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hoagecko (he/his) @sh.itjust.works 2w ago

Qwant has been blocking access from countries that have non-European languages as their official language since around 2020.It is still not available in Japan and other countries.

XユーザーのQwantさん: 「Some of you have reported difficulties using Qwant in several countries around the world. It is a difficult decision but we have decided to close access to our services in certain countries where we don’t believe to provide the expected quality of service. Our apologies for this.」 / X

I recommend using Stract and Mojeek, which builds its own index independently without relying on Bing or similar services.

EDIT: Add mojeek.

hoagecko (he/his) @sh.itjust.works 3w ago

Original Source is here.

Decision by the Government of Israel regarding the West Bank (Statement by Press Secretary KITAMURA Toshihiro) | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

hoagecko (he/his) @sh.itjust.works 3w ago

The article introduced by OP overlooks a crucial fact regarding the description of the event held at Yasukuni Shrine.

According to an official statement from The Pokémon Company, the event in question was organized by "an individual certified for the Pokémon Trading Card Game," and the company stated that this was mistakenly posted on its official website due to insufficient verification.

イベント告知に関するお詫び｜株式会社ポケモン｜The Pokémon Company

This was therefore a prank perpetrated by a malicious individual. It is incorrect to assume this event was officially organized by The Pokémon Company.

hoagecko (he/his) @sh.itjust.works 3w ago

Currently, in Japan, it is a major issue that her party’s video has been viewed 160 million times on YouTube. Of course, the majority of those views are thought to have been for advertising purposes.

She is a far-right politician who advocates “countermeasures against foreigners,” but she paid a large sum of money to Google, a foreign tech giant, to win the election.

At the very least, online election advertising will likely be an issue for discussion in the upcoming Diet session.

hoagecko (he/his) @sh.itjust.works 1mo ago

Nobuyuki Onogi: Libble Rabble (1983, AC)Tim Follin: Puzznic (1990, Amiga)Koichi Sugiyama: Tetris 2 + BomBliss (1991, FC)

hoagecko (he/his) @sh.itjust.works 1mo ago

I found a study that may be helpful.The project is called the Chapel Hill Expert Survey, which is being conducted by Gary Marks of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and others, and asks political experts in each country to evaluate the policy positions of major political parties in EU member states.

This survey interprets the multidimensional political conflict as stated in the question, and in the latest survey (Version 2025.1), it is measured by the following conflict terms:

Issue Options and Ties

Most Important Issue Options 1 = Anti-elite rhetoric 2 = Civil liberties 3 = Corruption 4 = Decentralization 5 = Deregulation 6 = Environment 7 = Ethnic minorities 8 = EU integration 9 = Immigration 10 = International security 11 = Multiculturalism 12 = Nationalism 13 = Public services vs taxes 14 = Redistribution 15 = Religious principles 16 = Social lifestyle 17 = State intervention 18 = Urban vs. rural Ties 19 = Tie: Anti-elite rhetoric and Corruption 20 = Tie: Anti-elite rhetoric and EU integration 21 = Tie: Anti-elite rhetoric and Immigration 22 = Tie: Anti-elite rhetoric and Nationalism 23 = Tie: Anti-elite rhetoric and Public services vs taxes 24 = Tie: Anti-elite rhetoric and Redistribution 25 = Tie: Civil liberties and Corruption 26 = Tie: Civil liberties and Multiculturalism 27 = Tie: Civil liberties and EU integration 28 = Tie: Corruption and Deregulation 29 = Tie: Corruption and Social lifestyle 30 = Tie: Decentralization and Nationalism 31 = Tie: Decentralization and State intervention 32 = Tie: Deregulation and Nationalism 33 = Tie: Deregulation and Public services vs taxes 34 = Tie: Deregulation and Redistribution 35 = Tie: Deregulation and State intervention 36 = Tie: Ethnic minorities and Social lifestyle 37 = Tie: EU integration and Redistribution 38 = Tie: EU integration and Social lifestyle 39 = Tie: Immigration and International security 40 = Tie: Multiculturalism and Nationalism 41 = Tie: Public services vs taxes and Redistribution 42 = Tie: Public services vs taxes and State intervention 43 = Tie: Redistribution and Social lifestyle 44 = Tie: Redistribution and State intervention 45 = Tie: Social lifestyle and State intervention 46 = Tie: Social lifestyle and Urban vs rural 47 = Tie: Anti-elite rhetoric and Deregulation and Ethnic minorities 48 = Tie: Anti-elite rhetoric and Environment and International security 49 = Tie: Decentralization and Public services vs taxes and Redistribution 50 = Tie: Deregulation and Ethnic minorities and State intervention 51 = Tie: EU integration and Social lifestyle and State intervention 52 = Tie: Civil liberties and Multiculturalism and Public services vs taxes and Redistribution 53 = Tie: Decentralization and Ethnic minorities 54 = Tie: EU integration and Nationalism 55 = Tie: Deregulation and Multiculturalism and State Intervention 56 = Tie: Immigration and Social Lifestyle
Source: Codebook *PDF

Reference

Official

Project website

The 2024 Chapel Hill Expert Survey on political party positioning in Europe: Twenty-five years of party positional data - ScienceDirect

Unofficial

Introduction to the Chapel Hill Expert Survey – Blog d'Emilien Houard-Vial

経済・社会文化・グローバリゼーションー2020年の各国政党政治ー｜NIRA総合研究開発機構 (Article in Japanese)

hoagecko (he/his) @sh.itjust.works 1mo ago

Yes, Sakura is also a girl's name.

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hoagecko (he/his) @sh.itjust.works 1mo ago

Japan: 花 (Hana, Flower), 菫 (Sumire, violet), 蓮 (Ren, lotus), 蘭 (Ran, Orchid), 柊 (Hiiragi).

hoagecko (he/his) @sh.itjust.works 1mo ago

hoagecko (he/his) @sh.itjust.works 2mo ago

Thanks.

hoagecko (he/his) @sh.itjust.works 2mo ago

Thanks.

hoagecko (he/his) @sh.itjust.works 2mo ago

While I'm not in favor of boycotting culture, I do feel like boycotting products and services that incorporate it.

So I try to buy boycotted cultural products secondhand whenever possible.

This way, I can legally obtain culture, but it prevents American companies from making any additional profits. (Naturally, I avoid using Amazon[.]com when making these purchases.)

The problem then arises when an American artist performs in the country where I live.

Naturally, experiential entertainment cannot be recorded, meaning it cannot be purchased secondhand. This issue determines whether a boycott is feasible based on how individual artists respond to corruption in the United States.

Separately, I also try to avoid cultural dependency on social media platforms such as YouTube and x[.]com by prioritizing domestic alternatives (such as Nico Nico Douga and mixi2).

hoagecko (he/his) @sh.itjust.works 2mo ago

Japan: Sakura Sakura (Cherry blossoms)

hoagecko (he/his) @sh.itjust.works 2mo ago

In Japanese, the English phrase “12 years old” is written as ‘12歳’ or “12才”.

Both “歳” and ‘才’ are read as “sai,” and “歳” is the standard form.

As an exception, since children in elementary education typically learn the character “歳” before “才,” it is sometimes common to write ages as “12才” during the period after learning ‘才’ but before learning “歳.”