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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 15/03/2026

Beautiful Fuji san 🗻🇯🇵

Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 06/01/2026

Thank goodness for the lovely Narita ground staff though…. Otsukaresama to you all for what has no doubt been a super busy time! #年末年始 🇯🇵✈️

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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 06/01/2026

Great to hear!!!! 🇦🇺🇯🇵

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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 06/01/2026

Treatment of re-entry permit holders at Narita airport is shocking. I mean the machines are crap everywhere but gruff and rude immigration officials are a plenty here. Guess even permanent residents can expect a rough ride here in Japan here on in. 🇯🇵✈️

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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 01/01/2026

明けましておめでとうございます. HNY wishes for a gentle 2026! 🎍🌅🇯🇵

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.

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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 10/12/2025

I am Australian through and through but maybe after having lived in Japan for so long one of the things that I cannot stand is HOW BLOODY LATE PEOPLE ARE!!!!!! Obviously not talking about friends catching up etc but MEETINGS WITH GOVT PEOPLE GAHHHHH GRRRRRRR. 🇦🇺

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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 08/12/2025

Speaking with family in Hachinohe. Everyone on edge! #quake 🇯🇵

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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 28/11/2025

Home for a few days. How bloody lovely. 🇯🇵⛰️

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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 05/11/2025

Thirty years ago today the boys and I arrived in Japan. They were so little. I was young! Gahhh. We were thinking about staying for six months….feels like yesterday. 🇦🇺🇯🇵👦🏻💙🎉

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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 26/10/2025

Good Morning Tokyo town. 🇯🇵

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Andy Kostrub @andrewkostrub.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Updating my LEGO White House

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I really think I should get my tomorrow's cartoon out there today, while it's fresh. Ballroomocracy. My @smh/@theage cartoon.

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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 21/10/2025

First woman PM for Japan. And yes, the picture of Takaichi san in the Diet proves just how few women there are in politics in Japan. 🇯🇵

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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 19/10/2025

the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist

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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 14/10/2025

Japanese politics!! Woah. 💥 What a time. 🇯🇵 PS Any coverage in Australian media about the developments taking place in one of our key partner countries? (she asks knowing the answer…sigh)

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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 03/10/2025

Got my Tshirt ready….. Explained the whole thing to granddaughter Alice who agrees with me. #nomoremanels 🇯🇵🇦🇺👊

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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 18/09/2025

3.42 million tourists visited Japan in August. Such a hot time to visit. I tend to run away from Japan in the summer. Hope they all had fun. ✈️🇯🇵 www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09...

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Foreign visitors to Japan hit record 3.42 million in August

The tally was pushed higher by visitors from mainland China, Taiwan, Vietnam and the United States.

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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 15/09/2025

Enjoy!!! 🇦🇺✈️🇯🇵

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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 15/09/2025

My grandkids just rang me to wish me Happy Old People’s Day! Nice, I think. #敬老の日 ❤️🇯🇵🇦🇺🧑🏻‍🦳

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Fernando Gros @fernandogros.com · 10/09/2025

A few ideas Appoint CEOs who have international experience. Especially in Asia. And stop promoting internal candidates to CEO who have no international experience. Appoint more board members with Asia experience. And have fewer board meetings per year to help internationalise boards.

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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 09/09/2025

Like an old record but yes….. oh and QANTAS CEO should take this advice literally. The flying kangaroo has 28 weekly flights to Japan and yet no visit by Ms Hudson? 🇦🇺✈️🇯🇵 www.afr.com/world/asia/a...

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Australian businesses must stop flying over Asia and start investing

Canberra must insulate the nation from the fallout of a potential power vacuum left by America.

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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 07/09/2025

Watching PM Ishiba’s resignation speech on YouTube. I find the comments fascinating - lots of people saying a range of different things but now some random person is just posting truckloads of hearts over and over and that is irritating everyone a LOT. Too much hoohaa for a Sunday night I think….🇯🇵

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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 07/09/2025

But many pollies thought he would hold on for a bit

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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 03/09/2025

Welcome to Japan, Governor-General 🇦🇺🇯🇵

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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 01/09/2025

On the 小海線 heading to Sakudaira en route to Tokyo for a big week. Loving this cute train that goes from the station closest to me! The train conductor comes through and offers to take photos of the train otakus who are also enjoying the ride!!! 🚂⛰️🇯🇵

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荒木健太郎 @arakencloud.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

どうかお願いです。熱中症に本気で気をつけてください。 8/30の最高気温は関東・甲信で40℃、東海で40～41℃予報の地域があり、命に関わる危険な暑さになります。小さなお子様や高齢者の体調をいつもより気にかけてください。冷房使用等で暑さを避けて、こまめに水分補給を。万全の暑さ対策を！！

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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 27/08/2025

‘Nothing special’. Wow!! 🗻🇯🇵

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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 18/08/2025

Thank you Donna. Great insights from our panelists, ne!!! 🇦🇺🇯🇵

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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 16/08/2025

Seated next to a well-known Australian journo at lunch the other day (in Australia) and when I told him I lived in Japan he asked me if the ‘Japs are still racist’. Man oh man. PS You can guess which paper he writes for. 🇦🇺🇯🇵

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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 11/08/2025

But they can’t buy everywhere (o/s that is). Restrictions in loads of countries but none in Japan.

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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 11/08/2025

The system isn’t functioning at all. There needs to be better protection as large pockets of land, condo blocks, individual houses are being bought up via simply accessed (and cheap) work company visas. Shortage of supply (not to mention the ‘lost decades’) means Japanese are now disadvantaged.

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Melanie Brock @melanie.brock.social · 06/08/2025

That would be right. Fingers crossed this time….

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