Mastodawn

The Japan Times 1d ago

From a Hungarian choir in Budapest to EU diplomacy in Brussels, the fate of minority languages reveals how states define themselves — and whom they protect. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/06/11/world/fate-of-minority-languages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #languages #nationalism #hungary #ukraine #miyako #taiwan #yaeyama #yonaguni #okinawan #unesco #eu #transcarpathia #china #tibetans #uyghurs #mongolians #russia #crimea #ryukyukingdom

Language, power and the price of entry

The same logic that protects Hungarians in Ukraine leaves Russian in the cold. Language policy, it turns out, has a foreign policy.

The Japan Times

Real-Time Disaster Earth Alert 2d ago

📍 113 km E of Miyako, Japan
🕐 Wed 10 Jun 2026 07:14 UTC
🌍 M4.5 Earthquake 🟢 Light
📊 Magnitude: 4.5
📏 Depth: 28.2 km — Shallow
🗺️ 39.751, 143.2607

🔗 https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000srzd

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AllQuakes - EMSC 2d ago

🔔#Earthquake (#地震) M3.6 strikes 48 km NE of #Miyako (#Japan) 5 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=2008431

AllQuakes - EMSC 2d ago

🔔#Earthquake (#地震) M4.4 strikes 124 km E of #Miyako (#Japan) 7 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=2008392

AllQuakes - EMSC 6d ago

🔔#Earthquake (#地震) M4.4 strikes 137 km E of #Miyako (#Japan) 19 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=2006393

AllQuakes - EMSC 6d ago

🔔#Earthquake (#地震) M3.7 strikes 6 km SE of #Miyako (#Japan) 6 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=2006392

AllQuakes - EMSC 6d ago

🔔#Earthquake (#地震) M5.0 strikes 72 km NE of #Miyako (#Japan) 11 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=2006365

Real-Time Disaster Earth Alert Jun 4

📍 144 km E of Miyako, Japan
🕐 Thu 04 Jun 2026 17:44 UTC
🌍 M4.7 Earthquake 🟢 Light
📊 Magnitude: 4.7
📏 Depth: 10 km — Shallow
🗺️ 39.8257, 143.615

🔗 https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000sqnl

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AllQuakes - EMSC Jun 4

🔔#Earthquake (#地震) M4.7 strikes 144 km E of #Miyako (#Japan) 1hr 19min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=2005449

AllQuakes - EMSC Jun 1

🔔#Earthquake (#地震) M4.6 strikes 89 km SE of #Miyako (#Japan) 49 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=2003786