Posted in: 4 arrested for disrupting coronavirus vaccinations in Tokyo See in context
Three of the four arrested are women.
https://mainichi.jp/articles/20220407/k00/00m/040/172000c
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Posted in: Russians in Japan facing turbulent times See in context
Nikkan Gendai ?
One of the most notorious tabloids in Japan.
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Posted in: Excitement abounds in Hiroshima after 'Drive My Car' wins Oscar See in context
Recommended for those who want to spend 3 hours in vain.
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Posted in: Korean automaker Hyundai makes 2nd effort to penetrate Japanese market See in context
There are still people who mistakenly believe that Samsung phones don't sell in Japan because they are a Korean company.
Even young K-POP fans who have a good feeling for Korea are not buying Galaxy.
The most popular demographic for iPhones in Japan is the youth, and it is also the youth who have a high liking for Korea.
In Japan, the impression of Android itself is too bad, with an image of geekiness and poverty.
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Posted in: Lee more hardline on Japan than Yoon in South Korea presidential race See in context
Until now some Japanese rightist driving their black vans with loud speakers chanting racist and hostile languages especially attacking Koreans!
Did you know that many of these right-wing organizations are run by yakuza organizations, and some are even led by Koreans?
They are called Gaisen-uyoku (propaganda right wing) and were created by yakuza organizations to disguise themselves as right wing groups.
A famous right-wing group called Shokon-juku (松魂塾) is run by a yakuza organization called Kyokuto-kai, and both groups are headed by a Korean, Shinichi Matsuyama (조규화).
Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who has written many articles on the yakuza, has also written about this fact.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/is-the-yakuza-behind-caroline-kennedy-death-threats
While ostensibly supporting a return to an Emperor based constitution and being extremely nationalist, a large number of its members are Korean-Japanese.
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Posted in: Google changes name of Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' for U.S. users
Posted in: Knife-wielding Swiss man arrested at train station in Kyoto Prefecture
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