Author | Lightnews

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · 2d

Lots of sky pictures this evening and for good reason. Why are mine pinker than the others I've seen? (These were right around 5 PM in Musashino-shi, Tokyo.)

6

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · 4d

How many are *active* users, though? Many of the accounts I follow haven't posted in recent history, and many of my followers are fake accounts.

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · 4d

Apparently when they want to avoid being mistaken for Americans

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · 4d

"European tour guides who spoke to CNN said that one way they can tell Americans apart is how loud they are." www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Why Americans trying to hide as Canadians overseas doesn’t work

Claims of “flag jacking” go back to at least the Vietnam War

www.independent.co.uk

2 1 3

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · 5d

I'm more interested in the occasional superhuman performance than winners and losers, but I can't get behind a guy with that on his cap.

1 1

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · 5d

If you need another reason to root for the Jays… porterdavis.tumblr.com/post/7987728...

It seemed like a good idea at the time...

If you need another reason to root for the Jays...

porterdavis.tumblr.com

1 2

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · 14d

高市早苗氏、村山富市首相に「先の大戦、勝手に謝っては困る」　1年生議員のときに追及 tweetsoku.news/2025/10/21/1...

高市早苗氏、村山富市首相に「先の大戦、勝手に謝っては困る」 1年生議員のときに追及 | Tweeter BreakingＮews－ツイッ速！

1: 昆虫図鑑 ★ 2025/10/21(火) 10:36:01.79 ID:5GFg48z8 自民党の高市早苗総裁は、衆院議員に初当選した翌年の平成6年10月12日の衆院予算委員会で、当時所属していた自由改革連合を代表して質問に立った。村...

tweetsoku.news

3

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · 18d

How does your wife feel about your drunk-flirting with a cute waitress? 😉

1 1

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · 18d

Excellent time to come back in the spotlight, even if in death, given that the LDP once had to make him PM to form an odd-couple coalition

1

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · 18d

"Believe it or not — provided you are 18, have been in Japan for five years, have the means to support yourself and can speak and read Japanese at an intermediate level — getting Japanese citizenship is not as onerous as one might think." www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...

Why I chose Japanese citizenship over permanent residency

It may be adequate for some residents’ purposes, but when the chips are down, many will be shocked at just how few protections it offers.

www.japantimes.co.jp

2 12

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · 20d

LOL, I saw that too. Quite the name, in any case.

3

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · 21d

I have some cousins in Washington State with the last name Roetcisoender, which I learned to pronounce but never to spell without looking it up.

1 5

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · 22d

Seeing commentators getting held up for ridicule is one of my least favorite things on Twitter, and it seems even worse on Bsky.

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · 27d

「僕自身も翻訳の仕事が大好き。翻訳は究極の精読で、横に書かれたものを縦に置き換えることで、自分の文章術を磨いていくことができる。」 www.asahi.com/articles/AST...

村上春樹さん、イタリアの文学賞受賞　スピーチ「翻訳は究極の精読」：朝日新聞

第4回日伊ことばの架け橋賞（伊日財団主催）に作家、村上春樹さんの「街とその不確かな壁」（アントニエッタ・パストーレさん伊訳）が選ばれ、8日、都内で授賞式が開かれた。　村上さんは1980年代の一時期、…

www.asahi.com

3

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · 28d

The five private TV broadcasters plan to quit BS4K by 2027, due to declining revenue and viewership, but also the burden of making 4K content, since everything is seen so clearly they can't fudge the background, props, etc.
gendai.media/articles/-/1...

民放各局の”BS4K放送”撤退を喜ぶワケ

民放5局が2027年にBS4K放送から撤退する方針を発表すると、制作現場では安堵の声が漏れたという。細かなところまで美しく見せる最先端技術である「4K」は、意外にもテレビ業界でも歓迎している人は少ないようだ。他方で、「4K」の活用が期待される予想外の業界が…。

gendai.media

1

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · 29d

"Despite mounting evidence linking [finasteride] with serious psychiatric side effects – including anxiety, depression, and suicide – the manufacturers and the medical and regulatory communities have overlooked these findings to the detriment of public health..." www.sciencealert.com/decades-of-s...

Decades of Studies Link Suicide Risk With Common Hair Loss Treatment

Many pharmaceutical drugs come with an ominous list of risks, but the devil is in the details.

www.sciencealert.com

1

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · Oct 5

Nine of you liked this post, and I appreciate all of you. On Twitter, where I have only 1/10 as many followers as on Bsky, so far it's 141 likes, 13 reposts, 17 comments, nearly 900,000 views. A QT has 5,100 likes, 359 retweets. Same post, different engagement.

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · Oct 4

A friend on FB wonders if Takaichi will be allowed inside the sumo ring to hand over the prime minister's cup to the winner.

1

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · Oct 4

Surprising, but he went from Hayashi in the first round to Takaichi rather than Koizumi.

1

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · Oct 4

One of those was FM Iwaya

1

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · Oct 4

A friend on FB wonders if Takaichi will be allowed inside the sumo ring to hand over the prime minister's cup to the winner.

1 2 11

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · Oct 3

Will be useful when flying to and from my resort island home in my late 90s.

2

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · Oct 2

Just a couple of hours ago I was Googling Chieko Schrader, wife of my friend Leonard. She played a big part in writing the Mishima screenplay. When I met her in 1978, she was still writing lyrics for enka songs. I was sad to learn she died in 2022.

3

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · Oct 2

You make that sound like a good thing

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · Sep 30

I hadn't thought of that possibility, but you may be right. (I assumed Hayashi was strongly opposed by the right, but I guess they may still prefer him to Koizumi.)

Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social · Sep 30

In a traincar I rode in the other day, 60% of the men had that style. It's huge in Tokyo, at least.

1