Tomohiro Osaki

enthuse about sento & extol its virtues, I visited one in my neighborhood & soaked in hot water for the 1st time in a while. Been almost an hour now, but my body still feels

Tomohiro Osaki

@TomohiroOsaki

May 28

Hey yo Eren and Levi #aot #AttackOnTitan #進撃の巨人

Tomohiro Osaki

@TomohiroOsaki

May 28

Crowd and heavy security in Ikebukuro as Kazuo Shii, leader of the Japanese Communist Party, delivers a speech

Tomohiro Osaki

@TomohiroOsaki

May 27

Tokyo bookstore owner and staff arrested after they sold, promoted and possessed illegal porn magazines that showed uncensored genitals. "We were selling them in the belief that they were erotica and art," president of the company told investigators

asahi.com

古書店「まんだらけ」の社長ら書類送検　性的な「ビニ本」販売の疑い：朝日新聞デジタル

　古書店大手「まんだらけ」（東京都中野区）の店舗などで違法なアダルト本約400冊を販売目的で所持するなどしたとして、警視庁は27日、同社の男性社長（50）や店舗責任者ら計5人をわいせつ図画有償頒布目的…

Tomohiro Osaki

@TomohiroOsaki

May 27

Terrible weather in Tokyo this morning

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The official "has had their picture disclosed online and is being emotionally drained ... We can't deny that it's us who made the mistake in the first place, but please be sensible in your actions," the mayor said

Mayor of the Japanese town that accidentally sent 46 million yen Covid aid to a single resident laments it's been bombarded w/hundreds of irate, ranting calls every day, while an official responsible for the error is identified/pilloried online

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阿武町長「節度ある対応」懇願　誤給付で批判殺到、ネットに職員写真

　電子計算機使用詐欺容疑で逮捕された田口翔容疑者（24）に誤給付した4630万円のうち、9割超は回収の見通しが立ったことを、山口県阿武町が発表した24日の記者会見。花田憲彦町長は自身の責任に言及した上で、締めくくりに「最後にお願いがある」と切り出し、町に批判の電話が殺到し職員が疲弊していると町の窮状

後藤真希36歳の真実 Part.3 「私、歌に自信がないんですよ。歌に自信がないから、うまくその曲を表現できているか、いつも不安なんです」

shueisha.online

後藤真希36歳の真実 Part.3 「私、歌に自信がないんですよ。歌に自信がないから、うまくその曲を表現できているか、いつも不安なんです」 | 集英社オンライン | 毎日が、あたらしい

モーニング娘。を国民的アイドルへと大躍進させた立役者であり、アイドル界のレジェンドとも言える後藤真希。ライブ、写真集、YouTubeなど、精力的に活動を続ける彼女は、36歳を迎え、芸能界生活を20年以上過ごした今、なにを思うのか？　Part.3では、10年ぶりのライブ、そして歌に対する想いを語ってくれた。

Tomohiro Osaki

@TomohiroOsaki

May 24

"Air Force One will touch down at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington and, as if by magic, Biden the globe-striding giant will shrink into Biden, the deeply unpopular leader"

@SebastianAFP

france24.com

Powerful abroad, punished at home: Biden gets presidential whiplash

Most people would send an email. But Joe Biden had a document flown to him on one continent from a second, so he could order $40 billion to support an ally's war on a third.

Biden’s remarks on Taiwan, which came at the very end of the joint news conference with Kishida, overshadowed a pledge by the prime minister to effectively break with a long-standing taboo in Tokyo on hiking defense spending.

japantimes.co.jp

Biden vows to defend Taiwan as Kishida pledges unprecedented hike in defense spending

The U.S. leader's comment — which was at odds with Washington's long-standing policy — came after his first in-person summit with Kishida.

Nice to see the BBC picked up

@AFP

's story, with fab pictures by

@BEHROUZZZZ

and reporting by

@natfukue

. We all deserve a bit of cuteness on a Monday morning. bbc.com/news/world-asi

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@sarahussein

· May 23

News in Japan will be dominated today by Biden and Kishida, but do not sleep on this adorable @AFP video by @natfukue of dogs riding the shinkansen... youtube.com/watch?v=phVS7c

News in Japan will be dominated today by Biden and Kishida, but do not sleep on this adorable

@AFP

video by

@natfukue

of dogs riding the shinkansen...

youtube.com

Who the let the dogs out: Japan bullet train provides pet-friendly...

On Japan's bullet trains, dogs usually have to travel in a carrier, but on Saturday they could stretch their paws and enjoy the scenery on a special pet-frie...

Tomohiro Osaki

@TomohiroOsaki

May 22

Kishida and Biden to vow bolstered defenses as Ukraine war looms large for Asia | The Japan Times

japantimes.co.jp

Kishida and Biden to vow bolstered defenses as Ukraine war looms large for Asia

Kishida is expected to use plans for boosted defense spending and a tougher public stance on China as a way to nudge Biden to more clearly recognize and address Tokyo’s concerns over Taiwan.

Tomohiro Osaki

@TomohiroOsaki

May 22

Slightly shaking in Tokyo

#Japan On Japan's bullet trains, dogs usually have to travel in a carrier, but on May 21 they could stretch their paws and enjoy the scenery on a special pet-friendly express

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Here's the video by

's (Twitterless/free) Harumi Ozawa to match my story on Japan's taiko drumming and the

@KodoHeartbeatEn

group. Beautiful work.

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AFP News Agency

@AFP

· May 20

VIDEO: "It used to be said that the area reached by the sound of a drum made up a single community" Sado island's Kodo troupe is made up of 37 musicians. New recruits are put through a rigorous two-year training programme to master the highly physical and skilled art of taiko

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Tomohiro Osaki

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May 20

"In this contemporary age, you hear the sound of machines everywhere, but taiko uses this raw hide & the drum bodies made by wood .. It's like a sound of nature. I think that's one of the reasons it comes straight to your soul" Nice story by

@sarahussein

news.yahoo.com/straight-soul-

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