Today at 5:00PM NewsPicks will release the first episode of J Context, a new podcast that I will be co-hosting with @ayana_kizaki. In the first part we talk about Prime Minister Takaichi's recent diplomacy: newspicks.com/live-movie/696…

Japan’s @jfa_samuraiblue “lion tamers” are more than ready to turn that @OnsOranje roar into a meow, @usambnl Popolo. Here, kitty kitty! 😸

参議院の英語表記を「Ｃｏｕｎｃｉｌ」から、上院を意味する「Ｓｅｎａｔｅ」へ見直し検討 yomiuri.co.jp/politics/20260… #政治

【速報】ボビー・オロゴン容疑者を逮捕、不同意性交の疑い 千葉県警 news.livedoor.com/article/de… ことし4月、千葉県内の民家で女性に性的暴行を加えたとして、不同意性交の疑いでボビー・オロゴン容疑者が、14日に千葉県警に逮捕された。

てかさ…今気付いたんだけど、 内閣広報官のハッシュタグに『 #今回は政府専用機ではなく民間航空機を利用 』と"わざわざ"つけている。 ちなみに政府専用機は天皇皇后両陛下がご搭乗されている… 何なんだこれは。嫌味か？ それとも朝敵である事を隠さなくなった？

これは頼んでないけど最初からあった こういうのは有料？ 日本で言うお通し的な？

【速報】高市総理「アジアの代表として出て行く」欧州歴訪へ出発　重要鉱物の共同備蓄構想をG7サミットで提唱へ ift.tt/TvxXnp9

as Japan’s “Iron Lady” I am strongly determined to bring about the necessary transformation.... Japan will continue to devote all its efforts to maintaining and strengthening a free and open international order." (2/2)

Palabras del príncipe heredero Hirohito: «México y el Japón son hermanos de la misma madre (...) cumplen igual misión en distintos continentes; son los guardianes de una civilización altamente moral, los centinelas de dos razas contra las fuerzas de la barbarie».

Japanese Defense Minister Koizumi gave the President of Indonesia a scale model of the Imperial Japanese Navy Battleship Mikasa, the flagship in Japan's victory over Russia at the 1905 Battle of Tsushima. The Misaka survives today as a museum in Koizumi's election district.

British Prime Minister Starmer invited Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi to visit Chequers. She has turned down the invitation. Unnamed government sources say it's because: •her English is poor •smoking is banned inside Chequers & she is a heavy smoker A Nagatachō source, commenting on Takaichi's upcoming visit to the UK: “If she stayed at Chequers, there would be more improvised exchanges in English - not only at the dinner, but also during informal stand-up interviews with local media and walks with Prime Minister Starmer. Perhaps the prime minister is afraid that her English ability will become visible. Also, public facilities in the UK, which is promoting anti-smoking policies at the national level, are generally completely non-smoking. For the prime minister, who is a smoker, that may also be an obstacle.” Japanese Foreign Ministry sources expressed frustration at what they saw as an opportunity for Takaichi to become the 3rd Japanese Prime Minister to visit the official country residence of UK PMs: “Although it is some distance from London, it can be reached in about an hour by car, and in the first place the invitation was already the expected course of events. The British Embassy provided considerable support for her meeting with Deep Purple, and yet this ‘rejection of the invitation’ is an act that humiliates them. Perhaps her close aides and secretaries are unable to advise her because they don’t want to be scolded by the prime minister.” Post Seven speculates that this could hurt UK-Japan relations, but that's a stretch.

先ほど日帰りのインドネシア出張から帰国しました。 昨夜はインドネシアのプラボウォ大統領の私邸で会談した際に私の地元横須賀の戦艦「三笠」の模型をギフトとしてお持ちしました。軍出身で国防大臣経験者のプラボウォ大統領はやはり喜んでくださり良かったです。 横須賀にある防衛大学にインドネシアから留学生を送ることを主導したのがプラボウォ大統領。昨日も私のために防大卒業生を集めてくださっていました。そのうちの一人はインドネシアの農業副大臣で、昨夜もわざわざ参加してくれました。大統領の防大への特別な想いに感謝です。 昨日の大統領との実質的な会談の内容を私とシャフリ国防大臣@sjafriesjams の間でしっかりとフォローアップしまた進捗を報告させて頂くことで一致しました。日帰りのインドネシア出張でしたが、今後の日本-インドネシア関係の強化に繋がる成果を得ることができました。プラボウォ大統領、ありがとうございました！

Over 19,000 Japanese people have signed a petition calling on President Trump and the White House to stop using anime and manga characters in social media posts. The Trump administration has used characters from Yu-Gi-Oh and Naruto to promote the Iran War and other policies. While the petition creators respect the freedom of the amateur fan art community, they do not want governments to use anime and manga characters in "political or military contexts that differ from the intentions of the rights holders or creators."