Aniline Applications @anilineapps.bsky.social We make Indigo and Croissant, apps for better social experiences.
Aaron Vegh & Ben Rice McCarthy
A-Shell @a-shell-ios.bsky.social Local terminal for iOS. Run Unix commands locally on your iPad or iPhones. Support, questions, announcements.
Tailscale @tailscale.com Your private programmable network.
Screens @screensvnc.bsky.social Screens lets you seamlessly control your computer from anywhere using your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Vision Pro. #screensharing #vnc #remotedesktop
https://screens.app
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!!
shop.specialprojects.jp
craigmod.com
Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social Econ professor at Michigan ● Senior fellow, Brookings ● Intro econ textbook author ● Chief economist & Deputy platypus https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com ● Find me: https://linktr.ee/justinwolfers
OpenAI @openaidevs.bsky.social OpenAI's mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. We're hiring: www.0penai.com/jobs
Flare App @flareapp.moe Browse Mastodon, Bluesky, X, Misskey, Nostr and RSS all in one app. One timeline, all your accounts, cross-post everywhere.
https://flareapp.moe/
Dogen @dogenofficial.bsky.social Japanese teacher
patreon.com/dogen
youtube.com/dogen
The Iconfactory @iconfactory.iconfactory.world.ap.brid.gy For 30 years, the Iconfactory has the made the software and digital goodies you love. We craft icons, apps, and memorable brands for clients large & small […]
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The Iconfactory @iconfactory.com For over 25 years, the Iconfactory has made software beautiful. We craft icons, apps, and user experiences for clients large & small. Let’s get started.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social Opinions about product management, technology news and inclusivity in tech. Diversity is about demographics, inclusion is about creating a sense of belonging.
Tokyo Review @tokyoreview.net A publishing platform for academics, journalists and researchers writing in-depth, evidence-based work on issues related to Japan and its place in the world.
Chris Pearce @kobehonyaku.com Japanese-to-English technical/industrial translator
日英 技術・産業 翻訳者
Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social Skeet about markets and political corruption
Discord: http://bit.ly/3Bf2pNJ
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James Brady @frogjumpsin.bsky.social Geo/political risk analyst of Japan, East Asia⎮Public policy Ph.D.⎮ 🇮🇪🇯🇵🇺🇸⎮Washington, D.C.
Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com Building Digital Ecosystems at Google.
https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke
He/him.
CARROT @carrot-app.bsky.social The A.I. construct with a heart of weapons-grade plutonium.
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
Romeo Marcantuoni @rmarcantuoni.bsky.social Assistant Professor at GIS, Hosei University; Ph.D. from GSAPS, Waseda University. Political Scientist - Japanese Politics
Romy Koo @romykoo.bsky.social Korea Analyst @TheAsiaGroup prev Intern @korea.csis.org | Hopkins alum
Alistair Munro @alistair-munro.bsky.social Professor. Co-Chief-Editor Environmental & Resource Economics. Behavioural, Environmental, Experimental, Development. Mostly Ibaraki. バーコードなし. Sky Blue.
chronotis.bsky.social @chronotis.bsky.social Mostly on Mastodon. If you would follow @ap.brid.gy your posts can be automatically bridged to Mastodon and I would appreciate it. See https://fed.brid.gy/ for more info. @salyavin.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy
James Reynolds @earthuncuttv.bsky.social Global tropical cyclone interceptor, volcanic eruption hunter & snow lover. Born in 🇬🇧, living in 🇯🇵 Video available only via license
Robert Nordström (PhD) @rnords.bsky.social Research Associate at Waseda University. Discussing politics and social issues in Japan. Posts are my own views. He/him🌈 EN/日本語/SWE/FI
website: robertnordstrom.jp
永原宣 Hiromu Nagahara @hiromunagahara.bsky.social MIT historian of Modern Japan
MIT教員・近代日本史
https://history.mit.edu/people/hiromu-nagahara/
Currently researching: cultural history of diplomacy, Japanese Anglophones and Anglophiles
Public transit-appreciator and photo-taker
Julia C. Bullock @juliacbullock.bsky.social Professor of Japanese Studies and Director of the Halle Institute for Global Research and Learning at Emory University. Modern Japanese literature, history, gender and sexuality studies, film and media, translation. Beauvoir in Japan! Opinions mine.
Jack Alexander @jackalexander26.bsky.social Copyeditor and proofreader of non-fiction living in Japan
www.alexanderproofreading.com
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Joseph Majkut @josephmajkut.bsky.social Energy, Climate, and US and global politics. Lapsed scientist. Director @csis
HPC Guru @hpcguru.bsky.social Not a HPC Guru, but I play one on social media- S Steve Bellovin @stevebellovin.bsky.social
Ernie Tedeschi @ernietedeschi.bsky.social Personal Account. Chief economist at Stripe. Former Director of Economics, The Budget Lab at Yale University. Former Chief Economist, White House Council of Economic Advisers.
Peter Durfee @durfee.bsky.social Translator/editor in the world’s largest Japantown 
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Flightradar24 @flightradar24.com The world’s most trusted flight tracker.
Jean Lee @newsjean.bsky.social 
Phoenix by Tapbots @phoenix.tapbots.com An upcoming Bluesky Client for iOS/iPadOS & Mac from the makers of Tweetbot and Ivory.
Please don't take it personally if we don't respond often with this account. We are extremely busy working on Phoenix.
https://tapbots.com/phoenix
Tina Nguyen @tinanguyen.bsky.social Senior Reporter at The Verge and author of Regulator, covering Big Tech vs Big Government. Formerly Puck/Politico/Vanity Fair. Wrote a book called THE MAGA DIARIES. Send your juiciest/most apocalyptic goss to tina@theverge.com or @tina_nguyen.19 on signal.
Victoria Song @vicmsong.bsky.social Senior reviewer and author of the Optimizer newsletter for The Verge. I write about wearables, health tech, the wellness wild west, and other gadgets. Previously: Gizmodo, PCMag, Yomiuri Shimbun.
Signal: @vicmsong.14
Grand poobah of the penguin brigade.
Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social Staff writer @newyorker, proud wife of @peterbakernyt and mom of @tab_delete, co-author, "Kremlin Rising," "The Man Who Ran Washington," and "The Divider: Trump in the White House."
Joanna Stern @joannastern.bsky.social 👩🏻💻 Senior personal tech columnist @WSJ
📺 Contributor @nbcnews + @CNBC
🏆 Emmy winner, technology and family lover
Gaijin Mommy @Gaijinmommy.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy [bridged from https://famichiki.jp/@Gaijinmommy on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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Joseph Tame @josephta.me Founder of Tokyo-based creative agency / video production company Wild Tame; Marathon runner; performance artist; Japan resident; husband; dad and more.
https://wildta.me
Scott Yoshinaga @kimonostereo.bsky.social Worker bee for https://nemu-nemu.com. Blog https://ohmypizza.com ♥ Guitars, Apple, WebDev, Photography & Comics. Most posts are syndicated from: https://updates.ohmypizza.com
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social The New York Times national security and legal reporter. Not the Welsh footballer, Roddy Doyle character or 19th Century adventurer in Fiji.
Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social reporter at @theverge.com, and things of that nature. i cover social media/tech companies and life online. contact me securely on signal: @miasato.11.
Democrats Abroad Japan @demsabroadjapan.bsky.social Democrats Abroad Japan's official Blue Sky account. Follow us for information on upcoming elections, absentee voting, and how to be politically and socially engaged as an American abroad!
Official website: https://www.democratsabroad.org/jp
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
Daniel Warriner @danielwarriner.com Editor in Tokyo posting Japan-related stuff, articles, essays, photos, and fiction.
記事やフィクション、気になる映画の解説など投稿しています。
Web: https://www.danielwarriner.com/
ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com president of @eurasiagroup.net and @gzeromedia.com political scientist, author.
if you're not following some people you dislike, you're doing it wrong. i'm happy to help.
Ayaka Nonaka @ayanonagon.bsky.social Northern California // Shortcuts @ Apple // she/her
Marques Brownlee @mkbhd.com Video maker
The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp News, features and commentary from the oldest (est. 1897) and most widely read English-language media outlet in Japan.
JT staff on Bluesky: https://jtim.es/bskysp
Our newsletters: https://jtime.es/newsletters
Elsewhere: jtim.es/m/social
devin ivy 🐋 @divy.zone 🌀 bluesky team
Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team Founder & Chief Innovation Officer @ Bluesky
Working on @attie.ai
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Jane Manchun Wong @wongmjane.com 
sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social i write at @theverge.com. Portland, OR.
James D.J. Brown @jamesdjbrown.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Temple University Japan. Currently working on: “Spy Paradise: Russian Espionage against Japan, from the Cold War to Cyber Warfare.” This book is the sequel to “Cracking the Crab”.
Brian Schatz @schatz.bsky.social United States Senator for Hawaii. Climate hawk. Chief Deputy Whip. 
Kevin Newman @kevinnewman.bsky.social Edo denizen
Blue Ridge raised. UNC / 関西外国語大学 / Fletcher School
Early onset curmudgeon
忙中閑あり
vee 🐛 @veenbl.bsky.social M.A. Student in Modern Japanese Studies at @hhu I Architecture, Landscapes and all-things structure I they/them 🏳️🌈
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Levi @lescoggi.bsky.social he/him. algo/SRE/infra/platform. cur: Nom prev: LOT, Goog. java, rust, clojure. opinions mine.
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.
Lillian Tsay @lilliantsay.bsky.social Assistant Professor @Univeristé de Montréal. Modern Japanese and Taiwanese history.
Love/Art Blues @loveartblues.bsky.social Osaka, Japan
Tonight’s the night.
Larry Staples @lstaples.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Came to #Japan in 1984 to study 日本語 @ ICU. Been working in Japan IT and telecommunications since then. Favorites are not endorsements.
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Tim Berners-Lee @timbl.bsky.social Inventor of WWW
Co-founder & CTO Inrupt.com | Lead, Solidproject.org
Co-founder WebFoundation.org & theODI.org
Founder w3.org
My memoir ‘This is for Everyone’ https://thisisforeveryone.timbl.com/
Follow me on Mastodon https://w3c.social/@timbl- F Fukumimi @fukumimi.bsky.social Yes that one from elsewhere
Akiko @akikohayashi.bsky.social Graphic designer based in Japan.
Ryan @snarfed.org https://snarfed.org
Sayaka Chatani @sayakachatani.bsky.social Historian at NUS. A Nation Within: North Korean Zainichi in Postimperial Japan (Stanford UP, 2026)
Grassroots Operations of the Japanese Empire: primary sources translated for teaching purposes -> japaneseempire.info
zeynep tufekci @zey.bsky.social It is said that there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all
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. 
Andrew Hall @andrewinfukuoka.bsky.social Teaching Japanese History at Kyushu University.
1960s student protests in Kyushu. Japanese colonialism in Korea, Manchuria.
Editor: "The Path and the Gate" "Education . . . Modern Korea, 1875-1945"
Reviews editor: Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought
Ethan Mark @ethanmark.bsky.social Historian of modern Japan and Indonesia at Leiden University. Author, Japan's Occupation of Java in the Second World War: A Transnational History; translator, Grassroots Fascism (吉見義明の「草の根のファシズム:日本民衆の戦争体験」の英訳). Lover and player of funky music
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/. - C Corey Wallace @coreyjwallace.bsky.social Japanese foreign policy and regional geopolitics. Kanagawa University (Minatomirai Campus), Yokohama.
Jolyon Thomas @jolyonbt.bsky.social Assoc. Prof of Religious Studies. Author, Drawing on Tradition (2012), Faking Liberties (2019); co-editor, New Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions (2025); co-author, Animating Action (coming Dec 2026). Web: jolyon.thomasresearch.org
Gabriele Vogt @gabrielevogt.bsky.social Professor (Chair) in Japanese Studies at LMU Munich ➡️ studies: politics & society | migration & labor market | demography & democracy | cultures of vigilance (SFB 1369) | Okinawa
Benjamin Uchiyama @buchiyama.bsky.social Modern Japan historian. Ex-Aggie/RSEA alum/Jayhawk. Once and future Trojan. Recovering ramen addict. I also wrote a book! https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316899823
Amy Stanley @astanley711.bsky.social Historian of Japan. Loves dogs. Famous 女史, notorious enemy of all sexual relations.
Jeremy Yellen @jeremyyellen.bsky.social Historian of modern Japan in Hong Kong.
Martin Phillips @martinjp.bsky.social Japan since ‘97. Financial planner and writer. Writing about macro, Japan stocks, crypto and investing trends.
I help people organise their financial lives. http://www.smartmoneyasia.com
Chris Burke @cbdesu.bsky.social Born and raised in Los Angeles but currently calling Tokyo home.
Nerd
Futbol obsessed.
Dodgers fan.
Jesse Johnson @jljzen.bsky.social Covering defense and diplomacy for @japantimes.co.jp • Signal: jljzen.18 • views my own • Japan resident since 2002 • グリーン車 aficionado
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.
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 don’t tell anyone. 日本語👌
Profile: @nakimushiart.bsky.social
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 ≠ endorsements. https://linktr.ee/jeffreyjhall
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/
https://linktr.ee/mattalt