No thanks, Starbucks. Not when it is 37°C in the shade.

Note to self. Research = questioning 定説 thetimes.co.uk/article/victor…

Strange errors for a good scholar to make. John Nathan in excellent biography of Soseki.

Agreed. Japanese films suffer from uneven ability of actors—unlike Korean—but even more amateurish when Set in HS.

But Feinstein, born in 1933, is surely not a member of the boomer generation, born between 1946 and 1964. よく分からん

必見！@能楽 3D Nō in Venice diegopellecchia.com/2019/05/01/3d-… via @diegoroyalll

Great thread.

I'll be speaking on the #translation of #poetry at Waseda University in #Tokyo on 15 November 2019 - all welcome!

For excellent thread on Covid-19 response by Japanese authorities see

Recommend this WP article about language and ethnicity on Ogawasara (Bonin Islands). washingtonpost.com/world/2020/08/…

Shiori Ito’s landmark book Black Box will be published in English this month. Over six years since her sexual assault, she says can’t open her inbox because she still gets abusive mail, so an assistant opens it for her. My review in The Guardian. theguardian.com/books/2021/jul…

Tageszeitung compares May/Eagle/Sturgeon to the German "rubble women" who cleaned up the mess after the war pic.x.com/3O7sKFoQzh

Apple Maps to gain Japan transit data in iOS 10 iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/16/07…

Tory candidates rubbished by Ken Clarke news.sky.com/story/1721982/…

Looking forward to seeing noh outside in Yokohama. Hope rain holds off! x.com/yokohamanogaku…

Remember 3/11 and learn from it. RT @facklernyt: Lest we forget: sign in Tokyo's posh Ginza district ... tmi.me/1fhWa2

I'm no royalist, but I found this fascinating. theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/m…