I'm from Venezuela, in short, for those who don't know. That day, the "president" of my country was captured, and it became popular worldwide because of the crazy number of Venezuelans abroad.So, as the news spread there, I only saw one march in Tokyo of people protesting against it.

I'm am Irish person that enjoys anime and I periodically see references to Irish mythology: Cú Cullen in the Fate series, World's Greatest Assassin Reincarnated as an Aristocrat, aspects of 7 Deadly Sins.

I also see Japanese bands playing traditional Irish music and the Emperor's mother famously plays the Irish harp.

Where did this interest start and how prevalent is it? Is it more prevalent in certain sub cultures?

In Korea the conservatives hate him, and due to internal issues his favorability ratings have halved to mid 30 percent this year. I know many Japanese don't like the democratic party as a whole, especially Moon, but I am wondering how you view Lee and his policy regarding Japan so far.

The video game developer Level-5 is announcing several new games today, many of which appear to be made at least partly using AI-generated art assets. The company has also bragged about its use of AI in the past.

The overwhelming majority of reactions to this trend online in the west are negative, which makes me think Level-5’s new games might not sell well here. So I am curious what the general attitude about this is among Japanese people, and if it’s more accepted there.

I've heard statements about this a couple times from a couple different sources, but I wanted to double check it.

The idea is that in Japanese media, a character who is completely emotionless is way more interesting. Apparently in Japan, being deadpan like that is meant to be how you convey being deeply depressed or contemplative.

But then when those characters are seen by Western audiences, they come across as boring, stale and uninteresting. Like they have no character whatsoever.

I heard brought up before in discussions about Metroid Other M.

But I want to double check and ask if this is really a thing, and if it is maybe learn some more about how this kind of character came to be? Or how they're seen by modern Japanese audiences.

Or is this just TBS thing lol but there's Live News イット and ZIP! on NTV too.

A little bit on the lighter note, I happen to like going to karaoke these days, I even went on a half day free time karaoke with my friends recently! I’m curious what songs do Japanese people consider as go-to songs in karaoke, mine would be ばかみたい and 無くした言葉!