It’s a fascinating story that, as another commenter noted, also touches Mexico en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasekur...

In Coria del Rio, a Spanish village, descendants of those XVII century Japanese, can be recognized by their last name: Japón
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coria_d...

@chrislhayes.bsky.social and what are your recommendations?

Limonov, by Emmanuel Carrère
HHhH, by Laurent Binet

None of these apply in Hong Kong, where you can use apple Pay, Google Maps and there’s no firewall.

I would add Red Note to the list, needs translation app and you need to get used to it, but it will deliver great recommendations once you have the algorithm adjusted to your interests

It’s a good idea to enable WeChat pay as a backup, as sometimes Alipay might not work. WeChat has translation baked in, very useful even if the other person is in front of you.
Apple Maps are different when you enter China and provide a decent service, although Amap is definitely the best one.

“when one judge wasn’t impressed, she said, in Spanish, “I didn’t come here to accept criticism,” and the audience whooped in encouragement.”
You have this wrong, the exchange is available on YouTube, surely you have some that speaks Spanish that can fact check it…

This review fails to mention her first album, Los Angeles, and then mistranslates a comment she made on a TV contest making her say the exact opposite of what she actually said (I checked on youtube). It’s disappointing that The New Yorker publishes such a carelessly written piece.

Maybe not the first? Colombia has had it since 2022
ithttps://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombia-court-approves-medically-assisted-suicide-2022-05-12/

Care to share anything about the gear and technique that produced it?