Japan
People in Japan, writing about Japan, or with broad experience of Japan.
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@richardsmart.bsky.social
@williampesek.bsky.social
Tokyo-based journo, author of 'Japanization,' ex-Barron's & Bloomberg, pop culture junkie, wine lover not a fighter, believer in the virtues of wanderlust
@davidamcneill.bsky.social
Professor of Communications at Sacred Heart Uni, Tokyo. Ex-correspondent with The Economist, Independent, Chronicle of Higher Ed., Irish Times etc. I post mainly about the media and politics. Hoping to escape Twitter/X.
@melanie.brock.social
Long-term Australian resident of Japan. Mum. Grandmother of three! Non executive director, Chair Emeritus of ANZCCJ, senior advisor for several amazing companies active in 🇦🇺🇯🇵
@beingkansai.bsky.social
From the Bronx, now based in Kansai. Sharing Info, sights & news from Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Hyogo, & nearby areas. Also on Youtube, Instagram and Threads.
@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.
@ltwaronitesone.bsky.social
Tokyo & Kyoto. Writer/editor/gardener/cook, birthing person, mother of dogs, avowed enemy of the patriarchy. I'm no damn lady. Ex-Dow Jones/MarketWatch/Reuters. Mostly harmless.
@norwegianinjapan.bsky.social
Showing a bit of the real Japan alongside its popular destinations. Tips for travel and exploring Japan and Tokyo as a tourist. 日本の本当の姿と人気の観光地を少し紹介します。日本や東京を観光しながら旅行するためのヒント。
@remmid.bsky.social
dad／urbanist／assoc.prof. urban studies + transition design｜waseda university｜Tokyo｜co-learning／co-design｜public spaces／spheres｜urban practices／theories｜place {un}making／becoming｜perpetual adaption／resilience
@hiromunagahara.bsky.social
MIT historian of Modern Japan MIT教員・近代日本史 https://history.mit.edu/people/hiromu-nagahara/ Currently researching: cultural history of diplomacy, Japanese Anglophones and Anglophiles City-walker and photo-taker
@chadkoh.com
Generous with Likes ❤️ 📸 🖊️ 📿 🙏 He/him 日本語 🙆♂️ THFC. https://micro.chadkohalyk.com/about-me/ #opensource #fiscalhosting #Japan @dwebyvr.org Tech policy papers: https://lemmy.ml/c/mae
@jameshadfield.bsky.social
Tokyo-based word mangler. awfuldross@gmail.com I post gig listings and the other drivel at https://tokyodross.blogspot.com/
@mixdcultures.bsky.social
Umai Design, More Kampai 🍻 Designer, illustrator, cat mom. Been known to gush over craft beer and food. Saisons & Stouts💞Omaha native but call Shizuoka home. 🇯🇵🇺🇸日本語・英語
@nmanabe.bsky.social
Professor of Music Theory; also work in ethnomusicology and Japan studies. Research in music and social movements, popular music, music and language. Author of Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Protest Music after Fukushima. Views my own. linktr.ee/nmanabe
@zaichishka.bsky.social
Welsh-Kiwi Japanese translator, chanoyu practitioner & host to a timeshare cat. Memorial Device ANT
@ginnytkmr.bsky.social
Literary translator from Japanese Convenience Store Woman, Earthlings, Life Ceremony, Vanishing World (Sayaka Murata), The Little House, Things Remembered And Things Forgotten (Kyoko Nakajima), Mornings Without Mii (Mayumi Inaba), and plenty more!
@pernillerudlin.bsky.social
Insights on Japanese business in UK, Europe, EMEA. www.rudlinconsulting.com also www.japanintercultural.com Also occasional art, cats, #TOTP
@kreweofjapan.bsky.social
🎌 Audio journeys through Japanese culture ⛩ Pop-Culture | Travel | History | Food | Language | Guest Interviews🎙Sponsored by Japan Society of New Orleans 👇SUBSCRIBE + MORE👇 https://linktr.ee/kojpodcast
@worksofgenius.bsky.social
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know. Tokyo. worksofgenius.org
@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
@howtojapanese.com
Translator, writer. How to get used to Japanese (Additional topics: Murakami, New Orleans, Chicago, beer, writing, translation, basketball). Based in Osaka. http://linktree.com/howtojapanese
@dougbonham.blog
Oregonian sasquatch in Tokyo now cosplaying as a salaryman. Long-suffering Arsenal, UO fan. Motorsports anorak. Old video game appreciator. 🤼♀️sky participant.
@bluemountains.bsky.social
@ilisaarinen.bsky.social
Writer, editor, and translator in suburban Tokyo. https://ilisaarinentokyo.journoportfolio.com/about/
@brianruh.bsky.social
Independent scholar, occasional writer, always looking for a new project. I wrote a book on Mamoru Oshii’s films.
@landolt-c.bsky.social
A computer techie living in Tokyo. My most widely-read text is ‘Prison of Self-consciousness: An Essay on Evangelion’ (https://landolt-c.com/archives/10, 1999). Website: https://landolt-c.com/ X: https://x.com/Landolt_C
@tristiger.bsky.social
Emily Balistrieri, Japanese translator: People Who Talk to Stuffed Animals Are Nice, Tatami Galaxy, Until I Love Myself, Soul Lanterns, Kiki. 39/he/T💉8/21/2019 🔪 10/17/2023 日本語では: @tristora.bsky.social
@uncannyjapan.bsky.social
Podcasting the more obscure nooks & crannies of Japanese culture - Uncanny Japan. She/her. Crows. Fountain pens. Nature. Horror w/ a wry sense of humor. 🚫Fascism✊ ✨The Book of Japanese Folklore & Yōkai Oracle Deck (Soon!)✨ - https://tinyurl.com/ycxbwd7e
@cormacaroni.bsky.social
books, comics, NBA, guitars, cooking, cocktails, pizza, Neko Master, Japan life, Netrunner 🇮🇪🇯🇵
@matteob.bsky.social
By day: lumpenproletariat. By night: Japan-based film critic and writer for Il Manifesto and other publications. Independently writing and researching about Asian documentary here: https://asian-docs.com/
@sublightmonster.bsky.social
Former paid liar. Advisor/ghostwriter to Japan PMs Abe, Suga and Kishida, speechwriter for Tokyo Gov. Koike. Still deciding whether I’m retired or just a bum. Born🇺🇸, living🇯🇵, trying to speak🇫🇷🇸🇪🏴. Have the same name pretty much everywhere. He/him
@richardmedh.bsky.social
Brit in Yokohama, translator at https://www.nippon.com/en/ Translator of The Essential Akutagawa (Sep 2025) Interested in Japanese language, literature, and history.
@fernandogros.com
Writer - memoir, essay, and non-fiction Lived in 🇨🇱🇦🇺🇬🇧🇮🇳🇭🇰🇸🇬🇯🇵 Worked in academia and music https://fernandogros.com/blog/ Made in Chile, grown in Australia, polished in Japan
@scriptingjapan.bsky.social
Chair of Languages & Cultures @ Macquarie University. Sociolinguist of Japanese. Lingua Brutallica co-host. Studies Japanese script, media, language, and metal. 日本語の文字やメタル や翻訳を研究する社会言語学者. He/Him. https://wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com
@mattalt.bsky.social
Pure Invention, Yokai Attack, etc. https://www.mattalt.com/ https://blog.pureinventionbook.com/ https://linktr.ee/mattalt
@brainvsbook.bsky.social
アレン・ジョセリン I write. I ramble. I translate. And interpret. 筆者／翻訳・通訳家／取り留めの無い人 (she/they) brainvsbook.com kaikatsu.ca
@davidleheny.bsky.social
Political scientist at GSAPS, Waseda University. Formerly UW-Madison, Princeton, U.S. Department of State, Stop & Shop. Author of Empire of Hope; The Rules of Play; Think Global, Fear Local (all Cornell UP). Coeditor of Stanford Studies in Asian Security.
@wesinjapan.bsky.social
sociologist of disasters pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will. (views aren't even my own) roll tide. come on, come on, get down to goodison park.....wooh!
@tobiasharris.bsky.social
Japanese politics analyst; author of The Iconoclast: Shinzō Abe and the New Japan; Chicago-born Cubs fan now living in DC; marathoner; RHP + IF ⚾ Substack: Observingjapan.substack.com. Business: www.japanforesight.com