kijinosu (Alan Engel, PhD)

@ttcrossroads.net

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筑波大学中央図書館ボランティア Volunteer, Univ Tsukuba Central Library

Graph displaying monthly residential migration between Ibaraki Prefecture and outside Japan. Six groups: inbound Japanese, outbound Japanese, inbound foreign residents, outbound foreign residents, registrations deleted ex officio for Japanese, and registrations deleted ex officio for foreign residents.
AI-generated photo of Centrist Reform Alliance candidate Kamata Sayuri portrays her as flipping the bird when original photo shows her with a raised fist.
Photo of Japanese mother and baby
Human SOS figure on a lake in Minneapolis
https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASTDR3Q3NTDRUJHB00BM.html
Kamiya Sohei as a Kewpie doll as created by Sora AI
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Column from Yomiuri Shimbun, 19 June 1970, p.21 arguing that Komeito would cease to exist within 10 years with its members dividing between LDP and some other party, perhaps the Socialist Party.
Chart showing Komeito's election results from 2019 and 2023.
Chart showing Komeito's election results from 2019 and 2023.
Advertisement for an #antivaccine movie, Hippocrates Blindspot. Showing at the Shinjuku Piccadilly, 10 October Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gmahaxkYlw Asahi Shimbun, 8 October 2025
Photo of a white sheep in a flock of black sheep. Text: The closer you get to God, the weirder you get to people. Satan's strategy is simple: make sin look normal and make righteousness look weird.
Photo of Takaichi Sanae
Recycle station at local Japanese supermarket. From left: Transparent containers Aluminum and steel cans Foam trays Milk cartons (unfolded) Egg trays PET bottles PET bottles PET bottle caps Scale for weighing recycled paper (customers get points) Magazine & newpaper Cardboard
Graph comparing PET bottle collection and recycle rates in 2019 for US, Europe and Japan: Bottle Collection Bottle Recycle US 27.9% 19.7% Europe 57.5% 39.5% Japan 93.0% 85.8%
Chart comparing changes in the share of the world's Christians by region in 2010 and 2020: Sub-Saharan Africa - 24.8% in 2010 -> 30.7% in 2020 Latin America-Caribbean - 24.8% -> 24.1% Europe - 25.8% -> 22.3% Asia-Pacific - 11.8% -> 11.8% North America - 12.4% -> 10.5% Middle East-North Africa - 0.5% -> 0.6%
Chart of top threats seen by multiple countries. 53% of Japanese see China as their top threat, 16 % see the U.S. as the top threat, 12% see North Korea as their top threat, and 10% see Russia as the top threat.
Left half of campaign statement for Sakurai Shoko.
Ad in Ibaraki Pref election flyer depicting NHK Party candidate Sakai Akio and his statement supporting Trump’s immigration policies
Photo of die-cast models of Air Force I & II plane set.
Cartoon showing 3 people running from attacks. One says, “I don’t really mind the government’s new death ray, because it hasn’t hit me yet”
JD Vance as the Grim Reaper, by Sora
A poster advertising a German Research Fair aimed at university students, postdocs, researchers, and people interested in Japan-German cooperative research funds. About 20 German universities, research institutes and funding organizations represented. URL: www.dwih-tokyo.org/grf2025-ja
Cartoon of RFK Jr. examining a kid with measles. A worm popping out of RFK's forehead says, "Looking good!"
Photo of Russian soldier and donkey.
Photo of the cover of Terror, Love and Brainwashing
Copies of library cards from the National Diet Library, the National Library of China, the University of Tsukuba, and the Tsukuba Public Library.
Map of Minnesota kindergarten MMR vaccination rates by county, 2023/2024 compared to Gaines County, Texas
Alexandra Stein's (@alexandrastein.bsky.social) Terror, Love and Brainwashing