Day 1,681: staunch, stringent, trifling, slush

That faction has been a staunch advocate of strengthening Japan’s defences.

Nikkei, a business daily, has speculated that Seiwakai’s decline may open political space to relax Japan’s stringent immigration policy.

The dollar amounts may seem trifling to those accustomed to American political contests: Seiwakai is accused of amassing a slush fund of ¥500m ($3.5m) over a period of five years.

Japan’s ruling party is in crisis

Artwork of the day 
The Trifles of the Door
Felicien Rops
Style: Symbolism
Genre: nude painting (nu)

Word of the day 
staunch: always loyal in supporting a person, organization, or set of beliefs or opinions:
stringent: having a very severe effect, or being extremely limiting:
trifling: A trifling matter or amount of money is small or not important:
slush: snow or ice that has started to melt:

Quote of the day
“I want the freedom to carve and chisel my own face, to staunch the bleeding with ashes, to fashion my own gods out of my entrails...”

― Gloria Anzaldua