Japan Views U.S. Political Rhetoric of 'Blue Tsunami' in Midterm Elections with Complex Views
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“I don’t feel good about calling the U.S. Democratic Party’s landslide victory a ‘Blue Tsunami.’” Keiichiro Hirano, a famous novelist who won the Akutagawa Prize, Japan’s highest literary award, for his novel *Eclipse*, posted this on X (formerly Twitter) on the 5th. He wrote, “I don’t have a single good impression of a tsunami.
"Blue Wave" was not enough. Following the "Blue Tsunami," a neologism shortened to "Bluenami" has even emerged. As the Democratic Party achieved a landslide victory in the U.S. midterm elections held on the 3rd (local time), various neologisms and metaphors describing the results are pouring out of American political circles and the media. Eventually, an image of a giant wave from a representative Japanese woodblock print engulfing President Don…
(Los Angeles=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Kyung-yoon = Regarding the local U.S. terminology referring to the Democratic Party's landslide victory in the midterm elections as a 'Blue Tsunami,' Japan [is] [complex]...
"Blue wave" wasn't enough. Following "blue tsunami," a new neologism, "blue nami," has emerged. After the Democratic Party's landslide victory in the US midterm elections held on November 3rd (local time), various neologisms and metaphors have been coined in American politics and media to explain the results. Finally, a picture of a giant wave, depicted in a representative Japanese woodblock print, engulfing US President Donald Trump, appeared o…
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