What's in a name? These two advocates want Japanese women to be able to keep their own surnames and for tradition not to be used as an excuse for stifling change in Japan. Watch "Why Must Japanese Couples Adopt the Same Surname?" youtube.com/watch?v=DeoAkm…

(Former) Princess Mako's psychiatrist on her PTSD: “She felt like her dignity as a human being had been trampled on.”: bbc.com/turkce/haberle… (Meanwhile, the groom, Kei Komuro, finally cuts his 'controversial' ponytail, but manages to defiy the rules with his pinstripe suit.)

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#kadıköymetro This man on Istanbul metro threatened to slash this young woman's face in front of dozens of people, including what appears to be her mother or female relative sitting on the right. Abdulhamit Gül Stop this senseless crime by punishing it at the highest level.

Merve Çavdar ve 28 yaşındaki Murat K intihar etti. Hasan Songur ve Fedai Altun ataması yapılmamıştı, onlarda hayatını kaybetmişti. Hepsi görevini yaptı. Mezun oldu. İhtiyaca rağmen ataması yapılmayan öğretmenler ölüyor, farkında mısınız? Farkında mısınız? #MuratÖgretmenimGittin

Atik family travels off-road and posts on Youtube. With most of Turkey under heavy snow, this tome they set their tent 🏕 “on-road” when stranded on a busy highway between Bolu and Istanbul. youtu.be/iQWVI69V0aw

This team.

URGENT TODAY: February 25, Friday, 16:00-17:00 (Press Conference) Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Ambassador to Japan "Responding to Russian attack on Ukraine" LIVE: youtube.com/c/FCCJchannel/… QUESTION FORM: forms.gle/jagHiVCSboCMma… HP:bit.ly/3LVI85A

Will Japan accept to share U.S. nuclear arms? “No way,” says PM Kishida. My piece for BBC Turkish. bbc.com/turkce/haberle…

Ukrayna'da müziğin, bombardıman sesini bastırdığı 5 an

"Mum, they didn't let me enter my school. They're saying girls aren't allowed" Hopes and dreams shattered once again for millions of Afghan girls left in tears and devastated by the continued Taliban ban

Merhamet

／ 世界よ！ これがジャパニー・フィルム・ノワールだ！ ＼ 🎬『#ヘルドッグス』 日本外国特派員協会 記者会見実施❗️ ヤクザ組織のトップ・十朱を演じた #MIYAVI さん、#原田眞人 監督が登壇し、本作の魅力について世界にアピール✨ 公開まであと10日🎊 皆様、ぜひご注目ください🎉

Japonya’dan ikinci grup arama kurtarma ekibi yola çıktı 🇯🇵🇹🇷

Japon kurtarma ekibi Maraş'ta çalışıyor. Ben ise Japonya'dan gelen 16 ton kurtarma ve yardım malzemelerini bölgeye göndermek için sabahtan beri koşturuyorum. Sürekli sorun çıkıyor. Çok zor ama elimden geleni yapıyorum. Umarım en yakın zamanda onları alıp sahaya gidebilirim.

Proud to have moderated Nick Ut, the Vietnamese photographer behind the iconic ‘Napalm Girl’ image and my colleague and writer, Erika Toh, about tragedies of war. x.com/fccjapan/statu…

#MerveDizdar has just won the Best Actress Award in Cannes! cbsnews.com/news/japans-ko… Top Twitter Trend Today: Merve Dizdar ⭐ Currently trending at #️1 with 44K tweets⚡️ ⭐ Started trending about 1 hour ago. (via trends24.in/turkey/)

Excellent piece on Tokyo toilets and the inspiration behind #perfectdays -- a strong contender for the Best Foreign Movie award at this year's Oscars by Wim Wenders. One wonders what the real toilet cleaners of Tokyo think about their work? nytimes.com/2024/02/04/mov…

2024 Nobel Prize in Economics is shared by Turkish-American Prof. Daron Acemoglu for showing us how nations that lack the rule of law and rely on institutions that exploit the public are doomed to fail.

Basimiz sağolsun hocam. Cok degerli bir akademisyendi. Siz de oyle.