Melanie Brock
melanie.brock.social
Melanie Brock
@melanie.brock.social
Long-term Australian resident of Japan. Mum. Grandmother of three! Non executive director, Chair Emeritus of ANZCCJ, senior advisor for several amazing companies active in 🇦🇺🇯🇵
Thirty years ago today the boys and I arrived in Japan. They were so little. I was young! Gahhh. We were thinking about staying for six months….feels like yesterday. 🇦🇺🇯🇵👦🏻💙🎉
November 5, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Good Morning Tokyo town. 🇯🇵
October 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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I really think I should get my tomorrow's cartoon out there today, while it's fresh.

Ballroomocracy. My @smh/@theage cartoon.
October 22, 2025 at 4:29 AM
First woman PM for Japan. And yes, the picture of Takaichi san in the Diet proves just how few women there are in politics in Japan. 🇯🇵
October 21, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Woah!!! Nikkei 🇯🇵
October 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Japanese politics!! Woah. 💥 What a time. 🇯🇵

PS Any coverage in Australian media about the developments taking place in one of our key partner countries? (she asks knowing the answer…sigh)
October 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Got my Tshirt ready….. Explained the whole thing to granddaughter Alice who agrees with me. #nomoremanels 🇯🇵🇦🇺👊
October 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
3.42 million tourists visited Japan in August. Such a hot time to visit. I tend to run away from Japan in the summer. Hope they all had fun. ✈️🇯🇵 www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09...
Foreign visitors to Japan hit record 3.42 million in August
The tally was pushed higher by visitors from mainland China, Taiwan, Vietnam and the United States.
www.japantimes.co.jp
September 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
My grandkids just rang me to wish me Happy Old People’s Day! Nice, I think. #敬老の日 ❤️🇯🇵🇦🇺🧑🏻‍🦳
September 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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A few ideas

Appoint CEOs who have international experience. Especially in Asia.
And stop promoting internal candidates to CEO who have no international experience.
Appoint more board members with Asia experience.
And have fewer board meetings per year to help internationalise boards.
September 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Like an old record but yes….. oh and QANTAS CEO should take this advice literally. The flying kangaroo has 28 weekly flights to Japan and yet no visit by Ms Hudson? 🇦🇺✈️🇯🇵
www.afr.com/world/asia/a...
Australian businesses must stop flying over Asia and start investing
Canberra must insulate the nation from the fallout of a potential power vacuum left by America.
www.afr.com
September 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Watching PM Ishiba’s resignation speech on YouTube. I find the comments fascinating - lots of people saying a range of different things but now some random person is just posting truckloads of hearts over and over and that is irritating everyone a LOT. Too much hoohaa for a Sunday night I think….🇯🇵
September 7, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Most tourists do the right thing and then some dickhead does something like this and gives us all a bad name. 🇦🇺✈️🇯🇵 www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09...
Anger in Japan after Instagrammer drinks burial site offering
On Tuesday, the Australian Embassy warned on Facebook that travelers must ensure 'appropriate behavior' while visiting Japan, without explicitly referring to the incident.
www.japantimes.co.jp
September 4, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Welcome to Japan, Governor-General 🇦🇺🇯🇵
September 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
On the 小海線 heading to Sakudaira en route to Tokyo for a big week. Loving this cute train that goes from the station closest to me! The train conductor comes through and offers to take photos of the train otakus who are also enjoying the ride!!! 🚂⛰️🇯🇵
September 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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どうかお願いです。
熱中症に本気で気をつけてください。

8/30の最高気温は関東・甲信で40℃、東海で40~41℃予報の地域があり、命に関わる危険な暑さになります。
小さなお子様や高齢者の体調をいつもより気にかけてください。冷房使用等で暑さを避けて、こまめに水分補給を。

万全の暑さ対策を!!
August 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
‘Nothing special’. Wow!! 🗻🇯🇵
A 102-year-old Japanese man with a serious heart condition has been certified as the oldest person to climb Mount Fuji — but still shrugged off the feat as nothing special. ebx.sh/z4DgyD
August 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM