

Kaoru Inoue
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@kaoru324
井上薫 / DJ / Composer based in Tokyo / Chari Chari / running a record label "Seeds And Ground" https://t.co/l7Ki1Ynfgk




外交には知性や教養、歴史や文化への理解、交渉能力や判断能力、長期的な世界の展望など、総合的に多くが求められる。それらをまったく欠いた政治家たちが、軍事力一辺倒で安全保障政策を主張している。国が滅びる。彼らは始めた戦争を決して終わらせる能力がない。

JUST IN: Japan’s Prime Minister just called Iran’s President. Twenty-five minutes. The first top-level contact between Tokyo and Tehran since the war began. And every word Takaichi chose was a weapon disguised as diplomacy. She called the Strait of Hormuz a vital artery for global logistics and an international public good. That phrase, international public good, is the most precisely calibrated language any leader has used since the ceasefire was announced. It is a direct legal rejection of Iran’s toll system without naming it. Under international law, a public good cannot be privatised. A public good cannot charge admission. A public good cannot require a secret code from an IRGC intermediary, a yuan payment to a military contractor, and an armed escort through territorial waters near Larak Island. Takaichi did not say this by accident. Japan imports 94.2 percent of its crude oil from Arab nations, nearly all of it transiting Hormuz. In February 2026, Japan imported 74.13 million barrels of crude. The effective closure of Hormuz forced Tokyo to release 80 million barrels from its national strategic reserves, enough to cover 45 days of domestic demand. The Nikkei has fallen 11 percent since the war began. The yen weakened to 20-month lows. The Bank of Japan warned of oil-driven inflation and markets are pricing a 70 percent chance of a rate hike this month. Japan’s entire economic stability is tethered to a 34-kilometre channel that an IRGC military council now controls through a toll booth it legislated on March 31. Takaichi’s call adds Japan to the coalition that is forming against the toll precedent. Oman’s transport minister told parliament today that international agreements prohibit Hormuz fees. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Bahrain called the tolls unacceptable. Trump offered to help with the traffic buildup. And now Japan, the world’s fourth-largest economy, has formally defined the strait as an international public good on a direct call with the Iranian president, creating a diplomatic record that can be cited at Islamabad on Friday and at every international forum thereafter. But Takaichi also spoke to Pezeshkian, not to the IRGC military council that actually runs the toll booth. Pezeshkian is the civilian president of a regime where the civilian president does not control the military, the intelligence apparatus, the provincial commands, or the strait. Takaichi’s statement will be filed in Tokyo. The IRGC’s clearance codes will still be issued at Larak. The gap between what diplomats say and what military operators do is the gap the ceasefire was built on, and it is the gap that will determine whether the toll precedent becomes permanent. Japan released 80 million barrels of reserves because it could not access the strait. It will now pay tolls to access the strait, or reroute around the Cape of Good Hope at $5 per barrel in additional shipping costs, or rely on US naval escorts that Trump described as “hangin’ around” to make sure everything goes well. None of these options restore the status quo ante. The strait that was free before the war is now either tolled, militarised, or both, and Japan’s 94 percent dependence means it absorbs the cost regardless of which option it chooses. The Strait of Hormuz was an international public good. It is now a contested chokepoint. And the distance between those two descriptions is measured in yuan. open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

見てください!高市早苗及び自民党のスパイ防止法は異常ですよ スパイ防止法=内閣が全ての権限を持つ スパイ防止法=内閣が全ての権限を持つ これは廃案にせねばなりません! しかも一番肝心の内閣は監視対象"外"です 異常な政府の異常なスパイ防止法を通すな #自民党は下野しろ #スパイ防止法廃案





ところで「自民党とカネ」の問題はどうなったのか gqjapan.jp/article/202604…

全国の主要メディアは、高市首相のXでの発信を、あたかも「国民への説明」や「政策提言」、「政府からのアナウンス」のように取り扱うのは絶対にやめなさい。あれは、たんなる「個人の独り言」。国民への「説明責任」をはたしたものとの取り扱いは、完全なる誤りです。全社、肝に銘じていただきたい。





🚨BREAKING: 🇯🇵 This is exactly what I exposed yesterday in my post that’s already at 680k+ views Japanese voices are now calling it outright contempt for democracy: PM Takaichi’s government boycotts budget committee, dodges with “various circumstances,” forces “natural passage” — turning parliament into an empty shell. Yesterday: 4 hours of deliberation. Today: full institutional bypass. This isn’t leadership. It’s democratic collapse. asahi.com/sp/articles/AS…


市町村単位で全住民収容 「シェルター」方針を閣議決定 jiji.com/jc/article?k=2…

イタリア、中東に向かう米軍機の着陸を拒否 「事前の要請なかった」 asahi.com/articles/ASV30… イタリア国防省が中東に向かう予定だった米軍機の着陸を拒否した、とイタリアメディアが3月31日に報じた。

トランプ氏、ホルムズ閉鎖状態でも作戦終了の用意 側近に伝える=報道 reut.rs/4diXph5 reut.rs/4diXph5



