At yesterday’s Senate Commission on the Constitution, senator Okuda (ex co-head of Reiwa) advanced a conspiracy theory that the Unification Church is pushing constitutional revision to enable the seizure of Japanese citizens’ property and its diversion to the church www.youtube.com/live/Dnlx8C2...

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simon loves books📚活字中毒の左衛門@kant.bsky.social · last yr.

The parties that push the MoF conspiracy theory are Reiwa, Sanseito, Kokumin and Hoshuto They’re what I call “the conspiracy parties” and they’ve all gained seats today As the article mentions, the MoF theory also intersects with anti-vax and anti-immigration theories, also salient this election

@hiromunagahara.bsky.social dunno if u're still working on makino, but he popped up in this book on urban beauty/civic art that i'm reading

and we still see the same move being made today

‘sub specie aeternitatis… The perspective of eternity is not a perspective from a certain place beyond the world, nor the point of view of a transcendent being; rather it is a certain form of thought and feeling that rational persons can adopt within the world.’ (Rawls)

‘This is probably all one can ask of history, and of the history of ideas in particular: not to resolve issues, but to raise the level of the debate.’ (Hirschman)

‘The pedestrian parade of factual detail which often epitomizes the published doctoral dissertation reflects the forced mating of reluctant author and uninspiring material.’ (Buchanan)

Japan’s high-growth era was made possible by (1) global economic expansion, (2) cheap oil, (3) $1=¥360 exchange rate The dollar float and oil crisis brought this to an end Now we face a crisis of (1) tariff-led global slowdown, (2) rising oil prices, and (3) US+JP govts allowing ever weaker yen

simon loves books📚活字中毒の左衛門@kant.bsky.social · 8mo ago

戦後日本の高度成長は、①世界経済の拡大、②安価な石油、③ドル=360円の為替レートという条件が揃うことで可能となった しかしニクソン・ショックと石油ショックがそれを終わらせた 今日も①関税による世界経済の後退、②石油高騰、③日米政府の円安の容認によって、同規模の危機に差し当たっている

戦後日本の高度成長は、①世界経済の拡大、②安価な石油、③ドル=360円の為替レートという条件が揃うことで可能となった しかしニクソン・ショックと石油ショックがそれを終わらせた 今日も①関税による世界経済の後退、②石油高騰、③日米政府の円安の容認によって、同規模の危機に差し当たっている

Another day of deciphering and reprimanding my hayatochiri self My head was fixed in kuzushiji mode that when I saw the second character in the highlighted bit, all I could see was 己 as you often see in 記 But it's actually just a poorly written 区 duh 1/3

simon loves books📚活字中毒の左衛門@kant.bsky.social · 8mo ago

So the key piece here turned out to be the knowledge that "outward flick at the end indicates it's a 口 at the bottom" So it certainly pays to know the shape of basic characters Gotta have the basics down

So the key piece here turned out to be the knowledge that "outward flick at the end indicates it's a 口 at the bottom" So it certainly pays to know the shape of basic characters Gotta have the basics down

simon loves books📚活字中毒の左衛門@kant.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Another adventure in deciphering I couldn't recognise the highlighted word But it has 2 characters And I was confident about the makeup of the first character so I started there It has a hitogashira 𠆢 and kidna looks like 會 But it flicks outwards not inwards at the end, so its not 日 but 口 1/4

Another adventure in deciphering I couldn't recognise the highlighted word But it has 2 characters And I was confident about the makeup of the first character so I started there It has a hitogashira 𠆢 and kidna looks like 會 But it flicks outwards not inwards at the end, so its not 日 but 口 1/4

simon loves books📚活字中毒の左衛門@kant.bsky.social · 9mo ago

i say “it turned out to be” and thats probs the jp habit of turning things into the 3rd person but it was just a rethinking of assumptions i asked myself “what if its not て but an odoriji?” and that course correction is what opened up new possibilities — kimetsuke is bad, u gotta be an ironist

i say “it turned out to be” and thats probs the jp habit of turning things into the 3rd person but it was just a rethinking of assumptions i asked myself “what if its not て but an odoriji?” and that course correction is what opened up new possibilities — kimetsuke is bad, u gotta be an ironist

simon loves books📚活字中毒の左衛門@kant.bsky.social · 9mo ago

today’s adventure in deciphering spent some figuring out this bit in the text was initially working under the assumption it was「◯て」 but it turned out to be「畧〻」 畧 being an alternate form of 略（ほぼ）

today’s adventure in deciphering spent some figuring out this bit in the text was initially working under the assumption it was「◯て」 but it turned out to be「畧〻」 畧 being an alternate form of 略（ほぼ）

佐滝剛弘(2024):「さて、いわゆる「二重価格」がはたして観光公害を救い、観光立国にふさわしい施策かどうかを考えてみたい。 　日本は、「観光立国」を標榜してインバウンドを積極的に誘致している。そのために、JRの運賃や高速道路の料金の割引策を実施している。JRの全線が乗り放題の「ジャパン・レール・パス」はよく知られている。〔…〕こうした優遇策が誘致の底流にあったことを考えると、外国人、あるいは地元以外の観光客の入場料や料金を高くするというのは、大きな方向転換である。〔…〕 　まず、外国人にだけより高い料金を設けることは、「観光立国宣言」をした国の基本方針とは→ 1/4

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An interesting reflection by sociologist Kinosita Chigaya on the legacy of Reiwa Shinsengumi and what their near-decimation in last week's Lower House elections says about Japanese politics today

simon loves books📚活字中毒の左衛門@kant.bsky.social · 12mo ago

In that respect, Sanseito does inherit the existing tools of wider opposition politics—not just of the fringe right—which allows them to be efficient in appealing to the unaligned and disaffected voter base They’re new but familiar Something I noticed in discussions with @rmarcantuoni.bsky.social

Kyodo reports that the LDP, now equipped with the largest majority in the postwar period, has requested that every committee chair and review board chair position in the Diet be filled by one of their own www.47news.jp/13857838.html

与党、全委員長ポスト要求　議長は自民、副議長は中道

衆院は12日、特別国会召集に向けた各会派の協議会を開いた。自民党は衆院選圧勝を受け、全ての委員長と審査会長のポストを与党に配分するよう求めた。中道改革連合は慣例に基づき野党にも一部渡すよう主張した。 ...

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i personally love this kind of stuff

LDP now has 66 first-time lawmakers on their hands Previously, the party outsourced newbie training to factions But the factions (bar Aso) have been dissolved, so the party has to quickly build their own central training programme And they need to hire aides too digital.asahi.com/articles/ASV...

「新人教育」悩む自民　衆院選で初当選66人、不用意な言動に懸念も：朝日新聞

衆院選で圧勝した自民党が、初当選を果たした66人の「新人教育」に悩みを深めている。過去、新人議員による不用意な言動などをきっかけに、世論の批判を浴びた経験があるからだ。自民は研修会を予定するなど対応…

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simon loves books📚活字中毒の左衛門@kant.bsky.social · last yr.

Sanseito is experiencing growing pains as they don’t have enough aides for their 14 new diet members According to Gendai, the candidate pool — ex-aides to LDP candidates who lost — are reluctant to apply because they fear having to draft insane diet questions www.nikkan-gendai.com/articles/vie...

In Kyodo’s first post-election poll, when asked whether the LDP nominating candidates implicated in the slush fund was appropriate, 60.2% answered “inappropriate” 43 out of 45 such candidates won their races on Sunday Support for LDP is now at 40.8%, down from 43.7% www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...

消費税2年ゼロに賛成50%　内閣支持67%、共同通信世論調査 - 日本経済新聞

共同通信社は9、10両日、衆院選を受けて全国緊急電話世論調査を実施した。飲食料品の消費税を2年間ゼロにするとした与党の減税案には賛成50.9%、反対44.9%だった。派閥裏金事件に関係した候補を公認した自民党の判断は「適切ではなかった」が60.2%、「適切だった」が36.8%。高市内閣の支持率は67.3%で、今月6、7両日調査の63.3%から4.0ポイント上昇した。不支持率は23.9%。自民党

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RFK, jr. is the worst person you ever met at a party in california, patel is the worst guy you ever encountered at the gym, bondi is the worst person you ever met at church, bessent is the worst person you have ever met at a conference, all these people are the worst versions of every stereotype

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE@golikehellmachine.com · 9mo ago

they made the entire administration out of the worst person you have ever known in every situation, vance is the worst person you ever met in college

Posts with Japanese text / All Posts = 245/3,809 = 6.43% Likes of posts with Japanese text / All Likes = 572/16,466 = 3.47% (Number of observations over a 60 second period)

Sharon 🪳🌹@sharonk.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Bluesky is a Japan site now, i don't make the rules

In JNN’s most recent poll, published today, people were asked which party they intend to vote for in the proportion representation side of the Lower House elections Only 4% of the under-30s demographic answered with a left or centre party (CRA, Reiwa and SDP each had less than 1%; Mirai 1%; JCP 3%)

simon loves books📚活字中毒の左衛門@kant.bsky.social · 10mo ago

According to the latest NHK poll, when asked which policies the Takaichi cabinet should prioritise, the under-40s age group showed the greatest concern among all age groups for the foreigner problem (green) and the least concern for the slush fund problem (yellow) news.web.nhk/senkyo/shiji...

【『地平』アーカイブ】 参政党の台頭はなぜ可能になったか――解かれた極右の封印 chihei.net?p=5517 〈政治学者カス・ミュデ氏によれば、極右の国家像は「民族支配（ethnocracy）」である。要するに、「真の国民」を狭く定義し、それに沿わない人々の権利を厳しく制限するという発想である〉

参政党の台頭はなぜ可能になったか――解かれた極右の封印 - 月刊『地平』

「ふつうの政党」の陰で進む社会規範の弱体化

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