Long-term Australian resident of Japan. Mum. Grandmother of three! Non executive director, Chair Emeritus of ANZCCJ, senior advisor for several amazing companies active in 🇦🇺🇯🇵https://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.social/post/3mh3brpimy22rBeautiful Fuji san 🗻🇯🇵15 Mar 2026 06:08 +0000at://did:plc:aq3enfdvdoteowxtluunwrdk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh3brpimy22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.social/post/3mbpvf6w6ek2dThank goodness for the lovely Narita ground staff though…. Otsukaresama to you all for what has no doubt been a super busy time! #年末年始 🇯🇵✈️06 Jan 2026 02:21 +0000at://did:plc:aq3enfdvdoteowxtluunwrdk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbpvf6w6ek2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.social/post/3mbpoxbvpy22dTreatment of re-entry permit holders at Narita airport is shocking. I mean the machines are crap everywhere but gruff and rude immigration officials are a plenty here. Guess even permanent residents can expect a rough ride here in Japan here on in. 🇯🇵✈️06 Jan 2026 00:26 +0000at://did:plc:aq3enfdvdoteowxtluunwrdk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbpoxbvpy22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.social/post/3mbe5ezsnrk27明けましておめでとうございます. HNY wishes for a gentle 2026! 🎍🌅🇯🇵01 Jan 2026 10:12 +0000at://did:plc:aq3enfdvdoteowxtluunwrdk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbe5ezsnrk27https://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.social/post/3m7m3lg7nkc2oI am Australian through and through but maybe after having lived in Japan for so long one of the things that I cannot stand is HOW BLOODY LATE PEOPLE ARE!!!!!! Obviously not talking about friends catching up etc but MEETINGS WITH GOVT PEOPLE GAHHHHH GRRRRRRR. 🇦🇺10 Dec 2025 03:11 +0000at://did:plc:aq3enfdvdoteowxtluunwrdk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7m3lg7nkc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.social/post/3m7ibykokpc2hSpeaking with family in Hachinohe. Everyone on edge! #quake 🇯🇵08 Dec 2025 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:aq3enfdvdoteowxtluunwrdk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7ibykokpc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.social/post/3m6ofvout5s23Home for a few days. How bloody lovely. 🇯🇵⛰️28 Nov 2025 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:aq3enfdvdoteowxtluunwrdk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6ofvout5s23https://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.social/post/3m4udmjuwtc2mThirty years ago today the boys and I arrived in Japan. They were so little. I was young! Gahhh. We were thinking about staying for six months….feels like yesterday. 🇦🇺🇯🇵👦🏻💙🎉05 Nov 2025 05:41 +0000at://did:plc:aq3enfdvdoteowxtluunwrdk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4udmjuwtc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.social/post/3m44tpyb3rs2nGood Morning Tokyo town. 🇯🇵26 Oct 2025 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:aq3enfdvdoteowxtluunwrdk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m44tpyb3rs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.social/post/3m3okocavm22qFirst woman PM for Japan. And yes, the picture of Takaichi san in the Diet proves just how few women there are in politics in Japan. 🇯🇵21 Oct 2025 05:06 +0000at://did:plc:aq3enfdvdoteowxtluunwrdk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3okocavm22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.social/post/3m3lo34qttc2pWoah!!! Nikkei 🇯🇵20 Oct 2025 01:29 +0000at://did:plc:aq3enfdvdoteowxtluunwrdk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3lo34qttc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.social/post/3m34ewmxz7c25Japanese politics!! Woah. 💥 What a time. 🇯🇵 PS Any coverage in Australian media about the developments taking place in one of our key partner countries? (she asks knowing the answer…sigh)13 Oct 2025 23:35 +0000at://did:plc:aq3enfdvdoteowxtluunwrdk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m34ewmxz7c25https://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.social/post/3m2pmwcjhdk2b豪情報機関トップ「日本の新リーダーと連携強化」中国にらみ 🇦🇺🇯🇵 https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOGM061FQ0W5A001C2000000/?n_cid=dsapp_share_ios08 Oct 2025 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:aq3enfdvdoteowxtluunwrdk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2pmwcjhdk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.social/post/3m2bpb6df2k2sGot my Tshirt ready….. Explained the whole thing to granddaughter Alice who agrees with me. #nomoremanels 🇯🇵🇦🇺👊03 Oct 2025 08:58 +0000at://did:plc:aq3enfdvdoteowxtluunwrdk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2bpb6df2k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.social/post/3lz2xkxcwuk2a3.42 million tourists visited Japan in August. Such a hot time to visit. I tend to run away from Japan in the summer. Hope they all had fun. ✈️🇯🇵 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/17/japan/foreign-visitors-hit-record-in-august/?utm_medium=social&utm_type=image&utm_source=linkedin#Echobox=1758101749-117 Sep 2025 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:aq3enfdvdoteowxtluunwrdk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz2xkxcwuk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.social/post/3lz2rklo6422rUniqlo!!! 🇯🇵 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/09/22/inside-uniqlos-quest-for-global-dominance17 Sep 2025 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:aq3enfdvdoteowxtluunwrdk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz2rklo6422rhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.social/post/3lyvreiq5qc2bスーパーウーマン「なれない」　 緩い残業抑制、育児負担の偏りに悲鳴：Nikkei 🇯🇵👩🏻 #womenofjapan https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUA307W20Q5A730C2000000/15 Sep 2025 21:39 +0000at://did:plc:aq3enfdvdoteowxtluunwrdk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyvreiq5qc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.social/post/3lyujlynbo223My grandkids just rang me to wish me Happy Old People’s Day! Nice, I think. #敬老の日 ❤️🇯🇵🇦🇺🧑🏻‍🦳15 Sep 2025 09:47 +0000at://did:plc:aq3enfdvdoteowxtluunwrdk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyujlynbo223https://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.social/post/3lygo3zlv422dLike an old record but yes….. oh and QANTAS CEO should take this advice literally. The flying kangaroo has 28 weekly flights to Japan and yet no visit by Ms Hudson? 🇦🇺✈️🇯🇵 https://www.afr.com/world/asia/australian-businesses-must-stop-flying-over-asia-and-start-investing-20250908-p5mtd409 Sep 2025 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:aq3enfdvdoteowxtluunwrdk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lygo3zlv422dhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.social/post/3lyafy3wgf22nWatching PM Ishiba’s resignation speech on YouTube. I find the comments fascinating - lots of people saying a range of different things but now some random person is just posting truckloads of hearts over and over and that is irritating everyone a LOT. Too much hoohaa for a Sunday night I think….🇯🇵 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Sep 2025 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:aq3enfdvdoteowxtluunwrdk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyafy3wgf22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.social/post/3lya3xvtxxk2bSayonara PM Ishiba. Seems he will step down. More at a 6pm presser. No rest for Japanese journos. 🇯🇵 https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUA026EQ0S5A900C2000000/07 Sep 2025 06:50 +0000at://did:plc:aq3enfdvdoteowxtluunwrdk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lya3xvtxxk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.social/post/3ly4uai46js2g🇯🇵🇦🇺 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/05/japan/politics/japan-australia-defense/05 Sep 2025 23:53 +0000at://did:plc:aq3enfdvdoteowxtluunwrdk/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly4uai46js2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.social/post/3lxyq2pali22uMost tourists do the right thing and then some dickhead does something like this and gives us all a bad name. 🇦🇺✈️🇯🇵 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/japan/foreign-tourist-behavior-angers-japan/04 Sep 2025 08:28 +0000at://did:plc:aq3enfdvdoteowxtluunwrdk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxyq2pali22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.social/post/3lxvev2wqus22Welcome to Japan, Governor-General 🇦🇺🇯🇵03 Sep 2025 00:30 +0000at://did:plc:aq3enfdvdoteowxtluunwrdk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxvev2wqus22https://bsky.app/profile/melanie.brock.social/post/3lxqmlzn2zk2fOn the 小海線 heading to Sakudaira en route to Tokyo for a big week. Loving this cute train that goes from the station closest to me! The train conductor comes through and offers to take photos of the train otakus who are also enjoying the ride!!! 🚂⛰️🇯🇵01 Sep 2025 03:05 +0000at://did:plc:aq3enfdvdoteowxtluunwrdk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxqmlzn2zk2f