ranandran

Alpaca lover　雲南省の人、東南アジア料理が大好き

[PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 @OnlinePalEng]

At the Weill Cornell Medicine commencement, a Gazan graduate condemned the university's complicity with Israel, saying that his family in Gaza "is not here today because they are in a genocide that YOU incited on and refuse to acknowledge."

[ranandran @ranandran]

BUT THESE are exactly what Japanese tourists would do when they are travelling abroad. NO?

[Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸 @mrjeffu]

According to an online survey, these are Japanese netizens' top complaints about foreign tourists:
•Littering
•Taking photos anywhere even if prohibited
•Speaking loudly
•Entering stores or trains while wet from the rain
•Only speaking in their native language
•Sitting on the streets
•Not asking for permission or giving a heads-up
•Not trying to learn Japanese rules
https://t.co/V6XErA7Mvf

[Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸 @mrjeffu]

According to an online survey, these are Japanese netizens' top complaints about foreign tourists:
•Littering
•Taking photos anywhere even if prohibited
•Speaking loudly
•Entering stores or trains while wet from the rain
•Only speaking in their native language
•Sitting on the streets
•Not asking for permission or giving a heads-up
•Not trying to learn Japanese rules
https://t.co/V6XErA7Mvf

[Spoon & Tamago @Johnny_suputama]

Japan Post is looking for a designer to join their small stamp designing team of 7 people.
Pay is expectedly crap (260,000 - 340,000 yen) but would be a cool gig. Turnover is low - the last time they hired was 2017.
https://t.co/W1zyvHrx1h

[Japan Society Film @js_film_nyc]

The Oshima Gang—Tom Conti, Nagisa Oshima, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jack Thompson, and Jeremy Thomas—at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival for MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE.

[THiS: Theory, History, Society @THiS_TheHisSoc]

Tsinghua Professor and THiS cofounder Nianshen Song’s book, Mapping Asia: A History on Maps, is released this week. Highly recommended for anyone interested in global history, historical geography, historical sociology, and critical Asian studies.

[asian film files @asianfilmfiles]

20th century nostalgia (1997), directed by masato hara 🇯🇵

a young student thinks an alien spirit has possessed him to study humanity's downfall. he replicates the alien spirit in a girl and they document japanese society with video cameras.

drive link: https://t.co/7VJyeINH50

[東京国際映画祭 TIFFJP @tiff_site]

作家のポール・オースターさんが亡くなりました。77歳でした。

1993年に開催された第6回TIFFでは、ヤングシネマ部門審査委員をヴィム・ヴェンダース監督(審査委員長)、プロデューサーのクローディー・オサールさん、鈴木清順監督、俳優のレスリー・チャンさんと務めていただきました。
写真一番左がポール・オースターさん

謹んで哀悼の意を表しますとともに、心からお悔やみを申し上げます。
東京国際映画祭

[Jake Adelstein/中本哲史 @jakeadelstein]

'We were told to target foreigners': Ex-officer on systematic racial profiling by Japan police - The Mainichi https://t.co/5ziWJm2nNL

[パレスチナの平和と自由を求める上田市民の会 @palestine_ueda]

昨日のスタンディングは9名でした。
31℃を回る夏日の中のスタンディングでしたが、立っていた場所はちょうど日陰で心地よい環境でした。
はじめて参加された人で、ずっと来てみたかったと言ってくれた方もいました。
参加してくれた皆さんありがとう！
FREE PALESTINE!!🍉🕊️🫒

[scott miller berry @cineparlour]

Tonight Mohanad Yaqubi's doc R21: Restoring Solidarity Toronto premiere with Jocelyne Saab's final film My Name is Mei Shigenobu

Presented by re:assemblage collective + wave~form~projects in conjunction w/

https://t.co/cRoJETQbN9

7 pm @ Gallery TPW
https://t.co/LqXDn111dI

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Stop motion oil painting art with a kitten playing

📹Vanessa Stockard
https://t.co/kw8zVNUGUL

[MUBI @mubi]

CHUNGKING EXPRESS (Wong Kar Wai, 1994.)

[🔻 @atlajala]

Palestine Film Index is now at 500+ films, 50 texts, 7 audio links, & a new section of "supplemental video" (interviews, talks, etc.). our collective continues to work on it regularly. grateful if it can be of use as a tool in struggle. solidarity ∞ https://t.co/WDfPaxEFOA

[Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸 @mrjeffu]

Kabashima Ikuo served 4 terms as governor of Kumamoto prefecture (from 2008 to 2024). In 2010 his government created Kumamon, a mascot character that has become internationally famous. Here is a video of Kumamon saying goodbye to the retiring governor.

[Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸 @mrjeffu]

Video: the number of Japanese students studying abroad in the United States peaked in the 1990s at over 46,000 and has since dropped to less than half that number. (data from Open Doors)

[中銀カプセルタワービル保存・再生プロジェクト/ Nakagin Capsule Tower @nakagincapsule]

2024年秋、ソレイユの丘（神奈川県横須賀市）に、５基の中銀カプセルを再活用した宿泊施設「カプセルヴィレッジ」が誕生します。全ての丸窓からは相模湾を望むことができます。
https://t.co/JHnE1aoQDn

[Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸 @mrjeffu]

The Twitter account of the 32nd Infantry Regiment of Japan's GSDF referred to WW2 as the "Greater East Asia War" (大東亜戦争) in a recent tweet, sparking controversy because it was the official name used in wartime Japanese government propaganda. https://t.co/kADJ3bIDX2