Journalist, editor, content creator
Tokyo
Joined March 2015
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Mara Budgen retweeted
There is no "massive amount" of migrants being transported to Italy thanks to German taxpayers' money.
So far this year, a minuscule amount of money has financed the rescue of 753 migrants.
You simply reposted fake news.
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⛔️🇮🇹 In 2023, 133,170 irregular migrants reached Italy by sea.
The NGO ship Humanity1, partly funded by the German government, disembarked 753 (0.6% of total).
Overall, German-flagged NGO ships disembarked 2,720 (2% of total).
Is this really a thing?
@elonmusk
Mara Budgen retweeted
Enjoyed appearing on this week’s @JapanDeepDive with @jt_sloosh to talk about Tokyo’s night economy. This episode has a lovely atmospheric soundscape, thanks to producer @DCortez869 japantimes.co.jp/podcast/202…
Mara Budgen retweeted
Environmental journalist Mara Budgen joins the @JapanDeepDive podcast to discuss Japan’s plan to discharge millions of tons of wastewater from the Fukushima No. 1 power plant into the ocean. jtim.es/3XVfCHF
Mara Budgen retweeted
A new level of #singleuseplastics ridiculousness unlocked at 711 in Hiroshima today - each coffee cup lid individually wrapped.
Every. Single. One.
#japanplasticproblem #drowninginplastic #711japan
Mara Budgen retweeted
M O N S O O N: A time of fear for the people of the #coast of #Bangladesh. During this time natural hazards disrupt their lives. Due to the rise in the sea level, the livelihood of the coastal people has become more difficult during this period.
Mara Budgen retweeted
Ci ha lasciati Pio D’Emilia, il nostro corrispondente dall'Asia, nonché inviato in molti dei fatti più importanti di questi 20 anni
Il ricordo del nostro direttore @giudebellis ➡️ sky.tg/jUzf7
Fermented #food is healthy and tasty, but is it also good for the planet? On the @japantimes, I take a look at how #fermentation can help fight the #ClimateCrisis: japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/0…
thanks to @JoelTanseyJT @jt_cr
featuring @Ffoodinstitute @yeastgenomix
When economic development causes #biodiversity loss, who is responsible for #conservation?
I address this and other qsts in this @japantimes feature on the Japanese giant salamander: japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/0…
thanks to @earthjournalism @ASG_IUCN
📷 Yukihiro Fukuda/TopOutImages
Mara Budgen retweeted
初の単著「ルポ 日本の土葬」を宗教問題社より上梓いたします。取材・執筆中はいつも支えていただいている皆さんの顔が何度も浮かんできました。皆さんの励ましと支援がなければ、この出版には辿り着けませんでした。この場を借りて、御礼申し上げます。amazon.co.jp/dp/4910357130
The Japanese giant #salamander could suffer the ultimate consequence of environmental destruction: #extinction. NGO @SUS_DAISEN is trying to save this creature, but does it have enough support?
full story @guardian
thanks to @earthjournalism
📷 Yukihiro Fukuda/TopOutImages
The plight of the Japanese giant salamander: ‘23m years of DNA might die out’ theguardian.com/environment/…
Mara Budgen retweeted
Writing about skiing in Rishiri for @bbc_travel has definitely got me fired up for the coming snow season.🏔 ⛷ “Here, anything you wish to ski you must first climb yourself… while basking in the solitude and silence of the mountains.” bbc.com/travel/article/20221… – at Rishiri-cho, Hokkaidō
Writing this piece about psychological first aid, I learned a lot about what it means to deal with the mental fallout of war. @TELLJapan and @pathways_japan are ensuring such support reaches as many #Ukrainian evacuees in #Japan as possible.
@japantimes
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Concrete barriers are a fixture of #Japan's coastline.
A campaign to stop a #seawall from being built on #Katoku beach highlights the madness of destroying an ecosystem capable of protecting itself, concrete-free.
My article on @japantimes 👉 bit.ly/3zagBZj
#savekatoku
Photo by Jean-Marc Takaki of the Save Katoku campaign: amamiworldheritage.org/petit…
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The Tokyo High Court ruled today that LDP lawmaker Sugita Mio has to pay 550,000 yen in damages to journalist Ito Shiori, after Sugita clicked the like button on 25 defamatory tweets about Ito in 2018. mainichi.jp/english/articles…
Mara Budgen retweeted
"The future doesn’t boil down to either a 1.5 degree Celsius future or an apocalyptic hellscape. Climate change is ultimately a matter of degrees rather than thresholds." Read @hausfath interview for @CmccClimate. climateforesight.eu/intervie…
