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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

3 years

Me when someone says it's too early to listen to Christmas songs.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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2 years

At the site where former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot. People have been praying and offering flowers, bottles of tea and water, and watermelons.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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Many thanks to a JR Sobu Line local service train conductor who slowed down the train so that passengers could see fireworks over Sumida River. #隅田川花火大会2023

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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Thinking about Watergate "saddens me these days," writes @Sulliview . "The nation that came together to force a corrupt president from office and send many of his co-conspirator aides to prison is a nation that no longer exists."

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Why the press will never have another Watergate moment. My column, as the 50th anniversary of the break-in looms. …. Ht: ⁦ @vermontgmg ⁩

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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The Japanese govt is expected to unveil policy on easing border control measures as early as next week, broadcaster TBS reported.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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"Dear customers My oh my, my son's homework for the summer break is not done at all. Due to this emergency situation, we'll be closing on Friday night. We'll be open for business as usual from Monday."

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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3 years

My friends in America who were vaccinated hit the beach and went to a tailgate this weekend. Japan now enters a third state of emergency and I can’t go anywhere. I don’t even know when I can get my shot. To put as eloquently as I can, it sucks.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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Shortly after 12:30 Yoshihide Suga left the PMO as PMO staff, govt officials and reporters sent him off with thunderous applause.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

6 years

Someone told me once, “English is not your first language, & you want to be a journalist? (Sneer) Good luck w/ that.” I went to one of the best journalism schools in the US, wrote 200+ articles for an award-winning student newspaper & interned(ing) @AP , @TB_Times & @nytimes .

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What is something you were told you could never do (or do well) that you have accomplished/are in the process of accomplishing?

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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3 years

The head of finance at the Japanese Olympic Committee died in an apparent suicide Monday morning, Nippon TV reports.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

1 year

THE END OF AN ERA: Today is the last day Tokio’s “Ambitious Japan” melody will be used on the Tokaido Shinkansen 🚅 JR Tokai even ran a full page ad in the Nikkei paper this morning.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

2 years

Japanese newspapers this morning. Those headlines read: Former Prime Minister Abe Was Shot To Death

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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4 years

You can tell the winter is coming in Japan because you can now get hot beverages in almost all vending machines. I got a bottle of hot chocolate and burned my right hand 🤪

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

4 years

So who wants to move to Japan?

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

3 years

Tokyo governor has urged people from forgoing going home/taking a summer vacation for the Obon holidays due to the delta variant. Someone shared a list of excuses to go home for the holidays by sarcastically citing remarks used to justify hosting the Olympics.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

3 years

✨LIFE UPDATE✨ Friday will be my last day at @japantimes . Starting next week, I will be an autos and mobility technology correspondent for @Reuters based in Tokyo! 金曜日をもってジャパンタイムズを退職することになりました。来週からはロイター通信で自動車業界を担当します!

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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Fukuoka, Osaka, Tokyo, Okinawa

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NYMag, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Harpers

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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5 years

For those who are sick and tired of seeing cherry blossoms photos ... 1. What’s wrong w/ you? 2. Here are more photos. 3. Enjoy life.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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2 years

It began to rain in Nara about 10 min ago, but more than 50 people are standing in a queue waiting for their turns to offer their condolences to the former prime minister.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

3 years

Career bureaucrats in Japan should take a graphic design course ...

滝沢ガレソ

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3 years

【悲報】官僚さん、地獄のようなスライドを作り上げてしまう

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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4 years

Next time when people in Japan asked me where I went for college, I can finally say “the one that President-elect Joe Biden attended.”

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

1 year

She said yes 💍✨

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

2 years

On Reuters wire: JAPAN PM KISHIDA: JAPAN TO RELAX BORDER RULES ON COVID FROM SEPT 7 JAPAN PM KISHIDA: JAPAN TO WAIVE TEST FOR VACCINATED PASSENGERS ARRIVING TO THE COUNTRY FROM SEPT 7

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

6 years

🔷Career update🔷 Thrilled to announce I'll be joining The @japantimes , an English language newspaper in Japan, in a few weeks. I'll be covering everything from business to culture as a domestic news reporter. Stay tuned for interesting stories out of Japan & Japanese food pics.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

5 years

Personal news: Excited to announce that I'll be joining the @japantimes politics team primarily covering the parliament and the Prime Minister's Official Residence (a.k.a. Kantei). I'll be chasing day-to-day drama unfolding Nagatacho, so I hope you'll join me here.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

6 years

11 years ago today, my parents and I moved to America. I had no idea what was going on & I could barely speak English. I kept going nevertheless. It’s a cliche, but fight for your dreams & be grateful. And screw people who laugh at you for working on your dreams.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

4 years

"Your English is very good."

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

2 years

A tent for flowers was set up near the crossing where former Prime Minister Abe was shot. Flowers and bottles of tea, water and Japanese sake were on the table. (A photo was taken earlier today).

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

3 years

Looking down Mt. Fuji from the airplane.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

2 years

Good morning to y’all — especially to the classy lady who was holding an open bottle of corona beer waiting for a Yamanote Line train on the platform at 5:30 in the morning.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

5 years

A reminder from the Nagoya city subway: you can’t bring dead bodies to the train. Good to know. Good to know.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

4 years

An aquarium in Tokyo is asking the public to FaceTime in tablets set up in front of a water tank for garden eels, who "are forgetting" about humans due to prolonged closure and bury themselves in the sand as soon as staff approaches over wariness.

お願い人間のこと思い出して！「緊急開催！チンアナゴ顔見せ祭り！」 | 東京スカイツリータウン®にある「すみだ水族館」【公式】

東京スカイツリータウン®にあるすみだ水族館のニュース詳細。水のいきものたちと親しむバラエティ豊富なプログラムやイベントが盛りだくさん。東京の下町の観光や子連れのお出かけにも最適。近距離の展示空間では、ペンギンたちの行動や表情を間近にお楽しみいただけます。「とうきょうスカイツリー」駅からすぐ。

www.sumida-aquarium.com

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

3 years

This morning’s major Japanese newspaper front pages all lead with a headline “Russia invades Ukraine.” It’s noteworthy that tabloid Sankei Sports puts the invasion on the front page.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

3 years

TOKYO, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Japan on Tuesday said it stood ready to join the United States and other G7 industrialized nations in slapping sanctions on Russia, should President Vladimir Putin order an invasion of Ukraine.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

4 years

I spent years learning a new language and worked hard to get acclimated to the U.S., which was a success. Now, I've been back in Japan for more than 2 years, and I feel like I'm going through the same process to get re-acclimated to my home country 🙃 It's exhausting.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

4 years

Food for thought: I want to acknowledge that despite hardships, @japantimes has continued to manage publishing high-quality newspapers in English every day. I wish international news outlets give more credit to news orgs doing excellent reporting in non-native languages.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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3 years

WHO SAID JAPANESE POLITICS IS BORING???

Mary Tobler

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3 years

got really excited about japanese politics for a minute there

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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6 years

Exciting career news: I will soon be joining the @japantimes business desk, covering Japanese economy and finance. Do you have any story ideas/tips? Send them on my way 👉🏻satoshi.sugiyama @japantimes .co.jp

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

2 years

Japanese newspapers this morning: Asahi, Sankei, Nikkei and Yomiuri use the term 「正常化」(normalization) while Mainichi uses 「関係改善加速へ」(to accelerate improving relation) in the headline.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

4 years

A memo to audience engagement and sales teams: I think we have a market for new readership.

Dan Castellano

@ninja_padrino

4 years

Nara deer have always been aggressive, but fighting over morning paper is a new one

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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6 years

Ding, ding, ding 🚨 I am going to graduate from @SyracuseU this weekend and my parents flew thousands of miles from Japan to see me. Incredibly grateful for their support.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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5 years

When an earthquake hits Japan, Japanese broadcasters does ... 1. NOT hide under the desk but yell viewers to do so, screaming “be calm and protect yourself first and foremost.” 2. NOT cue for commercial.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

9 months

JAPAN CIVIL AVIATION BUREAU OFFICIAL: LOOKING AT TRANSCRIPT, THERE IS NOTHING THAT AMOUNTS TO THE COAST GUARD PLANE BEING GRANTED TAKE-OFF PERMISSION

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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6 years

Yesterday, I crossed the finish line and completed my 10-week internship @nytimes foreign desk. Here are some last words (or tweets rather?) I would like to share. (THREAD: 1/5)

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

2 years

From this evening’s tabloid: Left-leaning Nikkan Gendai, left, talks about the impact of his death, act of “unforgivable” terrorism against freedom of speech a few days before the election. Right-leaning Yukan Fuji leads with tribute to the former PM Abe.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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1 year

NHK and major broadcasters (except TV Tokyo) are broadcasting a press conference by Johnny & Associates.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

6 years

Happy #NationalGirlfriendsDay to my dearest: newspapers. I stumbled into you when I was a kid, and I’ve been in love with you ever since. Y’all look as stellar as ever. Thanks for informing me about what’s going on and keeping me company during my commute and weekends.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

5 years

Defense Minister Taro Kono sharing a photo of nurses holding signs at Self Defense Forces Central Hospital. We stay at work for you. You stay home for us, please. 私達は病院で　皆様は家で　一緒に日本を守ろう！！ (Photo from the hospital website)

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自衛隊中央病院より。

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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3 years

After months of waiting anxiously, I FINALLY BOOKED A VACCINATION APPOINTMENT.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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5 years

Dear PR professionals out there: 👏🏻We 👏🏻 don't 👏🏻 share 👏🏻 a 👏🏻 full 👏🏻 story 👏🏻 w/ 👏🏻 you 👏🏻 before 👏🏻we👏🏻journalists 👏🏻 publish 👏🏻it 👏🏻

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

3 years

US military did not conduct PCR testing before its troops leave the U.S. to enter Japan, govt spokesman said. In one base in Okinawa, a cluster of 227 cases have been confirmed. The Asahi editorial called U.S. bases "a huge hole in border control system."

EDITORIAL: U.S. bases in Japan a huge hole in border control system | The Asahi Shimbun Asia &...

The spread of COVID-19 at U.S. military bases in Japan represents a serious hole in the nation’s border control system to combat the pandemic, and as such, the government needs to take immediate...

www.asahi.com

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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6 years

🔸Life update thread🔸After I wrapped up my summer internship, I've been looking for job in a limited time period granted under immigration rule. Unfortunately time is running out, and I decided it's in the best interest for me to leave the U.S. by the end of the month. (1/8)

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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5 years

I was jealous that my friends back in America were eating turkey for Thanksgiving, so I got myself KFC and am going to binge-watch old SNL episodes. Sure I am from Japan but America, you taught me well.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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3 years

All major TV networks (except TV Tokyo) are livestreaming President Zelensky’s speech .

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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4 years

Japanese defense minister tweeting this @BorisJohnson

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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3 years

Today's front page of the Nagasaki Shimbun. The black dots represent the number of nuclear weapons worldwide while the red dots (the two dots below the flag) show the cases they were used (Nagasaki and Hiroshima).

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8月9日、今朝の長崎新聞。黒い丸は世界に存在する核兵器の数。赤い丸は兵器として使われた数。

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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4 years

Btw, today is my 2-year anniversary @japantimes 🥳🥳🥳 thank you all for reading my stories!

Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

4 years

My latest @japantimes : The teleconference between Suga and the president-elect came at a fraught and highly unusual moment in American politics as Trump refuses to concede the election, attributing the result to unsubstantiated accusations of voting fraud.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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6 years

@inyoungk Excuse me, 1350 unread emails? Like, how are you not bothered by it (my boss on the foreign desk was way worse, to be fair)🧐?

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

1 year

Macron, Trudeau and Sunak being casual at the shrine 👀👀

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

6 years

All right, let's do this. #nytimesofmylife

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

6 years

My senior year: Washington Post --> Rejected Reuters --> Rejected Denver Post --> No reply Buffalo News --> No reply . . . NY Times (via @DJNF ) --> Accepted (did I think I will land the internship? Heck no!) The point being: You don't know the outcome until you apply.

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The deadline to apply for the @washingtonpost summer internship program is FRIDAY! It's an amazing experience working with many of the best journalists on the planet. You can't get it if you don't apply so APPLY!

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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Graduated w/ my dream school, interned at NYT, visited cities I wanted to visit (Houston, Philly, New Orleans, Buffalo etc.), landed a reporter job at a major English-language daily newspaper in Tokyo, got a grip on managing anxiety and took a first step into adulthood.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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6 years

About to depart JFK. Thankful for amazing years in the United States.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

3 years

Today’s Sankei newspaper pays tribute to Apple Daily, a pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong, that is being shut down as authorities ramp up attack on freedom of speech.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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3 years

Can we talk about this Yomiuri graphics???

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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3 years

✅ second dose of vaccine THANK YOU SCIENCE. 💉💉💉

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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As COVID daily cases surpassed 2,800 today in Tokyo, a record high, the Suga administration is getting increasingly skeptical of the effectiveness of the state of emergency currently imposed in Tokyo. Since the SOE was the "last trump card," the govt is running out of options.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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3 years

I woke up around noon but I cleaned my room, bathroom, toilet and kitchen, did the laundry and made dinner (chicken Alfredo). Please clap.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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6 years

My first credit (a contributing line) appeared in today’s @nytimes international section!

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

2 years

(Belatedly) Japanese newspapers this morning. Biden's comment on military involvement in Taiwan from Monday was dominant headlines in Sankei, Asahi and Nikkei -- while it was side headlines in Mainichi and Yomiuri. Tokyo ran a story about it on page 2.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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1 year

The new Shinkansen melody is here 🚅

ＪＲ東海News【公式】

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1 year

本日から、新幹線の新たな車内チャイム「会いにいこう」放送開始です。よろしくお願いします。

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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3 years

The Sankei blasting Kishida on border control: "Is there any justification for continuing the de facto isolation of the country ... while allowing the spread of the omicron, which is believed to have originated with the U.S. military stationed in Japan?"

【主張】政府のコロナ対策　決断にスピード感がない

　急激な感染拡大が深刻化する新型コロナウイルス対策について、岸田文雄首相は、ワクチン３回目接種の前倒しや１２歳未満の子供への接種、自衛隊が運営する大規模接種セ…

www.sankei.com

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

1 year

What G7 leaders had at lunch Appetizer Marinated Salmon, with Live Scallop Confit Asparagus Charlotte with Smoked Cream, Edible FlowersGarden Style Fish Setouchi Acqua Pazza of Japanese Rockfish and Mussels from Hiroshima, with Lemon and Shodoshima Olives, in Light Soup

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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2 years

One of rare peaceful mornings when I get to sit at the table, eat a croissant and read three newspapers.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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3 years

How it started How it's going

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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3 years

This behind-the-scenes reporting from the voting site (a hotel in Tokyo) by the Tokyo Shimbun is so riveting. One guy who was taking a walk at the hotel mistakenly thought all the camera crews were there to cover a news conference of an Arashi member getting married 😂

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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6 years

Grateful to be part of an amazing group of interns @nytimes this summer. Happy #NationalInternDay 🎉🎉🎉!

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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2 years

I was craving for American Chinese food for a while and then I stumbled upon Panda Express in Shibuya today. Imagine the joy I had when I saw its logo 🐼

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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4 years

PM Suga just now in the Lower House budget committee: "I am not aware of the specifics of Mori's comments. Women's participation in sports is important." Opposition lawmakers yelled "what!?"

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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Hi Twitter world! I officially joined The @japantimes domestic news division today. Will soon start reporting. Got a tip/story ideas about Japanese affairs? Send them on my way at: satoshi.sugiyama @japantimes .co.jp. I'll also accept cute golden retriever photos.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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3 years

MY DAD IS GOING TO GET HIS VACCINE NEXT WEEK I'VE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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4 years

The golden hour in Tokyo.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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3 years

He skipped a section on Japan's commitment to achieving a world without nuclear weapons as the only country to have suffered from atomic bombs.

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Yikes. Look like Suga skipped a section of his speech in Hiroshima (on atomic bombing anniversary). This isn’t going to go down well.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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4 years

. @japantimes ad in today’s paper

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Me seeing my friends back in America getting vaccinated and regaining normalcy.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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3 years

TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER SAYS ABOUT 2 MLN HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT POWER AFTER EARTHQUAKE - Reuters News

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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4 years

Japanese newspapers this morning (the inaugural speech was delivered around 2 am Japan time, so morning papers don’t have that. But a good thing is, they publish evening edition.) Man, I love print newspapers.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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Around this time last year, nothing was working out — and I was burned out. With help from my family, friends, co-workers, and professionals, my life is back on track. Thank you to those who believe in me and lend a helping hand. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays 🎄

Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

2 years

Hey folks: So this year turned out to be a little bit more challenging than I thought, so I am going to take some time off — including from this platform. Happy Holidays and see you soon.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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Fuji TV reports at least 8 people infected with COVID and quarantined at home have died in Tokyo in August alone. All of them were men and the age was between their 30s and 50s. Between last December and July, 11 people have died.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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3 years

Some of them: "I will go home as a sign of defeating the coronavirus" "I'd like to show the world that you can go home even during a state of emergency" "We'll do our best to go home safely" Replace "go home" w/ "hosting the Olympics"; they are actually said by organizers, PM

Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

3 years

Tokyo governor has urged people from forgoing going home/taking a summer vacation for the Obon holidays due to the delta variant. Someone shared a list of excuses to go home for the holidays by sarcastically citing remarks used to justify hosting the Olympics.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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5 years

Tokyo Gov. Koike says there’s a possibility of a lockdown in Tokyo if the coronavirus situation deteriorates.

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2 years

JAPAN GOVT SPOKESMAN: TO RAISE UPPER LIMIT OF ENTRANTS INTO JAPAN TO ABOUT 10,000 A DAY FROM APRIL 10 FROM 7,000 NOW - Reuters News

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Satoshi Sugiyama

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4 years

A govt. source: Power outages are not due to disruption in electricity supply networks. Rather, the source says, it is to even out the supply and demand of electricity as they investigate any damage in those thermal power generation facilities.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

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The Hokuriku Shinkansen train got extended to Fukui’s Tsuruga today and this is how people welcomed passengers at Fukui Station ... Absolutely amazing.

seaside

@seaside_amie

7 months

福井駅、お出迎えの圧が凄い！改札を抜けると花道みたいになっていて、右から左から、歓迎のお言葉を全身に浴びている。

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

3 years

The story has not been uploaded to the web, but here is a screenshot of the TBS report.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

4 years

A quite stunning above-the-fold layout in today’s Sankei newspaper front page with a headline: Hong Kong is dead.

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

5 years

Once again, greetings from @fccjapan where ex Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn’s lawyer would be releasing a prerecorded video of Ghosn. Lots of reporters already here. I will tweet as much as possible to give you update for @japantimes .

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

3 years

What is happening

Acyn

@Acyn

3 years

Biggs: I lived in Japan!

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Satoshi Sugiyama

@SatoshiJournal

5 years

Japan warns citizens about traveling to US 'gun society' after mass shootings

Japan warns citizens about traveling to US ‘gun society’ after mass shootings

The Consulate General of Japan in Detroit has warned Japanese residents who may be traveling to the United States in the wake of multiple mass shootings that took place in the country over the week…

thehill.com

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