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Referring to the attractiveness of the Chinese film market, whose rapid growth has put it on a par with the American market, Takita said he hopes many Japanese filmmakers, especially younger ones, will come to China and find new opportunities.

Unfortunately these opportunities depends on the CCP not needing some scapegoat to distract the population from a completely unrelated problem. Japan has been the perfect excuse to distract the people with a foreign enemy and there is nothing indicating this will change in the near future. Maybe it would be better to see the experience of other Japanese industries trying to enter the Chinese market, there is always the possibility of a young Japanese filmmaker ending up incarcerated for espionage.

Japan, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

The “alliance” should be re-established. The bases should be honest and report truthfully. We all read about the 20-ish year old American Marine in Iwakuni that attacked a Japanese national in her 70’s . But what you did not read was that he was drunk and naked and tried to sexually assault the woman. Then a week later, which you did not read about, a young Marine, also in Iwakuni, attacked an elderly man. The military needs to stop hiding their poor actions and step up their responsibilities.

I finally made My Number Card back in the spring. Never received any money that they claimed you could get if you made it.

YOU need to check with your municipal office. I had the card as well, and went later and they paid out over 20,000 in "points" for it. 25,000 in fact.

You may not be too late, check with your local office asap

I have been to the doctor and never thought about it. I just automatically hand them my health card. They just take it. Never asked for the My Number Card.

There is a special card reader that is used, and if your doctor has it, you have the option now. In the future there will be (supposedly) no option, as the NIH will not issue insurance cards.

Ladies and gentlemen, I highly suspect that I am with the majority who keep asking what are these cards for? Haha.

Majority of who? Foreigners? Japanese themselves are getting with the system, like it or not, and while there are plenty of kinks and problems, it's happening, as there is no way they will turn back now.

Be better for you to do the checking up and not wait, because municipal offices are not going to come looking for you, nor hold your hand either.

Catholic Philippines and no surprise this happened as the Philippine government has neglected to address the terrorists they allow to reside in the Mindanao area and beyond.

Philippines is corrupt !

The USA too busy to care

Muslims have been waging war on Catholics in that part of the Philippines since the Spanish conquered the region from the former Islamic Sultanate that ruled the region.

The Philippine government has been fighting groups like Abu Sayyaf, Moro Islamic Liberation Front and Moro National Liberation Front for decades with significant US military support. The US has a standing operation in the region called Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines. U.S. forces are strengthening the Philippines military and using civic action to drive a wedge between rebels and the Muslim populace.  You may wish to do some research before making such obviously uninformed statements.

Bacchus, an essay on the nature, causes, effects, and cure for intemperance, 

Of course the reliance on drugs would still increase no matter if it is a natural development from people being people, climate change being the primary cause of the reduction of opportunities and the increase of the exertion necessary to simply survive. A more desperate situation means a bigger need of the antidote presented. The whole point is that this article is not just an opinion but a description of a cascade of consequences in which each step have been already characterized without doubt. No part of the explanation depends on unsupported claims, on the contrary it is all well supported by scientific knowledge of climate change, disasters, mental health and substance abuse.

Once fully implemented MNC will allow people to give access to their past history with the need to go to the other places and pay them

I am sure they will come up with a way to charge this as well. They will hit you with the administrative fee, which will be probably less than a paper copy, but still have to have a doctor write something up, online or otherwise.

'Apartheid and Jim Crow are really no different':

I agree

Apartheid no longer exists but it did when you claimed the once great white nation. In that era, apartheid could not be separated. Apartheid was racist.

Again, SA was a better run nation excluding Apartheid, that’s an indisputable fact.

It will take more than 3 decades for the country to recover from apartheid.

At this rate, probably never before if the people want to blame apartheid for their problems going forward, then SA is doomed. Take responsibility for your own actions and going after white farmers and taking their land or killing them is never the answer and won’t help that struggling nation.

The successes and failures of the country are now on the majority people.

Yes, and sadly, they’re failing at it.

My Number was registered on some system with my job. We did it ourselves and it was before I got the real card.

I finally made My Number Card back in the spring. Never received any money that they claimed you could get if you made it.

The card stays at home seeing as you are "not supposed to show it" to anyone. Never used it. Never used the 4 passwords with it. It was 4 right? Haha.

I have been to the doctor and never thought about it. I just automatically hand them my health card. They just take it. Never asked for the My Number Card.

Some of my friends haven't even gotten it yet. They think it is only for printing out documents at the convenience store. My city hall isn't that far and my convenience store is super small so I doubt I would print documents there.

Clearly, I am missing something here. Haha.

Ladies and gentlemen, I highly suspect that I am with the majority who keep asking what are these cards for? Haha.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, not by the yen.

In some ways, Mr. Musk is a real genius, but in some ways he still acts like a little boy.

According to some supposedly leaked information the huge difference in how the companies have fared is due to Tesla and Space X having strong isolating mechanisms to keep Musk from taking too much control of the details the daily work, with high and middle level people creatively interpreting instructions from him in the most productive way. Twitter did not have this internal culture prepared so supposedly every single instruction was strictly obeyed no matter how much of a bad idea it was, and chaos ensued.

Of course nobody can say this information is reliable, but it makes sense seeing how much differently twitter developed after being bought.

wallace

Today 02:32 pm JST

My Number does not store health care information. It will only have the person's identity and health insurance data. The health data will remain in the location where it is made, i.e. a hospital. A new hospital will still have to request the data from a previous hospital

You are correct at this time!

But if you read the full plan the goal is to have a unified database!

This will be only in several years with 2030 as a tentative date!

Not set in stone but this is the plan.

It makes no difference seeing the government already know everything you get done so nothing changes

The Okinawa government hates the Ospreys shaky safety record. 

Sigh. Aviation enthusiasts and a good many experienced pilots get all rubbery kneed singing the praises of the mighty C-130 Hercules, and nobody would demand the US stop flying them after a mishap, but in real life the Hercules has a higher mishap rate per 100,000 flight hours than the V-22. Right now at least the V-22 has the second best safety record in the Marine Corps, after the F-35B. Better than the Hercules, CH-53E, F/A-18C/D, AV-8B and C-21 Gulfstream IV.

"Keep growing, keep learning, keep changing."

Health is wealth. Life is a precious gift. World leaders out there in Dubai are doing their best to offer a healthy direction to Planet Earth our common home.

My Number does not store health care information. It will only have the person's identity and health insurance data. The health data will remain in the location where it is made, i.e. a hospital. A new hospital will still have to request the data from a previous hospital.

All close family members by tradition are required to attend the cremation.

But not doing it have no consequences and as proved a lot of the Japanese population is not constricted by tradition as you think.

Your source only list the common procedures, in no part of it says this is something universally observed, it does not even say all members of the family are required to attend the cremation as you claim. "Mourners" can refer to some of the family members and not to all.

So what you are saying is the old system keeps people stuck in with one hospital or group of hospitals.

The old system as in all paper? it would be the same in most other places. The new system (digitalized) is one of the advantages that can bring people to get attention to the hospitals that use them.

Every time I need to get information from the hospital I need to pay them to write it up so I can give it to my doctor.

If you need your information you can get it at any time you are consulting for whatever reason, if you need a referral that might require a paid visit, but that is completely independent of how your information is stored. You can get your information in a digital format or printed depending on how the new hospital keep their records.

In theory it does not matter what system any hospital uses as long as they are digitalized, the only difficulty would be to change the type of records if the systems are not compatible but in the example I saw compatibility seems to be one of the selling points.

The successes and failures of the country are now on the majority people.

virusrex

Today 01:37 pm JST

That is another reason doctors and hospitals don't want MNC.

It will eliminate the need to pay my doctor for a note to get information from the hospital pay the hospital for my relevant information!

Yes, you absolutely can because blacks have now governed the country since Apartheid ended, you can keep making excuses all you want, but that’s on them

Apartheid no longer exists but it did when you claimed the once great white nation. In that era, apartheid could not be separated. Apartheid was racist.

It will take more than 3 decades for the country to recover from apartheid.

Japanese footballers are known for their quick thinking, fast moving, intelligent passing, precision shooting skills, and effective nodding. Japanese footballing great Shinji Ono is a legend. May his tribe increase.

The Japanese government is very shocked their concerns of their own air safety in their own air space are not respected. They have been loyal and obey for decades. Very ungrateful from the Americans, truth is always hurt !

'Apartheid and Jim Crow are really no different': Why George Floyd's death reverberated in Africa

https://abcnews.go.com/International/apartheid-jim-crow-george-floyds-death-reverberated-africa/story?id=71556630

Nadeshiko Japan are doing fine in the land of the Samba. Hats off to scorers Moeka Minami and to Mina Tanaka. Well played Japan.

you cannot separate the white-dominated nation from the apartheid it was built on.

Yes, you absolutely can because blacks have now governed the country since Apartheid ended, you can keep making excuses all you want, but that’s on them

The rule of law prevailed…..

Wait, before you go on, I already know the history.

Your white revisionism is not the accepted truth.

No, the truth is, the blacks have not done a good job at running the country, that’s a fact, nothing racist in pointing that.

More blacks died under apartheid than now under black rule. 46 years of oppression.

https://youtu.be/FrA9S8RFC20?si=buFlnREDMskg1NHv

https://youtu.be/XA47J4442mU?si=2gAjBaK6G8wcw6go

Ok, so as in typical liberal fashion forget the deaths of whites and the rapes and other blacks.

Is that a racist comment?

If you want to make everything a racial issue, that’s on you.

> virusrex

Today 01:37 pm JST

The reluctance and ",see no benefits" are hospitals and doctors that refuse to stop wasting paper, doing everything manually and giving up their fax machines and archaic ways.

> There is a difference between modernizing their systems and including the MNC in them, currently some big hospitals have already modernized and digitalized their systems to provide the same advantages you list without having to include the MNC in them, patients can simply use their hospital (or medical service for those where hospitals are organized in groups) card and do everything electronically.

> People already in these systems would not have important benefits by switching to the MNC one, and for some it could represent disadvantages.

> Modernization bring advantages? of course, and a lot of them, but that does not automatically mean the advantages depend on modernization being done in this specific way

So what you are saying is the old system keeps people stuck in with one hospital or group of hospitals.

Every time I need to get information from the hospital I need to pay them to write it up so I can give it to my doctor.

Once fully implemented MNC will allow people to give access to their past history with the need to go to the other places and pay them

In some ways, Mr. Musk is a real genius, but in some ways he still acts like a little boy. What he has done with Tesla solar, Tesla cars, and Space X is revolutionary. I still remember reading opinions from the Big 3 automakers that Musk didn't have a snowball's chance of succeeding in the EV market. It turns out that it is the Big 3 who do not know how to succeed in the EV field.

We have Tesla solar panels on our roof. They were the cheapest among the quotes, and we are very happy with them. Nothing wrong with paying less than eight thousand dollars (after tax credits) for a solar system that basically brings our electric bill down to zero.

From our front yard we watched as Space X launched from Vandenberg AFB (or space base, whatever), and then successfully landed the first stage for reuse. NASA has been talking about reusing the first stage rockets for over 50 years, even back when I was helping to launch the rockets, but only Musk has succeeded.

Musk made his Starlink system available to Ukraine, free of charge, and singlehandedly provided the means to prevent Putin from rolling into that country. He doesn't get enough credit for saving Ukraine.

So, what he got himself into with this Twitter mess is embarrassing, but no one is perfect.

I wish he would get out of Twitter, and dedicate himself to more technological projects that help mankind. My personal favorite would be to see Enhanced Geothermal rolled out world wide. It would solve our green energy needs. If Musk tackled this problem like he did some of the other problems mentioned, it would be fantastic.

What is the secret to decorating your Christmas tree like a professional?

A professional Christmas tree decorator?

You mean someone that works for the state?

I would say getting paid for doing it as 8 hour day would help out one's decorating skills.

indigoToday 01:42 pm JST

the BRICKS are using gold to base their new currency.

GOLD will skyrocket! Bye Bye JPY!!!

I don't think the number one currency manipulator will want to stop manipulating their currency. Might be show for foreign consumption of no consequence.