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Photojournalist based in Japan, often in Taiwan. Represented by Panos Pictures.
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JD Vance pushed the recent Russia-friendly "peace" plan, effectively trying to get Ukraine to surrender.
It didn't work.
But it's hardly the first time. Why does he keep trying to help Russia win? Because he's a far right ideologue who sees Putin as a culture war champion.
New from me, in @ms.now
It didn't work.
But it's hardly the first time. Why does he keep trying to help Russia win? Because he's a far right ideologue who sees Putin as a culture war champion.
New from me, in @ms.now
Opinion | Why JD Vance keeps trying to help Russia win the war with Ukraine
The vice president pushed a Russia-friendly peace plan — which tracks with his far-right worldview that sees Putin as an “anti-woke” culture war ally, says Nicholas Grossman.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
JD Vance pushed the recent Russia-friendly "peace" plan, effectively trying to get Ukraine to surrender.
It didn't work.
But it's hardly the first time. Why does he keep trying to help Russia win? Because he's a far right ideologue who sees Putin as a culture war champion.
New from me, in @ms.now
It didn't work.
But it's hardly the first time. Why does he keep trying to help Russia win? Because he's a far right ideologue who sees Putin as a culture war champion.
New from me, in @ms.now
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Mike Mochizuki: Takaichi 101: How to torpedo relations with China in a month. "Tokyo should publicly reaffirm that even under a “survival-threatening situation,” the SDF would be limited to the defense of Japan and not fight overseas in fight...in Taiwan". responsiblestatecraft.org/japan-china-...
Takaichi 101: How to torpedo relations with China in a month
The brand new Japanese prime minister set off a firestorm by implying war with China if Beijing attacked Taiwan
responsiblestatecraft.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Mike Mochizuki: Takaichi 101: How to torpedo relations with China in a month. "Tokyo should publicly reaffirm that even under a “survival-threatening situation,” the SDF would be limited to the defense of Japan and not fight overseas in fight...in Taiwan". responsiblestatecraft.org/japan-china-...
Why India Will Not Extradite Sheikh Hasina thediplomat.com/2025/11/why-...
Why India Will Not Extradite Sheikh Hasina
Dhaka has sent India a note verbale requesting the extradition of the former PM, who has been found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Why India Will Not Extradite Sheikh Hasina thediplomat.com/2025/11/why-...
喜多川歌麿「深川の雪」落札は日本の個人コレクター 競売で11億円
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
喜多川歌麿「深川の雪」落札は日本の個人コレクター 競売で11億円
There’s a catastrophic black hole in our climate data – and it’s a gift to deniers www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s a catastrophic black hole in our climate data – and it’s a gift to deniers | George Monbiot
Climate sceptics tell us that more people die of extreme cold than extreme heat. What’s the truth? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
There’s a catastrophic black hole in our climate data – and it’s a gift to deniers www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A civil war among US Republican
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White nationalist Nick Fuentes is exposing a civil war among US Republicans: ‘We look like clowns’
Tucker Carlson’s interview with the activist revealed the mainstream right is being flooded by extremism – and it’s now impossible to contain
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November 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A civil war among US Republican
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"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
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Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
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Social justice and environmental justice are one and the same thing.
November 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Social justice and environmental justice are one and the same thing.
“日本の驚くべき点は労働時間の長さより、労働力の無駄遣いだ。私はこれを「生産性パラドクス」と呼ぶ”
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炎天下や寒空の下で何時間も立ちっぱなし......労働力を無駄遣いする不思議の国ニッポン（ニューズウィーク日本版） - Yahoo!ニュース
日本人はもっと働くべきだと、政財界で影響力を持つ人の多くが考えているらしい。
報道によれば高市早苗首相は政権発足早々、残業時間の規制緩和を検討するよう厚生労働大臣に指示した。10月21日、マネック
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November 18, 2025 at 5:15 AM
“日本の驚くべき点は労働時間の長さより、労働力の無駄遣いだ。私はこれを「生産性パラドクス」と呼ぶ”
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news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/5b9...
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Osaka High Court issues a ruling today on the appeal of Yuji Yukawa, head of the Kan'nama union. An extraordinary, underreported story of blatant union-busting, Yukawa was held for 644 days without trial and given a 4-year prison sentence in his 1st trial: apjjf.org/2022/9/mcneill
Union City Blues - Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
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November 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Osaka High Court issues a ruling today on the appeal of Yuji Yukawa, head of the Kan'nama union. An extraordinary, underreported story of blatant union-busting, Yukawa was held for 644 days without trial and given a 4-year prison sentence in his 1st trial: apjjf.org/2022/9/mcneill
“Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies. “https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/14/climate-crisis-communication-super-rich
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
“Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies. “https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/14/climate-crisis-communication-super-rich
Uyghurs are no longer welcome in Turkey
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Uyghurs are no longer welcome in Turkey
As Turkey strengthens ties with China, the Turkish government has shifted its migration policy toward members of the Muslim minority from Xinjiang, a community it historically protected. Expulsions of...
www.lemonde.fr
November 14, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Uyghurs are no longer welcome in Turkey
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Given that the far right hates Black and Brown people, hates women, hates immigrants, hates liberals, leftists and greens, hates students and universities, hates civil servants, hates disabled people, hates gay and trans people and hates Jews and Muslims, what is this country it claims to love?
November 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Given that the far right hates Black and Brown people, hates women, hates immigrants, hates liberals, leftists and greens, hates students and universities, hates civil servants, hates disabled people, hates gay and trans people and hates Jews and Muslims, what is this country it claims to love?
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The allegation here is that wealthy tourists paid to be able to shoot human beings. Perhaps killing wildlife wasn't enough for them. If true, psychopathic scarcely begins to cover it.
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Milan prosecutors investigate alleged ‘sniper tourism’ during Bosnian war
Groups from Italy and elsewhere alleged to have paid Serb soldiers to shoot Sarajevo residents during siege
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The allegation here is that wealthy tourists paid to be able to shoot human beings. Perhaps killing wildlife wasn't enough for them. If true, psychopathic scarcely begins to cover it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
What US Tech Did to Ireland www.thedial.world/articles/new...
What US Tech Did to Ireland — The Dial
The country is alarmingly reliant on Meta, Google and Apple.
www.thedial.world
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
What US Tech Did to Ireland www.thedial.world/articles/new...
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“…the net worth of the 10 richest US billionaires grew by $698bn in the past year. That money alone, the increment in the wealth of 10 people, is almost 10 times the annual amount required to end extreme poverty worldwide.”
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
“…the net worth of the 10 richest US billionaires grew by $698bn in the past year. That money alone, the increment in the wealth of 10 people, is almost 10 times the annual amount required to end extreme poverty worldwide.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thomas Piketty: 'To succeed in the climate transition, we must redistribute wealth differently' www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...
Thomas Piketty: 'To succeed in the climate transition, we must redistribute wealth differently'
In an interview with Le Monde, the French economist explains that protecting the planet from climate change cannot be achieved without reducing inequality.
www.lemonde.fr
November 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Thomas Piketty: 'To succeed in the climate transition, we must redistribute wealth differently' www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...
伊藤詩織さん監督のドキュメンタリー映画、日本公開が12月に決定 news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/9c7...
伊藤詩織さん監督のドキュメンタリー映画、日本公開が12月に決定（朝日新聞） - Yahoo!ニュース
ジャーナリストの伊藤詩織さんが、自身の性被害を取り上げ制作したドキュメンタリー映画「Black Box Diaries」について、配給する東映エージエンシーは6日、東京の「T・ジョイ PRINCE
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November 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
伊藤詩織さん監督のドキュメンタリー映画、日本公開が12月に決定 news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/9c7...
“It’s respectable Islamophobia that’s more insidious. The framing of newspaper headlines; the choice of which stories to cover; the way in which prestigious Wall Street Journal and New York Times columnists will casually compare Arabs to bugs and insects”.
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Mamdani’s mayoral race was marred by unhinged Islamophobia. It’s not going away soon | Arwa Mahdawi
The racist abuse that Zohran Mamdani is still facing proves how normalized bigotry is. We need to keep calling it out
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November 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
“It’s respectable Islamophobia that’s more insidious. The framing of newspaper headlines; the choice of which stories to cover; the way in which prestigious Wall Street Journal and New York Times columnists will casually compare Arabs to bugs and insects”.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Experts gather in Tokyo this weekend to push for the abolition of the death penalty in Asia. My piece for The Irish Times: www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-p...
Japan’s death penalty in the spotlight after inmate freed from decades on death row
Experts gather in Tokyo this weekend to push for abolition of the death penalty in Asia
www.irishtimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Experts gather in Tokyo this weekend to push for the abolition of the death penalty in Asia. My piece for The Irish Times: www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-p...
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A huge magnification in the destructive power of hurricanes due to global heating
Worth remembering that extreme weather is forecast to cost $38 trillion - A YEAR - by 2050
That's about one third of current global GDP
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Worth remembering that extreme weather is forecast to cost $38 trillion - A YEAR - by 2050
That's about one third of current global GDP
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘New reality’: Hurricane Melissa strength multiplied by climate crisis, study says
Winds of Melissa’s strength are now five times more frequent due to the climate crisis, research says
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
A huge magnification in the destructive power of hurricanes due to global heating
Worth remembering that extreme weather is forecast to cost $38 trillion - A YEAR - by 2050
That's about one third of current global GDP
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Worth remembering that extreme weather is forecast to cost $38 trillion - A YEAR - by 2050
That's about one third of current global GDP
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Mamdani's victory wasn't only a repudiation of an old and exhausted political establishment in the city, it was also a triumph over the framing power of the political press, and none more so than the New York Times, whose coverage and editorials worked relentlessly to dampen his appeal.
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Mamdani's victory wasn't only a repudiation of an old and exhausted political establishment in the city, it was also a triumph over the framing power of the political press, and none more so than the New York Times, whose coverage and editorials worked relentlessly to dampen his appeal.
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The destructive obscenity that is rampant consumer capitalism continues to concentrate the planet's wealth in fewer and fewer hands
But the system responsible for climate breakdown will not survive it
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
But the system responsible for climate breakdown will not survive it
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report
Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The destructive obscenity that is rampant consumer capitalism continues to concentrate the planet's wealth in fewer and fewer hands
But the system responsible for climate breakdown will not survive it
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
But the system responsible for climate breakdown will not survive it
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Australian dad arrested in Japan after trying to see his abducted daughter www.smh.com.au/world/asia/a...
Australian dad arrested in Japan after trying to see his abducted child
Ninety Australian children have been abducted by their Japanese parent. Randy Kavanagh has been arrested after trying to see his daughter.
www.smh.com.au
November 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Australian dad arrested in Japan after trying to see his abducted daughter www.smh.com.au/world/asia/a...