Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸(@mrjeffu):Another standard act for Japanese Prime Ministers is to share a photo looking down from a helicopter window to demonstrate you have seriously monitored and confirmed the damage from a major earthquake. I'm not sure if previous PMs did prayers like Takaichi.

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Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸@mrjeffu

2026.08.04 13:17

Another standard act for Japanese Prime Ministers is to share a photo looking down from a helicopter window to demonstrate you have seriously monitored and confirmed the damage from a major earthquake. I'm not sure if previous PMs did prayers like Takaichi.