Kemi Badenoch is the new leader of the Conservative Party in Britain. You'd often see her name in katakana as ケミ・バデノック but it looks like news outlets are now mostly going with ケミ・ベイデノック, which is closer to how her name is pronounced in the UK.

Mulboyne Years ago a Aussie mate of mine was dating a Japanese girl. At McDonalds one day in Osaka he ordered a hamburger but without pickles or onions. She broke up with him saying he should accept things as they are presented to him 😀

Fish & chips with a beer in London at £36 (¥7,000) is causing shrieks online. London is certainly expensive but that seems an outlier. A beer and that plate would usually be more like £20-26 (¥4-5,000 yen). Malins in Tokyo charges ¥2-2,500 and ¥800 for an Asahi.

Mulboyne Rock and Sole Plaice £24-25 for a large piece of fish £7.5 pint Camden Hells Lager £32 give or take 50p + 12.5% discretionary service charge =£36 +/- irp.cdn-website.com/758e1605/files…

Mulboyne I knew a girl that broke up with her boyfriend because he couldn’t read the word 白菜at the supermarket, said Shirona instead of Hakusai

China-Japan cultural exchange.

Kazuo Umezu, one of the best-known exponents of the horror manga genre, has passed away at 88. www3.nhk.or.jp/shutoken-news/…

Among the hometown tax (ふるさと納税) gifts in Fukuoka City, are novelty hats by a local food sample maker. They include wagyudon, tonkotsu ramen, gyoza and unajyu versions. fukuoka-furusato.jp

コンビニ富士山 makes the new coinage/buzzword shortlist.

The mountain area of Kaneyamacho in Fukushima has seen its first newborn in 52 years. yomiuri.co.jp/national/20241…

Snow finally on Mt. Fuji but only on the Shizuoka side. Still nothing on the Yamanashi side.

JR East says it will begin introducing one-person operation trains on major Tokyo metropolitan lines from next spring. The main reason is staff shortages. Conductors, chiefly responsible for announcements and door operation, will be re-assigned. www3.nhk.or.jp/shutoken-news/…

Donki is selling T-shirts with designs by Meteora st. artists. The theme is "Japanese Culture", so they are probably aimed at the tourist market.