Andy Sharp
@sharp_writing
Opinion editor @NikkeiAsia. Brit in Tokyo. No Pulitzers etc. DMs open. Tips and pitches to [email protected] 力愛不二.
I had them honour of interviewing @Awich098 recently. She was warm, engaging and passionate in talking about her past, her new record and her future plans. asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks… via @NikkeiAsia
Time and time again, the Prime Minister says the situation in Gaza is intolerable… but he keeps on tolerating it. Palestinian statehood was literally in his own manifesto, so why won’t he recognise it now? I wonder if Donald Trump is stopping him.
Would be a great help if foreign residents of Japan could spend a couple of minutes filling this in.
Dear Nikkei Asia followers and readers, We're conducting a newsroom survey aimed at foreign residents of Japan seeking their thoughts on the results of Japan's recent election, particularly with regard to the gains made by the Sanseito party. This survey is entirely anonymous…
'Japanese-First' Sanseito borrows from playbook of European far right asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan…
If you missed it a few days ago, here is a piece about Sanseito from a researcher who has followed the party for several years: "Sanseito brings far-right populism to Japan: Party's rise marks a shift toward conspiracist, anti-globalist rhetoric"
Sanseito brings far-right populism to Japan s.nikkei.com/3IxTb7H
It’s still going!
Just a reminder that @NikkeiAsia has a ***free*** blog running tonight on the upper house election in Japan. Lots of updates to come. asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan… via @NikkeiAsia
Japan's PM Ishiba vows to carry on despite big loss in upper house poll - Nikkei Asia asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan…
NHK shared this video explaining how exit polling allows them to collect enough data to call some races before all the votes are counted on election night. In some cases, the gap is big enough that they can call certain races when polls close at 8PM.
A beautiful day for an election in Tokyo. Turnout is expected to be up from three years ago - probably bad news for the LDP.
Groundhog Day.
Japan tariff negotiator Akazawa to hold more trade talks in US next week reut.rs/44GlQQI
Tokyo ward seeks 5-year ban against condo resales to cool prices asia.nikkei.com/Business/Marke…
A nuclear reboot for Japan. Japan's Kansai Electric to begin work on next-generation nuclear plant asia.nikkei.com/Business/Energ… via @NikkeiAsia
Nostalgia and YouTube: Sanseito mines yearning for a lost Japan in election @ryohtarohsatoh speaks with Sanseito supporters on their reasons for voting for the increasingly popular party - a yearning for a perceived lost Japan is one. asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan… via @NikkeiAsia
Drops today: this week's ARB @NewBooksNetwork podcast features @nickrigordon in conversation with @JamesDJBrown, author of “Cracking the Crab: Russian Espionage Against Japan, from Peter the Great to Richard Sorge” @HurstPublishers asianreviewofbooks.com/podcast-with-j…
Electric guitar maker Fernandes enters bankruptcy proceedings asia.nikkei.com/Business/Compa… via @NikkeiAsia
'Japanese First' party rocked by suspicions of Russian interference asia.nikkei.com/content/65deee… via @NikkeiAsia
