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Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸 Profile picture
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Hashimoto Magomi is a former yakuza who unsuccessful ran for political office several times in recent years (see the Vice link to read about his 2021 campaign). Today he helped American livestreamer Johnny Somali film an apology video. vice.com/en/article/7kb… ImageImageImageImage
Johnny has faced intense online hate due to viral videos on Twitter of his extreme rudeness. Millions have watched the videos in the last two weeks. Hashimoto seems to have been asked to help defuse the situation. ImageImage
Some of the most extreme racist reactions were from Japanese internet rightists, who are always looking for "bad foreigner" stories. Hashimoto has also been a target of racism - his election posters were likely vandalized because of his Korean ancestry. hashimotomagomi.amebaownd.com/posts/22878124 Image
Hashimoto convinced Johnny to deliver an apology along with a dogeza, a deep bow used when expressing remorse. Some are reacting by saying apology was not sincere.
Hashimoto has a YouTube channel, but he's quite different from "meiwaku" YouTubers like Koroaki, or the vigilante YouTuber Guts, both of whom have targeted Johnny. Most of his videos involve conversations, not sensational confrontations: youtube.com/@honchi0425/vi… Image
Hashimoto is also featured in the Vice video from June 2022: "From Yakuza Gangster to Politician" Image

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Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸 Profile picture
Jun 10
LDP lawmaker Hagiuda Koichi is in trouble:
1) He was heavily implicated in the Unification Church scandal
2) The right-wing is angry about his support for the watered-down LGBT rights bill
3) He won't get an endorsement from Komeito if he runs for re-election in Tokyo
The quoted tweet from Post Seven shows him at the top of a list of lawmakers representing districts with a large number of Komeito voters. If Komeito goes through with its plan to not endorse any LDP candidates in Tokyo, Hagiuda will be in serious danger of losing.
He has also become a target of sustained attacks from rightists raging over the LGBT bill. This mock election poster, shared by right-wing YouTuber Fukuda Moe, obsesses over the sex crimes that will allegedly occur in public restrooms if the bill is passed. Image
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Jun 9
A day after telling a group of Japanese livestreamers and YouTubers that he would stop livestreaming on trains, American streamer Johnny Somali was at it again today. However, he was being followed by Guts, a Japanese YouTuber known for catching voyeur photographers and chikan. ImageImage
The police were eventually called and are questioning both of them. The police are telling him that the both of them are going to be taken to the police station.
The police are being very patient as he repeatedly tells them his a "victim" and wants to leave. The police are not letting him leave. He is accusing them of racism. For some reason, they are not taking away the phone he is using to livestream.
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Jun 8
One of Japan's worst livestreamers is allegedly about to confront with one of America's worst livestreamers. Rengoku Koroaki claims he and his boys are heading to the location of racist American livestreamer "Johnny Somali."
In the last week videos of Johnny Somali verballing abusing Japanese people on trains and in other places have gone viral. He has been assaulted at least once for being a racist. Japanese netizens have been trying to figure out where he is staying.
Koroaki, who cosplays as Demon Slayer character Rengoku Kyōjurō, rose to infamy on the Japanese internet for his participation in a Japanese QAnon offshoot. More recently he has attached himself to other right-wing causes and even ran for political office.
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Jun 8
Right-wing Twitter users rage at US Ambassador Rahm Emanuel's praise of Japanese judges' rulings against the ban on same-sex marriage: Some are telling him to "leave Japan alone," while others are using the wording of the American-written Constitution of Japan to justify the ban ImageImageImage
Numerous polls have found a large majority of Japanese are in favor of dropping the ban on same-sex marriage. For example, this May 2023 JNN poll found that 63% favored legalizing same-sex marriage: newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/463…
And here is another poll, from Nikkei, showing that 65% of Japanese support the legalization of same-sex marriage. That includes 58% of LDP supporters. The main opposition to legalization comes from the conservative right of the LDP. nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO…
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Jun 8
ANN reports a Tokyo real estate firm allegedly employing thugs to coerce tenants into ending their leases early. They constantly monitor residents, dump trash on the land, and create disturbances throughout the night. ImageImage
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An international preschool in Japan's upscale Nishi-Azabu area suddenly closed its doors in March. It required advance tuition payments of 5 million yen ($35k), but the the school is apparently refusing to return the money. School founder Rina Rose says she's done nothing wrong. Image
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The school founder appears to have also used the name Rina Bovrisse. A little over 10 years ago she became famous internationally after suing Prada for sexual harassment and gender discrimination. salon.com/2013/11/14/pra…
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