S the Researcher
@stheresearcher.bsky.social
observer of geopolitics in East Asia
researcher for an embassy somewhere
UC Berkeley (B.A)
University of Tokyo (M.A)
researcher for an embassy somewhere
UC Berkeley (B.A)
University of Tokyo (M.A)
This kind of post is frankly alarmist speculation with big leap little evidence
Yes Takaichi’s cabinet Is CONSIDERING to revisit the Three Non-Nuclear Principles, but only the “no introduction” part to consider whether during crisis, US can bring ☢️ weapons to 🇯🇵 temporarily. Never about 持たず or 作らず
Yes Takaichi’s cabinet Is CONSIDERING to revisit the Three Non-Nuclear Principles, but only the “no introduction” part to consider whether during crisis, US can bring ☢️ weapons to 🇯🇵 temporarily. Never about 持たず or 作らず
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 AM
This kind of post is frankly alarmist speculation with big leap little evidence
Yes Takaichi’s cabinet Is CONSIDERING to revisit the Three Non-Nuclear Principles, but only the “no introduction” part to consider whether during crisis, US can bring ☢️ weapons to 🇯🇵 temporarily. Never about 持たず or 作らず
Yes Takaichi’s cabinet Is CONSIDERING to revisit the Three Non-Nuclear Principles, but only the “no introduction” part to consider whether during crisis, US can bring ☢️ weapons to 🇯🇵 temporarily. Never about 持たず or 作らず
A legacy from the Osaka Expo is giving me hope for the future
Human Washing Machine that gives a hot bath with microscopic bubbles was first introduced at 1970 expo but this time the manufacture sold 8 units so far, with 15 units expected by the end of the year
A world w/o B.O. would be heaven
Human Washing Machine that gives a hot bath with microscopic bubbles was first introduced at 1970 expo but this time the manufacture sold 8 units so far, with 15 units expected by the end of the year
A world w/o B.O. would be heaven
November 14, 2025 at 4:51 AM
A legacy from the Osaka Expo is giving me hope for the future
Human Washing Machine that gives a hot bath with microscopic bubbles was first introduced at 1970 expo but this time the manufacture sold 8 units so far, with 15 units expected by the end of the year
A world w/o B.O. would be heaven
Human Washing Machine that gives a hot bath with microscopic bubbles was first introduced at 1970 expo but this time the manufacture sold 8 units so far, with 15 units expected by the end of the year
A world w/o B.O. would be heaven
Chinese President Xi met with the King of Spain who is on a trip to China. Chinese side expressed hope to explore potential for cooperation in emerging fields such as new energy, the digital economy, and AI.
They saw the signing of 10 agreements across fields of econ and trade, tech, and education.
They saw the signing of 10 agreements across fields of econ and trade, tech, and education.
November 13, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Chinese President Xi met with the King of Spain who is on a trip to China. Chinese side expressed hope to explore potential for cooperation in emerging fields such as new energy, the digital economy, and AI.
They saw the signing of 10 agreements across fields of econ and trade, tech, and education.
They saw the signing of 10 agreements across fields of econ and trade, tech, and education.
The social media account by CCTV (China’s State Media) 玉渊谭天 posted on Weibo yesterday saying “How could Takaichi say Taiwan Contingency is Japan Contingency?” “Has her head been kicked by a donkey?”
”Stop spewing poop out of your mouth”
Why don't 🇨🇳 amb post this in Japanese so the 🇯🇵 govt can see?
”Stop spewing poop out of your mouth”
Why don't 🇨🇳 amb post this in Japanese so the 🇯🇵 govt can see?
November 13, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The social media account by CCTV (China’s State Media) 玉渊谭天 posted on Weibo yesterday saying “How could Takaichi say Taiwan Contingency is Japan Contingency?” “Has her head been kicked by a donkey?”
”Stop spewing poop out of your mouth”
Why don't 🇨🇳 amb post this in Japanese so the 🇯🇵 govt can see?
”Stop spewing poop out of your mouth”
Why don't 🇨🇳 amb post this in Japanese so the 🇯🇵 govt can see?
For the record, China’s MOFA spokesperson said during the press conference on 11/10 (after the China Consul General in Osaka post on 11/8) that Takaichi’s remarks on 11/7 “tramples international justice and provokes against postwar international order and seriously damaged Sino-Japan relations.”
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
For the record, China’s MOFA spokesperson said during the press conference on 11/10 (after the China Consul General in Osaka post on 11/8) that Takaichi’s remarks on 11/7 “tramples international justice and provokes against postwar international order and seriously damaged Sino-Japan relations.”
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King of Jordan was in Japan and he met with PM Takaichi. The King met with a handful of high-level figures thats not covered in the media.
Nov 10: Japanese Emperor Naruhito Defense Minister Koizumi, & JICA prez
Nov 11: Takaichi, Speaker of LH, Prez of UH, & chair of 🇯🇴🇯🇵Diet friendship league.
King of Jordan was in Japan and he met with PM Takaichi. The King met with a handful of high-level figures thats not covered in the media.
Nov 10: Japanese Emperor Naruhito Defense Minister Koizumi, & JICA prez
Nov 11: Takaichi, Speaker of LH, Prez of UH, & chair of 🇯🇴🇯🇵Diet friendship league.
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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King of Jordan was in Japan and he met with PM Takaichi. The King met with a handful of high-level figures thats not covered in the media.
Nov 10: Japanese Emperor Naruhito Defense Minister Koizumi, & JICA prez
Nov 11: Takaichi, Speaker of LH, Prez of UH, & chair of 🇯🇴🇯🇵Diet friendship league.
King of Jordan was in Japan and he met with PM Takaichi. The King met with a handful of high-level figures thats not covered in the media.
Nov 10: Japanese Emperor Naruhito Defense Minister Koizumi, & JICA prez
Nov 11: Takaichi, Speaker of LH, Prez of UH, & chair of 🇯🇴🇯🇵Diet friendship league.
The Consul General of the 🇨🇳Embassy in Osaka is trending on X with 192K tweets after posting including words like “cutting off filthy head” against Takaichi saying Taiwan contingency is Japan contingency. He calls the view“a path of death chosen by foolish politicians.“
The bots will flood In soon
The bots will flood In soon
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The Consul General of the 🇨🇳Embassy in Osaka is trending on X with 192K tweets after posting including words like “cutting off filthy head” against Takaichi saying Taiwan contingency is Japan contingency. He calls the view“a path of death chosen by foolish politicians.“
The bots will flood In soon
The bots will flood In soon
There is no doubt that immigrants contribute positively to the economy, especially in a place like Japan that is grappling with shortage of labor. But when a huge number of them flood in with no intention to integrate into society, the way of life unravels in a way that’s likely irreversible
November 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
There is no doubt that immigrants contribute positively to the economy, especially in a place like Japan that is grappling with shortage of labor. But when a huge number of them flood in with no intention to integrate into society, the way of life unravels in a way that’s likely irreversible
The bear situation in Northern Japan has gotten serious. Akita Gov asked Self Defense Force to help combat the bears. 🐻
SDF cannot help shot the bears but can help transport and dispose of the bodies. Bet people who joined the SDF didn’t think their job one day included disposing bear bodies 🫢
SDF cannot help shot the bears but can help transport and dispose of the bodies. Bet people who joined the SDF didn’t think their job one day included disposing bear bodies 🫢
October 28, 2025 at 6:52 AM
The bear situation in Northern Japan has gotten serious. Akita Gov asked Self Defense Force to help combat the bears. 🐻
SDF cannot help shot the bears but can help transport and dispose of the bodies. Bet people who joined the SDF didn’t think their job one day included disposing bear bodies 🫢
SDF cannot help shot the bears but can help transport and dispose of the bodies. Bet people who joined the SDF didn’t think their job one day included disposing bear bodies 🫢
There it is
Hot, fantastic, gold colored Ford F-150 waiting for Trump outside of the building where Japanese PM Takaichi and Trump is meeting.
Yes this butters up nicely 🧈
Hot, fantastic, gold colored Ford F-150 waiting for Trump outside of the building where Japanese PM Takaichi and Trump is meeting.
Yes this butters up nicely 🧈
October 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
There it is
Hot, fantastic, gold colored Ford F-150 waiting for Trump outside of the building where Japanese PM Takaichi and Trump is meeting.
Yes this butters up nicely 🧈
Hot, fantastic, gold colored Ford F-150 waiting for Trump outside of the building where Japanese PM Takaichi and Trump is meeting.
Yes this butters up nicely 🧈
The number grew 70% over the past 10 years and will likely grow exponentially.
Japanese kids will see more and more Chinese students as their classmates now... knowing how competitive Chinese kids are, this will likely make it more difficult for Japanese kids to get into good schools.
Japanese kids will see more and more Chinese students as their classmates now... knowing how competitive Chinese kids are, this will likely make it more difficult for Japanese kids to get into good schools.
October 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The number grew 70% over the past 10 years and will likely grow exponentially.
Japanese kids will see more and more Chinese students as their classmates now... knowing how competitive Chinese kids are, this will likely make it more difficult for Japanese kids to get into good schools.
Japanese kids will see more and more Chinese students as their classmates now... knowing how competitive Chinese kids are, this will likely make it more difficult for Japanese kids to get into good schools.
Uhh why is article yesterday about the new Japan MEXT minister apologizing for his ties to the Unification Church “updated” into an article about the other minsters And his part completely gone? Same link, different article, scrapped from its social media post too.
October 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Uhh why is article yesterday about the new Japan MEXT minister apologizing for his ties to the Unification Church “updated” into an article about the other minsters And his part completely gone? Same link, different article, scrapped from its social media post too.
Global Summit of Women kicked off in Beijing and more than 100 country representatives are attending. Xi is meeting with many heads of govt on the sidelines: Ghana, Iceland, Mozambique, Dominica, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka’s PM is in China while the President was in Osaka for the expo and met with Ishiba
October 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Global Summit of Women kicked off in Beijing and more than 100 country representatives are attending. Xi is meeting with many heads of govt on the sidelines: Ghana, Iceland, Mozambique, Dominica, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka’s PM is in China while the President was in Osaka for the expo and met with Ishiba
Kunamoto, the hometown of Kumamon, debuted a evil new mascot called Warumon to raise awareness of scam tactics because too many elderly have fallen victims to scams and robbed of their savings.
October 8, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Kunamoto, the hometown of Kumamon, debuted a evil new mascot called Warumon to raise awareness of scam tactics because too many elderly have fallen victims to scams and robbed of their savings.
An interesting case of Japan soft power in which protesters in Indonesia, Nepal, and the Philippines utilize anime to signify their resistance against their governments.
September 30, 2025 at 5:54 AM
An interesting case of Japan soft power in which protesters in Indonesia, Nepal, and the Philippines utilize anime to signify their resistance against their governments.
Kyodo’s camera operator has world-class cinematography skills. These dramatic tilts makes the press conference so much fun to watch 🤣
Hayashi could emerge as a dark horse in Japan’s LDP presidential election, a moderate with tons of cabinet and diplomatic experiences. He is also China-friendly :|
Hayashi could emerge as a dark horse in Japan’s LDP presidential election, a moderate with tons of cabinet and diplomatic experiences. He is also China-friendly :|
September 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Kyodo’s camera operator has world-class cinematography skills. These dramatic tilts makes the press conference so much fun to watch 🤣
Hayashi could emerge as a dark horse in Japan’s LDP presidential election, a moderate with tons of cabinet and diplomatic experiences. He is also China-friendly :|
Hayashi could emerge as a dark horse in Japan’s LDP presidential election, a moderate with tons of cabinet and diplomatic experiences. He is also China-friendly :|
Well well,
Just be sure to check the foreigners’ social media posts that are written in other languages because most prob aren’t posting them in English.
Ask them to translate them too so they can be effectively deported. 🙃
Just be sure to check the foreigners’ social media posts that are written in other languages because most prob aren’t posting them in English.
Ask them to translate them too so they can be effectively deported. 🙃
September 12, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Well well,
Just be sure to check the foreigners’ social media posts that are written in other languages because most prob aren’t posting them in English.
Ask them to translate them too so they can be effectively deported. 🙃
Just be sure to check the foreigners’ social media posts that are written in other languages because most prob aren’t posting them in English.
Ask them to translate them too so they can be effectively deported. 🙃
Before Charlie Kirk was assassinated, he visited South Korea and Japan. He met with Sanseito leader Kamiya.
There have been cases of attacks against Japanese political figures as well, often with intention to kill.
This is concerning, as there’ll be a prez election for the ruling LDP party soon.
There have been cases of attacks against Japanese political figures as well, often with intention to kill.
This is concerning, as there’ll be a prez election for the ruling LDP party soon.
September 11, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Before Charlie Kirk was assassinated, he visited South Korea and Japan. He met with Sanseito leader Kamiya.
There have been cases of attacks against Japanese political figures as well, often with intention to kill.
This is concerning, as there’ll be a prez election for the ruling LDP party soon.
There have been cases of attacks against Japanese political figures as well, often with intention to kill.
This is concerning, as there’ll be a prez election for the ruling LDP party soon.
Chinese arrested for making fake resident’s cards in Japan.
People don’t realize how extensive this is, not just residents cards and not just in Japan but everywhere
I once heard firsthand account of a Chinese group making fake uni diplomas in the UK & they are
proud of exploiting these loopholes
People don’t realize how extensive this is, not just residents cards and not just in Japan but everywhere
I once heard firsthand account of a Chinese group making fake uni diplomas in the UK & they are
proud of exploiting these loopholes
September 11, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Chinese arrested for making fake resident’s cards in Japan.
People don’t realize how extensive this is, not just residents cards and not just in Japan but everywhere
I once heard firsthand account of a Chinese group making fake uni diplomas in the UK & they are
proud of exploiting these loopholes
People don’t realize how extensive this is, not just residents cards and not just in Japan but everywhere
I once heard firsthand account of a Chinese group making fake uni diplomas in the UK & they are
proud of exploiting these loopholes
Uhh before the media rushes to celebrate the possibility that Japan will elect its first female PM next month, please look into just how conservative this lady Sanae Takaichi is and how little she will help with gender equality in Japan.
If she is elected, it would be good news for Taiwan tho.
If she is elected, it would be good news for Taiwan tho.
September 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Uhh before the media rushes to celebrate the possibility that Japan will elect its first female PM next month, please look into just how conservative this lady Sanae Takaichi is and how little she will help with gender equality in Japan.
If she is elected, it would be good news for Taiwan tho.
If she is elected, it would be good news for Taiwan tho.
Han Kuo-yu, President of Taiwan’s Legsislative Yuan, is scheduled to visit Japan 9/25-29 to meet with Japanese lawmakers. He will also visit the Osaka Expo and will likely go to Tech World (the Taiwan Pavilion).
This dude is a populist who ran for President in 2020 and enjoys grassroots support.
This dude is a populist who ran for President in 2020 and enjoys grassroots support.
September 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Han Kuo-yu, President of Taiwan’s Legsislative Yuan, is scheduled to visit Japan 9/25-29 to meet with Japanese lawmakers. He will also visit the Osaka Expo and will likely go to Tech World (the Taiwan Pavilion).
This dude is a populist who ran for President in 2020 and enjoys grassroots support.
This dude is a populist who ran for President in 2020 and enjoys grassroots support.
This powwow today between Putin, Kim and Xi definitely struck a nerve with the big man who is having a bad case of the FOMOs.
Will he take a more critical stances towards these countries or will he TACO?
Will he take a more critical stances towards these countries or will he TACO?
September 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
This powwow today between Putin, Kim and Xi definitely struck a nerve with the big man who is having a bad case of the FOMOs.
Will he take a more critical stances towards these countries or will he TACO?
Will he take a more critical stances towards these countries or will he TACO?
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As of August 29 morning, the trending keywords in Japan’s SNS are all Chinese cities. Most has has more than 100K posts but nothing when clicked into them.
This suggests that the trending keywords has been pushed by automated bot programs and active serve to manipulate the trending feature.
As of August 29 morning, the trending keywords in Japan’s SNS are all Chinese cities. Most has has more than 100K posts but nothing when clicked into them.
This suggests that the trending keywords has been pushed by automated bot programs and active serve to manipulate the trending feature.
August 29, 2025 at 1:26 AM
???
As of August 29 morning, the trending keywords in Japan’s SNS are all Chinese cities. Most has has more than 100K posts but nothing when clicked into them.
This suggests that the trending keywords has been pushed by automated bot programs and active serve to manipulate the trending feature.
As of August 29 morning, the trending keywords in Japan’s SNS are all Chinese cities. Most has has more than 100K posts but nothing when clicked into them.
This suggests that the trending keywords has been pushed by automated bot programs and active serve to manipulate the trending feature.
India, the multi-alignment country, is real busy rn.
50% tariff from the U.S. hits and India is trying to find ways to stay afloat. Modi will be in Japan and will express veiled but “serious concerns” about China then go to China for SCO to legitimize the Chinese vision of a new world order.
50% tariff from the U.S. hits and India is trying to find ways to stay afloat. Modi will be in Japan and will express veiled but “serious concerns” about China then go to China for SCO to legitimize the Chinese vision of a new world order.
August 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
India, the multi-alignment country, is real busy rn.
50% tariff from the U.S. hits and India is trying to find ways to stay afloat. Modi will be in Japan and will express veiled but “serious concerns” about China then go to China for SCO to legitimize the Chinese vision of a new world order.
50% tariff from the U.S. hits and India is trying to find ways to stay afloat. Modi will be in Japan and will express veiled but “serious concerns” about China then go to China for SCO to legitimize the Chinese vision of a new world order.
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Morrow is the big day Indian PM Modi meets with Japanese PM Ishiba. Big day. gonna have a new AI development framework and an economic security initiative and a promise that Japanese companies will invest $68 billion in India and 500,000 Indian in Japan to promote exchange.
Sanseito is quivering
Morrow is the big day Indian PM Modi meets with Japanese PM Ishiba. Big day. gonna have a new AI development framework and an economic security initiative and a promise that Japanese companies will invest $68 billion in India and 500,000 Indian in Japan to promote exchange.
Sanseito is quivering
August 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Morrow is the big day Indian PM Modi meets with Japanese PM Ishiba. Big day. gonna have a new AI development framework and an economic security initiative and a promise that Japanese companies will invest $68 billion in India and 500,000 Indian in Japan to promote exchange.
Sanseito is quivering
Morrow is the big day Indian PM Modi meets with Japanese PM Ishiba. Big day. gonna have a new AI development framework and an economic security initiative and a promise that Japanese companies will invest $68 billion in India and 500,000 Indian in Japan to promote exchange.
Sanseito is quivering