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Chris Palmer @fugueish.bsky.social · 11h

*banging pots* accessibility is resilience for everyone *banging pans* everyone needs accessibility at least some of the time *bonging a gong*

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Hishi Setsuki (菱せつき) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 11h

The article mentions arguments for a CEFR B1-level JFT-Basic test, but unfortunately doesn't mention what the JFT-Basic is. In its current form, JFT-Basic is produced by the Japan Foundation (like the JLPT is), and covers CEFR A1 and A2. Also no oral proficiency, but JLPT is the same way.

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Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 12h

NEW: The Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) is becoming more important as Japan ties language proficiency to residency requirements. The problem? The test is in such high demand that there aren't enough seats for all the test-takers.

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JLPT Seats Are Running Out as Japan Ties More Visas to Japanese Tests

Just as the government is adding Japanese-language requirements to certain visas, the twice-yearly JLPTs are getting seriously crowded.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 13h

Far in the future, far across the galaxy... It's was a tall order to cram a portion of space opera epic The Five Star Stories into a single 66 minute OVA (Sunrise, 1989). Urusei Yatsura's Kazuo Yamazaki gave it his best though, bringing to life from manga pages this world of mysticism and mecha.

A still from the bluray release, with a busy Phantasy Star IV-alike city scene with Ladioss Sop, a femme-y guy with long chestnut blonde hair resting casually resting on a floating bulbous bike with middle eastern-ey citizens around him

A pristine blue sky and clouds, with beams of light cast down the Greek mythology inspired scene of extravagant white robed figures in a line and a young woman approaching them.

A bulky mecha in closeup with pilots disembarking

One of my favourite shots from the OVA, a tall techie tower structure in a barren desert wasteland, with a wooden sign pointing in all directions close to the camera. All beneath a burnt orange-yellow-blue cloudy sky.

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VTeachU! @vteachu.bsky.social · 13h

Speaking of science and educational communicators....

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BattleTech @battletech.bsky.social · 16h

Tomorrow marks the first day of #MechTober! What do you love about #BattleTech? Share it with the community! We want to see EVERYTHING! Let's talk about GAMEPLAY this week! We want to see your gaming experience! #mecha #community #tabletop #wargame

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AnimEigo @animeigo.com · 17h

Manga comes to the MediaOCD store with a selection of titles from @mangamavericks.bsky.social! mediaocd.com/brand/manga-...

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BattleTech @battletech.bsky.social · 19h

OUT NOW! The game of #BattleTech is changing with the new BattleTech: Core Rulebook! Play BattleTech with a fresh update on the classic game and conquer the 31st and 32nd millenniums! bit.ly/BT-Core-Rule... #mecha #wargame #rules #update #new #miniatures #tabletop #classic

Storm into the ilClan era with the new BattleTech: Core Rulebook and discover the changes in this classic game of armored combat!

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台羽正 @tadashidaiba.bsky.social · 21h

Rumiko Takahashi,1986

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Hishi Setsuki (菱せつき) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 30/09/2026

Woof; I've been sheltered enough to have never encountered that latter group.

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Hishi Setsuki (菱せつき) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 30/09/2026

There's *some* VTuber activity here, but VTuber fandom (and performers) also have their niches, so...

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maru la malandra del barrio 👊 delinquent vtuber @marumalandra.wtf · 30/09/2026

👊OI OI GUESS WHO???👊 I'm proud to announce I'm taking part in li'l sis Hanakyo's 3D Debut: Bloom into the Cosmos!! you don't wanna miss it 🫦 x.com/Chadakyo/sta...

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Because of my surgeon's hand injury, own top surgery date under her care is delayed at least 6 weeks-- it'll be late October at soonest. I don't have a new surgery date yet, but I still need your help to cover it. Thanks for your support, friends. We are now 61% of the way there! buff.ly/orrsqml

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Krewe of Japan Podcast @kreweofjapan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

From fandom to fabric! 🎭✨ Maria of Oz Costumes joins the Krewe to explore the creativity, craftsmanship, and passion behind cosplay, and how there’s room in the hobby for everyone! 🔗 linktr.ee/kojpodcast 🎧 krewe-of-japan.simplecast.com/episodes/cos... 📺 youtu.be/E8GlKU288pY

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Amy Stanley @astanley711.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Excited to be working with Norton on two new histories of Japan! I have my work cut out for me for approximately the next decade!!

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mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hilarious that the one Asian Games team which suddenly needed to buy socks from Family Mart happened to be Uzbekistan. They have a flag with similar colours. mainichi.jp/english/arti...

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Justin Decloux @declouxj.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

THE CLANS HEIR IS A TRANS WOMAN (2013) is like Steven Seagal decided to Write/Direct/Star in a love letter to his trans friends, but it looks and feels like every action movie he's made... except Hitoshi Ozawa is way way way way cooler than Seagal.

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mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today marks 34 continuous days where Tokyo has seen rain. That's the longest period recorded since 1876, and breaks the record set in 2019. Thought we had a break last Thursday but it must have rained at some point over the whole course of the 24 hours. weathernews.jp/news/202609/...

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東京で34日連続の降水を観測　2019年を上回り1876年以降の統計で最長に - ウェザーニュース

東京都心では今日29日(火)も雨が降り、連続降水日数が34日に達して観測史上最長記録を更新しました。9月の日照時間も過去2番目の少なさとなる見通しで、農作物の生育などへの影響も懸念されています。

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Oleg Benesch @olegb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm thrilled that Michele Monserrati's excellent article on uses of samurai symbolism by the Italian far-right in the early twentieth century has been featured on JSTOR Daily: daily.jstor.org/why-italian-...

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Why Italian Fascists Loved Samurai - JSTOR Daily

Japan offered Italian Fascists a powerful example of how ancient traditions could serve modern nationalism.

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Hishi Setsuki (菱せつき) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 28/09/2026

This week's schedule! We'll be continuing with Ghost of Tsushima on Tuesday and Juufuutei Raden's Guide for Pixel Museum on Thursday! Both at 8 PM ET. Hope to see you there! #vtuber #japanesehistory #videogames

Hishi Setsuki's schedule for 9/28 to 10/4. Ghost of Tsushima on Tuesday and Juufuutei Raden's Guide for Pixel Museum on Thursday! Both at 8 PM ET.

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Kaylie Vinchenstein @thescarletone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I find it fascinating how "anime-inspired art style" used to have a lower bar to popularity back in the day when social media was more segregated by region. Finding a westerner who's art felt authentic to the style was rare. Now you compete with actual japanese artists so you have to "get it".

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026

Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.

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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport

Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.

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Psydere | Science VTuber 📙🧠 @psydere.com · 28/09/2026

The HusMod and Captain Beezy Memorial charity event will run between 26th October to 1st November. It will be in aid of Samaritans, a suicide prevention charity whose work includes infrastructure for emotional support (e.g. a phone line), education, and policy research.

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Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 28/09/2026

Facing a hotel shortage before the Tokyo Olympics, Japan's government in 2016 urged state-affiliated lenders to help love hotels convert into ordinary hotels. While business hotels ran 70-80% occupancy, love hotels averaged 40% on weekdays.

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Japan's Love Hotels Advertising as Ordinary Hotels is Biting Travelers (Not in the Good Way)

Sometimes, love hotels mask themselves as ordinary hotels. Learn the key differences and what to look for when booking your next trip.

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Jeremy Salkeld @enclavedmicrostate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A Taiping Rashōmon episode I came across last night, surrounding the death of one Adrien Tardif de Moidrey. On 19 February 1863, the Franco-Chinese Corps of Zhejiang, also known as the Ever-Triumphant Army, besieged Shaoxing, supported by the Royal Navy and some Qing imperial troops.

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Patreon is most of my income, so to keep up with rising costs, I'm aiming to get to a total of $1500/month-- now about $380 away. To support my continued writing and recording, komaneko.gay is the place to subscribe-- thanks for your support!

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 11/03/2026

I'm samurai またつまらぬ物を斬ってしまいましたっ☆

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Hishi Setsuki (菱せつき) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 27/09/2026

Ahh; let us ponder the.... body parts... together then. (I don't think that came out right.)

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Hishi Setsuki (菱せつき) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 27/09/2026

I'm not a crypto-biologist, so sometimes I get satyr body parts mixed up.

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台羽正 @tadashidaiba.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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Sunsette / Cynthia Skye @sunderedmarches.com · 27/09/2026

The era of the CRT almost feels like a fever dream in retrospect. "We have put enough lightning into a gun to kill you and it shoots tiny images at you impossibly fast" feels like a Rube Goldberg solution compared to "tiny crystals change color" until you understand the materials science challenges

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mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

In the thread below, I mentioned that key legal cases for the rights of women were assisted by numerous support groups. Among them, one called「働くことと性差別を考える　三多摩の会」("Santama Association to Consider Work and Sex Discrimination") deserves a bit more attention.

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Matt Alt @mattalt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Very revealing dive into the government’s plan to make anime/manga/games a pillar of the economy. Japan already is a “story superpower.” If it wants to stay that way leaders need to tackle structural problems rather than pray for AI magic to fix them. annatachibana.substack.com/p/japan-want...

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Japan wants to be a “story superpower.” Can the people who make the stories afford to keep making them?

I opened one ministry's plan to make anime and games a 20-trillion-yen export. The people who make them were mostly in the footnotes.

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Sophie Pilbeam 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophiepilbeam.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

(Dragonball fansub credits)

NO Thanks to: Miami Mike - I remeber what you did to me at DragonCon

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Kit @a11yartificer.com · 27/09/2026

Weekend but behind on bills. I managed to take care of one. But I'm still 200 behind in credit card & installment payments, including job coaching etc. Kofi: /foxdev to commission topics; PP: kitchan Venmo: kitwinter GFM: gofund.me/aa840cebe #EmergencyCrowdfund #HelpSky #HelpFolksLive2026

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Bryan Lowe @bryandaniellowe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My book, How Buddhism Spread in Japan, 650–850, is now available for purchase. You can get 30% off with the code JAPAN30 through November 15, 2026. uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/how-bu...

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How Buddhism Spread in Japan, 650–850

Between the late seventh and early ninth centuries, Japan changed from a land largely without Buddhism to a country where Buddhist ideas, images, and practices were everywhere. The introduction of …

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Dr. Wes Robertson @scriptingjapan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

゛holy grail?

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Socks the Macro Wolf Dad @socksthewolf.com · 26/09/2026

To make it easier, here's a dirty check if your overlay does suffer from regular injection by pasting the attached message into a twitch chat. If your chat overlay no longer has a transparent background and/or reloads (after 1 second or immediately), then it is affected.

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Paste this into your Twitch Chat

Paste this into your Twitch Chat. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

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NCC (北米日本研究資料調整協議会) @nccjapaninfo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s #InternationalRabbitDay! 🐇 There’s nothing quite like a happy bunny gazing up at the moon. 🌕 Enjoy these 19th century fellas by Hiroshige, held by the Tokyo National Museum: colbase.nich.go.jp/collection_i...

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Ellie @roughling.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

what if we kissed inside the mating grasshoper mechs

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mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Next week sees the release of a new film called 『ファーストボイス』(First Voice). It's based on a case which was called Japan's first sexual harassment trial. It helped introduce the term セクシャル・ハラスメント to the broader public. www.bengo4.com/c_5/c_1623/c...

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「9割以上負けると思った」日本初のセクハラ裁判、弁護団のレジェンドが語った舞台裏 - 弁護士ドットコムニュース

「セクシャル・ハラスメント」が新語・流行語大賞（新語部門・金賞）に選ばれたのは1989年のこと。「セクハラ」という言葉はすっかり定着しているが、40年ほど前まで、そうした概念を指す言葉は日本にはなかった...

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台羽正 @tadashidaiba.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

CG made on an X68000, 1991

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Kit @a11yartificer.com · 25/09/2026

Updated the Linktree! ...yay. Also updated my site! Please update your links/bookmarks, as there is a new domain. www.a11yartificer.com The accessibility resources are still there though! And I would love to know from interested creators. Article topics can be commissioned, too.

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Fox Design - Accessibility Artificer

accessibility, UX, writing, & tabletop

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