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everlastingrandom · 11 months

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ID: And associated press article header that reads,” Japan raises the age of consent to 16 from 13, which as among the world’s lowest.”

Full article here. God, I hope this gets genuine assholes to shut the fuck up about age of consent. Parliament has also heavily redefined the definition of rape and reformed laws regarding additional sex crimes.

#News #age of consent #Japanese news #current events #sex criminalization #legislation #Japanese parliament

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tan1-7jhing1932an · 9 days

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#japanese learning #japanese vocabulary #japanese news #japanese words

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workersolidarity · 5 months

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[A map showing the locations of all the U.S. Military bases peppered across the Japanese islands. U.S. Occupation of Japan, officially from 1945-1952 never really ended for the Japanese people]

🇯🇵🇺🇲 🚨 OKINAWA REJECTS HIGH COURT ORDER TO FACILITATE U.S. MILITARY BASE RELOCATION PLAN

The Japanese Okinawa Prefectural government rejected a High Court order Monday to approve and facilitate a revised plan for the relocation of a key United States Military Base located on the island district.

Okinawa Prefecture will file an appeal to the Supreme Court of Japan, according to Kyodo News, citing a government official.

Okinawa's Prefectural Governor, Denny Tamaki issued a statement declaring the ruling had "various problems," making it "difficult" for him to approve the modified plan, when, he says, many residents of Okinawa are strongly against the planned relocation of the Futenma U.S. Military Base.

Japan's central government is expected to approve the changes via proxy as early as Thursday, while Japan's Ministry of Defense said it will begin ground improvement work in mid-January.

The current situation began on Wednesday when the Naha-branch of the Fakuoka High Court ordered Tamaki to approve the central government's revised design changes as part of the relocation plan for the Futenma Air Force Base.

The controversial project aims to relocate the U.S. Air Force Base in Ginowan to the Henoko coastal area in Nago, also on the island of Okinawa.

Previously, Tamaki had told the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva that the heavy concentration of U.S. Military Bases in Okinawa threatens peace in the region, noting that the Japanese government is forcibly filling in previous coastline to build the infrastructure for the Military base, and that they do so over the negative opinions of local residents.

The Governor has also expressed concerns over the excessive levels of toxic substances detected in the waters around U.S. Military Bases in the area.

The island of Okinawa hosts 70 percent of all the U.S. military bases in Japan while accounting for only 0.6 percent of the country's total land area. More than 70 percent of local residents opposed the U.S. military base construction on the Henoko landfill, showed a 2019 Okinawa Prefecture voting results.

Via@XinhuaNewsAgency

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@WorkerSolidarityNews

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city-cost · 2 years

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Heading home of a Friday evening? Shinkansen passing through Tokyo's Shiodome district. Next stop Tokyo Station and the weekend?

#tokyo #shinkansen #trains #japanese news #city life #life in japan #photographers on tumblr #aesthetics #places #cities #love japan #tumblr japan

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head-post · 2 months

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Japan’s highest court says same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional

A Japanese high court ruled that it was “unconstitutional” not to allow same-sex marriage in the country, in a first appeal court ruling on the matter, Japanese media reported on Thursday.

Sapporo High Court in northern Japan issued the ruling, while dismissing the plaintiffs’ claim for damage to the national government, according to media reports.

Homosexuality has been legal in Japan since 1880, and the country is relatively liberal compared to some other Asian nations. Only one place in Asia has legalised same-sex marriage – Taiwan.

In 2015, Tokyo passed an ordinance allowing same-sex couples to obtain “partnership certificates,” giving them some of the same rights as married heterosexual couples. Since then, dozens of municipalities have passed ordinances unofficially recognising same-sex relationships. But activists say Japan’s LGBT community still faces prejudice and the country has yet to pass a national anti-discrimination law that protects LGBT people.

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#world news #world politics #news #japan #japan news #japanese news #japanese politics #lgbtqia #lgbtq community #lgbtq #same sex marriage #same sex relationships #same sex wedding #same sex love #same sex couple

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warau-okami · 2 years

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Former Prime Minister Abe was assassinated today.

#news #prime minister Abe #assassination #japanese news #politics #gun violence

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eerie-october · 2 years

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Someday this week is gonna have a really cool and dramatic name and it’s gonna be in history books

#borris johnson #borris Johnson resignation #shinzo abe #shinzo abe assassination #uk politics #uk news #japanese politics #Japanese news

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morinonioi · 1 year

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NHK ニュース

「NHK News Web」から覚えておきたい語彙をシェアしたいと思います。だます - to deceive 詐欺 - scam, cheating 被害 - damage, injury, harm 通知 - notification 応答する - to reply, answer ５月以降 - since May 世帯 - family 録音 - audio 通話の内容 - details of conversation 解析する - to analyse 疑い - doubt 特殊(special)詐欺対策サービス固定電話 - fixed-line telephone 本腰 - serious effort 深刻な状況 - serious problem

#nhk #japanese #japanese news #japanese vocab list

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tk-tokku · 1 year

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Tumblr's paid verification badges, I started with a parody and it increased my revenue.

日本の記事でTumblrが紹介されていました。

Tumblr was introduced in Japanese news.

#Tumblr #japanese #japanese news

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levinletlive · 2 years

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Just want to put it out there that, while I'm definitely in favor of dragging Shinzo Abe for his nationalist and right-wing policies and his human rights violations, I'm not going to allow any anti-Japanese racism to go unchallenged on my page.

If this looks like an opportunity for you to bag on the Japanese at large, or any other Asian community, see yourself out before I throw you out.

#shinzo abe #political assassinations #global politics #global news #japanese politics #japanese news #japanese government #globalization #westernization #nationalism #colonizers #global economic collapse #racism #anti asian discrimination #anti asian hate

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tan1-7jhing1932an · 11 months

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#japanese news #japanese vocabulary

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workersolidarity · 5 months

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🇯🇵 🚨 JAPANESE HIGH COURT ORDERS OKINAWA GOVERNOR TO APPROVE U.S. MILITARY BASE DESIGN CHANGES

BREAKING: OKINAWA| A Japanese High Court has ordered the Governor of Okinawa, Denny Tamaki, to approve design changes to a U.S. Military Base being relocated on the island on Wednesday.

According to reports, the Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court ruled in favor of the central government in a lawsuit filed in October to force the Governor to approve design changes to the relocation effort of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air base, which is being moved from Ginowan to the Henoko coastal area in Nago, which is also in Okinawa.

Tamaki will have three business days to approve the project changes before the land, infrastructure, transport, and tourism minister will be authorized to approve the changes itself.

Tamaki still has the right to appeal the decision to Japan's Supreme Court, however the project will not be blocked while the decision is being appealed.

Earlier in September, Tamaki told United Nations Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva that the concentration of U.S. Military bases in Okinawa threatens peace, and noted that the central government is forcibly filling in previous coastline sea areas to build the new base, regardless of the opinions of local residents.

The Governor has also expressed concern about the excessive levels of toxic chemicals detected in the waters around U.S. Military bases in Japan.

The island of Okinawa hosts 70 percent of all the U.S. military bases in Japan while accounting for only 0.6 percent of the country's total land area. More than 70 percent of local residents opposed the U.S. military base construction on the Henoko landfill, showed a 2019 Okinawa Prefecture voting results.

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@WorkerSolidarityNews

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itsjustmyunpopularopinion · 2 years

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Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe is Dead

He was on a campaign event for the Liberal Democratic Party in Nara when a Japanese Navy Veteran (Age: 41) decided to point-blank him with a homemade shotgun from behind. Missed the first shot, scored the second shot.

The Vet’s reasons for killing Abe? “Dissatisfaction”.

What did I say about dark times?

#Shinzo Abe #Japanese News

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prfrostbox · 2 years

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linkalearnsjapanese · 2 years

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The Linguistic Hurdles of Covering an Assassination

News outlets cover events from around the world and often have to work to get information as quickly as possible to release in their native languages. This can lead to some interesting translation errors or highlight linguistic differences. I want to make it very clear that I am only focusing on those linguistic elements, and am not at all qualified to comment on the shooting of Abe…

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#abe shinzo #assassination #current events #current news #japan news #japanese #japanese linguistics #japanese news #News #translation #world news

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head-post · 3 months

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Meloni arrives in Tokyo, while protesting farmers strike in Rome

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrived in Tokyo to hand over the G7 presidency as thousands of farmers on tractors went on strike in Rome on Monday in response to Brussels’ agricultural policies.

Meloni met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday to hand over the G7 presidency, which has now passed to Italy. Kishida travelled to Rome a year ago to strengthen the alliance and sign a strategic partnership that has seen trade exchange between the two nations rise by 10 percent to around 15 billion euros.

But while Meloni focuses on the presidency, thousands of tractors are arriving in Rome in open confrontation with Brussels and the government unless it backs their protest.