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Aaron J comments

Posted in: Japan's tourism boom prices out business travelers See in context

I just want to say prices for international hotels in Tokyo are indeed outrageous. More than New York or LA or Chicago. Local chains are better, but in all cases you get less for the money. So much for ‘taking advantage of cheap yen”. I’ve been to New York, LA and Chicago (about 10 times) and Tokyo (7 times) since Fall 2022. Tokyo is outrageous.

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Posted in: In 2024, Brazil's Amazon rainforest saw highest number of fires in 17 years: agency See in context

That's too many fires, but the fires are set on purpose every year, and so should be punished. Don’t down vote me, it is mentioned in the article. It hasn’t be a secret for a long time.

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Posted in: China and Japan expected to discuss seafood ban See in context

This is really a mess. When Japan shows negligible risk, China can use this to defend the actually harmful discharges from their nuclear plants. I’m directly in this industry, and as far as I know China commercial nuclear plants have nothing close to technology used at Fukushima to treat and mange discharges to water.

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Posted in: China and Japan expected to discuss seafood ban See in context

The claim that Japan is polluting the ocean is about the only anti-rest-of-the-world position the CCP has taken that their people still believe. That and that Japan is still their enemy.

China will only concede if they can show Japan is begging for their business. I’m guessing they will ask for extraordinary measures from Japan, and Japan will concede. What’s more unfortunate, unlike China, Japan will actually honor their side of the agreement….

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Posted in: Possessing Harry Potter’s Sword of Godric Gryffindor is now illegal in Japan See in context

*Maguro

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Posted in: Possessing Harry Potter’s Sword of Godric Gryffindor is now illegal in Japan See in context

i’d much rather have a hand-made makuro knife (sword) with 600mm blade and saya (scabbard). Pretty sure they are legal, and much prettier.

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Posted in: ‘For the very first time I really enjoyed sex!’ How lesbian escort agencies became a form of self-care in Japan See in context

I logged in just to say that I find this promotion of Delivery Health hilarious. Like this is something new and innocent. And of any of you “jealous men” who want to watch… that too has literally been legal and available for a thousand years.

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Posted in: Mount Fuji tram idea derailed by environmental concerns See in context

Antiquesaving,

“Over-tourism”means more tourists that Japan would like to see. Even if total numbers are way down, if there is a greater fraction of non-Japanese, the risk is very high that Mt. Fuji may not be here for future generations!

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Posted in: What 'training to failure' means and how to incorporate it into your workout See in context

Actually well written for the lay person. Basically stopping with one or two “reps in reserve” along with more volume (sets & reps) has shown to be very beneficial and reduces chances of injury. The key though is to know your self well enough to know where failure is.

For newbies though. They should just “train to failure”, paying attention to strict form and keeping volume reasonable. Chances are their neuron recruitment is still limiting factor for hypertrophy. Once they know their limits, then consider sub-maximal training. My 2-cents

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Posted in: Japanese 'sugar baby' given reduced prison sentence See in context

Itadaki Joshi isn’t a “sugar baby”. It’s a honey trapper / scamming sugar baby. Isn’t this the woman who wrote a book?

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Posted in: Japan research team newly finds over 300 geoglyphs in Peru's Nazca See in context

Yeah. First thing I thought too.. no pictures? Lame

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Posted in: China to gradually resume seafood imports from Japan after Fukushima ban See in context

This has nothing to do with the safety of Japan’s seafood exports.

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Posted in: China to gradually resume seafood imports from Japan after Fukushima ban See in context

Right thing to do after murdering a 10 year old. Dirty business and vicious crime. All political.

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Posted in: Philippines says China fired flares at its South China Sea plane See in context

China is obviously constantly testing the limits. There are no meaningful repercussions, so why not?

Worst case the US condemns the behavior the first time China go to far, and the region further destabilizes. Then, china has won the battle and this is the new limit.

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Posted in: Foreign visitors to Japan top 3 mil in July; single-month record See in context

Note these numbers are always foreign VISITORS, not TOURISTS.

There is quite a bit of business travel that has resumed.

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Posted in: City in Saitama Prefecture uses AI to find students at risk of school refusal See in context

Just logged in to agree with @kohakuebisu. This is conventional data analysis.

if they fed a AI social media account data from 2020 and told it to predict relevant outcomes in 2022… then asked it to compare actual vs predicted outcomes for 2022 and repeat continuously over various time frames to improve predictive models… That would be an Interesting use of AI. .

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Posted in: 1.4 million girls banned from Afghan schools since Taliban return: UNESCO See in context

They have families to start, I guess. Ugh

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Posted in: China arrests woman suspected of 'defaming' Olympic table tennis players See in context

The plot thickens. This is about corruption and match fixing.

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Posted in: Video of man kicking, slapping deer in Nara Park causes outrage See in context

“shikanoko nokonoko koshitantan”. Roughly translated “deer are not always as innocent as they appear.”

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Posted in: Japan saw record 17.78 mil foreign visitors in 1st half of 2024 See in context

@Mirchy

You are thinking along the right lines. Also, folks need to understand these numbers are foreign visitors. The majority are not Tourists (based on numbers from pre-pandemic times). Also folks need to realize the average stay is only about 7-10 days.

So assume 3 Million visitors in a month (from June).

Assume 50-66% are tourists = 1.5-2.1 Million tourists per month.

If they stay a 10 days each (1/3 of the month)…. This is about 0.5-0.7 Million tourists at any given time in Japan.

Far less than 1% of Japan, closer to 1% of Tokyo. This is not even close to “over-tourism”.

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Posted in: Japan seeks more visitors despite overtourism problems See in context

I’m just sad that it’s become like this. I’m not looking forward to my trip to Tokyo/Yokohama in 10 days, the same way I have the past 20 (?) trips since 2017, ~30 trips since 2003. I’m still now trying to find an excuse to get away from the tourism, but all my friends are in Kanto area, and Japanese have zero work-life flexibility.

The real problem is Japan’s economy. The yen is so cheap and standard of living is declining so much. Japanese resent the “rich” care-free tourist. If Japan were prospering, they’d be welcoming the tourists, but that’s not the case.

I don’t remember sentiment anything like this pre-COVID when tourism was near these levels. I was there more than home Nov 2019 - March 2020.

my 2-cents. Makes me sad.

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Posted in: Russian food shop in Ginza to close as war in Ukraine drags on See in context

these comments are ignorant, why not boycott Chinese restaurants or retail goods? Oh. It’s the good food. Makes sense…. It has nothing to do with the communist dictatorship, or frankly, the country, that openly hates Japan.

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Posted in: Japanese convenience store allows use of initials on name tags to prevent harassment by customers See in context

Japan is a bit obsessed with anonymity. If Japan is so safe and it’s so impolite to introduce yourself without giving your name first, why is it so “dangerous” to give your generic given name?

@shogun36 I agree. Just give them work names and identities. There is an entire industry around doing exactly this.

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Posted in: Japan ranked worst country in world for helping strangers See in context

Japan today is nothing like Japan pre 2019, with a remarkable Change since Fall 2022. Not nearly as hospitable or maybe I just look like I know what I’m doing. But in my 5 visits in the last year, the hospitality has dropped remarkably. This report is no surprise

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Posted in: Panda memorial See in context

This will be a propaganda tool. Japan fails to prevent death Chinese National Treasure. Mark my words.

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Posted in: New consultation service aims to assist 'second virgins' in revitalizing their sex lives See in context

Sex and marriage go hand and hand. When couples stop have having sex, monogamy, at some point, no longer exists - by definition. It’s now celibacy. If it’s one-sided it raises all kinds of questions about who’s breaking the wedding vows.

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Posted in: Japan sees record cannabis cases in 2023; 70% among young people See in context

I’ve been very surprised at how not rare it is in Tokyo.

Don’t assume weed is relaxing though, especially for uptight people. Personally it makes me extremely anxious. I won’t touch the stuff.

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Posted in: Global fertility rate to keep plummeting, major study warns See in context

Aaron JToday  01:34 pm JST

“Fertility rate” sounds like a measurement of fertility. Should call it “reproduction”.

In reply to myself…. It’s got a name “birth rate”. Duh

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Posted in: Global fertility rate to keep plummeting, major study warns See in context

“Fertility rate” sounds like a measurement of fertility. Should call it “reproduction”.

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Posted in: 'Snack' bar tours giving tourists a taste of after-dark Japan See in context

I met one of my best female friends at a snack bar almost 6 years ago. She left a while ago, but as of August I still have a bottle there and was still the only foreign visitor/member. They are fun places once you get to know the staff.

The article is missing a bit of the story…. These are men’s establishments, like Izekaya version of Hostess Clubs.

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