simon loves books📚活字中毒の左衛門
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simon loves books📚活字中毒の左衛門
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co-founder of Salon Séance. 在野研究者. did the research for Gambling Man (日本語版『勝負師』日経BP). next book: Tokyo’s Private Railway Empires. 元자이니치. 京都生まれ名古屋育ち東京在住

Press statement by the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Tokyo March, 31, 2026 Ambassador Seadat had the pleasure of speaking with Yomiuri TV last week. He responded to questions regarding the regional and global consequences of American and Israeli unlawful aggression against Iran, stating that the aggressors have transformed the entire region, including the Strait of Hormuz, into a war zone. As captured verbatim and for the sake of clarity, the Ambassador stated, among others, three points: - "Recently, we have seen the passage of vessels arranged through coordination between Iran and countries such as India, Pakistan, and Turkey. These passages have been successfully coordinated; however, this does not apply to hostile parties that are, in fact, at war with our nation." - "I am speaking generally, and not necessarily specifically about Japan; however, friendly countries like Japan and others coordinate their passage through the Strait of Hormuz. This is simply a matter of coordination necessitated by the fact that this is now a war zone—not because Iran desired it, but because the Americans have transformed it into one." - "I think Her Excellency PM Takaichi made a very important point by saying things that we can do and things that we cannot do constitutionally. And I think that she sent a message in a way that perhaps the American side can take it in a proper way. So, I think this very point that Excellency said is very meaningful and is very in line with trying not to engage in a kind of situation that was brought to the international community unilaterally by the United States." Therefore, the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran does not confirm any other speculations.













日本語ツイッターが平和で豊かだったのは、英語圏に見られるような左右の分極化がまだ日本には生じておらず、口喧嘩以外のことにリソースを割く文化的余裕があったから。言語の壁がなくなれば10億人の英語話者の文化戦争が日本にも輸入されることになる。戦争を輸出するな。マジで。


鹿野政直の『近代日本思想案内』(岩波文庫)、『日本の近代思想』(岩波新書)、遅きに逸したが柄の大きな名著であり感動した。 明治以降の現実と切り結び続けた複数形の思想群とはこういうものだという迫力がある。哲学研究者には絶対に書けない書物でもあるという絶望も感じた。





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