Shaun McKenna
@smcka.bsky.social
I’m at The Japan Times holding space with music, features, language, podcasts … y’know, “things” and “stuff.”
金 just made it into kanji of the year’s five-timer’s club
December 12, 2024 at 5:08 AM
金 just made it into kanji of the year’s five-timer’s club
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The Japanese media has long struggled with how to translate "woke." None of the proposed solutions capture the contentiousness of it in English. So I took a shot at it myself. blog.hirokoyoda.com/p/how-do-you...
How do you say “woke” in Japanese?
A slight linguistic difference illuminates big cultural ones
blog.hirokoyoda.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:10 AM
The Japanese media has long struggled with how to translate "woke." None of the proposed solutions capture the contentiousness of it in English. So I took a shot at it myself. blog.hirokoyoda.com/p/how-do-you...
Reposted by Shaun McKenna
Why is Tokyo so fashionable? Some theories. 🧵
November 27, 2024 at 6:43 AM
Why is Tokyo so fashionable? Some theories. 🧵
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Here we are. Pleased to meet you! 👋
November 28, 2024 at 2:13 AM
Here we are. Pleased to meet you! 👋
When asked why he opted not to take a plane from Egypt to Japan, Omar Nok said this: "If you take a plane from point A to point B, well then it’s only about points A and B; you skip everything in between, and I don’t want to skip anything."
Omar Nok: 'There are good people everywhere'
Omar Nok says the hospitality he has received from locals at every stop on his journey from Egypt to Japan has been nothing short of inspirational.
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November 21, 2024 at 2:52 AM
When asked why he opted not to take a plane from Egypt to Japan, Omar Nok said this: "If you take a plane from point A to point B, well then it’s only about points A and B; you skip everything in between, and I don’t want to skip anything."
I watched the presser and Leon Niihama, a 28-year-old enka singer, seemed like he was having a good time. Gonna have to check out his performance. And Creepy Nuts, of course.
www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024...
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NHK announces Number_i, Illit and Glay for ‘Kohaku’ lineup
Acts from the former Johnny’s were frozen out for a second year as NHK opts for new names and old favorites.
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November 19, 2024 at 7:55 AM
I watched the presser and Leon Niihama, a 28-year-old enka singer, seemed like he was having a good time. Gonna have to check out his performance. And Creepy Nuts, of course.
www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024...
www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024...
We interviewed Dr. Nakamats, a well-known inventor in Japan, for Japan Times this past weekend.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Always trying to solve the problems of modern life, the perennial candidate refuses to bow to societal expectations of age.
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November 18, 2024 at 2:37 AM
We interviewed Dr. Nakamats, a well-known inventor in Japan, for Japan Times this past weekend.