Nathaniel M. Smith

@Andrew_Levidis @B4Btv @shatrunjay1412 M(onarchical)uppet state?

@B4Btv @shatrunjay1412 There is a lot of research to be done on Jpn counselors and advisors in reorganized China. Yet the choice to establish a monarchical state - a putative empire - is significant because it speaks to wider issues of sovereignty, Manchu nationalism, royalty and int. order after WW1.

I come to utterly dislike the term "puppet state." It strips away all nuances and contradictions of collaboration, and tells us even less about how collaborationist regimes changed over time. For myself the term has become an evasion of harder and messier historical questions.

@TokyoStages @IMT_Tokyo you’d also really dig this one topmuseum.jp/contents/exhib…

@TokyoStages @IMT_Tokyo totally - it was really good! the natural history stuff was also a nice break from the heat

Exploring post-war Tokyo and representations of the city through printed materials, Tokyo Ephemera at @IMT_Tokyo is a superbly laid out and conceptually rich exhibition. Packs a lot into a small space. Well worth visiting before it finishes on September 3. intermediatheque.jp/en/schedule/vi…

Panta’s final show — just but a month ago

@DavidMcNeill3 Mostly Sunny in Musashino™️

Yuck.

「俺の声が聞こえるか？」14才の心を鷲掴みした「狂い咲きサンダーロード」に鳴り響いていたパンタ&ハル、その頃に再発された頭脳警察セカンド、このような事を歌っていいのか、と云う衝撃、以来あなたは僕の最高のヒーローでした。この非道い時代にこそあなたの歌が必要なのに…忘れない、ずっと。

@wdavidmarx cover is an AI generated composite of all the reader’s facial expressions by page 956

Took over six months to finish all 956 pages of this "labyrinthine" book where the "main character" isn't referred to by his name for most of it or really even shows up that often

PANTA（本名・中村治雄）は2023年 7 月 7 日、10 時 44 分、肺癌による呼吸不全と心不全のため、永眠いたしました。享年73歳。 この数年、闘病の日々でした。 闘病の中もROCK魂を貫き、最後の時まで現役の「ROCK屋」としての人生を全ういたしました。6月14日のライブが最後のステージとなりました。

@profTLe @PhillipLipscy Reverse of that actually

@PhillipLipscy I’m not sure it would be too big an impact. About 30k marriages are to foreigners, and the majority is Japanese woman to a non-Japanese man. And then we have to assume that couple has kids. It can’t be that huge, right?

Japan’s low fertility rate is even worse than it seems: when a Japanese child is born to a foreign mother, the government omits the mother from the data, inflating the rate. Officials are reluctant to alter the Meiji-era method for consistency reasons tokyo-np.co.jp/article/260366…

@Mulboyne I stayed there for a spell twice during the pandemic. The family who runs it is lovely and they were quite willing and able to accommodate a fulsome vegan menu.

In 2011, Kinosaki Onsen had 1,118 foreign vistors. Eight years later, there were over 50,000. 90% of guests at Morizuya Ryokan are from overseas, and sometimes over two thirds are repeat customers. TV Asahi had this report: youtube.com/watch?v=rpoPn1…

but does this ranking include how often people see SDGs logos absolutely everywhere??

Um, hey @britishmuseum, it's come to my attention that your exhibit "China's hidden century" uses my translations of Qiu Jin's poetry, but you never contacted me for permission. Please note this is a copyright infringement! How are you going to fix this?? #NameTheTranslator

Please could you help circulate this job advert widely? This is my replacement position - any relevant candidate about to start an academic career is definitely welcomed to apply! jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

I'm starting a new 16-day pop-up newsletter from Friday — A Northern Japan Jazz Kissa Tour More info + sign up here: craigmod.com/ridgeline/165/

glory be to surprising Muzak in the スーパー

@David_Leheny those slices look a bit slimmer than authentic! shrink- flation?

@SayakaChatani congratulations!!

Our dean announced it widely so I think it is official in every way. I got tenure. I'm humbled by all the support, encouragement, and help I got along the way. Thank you.

@robotopia @dfedman at least it isn’t another 森ビル　😅

Branded forest in Japan. I came across this in Nagano. Apparently Ryuichi Sakamoto was involved.

@wdavidmarx all the ‘68 hippies upset when jr high suddenly switched to Birkenstocks

Though I admit I wouldn't lambast the 2010s Dr. Martens mass market revival, as I'm painfully aware I was very far from "being authentic" when I wore three-eyelet oxbloods with chino shorts and white socks in high school...

Back in my schoolyard only soccer players were allowed to wear Sambas. Now there's a battle over what it means... gq.com/story/welcome-…

@Mulboyne 持ちカエル, gotta be guerilla marketing

Marugame Shake Udon. On sale next week. event-checker.info/marugame-bento/