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Japan is 1.5% of the world’s population.
Japanese speakers? 1.7%.
Yet on X, Japanese is the #2 most-posted language on Earth.
Second only to English.
1.7% of humanity. Holding second place.
Give us a place to speak, and we won’t stay silent.
We just never had one.
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CNN once chose the 31 most beautiful places in Japan.
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I don’t even know how to describe this place.
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On the drive to my grandmother’s village, we passed a little wooden stand by the road.
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In Japan, a bathroom stall is a sealed fortress. Floor to ceiling. A castle for one.
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Look down at the yellow bumpy tiles on your train platform.
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66 percent.