... put the footnotes at the bottom of the respective page and *not* in a list, 5 chapters and 250 fucking pages away, in the back of your book.

They're called footnotes for a reason.

09.03.2026 10:43 👍 30 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0
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Syria's Kurds caution Iran's Kurds against aligning with US against Tehran Kurdish residents of northeast ​Syria warned Iran's Kurds against aligning with the U.S. to fight the Iranian government, citing their own experience in Syria in recent ‌months as evidence their Irani...

"Kurdish residents of northeast ​Syria warned Iran's Kurds against aligning with the U.S. to fight the Iranian government, citing their own experience in Syria in recent ‌months as evidence their Iranian counterparts would be 'abandoned.'"

09.03.2026 08:04 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
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「トランス女性は女性」 タイ、法的には認められず―寛容イメージでも課題・国際女性デー:時事ドットコム 2025年1月に東南アジアで初めて同性婚を合法化し、性的少数者に対して寛容なイメージが根付くタイ。タイ観光庁も「LGBTQ+フレンドリーな国」としてアピールする。一方で性別変更は法的に認められておらず、支援者らは、出生時の性別と性自認が異なるトランスジェンダーの女性が「法的手続きでは男性を演じる必要があり、精神的負担は大きい」と指摘。当事者や支援者の「トランス女性は女性」という訴えが、法律に阻まれ...

【タイ】トランスジェンダーの性別変更、法的に認めず出生時割当のまま

「外国人がタイに対して抱く寛容なイメージと、当事者の実際の生活には乖離がある」

www.jiji.com/jc/article?k...

09.03.2026 06:54 👍 77 🔁 44 💬 0 📌 2
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Rabobank on the unfolding worst case scenario:

09.03.2026 07:00 👍 831 🔁 352 💬 39 📌 86

Thinking about that time when I mistakenly used "我が国" to refer to Japan, back when I was still a cute little undergrad, because I encountered it so often in texts I had started to think of it as a fancier synonym for "日本."

09.03.2026 07:00 👍 24 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Over 85% worry about impact of worsening Middle East conflict: Kyodo poll - The Mainichi TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Over 85 percent of respondents were concerned about the impact that the escalating conflict in the Middle East will have on their liv

Kyodo poll: "Over 85 percent of respondents were concerned about the impact that the escalating conflict in the Middle East will have on their lives in Japan, with the approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Cabinet dipping to 64.1 percent"

09.03.2026 06:09 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Iran's government is more hardline, its people are poorer and more isolated, the region's on fire, and the global economy feels like its about to go into shock

If you want to know why people wanted to avoid war with Iran for so long, you're finding out in real time

09.03.2026 02:24 👍 5187 🔁 1010 💬 82 📌 30

The conversation surrounding nuclear energy shouldn't be about whether to do it or not, but about how to ensure it's done safely, if you ask me.

09.03.2026 06:02 👍 16 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
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South Korea to impose fuel price cap to shield economy from energy shock South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Monday that authorities would cap ​domestic fuel prices for the first time in ‌nearly 30 years to contain a spike in prices after the conflict in the Middl...

"South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Monday that authorities would cap ​domestic fuel prices for the first time in ‌nearly 30 years to contain a spike in prices after the conflict in the Middle East sent global crude prices sharply higher."

09.03.2026 05:53 👍 16 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

How long will Takaichi be able to continue condemning only Iran in this war?

I don't imagine she cares much about Iranian civilians or international law, but if Israel and the US continue their assault, the Japanese economy could be in grave danger, and she definitely cares about that.

09.03.2026 05:36 👍 17 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0