Chris Harding
Cultural historian & broadcaster based at the University of Edinburgh. Writing about Japan, India & East-West encounter. Author of the IlluminAsia substack
👉 IlluminAsia.substack.com
👉 http://christopher-harding.com
@andysharpy.bsky.social
Opinion editor @NikkeiAsia. Brit in Tokyo. No Pulitzers etc. DMs open. Tips and pitches to andrew.sharp@nex.nikkei.com 力愛不二
@thehistoryguy.bsky.social
Creative Director of the world's best History Channel https://linktr.ee/HistoryHit | I host the Dan Snow’s @HistoryHit podcast
@davidrvetter.bsky.social
Climate journo; Forbes Senior Contributor; Consultant. Host of the Climate Futures webcast from the University of Oxford. Tips/leads: dvetter.01 on Signal. Please subscribe to The Climate Laundry: https://the-climate-laundry.ghost.io/
@sathnam.bsky.social
Writer @thetimes. FRSL. FRHistS. WTF. Join me on my Empireworld tour in 2025. Pre-order my book on George Michael, Tonight the Music Seems So Loud, published by Picador in 2026. www.sathnam.com
@gideonrachman.bsky.social
FT columnist. Also have podcast. Author of three and a half books. Four kids. Two cats. One wife. Numerous friends. Fulham fan.
@mattalt.bsky.social
Pure Invention, Yokai Attack, etc. https://www.mattalt.com/ https://blog.pureinventionbook.com/ https://linktr.ee/mattalt
@jonmsweeney.bsky.social
Author ‘Thomas Merton’, ‘Complete Francis of Assisi’, ‘Meister Eckhart's Book of...’, ‘Sit in the Sun’, etc. Partner@Monkfish Books. Editor@Living City mag. Lousy RC married to rabbi. Father of 4. Lover cats/dogs. Moving back to Vermont soon.
@igaitanidis.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Chiba University (Japan); Spirituality and Alternativity in Contemporary Japan (2022); Teaching Japan: A Handbook (co-ed., 2024); Therapy, Spirituality, and East Asian Imaginaries (co-ed., 2025) https://researchmap.jp/gaitanidis
@zackdavisson.com
2 x Eisner-winning Writer/Translator/Lecturer. Faculty at NYU. Sabre fencer. Extra fancy. ULTIMATE X-MEN, CONAN, STAR WARS: VISIONS, MtG, ULTIMATE GUIDE TO JAPANESE YOKAI Shigeru Mizuki, Matsumoto Leiji, Satoshi Kon. Go Nagai. Gou Tanabe. He/Him
@tomowolade.bsky.social
@rentravailer.bsky.social
English prof, Oxford. Author and broadcaster. Early modern literature, history, and cross-cultural encounters. Fuelled by tea.
@tokyocowboybs.bsky.social
🤠Living large in Tokyo 30+ years. permanent resident interested in Japanese culture, Creativity, photography, ephemera, etc. Raised in rural TN. recently retired and relaxing!🏳️🌈 new friends welcome !
@patrickmacias.bsky.social
Author, editor, art director. Ex-Netflix & Crunchyroll. Repped by the Hill Nadell Literary Agency. Lives in Tokyo, Japan. 作家・編集者・アートディレクター。 東京に住んでいます。
@mrjeffu.bsky.social
PhD. Lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies. I research Japan's Politics/Nationalist Activism/History Disputes/Pop Culture. Shares/Likes ≠ endorsements. https://linktr.ee/jeffreyjhall
@coreyjwallace.bsky.social
Japanese foreign policy and regional geopolitics. Kanagawa University (Minatomirai Campus), Yokohama.
@metropolisjapan.bsky.social
Based in Tokyo, Metropolis is Japan's No.1 English-language magazine. https://metropolisjapan.com/
@justinmmccurry.bsky.social
Guardian Japan & Korea correspondent. Wolves fan. Author of War on Wheels: Inside Keirin and Japan's Cycling Subculture. 競輪大ファン。
@nathanielmsmith.bsky.social
Anthropologist of Japan @ Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. 立命館大学国際関係学部准教授。Writing/research on rightwing movements/politics/culture, US-Japan relations, and urban studies.
@hoodcp.bsky.social
クリス・フッド http://linktr.ee/hoodcp Academic and author. Research on shinkansen, the JAL123 plane crash, death studies, disaster movies, and symbolism in Japan. Also author of three novels so far & writing books about Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
@apjjf.bsky.social
In-depth critical analysis of the forces that shape the Asia-Pacific and the world. Edited by Tristan R. Grunow (Nagoya University) and Mary M. McCarthy (Drake University). Find us at: https://apjjf.org/.
@eastasiaforum.bsky.social
Economics, Politics and Public Policy in East Asia and the Pacific.
@jaspersharp.bsky.social
Movies and mushrooms. Writer, film critic, Japanese film lover, amateur mycologist, co-director of CREEPING GARDEN and J-HORROR VIRUS and author of a few books. https://jaspersharp.squarespace.com
@homeiaya.bsky.social
Historian of science and medicine in modern Japan, Japanese Studies U Manchester. Science for Governing Japan’s Population (CUP, 2023).
@isabellarosner.bsky.social
Textile historian🪡 curator, Royal School of Needlework | research associate, Witney Antiques | host, Sew What? podcast | PhD on early Quaker women's needle, wax, and shellwork | views my own, etc. | she/her
@philtinline.bsky.social
Author, THE DEATH OF CONSENSUS (The Times' Politics Book of 2022) GHOSTS OF IRON MOUNTAIN ("eye-popping" - Daily Telegraph) https://tinyurl.com/Ghosts-Iron-Mountain Last on Radio 4: Ronald vs Donald https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00274r
@jamesomalley.co.uk
@Psythor on Twitter. Freelance writer covering politics/tech/nerd stuff. Read my content: takes.jamesomalley.co.uk #FREETHEPAF
@hpsvanessa.bsky.social
historian of science, medicine, food, sport and exploration; other content generally but not limited to: my dinner, a weird bug, feminist beer, complaining about bad parking. Latest book: tinyurl.com/HigherColder
@barbtokyo.bsky.social
Sociologist, working currently on the sociology of pets in Japan. But animal welfare overall is an important topic for me. My other research is on families, gender, well-being and happiness, social movements, and mega events (such as Tokyo 2020 and Expo25)
@aspacjames.bsky.social
UK diplomat in Tokyo with soft spot for Japanese politics, snow, sake and sumo.
@noahoskow.bsky.social
JPN translator, Global Studies MA, former JET. 10年間以上日本に滞在。Minnesotaיהודי מ. 🇺🇸🇯🇵🇩🇪🇦🇹 Ghibli stan. EiC/writer at Unseen Japan, head of UJ Tours. Writing/making videos on intercultural meeting points and lesser-known historical junctures in Japan.
@stephenlyman.bsky.social
📍Fukuoka 🇯🇵 “polymath” - author, editor, educator, scientist, podcaster, filmmaker, shochu maker, public speaker, ambassador, home chef, tennis player, cyclist, baseball fan, traveler, foodie.
@wrongsreversed.bsky.social
mentally I'm about to have my second beer after getting out of the onsen; physically I'm being used as a climbing frame by a toddler
@jamesdjbrown.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science, Temple University Japan. My research focuses on Japan-Russia relations.
@muredickie.bsky.social
FT Asia News Editor (UK); former Tokyo bureau chief and correspondent in Edinburgh, Beijing and Taipei. All tweets are own views, retweets are not endorsements
@tokyocheapo.com
The ultimate guide to living in and visiting Tokyo tokyocheapo.com on the web, search Tokyo Cheapo on YouTube and Instagram.
@gentleman-in-japan.bsky.social
Storyteller at a traditional Japanese ryokan, amateur yamabushi, freelance writer and tourism consultant. I like to wander the back roads and neglected trails of southern Osaka.
@markpendleton.bsky.social
Historian (mostly of Japan) and trade unionist (mostly in UCU). Also into queer stuff. He/him
@ata225.bsky.social
Professor of Japanese history at the University of Kentucky. Book on motherhood and peace activism in Cold War Japan forthcoming in February 2025
@dengerow.bsky.social
Prof of Film and Media Studies and East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale. Scholar of Japanese and other East Asian film and media (TV, manga, etc.). Likes rakugo, cats, and cycling. Views are my own. イェール大学教授、日本と他の東アジア映画とメディアの研究者。落語、猫と自転車。
@eajs.eu
Bluesky account of the European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS), Europe's largest association of Japanese studies scholars. For more info, visit http://eajs.eu/ RT ≠ endorsement.
@elizabeth-beattie.bsky.social
Business and Economics Correspondent at The Japan Times Field Notes: https://tokyofieldnotes.substack.com/p/welcome-to-field-notes
@profstorm.bsky.social
Professor, author, former rocker. My books: "The Invention of Religion in Japan," "The Myth of Disenchantment," and "Metamodernism" http://bit.ly/3dzW6ux
@russ-chris.bsky.social
Desk Editor, @asia.nikkei.com | Oxford Climate Journalism Network 2024 @reutersinstitute.bsky.social