Wataru Tenkawa
@10wataru.bsky.social
Naturalized Japanese citizen from Michigan via San Francisco, car-free Tokyo resident since 1978, thriving on a no-mammals diet since 1970
"The man answering questions is a member of the infamous Wei family, one of several powerful mafia groups that for years operated with impunity in Myanmar's border town of Laukkaing. His confession forms one part of a months-long propaganda push by Chinese officials."
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Thousands of Chinese lured abroad and forced to be scammers - now Beijing is cracking down
Myanmar's scam clans are being brought to justice in the full glare of Chinese state TV.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
"The man answering questions is a member of the infamous Wei family, one of several powerful mafia groups that for years operated with impunity in Myanmar's border town of Laukkaing. His confession forms one part of a months-long propaganda push by Chinese officials."
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"The new automated system automatically approved machine-translated content with only a 72-hour window for human review. As a result, more than 300 Knowledge Base articles were overwritten on the production server" tech.slashdot.org/story/25/11/...
Japanese Volunteer Translators Quit After Mozilla Begins Using Translation Bot - Slashdot
Long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shared this report from Linuxiac:
The Japanese branch of Mozilla's Support Mozilla (SUMO) community — responsible for localizing and maintaining Japanese-lan...
tech.slashdot.org
November 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
"The new automated system automatically approved machine-translated content with only a 72-hour window for human review. As a result, more than 300 Knowledge Base articles were overwritten on the production server" tech.slashdot.org/story/25/11/...
Post you from a different era.
1969 or 1970, when we all listened to the best music that ever has been, became vegetarians, and despised Nixon and Agnew
1969 or 1970, when we all listened to the best music that ever has been, became vegetarians, and despised Nixon and Agnew
November 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Post you from a different era.
1969 or 1970, when we all listened to the best music that ever has been, became vegetarians, and despised Nixon and Agnew
1969 or 1970, when we all listened to the best music that ever has been, became vegetarians, and despised Nixon and Agnew
Lots of sky pictures this evening and for good reason. Why are mine pinker than the others I've seen? (These were right around 5 PM in Musashino-shi, Tokyo.)
November 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Lots of sky pictures this evening and for good reason. Why are mine pinker than the others I've seen? (These were right around 5 PM in Musashino-shi, Tokyo.)
"European tour guides who spoke to CNN said that one way they can tell Americans apart is how loud they are." www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Why Americans trying to hide as Canadians overseas doesn’t work
Claims of “flag jacking” go back to at least the Vietnam War
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October 31, 2025 at 3:37 AM
"European tour guides who spoke to CNN said that one way they can tell Americans apart is how loud they are." www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
If you need another reason to root for the Jays… porterdavis.tumblr.com/post/7987728...
It seemed like a good idea at the time...
If you need another reason to root for the Jays...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:41 AM
If you need another reason to root for the Jays… porterdavis.tumblr.com/post/7987728...
高市早苗氏、村山富市首相に「先の大戦、勝手に謝っては困る」 1年生議員のときに追及 tweetsoku.news/2025/10/21/1...
高市早苗氏、村山富市首相に「先の大戦、勝手に謝っては困る」 1年生議員のときに追及 | Tweeter BreakingＮews－ツイッ速！
1: 昆虫図鑑 ★ 2025/10/21(火) 10:36:01.79 ID:5GFg48z8 自民党の高市早苗総裁は、衆院議員に初当選した翌年の平成6年10月12日の衆院予算委員会で、当時所属していた自由改革連合を代表して質問に立った。村...
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October 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
高市早苗氏、村山富市首相に「先の大戦、勝手に謝っては困る」 1年生議員のときに追及 tweetsoku.news/2025/10/21/1...
"Believe it or not — provided you are 18, have been in Japan for five years, have the means to support yourself and can speak and read Japanese at an intermediate level — getting Japanese citizenship is not as onerous as one might think." www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...
Why I chose Japanese citizenship over permanent residency
It may be adequate for some residents’ purposes, but when the chips are down, many will be shocked at just how few protections it offers.
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October 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
"Believe it or not — provided you are 18, have been in Japan for five years, have the means to support yourself and can speak and read Japanese at an intermediate level — getting Japanese citizenship is not as onerous as one might think." www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...
I have some cousins in Washington State with the last name Roetcisoender, which I learned to pronounce but never to spell without looking it up.
October 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I have some cousins in Washington State with the last name Roetcisoender, which I learned to pronounce but never to spell without looking it up.
「僕自身も翻訳の仕事が大好き。翻訳は究極の精読で、横に書かれたものを縦に置き換えることで、自分の文章術を磨いていくことができる。」 www.asahi.com/articles/AST...
村上春樹さん、イタリアの文学賞受賞 スピーチ「翻訳は究極の精読」：朝日新聞
第4回日伊ことばの架け橋賞（伊日財団主催）に作家、村上春樹さんの「街とその不確かな壁」（アントニエッタ・パストーレさん伊訳）が選ばれ、8日、都内で授賞式が開かれた。 村上さんは1980年代の一時期、…
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October 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
「僕自身も翻訳の仕事が大好き。翻訳は究極の精読で、横に書かれたものを縦に置き換えることで、自分の文章術を磨いていくことができる。」 www.asahi.com/articles/AST...
The five private TV broadcasters plan to quit BS4K by 2027, due to declining revenue and viewership, but also the burden of making 4K content, since everything is seen so clearly they can't fudge the background, props, etc.
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民放各局の”BS4K放送”撤退を喜ぶワケ
民放5局が2027年にBS4K放送から撤退する方針を発表すると、制作現場では安堵の声が漏れたという。細かなところまで美しく見せる最先端技術である「4K」は、意外にもテレビ業界でも歓迎している人は少ないようだ。他方で、「4K」の活用が期待される予想外の業界が…。
gendai.media
October 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The five private TV broadcasters plan to quit BS4K by 2027, due to declining revenue and viewership, but also the burden of making 4K content, since everything is seen so clearly they can't fudge the background, props, etc.
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"Despite mounting evidence linking [finasteride] with serious psychiatric side effects – including anxiety, depression, and suicide – the manufacturers and the medical and regulatory communities have overlooked these findings to the detriment of public health..." www.sciencealert.com/decades-of-s...
Decades of Studies Link Suicide Risk With Common Hair Loss Treatment
Many pharmaceutical drugs come with an ominous list of risks, but the devil is in the details.
www.sciencealert.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"Despite mounting evidence linking [finasteride] with serious psychiatric side effects – including anxiety, depression, and suicide – the manufacturers and the medical and regulatory communities have overlooked these findings to the detriment of public health..." www.sciencealert.com/decades-of-s...
Nine of you liked this post, and I appreciate all of you. On Twitter, where I have only 1/10 as many followers as on Bsky, so far it's 141 likes, 13 reposts, 17 comments, nearly 900,000 views. A QT has 5,100 likes, 359 retweets. Same post, different engagement.
A friend on FB wonders if Takaichi will be allowed inside the sumo ring to hand over the prime minister's cup to the winner.
October 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Nine of you liked this post, and I appreciate all of you. On Twitter, where I have only 1/10 as many followers as on Bsky, so far it's 141 likes, 13 reposts, 17 comments, nearly 900,000 views. A QT has 5,100 likes, 359 retweets. Same post, different engagement.
A friend on FB wonders if Takaichi will be allowed inside the sumo ring to hand over the prime minister's cup to the winner.
October 4, 2025 at 7:27 AM
A friend on FB wonders if Takaichi will be allowed inside the sumo ring to hand over the prime minister's cup to the winner.
How about not engaging in, or promoting, or being fans of, sports that cause all that head trauma? Too hard for people to understand?
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Some Athletes are Trying the Psychedelic Ibogaine to Treat Brain Injuries - Slashdot
"As awareness grows around the dangers of head trauma in sports, a small number of professional fighters and football players are turning to a psychedelic called ibogaine for treatment," reports the L...
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September 29, 2025 at 4:41 AM
How about not engaging in, or promoting, or being fans of, sports that cause all that head trauma? Too hard for people to understand?
science.slashdot.org/story/25/09/...
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In Japan, iPhone still rules but Android is catching up.
September 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
In Japan, iPhone still rules but Android is catching up.
Smokers are worse than pigs news.livedoor.com/article/deta...
泥に埋もれたタバコの吸い殻が“無限に湧く”恐怖 渋谷駅前でヒーローが掘り出した「街の闇」にSNS騒然 - ライブドアニュース
ヒーローのコスチュームを着た男性が、渋谷の排水溝から大量のタバコの吸い殻を取り除く様子がXに投稿され注目を集めています。投稿したのは、「スミレンジャーZ」と名乗る男性。「リアルライフヒーロー」としてコス
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September 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Smokers are worse than pigs news.livedoor.com/article/deta...
If Koizumi continues to implode, my guy Hayashi could pull off a come-from-behind win
September 26, 2025 at 6:06 AM
If Koizumi continues to implode, my guy Hayashi could pull off a come-from-behind win
Points for originality asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/im...
Illegal Pakistani migrants disguised as soccer players sent to Japan
Smugglers' innovative schemes defy crackdowns and highlight economic hardships
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September 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Points for originality asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/im...
I wonder what the five LDP leadership candidates think about this view re Japan. Would be a good question for journalists to ask them. www.nknews.org/2025/09/beli...
Belief that South Korea needs foreign troops reflects ‘submissive mindset’: Lee | NK News
The belief that foreign troops are necessary for South Korea’s national defense against North Korea reflects a “submissive mindset,” President Lee Jae-myung said Sunday, vowing to use new technologies...
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September 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I wonder what the five LDP leadership candidates think about this view re Japan. Would be a good question for journalists to ask them. www.nknews.org/2025/09/beli...
Thanks for this, @dantraylor.bsky.social and keep working on those Kyodo and Jiji people. (Looks like my buddy @earthuncuttv.bsky.social in the photo, who predictably is right now chasing one of the all-time biggies on Batan Island.)
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When a typhoon isn’t really a typhoon, I’ll be there to tell you about it
The nomenclature and strict definition of what constitutes a typhoon are not as straightforward as most people might think.
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September 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Thanks for this, @dantraylor.bsky.social and keep working on those Kyodo and Jiji people. (Looks like my buddy @earthuncuttv.bsky.social in the photo, who predictably is right now chasing one of the all-time biggies on Batan Island.)
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Dude should get his money back, along with the six months of his life he wasted
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China teen grows 1.4cm in height from therapy, shrinks back to 165cm after 2 weeks
Medical expert says ‘humans are not noodles’ and cannot gain height from ‘stretching’; advises exercise and quality sleep.
www.scmp.com
September 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Dude should get his money back, along with the six months of his life he wasted
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If you thought there were a lot of obasans in Japan, woman 65 and older make up 32.4% of the female population. So you were right.
September 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
If you thought there were a lot of obasans in Japan, woman 65 and older make up 32.4% of the female population. So you were right.
"Conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk doubled down on his belief that gun deaths are "worth it" because of the liberty firearms provide." www.rawstory.com/charlie-kirk...
Charlie Kirk on mass shooting victims: 'We cannot allow them to emotionally hijack the narrative'
Conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk doubled down on his belief that gun deaths are "worth it" because of the liberty firearms provide.
After a mass shooting at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky on Mond...
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September 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
"Conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk doubled down on his belief that gun deaths are "worth it" because of the liberty firearms provide." www.rawstory.com/charlie-kirk...
TBS on today's late afternoon news show had this analysis of five possible candidates for the LDP leadership post. It's subjective and biased, but not so far off the mark. Esp. for someone strongly biased toward Hayashi as I am. (His chances are slim, even if he is not.)
September 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
TBS on today's late afternoon news show had this analysis of five possible candidates for the LDP leadership post. It's subjective and biased, but not so far off the mark. Esp. for someone strongly biased toward Hayashi as I am. (His chances are slim, even if he is not.)