masako fukui
@masakofukuisydney.bsky.social
independent audio producer, writer, English and Japanese bilingual journalist based in Sydney Australia, I eat dairy, writing my prequel, love watching bread rise
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#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
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Was the multiheaded legal pursuit of Donald Trump one big mistake? https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/24/if-the-legal-campaigns-against-donald-trump-had-ended-differently
If the Legal Campaigns Against Donald Trump Had Ended Differently
New books look at the January 6th Trial That Wasn’t and other failed prosecutions—and whether they might have changed history.
www.newyorker.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Was the multiheaded legal pursuit of Donald Trump one big mistake? https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/24/if-the-legal-campaigns-against-donald-trump-had-ended-differently
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Massive fire in Oita has burned more than 170 buildings so far | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
Massive fire in Oita has burned more than 170 buildings so far | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
Firefighters have been battling an extensive fire in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Prefectural authorities say more than 170 houses and other buildings have been burned and a man in his 70s has...
www3.nhk.or.jp
November 19, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Massive fire in Oita has burned more than 170 buildings so far | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
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For those who will bear witness. For everyone who pretends there was benevolence from 'employers' & governments, and no slavery in Australia; who believes Tony Abbott's version of history. Debra Dank writes with beauty and anger of the truth we cannot dodge.
theconversation.com/friday-essay...
theconversation.com/friday-essay...
Friday essay: Debra Dank’s grandmother was a ‘drover’s boy’. Her stolen wages can’t be recovered
Stella Prize shortlisted author Debra Dank reflects on how her family’s lives were scarred by stolen wages and colonial violence – and on the complexities of apologies.
theconversation.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
For those who will bear witness. For everyone who pretends there was benevolence from 'employers' & governments, and no slavery in Australia; who believes Tony Abbott's version of history. Debra Dank writes with beauty and anger of the truth we cannot dodge.
theconversation.com/friday-essay...
theconversation.com/friday-essay...
I'm loving the Lily Allen album....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=97ep...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=97ep...
Lily Allen - West End Girl (Visualiser)
YouTube video by Lily Allen
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November 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I'm loving the Lily Allen album....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=97ep...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=97ep...
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This year’s urushi honey🍯 has arrived!
It’s very popular, so don’t wait to get yours!
Japan offers many types of honey, but urushi is rare.
It comes from regions rich in urushi trees.
Its flavor is refreshing, it crystallizes slowly, and the color is beautifully clear.
matsuzawaurushi.stores.jp
It’s very popular, so don’t wait to get yours!
Japan offers many types of honey, but urushi is rare.
It comes from regions rich in urushi trees.
Its flavor is refreshing, it crystallizes slowly, and the color is beautifully clear.
matsuzawaurushi.stores.jp
October 30, 2025 at 5:15 AM
This year’s urushi honey🍯 has arrived!
It’s very popular, so don’t wait to get yours!
Japan offers many types of honey, but urushi is rare.
It comes from regions rich in urushi trees.
Its flavor is refreshing, it crystallizes slowly, and the color is beautifully clear.
matsuzawaurushi.stores.jp
It’s very popular, so don’t wait to get yours!
Japan offers many types of honey, but urushi is rare.
It comes from regions rich in urushi trees.
Its flavor is refreshing, it crystallizes slowly, and the color is beautifully clear.
matsuzawaurushi.stores.jp
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"'Never before in the life of any living American have so many books been systematically removed from school libraries across the country. Never before have so many states passed laws or regulations to facilitate the banning of books, including bans on specific titles statewide.'"
PEN America warns of rise in books 'systematically removed from school libraries'
A new report says that the number of books being challenged or removed from public schools across the country has risen exponentially in the past two years. A Clockwork Orange tops their list.
www.npr.org
October 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"'Never before in the life of any living American have so many books been systematically removed from school libraries across the country. Never before have so many states passed laws or regulations to facilitate the banning of books, including bans on specific titles statewide.'"
Great podcast story about a podcast
www.npr.org/2025/09/24/n...
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NPR's middle school champion: A moving podcast about Japanese American incarceration
For the first time, NPR's Student Podcast Challenge has a returning champion: a California fifth grader who explored a dark chapter in U.S. history during World War II.
www.npr.org
September 29, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Great podcast story about a podcast
www.npr.org/2025/09/24/n...
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Interesting cases...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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How a tourist on a dream Australia trip ended up spending 10 years in prison
A Japanese tourist who served 10 years in an Australian prison for drug smuggling offences sees her story reflected in the case of Australian Donna Nelson, who was sentenced to six years in a Japanese...
www.abc.net.au
September 29, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Interesting cases...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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"After it was confirmed that he had secured second place, Kojima told reporters that, 'It’s the will of the people, reflecting their recognition of my efforts.'" www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
September 8, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"After it was confirmed that he had secured second place, Kojima told reporters that, 'It’s the will of the people, reflecting their recognition of my efforts.'" www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
There is a saying that we die twice. The first time being our physical death. The second being when our name is mentioned for the last time.
When You Call My Name is a collaborative project honouring WWII civilians interned as 'Japanese enemy aliens’ in Australia and died. shorturl.at/rJl0X
When You Call My Name is a collaborative project honouring WWII civilians interned as 'Japanese enemy aliens’ in Australia and died. shorturl.at/rJl0X
August 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
There is a saying that we die twice. The first time being our physical death. The second being when our name is mentioned for the last time.
When You Call My Name is a collaborative project honouring WWII civilians interned as 'Japanese enemy aliens’ in Australia and died. shorturl.at/rJl0X
When You Call My Name is a collaborative project honouring WWII civilians interned as 'Japanese enemy aliens’ in Australia and died. shorturl.at/rJl0X
'The trouble is thinking about universities through the lens of the balance sheet has left those in charge unable to advocate for the institutions they oversee, the staff who work there, and the students they educate in terms of their contribution to society in all of its aspects.'
Universities have lost their way, but cost-cutting and consultants are not the answer
Last week in Sydney, we saw a melodrama acted out that could stand in for the state of Australian universities more generally.
theconversation.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:02 AM
'The trouble is thinking about universities through the lens of the balance sheet has left those in charge unable to advocate for the institutions they oversee, the staff who work there, and the students they educate in terms of their contribution to society in all of its aspects.'
www.newyorker.com/magazine/194...
When the New Yorker devoted a whole issue to what the atomic bombing of Hiroshima the year before
When the New Yorker devoted a whole issue to what the atomic bombing of Hiroshima the year before
Hiroshima
A hundred thousand people were killed by the atomic bomb. Survivors wonder why they lived when so many others died.
www.newyorker.com
August 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
www.newyorker.com/magazine/194...
When the New Yorker devoted a whole issue to what the atomic bombing of Hiroshima the year before
When the New Yorker devoted a whole issue to what the atomic bombing of Hiroshima the year before
Hiroshima, 6 August, lest we forget
insidestory.org.au/eighty-nine-...
insidestory.org.au/eighty-nine-...
89 seconds and counting… • Tessa Morris-Suzuki
Hiroshima survivor Setsuko Nakamura Thurlow’s campaign against nuclear annihilation
insidestory.org.au
August 6, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Hiroshima, 6 August, lest we forget
insidestory.org.au/eighty-nine-...
insidestory.org.au/eighty-nine-...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/b...
Joan Anderson, Unsung Heroine of Hula Hoop History, Dies at 101
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/b...
Exellent article
The Decline and Fall of Elon Musk
The Tesla innovator becomes the latest government employee to lose his job.
www.theatlantic.com
May 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Exellent article
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JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
May 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
Walking Through Time: Australia Japan Symposium and History Walking Trail www.nikkeiaustralia.com/walking-thro...
Walking Through Time: Australia Japan Symposium and History Walking Trail | Nikkei Australia
Walking Through Time is a symposium and history walk, exploring Australia-Japan histories and stories in Townsville, Queensland, home of the first Japanese Consulate.
www.nikkeiaustralia.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Walking Through Time: Australia Japan Symposium and History Walking Trail www.nikkeiaustralia.com/walking-thro...
what I'm listening to...so great!
Division Street Revisited
Documentary Podcast · Weekly Series · Pulitzer Prize winner Mary Schmich traces the lives of seven people in Studs Terkel’s first book of oral history: A Black public school janitor; a Lithuanian tave...
podcasts.apple.com
May 1, 2025 at 12:39 AM
what I'm listening to...so great!
Cronyism, Capitulation and Utter Chaos
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Cronyism, Capitulation and Utter Chaos
And what the hell was Scott Bessent doing briefing Morgan clients?
open.substack.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Cronyism, Capitulation and Utter Chaos
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'vicious sewing circle'...
Opinion | Trump’s Vicious Sewing Circle
Catfights abound in Trump’s macho world.
www.nytimes.com
April 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
'vicious sewing circle'...