Japanese & Australian politics & foreign policy.
Tokyo-to, Japan
Joined September 2013
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My interview on The World on ABC TV on Japan's plans for a new intelligence agency: Japan wants its own CIA to counter threats from China, North Korea and R... youtu.be/jfAIKeifEUs?si=hiBz… via @YouTube
On SBS World News Weekly podcast, discussing changes to Japan's intelligence services under PM Takaichi: sbs.com.au/news/podcast-epis…
On the radio in Singapore today: The Big Story: Japan’s PM Shigeru Ishiba denies resignation rumours. Can a trade deal with the US be potential lifeline? - Money Matters with Hongbin Jeong and Chua Tian Tian (4pm - 7pm) - Omny.fm
My latest article in The Conversation, on the Japanese Upper House election :theconversation.com/young-ja…
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Despite refusing to stand down, Shigeru Ishiba's heavy defeat in Japanese elections has left his position very vulnerable. @CraigMark13 theconversation.com/young-ja…
Another article published on The Conversation!: Japanese prime minister’s abrupt no-show at NATO summit reveals a strained alliance with the US
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Japan has been under pressure from the US on tariffs and defence spending. And the new prime minister is under pressure domestically to hold firm with Trump. @CraigMark13 theconversation.com/japanese…
Quoted in Al Jazeera: As Trump vows ‘no exceptions’ on tariffs, US allies hope to change his mind aje.io/vtdqe0 via @AJEnglish
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Making an exception to my boycott of Xitter to post this new comic now up on Boing Boing
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DON'T CALL THEM N@ZIS!
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The Breeders
“Saints”
Last Splash
4AD Records (1993)
Director: Frank Sacramento
#BestOf12024
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🚨Hirosawa Ichiro, from the Japan Conservative Party, has been elected the new Mayor of Nagoya, Japan 4th city, to succeed his ally Kawamura Takashi, recently elected to the Lower House.
Damn, Nagoya is such a right-wing place in local politics these days
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The ICC arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister #Netanyahu and ex-Defence Minister #Gallant are a political and moral earthquake.
For decades, since 1948, successive Israeli leaders have never faced real accountability for their war crimes, endless occupation and mass violence against Palestinians. None of this started on 7 October, 2023.
The ICC case is a unique opportunity to fairly adjudicate one of the worst crimes imaginable; deliberately starving Palestinians in Gaza and war crimes.
Ignore the predictable faux outrage from the US, Israel lobby, complicit Western states etc. They believe that Israel should NEVER face justice for its crimes.
For Washington (the UK, Australia et al), this isn't just about Israel. They've long feared that their own war crimes, from Iraq to Afghanistan to Guantanamo Bay, will face the same ICC court.
Now is the time for the majority of the world, who support the ICC when it comes for Putin and African leaders, to apply the ICC arrest warrants against Israel (and Hamas).
Quoted on Japanese and Australian defence cooperation in Berlin's Tagesspiel newspaper (paywalled, in German): Die Tech-Kooperationspläne von Japan und Australien - Tagesspiegel Background
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Remarkable and disturbing story that barely made the mainstream media:
Not a sightseeing flight over the Great Barrier Reef...
Four American KC-135s refueller aircraft lined up at Cairns Airport in Queensland before takeoff on 16 October to support the bombing of Yemen.
This Australian-assisted mission is to refuel USAF B-2 bomber aircraft on their cross-Pacific flights to bomb locations in Yemen -- in retaliation against the Houthis for blockading Israeli ports -- and part of the 13 month US war backing Israel's devastation of Gaza.
[Photo by Far North Queensland Plane Spotters]
@WarPowersReform @IPAusNet @MAPW_Australia @WagePeaceAU
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While this needs an update post US election, still worth a read. Do yourself a favour, etc.
Read our pamphlet “The Case Against AUKUS” by Vic LAW Convenor @HamishMcPherso6 #NSWALP @NSWLabor
Use the QR code to download
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Keating’s unarguable proposition: it’s not in Australia’s interest to go to war w/ China and the Aus people know it. Yet we’ve turned northern Aus into a US base and AUKUS will shrink into a decision to host US nuclear subs in our ports. Both guarantee we will be a nuclear target
