#Japanese America

[paulpingminho]

[mythicalthing]

Pls tell me in the tags what region you live in too if you're comfy!

[withnofreetime]

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[mapsontheweb]

Japanese map of South America c. 1930

[ladyloveandjustice]

My favorite 'eat your hamburgers, Apollo' moment will always be in AA Investigations 1 when the third case hinges on the fact only law enforcement is allowed to carry guns. In America.

Lang strolls up to us and is like "remember your country's gun laws?" never fails to feel surreal. like if you've temporarily forgotten this ia actually a Japanese game, here's the BIG reminder!

(They do vaguely indicate it's a recent law and say "federal firearms act" or something (party like it's 1938! I do appreciate the throwback there), sort of vaguely indicating "this is an AU! and it's the future! remember!" but it's like. for sure one of the moments the localizers were "ok we can't really do much about this so whatever" in the game.

[highflyartist]

Oh yeah, I have a TADC oc... I forgot about her...

OH WELL, TIME TO SLAM HER INTO WONDERLAND!

Celta is reborn and this time I also drew her as her human form! Her real name is Naomi and she's a Japanese-American teenager.

Celta suffered the same fate as Pomni 10 minutes after she fell in. Make sure you hide your sweets cuz even in her digital form, Celta LOVES sweet treats.

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TADC Wonderland AU belongs to @endomentendo

[coca-coeli]

more effort could hypothetically come at some point in the future. psychic japanese youth eats specialty thai food and it’s so spicy he time travels to 1965 oklahoma

[motherofplatypus]

Israeli ambassador! Retract your letter to hotel in Kyoto and respect international law!

In June 2024, the manager of a hotel in Kyoto requested the cancellation of a reservation made by a member of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Israel has been carrying out indiscriminate mass killings in Gaza for over nine months, with some Israeli ministers even mentioning the extermination of Palestinians and the use of nuclear weapons.

The manager’s decision was based on the numerous war crimes and violations of international law committed by the IDF, and was neither an act of discrimination based on nationality nor anti-Semitism.

However, the Israeli Ambassador to Japan distorted the facts unilaterally, claiming that the cancellation of the reservation constituted nationality discrimination, despite the fact that the cancellation was mutually agreed upon. Through a letter (June 17 Letter, from now on), the Ambassador demanded actions such as the dismissal of the hotel manager and an apology.

The petition is currently at 855 of 1000 signatures. Deadline is 28th September 2024.

[fagbearentertainment]

Fascinated with how the localization of Ace Attorney desperately wants you to believe it’s set in America despite it clearly being a satire of the Japanese legal system and has cases set in obviously Japanese locations

[chaoticprussia]

shoutout to genderfluid japan by the way.

[incorrectinfinity]

I saw someone say that the Gun Goddess would be akin to this America's 9/11 and I simultaneously do and do not agree with this take.

It isn't 9/11 because it is so much worse.

When the bullet was shot it was not just shot directly to Japan, it was shout through the US.

This means that possible hundreds of thousands to millions of people could've died. It is so much worse than 9/11, it's an international tragedy unlike anything else.

Also I just wanna mention this here but...

This panel.

I presume that this is the, uh, "shell" from the bullet fired from the God Goddess' shot. It's a trigger finger.

Is this her ammunition? How much does one bullet aquate to in fingers? HOW FUCKED IS POCHITA????

[bananafishdepression]

Life is so unfair there are so many shitty shows out there with a dub and Banana Fish never got one and its been 6 years now

[withnofreetime]

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The previous chapter was my last straw, but somehow that tiny Scotland and Wales gave me enough energy, so, this chapter's translation is brought to you by them!

[onigiriforears]

AI: Friend or Foe? | Vocab

Hi friends! I've been trying to broaden my horizons by reading Japanese news articles about topics I wouldn't typically read or talk about in Japanese as an attempt to learn new words.

Today, I read Hiragana Times' article entitled "Are robots enemies or friends of humans?" It was a brief article that mentioned how in the West we view A.I. and robots as a sign of impending dystopia and we have media like the Terminator and the Matrix that show us at odds with A.I., while Japan views them as friends/helpers and have media like Astro Boy and Doraemon that depict them as being helpful. Do you think this is true? I find that a lot of nuance is lacking from the article, but I wonder if this is because the magazine is intended for Japanese-learning foreigners, so they may cut down on things in order to make the translations appear less intimidating. One of the cool things about Hiragana Times is that it's entirely bilingual!

Here are some of the vocab words I picked up:

人工知能 [じんこうちのう] artifical intelligence (A.I.)

搭載 [とうさい] being equipped with

親しむ [したしむ] to be intimate with; to befriend

受け入れる [うけいれる] to accept; to receive; to agree

一方 [いっぽう] on the one hand; on the other hand; meanwhile

欧米 [おうべい] the West; Europe and America

象徴 [しょうちょう] symbol (of something abstract); (symbolic) representation

見なす [みなす] to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as)

業務 [ぎょうむ] task; actions; affairs; duties

効率化 [こうりつか] making efficient; optimization

貢献 [こうけん] contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)

懸念 [けねん] worry; fear; anxiety; concern

根強い [ねづよい] firmly rooted; deep-seated

[ladyloveandjustice]

There are so many moments in Dead Dead Demon's Destruction that are just so pointed and devastating but this one really hits man. I'm kind of wondering if it was written after the Logan Paul thing happened, though of course it's probably referencing a lot of things related to a general American attitude that is, uh, timeless.