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伊藤詩織さん監督のドキュメンタリー映画、日本公開が12月に決定
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/9c7037a99fbc1430f95920ab916f443b8de2fb92

“It’s respectable Islamophobia that’s more insidious. The framing of newspaper headlines; the choice of which stories to cover; the way in which prestigious Wall Street Journal and New York Times columnists will casually compare Arabs to bugs and insects”. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/06/zohran-mamdani-islamophobia

Mamdani’s mayoral race was marred by unhinged Islamophobia. It’s not going away soon

The racist abuse that Zohran Mamdani is still facing proves how normalized bigotry is. We need to keep calling it out

The Guardian

Eric Rechsteiner Nov 2

Australian dad arrested in Japan after trying to see his abducted daughter
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/australian-dad-arrested-in-japan-after-trying-to-see-his-abducted-child-20251030-p5n6h6.html

Australian dad arrested in Japan after trying to see his abducted child

Ninety Australian children have been abducted by their Japanese parent. Randy Kavanagh has been arrested after trying to see his daughter.

The Sydney Morning Herald

Eric Rechsteiner Oct 22

Beef, pork, chicken: the world loves cheap meat. If people knew what really goes in it, that love affair would be over
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/21/antibiotic-resistance-farms-food-production-uk-eu

Beef, pork, chicken: the world loves cheap meat. If people knew what really goes in it, that love affair would be over

Antibiotic use in farming is now rampant. How meat is produced in China may mean the drugs you need here won’t work, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

The Guardian

Eric Rechsteiner Oct 14

In 2024, Kyoto welcomed 11 million foreign travellers… but 45 million Japanese visitors.
https://worldcrunch.com/food-travel/is-this-the-end-of-japans-golden-age-of-travel/

Is This The End Of Japan’s Golden Age Of Travel?

The pandemic has put a damper on the Japanese tourism boom. Also discouraged by international crises, they now prefer local vacations.

Worldcrunch

Eric Rechsteiner Oct 13

The Mainichi 🤖Oct 13

'Don't bring in foreign culture': Outburst on train leaves Nepali man in Japan fearful https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251010/p2a/00m/0na/028000c

'Don't bring in foreign culture': Outburst on train leaves Nepali man in Japan fearful - The Mainichi

When Jigyan Kumar Thapa, a Nepalese national living in Kanagawa Prefecture just south of Tokyo, was traveling home on the train one day, a man appeari

The Mainichi

Eric Rechsteiner Oct 3

Discrimination Persists for Foreigners Who Obtain Japanese Citizenship https://thediplomat.com/2025/09/discrimination-persists-for-foreigners-who-obtain-japanese-citizenship/

Discrimination Persists for Foreigners Who Obtain Japanese Citizenship

As anti-immigration sentiment rises, kikajin are being subjected to new scrutiny.

The Diplomat

Eric Rechsteiner Sep 29

‘Racist messages have been scribbled on Kurd-related businesses, while social media users take secret photos of foreign residents they then post online, wrongly accusing them of shoplifting.’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/29/kurdish-migrants-japan-kurds-immigration

‘My kids are too scared to go outside’: Kurdish migrants face hostility as Japan wrestles with demographic crisis

Antagonism toward migrant communities visible in the UK, Europe and the US appears to be spreading to Japan

The Guardian

Eric Rechsteiner Sep 28, 2025

Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/27/meat-gas-emissions-reporting

Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds

Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions

The Guardian

Eric Rechsteiner Sep 27, 2025

When you consider the ecocide alongside the genocide, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/27/israel-ecocide-gaza-bombs-agricultural-land-genocide

Israel’s gecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here

Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian

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