安田菜津紀 Natsuki Yasuda @natsukiyasuda.bsky.social 認定NPO法人Dialogue for People（ダイアローグフォーピープル/D4P）フォトジャーナリスト。同団体の副代表。東南アジア、中東、アフリカ、日本国内で難民や貧困、災害の取材を進める。東日本大震災以降は陸前高田市を中心に、被災地を記録し続けている。著書に『国籍と遺書、兄への手紙 ルーツを巡る旅の先に』（ヘウレーカ）、他。TBSテレビ『サンデーモーニング』にコメンテーターとして出演中。 https://d4p.world/
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.
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- featuring the Anime and Manga Studies Database
Ayşe Zarakol @aysezarakol.bsky.social IR & Historical Sociology. Prof of IR, Cambridge POLIS. Author of Before the West & After Defeat. Current AE at International Organization. A 'citizen of nowhere' with three passports...
James Hardy @aspacjames.bsky.social UK diplomat in Tokyo with soft spot for Japanese politics, snow, sake and sumo.
Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social Vice Dean and Professor at the IE School of Economics, Politics and Global Affairs at IE University, Madrid (she/her)
www.catherinedevries.eu
Respect the Marble Substack: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social Japanese politics analyst; author of The Iconoclast: Shinzō Abe and the New Japan; Chicago-born Cubs fan now living in DC; marathoner.
Substack: Observingjapan.substack.com.
Business: www.japanforesight.com
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
Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social political theologian at the ministry for the future (anglican - classical social democrat)
interests: classics, history, philosophy, conflict + IR, economics/economic history, foreign policy, climate change, E. Asia
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
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Emily @suika.bsky.social Editor at @tokyoreview.net. Freelance journalist & translator. Independent researcher specialising in Japanese LGBTQ+ politics. Volunteer lexicographer. Photographer. Tanka poet. Human.
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