Day 1,691: fixated, bolster, savvy

He admits it lacks social-media savvy, yet also expresses frustration with how fixated the Japanese media are on the ruling party.

By contrast, he supports Mr Kishida’s effort to bolster defence.

Izumi Kenta wants to shake up Japan’s opposition

Artwork of the day 
Savvinskaya Sloboda
Aleksey Savrasov
Original Title: Саввинская слобода
Date: 1880 - c.1890
Style: Realism
Genre: landscape

Word of the day 
fixated: unable to stop thinking about something:
bolster: to support or improve something or make it stronger:
savvy: practical knowledge and ability:

Quote of the day
“A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience.”
― Naomi Wolf