@jdmayger.bsky.social
彭博新闻社驻北京记者。Bloomberg reporter in Beijing. All opinions are my own. ブルームバーグの記者。今北京で中国経済を見てます。以前東京で日銀と財務省担当のデスク。
Ah yes, the Russian winter. Such a lovely season…
02.12.2025 12:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The resemblance is uncanny (Except for the red suit.)
30.11.2025 06:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
FREE FOR ALL READERS: The government gains a one-seat majority in the lower house — a boost for Takaichi — but she is still faces doubts about her fiscal policies, her call with Donald Trump, and maybe also her attitude towards political finance reform.
open.substack.com/pub/observin...
It’s an interesting position to both claim to be safeguarding victory in WW2 and also claim that the treaty that legally ended that war in the Asia-Pacific for most nations is “invalid scrap paper.”
30.11.2025 05:56 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Tuvaluans in Australia get ready for arrival of more compatriots
“They'll try their best to stay [in their homeland] as long as they can. But some will try and migrate here if they can, especially when they have kids.”
trib.al/rrNpSEC
🎉 Just published! JAPAN DECIDES 2024! The most comprehensive analysis and interpretation of last year's general election in Japan––which saw the ruling LDP lose its seat majority and presaged further upheaval in 2025. E-book: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
22.11.2025 23:03 — 👍 23 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 0
China’s exports of tomato paste to industry powerhouse Italy have collapsed this year after an outcry over alleged use of forced labour in Xinjiang and complaints about misleading origin labelling by some Italian companies.
www.ft.com/content/deea...
Greetings from the mountains.
15.11.2025 07:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Happiness is going out drinking in Jinbocho with a friend who knows a bar that’s actually a bookstore.
11.11.2025 14:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Still some need for translators it seems.
11.11.2025 07:32 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0“Maintain the rage” indeed.
11.11.2025 05:10 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0You can take the boy out of quebec…
10.11.2025 23:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0He (or someone) really does tweet a lot from that account.
10.11.2025 11:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Tell me more about these hearths. How rare are they?
10.11.2025 11:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0They’re terrified of something like the Arabica Spring.
09.11.2025 08:53 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Would the Japanese equivalent of “Bowling Alone” be 一人神輿担ぎ”?
09.11.2025 06:26 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Then and now in Beijing.
Autumn has come to MOFCOM.
When are you gonna be there?
06.11.2025 12:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I feel the Techo Canal in Cambodia is gonna give it a run for its money.
The “Techno Canal” just feels so right…
That’s why we need to invade - to get the energy!
And by “we” I mean “youse”
Now do Huey Long:
毎晩が鶏鍋に！
Which also works as an Australian slang term: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_C...
29.10.2025 11:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Next time you do it I’ll say “good Bari”
29.10.2025 11:33 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I went to the Fanuc factory near Mt Fuji in 2015 or 2016. As we entered one of the production buildings they switched on the lights for us.
Bloody creepy seeing all these robot arms making more robot arms coming into focus out of the darkness.
Thank you for your service. (And good job to whoever in the US is booking you.)
28.10.2025 15:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0How much did you drink when you were there that you think that you could sway the average?
24.10.2025 13:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Australian shipbuilder Civmec eyes joint Japan frigate project
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/aerospace-defense-industries/australian-shipbuilder-civmec-eyes-joint-japan-frigate-project
Jakarta will now repay its debt to China for the embattled high-speed railway over a 60-year period, instead of the previously agreed 35 to 40 years.
trib.al/JxqbGlq
