Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026日本でも海外でも、急増する観光客に日本がどう対応すべきかという記事が後を絶たない。しかし、女性首相が誕生した今なお、日本社会のほとんどの分野で、重要な意思決定に女性が十分に加わっていないという問題に比べれば、観光客の急増は、問題としての重みがはるかに小さい。 実際、世界経済フォーラムの2026年版男女格差報告書では、日本は145カ国中117位にとどまっている。日本を一度訪れる観光客のマナーよりも、こちらのほうが私たちみんなが気にすべき問題ではないだろうか。 000
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 17/09/2026How long will it take until the American administration threatens more tariffs on Sweden? www.ft.com/content/3aa5...ft.comSweden’s leftwing opposition parties predicted to win electionSocial Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson expected to face tricky task of trying to form a coalition 000
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Partout en France, des baraques proposent des spécialités locales et font le bonheur des vacanciers. www.lemonde.fr/kiosques-gou...lemonde.frKiosques gourmands - Actualités, vidéos et infos en directToute l’actualité sur le sujet Kiosques gourmands. Consultez l’ensemble des articles, reportages, directs, photos et vidéos de la rubrique Kiosques gourmands publiés par Le Monde. 000
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Successful female politicians don't have to be extreme right-wingers like Takaichi Sanae, Georgia Meloni or Alice Weidal. Silvia Salis, ex-Olympic hammer thrower turned mayor of Genova, offers a more hopeful alternative! www.euractiv.com/news/how-a-t...euractiv.comHow a techno party locked in Meloni’s next challenger | EuractivWith Charlotte de Witte on the decks, Silvia Salis, ex-Olympic hammer thrower turned mayor of Genoa, is fast emerging as the new face of Italy’s centre-left 000
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 06/04/2026As most of the world learns the crucial lesson of the need to reduce dependence on petroleum, Canada is walking with the Americans, coming to all the wrong conclusions www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/06/a...nationalobserver.comCanada’s tailpipe sales jump in 2025 as all-electrics plungeTailpipes up, Canada. The 2025 passenger car sales numbers are in and the fossil fuel burners are setting records. 000
Reposted by Mitch BernardAndré Loez & podcast Paroles d’histoire @andreloez.bsky.social · 24/03/2026L'entrée au Panthéon de Marc Bloch suscite des initiatives bienvenues: livres, expositions, conférences... Au plan scientifique l'avancée la plus fondamentale est à mon sens la base en ligne "reconstruire la bibliothèque de MB", qu'il faut faire connaître largement : bibliotheque-marc-bloch.lamop.fr 15723
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Of course the US administration has meddled in Japan's lower house election. They now routinely intervene on behalf of right-wing parties anywhere and everywhere, just like the Russians. www.asahi.com/articles/DA3...asahi.com(社説)米大統領の支持 許されない内政干渉だ:朝日新聞トランプ米大統領が日本の衆院選で高市首相と自民党、日本維新の会の連立政権への「完全かつ全面的な支持」をSNSで表明した。 一国の指導者が他国の選挙に際し、特定の人物や政治勢力を支持することは主権国家… 011
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 25/01/2026US reaction to Canada allowing some Chinese EVs is bizarre. US tariffs killed incentives to build EVs in Canada. Long marginal globally, US autos stayed relevant there only through integration; without it, Canadian car buying will resemble the rest of the world. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/b...nytimes.comU.S. Automakers’ Foreign Troubles Now Extend to Canada 020
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 05/12/2025I'm no booster of NAFTA or its successor agreement but this is how it will die, not with huge rhetorical bluster but from dozens of defaulted contracts by executives afraid of Donald Trump. Let's hope Stellantis never sells another vehicle in Canada! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/w...nytimes.comCanada Declares Stellantis in Default for Moving Jeep Production to U.S. 010
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 18/11/2025This is the standard that we can increasingly expect from the NY Times beyond its obsession with Donald Trump; a completely trivial piece about the style of Japan's new far-right prime minister as part of what it refers to as "critic's notebook" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/s...nytimes.comThe Most Impactful Political Handbag Since Mrs. Thatcher’s 010
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 18/10/2025The very thing is happening here in Kyoto that has devastated the restaurant scene in those areas in Italian towns and cities overrun by tourism. But away from the hoards, in ordinary neighbourhoods and non-touristy locales, normal gastronomic life persists. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/w...nytimes.comThe Spritzes and Carbonaras That Ate Italy 010
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 23/09/2025In a China-obsessed US, Dan Wong’s new book Breakneck is making waves. It echoes the 1980s wave of books on Japan’s rise, warning of threats & lessons for America. The parallels are striking, contrasting “ideal-type” societies — engineering vs. legalistic — to feed the same old American anxieties. 010
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 19/09/2025The country with the most contentious language politics is undoubtedly India where the BJP's attempt to entrench Hindi as the national language is an element of its Hindu nationalist agenda which is being resisted in India's many non-Hindi speaking regions globalpressjournal.com/asia/india/w...globalpressjournal.comWhat India’s Battle Over Hindi Really MeansThe clash over language teaching is less about classrooms and more about who gets to define what it means to be Indian. 010
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 17/08/2025Ever since Abegglen & Stark's book on Japanese production in 1988, Americans have been getting E Asia's political economy wrong, fixating on cutting edge innovation rather than innovative production ecosystems. Here we see this yet again re China's Biotech sector www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/o...nytimes.comOpinion | China’s Biotech Is Cheaper and Faster 020
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 14/05/2025N. American ICE vehicle manufacturing may be too integrated to unwind, but tariffs will discourage EV and component production in Canada, despite major public incentives. The Canadian government may eventually need to reconsider its stance on Chinese EV makers. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/w...nytimes.comTariffs Drive Honda to Move S.U.V. Production From Canada to U.S. 010
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 27/04/2025This is the 88th anniversary of Picasso's Guernica, a powerful tribute to the victims of Nazi bombardment during the Spanish Civil War. It's heartbreaking how 21st-century Guernicas remain an almost daily occurrence all over the world www.diario-red.com/articulo/mem...diario-red.comGernika recuerda con una ofrenda floral a las víctimas del bombardeo de en su 88 aniversarioDurante el acto se ha recordado que "el diablo de la guerra y de la sinrazón no descansa" y la solidaridad con "otros Gernika del siglo XXI" 000
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Pour les amoureux de littérature, la sortie du troisième tome de la trilogie de Leïla Slimani, c’est de la lecture idéale pour profiter des beaux jours ! 000
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Who could possibly better represent the interests of indigenous people worldwide than a representative the white, christian-nationalist American far right? www.lemonde.fr/videos/video...lemonde.frVidéo. En images : J. D. Vance : « Notre message au Danemark est très simple : vous n’avez pas fait du bon travail pour le peuple du Groenland »Vidéo - Lors de sa visite vendredi de la seule base militaire américaine de l’île, le vice-président américain a violemment critiqué l’inaction supposée du Danemark au Groenland, dont Donald Trump a r... 000
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Pour une partie de l’extrême droite américaine, le Canada a toujours été perçu comme une réserve de ressources naturelles auxquelles ils estiment avoir droit. Les attaques répétées de Trump contre le Canada s’inscrivent dans cette logique qui ne date pas d’hier. www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...lemonde.frDonald Trump convoite l’eau du Canada pour lutter contre les pénuries aux Etats-UnisWashington a suspendu les négociations sur le traité du fleuve Columbia, qui serpente sur près de 2 000 kilomètres entre les deux pays. 000
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Brasil does what American was unable to do on.ft.com/413zlXCon.ft.comBrazil charges former president Jair Bolsonaro over alleged coup plotAttorney-general accuses hard-right politician in connection with plan to assassinate rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva 020
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 14/02/2025In other parts of the world spaces without any state control have proven ideal for jihadists. In Myanmar it's ideal for Chinese criminals enabled by various anti-governmental regional/ethnic forces www.bbc.com/thai/article...bbc.comจีนเทา: มาตรการตัดตอนสแกมเมอร์ของไทยได้ผลแค่ไหน และพวกเขาจะย้ายฐานไปที่ใดต่อ - BBC News ไทยบีบีซีไทยพูดคุยกับผู้เชี่ยวชาญเพื่อวิเคราะห์ว่ามาตรการต่าง ๆ ของไทยได้ผลแค่ไหน และเดินมาถูกทางแล้วหรือไม่ 010
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 26/01/2025South Koreans are handling insurrection the way Americans should have, but can't! www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/w...nytimes.comSouth Korea’s President Yoon Is IndictedPresident Yoon Suk Yeol will stand trial along with his former defense minister and others who participated in his short-lived imposition of martial law. 020
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 23/01/2025It's Oscar time. 'Htis' of dubious merit win prizes & most of the world's films are shoe-horned into a ridiculous category called "foreign". In contrast Hollywood's self-referential trade show, it's nice to see appreciation for the important work of Alice Rohrwacher. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...nybooks.comReal Misfits in Real Gardens | Jé WilsonThe Italian director Alice Rohrwacher’s films often focus on incongruous moments of enchantment within communities living at the margins of society. 010
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Congratulations to the Thai people on the coming into force of กฎหมายสมรสเท่าเทียม, its marriage equality law. While Thailand is not without its problems, Thais should be proud of this. Now pressure should be increasingly on the Japanese government, to be bold enough to adopt a similar measure 010
Reposted by Mitch BernardAudrey Garric @audreygarric.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Il faut arrêter de parler de catastrophes naturelles. Les lourds dégâts humains et économiques liés aux aléas sont dus à des choix de politiques publiques. Et chaque catastrophe est alimentée ou causée par le dérèglement climatique d'origine humaine. Mon analyse : www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...lemonde.frLes incendies de Los Angeles ne sont pas une catastrophe naturelleANALYSE. Ce qualificatif est un leurre qui déresponsabilise l’humanité, évoquant des colères de la planète face auxquelles nous serions impuissants. L’exposition et la vulnérabilité découlent en réali... 13271127
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Es lamentable que La Vanguardia considere los blockbusters más comerciales de Hollywood como "las películas más esperadas" en lugar de destacar el cine increíble de todo el mundo que explora la condición humana y las posibilidades del arte cinematográfico. www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/2024...lavanguardia.comLas películas más esperadas del 2025Este 2025 vendrá cargado de mucho cine, sobre todo de blockbusters y secuelas como la octava parte de Misión imposible, la nueva Blancanieves con Rachel Zegler y Gal 010
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 31/12/2024The world, fixated on wars in Ukraine, the Middle East & tension across the Taiwan Straight, has ignored 5 years of civil war in Myanmar. But like other failed states, Myanmar is now a haven for illegal activity, mostly from PRC. It's time to pay attention www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/w...nytimes.comMyanmar’s War Has Made It the Global Crime CapitalThe chaotic country is now a magnet for criminal syndicates, particularly from China, destabilizing law enforcement across much of Asia. 010
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 26/12/20242024 has been good though not great year for world cinema. Now we'll enter the period where the American film establishment unilaterally gets to put their imprimatur on what we've all seen. Whatever they decide, to me, director Payal Kapadia's complex gem was clearly the year's best 010
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 29/11/2024In no other country than India, the world's most multi-lingual country, can a movie be made that uses more than 5 languages, 3 of which (Malayalam, Hindi and Marathi) are central to the film, without breaking a sweat! All We Imagine as Light, brilliant on so many levels, is also a multilingual gem! 051
Mitch Bernard @mkbernard.bsky.social · 26/11/2024One challenge learning a North-Indian language, in my case Bengali, is appreciating the importance of whether the origin of a word is Sanskrit or Farsi/Arabic. A good example, the 2 words for 'place', the farsi-derived জায়গা (jayga) & স্থানে (ssthani) from Sanskrit 030