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Followers
53.2K
Account age
3 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$298 – $484 / sponsored post
Estimated from audience size & typical reach — every deal is negotiable and held in SocialDB escrow.
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📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Jul 31latest
8
Avg engagement / post
4–9
Typical post (engagement)
0%
Engagement vs followers
72/100
Consistent reach
May 2023
On Bluesky since
Half of recent posts land between 4 and 9 likes + reposts (median 7) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: Japan has conducted its first test launch of a Tomahawk cruise m · 19 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
85.7 / week
A very active account — posts many times a day.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
4.1K×
Follows 13 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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You probably weren't expecting the first "Chiikawa" movie to have more in common with Dostoevsky than Hello Kitty. Neither were a lot of moviegoers. We look at why the film has become one of the summer's biggest hits.
Commentary: Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's early political troubles stem from controversial legislative choices and weak communication, and she must refocus on voters' economic concerns to stabilize her leadership.
Signs of recovery were beginning to emerge in the city of Kumamoto on Friday, as major transportation routes disrupted by Tuesday's large quake resumed operations and as the death toll inched up to at least 35.
Underscoring the entertainment group's resilience in the face of rising component prices, Sony Group raised its profit outlook after its content holdings generated continued growth.
South Korean military inspectors will visit an army corps to review an incident in which troops nearly shot down an unidentified aircraft near the border with North Korea before determining it was a U.S. drone.
Returning to Japan in Bayern colors, Momoko Tanikawa reflected on her rapid development in Germany before helping the Bundesliga champion open its preseason with a win in Saitama.
Prices are slated to rise in Japan in August for 2,311 food products and beverages made by 195 major makers, topping 2,000 for the second straight month, research company Teikoku Databank said Friday.
Shohei Ohtani was held out of the Los Angeles Dodgers' lineup on Thursday because of lingering discomfort in his left knee, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.
Russia likely used a North Korean missile for a deadly strike that killed a family near the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, sources have said, in what would be the first use of such weapons in the war in nearly a year.
Japan announced its new basic plan for immigration control and residency management, outlining measures aimed at tightening rule enforcement and cracking down on rule violations.
For decades, Seiichi and Sanae Yamaguchi have planted rice every spring in rural Tochigi. Modern machinery has allowed them to keep farming into their 70s — but it has also changed who is needed on the farm, and who may one day take over.
🦋 Handle & authenticity
✅ Domain-verified
@japantimes.co.jp
The handle is the domain japantimes.co.jp. On Bluesky a domain handle proves the owner controls that website — so this is verifiably the real japantimes.co.jp account, not an impersonator.
On Bluesky since
May 2023
An early adopter from the invite-only beta (before the Feb 2024 public launch) — an original, established account.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 8 views per post.
📤Posts about 85.7× per week.
🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.
📍Based in Japan.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated58/100
Fair
Credibility score
81%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 81% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.0% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
News, features and commentary from the oldest (est. 1897) and most widely read English-language media outlet in Japan.
JT staff on Bluesky: https://jtim.es/bskysp
Our newsletters: https://jtime.es/newsletters
Elsewhere: jtim.es/m/social
🔀 Audience overlap
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