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Jon Mitchell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ジョン・ミッチェル
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Author, investigative journalist with Okinawa Times. "Why are we in Okinawa? A History of Violence" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2026). 沖縄タイムス特約通信員。米国環境ジャーナリスト協会 出版賞。石橋湛山記念 早稲田ジャーナリズム大賞。著書「『情報自由法』で社会を変える!」岩波書店, etc https://www.jonmitchellinjapan.com
Order the vegan kara-age bowl :)
November 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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I was in my 30s before I found out that the Young Lords also did this kind of activism, including addressing lead poisoning issues in children at a time when officials were failing to act: www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/h...
Help Save Your Children | Johanna Fernández
On the Young Lords’ battle against lead poisoning in New York.
www.laphamsquarterly.org
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share - I hope folk find the materials useful!
October 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Thanks for the recommendation - I hadn't heard of it so ordered it!
October 4, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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2/2

よそ3〜8世紀頃に分岐という学説が、世界では定説です。

It is the established view worldwide that Japanese and the Ryukyuan languages diverged from a parent language around the 3rd to 8th centuries.
September 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
For sure!
September 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Looks great - can't wait to read the interview!
September 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Here's one of the first: the February 1975 press conference given by Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese army lieutenant who hid in the jungles of the Philippines for thirty years without knowing World War II was over.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=fo2U...
FCCJ & A+E Networks Collaboration: 2nd Lt. Hiroo Onoda (2/171975) - English Subtitles
YouTube video by 日本外国特派員協会 オフィシャルサイトFCCJchannel
m.youtube.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:43 AM
What a stunning photo!
July 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM