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In “We Exist,” Japanese LGBTQ stories prove that queerness is not an import (opens the original)
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It has been alleged in many countries around the world that queer identities and issues are “imported ideologies.” For example, in Ghana earlier this year, sweeping legislation was implemented that severely restricts the rights of LGBTQ people —criminalizing them and their allies—under the rhetoric that homosexuality is a foreign import. In Japan, politicians in far-right political party Sanseito have compare
The bullshit response you get from people when you raise the question about Japan’s harsh and xenophobic immigration policies (opens the original)
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First of all, pointing out that the United States is a dumpster fire of xenophobia and bad immigration policy doesn’t make Japan any better https://tokyopaladin.substack.com/p/the-impermanent-resident?utm_source=direct&r=3pdqa4&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewerThat's classic whataboutism. Even if the United States is worse, so what? That has nothing to do with Japan's problems, and pointing at other countrie
The Impermanent Resident (opens the original)
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The Immigration Services Agency (出入国在留管理庁, ISA) published its draft revision of the Guidelines on Permanent Residence Permission on August 4, 2026, and opened a one-month public comment period running to September 4. But public commentary is always open in the form of social media posts and comment sections. As you might have imagined, most of those are awful and along the lines of “drive out the barbarians” and R
The Dread Pirate Roberts (Ross Ulbricht) Thanked Donald Trump Today For Freeing Him...But Should We Be Thankful? (opens the original)
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This is an adapted excerpt from The Devil Takes Bitcoin: Cryptocurrency Crimes and The Japanese Connection, published by Scribe. The American edition arrived in stores on October 14th, 2024. I should warn you: I had to rewrite the book twice because President Donald Trump kept pardoning the cyber criminals featured in its pages. More on that at the end.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FNj7!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A
In Okinawa’s gubernatorial elections this Sunday, history matters (opens the original)
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The Okinawan gubernatorial elections are coming up on September 13. Tamaki Denny is up for his third term, and his biggest competition is LDP and Sanseito-backed conservative candidate Koja Genta. There are four more candidates in addition to the frontrunners, making the field of candidates unusually broad compared to previous years.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fh7d!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-
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