Martin Fackler
@martinfackler.bsky.social
Reporter & Editor @ New York Times
Author of forthcoming book on the Fukushima nuclear disaster
Author of forthcoming book on the Fukushima nuclear disaster
An opinion poll released yesterday by the Asahi Shimbun gives a glimpse into the damage that Trump has done to America's image in Japan, its closest Asian ally. The first question asks whether Japan should follow U.S. in foreign policy. 24% say yes, but 68% say no, Japan should show more autonomy.
April 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
An opinion poll released yesterday by the Asahi Shimbun gives a glimpse into the damage that Trump has done to America's image in Japan, its closest Asian ally. The first question asks whether Japan should follow U.S. in foreign policy. 24% say yes, but 68% say no, Japan should show more autonomy.
Something to calm the soul: photos of izakaya in Tokyo.
April 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Something to calm the soul: photos of izakaya in Tokyo.
A friend sent me this, and I've been puzzling over it ever since. Is there an underlying mathematical pattern that I'm missing? This isn't hexadecimals, is it?
April 14, 2025 at 3:47 AM
A friend sent me this, and I've been puzzling over it ever since. Is there an underlying mathematical pattern that I'm missing? This isn't hexadecimals, is it?
Almost Pink Moon 🌙
ピンクムーンに近い(あと一日)
ピンクムーンに近い(あと一日)
April 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Almost Pink Moon 🌙
ピンクムーンに近い(あと一日)
ピンクムーンに近い(あと一日)
Author Jake Adelstein interviewed me in this month's Zaiten, a financial magazine, about media issues in Japan. We discussed the weak points of Japan's domestic media and also their strengths, and changes in the social media and fake news era. Thanks, Jake!
#media #japan @tokyovice.bsky.social
#media #japan @tokyovice.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Author Jake Adelstein interviewed me in this month's Zaiten, a financial magazine, about media issues in Japan. We discussed the weak points of Japan's domestic media and also their strengths, and changes in the social media and fake news era. Thanks, Jake!
#media #japan @tokyovice.bsky.social
#media #japan @tokyovice.bsky.social
The pleasures of travel in Tohoku: a tonkatsu meal at Marumatsu, a chain of "family restaurants" found only in rural northern Honshu.
奥の細道の現代版。まるまつというファミレスでいただくかつみぞれ煮御膳。
奥の細道の現代版。まるまつというファミレスでいただくかつみぞれ煮御膳。
April 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The pleasures of travel in Tohoku: a tonkatsu meal at Marumatsu, a chain of "family restaurants" found only in rural northern Honshu.
奥の細道の現代版。まるまつというファミレスでいただくかつみぞれ煮御膳。
奥の細道の現代版。まるまつというファミレスでいただくかつみぞれ煮御膳。
夜桜🌸
Cherry blossoms in Tokyo.
Cherry blossoms in Tokyo.
April 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
夜桜🌸
Cherry blossoms in Tokyo.
Cherry blossoms in Tokyo.
Bicycle speed limit sign on Okinawa. Only very precise riders allowed on the island.
April 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Bicycle speed limit sign on Okinawa. Only very precise riders allowed on the island.
Enjoying Tokyo's cherry blossoms at night.
夜桜🌸の花見散歩🚶
夜桜🌸の花見散歩🚶
April 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Enjoying Tokyo's cherry blossoms at night.
夜桜🌸の花見散歩🚶
夜桜🌸の花見散歩🚶
The hotel's interior was like entering another era.
It was like entering a maze. To reach your room, you had to ascend a steep stairwell, pass through a narrow corridor, turn a couple corners, go up and down small flights of stairs to enter a little alcove that held the door.
It was like entering a maze. To reach your room, you had to ascend a steep stairwell, pass through a narrow corridor, turn a couple corners, go up and down small flights of stairs to enter a little alcove that held the door.
March 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The hotel's interior was like entering another era.
It was like entering a maze. To reach your room, you had to ascend a steep stairwell, pass through a narrow corridor, turn a couple corners, go up and down small flights of stairs to enter a little alcove that held the door.
It was like entering a maze. To reach your room, you had to ascend a steep stairwell, pass through a narrow corridor, turn a couple corners, go up and down small flights of stairs to enter a little alcove that held the door.
This onsen ryokan was built during the Meiji era 130 years ago and still operates today.
明治時代から続く会津若松にある老舗温泉旅館。
明治時代から続く会津若松にある老舗温泉旅館。
March 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This onsen ryokan was built during the Meiji era 130 years ago and still operates today.
明治時代から続く会津若松にある老舗温泉旅館。
明治時代から続く会津若松にある老舗温泉旅館。
Kabuki ad poster spotted recently in Tokyo's Hibiya station. One of these actors has taken an unconventional approach to makeup.
March 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Kabuki ad poster spotted recently in Tokyo's Hibiya station. One of these actors has taken an unconventional approach to makeup.
A sign at Naha airport proclaims the terminal to be a tsunami hazard zone at 8 meters above sea level. Not very reassuring given that the 2011 Tohoku tsunami was almost twice that high, and there's historical evidence of an even larger wave striking Ishigaki in the same Ryukyu island chain...
March 20, 2025 at 4:01 AM
A sign at Naha airport proclaims the terminal to be a tsunami hazard zone at 8 meters above sea level. Not very reassuring given that the 2011 Tohoku tsunami was almost twice that high, and there's historical evidence of an even larger wave striking Ishigaki in the same Ryukyu island chain...
March 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM