Motoko Rich
@motokorich · Japan · joined 29 Jun 2009
リッチ 素子 NYT Tokyo bureau chief. Books, chocolate & coffee. 本好き She/Her richm@nytimes.com. Find me on Instagram @motokorich
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@motokorich Tokyo will miss you for sure. Keep us posted about your book and all the best to you and your family in the new adventure.
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When I lived in Japan in the 1970s as a kid, I learned Japanese from Sazae-san. With her sheepish gaffes, she was my favorite character. For my final story as Tokyo bureau chief, I met her voice in Midori Kato, still going strong at 85 https://t.co/FOm2lL9I3K with @hudidi1
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As Ambassador, Rahm Emanuel may not have had the patience for “nemawashi,” but he says it was what Japan needed https://t.co/MpMiw1l66H
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As of today, I am on book leave. Thanks to all for a grateful run in Tokyo. I’m here for a bit longer, and then off to a new adventure next year in Rome. https://t.co/sy1e6qOq7X via @
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There's a lot of focus on the new (old, male) president in the U.S. and the new (old, male) prime minister in Japan, but a side effect of the recent general election upset in Japan is that a historic number of (young) women were elected to parliament. https://t.co/lYCWuc0rB4
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@motokorich @nytimes Ungrammatically omitted comma after a lengthy appositive modifier. https://t.co/bEFzir1ItR
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A note on the translations and useful references when reading the 1,300 page The Tale of Genji https://t.co/IxA8ljZalk
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Thanks especially to Dennis Washburn of Dartmouth, Melissa McCormick of Harvard and Saeko Kimura of Tsuda University for their insights and guidance in reading and understanding the "Genji."
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There is so much to savor in its 1,300 pages and I hope you will consider picking it up if you have not yet read it. It’s surprisingly readable and you can choose from four different English translations.
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This novel is for any reader who loves royal and romantic intrigue, but also: marvel at how Lady Murasaki, the author, channeled the fear, suffering, disappointment, envy and anxieties of her female characters in a novel ostensibly celebrating the life of a “radiant prince”
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But what struck me repeatedly was how, despite the mysterious rituals, monarchal codes and allusive poetry of the Heian era, the novel spoke to me and reflected so much of my reporting on contemporary Japan.
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It was after I had written an obituary of Jakucho Setouchi, a Buddhist priest and feminist author who had translated a bestselling version of Genji, that I decided I needed to read it myself. https://t.co/qkBDKlRL1O
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For a long while, I have been working on this project about the Genji Monogatari, looking at how an 11th century novel – often considered world’s first, written by a woman no less — resonates in the modern era. Excited to put it out in the world
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Growth & engagement
How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.
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Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
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Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views.
What the audience does
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Reposts12.3%203 in total
Replies3.5%58 in total
Quotes1.2%19 in total
Bookmarks10.9%179 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.
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