JJWalsh
@jjwalsh.bsky.social
Hiroshima, Japan based sustainable tourism & biz consultant, creator, educator & guide
Seek-Sustainable-Japan talkshow-podcast creator
https://youtube.com/@seeksustainablejapan
Seek-Sustainable-Japan talkshow-podcast creator
https://youtube.com/@seeksustainablejapan
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The Japan Cat Network is running a fundraiser for "giving Tuesday", where all donations will be doubled. The JCN has volunteers who #TNR, foster, and provide medical care to stray kitties from kittens to terminal ill moggies, and I've called on them for advice during my own #catrescue many times.
Donate to Japan Cat Network — Japan Cat Network International
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December 2, 2025 at 6:15 AM
The Japan Cat Network is running a fundraiser for "giving Tuesday", where all donations will be doubled. The JCN has volunteers who #TNR, foster, and provide medical care to stray kitties from kittens to terminal ill moggies, and I've called on them for advice during my own #catrescue many times.
I used this article with my japanese university students - it was a good starting point for discussion but it would be more useful for them to also know what bills each party has created and how they vote on key initiatives
In Japan, political parties’ origins and backers are more consistent indicators of their leanings, rather than the left-right labels that apply more conveniently in the U.S. and Europe.
A guide to Japan’s political parties ... beyond the binary labels
The origins of the respective parties and who backs them — rather than left-right labels — are more consistent indicators of their leanings.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I used this article with my japanese university students - it was a good starting point for discussion but it would be more useful for them to also know what bills each party has created and how they vote on key initiatives
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Did you hear? Royal curtains are transformed into festive stockings for charity! What creative ways do you recycle? #SustainableLiving
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/how-royal-curtains-have-been-recycled-into-festive-stockings-5423392
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/how-royal-curtains-have-been-recycled-into-festive-stockings-5423392
How Royal curtains have been recycled into festive stockings
The group based in Scotland used materials from Sandringham
www.scotsman.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Did you hear? Royal curtains are transformed into festive stockings for charity! What creative ways do you recycle? #SustainableLiving
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/how-royal-curtains-have-been-recycled-into-festive-stockings-5423392
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/how-royal-curtains-have-been-recycled-into-festive-stockings-5423392
I love our Japanese maple 🍁 at dusk
December 1, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I love our Japanese maple 🍁 at dusk
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Autumnal Afternoon Run
November 23, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Autumnal Afternoon Run
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I can’t breathe out of my nose, but the leaves are still pretty.
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
I can’t breathe out of my nose, but the leaves are still pretty.
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Today is a perfect day for viewing the autumn leaves.
November 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Today is a perfect day for viewing the autumn leaves.
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Kanako Kuramitsu explores the overlooked experiences of children born to Chinese mothers and Japanese fathers during and after the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Read more in Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#SinoJapaneseWar #ChildrenBornOfWar #Migration #APJJF
Read more in Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#SinoJapaneseWar #ChildrenBornOfWar #Migration #APJJF
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Kanako Kuramitsu explores the overlooked experiences of children born to Chinese mothers and Japanese fathers during and after the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Read more in Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#SinoJapaneseWar #ChildrenBornOfWar #Migration #APJJF
Read more in Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#SinoJapaneseWar #ChildrenBornOfWar #Migration #APJJF
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The Japanese government is considering raising the fee for permanent residency to as high as ¥300,000 and that for changing or extending one’s residential status to ¥100,000.
Japan eyeing much higher visa fees for foreign nationals
The government is considering raising the fee for permanent residency to as high as ¥300,000 and that for changing or extending one’s residential status to ¥100,000.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The Japanese government is considering raising the fee for permanent residency to as high as ¥300,000 and that for changing or extending one’s residential status to ¥100,000.
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The Tokyo High Court has ruled that Japan’s failure to recognize same-sex marriages is constitutional, in a departure from five other high courts that had ruled otherwise.
Same-sex marriage ban constitutional, says Tokyo High Court
The ruling departs from those of five other high courts made previously that had deemed Japan’s failure to recognize such unions as unconstitutional.
ebx.sh
November 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The Tokyo High Court has ruled that Japan’s failure to recognize same-sex marriages is constitutional, in a departure from five other high courts that had ruled otherwise.
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Summer is over. Underground, water freezes and the terrain above begins to crack. The resulting periglacial features indicate hidden ice on the Earth, but could such patterns also point to an accessible source of water on Mars? 🛰️ My latest for #JAXA Cosmos 🤸♂️🧪: cosmos.isas.jaxa.jp/digging-in-m...
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Summer is over. Underground, water freezes and the terrain above begins to crack. The resulting periglacial features indicate hidden ice on the Earth, but could such patterns also point to an accessible source of water on Mars? 🛰️ My latest for #JAXA Cosmos 🤸♂️🧪: cosmos.isas.jaxa.jp/digging-in-m...
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Could Japan’s women-only train carriages be a model for the U.K.?
U.K. woman’s petition to bring women-only train carriages to London gains traction
Camille Brown, a student in London, said the successful introduction of the measure in cities such as Tokyo creates safer commuting options for women.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Could Japan’s women-only train carriages be a model for the U.K.?
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Hand-poured candles, a mountainside town in Hokkaido and a love story that began on a British Columbia farm. North Candles isn’t just a brand, it’s a whole life that Alex and Mami St-Jean built from scratch.
Alex and Mami St-Jean: ‘Home feels like the family we’ve created in Hokkaido’
The Canadian-Japanese couple behind North Candles, a soy wax candle business, reflects on their origin story, cross-cultural inspirations and the meaning of home.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Hand-poured candles, a mountainside town in Hokkaido and a love story that began on a British Columbia farm. North Candles isn’t just a brand, it’s a whole life that Alex and Mami St-Jean built from scratch.
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🚨 Dec 15, 13:00–16:00: FCCJ screening & press conference for “Black Box Diaries,” the documentary effectively banned in Japan.
Journalist-director Shiori Ito traces her seven-year fight to pursue her own rape case and expose a justice system stacked against victims
www.fccj.or.jp/event/screen...
Journalist-director Shiori Ito traces her seven-year fight to pursue her own rape case and expose a justice system stacked against victims
www.fccj.or.jp/event/screen...
Screening & Press Conference: BLACK BOX DIARIES by Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin | FCCJ
SCREENING & PRESS CONFERENCE BLACK BOX DIARIESShiori Ito, Journalist and Director/Producer Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin, Producers13:00-16:00 Monday, December 15, 2025(Screening 13:00-14:45, Press con...
www.fccj.or.jp
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
🚨 Dec 15, 13:00–16:00: FCCJ screening & press conference for “Black Box Diaries,” the documentary effectively banned in Japan.
Journalist-director Shiori Ito traces her seven-year fight to pursue her own rape case and expose a justice system stacked against victims
www.fccj.or.jp/event/screen...
Journalist-director Shiori Ito traces her seven-year fight to pursue her own rape case and expose a justice system stacked against victims
www.fccj.or.jp/event/screen...
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Prices are slated to rise in Japan in December for 217 food and beverage products from 195 major Japanese makers, Teikoku Databank has said.
Prices of 217 food products to rise in Japan in December
The total number of items whose prices have risen or are expected to rise this year is projected to reach 20,609.
ebx.sh
November 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Prices are slated to rise in Japan in December for 217 food and beverage products from 195 major Japanese makers, Teikoku Databank has said.
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Traditional Japanese "hina" dolls featuring this year's iconic people and events have been unveiled in Tokyo.
Dolls featuring iconic figures and events from 2025 showcased in Tokyo
Among the featured kawaribina dolls were those of Ichiro Suzuki, 52, who was inducted into the baseball halls of fame in both Japan and the United States.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Traditional Japanese "hina" dolls featuring this year's iconic people and events have been unveiled in Tokyo.
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Moving Solar Power Station on Wheels ☀️🚐
Our solar trike RV is more than a vehicle — it’s a mobile power station! Generating up to 25 kWh a day, it makes zero-carbon, zero-cost travel a reality.
👉 ELEVEV.COM
#SolarRV #SolarTrike #ZeroCarbon #GreenEnergy #EcoTravel #SustainableLiving #ELEVEV
Our solar trike RV is more than a vehicle — it’s a mobile power station! Generating up to 25 kWh a day, it makes zero-carbon, zero-cost travel a reality.
👉 ELEVEV.COM
#SolarRV #SolarTrike #ZeroCarbon #GreenEnergy #EcoTravel #SustainableLiving #ELEVEV
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Moving Solar Power Station on Wheels ☀️🚐
Our solar trike RV is more than a vehicle — it’s a mobile power station! Generating up to 25 kWh a day, it makes zero-carbon, zero-cost travel a reality.
👉 ELEVEV.COM
#SolarRV #SolarTrike #ZeroCarbon #GreenEnergy #EcoTravel #SustainableLiving #ELEVEV
Our solar trike RV is more than a vehicle — it’s a mobile power station! Generating up to 25 kWh a day, it makes zero-carbon, zero-cost travel a reality.
👉 ELEVEV.COM
#SolarRV #SolarTrike #ZeroCarbon #GreenEnergy #EcoTravel #SustainableLiving #ELEVEV
Fabulous talk with the amazing author -artist-architecht-educator Azby Brown about the necessity of human-made for happiness in design, life, education..
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House Happiness Depends on Human-Made Design - Azby Brown
YouTube video by Seek Sustainable Japan | JJWalsh
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November 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Fabulous talk with the amazing author -artist-architecht-educator Azby Brown about the necessity of human-made for happiness in design, life, education..
youtu.be/C7CJp8e2u2o?...
youtu.be/C7CJp8e2u2o?...
Beautiful 🍁 autumn colors on Miyajima yesterday - isn't the Japanese maple tree lovely this time of year?
Glad I took this photo yesterday as heavy rain today may bring it all down too soon
#autumn #hiroshima #miyajima #japan
Glad I took this photo yesterday as heavy rain today may bring it all down too soon
#autumn #hiroshima #miyajima #japan
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Beautiful 🍁 autumn colors on Miyajima yesterday - isn't the Japanese maple tree lovely this time of year?
Glad I took this photo yesterday as heavy rain today may bring it all down too soon
#autumn #hiroshima #miyajima #japan
Glad I took this photo yesterday as heavy rain today may bring it all down too soon
#autumn #hiroshima #miyajima #japan
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Like I said, you can never have enough photos of Mount Fuji.
This time from Tama station on my way into central Tokyo.
#Japan #MountFuji #富士山
This time from Tama station on my way into central Tokyo.
#Japan #MountFuji #富士山
November 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Like I said, you can never have enough photos of Mount Fuji.
This time from Tama station on my way into central Tokyo.
#Japan #MountFuji #富士山
This time from Tama station on my way into central Tokyo.
#Japan #MountFuji #富士山
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Central-west New South Wales winemaker Sam Statham has noticed a trend that has nothing to do with price or palate. #food #beverage #processing #industry #alcoholic #drinks #sustainable #alternative #farming
A new vintage: Why gen Z and millennials favour organic wines
Central-west New South Wales winemaker Sam Statham has noticed a trend that has nothing to do with price or palate. #food #beverage #processing #industry #alcoholic #drinks #sustainable #alternative #farming
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Central-west New South Wales winemaker Sam Statham has noticed a trend that has nothing to do with price or palate. #food #beverage #processing #industry #alcoholic #drinks #sustainable #alternative #farming