#Akiyoshi Saito

[thatsonemorbidcorvid]

5 minute read

Women who are groped on trains in East Asia face the further threat of their assault being filmed and uploaded for sale online. In a year-long investigation, the BBC World Service's investigative unit, BBC Eye, has gone undercover to unmask the men cashing in on sexual violence.

It was the morning rush hour in Tokyo. The train was packed and rocky.

Takako (not her real name) was on her way to school. The 15-year-old tried to hold on to a grab bar.

Suddenly, she felt a hand pressing on her behind. She thought someone had accidentally bumped into her.

But the hand started to grope her.

"That's when I finally realised - it was molestation," Takako recalls.

The hand quickly disappeared in the crowd. "I couldn't do anything about it." She arrived at school in tears that day.

That was her first time being sexually assaulted on public transport, but Takako was molested almost daily for more than a year on her commute. On countless nights, she went to bed crying. "I felt like there was no hope in my life," she says.

Many women like Takako are targeted in public by sexual predators. In some cases, they face another violation - the attack is filmed and the videos are sold online.

Most videos follow the same pattern - a man secretly films a woman from behind and follows her on to a train. Seconds later, he sexually abuses her. The men act discreetly, and their victims can seem totally unaware. These graphic videos are then listed on the websites for sale.

In a year-long investigation, we traced the men behind three websites which sell and produce thousands of these sexual assault videos.

An epidemic in Japan

Encountering sexual abuse almost daily, Takako found herself unable to speak up during the act due to fear and shame. But every night, she covered her mouth with a towel and repeatedly practised in front of the mirror how to call out a harasser: "This person is a 'Chikan'!"

"Chikan" is a Japanese term describing sexual assault in public, especially groping on public transport. It also describes the offenders themselves.

Chikan perpetrators typically take advantage of crowds, and the victims' fear of causing a scene. In Japan, speaking too directly and openly may be seen as rude.

Thousands of arrests are made every year for Chikan offences, but many more go undetected and unpunished. Saito Akiyoshi, mental health professional and author of a book about Chikan, says that only about 10% of victims report the crime.

The Japanese police encourage victims and eyewitnesses to speak up, but the crime is far from being eradicated. The problem is so widespread that even the UK and Canadian governments warn travellers to Japan about it.

Chikan has been normalised by its prominence in Japan's adult entertainment industry. One of the most popular types of pornography in the country - the Chikan genre - has spread to other Asian countries.

Chikan websites

One Chinese-language website called DingBuZhu (which means "I can't hold it" in Chinese) immediately caught our attention.

It's a marketplace for Chikan videos, filmed secretly on mobile phones in crowded public places, such as trains and buses. They are shot across East Asia, including Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China.

Some videos cost less than a dollar. The site even once allowed users to order tailor-made abuse videos.

We also found links on DingBuZhu to two other websites - Chihan and Jieshe - with the same type of content.

There is a Telegram group with 4,000 members who share tips on how to sexually abuse women.

One name kept coming up on the Chikan websites - "Uncle Qi".

He was hailed as the guru in this community. Dozens of abuse videos were labelled as his work. On Twitter, he put up teasers of the websites' videos to his 80,000 followers. But who was he?

The Telegram group we had been monitoring revealed a clue. One day, an admin claimed in a series of messages that he had abused a woman with Uncle Qi.

The messages were accompanied by photos of a woman standing on what appeared to be a metro platform.

Within hours, we found a match for the location - Ikebukuro station in Tokyo.

And there were more leads pointing us to Japan.

The websites listed a Paypal account receiving Japanese yen which was linked to a Gmail address. When we put the address through Google Contacts, the profile picture that came up was a young man with an elaborate hairstyle and theatrical makeup.

A reverse image search put a name to the face - Noctis Zang, a 30-year-old Chinese-born singer living in Tokyo. He was the frontman of a metal band called The Versus.

Noctis had a glamorous public image, but we soon found something hidden behind it.

In early 2022, The Versus' photographer had alleged on Chinese social media platform Weibo that Noctis built "porn websites" alongside another band member, Lupus Fu.

He had posted pictures of a notebook, which showed some accounting and video categories similar to those on the websites. The photographer had also posted a video which appeared to show Noctis's browsing history, with links to Chihan, Jieshe and the admin pages of DingBuZhu.

Could this rock singer be Uncle Qi?

Unmasking the admins

Posing as a music talent scout called Ian, our undercover journalist met Noctis at a fancy rooftop bar in Tokyo.

They first talked about music, but the chat soon moved on to the subject of sex. When Ian said his company used to make porn films, Noctis's eyes lit up.

The two met several more times, and they even celebrated Noctis's birthday together.

Noctis introduced Ian to his fellow band member Lupus Fu, whose name had been mentioned by The Versus' photographer. Lupus, also from China, was studying sociology in Japan.

Ian said his company planned to invest in porn sites and asked if they knew anything about this business.

Noctis confessed he had "some exposure" through a friend, "Maomi", who had created his own porn sites with "metro" content.

Ian then casually brought up DingBuZhu.

Lupus and Noctis both laughed: "That's Maomi's website!"

They revealed that the person behind the Chikan websites was a Chinese man in Tokyo nicknamed Maomi. They said Maomi was reclusive and paranoid.

Noctis and Lupus also admitted that they played admin roles for the websites.

They spelled out their business model.

"In China, sex is the most suppressed," Noctis said, "Some men are very perverted, they just want to see women getting…" Lupus finished the sentence: "screwed over."

Lupus said he was in charge of promoting abuse videos on Twitter. Noctis revealed that he had uploaded more than 5,000 videos on the websites, received payments for the business and taken 30% of revenue. The rest he had transferred to Maomi.

Lupus also said he could help connect Ian to Maomi.

The Chikan club

On a quiet back street in the red-light district of Yokohama, a storefront decorated like a metro station catches your eyes. A sign spells out its concept: "legal Chikan trains".

In this sex club, called Rush Hour, customers can pay to enjoy the Chikan experience legally.

Its manager Hasuda Shuhei welcomes us on board. "We let people do things that can't be done outside. That's why people come here."

Inside, a sickly-sweet smell of cleaning products permeates the air. Private rooms are decorated like train carriages and equipped with a sound system that plays train announcements. Even the club's membership cards look exactly like Japan's transportation cards.

"I think it's important for men to be able to pay to vent in place like this, so they don't commit rape and other forms of sexual assault," says Hasuda.

Mental health professional Saito says that the matter is not as straightforward as Hasuda claims. He says that most Chikan perpetrators are aroused by the idea of domination over and humiliation of their victims.

"They do not treat their victims as equals, but as objects."

It's an opinion that rings true with Takako.

After months of assaults, she fought back one day. As she felt a hand reach for her skirt in a packed train carriage, Takako shouted at the top of her lungs and grabbed the assaulter by his wrist.

Takako took the man to court, where he only got a suspended sentence, even though he had previously been caught for Chikan offences.

Disappointed by the outcome of her case, Takako went on to start an anti-Chikan campaign, producing colourful badges reading "Chikan is a crime!" People can wear them to show they will not keep silent.

"It's a deterrent for criminals," says Takako, who is now 24. There is now an annual anti-Chikan badge design contest among Japanese high school students.

The hamster

Maomi means "kitty cat" in Chinese. However, Lupus said his personality was more like a hamster. "He's harmless, but cautious of everything and he sometimes overreacts."

Lupus was right. Maomi repeatedly refused to meet Ian.

But on Chinese New Year's Eve, Ian's luck changed. Maomi agreed to a meeting at a karaoke bar.

The air was thick with cigarette smoke, the sound of clinking glasses and Chinese pop songs.

The person who turned up was not who we expected. A skinny young man wearing half-rim glasses and a dark trench coat, Maomi looked like he could be a college student. He said he was 27.

Showing an interest in investing in his business, Ian asked how much he made.

"Our daily turnover is around 5,000-10,000 Chinese Yuan (US$700-$1,400; £565-£1,130)," Maomi said proudly, showing the transactions on his phone. "Very stable income, right?"

Ian acted impressed, and mentioned the name Uncle Qi.

Maomi admitted: "I am Uncle Qi."

But to our surprise, he revealed Uncle Qi was not just one person.

He managed a team of 15 people, including 10 in China who made videos under the same name. Maomi received 30 to 100 videos from them each month.

The videos were then sold on the three websites which Maomi confirmed he owned. They had more than 10,000 paying members, mostly Chinese men.

"The key is to be authentic. It has to be real," Maomi said. He later told us his websites even sold videos of drug-facilitated rape.

Maomi talked about his business as though it were any other budding start-up. He described his team as "passionate" and "brave". He even casually mentioned he had been training others to carry out and film sexual assaults.

But there was one thing he never mentioned - the women in his videos. It was as if they didn't matter to him at all.

Maomi exposed

We wanted to know Maomi's real identity. At another meeting with Ian, he opened up about how he got into this business.

Like many boys, Maomi liked Superman, anime and video games growing up. But when he was 14, he started watching sexual assault videos like the ones he sold now.

He knew his business was not risk-free.

"I am so cautious," Maomi said. "Safety first." To avoid scrutiny from the Chinese authorities, he planned to naturalise as a Japanese citizen.

However, as careful as Maomi was, he made a mistake.

When Ian asked where to send the investment funds, Maomi pulled out his bank card and handed it to Ian.

The card revealed his real name - Tang Zhuoran.

Later, we confronted Maomi with our allegations.

As we approached, he tried to cover his face and walked away. And all of a sudden, he snapped, hitting out at our camera and crew.

The next day, by coincidence, we spotted Maomi at the airport. He was leaving Japan.

Uncle Qi's Twitter account, where he openly promotes the abuse videos, is still active.

Twitter did not respond to our request for comment. Instead, they sent us a poo emoji, which has been an automatic reply to any inquiry directed to their press email since March.

We also put our allegations to Noctis and Lupus. They did not respond. We have since learned they no longer work with Maomi.

On a spring day, we meet up with Takako to tell her about our investigation. Appalled, she says: "We women are just content in their videos. They see us as objects. They don't think we have a heart."

Takako advocates for tougher laws against these crimes.

Japan is set to reform its sexual assault laws. However, campaigners say these changes don't go far enough.

But Takako will not give up. "We will not cry ourselves to sleep."

Additional reporting by Chie Kobayashi, Ryuzo Tsutsui, Hanae Arrour Takahashi and Joel Gunter

[reijisaito]

50秒

昨年参加した「50秒」が恵比寿映像祭にて再上映されます。 東京都写真美術館1階ホールでの上映となります。会期中は毎日上映されますが、日によって上映時間が変わりますのでご注意ください。

『50秒』

参加アーティスト :青木真莉子、青木陵子、青崎伸孝、秋吉風人、麻生晋佑、荒川医、荒木悠、池崎拓也、イッタ・ヨダ、 伊藤存、江口悟、岡田理、片岡純也＋岩竹理恵、金村修、KAYA (デボ・アイラース＋ケルスティン・ブレチュ)、窪田隆之、COBRA、小松浩子、佐藤純也、 アーロン・ジェント、庄司朝美、髙橋耕平、たちばなひろし、田中和人、玉山拓郎、ナヴィッド・ヌール、 花代＋斎藤玲児、甫木元空、 細倉真弓、増本泰斗、サトミ・マツザキ、間部百合、南川史門、森田浩彰

詳細：https://www.yebizo.com/jp/program/2454

＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ The “50 seconds”  exhibition of video works by a total of 34 artists, which the Kyoto-based artist-run space “soda” around director TANAKA Kazuhito presented in November 2022, is once again repeated at the Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2023.  127 years after the Lumière brothers unveiled their 50-second-long landmark film Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory in 1895, selected contemporary artists show works that are each just as long. The program at large explores new possibilities of the moving image as an art form.  Event produced by: TANAKA Kazuhito (Director, soda) Artists: AOKI Mariko, AOKI Ayako, AOZAKI Nobutaka, AKIYOSHI Futo, ASO Shinsuke, ARAKAWA Ei, ARAKI Yu, IKEZAKI Takuya, Ittah Yoda, ITO Zon, EGUCHI Satoru, OKADA Shizuka, KATAOKA Junya + IWATAKE Rie, KANEMURA Osamu, KAYA (Debo EILERS and Kerstin BRÄTSCH), KUBOTA Takayuki, COBRA, KOMATSU Hiroko, Aron GENT, SHOJI Asami, TAKAHASHI Kohei, TACHIBANA Hiroshi, TANAKA Kazuhito, TAMAYAMA Takuro, Navid NUUR, Hanayo + SAITO Reiji, HOKIMOTO Sora, HOSOKURA Mayumi, MASUMOTO Yasuto, Satomi MATSUZAKI, MANABE Yuri, MINAMIKAWA Shimon, MORITA

[snesgsts]

(1995) Pro Mahjong Kiwame III

where this excels: a beat on top of otherwise chillout tunes. 

like holy moly. is this what you call post-rave? music for the cooldown room? 

if the entire soundtrack were like this it would be a rec, but sadly it kinda falters a bit, so it’s “merely” good

[landofanimes]

Ouran High School Host Club Musical

Taking on the stages on January 15-23 (Tokyo) and 29-30 (Osaka), 2022

Junya Komatsu as Tamaki Suoh Masamichi Satonaka as Kyoya Ootori Kaname Futaba as Kaoru Hitachiin Yū Futaba as Hikaru Hitachiin Eito Konishi as Mitsukuni Haninozuka Shō Katō as Takashi Morinozuka

Yuka Yamauchi as Haruhi Fujioka

Shoichiro Oomi as Umehito Nekozawa Mizuki Saito as Renge Hо̄shakuji Yūsuke Kashiwagi as Takeshi Kuze Kohei Norizuki as Ryōji (Ranka) Fujioka

[ Update: Norizuki had to withdraw so Ranka will be played by Shinji Rachi instead! ]

Ensemble: Buri Naito, Yurika Noguchi, Nami Hirasawa, Aya Fujichika, Yū Maekawa, Kohei Masuyama, Ren Mitsunaga, and Akiyoshi Rogawa.

<< FYI, the official website names Tamaki as the lead role. >>

[badeggcomic]

A seasick fisherman. Panel from 'Stupid fishing diary' by Akiyoshi 'giron' Saito. Originally published in 'Dolphin Jr. magazine' in 1996. A fishing gag manga series featuring a cigar smoking overweight kappa. Manga art, anime cels and more for sale at www.mangaoriginals.co.uk #manga #anime #originalart #comicart #shikishi #mangaoriginal #mangaart #artcollection #comic #comics #art #cel #animecel #fishing https://www.instagram.com/p/CVu84MJsH3v/?utm_medium=tumblr

[iluvsexyvoltageguys]

Requestable Characters

Voltage, Inc.

~ Our Two Bedroom Story ~ 

* Minato Okouchi

* Kaoru Kirishima

* Shusei Hayakawa

* Chiaki Yuasa

* Akiyoshi Zaizen

* Tsumugu Kido

* Ayame Suo

* Hinata Yayoi

~ Star Crossed Myth ~

* Leon

* Scorpio

* Teorus

* Dui

* Huedhaut

* Ichthys

* Karno

* Zyglavis

* Aigonorus

* Krioff

* Tauxolouve

* Partheno

~ Scandal in the Spotlight ~

* Iori Enjo

* Kyohei Rikudoh 

* Takashi Ninagawa

* Kota Igarashi

* Nagito Aoshima

~ After School Affairs ~

* Chiharu Utsumi

* Hidetaka Sera

* Rikiya Mononobe 

* Kenzo Yasukawa

~ Be My Princess ~

* Keith Alford

* Joshua Lieben 

* Roberto Button

~ Her Love in the Force ~

* Hyogo Kaga 

~ Kings of Paradise ~

* Yosuke Sagra

~ Metro PD ~

* Masashi Himuro

~ My Last First Kiss ~

* Hiroki Eniwa

~ My Forged Wedding ~

* Takamasa Saeki

~ Love Letter From Thief X  ~

* Riki Yanase

~ Kissed by the Baddest Bidder ~

* Eisuke Ichinomiya

* Mitsunari Baba

* Shuichi Hishikura

* Ota Kisaki

* Mad Hatter/Rhion

~ Pirates in Love: Captain’s Cut ~

* Shin

* Roy

* Nagi

* Hayate

* Soshi

~ Irresistible Mistakes ~

* Shunichiro Tachibana

* Toshiaki Kijima

* Toma Kiriya

* Natsume Asaoka

* Keita Mitsuura

* Yukihisa Maki

~ Era of Samurai: Code of Love ~

* Toshizo Hijikata

* Soji Okita

* Hajime Saito

~ Finally, in Love Again ~

* Aki Fujishima

* Shuichiro Momoi

* Sosuke Kikuchi

* Kazuki Serizawa

* Yuto Tsuruya

~ Rose in the Embers ~

* Kyosuke Takatsukasa

* Takahisa Togo

* Misao Higuchi

~ A Knight’s Devotion ~

* Ken

* Lute

* Haku

~ Kiss of Revenge ~

* Issei Sezaki

* Junpei Miyashita

~ In Your Arms Tonight ~

* Genji Higashiyama

~ Enchanted in the Moonlight ~

* Yukinojo

* Kiryu

~ 10 Days With My Devil ~

* Kakeru Kamui

* Satoru Kamagari

~ Seduced in the Sleepless City ~

* Yuzuki Kitaoji

* Ryoichi Hirose

* Noel Aijima

* Chihaya Koda

* Hibiki Shiina

~ Masquerade Kiss ~

* Kei Soejima

* Yuzuru Shiba

* Kazuomi Shido

~ Serendipity Next Door ~

* Shinobu Narita 

~ Dreamy Day in West Tokyo ~

* Ichigo Sato

~ Butler Until Midnight ~

* Yuma Akagi

* Tomoki Matsuba

Cybird

~ Midnight Cinderella ~

* Sid Arnault/Lloyd Grandier

* Alyn Crawford

* Byron Wagner

* Albert Burckhardt

* Leo Crawford

* Robert Branche

* Giles Christophe

* Louis Howard

* Rayvis Harneit

~ Ikemen Sengoku ~

* Masamune Date

* Nobunaga Oda

* Kenshin Uesugi

* Hideyoshi Toyotomi

* Yukimura Sanada

* Shingen Takeda

* Sasuke Sarutobi

* Mitsuhide Akechi 

~ Ikémen Revolution ~

* Ray Blackwell

* Harr Silver

~ Destined to Love ~

* Hajime Saito

* Shinsaku Takasugi

Other Otomes

~ Mr. Love Queen’s Choice ~

* Victor

* Lucien

* Gavin

* Kiro

~ Love Gossip ~

* Hayato Tachibana 

~ Wanted: Son-in-Law! ~

* Taiga Takajo 

~ Is it Love? ~

* Sebastian Jones

WILL UPDATE AS NEW BOYFRIENDS ARE FOUND…

[nervespike]

Akiyoshi Saito | Kojima productions break room

[tkatsumi06j]

Les Japonaises privees de #MeToo

#MeToo を奪われた日本の女性たち

Japanese women deprived of #MeToo

著：Sophia Marchesin

訳："B"-san / @tkatsumi06j

登場人物（登場順）

Featured Individuals

石川優実｜グラビア女優 - Yumi Ishikawa, Actress

伊藤詩織｜ジャーナリスト - Shiori Ito, Journalist

勝見貴弘｜飜訳者・活動家 - Takahiro Katsumi, Translator/Activist

匿名女性｜NHK記者 - Anonymous woman, NHK reporter

小川たまか｜ライター - Tamaka Ogawa, Writer on sexual violence matters

清水めい��｜舞台女優 - Meili Shimizu, Stage Actress

望月晶子さん｜弁護士・TSUBOMI代表 - Akiko Mochizuki, Lawyer/Director TSUBOMI

牟田和恵 ｜大阪大学教授・ジェンダー学 - Dr. Kazue Muta, Prof., Osaka University, Gender Studies

谷口真由美｜大阪国際大学准教授・国際公共政策 - Dr. Mayumi Taniguchi, Assistant Prof. Osaka Univ., Global Public Policy

岡野八代 ｜同志社大学教授・政治学 - Dr. Yayo Okano, Professor, Doshisha Univ., Political Science

斉藤章佳｜精神保健福祉士・社会福祉士 - Dr. Akiyoshi Saito, Psychiatric Social Worker

イヴ・ボゴン ｜『エルジャポン』ディレクター - Yves Bougon, Director, Elle Japon

ミエ・コヒヤマ ｜AFP通信記者・アクティビスト - Mie Kohiyama, journalist, AFP/Activist

ミュリエル・サルモナ ｜精神科医・研究者（解離性健忘） - Dr. Muriel Salmona,  Psychiatrist specializing n post-traumatic amnesia

性暴力の被害者たちを表すハッシュタグが、世界中の至るところに拡散している。ただし、日本を除いて。

日本で沈黙のルールを破った被害者たちは、脅迫や社会排除のリスクを負う。

名前を変えることも、顔を隠すこともしない。

She would not use different name nor will she hide here face.

「ええ、怖いですよ。でも現実を見つめなければ。去年の12月に #Metoo を表明してから、私の俳優としてのキャリアは台無しになりましたから」

石川優実さん（31）は、敢えてこのハッシュタグを使う日本の数少ない女性の一人だ。しかし、これは彼女一人だけの話ではない。何百人もの女優たちにかかわる話なのだと、優実さんは言う。

「私のマネージャーは2人の監督と1人のプロデューサーに、およそ十数回、私をあてがいました。役を得るために男と寝る。映画業界の暗黙の了解だと。とくにデビューしたての女優たちは。女性としてみな通る当然の道だと思っ��いました。#MeToo を通じて初めて、問題だと認識したのです」

優実さんは [ #MeToo により] まず解放感を感じたが、それも束の間のことだった。「みっともない女」「尻軽」「日本女性として恥に思え」などの批判や侮辱によって、それはすぐに辱めに変わった。

女優の石川優実さんは『#Metoo 』と投稿することを躊躇わなかった。以来、「私のキャリアは終った」と、彼女は言う。(撮影：Xavier Tera）

日本では、レイプはスティグマ化する。とりわけ、レイプの被害を受けたことを語る女性たちは激しく非難される。優実さんは、この破らざるタブーを破った。

「私たちの文化は、私たちの苦痛や、疑問、否定的な感情を内在化することを人びとに求めます」

大阪国際大学法学部准教授でフェミニストでもある谷口真由美さんはこう説明する。

日本では、路上や地下鉄、隣人同士の間で、性差別的な言動や侮辱的な表現が飛び交うことはない。人びとの交流は礼節を持って行われ、日常生活は快適そのものだ。

「公共の場では人々は”空気”を読み、軋轢を避けることを求められます。人びとは子どもの頃から、大声でものを言わないこと、”私は”と自己を主張して自身を尊大に見せないようにすることを学びます」

社会の調和を守り、自身が排除されないよう、無秩序を生み出す要因となるような主張をしない。そいう人を支持しないことが求められる。女子は共感的な姿勢を持つこと（同調）を期待され、若い女の子は「可愛いらしく」、ほほ笑みを絶やさず、男を裏切らない存在でであるべきとされる。

『 #MeToo 』は、その急進性により、この同調を求める家父長制のドクサ（臆見）を脅かすのだという。

折り込み広告やテレビのに映る舞台の上でも、こうしたステレオタイプが次々形となって表れる。完璧な母親や、超セクシーな肉体を持った若い女と言う風に。

「私たちは未だに、男性に支配された、男性のためのみ��作られた社会に暮らしているのです」

谷口准教授はこうまとめる。

この世界第三位の経済大国は、世界で最も保守的で差別的な国に位置付けられる。女性議員と女性管理職の割合は一割に満たず、第一子を出産した後、母親たちの大部分は家庭に留まるために仕事を辞める。

『世界経済フォーラム』が昨年11月に発表したジェンダー平等性に関する最新の報告によると、日本の「ジェンダー・ギャップ指数」は144か国中114位だった。

「自分の国で身の危険を感じてしまう」

"I FEEL AT RISK IN MY OWN COUNTRY."

伊藤詩織さんは、日本の #MeToo ムーヴメントの火付け役となったとみられる人物だ。昨年出版された自著『 #BlackBox 』の中で、安倍晋三首相に近い人物から自身が受けたレイプ被害を告発した。

3年前、つまりこの事件の起こった時、警察は彼女に告発することを思い���どまらせようとした。加害者とされる男性は法廷で追及されることもなく、詩織さんは国外に住むことを余儀なくされた。

「自分の国なのに、身の危険を感じました。本を出版した後、昼夜問わず、悪意に満ちたメールが沢山送られて来ました、男性だけでなく、女性からもです。脅迫電話も沢山かかってきました。私に『死ね』と言う内容のものでした。とりあえず2か月半の間、友人の家に身を潜めました。そして女性の人権のために闘うNGO団体の代表の女性の方からロンドンに行くように勧められました。最悪なのは、私の妹が私のせいで未だ仕事が見つからないことです。家族との関わりは絶つしかありませんでした」

ジャーナリストの伊藤詩織さんは、自身が被害者となったレイプについて証言した自著を出版したのち、日本を離れることを余儀なくされた。(撮影：Xavier Tera）

ツイッターで16,000人がフォローするベテラン飜訳者の勝見貴弘さん（45）は、幾世代にも渡る被害者たちの心の解放を目指し、彼女たちのメッセージを発信し続けている。

「詩織さんは、このミソジニスト社会が嫌悪するあらゆる要素を兼ね備えている人です。美しく聡明で、権力に近い者を批判���ることを厭わない勇敢さを持っている。彼女が受ける激しいバッシングは、日本の女性に声を上げることを躊躇させる効果を持ちます。日本のメディアでいうと、被害者に『声』を与えた雑誌など、『エルジャポン』くらいのものです（下記参照）」

「取り上げるテーマがセンシティブな内容を含むものであれば、メディアは自己規制をかけます」

巨大公共放送『NHK』の女性記者は匿名を条件にこう断言した。

「私は毎日、私の小さい胸のことをからかう上司のセクシストな冗談に笑って応えさせられています。こんな状態で、セクハラ（性的加害）について、真面目な問いかけが行われることがあると思いますか？まるで日本は例外かのように扱われているんですよ」

「自身の苦悩を表明することは利己的といわれるかもしれない。でも、私にとっては #MeToo が最後の砦だったんです」

"IT MAY BE SELFISH TO EXPRESS ONE'S SUFFERING, BUT #METOO WAS MY LAST RECOURSE "

フリーランスのジャーナリストである小川たまかさんは、あるインターネット・サイトの仕事で壁にぶつかった。サイト名は彼女の希望で伏せる。

「女性編集長たちでさえ問題を過小評価しています。否定的であるか、無関心であるかのどちらかです。他者の悪いところを直視したくないからと、黙って苦しむことを選ぶことがあまりにも多いのです」

この37歳の活動家はそれでも諦めない。 学生の頃に性暴力の被害に遭った彼女は3年前、ブログで自身の体験をシェアすることで、勇敢にもタブーを打ち破った。

「電車に乗る思春期の人たちの大部分が性的虐待の被害（痴漢）に遭っていると思います（下記を参照）。それが私たちの日常です。私が初めて痴漢に遭ったのは10歳の時でした。高校生の時には少なくとも週に一度は痴漢に遭いました。なかには、私の性器に指を突っ込んだ男もいました」

たまかさんに「フランスの法律ではそれはレイプに該当する」と説明すると、彼女は大きく目を見開いた。

「本当に？」

彼女は話を続けた。

「痴漢については友だち同士では話をしましたが、大人たちを信用してよいのかわかりませんでした。私たちの母親は「気をつけなければダメよ！」と言うだけでしたから。私の両親は私の受けた被害を知りません。それは今でも見えない傷として残っています」

メディアにおいても、学校でも、家庭でも、性的虐待の被害者たちは沈黙を強いられる。

In the media, at school, at home, the victims of sexual abuse often remain silent.

当局を信用する女性は稀である。日本は、盗難、レイプといった犯罪の割合の少なさから、世界で最も安全な国の一つとして紹介されるが、性暴力の被害者を通報する割合は4%以下である（フランスでは11%）。彼女たちの七割以上が親しい人にさえ何も話さない。

[参考] 2015年度内閣府調査

「自身の苦悩を表明することは利己的といわれるかもしれない。でも、私にとっては #MeToo が最後の砦だったんです」と話すのは、舞台女優の清水めいりさん。

「半年前、酔い潰れさせられた後、私はある舞台プロデューサーに２度に渡りレイプされました。警察はホテルの防犯カメラを確認しました。そこには私がプロデューサーと肩を組んで、よろめいて歩く姿が映っていました。警察は私が同意の上であったと結論づけ、被害届は受理されませんでした」

俳優の清水めいりさんは当局に同意の上であったと見做され、被害を受理されなかった。(撮影：Xavier Tera） [詳細追記]

「レイプを犯罪として証明するために、被害者は物理的外傷を証明しなければならないんです！」"FOR A RAPE TO BE A CRIME, THE VICTIM MUST PROVE PHYSICAL INJURY! "

女性が男性と酒を飲みに行くことに同意したら、その女性が性的被害を受けたとしても責任は彼女にあり、彼女は自分の身を守る術を知らなければならない――日本には、こんな考えが根強く残っている。

[参考：NHKネットワークが実際に行ったアンケート]

110年前に作られた性暴力に関する法律もこれと同じ考えに依拠している。

「レイプを犯罪として証明するために、被害者は物理的外傷を証明しなければならないんですよ？」

弁護士の望月晶子さんはこう強調する。

「世間一般はいまだに、当然のように、被害者は夜どこからともなく現れた全く知らない人から襲われるものだと想像しているのです！」

晶子さんは東京に、レイプ被害者を全国規模で支援するNPO法人「レイプクライシスセンターTSUBOMI」を設立し、これまで1,500人ほどの被害者を支援してきた。

伊藤詩織さんの闘いにも敬意を表する。詩織さんのおかげもあって、昨年の7月に法律が改正されたからだ。改正された刑法では、レイプ [強制性交等罪] は懲役3年から5年に変更され、男性も性暴力の被害者として見做されるようになった。

だが彼女にとって、この闘いは初めから勝つ見込みのないものだ。レイプ犯の99%が不起訴となるからだ。

「私自身、依頼人たちには告訴することを勧めません。それ以上被害者たちにトラウマを与えたくないと思うからです。そう、加害者たちはお金で被害者たちの沈黙を買うのです。支払う能力のある加害者たちに対しては、平均で4万ユーロ（約500万円）の高額で示談を交渉します。このような状況では #MeToo が日本で理解されないのも無理もないのかもしれません」

より深刻なのは、性的同意の問題が法律でも学校でも言及されないことだという。

「社会はこの問題について議論の場をもったことがありませんし、高校で性教育を実施することも拒んでいます。それは一般に、『非行の扇動』とみなされるからかもしれません」

社会学者でジェンダー論の専門家である大阪大学教授の牟田和恵さんはこう嘆く。

結果、ポルノが性的な物事への入り口となっている。

「ワンクリックで視聴が可能なビデオの多くにおいて、地下鉄の中で少女たちが『いや！いや！』と叫びながら（それでも「イエス」と受け止める人もいるのでしょうけども）レイプされるストーリーが描かれています。アダルトビデオの中のレイプはまるでゲームのように描かれています。日本人が『同意』の意味するところを知らないのも無理はないと思いませんか？」

ひと握りのフェミニストたちが、牟田教授のように、シンポジウム等を通して #MeToo に関する議論を活発化させようとしている。

前出の大阪大准教授の谷口真由美さんは、課題の大きさをこう言い表す。

「これは構造的な問題です。どこから手を付ければいいのか。教育？政治？経済？メディア？司法？それとも家庭？」

同志社大学教授の岡野八代さんにとってさらに気がかりなのは、政治的な状況が沈黙と、他人を中傷する言説の正当化をさらに強めていることである。 フェミニスト活動家の彼女はこう憤る。

「ソーシャルメディアを使って、匿名の人たちや、極端な保守派議員たちが私たちの活動の信用を失わせようとしています。バッシングは10年前と比べると、よりあからさまで、当たり前のものになっています。私たちはきっと、日本の社会と日本の全男性を敵に回しているのでしょうね！」

だが、伊藤詩織さんは希望を失わない。彼女はひそかに、根強い支持を受けている。

「多くの男性や女性が私的に感謝の意を表してくれました。彼らはそれを公に行うことを恐れていますが、確実に連帯してくれています。ただし、ひそかに。だから、続けなくてはならないのです！」

蔓延する痴漢

THE PLAGUE OF GROPERS

GROPERS（痴漢）または "TCHIKAN" の問題は1990年代になって公共機関でも配慮されるようになった。女性のために、鉄道各線にピンク色の車輌が用意されている。 しかし、「所詮、男が潜在的な脅威であることに変わりはない」という考えが根強く残っている。

東京のクリニックで働く [臨床医で精神保健福祉士の] 斉藤章佳さんは、弁護士や家族の依頼で2年間に1,200人もの"TCHIKAN" を治療した経験を持つ。

「男性を敬い、女性を蔑視する男尊女卑の風潮は、いまも根強く残っています。痴漢は被害者たちをモノのように見ます。しかし、彼らは捕食者ではありません！これは、私が患者さんたちに一番初めに伝えることです。痴漢は根治することも、リハビリを通して更生させることもできます。しかし残念ながら、われわれは『助平な変質者から身を守る術を知らない被害者』というステレオタイプに逃げ込みがちです」

この臨床医によれば、典型的な患者像は、「サラリーマンで、既婚で、会社の上司たちに苛められている人」であるという。

「地下鉄の中は、彼らにとって家庭と職場の間で唯一、彼らの激しい支配欲を満たすことのできる空間なのです」

章佳さんによると、毎年10万人の日本人女性が痴漢の被害に遭っている。

奮起する彼女（ELLE）たち

ELLES (THEY) ARE MOBILIZING

『エルジャポン』は３月、安倍晋三首相に近い者にレイプされたと告発したジャーナリスト・伊藤詩織さんの肖像を描く記事を掲載した。彼女の戦いは多くの海外メディアで報道されたが、日本ではほとんど報じられなかった。

「私たちはリスクをとらなけばなりません。レイプや政治について話すことは大きなタブーです。読者の大部分はショックを受けた、それは確かです。しかし私たちは、この話に世界的な広がりを与えなければならないと思いました」

『エルジャポン』のディレクター、イヴ・ブゴン（Yves Bougon）は語る。

記事を書いた ミエ・コヒヤマ（Mie Kohiyama）さんには、多くの賛同の声が寄せられた。

「記事はひじょうに沢山シェアされました。とくに女優のアーシア・アルジェント（Asia Argento）によって。多くの日本人が私にコンタクトをとって来きました。#MeToo ムーブメントは日本でもひそかに進行しているのです」

未成年者に対する性犯罪の公訴時効 の廃止と心的外傷による記憶喪失 [解離性健忘=PTA] の問題について活動するミエさんは、性暴力について活動する国際団体の支援を受け、シンポジウムの企画を進めている。

フランスで「心的外傷性の記憶及び被害者学に関する協会」の会長を務めるミュリエル・サルモナ博士(Dr. Muriel Salmona)は今月初め、女性の弁護士や医師で構成された日本の代表団をパリで迎えた。

「積極的なやりとりや意見交換がなされました」

フランセーズのサルモナ博士は興奮気味に語る。

「彼女らは北海道にレイプ被害者を受け入れる先進的なセンターを開設した人たちで、情報と支援を求めていました。私たち日仏の両団体は、団体間で、あるコラボレーションを行おうと考えています」

この記事は『ELLE』マガジン2018年4月28日号に掲載されました。

[freenewstoday]

New Post has been published on https://freenews.today/2021/02/05/few-young-japanese-want-to-study-or-work-abroad/

Few young Japanese want to study or work abroad

SAITO CHIHIRO and Saito Seika have a lot in common: they are twins. Now 26, they grew up together in northern Tokyo. They share many interests, including a passion for Hollywood films. But their paths diverged when Chihiro moved to Hungary to study medicine, and Seika enrolled in a Japanese university to pursue art. “I was always interested in the outside world,” Chihiro says. Her sister, too, considered studying overseas, but ultimately abandoned the idea. “I could learn a lot of things in Japan,” says Seika. “And I wasn’t sure if I could actually live abroad.”

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The rise of “inward-looking youth”, with little interest in venturing outside Japan, has caused consternation among Japanese journalists, policymakers and business leaders in recent years. Only 4% of all university students study overseas, says the education ministry. Another government survey from 2019 found that just a third of young Japanese want to study abroad, compared with 66% of South Koreans and 51% of Germans. The Japanese are equally lukewarm about working overseas. A survey by Sanno University in 2017 found that 60% of young employees did not want to work in other countries, up from 36% a decade beforehand.

This inward shift marks a departure. From the late 1980s to early 2000s, the number of Japanese seeking degrees overseas soared. A strong yen allowed many to study abroad without scholarships or loans. Japan’s biggest banks shipped out hundreds of their employees each year to business schools in America. “There were dozens of us Japanese in the same classroom at Harvard,” reminisces Hiraga Tomikazu of Osaka Seikei University, who attended Harvard Business School. “We would study together and share our notes, so we could all pass the course.”

Today Chinese and Indian students abroad far outnumber Japanese. That is partly because of Japan’s strong labour market. The unemployment rate hovered below 3% for the three years until the covid-19 pandemic began, when working or studying overseas became impractical anyway. With new graduates easily finding jobs in Japan, there is “little merit” in studying or working abroad, says Yonezawa Akiyoshi of Tohoku University: “In a way, the Japanese labour structure does not discriminate based on academic background.” At any rate remuneration for those with degrees from foreign institutions is little different from that of colleagues who studied at home.

By the same token, experience of working abroad is seldom rewarded. Many firms instead prize “Japaneseness” among their employees, laments Kato Etsuko of the International Christian University in Tokyo. Experience abroad no longer seems to increase the chances of promotion. Employees who rotate around offices in Japan, as opposed to foreign branches, may even get promoted faster.

A crippling fear of the outside world deters some young people from going abroad. Many cite their “English allergy”—a shyness about speaking English or other languages—as a reason for their insularity. Their anxiety is not entirely baseless: the Japanese rank low in the index of proficiency in English compiled by EF, a firm that specialises in language instruction and educational exchanges, behind their neighbours from South Korea. Seika, the artist, was apprehensive about studying in a different language. “I wasn’t as confident with my English skills as Chihiro was,” she says. It does not help that Japan is one of the most convenient and safest countries in the world.

The growing insularity is awkward for the government, which is eager to play a more active role on the international stage. “Japan is falling behind and hasn’t even noticed its decline,” says Mr Hiraga, who believes that the country’s influence is waning in Asia and beyond. For firms, too, the scarcity of cosmopolitan young hires impedes their aspirations to do more business abroad. “There is so much growth and push to go overseas in other parts of the world,” says Mr Yonezawa. “That’s a wave Japan also needs to ride.” ■

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[rukakikuchi]

Gekidan Renacchi production of Romeo and Juliet will be W-cast!

Romeo - Kojina Yui (Group A), Fujita Nana (Group B) Juliet - Okada Nana (Group A), Fukuoka Seina (Group B)

Hide (Romeo’s brother; Rosanna’s lover) - Takahata Yuki (Group A), Sasaki Yukari (Group B) Rosanna (Juliet’s sister; Hide’s lover) - Hama Sayuna (Group A), Utada Hatsuka (Group B)

Romeo’s Father - Tsuzuki Rika (Group A), Yaguchi Moka (Group B) Romeo’s Mother - Akiyoshi Yuka (Group A), Onishi Momoka (Group B)

Juliet’s Father - Fukai Negai (Group A), Oguma Tsugumi (Group B) Juliet’s Mother - Hashimoto Haruna (Group A), Kitazawa Saki (Group B) Maid (The nurse) - Kitagawa Yoshino (Group A), Kushiro Rina (Group B)

Balthasar - Omori Miyu (Group A), Ota Nao (Group B) Benvolio - Okubo Miori (Group A), Yabushita Fu (Group B) Mercutio - Sugahara Riko (Group A), Saito Makiko (Group B) Tybalt - Koga Narumi (Group A), Shimizu Maria (Group B)

Friar Lawrence - Kojima Natsuki (Group A), Tashima Meru (Group B) Reinhardt - Shioi Hinako (Group A), Yamada Nanami (Group B)

Mikapon - Sato Nanami Miporin - Nishigata Marina

[hellolovelyday]

Hello everyone! :D So i just wanted to share with you the list of my favorite AKB48 group members. Fans already know that these colors represent teams.

So from top to bottom: 

* AKB48 (since 2005): 

- Pink is for Team A (Yokoyama Yui, Kato Rena, Miyazaki Miho, Mukaichi Mion, Taguchi Manaka, Nishikawa Rei) 

- Green is for team K (Minegishi Minami, Komiyama Haruka, Ichikawa Manami, Yumoto Ami, Yasuda Kana) 

- Blue is for Team B (Kashiwagi Yuki, Hiwatashi Yui, Tanigushi Megu, Iwatate Saho, Sasaki Yukari) 

- Yellow is for Team 4 (Okada Nana, Ma-Chia Ling, Kawamoto Saya, Yamaauchi Mizuki, Murayama Yuiri)

- Dark Blue is for Team 8 (Yokoyama Yui, Oda Erina, Kuranoo Narumi, Miyazato Riara)

* SKE48 (since 2008): 

-  Orange is for Team S (Matsui Jurina, Yamauchi Suzuran, Tsuzuki Rika, Nojima Kano, Kamimura Ayaka)

- Red is for Team KII (Oba Mina, Souda Sarina, Ego Yuna, Shirai Kotono, Furuhata Nao, Kitano Ruka)

- Light Sea Green is for Team E (Suda Akari, Saito Makiko)

* NMB48 (since 2010): 

- Ochre Orange is for Team N (Yoshida Akari, Kawakami Chihiro, Kawano Nanaho, Shimizu Rika, Nishizawa Rurina, Murase Sae, Ota Yuuri)

- Fuchsia Purple is for Team M (Shibuya Nagisa, Shiroma Miru, Kushiro Rina, Akashi Natsuko)

- Navy Blue is for Team BII (Kato Yuuka, Azuma Yuki)

* HKT48 (since 2011): 

- Sulu Green is for Team H (Yabuki Nako, Tashima Meru, Tanaka Natsumi, Matsuoka Natsumi, Kajino Yui, Toyonaga Aki, Ueno Haruka, Akiyoshi Yuka)

- Charlotte Blue is for Team KIV (Murashige Anna, Fuchigami Mai, Tomonaga Mio, Motomura Aoi, Baba Sayaka)

- Golden Yellow is for Team TII (Murawaka Vivian, Yamauchi Yuna, Sakamoto Erena, Imamura Maria, Tsukiashi Amane, Hokazono Hazuki)

* NGT48 (since 2015):  

 - Cherry red is for 1st Generation promoted members (Takakura Moeka, Homma Hinata, Yamada Noe, Nakai Rika, Nashigata Marina, Sato Anju, Nakamura Ayuka, Oguma Tsugumi)

- Kenyuusei don't have a color so i used white (Kato Minami, Mashimo Kaho, Mimura Hino, Ogoe Haruka, Takahashi Nanami)

* STU48 (since 2017) (Iwata Hina, Yano Honoka)

- My current oshimen is AKB48 Team K member Minegishi Minami. She’s the last 1st generation member left. Have been in the group for almost 15 years already.

- For more information please visit http://stage48.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

[meebochii]

May 2017 Updates [Part 1]

Irresistible Mistakes

Special Story: The Way He Loves a Woman 

Toma Kiriya: Main Story & His PoV 

Toma Kiriya: Like Never Before 

Toma Kiriya: Sweet Surrender

Toma Kiriya: Complete Bonus

Dangerous Seduction

Season 1 Bundles

Era of Samurai: Code of Love

Act II Love's Rainbow: Takasugi

Act II The Sequel: Saito

Act II  Love's Brilliance: Saito

Romance's Road -His Princess or His Maid?- Hijikata

After School Affairs

Season 3 Rikiya; 5 episodes FREE until 5/10(JST)

Season 3 Rikiya: PoV

Season 3 Rikiya: His Love Rival Shinichi PoV　

Scandal in the Spotlight

Episode 2.5

Start of Season 3

Season 3 *Kyohei: Give Me Forever

My Mr. Jealousy -Kyohei-

My Mr. Jealousy -Takashi-

*Based on the description, it should be Kyohei. 

My Last First Kiss

Season 3 A Dreamy Proposal PoV: Takamune

Special Story: Our First Birthday Bash -Ayato-

Season 3 Delivering the News: Makoto

Special Story: Our First Birthday Bash -Hiroki-

Star-Crossed Myth

Leon's entire Main Story FREE until 6/7(JST)

Partheno: Main Story, Epilogue & His PoV

Special Story: Divine Youth -Punishments-

Special Story - Voiced Ending - Our Love, Moonlit: Zyglavis

Special Story: Constellations of Love -Punishments-

Kissed by the Baddest Bidder

V.I.P. Room 2nd Event: The Secret Game of Liars

Bound in Love: Mamoru

Resisting Him: Eisuke/Soryu

The Proposal His PoV: Mamoru

Our Two Bedroom Story

Season 3 Chiaki: Two is Company

Here's to the Birthday Boy: Akiyoshi

Love in Manhattan: Akiyoshi

Love You Like He Does

Tempting Office Kisses

My Forged Wedding

Season 4 The Shape of Love: Akito

Season 4 The Shape of Love: Tamaki

Sub Story: Cheer Up, My Love

Sub Story: Miraculous: Bonded by Love

Sub Story: My Honey Gets What She Wants

Sub Story: A User's Guide to Husbands: The Moody Paramour

[justhilarie]

Since my peeling nose mask will take a bit long time to dry and I'm not busy, I'm going to answer this whole thing as an otome romance player for two months. Haha.

1. THIS SEXY MOBSTER. UGH. Soryu Oh/Wong Tsang-Long(FUN FACT: it's his Chinese name. Read the Season 5 stories)

2. None. Hehe. I don't know why. Hmmm...

3. *we'll get to that soon. I'm broke. Hahaha*

4. My mom. She thought I was using some dating app but she was fine with it. Hahahaha. I'm 25 btw.

5. Everyday but like 2x a day.

6. Kissed by the Baddest Bidder. Haha. I was awkward with the prologue but never mind. Haha.

7. I was like is this different from Wattpad. Haha.

8. More like last time I played. Hmmm. After School Affairs. 😉

9. He looked like a bad person but he has a kind heart to others especially to Ice Dragons. He never lay a finger to innocent ones. Drama ko shet. Hahaha.

10. More like stories. Hmmmm. 14? 16?

11. Uhmmm.. I'll bring him to my parents. Char. Hahahaha.

12. Kaoru's main story in Our Two Bedroom Story. It was beautiful like he has character development on it especially when he met MC(have some tissues ready btw)

13. Not refuse but confuse if I should purchase Dawn of Age 1 and 2 on Okita Soji's route(Era of Samurai: Code of Love). Tsk. Pakyu spoilers. Huhu. He's my ultimate bae in the story.

14. MC on Metro PD: Close to You. I'm kind of related to her. She's sassy, kind and determined despite of big appetite. Hahahaha.

15. None as of the moment. Hehe.

16. Ryosuke Inui! Hihi. Despite of being called Soryu's puppy because of his thinking, he is really a thoughtful and protective henchman.

17. None as of the moment na rin. Haha.

18. Mitsunari Baba! Haha. He reminds me of my high school friends. Hahahahaha.

19. They will be concerned at first since he is a mobster but slowly they will change their impressions. Hehe. Yiiieee hahahahaha.

20. Not much but a close friend recommended me to play Mystic Messenger. I played Yoosung's route for 2 weeks.

21. Nope. Hehe.

22. Srsly? It's really difficult to choose. Huhuhuhuhu.

23. Code Name. 😊

24. This mystery cinnamon roll. Hajime Saito of Era of Samurai: Code of Love

25. Kota Igarashi of Scandal in the Spotlight. I dunno. Maybe my style? Hehe.

26. *please look at #14 answer

27. Yep. This Osaka hot-headed and funny bunny. Yutaka Tennoji of Metro PD: Close to You. He reminds me of my college one-sided love.

28. *HAHAHAHAHA

29. NOPE. HAHAHA. Every Soryu Oh biased knows. Hahahaha. Soryu sweetie, I'm so sorry. Hahahahahahaha.

30. Iori Enjo of Scandal in the Spotlight. Haha. I might kick his ass literally hey I love that dark prince too. Hahahaha.

31. I only expect a good story. Reading is one of my faves. ❤️

32. Kissed by the Baddest Bidder MC but only in Soryu's route. She changed dramatically into a kind yet tough cookie kind of mafia princess. Hehe.

33. It depends. I'm kind of freelancer but it doesn't mean I earn a lot.

34. Character check(charot. Hahaha) but I even ask for recommendations though. The last time was some ladies recommend Tennoji's route but I never regret purchasing his stories. 😍

35. Maybe?

36. Nothing. He's perfect hehe.

37. Samon of Enchanted in the Moonlight or Akiyoshi Zaizen of Our Two Bedroom Story. 😊

38. It depends on data connectivity hahaha.

39. Nope. Voltage is one of my stress relievers.

40. Yep. I read Tadanobu Nomura's POV and Eiki Yachigusa's POV on NYC Case Files from Metro PD: Close to You last night. I was crying like a baby. 😭💔

There you go people. 😉💕

Send me a Number Voltage Style.

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100 Followers!!! Taking Requests

OMG how did I already get here?! Thank you, everyone, for following me and I'm so glad you love my fanfics! So I'm going to do a 100 follower special but it has a twist. All the fanfics so far have only been Eisuke fanfics (I swear I love him so much!) and I wanted to add more variation to this blog.

Below is all the routes I have ever played in any Voltage app (paid & party apps). If you want, please comment/message me a request with any of the guys that I have played already with a scenario, MC details (personality, name etc), the ending and how the guy acts. I'll write them and tag you in them (hopefully you'll like it!) and I'm actually really excited to be doing this! Thanks, everyone and I love all of you beautiful and wonderful people!!!! 😊😊😊

Paid Apps:

Kissed by the Baddest Bidder:

Eisuke

Luke

Ota

Star Crossed Myth:

Aigonorus

Huedhaut

Enchanted in the Moonlight:

Yukinojo

Samon

True Love Sweet Lies:

Kiyoharu

Dreamy Days in West Tokyo:

Haruki

Our Two Bedroom Story:

Akiyoshi

Love Letter from Thief X:

Kenshi

Tasturo

A Knight’s Devotion:

Ken

Era of Samurai: Code of Love:

Hajime Saito

Party Apps:

My Forged Wedding:

Yamato

Akito

Takao

Sleepless Cinderella:

Yuzuki

Chihaya

Ryoichi

Mirai

Samurai Love Ballad:

Mitsuhide

Hideyoshi

Saizo

Masamune

Shingen

Thanks again everyone! I’ll try my hardest to make the stories as you want them; they may take a while as I have exams coming up so they may be slow but I will definitely do it!

Thanks!!

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Artists: Barnett Newman, Piero Manzoni, Jiro Takamatsu, Agnes Martin, Imi Knoebel, Teppei Soutome, Frank Stella, Joseph Kosuth, Tomoharu Murakami, Marc Quinn, Rei Naito, Futo Akiyoshi, Richard Tuttle, Lynda Benglis, Kodai Nakahara, Ushio Shinohara, Yu Araki, Richard Aldrich, Henry Moore, Aiko Miyawaki, Kenjiro Okazaki, Yuji Takeoka, Kazuo Okazaki, Dan Flavin, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Anton Henning, Mike Kelley, Marcel Duchamp, Tetsumi Kudo, Daan Van Golden, Naoya Hatakeyama, Tony Oursler, Ryan Gander, Wols, Jim Dine, Tomio Miki, Laurie Simmons, Thomas Ruff, Ilya Kabakov, Jan Dibbets, Nobuo Sekine, Roy Lichtenstein, Tiger Tateishi (Koichi･Taigaa), Stephan Balkenhol, Yoshishige Saito, Lucio Fontana, Sigmar Polke, Jean-Pierre Pincemin, Anthony Caro, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Bertrand Lavier, Gerhard Richter, Joseph Beuys, Oliver Beer, Pablo Picasso, Jean Fautrier, Alberto Giacometti, Georg Baselitz, Richard Hamilton, John Currin, Luc Tuymans, Marino Marini, Jean-Pierre Raynaud, Katsura Funakoshi, Erwin Wurm, Yoshitatsu Yanagihara, Kazuo Yagi, Daido Moriyama, Tatsumi Yoshino, Tam Ochiai, Kiki Smith, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Toshio Shibata, Man Ray, Giorgio Morandi, Arman, Rachel Whiteread, Takanobu Kobayashi, Eri Takayanagi, Kiyoshi Koishi, Natsuyuki Nakanishi, Tony Cragg, Ryuji Miyamoto, Kazuyuki Takezaki, Hamish Fulton, On Kawara, Edward Ruscha, Ryuichi Yamashiro, Andy Warhol, Tadanori Yokoo, Sherrie Levine, Shinji Ogawa, Marcel Broodthaers, Ute Lindner, Candida Höfer, Mel Ziegler, Hisachika Takahashi, U-Fan Lee, Donald Judd, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Saburo Muraoka, Niele Toroni, Max Ernst, Morris Louis, Sadamasa Motonaga, Yukinori Yanagi, Bernard Frize, Yuki Onodera, Wolfgang Tillmans

Venue: The National Museum of Art, Osaka

Exhibition Title: The Myriad Forms of Visual Art: 196 Works with 19 Themes

Date: May 26 – July 1, 2018

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Full gallery of images, press release and link available after the jump.

Images:

Images: Nobutada Omote

Press Release:

Today the world is flooded with information about every conceivable field, and is growing ever more globalized and diverse. In this environment, museums’ conventional procedures for storing and exhibiting art by era or by region are becoming ineffective. In Europe and North America, museums of contemporary art have been holding an increasing number of thematically organized exhibitions. This exhibition presents works from the National Museum of Art, Osaka’s collection, grouped according to 19 themes. These themes are ones that enable viewers to stop, think, and find new meanings, and can be roughly divided into “elements of works” and “subjects depicted in works.” The art on view is diverse, ranging from iconic works that embody certain themes to selections that may surprise you, and includes around 50 new acquisitions. The basic frameworks by which we classify art – era, region, genre – are taken into account, but combinations and juxtapositions highlight connections among widely varied works of art. This special exhibition of works from the collection seeks not merely to reconfirm what each viewer already knows about art, but to elicit new discoveries and offer opportunities to think about art from new angles.

Link: “The Myriad Forms of Visual Art” at The National Museum of Art, Osaka

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