Martin Fackler
@martfack
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Tokyo-based author. Words in @nytimes, @CJR, @ForeignPolicy, @litera_web, 雑誌President。『吠えない犬』など11冊の和書の著者・共著者。No investment advice.
Joined July 2011
Not all production can be reshored to the U.S., as this A/B test conducted by a showerhead maker attests:. #trade #Tariffs.
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When we priced a U.S.-made version of our flagship product 85% higher than our Chinese-made one, 25,650 customers had the chance to vote with their wallets. Here’s what happened. As small business...
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Chinese academics also challenge the legitimacy of Japan's takeover of Okinawa in the 1870s, saying the Qing were too weak (and diverted by Japan's 1874 attack on Taiwan) to oppose it. While there are kernels of historical truth, these claims serve present-day political goals.
Russian state media publishes interview with Russian historian who accuses Japan of committing genocide against the Ainu. Anatoly Koshkin says “Hokkaido is not Japanese territory… It’s a colony conquered via many battles with the Ainu.” He accuses Japan of modern-day
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原発事故の最初の日から、政府は言葉の選び方により情報操作を行なってきた。今は「汚染水」対「処理水」だが、1号機が爆発した日に、「メルトダウン」や「溶融」を使っちゃういけないと言いながら、「炉心損傷」という意味不明な言い方にした。分かり難いのは、メディアが素直に政府に従ってきたこと.
野村哲郎･農林水産相の「汚染水」発言。.中国の動向を想定できなかったことで大臣として無能であることを晒した野村農水相が、人としては ”正直者” であることが関係者の取材で分かった。.※映像は8月31日 NHK『ニュース７』
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外国のメディアが報じるまで日本の実態を知ることができなかったのは、ジャニーズ問題だけではない。伊藤詩織さんのレイプもそうだった。残念なのは、日本人のジャーナリストがこういう問題を真面目に追究しようとしたら、あのBBCの記事よりずっといい調査報道ができるはず。もっと頑張って下さいよ。.
#ジャニーズ 問題についてマスコミは週刊誌報道を黙殺してきた過去を今更反省している。.それなら週刊誌が現在進行中で追及している木原疑惑をなぜ報じないのか？.汚染水の海洋放出やワクチン薬害でなぜ政府を追及せず大本営発表を垂れ流すのか？.ジャニーズ問題の「反省」はポーズとしか思えない。.
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The need for Japan to step up and punch closer to its economic weight in global political and cultural affairs is as strong today as it was when the book came out. Even more so, with China's top-down economic growth model running out of steam.
Excited our book on Japan taking a bigger role in world out next week. @DanielPAldrich @kengokuma @lullymiura @Matt_Alt @Cyranoski @profLind
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RT @HarvardRajawali: "Dry Run for War: How Fukushima Changed Japan and Its Place in the World" conversation with @martfack and Arn Howitt….
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RT @HarvardAsh: At a recent @HarvardRajawali event, @martfack and Arn Howitt discussed the impacts of the Fukushima disaster and how the ac….
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Journalist, crisis expert at HKS event say it shifted nation’s attitude toward military, global sense of need to prepare for unexpected disasters.
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RT @knguyenpoetry: My company just listed on LinkedIn a job posting for what I’m currently doing (so we’re hiring another UX writer) and no….
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RT @YusakuHoriuchi: I like your answer and use it in the future! Why Japan? That’s because political science is not just American politics!.
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WaPo looking for freelance contributions:.
Folks in journalism who are out of a job right now—we assign lots of freelance work on my team. Topics include home, garden and parenting. We define those pretty broadly. Happy to hear from anyone with ideas to pitch: Jennifer dot Rogers at washpost dot com.
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This is interesting: LDP moving to shut down the flow of public info on the Abe assassination. Apparently, Nara police were too forthcoming, so Katayama wants to manage all disclosure via Tokyo. Same happened during Fukushima, after NISA briefly admitted a meltdown was possible.
長官は後輩、かつ知人なので、聞いておきます���.
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An article on Abe's family history with the Moonies. The weekly tabloids play a role in Japan's media space by writing what the big dailies dare not. Problem is their articles can be so fast and loose that you're never sure what to actually believe.
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I think @observingjapan has nailed the essence of Abe's political agenda. The weakness of Japan's decentralized postwar state was exposed during Fukushima, when the govt dithered as the plant teetered on the brink. That failure made possible Abe's political comeback a year later.
Over the course of his career, Shinzo Abe “repeatedly acted in ways that he thought would strengthen the Japanese state in its efforts to protect the Japanese people in a dangerous world,” writes @observingjapan.
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RT @AlpnEthngraphr: I visited the memorial of the #AbeAssassination in Nara yesterday. The line to offer flowers was over a kilometre long.….
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