# ![@writerofscratch Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::945276571.png) @writerofscratch Emily

Emily posts on X about japan, in the, tokyo, transgender the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [---] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[countries](/list/countries)  14% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  8% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  7% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  5% [stocks](/list/stocks)  4% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  2% [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands)  2% [fashion brands](/list/fashion-brands)  2% [finance](/list/finance)  2% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  1%

**Social topic influence**
[japan](/topic/japan) 11%, [in the](/topic/in-the) 10%, [tokyo](/topic/tokyo) 6%, [transgender](/topic/transgender) 6%, [guess](/topic/guess) 4%, [funny](/topic/funny) 4%, [$googl](/topic/$googl) 3%, [$2501t](/topic/$2501t) 3%, [ward](/topic/ward) 3%, [the first](/topic/the-first) 3%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
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**Top assets mentioned**
[Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"The real revelation isn't that "Colonel Otaku Gatekeeper" isn't Japanese. Basically everyone knew that. What's shocking is that he's old enough to have played on the Sega Mega Drive as a kid. That makes his whole schtick so much more embarrassing than it already is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1827479719945892191)  2024-08-24T22:54Z 11.1K followers, 290.7K engagements


"Today marks ten years since Shibuya and Setagaya became Japan's first two municipalities recognizing the relationships of LGBTQ+ couples with local policies that would end up contributing to nationwide change. My latest for @TokyoReview: https://www.tokyoreview.net/2025/11/a-decade-of-lgbt-partnership-systems-in-japan-local-policies-that-contributed-to-nationwide-change https://www.tokyoreview.net/2025/11/a-decade-of-lgbt-partnership-systems-in-japan-local-policies-that-contributed-to-nationwide-change"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986076217314087223)  2025-11-05T14:20Z 11.1K followers, 42K engagements


"Regardless of what gender you were assigned at birth virtually everyone has internalised misogyny and sexism to unpack. It came free with your being born and raised in a patriarchy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2019224745603145858)  2026-02-05T01:41Z 11.1K followers, 142K engagements


"People in Japan will be saved from heat stroke or anemia by store clerks and then still give the store 4/5 stars on Google Maps"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2013980231418396995)  2026-01-21T14:21Z 11.1K followers, 912.8K engagements


"It's not just national politicians campaigning in Japan right now. Haruna Yonekura (@yonekura_haruna) who is a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly for the Japanese Communist Party just gave a speech at Nakano Station to tell people to vote JCP in the PR vote"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2016345541890982003)  2026-01-28T03:00Z 11.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Ken Suzuki (@xianken1 ) a legal scholar employed at Meiji University who has been active in LGBT activism for several decades currently giving speech in support of Karen Yoda (@karenshinjyuku): "let's make her Japan's first transgender member of parliament""  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2017519994788319284)  2026-01-31T08:47Z 11.1K followers, [----] engagements


"My third @UnseenJapanSite piece: On the second last day of [----] Ibaraki Prefecture had it its first-ever pride parade Rainbow Pride Hitachi. https://unseen-japan.com/ibaraki-prefecture-first-pride-parade/ https://unseen-japan.com/ibaraki-prefecture-first-pride-parade/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2018144624477651012)  2026-02-02T02:09Z 11.1K followers, [---] engagements


"As a zoomer it is of vital importance we never let millenials find out we *also* played Cards Against Humanity during the 2010s. Cards Against Humanity was such a terrible vibe back in the day. No creativity ground the party to a halt. We cant let Gen Z find out about it confirms their every suspicion about millennials Cards Against Humanity was such a terrible vibe back in the day. No creativity ground the party to a halt. We cant let Gen Z find out about it confirms their every suspicion about millennials"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2018180111745654881)  2026-02-02T04:30Z 11.1K followers, 331.9K engagements


""An official of Sapporo City mistakenly issued ballot papers to a man in his 30s at an early voting station for the lower house election even though he was not eligible to vote in the city after the official mistook him for his twin brother." https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260202/p2a/00m/0na/005000c https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260202/p2a/00m/0na/005000c"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2018198887887249429)  2026-02-02T05:44Z 10.9K followers, [----] engagements


"@Archtistical 1.15% of the population in a recent survey by Dentsu. Really not that small of a percentage. https://www.dentsu.co.jp/sustainability/ally_action_guide/pdf/allyactionguide_mono_num_250610.pdf https://www.dentsu.co.jp/sustainability/ally_action_guide/pdf/allyactionguide_mono_num_250610.pdf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2019017094722195684)  2026-02-04T11:56Z 11.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran. Next question. What even is white people music. Like what do you guys think of when you hear that term. I have friends who think of anime music but others who think of Femtanyl/breakcore and others who think of vocaloid so im curious what everyone else thinks What even is white people music. Like what do you guys think of when you hear that term. I have friends who think of anime music but others who think of Femtanyl/breakcore and others who think of vocaloid so im curious what everyone else thinks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2019019727784570993)  2026-02-04T12:06Z 10.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Why you shouldn't blindly use Google Translate. COCONA of XG has joined a number of worldwide stars as Gucci's latest brand ambassador. "Gucci is pleased to announce COCONA from the artist group XG as its newest brand ambassador. Internationally acclaimed for her stunning stage performances exceptional expressiveness and https://t.co/NjOWTfqKJT COCONA of XG has joined a number of worldwide stars as Gucci's latest brand ambassador. "Gucci is pleased to announce COCONA from the artist group XG as its newest brand ambassador. Internationally acclaimed for her stunning stage performances"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2019372991474462935)  2026-02-05T11:30Z 11.1K followers, 14.1K engagements


"Incredibly embarrassing stuff from @JPopProjectNews imo because their use of quotation marks make it seem as if Gucci misgendered Cocona when in reality it's *their* mistake made by pulling Gucci's press release through Google Translate and calling it a day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2019467682899456251)  2026-02-05T17:46Z 11.1K followers, [----] engagements


"My body is waging war against me after I spent too much time having too much fun being too much back in Japan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2019625160706519168)  2026-02-06T04:12Z 11.1K followers, [---] engagements


"When we had to do presentations for the very first time in primary school around age [--] we found out a certain Dutch word for cats also has a different meaning (just like in English) because a cat-obsessed friend put the word into his search bar followed by ".nl" and hit enter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2019644219535847791)  2026-02-06T05:27Z 11.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@ytrav_alt @Lurker27794215 @astoadzeneca It says "medical diagnosis" is required in the Netherlands but that hasn't been true for over a decade either. There are still restrictions so I guess it makes sense not to color it blue but the categorization is flawed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2019711873072222208)  2026-02-06T09:56Z 11.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@ytrav_alt @Lurker27794215 @astoadzeneca Also: while Japanese law requires surgery actual rulings from the Supreme Court and other courts have led to a situation where most if not all trans men can change w/o surgery and at least some trans women have been able to too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2019712378452197729)  2026-02-06T09:58Z 11.1K followers, [---] engagements


"New conspiracy theory just dropped: at some point Takaichi was replaced with someone else. "Just like Biden.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2019719680810959299)  2026-02-06T10:27Z 11.1K followers, 12.7K engagements


"But wait it gets better: the left most one (so current day Takaichi I guess) has a "male aura.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2019720350079283425)  2026-02-06T10:30Z 11.1K followers, [----] engagements


"With this situation in the other house of parliament I highly doubt the LDP will drop Ishin any time soon regardless of the HoR outcome. Unless of course they can replace Ishin with the DPFP. Once Takaichi achieves a majority in the Diet by herself will she discard one-time-use Ishin no Kai That'd be funny. Once Takaichi achieves a majority in the Diet by herself will she discard one-time-use Ishin no Kai That'd be funny"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2019723147260686442)  2026-02-06T10:41Z 11.1K followers, [----] engagements


"It's kind of impressive how devoid of actual concrete meaning so much of what she says it. Takaichi's final appeal to voters: Why is the Takaichi Cabinet advancing its policies now It comes down to a single conviction: I want to turn anxiety about peoples current lives and their future into hope. The word hope is extremely important. Japan is still capable of https://t.co/YLG0Noq1ir Takaichi's final appeal to voters: Why is the Takaichi Cabinet advancing its policies now It comes down to a single conviction: I want to turn anxiety about peoples current lives and their future into hope. The"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2020149487105081429)  2026-02-07T14:55Z 11.1K followers, 59.4K engagements


"five hours left until we start finding out how fucked or not fucked Japan is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2020377346738647053)  2026-02-08T06:01Z 11K followers, 392.3K engagements


"Quickest way to catch a block by me is to summon Grok in my mentions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2020462470133842334)  2026-02-08T11:39Z 11.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@Msamalam The fact it's [-----] percent points below the overall turnout while it was [-----] percent points below it in [----] seems to discount the role of the weather in suppressing the youth vote. If the elderly can still go out to vote what's an 18- or 19-year-old's excuse"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2021226454202167712)  2026-02-10T14:15Z 11.1K followers, [---] engagements


""Reiwa Shinsengumi is down to just one seat in the House of Representatives after Sundays election falling from the eight it held before the official campaign period." https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/election/20260210-310220/ https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/election/20260210-310220/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2021240715838210232)  2026-02-10T15:11Z 11.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Last year at a techno club in Tokyo I joked to a Japanese woman "my gf is going to make a lot of money so I just need to make sure I stay pretty." She took it seriously & I could feel her figuratively grab me by the shoulders. "Girl no You have to be financially independent""  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1733972517570609243)  2023-12-10T22:10Z 11.1K followers, 22.1K engagements


"Gen Suzuki a transgender man whose application to change his legal gender was approved by the Shizuoka Family Court in October despite not having undergone sterilising surgery has officially received his new register https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20231207/p2g/00m/0na/038000c https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20231207/p2g/00m/0na/038000c"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1735453840802292073)  2023-12-15T00:16Z 11.1K followers, 52.4K engagements


"On Christmas Eve activists in Hiroshima plan to distribute free coffee & cookies near the Starbucks at Hiroshima PARCO while calling for an end to the massacre in Gaza. They'll also explain why exactly they're doing this right next to the Starbucks. Free coffee action 2415:00STARBUCKS https://t.co/WpgtE4K8bf Free coffee action 2415:00STARBUCKS https://t.co/WpgtE4K8bf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1738198459960689049)  2023-12-22T14:03Z 11.1K followers, 200.3K engagements


"On December [--] an anti-trans protest was held in Shinjuku. This person says a bunch of high schoolers who passed by joined in the counter-demonstration after hearing about what the whole thing was about. "We have LGBT folks at our school too" #1223 LGBT #1223 LGBT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1738595349374083107)  2023-12-23T16:20Z 11.1K followers, 41.1K engagements


"Japanese artist Haru Nemuri: "If you're incapable of reaching out to the most vulnerable people in society let alone if you ignore them you are in no position to talk about punk or hardcore as central to your life and music regardless of whether you're musician or listener.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1738891583913628136)  2023-12-24T11:57Z 11.1K followers, 308.8K engagements


"I think a lot of the people terminally angry at JPENG translators don't realise just how different the two languages really are. Some genuinely seem convinced that every single Japanese sentence can be rendered only one way into English perfectly w/ every little nuance intact"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1738925138693800050)  2023-12-24T14:10Z 11.1K followers, 520.8K engagements


"Interviewer: "Do you think the Netherlands should implement menstrual leave" Kid: "Yeah like a couple months or something like that" https://t.co/xTr5Pt6AhK https://t.co/xTr5Pt6AhK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1740153022083375352)  2023-12-27T23:29Z 11.1K followers, 658.1K engagements


"Dutch drag queen Dolly Bellefleur shares her fave photo of [----]. During Amsterdam Pride Walk she spotted a woman who had trouble carrying huge garment bags. She asked if she could help. The garments in question: two dresses for a wedding. "Clouds of tulle that would befit Barbie" Dit is mijn foto van het jaar. Tijdens Pride Walk zag ik een mevrouw worstelen met grote kledingzakken. Ik vroeg of ik haar kon helpen Dus droeg ik even deel van haar bagage. Het bleek om twee feestjurken te gaan voor een bruiloft. Wolken van tule die Barbie niet zouden misstaan https://t.co/Dcpq30RTy6 Dit is mijn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1740714806888587339)  2023-12-29T12:42Z 11.1K followers, 167.3K engagements


"Peculiar the way British "journalists" know how they/them pronouns work the moment they're writing about a trans person who goes by he/him or she/her. Teacher sacked for 'refusing to use transgender student's chosen pronouns' https://t.co/VwcEIewE1K Teacher sacked for 'refusing to use transgender student's chosen pronouns' https://t.co/VwcEIewE1K"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1770361415548682398)  2024-03-20T08:07Z 11.1K followers, 298.7K engagements


""What made you decide to study Japanese Studies" Well they let you choose a university major before your prefrontal cortex is fully formed. I think that may have been a big factor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1776685939298820476)  2024-04-06T18:58Z 11.1K followers, 91.8K engagements


""same kanji and everything come on" is so funny as an argument considering cases like vs  vs  vs  vs  vs  vs and countless other such examples"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1787180994530812063)  2024-05-05T18:02Z 11.1K followers, 91.7K engagements


"I went to Manko Wetland and everyone there is holding out hope that maybe one day you'll be able to find your way there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1789717650391634084)  2024-05-12T18:01Z 11.1K followers, 67.6K engagements


""lol" is a sentence ending particle"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1791212146153365950)  2024-05-16T21:00Z 11.1K followers, 95K engagements


"I told him yes he told me he wasn't LGBT himself but that he mourned the death of Ryuchell. We talked a bit about HRT and about transphobia and by the time he got to my sharehouse I couldn't find the right amount of cash in my wallet immediately and he gave me a small discount"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1791782715785667064)  2024-05-18T10:47Z 11.1K followers, 21.3K engagements


"I think about the taxi driver now and then. It's funny how "do you often go to Nichome" was his way of asking me if I'm queer. The small little discount at the end of the ride was kind"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1791782718994325952)  2024-05-18T10:47Z 11.1K followers, 22.7K engagements


"One day this will all fall apart. Emoji designs will change and the below tweet will no longer look like a heart on most devices rendering it. But right now in this moment the rainbow dango magic wand boomerang pencil carrot umbrella and crayon form a heart for us 🫶 🌈🍡🪄🪃 ✏ 🥕 🌂 🖍 🌈🍡🪄🪃 ✏ 🥕 🌂 🖍"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1792575962250391883)  2024-05-20T15:19Z 11.1K followers, 1.4M engagements


"The issue in Japan with "overtourism" right now is that all these places that are flooded with tourists are busy making themselves less and less attractive when what's really needed are policies that make the tourists go to the places that badly need them. The Mayor of Himeji wants to increase the price of admission to Himeji Castle for overseas tourists. Tickets for all over 18s are currently [----] yen. The Mayor says this is around $7 and the tourist price should be more like $30. https://t.co/FTkpl42J9W The Mayor of Himeji wants to increase the price of admission to Himeji Castle for"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1802612409376399453)  2024-06-17T08:01Z 11.1K followers, 144.5K engagements


"Haru Nemuri a Japanese singer and songwriter: If you're genuinely worried about Japan's declining birth rate I think you should probably write songs that go "please lower taxes" or "make tuition free" instead of "make sure to love one another""  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1803812000071307736)  2024-06-20T15:27Z 11.1K followers, 398K engagements


"I have great news for people who want to cancel Marie Antoinette I'm going to explode https://t.co/hNprqaz7ms I'm going to explode https://t.co/hNprqaz7ms"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1809265673245208801)  2024-07-05T16:38Z 11.1K followers, 1.8M engagements


"Imagine coming for Marie Antoinette's neck more than two hundred years after the fact lol"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1809269341298536800)  2024-07-05T16:53Z 11.1K followers, 123.5K engagements


"Drummer Misaki Yoshikawa of the band Shishamo announces she has registered her relationship with a woman she's been dating for sometime. She writes "If eventually the day comes when we can get married I'll be even happier" 🌻() https://t.co/TAH4X7OuVx 🌻() https://t.co/TAH4X7OuVx"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1812516149810344044)  2024-07-14T15:54Z 11.1K followers, 661.5K engagements


"I've said it before but this right here is the kind of nuanced and factual approach to language-teaching that other textbooks tend to lack. Rather than trying to sell a heavily simplified version of reality that leaves readers with mistaken impressions Wes tells it like it is. Over the last [--] years I've been working on a FREE #Japanese textbook covering the content of JLPT N4/Genki II plus a bit more and I'm pleased to announce that it's done (inc. workbook + answer key) You can download the whole thing (yes for free) here: https://t.co/Ya5eBgxl5d https://t.co/FzoWYj9JtO Over the last [--] years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1818330062347018355)  2024-07-30T16:57Z 11.1K followers, 50.6K engagements


"Now seems like a funny moment to point out that Quidditch is a mixed-sex full-contact sport"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1819414768337539351)  2024-08-02T16:47Z 11.1K followers, 4.2M engagements


"This goes for both the fictional sport from the Harry Potter series and the real-life sport that changed its name to Quadball in [----] to distance itself from JKR btw"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1819416834711736798)  2024-08-02T16:55Z 11.1K followers, 298.5K engagements


"@SamuraiPizzaRob Yeah it's indeed that sport Harry Potter plays when he and Ron are not hanging out in the girls' bathroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1819444815618101508)  2024-08-02T18:47Z 11.1K followers, 262.9K engagements


"@elwood Thank you for the medal 🥰"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1819477057111240704)  2024-08-02T20:55Z 11.1K followers, 104.8K engagements


"Even funnier than Quidditch being mixed-sex and full-contact is the amount of people getting *very* worked up over my tweet and angrily trying to point out to me that Quidditch is fictional https://x.com/Susan_E_J_USA/status/1819718155410751633t=7IuwXFNWwEtDKXEzrNOECg&s=19 Quidditch ISN'T REAL. You dumbfuck. https://x.com/Susan_E_J_USA/status/1819718155410751633t=7IuwXFNWwEtDKXEzrNOECg&s=19 Quidditch ISN'T REAL. You dumbfuck"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1819721913070993639)  2024-08-03T13:08Z 11.1K followers, 115.2K engagements


"citation needed Yknow i think alot of the deku hate is coming from the fact that teachers in the west arent treated that well But in japan and the culture Horikoshi grew up in teaching in Japan is considered a most honorable profession and teachers are given high respect and payments https://t.co/4OArLw7DXv Yknow i think alot of the deku hate is coming from the fact that teachers in the west arent treated that well But in japan and the culture Horikoshi grew up in teaching in Japan is considered a most honorable profession and teachers are given high respect and payments"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1821840175799894159)  2024-08-09T09:25Z 11.1K followers, 39.8K engagements


"So weird to me how people are basically begging Ryoko Kui to put into writing that Laios is Officially Autistic as if Laios receiving a diagnosis from his creator would change anything really about who he is and whether you can see yourself in him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1823280163607413144)  2024-08-13T08:47Z 11.1K followers, 224.3K engagements


""idk man just come up with a Japanese restaurant name that grabs people's attention. something bold. something that serves cunt" https://t.co/xxB0TuxYL9 https://t.co/xxB0TuxYL9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1826195008241696952)  2024-08-21T09:49Z 11.1K followers, 1.6M engagements


"They performed gender affirming surgery on a ginko tree"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1827338547218563581)  2024-08-24T13:33Z 11.1K followers, 36K engagements


"Are there any other countries where foreigners are legally required to always have an ID on them while nationals don't Such an odd system. A viral video shows Japanese police demanding that musician Noda Izaya show ID to prove his visa status (because he looks foreign). Noda the son of famous Japanese artist Noda Tetsuya refuses to show ID insisting that he is a Japanese citizen. https://t.co/XDvhN18FCN A viral video shows Japanese police demanding that musician Noda Izaya show ID to prove his visa status (because he looks foreign). Noda the son of famous Japanese artist Noda Tetsuya refuses"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1828061628706783342)  2024-08-26T13:27Z 11.1K followers, 153.8K engagements


"Beautiful traditional Japanese home decoration at my friend's place. You won't find authenticity like this at hotels I'll tell you that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1832013839908696483)  2024-09-06T11:11Z 11.1K followers, 932.8K engagements


"There's a bunch of very noticeable big pink hair dye stains on the sink so every time I go to the bathroom I get a tiny heart attack convinced for a brief moment that the sink is filled with blood lol"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1832025708845232290)  2024-09-06T11:59Z 11.1K followers, 40.6K engagements


"@haaaamburger *EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER*"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1832404864674181181)  2024-09-07T13:05Z 11.1K followers, 19.4K engagements


"Currently happening in Shinjuku: protest against both the ongoing genocide in Gaza as well as against Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike's persistent refusal to acknowledge the massacre of Koreans that happened in the wake of the [----] Kanto Earthquake"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1837088140198039774)  2024-09-20T11:15Z 11.1K followers, 41.6K engagements


"Japanese bookstore Tsutaya has a display dedicated to books relating to Palestine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1840297748123529310)  2024-09-29T07:49Z 11.1K followers, 219.1K engagements


"When I told two ladies at the tanka group that my middle name is Maple one was like "Oh Why don't you use 'Kaede' as a Japanese name Wouldn't that be cute" and for a moment I was bombarded with visions of Twitter Discourse before I politely went "Hahaha maybe better not to.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1844206102197698581)  2024-10-10T02:39Z 11.1K followers, 38.8K engagements


"This idea that because a character in a certain piece of Japanese media uses one pronoun or another their gender identity MUST be X or Y is completely ridiculous. From @ScriptingJapan's freely available Japanese language textbook: First of all Mizuki uses male japanese pronouns boku / . it's very rarely used by girls or almost never used. Instead girls use watashi () or atashi () the latter being a shortened version of the former and more cute/feminine. https://t.co/vYp5ExWo6o First of all Mizuki uses male japanese pronouns boku / . it's very rarely used by girls or almost never used. Instead"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1847105085920497711)  2024-10-18T02:39Z 11.1K followers, 69.3K engagements


"The fact they just openly go "we figured out from your name you're probably a foreigner could you confirm for us whether that's the case so we can discriminate against you" is actually crazy lol"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1851259545646944651)  2024-10-29T13:47Z 11.1K followers, 71.2K engagements


"One time this cute tipsy girl in a club in Tokyo hit on me by saying I'm the cutest boy she'd ever seen so I went "uh actually I'm a girl" and without missing a beat she immediately switched to "you're the cutest girl I've ever seen" lmao. Naturally we kissed after that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1950650881457995891)  2025-07-30T20:13Z 11.1K followers, 37K engagements


"It's almost as if gender equality boils down to more than just the gender of the country's leader It's ironic that after years of US media coverage bashing Japan's status in gender equality rankings Japan is now set to have its first female leader years ahead of the US. https://t.co/I8681Wh6yT It's ironic that after years of US media coverage bashing Japan's status in gender equality rankings Japan is now set to have its first female leader years ahead of the US. https://t.co/I8681Wh6yT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1974493482594291855)  2025-10-04T15:15Z 11.1K followers, 119.6K engagements


"Erio-kun a Japanese mascot for the disputed "Northern Territories" asks followers whether the lands of the Northern Territories were originally settled by Japan or by Russia. The replies are instead filled with people answering "the Ainu"  https://t.co/hEpc8dt3F7  https://t.co/hEpc8dt3F7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1988241477756219513)  2025-11-11T13:44Z 11.1K followers, 62.5K engagements


"@rachel_thorn_en We also spent an absurd amount of time at a station at some point because I hadn't heard of Nankai Electric Railways so I didn't know that the Nankai Main Line wasn't located at the same part as the JR-lines (also: we had a lot of luggage and there were no elevators)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1174303339548499968)  2019-09-18T12:45Z 11.1K followers, [--] engagements


"On Friday May [--] a diverse mix of about [---] people demonstrated in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward against the Israeli army's attacks on Gaza"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1393331448841650178)  2021-05-14T22:24Z 11.1K followers, [----] engagements


"The Niigata Pride Parade was organised by Japanese people. Queer sexualities and gender identities are not a "foreign" idea to Japan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1615289124080222210)  2023-01-17T10:05Z 11.1K followers, 65K engagements


"I too hate it when people think I'm a 😔"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1645364315984388096)  2023-04-10T09:53Z 11.1K followers, 123.7K engagements


"A significant portion of my Japanese friends are nonbinary and of the top of my head at least one of them uses it/its pronouns in English. The idea that transness and the vocabulary we use to discuss transness are purely Western phenomena is completely nonsensical"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1671873177398702080)  2023-06-22T13:30Z 11.1K followers, 127.7K engagements


"In this interview former AKB48 member Nana Okada reveals they're nonbinary and talks a bit about how their sexuality (or perhaps their understanding of their sexuality) has changed over time. https://dot.asahi.com/articles/-/205656 https://dot.asahi.com/articles/-/205656"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1721618779958862216)  2023-11-06T20:01Z 11.1K followers, 126.7K engagements


"One time in Tokyo a taxi driver who was about to drive me from Ikebukuro Station to Sugamo asked me where I'd been hanging out that evening. I told him "Shinjuku Nichome." He followed up with a sincere "this might be a bit too personal to ask. but do you go there often""  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1791782714401509760)  2024-05-18T10:47Z 11.1K followers, 98.5K engagements


"In an instagram post she says "Since some of you might be wondering about this to explain it clearly I am the type of human who 'is a woman attracted to women'." https://www.instagram.com/p/C9Zfwd7RxA8/igsh=MnE1a3FseWE5cnE0 https://www.instagram.com/p/C9Zfwd7RxA8/igsh=MnE1a3FseWE5cnE0"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1812517811740111098)  2024-07-14T16:01Z 11.1K followers, 33.2K engagements


"@anna_nonikki Any Bic Camera"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1991798314036314377)  2025-11-21T09:18Z 11.1K followers, [--] engagements


"i never even considered french rivers could be nonbinary. maybe i'm a bad person. Genders of Frances rivers in French https://t.co/wpgUHkJ3nT Genders of Frances rivers in French https://t.co/wpgUHkJ3nT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2014211804889567701)  2026-01-22T05:41Z 10.9K followers, 423.5K engagements


"The knee-jerk reaction to this piece is really funny to me because honestly I *do* think a big reason I fell out of love with Harry Potter way before JKR became an open bigot was that the Harry Potter world is drenched in a sauce of unimaginative liberalism. In @nytopinion Younger generations have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents writes Louise Perry. Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism. https://t.co/OLs2Kq72Iy In @nytopinion Younger generations have fallen out of love with"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2015993170799296803)  2026-01-27T03:40Z 10.9K followers, 300.8K engagements


"Polls have famously never been unable to accurately predict an election outcome. Always correct. Always. Famously"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/2018611270816301435)  2026-02-03T09:03Z 10.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Yesterday Fuchigami Ayako a trans woman was elected in Hokkaido's prefectural assembly elections 🎉 In doing so Fuchigami will be Japan's very first openly transgender prefectural assembly member 🎊 🎊 👏✨ 🙌 LGBT🙋♀🙋♂ 🎊 https://t.co/A8iiVbj6wq 🎊 👏✨ 🙌 LGBT🙋♀🙋♂ 🎊 https://t.co/A8iiVbj6wq"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1115213496961130496)  2019-04-08T11:23Z 11.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Today (Jan. 22) Osaka Prefecture's partnership registration system started thus giving many more Japanese LGBT couples the ability to have their relationships be officially recognised by public housing hospitals and other organisations.🌈 (1/) https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000119.000019188.html https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000119.000019188.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1219971886676955136)  2020-01-22T13:15Z 11.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Great signs at the [----] Women's March in Tokyo taking issue with sexism transphobia sexual violence and many more important issues. 2021Trans Inclusive Feminism Always #2021 # https://t.co/ngcdumi8IJ 2021Trans Inclusive Feminism Always #2021 # https://t.co/ngcdumi8IJ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1368879986162155520)  2021-03-08T11:03Z 11.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Okay so the point of the first tweet of this thread isn't "wow she didn't recognise me" but "damn the world sure is a small place; what an amazing coincidence" I hope that helps"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1700424907945844783)  2023-09-09T08:24Z 11.1K followers, 24.5K engagements


"@hulsey_ryan Quidditch is fictional Wow. I didn't know that you're telling me now for the first time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1819514813225357641)  2024-08-02T23:25Z 11.1K followers, 77.9K engagements


"Anyone know where in Japan I can buy a case to store DS/3DS or Switch cartridges"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1990049915180040637)  2025-11-16T13:30Z 11.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Fukuoka City's board of education has settled on a plan to let students regardless of whether they are boys or girls choose between wearing skirts or pants. This decision came after deliberations involving a student panel comprised of [--] students. https://www.nishinippon.co.jp/sp/nnp/f_toshiken/article/510133/ https://www.nishinippon.co.jp/sp/nnp/f_toshiken/article/510133/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1128974041694519298)  2019-05-16T10:42Z 11.1K followers, 11.9K engagements


"@rachel_thorn_en I guess I was lucky and never ended up in the really confusing parts of Shinjuku Station but at one point this summer I spent more time searching for the right track at Shibuya Station than I spent riding that train"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1174299911757684737)  2019-09-18T12:31Z 11.1K followers, [--] engagements


"THREAD A transgender highschool student has started a petition to ask for uniform regulations in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward to be loosened up so that other transgender students won't have to go through the same pain he went through in middle school. (1/) https://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/35340#click=https://t.co/gdalPTLlRr https://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/35340#click=https://t.co/gdalPTLlRr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1271823197919416320)  2020-06-13T15:14Z 11.1K followers, [----] engagements


"THREAD After a successful petition campaign started by a transgender boy the mayor of Tokyo's Edogawa Ward has said he will be looking into making it so that middle school students won't be restricted in their choice of uniform by their sex or gender. 🌈 (1/) 🏳🌈 [--] https://t.co/0OxuOTBcFh https://t.co/pLiO15mbuR 🏳🌈 [--] https://t.co/0OxuOTBcFh https://t.co/pLiO15mbuR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1294396545899667458)  2020-08-14T22:12Z 11.1K followers, [----] engagements


"The daruma at the Saimyoji Temple in Kawagoe will be rainbow-coloured this year emphasising that it will continue its LGBTQ-friendly endeavours. 🌈 In [----] this Buddhist temple started holding wedding ceremonies for queer couples and was the location of LGBTQ-related events"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1346466858828894208)  2021-01-05T14:41Z 11.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Taiga Ishikawa says LGBT people cried tears of happiness over Sapporo court ruling asks Koizumi how he'd feel if he'd have a gay kid. Koizumi: I'd want to be the kind of parent they can come out to. Ishikawa: I'd like to team up w/ you & bring forth marriage equality together.  LGBT  https://t.co/0ZNi6f55ns  LGBT  https://t.co/0ZNi6f55ns"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1374689565366226949)  2021-03-24T11:48Z 11.1K followers, [----] engagements


""Wow what made you decide to pursue a degree in Japanese Studies" idk. your country's cultural soft power played right into my poor decision-making skills I guess"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1638756050148147203)  2023-03-23T04:14Z 11.1K followers, 87.3K engagements


"In the first ruling by a high court on the matter the Sapporo High Court has ruled that Japan's lack of marriage equality is unconstitutional and in violation of articles [--] and [--] of the country's constitution. 🏳🌈 (1/) [--------] https://t.co/N5ulG4lqGb [--------] https://t.co/N5ulG4lqGb"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1768206285869035605)  2024-03-14T09:23Z 11.1K followers, 105.3K engagements


"@lilgrapefruits tbf they got divorced"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1769498961298026701)  2024-03-17T23:00Z 11.1K followers, 1.2M engagements


"The Saimyoji Temple in Kawagoe City made a beautiful trans flag with flowers for #TransDayOfVisibility 🏳⚧ The flowers are on display until April 5th"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1774502430455017608)  2024-03-31T18:22Z 11.1K followers, 128.7K engagements


"Genuinely embarrassing stuff happening at McDonald's Japan's advertising department. AI♡ #ML250 #AI https://t.co/WFOUmHeJ0c AI♡ #ML250 #AI https://t.co/WFOUmHeJ0c"  
[X Link](https://x.com/writerofscratch/status/1825118299627180493)  2024-08-18T10:31Z 11.1K followers, 47.1K engagements

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