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A. @bigbreadfruit.bsky.social ๐ฉ๐พโ๐ป freelance writer, editor and photojournalist scuttling between Tokyo and Kobe. All I talk about on here is games (board & video), music, tech and books.
Powderbum75 @powderbum75.bsky.social Vermont. Queens. Westhampton Beach. London. Hangzhou. Tokyo. Nikko. And others receiving votes.
Living a life with warning-track power.
In Japan. But not an On Japan account.
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social Media nerd. CNN chief media analyst. INSIDE THE HIVE podcast host. Author of "Network of Lies," "Hoax," and "Top of the Morning." Former Shorenstein fellow, NYT reporter and blogger.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
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Jasmine Minato Williams @jminato.bsky.social ๐ For optimists innovating a more resilient world
Chris Brockett @chrisbrockett.bsky.social Data janitor and leftover linguist (retired). Tsundoku expert. Language & Cognition. NLP. Japanese literature. Anti-authoritarian. Pro-science. 
Works of Genius @worksofgenius.org I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
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Jason (he/him) l Memester Of The Week ๐ @memesterotwpod.bsky.social A Monster Of The Week Actual Play podcast about fighting the supernatural, finding yourself, and a ghost dog.
Free Palestine, fuck Terfs.
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Mededitor @mededitor.bsky.social As a medical editor, language - usage - lexicography - culture - memes - all meet someplace. And that place appears to be my desk.
NPR @npr.org This is NPR ๐๏ธ
Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social Permanent resident of Japan. Neuro-affirming parent. Amateur photographer of a certain age. Shitamachi supremacist. Sober 19yrs. Survivor. I write stuff sometimes, but donโt tell anyone. ๆฅๆฌ่ช๐
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Elizabeth Tasker @elizabethtasker.bsky.social UK astrophysicist and science communicator working at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Author of 'The Planet Factory' and editor of โPlanetary Diversityโ. Very into space, virtual reality, computer graphics and rescue cats.
Karin Kaneko @kanekokarin.bsky.social Freelance journalist
Former reporter at The Japan Times | Work featured in SCMP
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Hokkaido Market @hokkaidomarket.bsky.social Used English Bookshop in Hokkaido Japan. https://hokkaidomarket.net
Amy Stanley @astanley711.bsky.social Historian of Japan. Loves dogs. Famous ๅฅณๅฒ, notorious enemy of all sexual relations.
Jon Mitchell ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ใธใงใณใปใใใใงใซ @jonmitchell.bsky.social Author, journalist with Okinawa Times. "Why are we in Okinawa? A History of Violence" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2026). ๆฒ็ธใฟใคใ ใน็น็ด้ไฟกๅกใ็ฑณๅฝ็ฐๅขใธใฃใผใใชในใๅไผ ๅบ็่ณใ็ณๆฉๆนๅฑฑ่จๅฟต ๆฉ็จฒ็ฐใธใฃใผใใชใบใ ๅคง่ณใ่ๆธใใๆ
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Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus @apjjf.bsky.social In-depth critical analysis of the forces that shape the Asia-Pacific and the world. Edited by Tristan R. Grunow (Nagoya University) and Mary M. McCarthy (Drake University). Find us at: https://apjjf.org/. 
Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social Journalist, Unseen Japan. Get my comprehensive guide to Tokyo nightlife - out now!
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Jim Rionใปใฉใคใชใณ ใธใใผ @jimrion.com Peace, please, peace for all.
Translator (Strange Pictures, Strange Houses, etc.). Japanese horror devourer. Bird picture taker
Co-host of Sake Deep Dive podcast.
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Lindsay Nelson-Santos @newsfromnihon.bsky.social Japanese cinema (especially horror), Japanese popular culture. Book: Circulating Fear. Film reviews at eigafile.com, CV at lindsaynelson.jp. she/her
Nathaniel M. Smith @nathanielmsmith.bsky.social Anthropologist of Japan @ Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. ็ซๅฝ้คจๅคงๅญฆๅฝ้้ขไฟๅญฆ้จๅๆๆใWriting/research on rightwing movements/politics/culture, US-Japan relations, and urban studies.
Luis Mendo @luismendo.com Drawer and writer at large, from a tiny studio in ๐ฏ๐ต
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Craig Mod @craigmod.com Writer & photographer. Japan based for 20+ years.
Author of Things Become Other Things (Random House: May 2025), Kissa by Kissa (2020). Contributor to NYTimes, Atlantic, WIRED, and more. Walks a lot. Bla bla bla!!
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AizuYabanjin @aizuyabanjin.bsky.social pottering about, growing stuff, cooking stuff, taking photos of stuff, underachieving, trying not to be a grumpy old man
Jason Garcia ๐ท @jgarcia.bsky.social ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โข ๐๐๐๐
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Margaret Sullivan @sulliview.bsky.social Columnist at GuardianUS. Author of NEWSROOM CONFIDENTIAL and GHOSTING THE NEWS. (Join me at โAmerican Crisisโ on Substack: https://substack.com/@sulliview?r=1yc91&utm_medium=ios) 
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Hiroko Yoda @hirokoyoda.bsky.social Tokyo based author of Eight Million Ways to Happiness. Certified kimono fitter. ็็ฉ็ไปใๅธซ็ฏ https://linktr.ee/hirokoyoda
Chris Pearce @kobehonyaku.com Japanese-to-English technical/industrial translator
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Being Kansai @beingkansai.bsky.social From the Bronx, now based in Kansai. Sharing Info, sights & news from Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Hyogo, & nearby areas. Also on Youtube, Instagram and Threads. 
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Reuters @reuters.com 
wes(is no longer)injapan @wesinjapan.bsky.social sociologist of disasters
pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.
(views aren't even my own) roll tide.
come on, come on, get down to goodison park.....wooh!
David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social Political scientist at GSAPS, Waseda University. Formerly UW-Madison, Princeton, U.S. Department of State, Stop & Shop. Author of Empire of Hope; The Rules of Play; Think Global, Fear Local (all Cornell UP). Coeditor of Stanford Studies in Asian Security.
James D.J. Brown @jamesdjbrown.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Temple University Japan. Currently working on: โSpy Paradise: Russian Espionage against Japan, from the Cold War to Cyber Warfare.โ This book is the sequel to โCracking the Crabโ.
David McNeill @davidamcneill.bsky.social Professor of Communications at Sacred Heart Uni, Tokyo. Ex-correspondent with The Economist, Independent, Chronicle of Higher Ed., Irish Times etc. I post mainly about the media and politics. Hoping to escape Twitter/X.
Rocky Swift @rockyswift.bsky.social Reuters correspondent. Ex State Dept., Bloomberg News. Economics, FX and pro wrestling enthusiast. Opinions own. @swiftrocky on Twitter
https://www.reuters.com/authors/rocky-swift/
Leo Lewis @urbandirt.bsky.social Asia Business Editor at the Financial Times. Tokyo/Misaki-based. 
Paul Nadeau @pauljnadeau.bsky.social Trade, politics, and geoeconomics. Adjunct associate professor with Temple University Japan, visiting research fellow with the Institute of Geoeconomics, should be GM of the Quebec Nordiques. Usual disclaimers. Posts in English, curses in French.
David Keohane @davidkeo.bsky.social FT Tokyo correspondent, formerly other things 
@quake-bot.com @quake-bot.com Earthquakes around the world with a magnitude greater than 4.5.
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Ry Beville @rybeville.bsky.social UC Berkeley lecturer (Japanese literature & neurodiversity studies), translator of Japanese poetry, author, publisher, analog photographer, occasional musician. ใกใใฃใขใปๅบ็ไผ็คพใฎใในใNotre Dame, UTokyo, Cal
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JJWalsh @jjwalsh.bsky.social 30+ yrs in Hiroshima, Japan: sustainable tourism focus: tours, consulting & seminars | Feature 'good people doing great things in Japan' on the LIVE Seek-Sustainable-Japan talkshow & podcast https://youtube.com/@seeksustainablejapan
Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social Editor of Press Watch (https://presswatchers.org) and Heads Up News (http://headsupnews.org). Ex-Washington Post, HuffPost, Intercept. Freelancer. I afflict comfortable journalists.
NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social I have never felt more politically homeless. Parody. Merch: https://tinyurl.com/msjjmwpt
Hokkaido Dreaming @dadsweb.bsky.social Living the dream in Japanโs northern wilderness. Backcountry skiing, hiking and motorcycles. I live in a cat hotel!
the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social here we are, caught up in this big rhythm
Bill Adler @billadler.bsky.social I'm an American writer living in Japan. I publish short stories on Substack at billadler.substack.com. I'm a pilot, ramen lover, watch collector, coffee drinker, voracious reader, bicycler, and cat person.
Simran @simnagra.bsky.social Riding trains around Japan
Food, onsen and other stories
Actuary in Tokyo
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James Reynolds @earthuncuttv.bsky.social Global tropical cyclone interceptor, volcanic eruption hunter & snow lover. Born in ๐ฌ๐ง, living in ๐ฏ๐ต Video available only via license
Brian in Fukuoka @mytwoyen.bsky.social my biggest strength is my attention to detal
Kevin O'Shea @madformaple.bsky.social Canuck ๐จ๐ฆ living in Asia. Podcaster - host of Supernatural Japan Podcast ๐๏ธ ๐บ - folklore, paranormal, travel, photography ๐ฏ๐ต Currently based in ๐จ๐ณ!
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No Meta, Twitter or Amazon.
Free Palestine.
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Stephen Lyman @stephenlyman.bsky.social ๐Fukuoka ๐ฏ๐ต โpolymathโ - author, editor, educator, scientist, podcaster, filmmaker, shochu maker, public speaker, ambassador, home chef, tennis player, cyclist, baseball fan, traveler, foodie.
Wataru Tenkawa @10wataru.bsky.social Naturalized Japanese citizen from Michigan via San Francisco, car-free Tokyo resident since 1978, thriving on a no-mammals diet since 1970
Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social I explore my adopted home of Japan, looking for fun and weird mascots (and other costumed characters).
Rob Goss @robgoss.bsky.social Author. Writer. In Japan, from Devon.
Features, travel writing and books (LP, Nat Geo, etc).
Haiku & haibun. Short-form tinkering.
Latest book: Another Japan (Gestalten 2026)
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Jake Adelstein @tokyovice.bsky.social Investigative journalist in Japan, paladin, priest, ็ฆ
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Dogen @dogenofficial.bsky.social Japanese teacher
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Daniel Warriner @danielwarriner.com Editor in Tokyo posting Japan-related stuff, articles, essays, photos, and fiction.
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Michelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee.bsky.social Covering Asia at The Washington Post. Mom to two needy cats & a rambunctious golden retriever. michelle.lee@washpost.com
Philip Brasor @philipbrasor.bsky.social Japan media watcher, blogger of Japanese housing
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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social PhD. Lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies. I research Japan's Politics/Nationalist Activism/History Disputes/Pop Culture. Shares/Likes โ endorsements. https://linktr.ee/jeffreyjhall
Tyler @tylerrothmar.bsky.social Time to refresh myself with a dip
in Lake Synopsis.
Writer/editor in Tokyo. The Cones and Quills. A writer living in Tokyo. Microblogging is for jokes and thinking out loud. โใ
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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social Japanese politics analyst; author of The Iconoclast: Shinzล Abe and the New Japan; Chicago-born Cubs fan now living in DC; marathoner.
Substack: Observingjapan.substack.com.
Business: www.japanforesight.com
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social William J. Perry Lecturer at Stanford CISAC & Distinguished Research Fellow FPRI. Member of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Science and Security Board & National Academies Committee on Intโl Security and Arms Control.
Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social Let's see... 39 years teaching journalism at NYU. A critic who tries to be useful. PressThink: the name of my subject and my site. My book: "What Are Journalists For?" (1999, Yale University Press)
Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social Bloomberg News Global Defense Editor. Novelist, aviation geek, bartender, dad. Ex-NYT, Reuters. Grew up in Midwest, moved to Mideast. Views my own. Wrote a fun book about Chinese missiles: https://tinyurl.com/2p94pay6
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Stephen Stapczynski @sstapczynski.bsky.social The LNG nerd on Bluesky
Energy & commodities reporter at Bloomberg News in Singapore. Opinions my own
Interests include natural gas, LNG, oil, power, coal, nuclear, renewables, climate change
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
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Marika Katanuma @marikakatanuma.bsky.social @bloomberg.com digital editor and reporter in tokyo
๐คโจ๐๐my stories >> https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ATLjSC5jbu8/marika-katanuma
Chris @chestnutvinegar.bsky.social In Japan since 2005. Originally from suburbs of Vancouver, Canada.
This is mainly my outlet for video game related topics
Hikosaemon @hikosaemon.bsky.social Tokyo based Vlog/Video podcaster & bilingual news geek ๆฑไบฌๅจไฝๅคๅฝไบบใใญใฌใผใงใโช Livestream 10:30pm JST on YouTube
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Sublight Monster @sublightmonster.bsky.social Former paid liar.
Advisor/ghostwriter to Japan PMs Abe, Suga and Kishida, speechwriter for Tokyo Gov. Koike. Now a TV star.
Still deciding whether Iโm retired or just a bum. Born๐บ๐ธ, living๐ฏ๐ต, speaking๐ซ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ.
Have the same name pretty much everywhere. He/him
James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
Jason Coskrey @jcoskrey.bsky.social Japan-based baseball writer staring at an always growing backlog of video games to finish. 
Satoshi Sugiyama @satoshijournal.bsky.social Temporarily covering markets for @reuters.com โ๐ป
Opinion = mine. RT= ๐, NOT๐๐ป
Syracuse/Newhouse alum ๐
Ex Japan Times reporter ๐ฐ
Christmas music enthusiast ๐
https://www.reuters.com/authors/satoshi-sugiyama/
Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social Special Correspondent, Reuters. DM for Signal #
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BeerTengoku @beertengoku.com The biggest independent guide to Japanese craft beer, bars, and interviews.
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Lisa Twaronite Sone @ltwaronitesone.bsky.social Tokyo & Kyoto.
Writer/editor/gardener/cook, birthing person, mother of dogs, avowed enemy of the patriarchy. I'm no damn lady.
Ex-Dow Jones/MarketWatch/Reuters.
Mostly harmless.
Gearoid Reidy ใชใผใใฃใผใปใฌใญใฆใ @gearoidreidy.bsky.social Bloomberg Opinion columnist on Japan/the Koreas. โFinal Boss of the Japan finance bro dungeon.โ ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ. Retweets โ endorsements, opinions are mine.
Matt Alt @mattalt.bsky.social Tokyo-based writer, localizer, cultural consultant. Author of Pure Invention, Yokai Attack, and more.
https://www.mattalt.com/
https://blog.pureinventionbook.com/
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