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Posted in: Should you drive through a red traffic light like this in Japan? Confusing road rule explained See in context

David BrentToday  10:26 am JST

I miss roundabouts like back in the UK. They keep traffic moving.

I realize that they wouldn't work in Japan though. Almost every Japanese person I speak to about the merits of roundabouts replies that they are "scary".

There are a few roundabouts in Japan. So they people do understand them.

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Posted in: Should you drive through a red traffic light like this in Japan? Confusing road rule explained See in context

Roundabouts! Bring in some roundabouts. Nothing so stupid, ridiculous, frustrating,annoying is waiting at junction, no traffic for miles and miles but you gotta wait cause the red light timer came on.

Those red lights are too confusing. In this case We don’t need to know what the others drivers have, all we need is RED light we stop! Green we can go.

red and green together are dangerous. Also they keep putting traffic lights too close together so sometimes I see a light change to green, only to realize .ooooops, it’s no MY light. The planner clearly think HIS stupid comments sense is the same as everyone else’s.

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Posted in: Japan preparing to add transport roles to skilled visa amid shortages See in context

YEs yes yes. But will they make a place on application forms for MIDDLE NAMES? LOL

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Posted in: China orders Japanese fishing boat to leave waters near disputed islands See in context

Sounds like the little piano incident in London. telling people what to do in their own back years, only this time its in Japans back water. The CCP has hidden its claws as we have run to their capitalist market trough and our greed blinds us. Being a capitalist does not mean your a democracy. Sadly the USA, EU et al confused them the Kissinger got it wrong. The people havent risen up and asked for democracy as they got rich. So long as the CCP keeps the minions happy, they will go along with the CCP and it's wishes. and the chinese public don't care about Nepal, Honk Kong, the Uyghurs.They will swallow the CCP propaganda and will abide by its wishes. Cause you know where you might end up, if you upset Winnie the Pooh.

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Posted in: Japan's foreign worker population tops 2 million for first time See in context

We are on the way to 3 million. Let's remember these will be young, fit, and healthy workers who will pay tax to support the elderly and pay down Japanese debt. I think Japan has it right. Some immigration and a managed decline in the population to 80-odd million, as the older generation passes! me included! I don't want to see Japan fall into the trap of "we must only bring in HIGHLY QUALIFIED PEOPLE because they will realise,in the future, they are leaving the junk jobs for the natives, as companies go for the "CHEAP" option of bringing in immigrants and undercut the workforce. The UK has been similar, bringing in immigrants while not providing training for its population. EG plumbers, engineers, bricklayers, construction workers, drivers, doctors, nurses, x-ray technicians, computer engineers etc and got a lot of cheap labour from the EU, Africa and Asia. while cutting university places for some jobs..Not to mention the removal of the old apprenticeship places in polytechnics. Cause it's cheaper! and we can push students into debt for 20,30 years. ( and profit) I do understand the Japanese and UK university and job training systems are different though. Which I think works for Japan's strong points.

But it is good to see more people, like me and my kids.

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Posted in: Italy-UK-Japan fighter jet program could open up to others: Italian Defense Minister See in context

If this is anything like the projects the uk started with other countriesIt’ll be a mess with countries coming and leaving, and changing the planes mission. The new aircraft carriers were also supposed to be a collaboration but again some countries noses were put out of joint cause of national pride. I believe this also happened with the typhoon too. it seems the UK can’t build anything on its own anymore. And when they do, it’s pretty half arsed, and either cancel the project or try to sell it off. Or it is certainly proposed.

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Posted in: Foreign-born Miss Japan sparks debate on what it means to be Japanese See in context

i guess the cognitive dissonance shows up in people because she doesn’t to fit the psychological stereotype of what looks “Japanese”. Something many countries that accepted immigration, especially post war. It’s probably only as the older generation, pass away and the younger generation come more and more in contact with people with a different sounding name, different colored eyes, different beliefs or even different skin color, that the stupid debate will be settled. If your Japanese, your Japanese. If you can play rugby, football, athletics and represent japan. So can she. Good luck to her, she represents my daughter and my son who don’t fit that stereotype some love. I guess we wouldn’t even have this discussion if it was in the US, UK, Australia etc, but it’s a start of something that can’t be stopped.

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Posted in: Foreign-born Miss Japan sparks debate on what it means to be Japanese See in context

if you Japanese your JAPANESE. That’s it! Full stop!

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Posted in: Foreign-born Miss Japan sparks debate on what it means to be Japanese See in context

Good for her.

I remember the same story about the black miss japan. Hopefully it’s. Sign japan is changing.

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Posted in: Fans outraged by Barbie Oscar snubs See in context

Riiiiiiight! So people are ticked off cause a couple of women didn't get nominated for a PINK BARBIE MOVIE, rather than jumping for joy at the first-ever Native American woman to be nominated for an Oscar whose performance was awesome. The French movie Anatomy of a Fall, about a woman in court and directed by a woman was also excellent. This really, really shouldn't even be here for us to read. Just another negative moaning, complaining article. and another clickbait whining, complaining Barbie article. The judges got this right. Let celebrate those women.

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Posted in: Japan's exports surge 10% in December on strong demand for autos, revived trade with China See in context

KoolKoiToday  10:53 am JST

Japan is an exporter of steel.

Japan also imports steel too.

Anyway I personally believe a weaker yen isn’t bad. It helps our exports and allows our factories to repatriate those dollars and get more yen and if they put that into dividends,that’s good for share holders, and can give the workers a bonus which can either be spent of invested or saved and could boost stock prices too. Sadly it also means investors pay more for dollars, pounds euros etc etc.

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Posted in: Japan's exports surge 10% in December on strong demand for autos, revived trade with China See in context

We must strengthen the yen so Japanese goods become more expensive abroad and when we repatriate the dollars to the yen we can get less yen. This weak yen is damaging thr importers who now have to pay way more for steel etc.

Of course the tourists will have to pay much more to visit japan. We need to bring it down to 105 yen for a dollar again now cause it costs us more to go to Hawaii now and for gasoline . Of course I don’t get a bonus from our company so it doesn’t matter if they make more profit from their exports.

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Posted in: Vietnamese trainees told to undergo contraception to work in Japan See in context

Futaro GamagoriToday  03:28 pm JST

Sad reality is, once you become a business owner, your priority changes (and your values)

I have to agree. Suddenly the equality they supported back in the day disappears when the money is on the line.

Complaining when a woman gets pregnant, undercutting salary, and paying cheap wages for a philipino and still complains they can't get the quality staff...at cheap prices. Which they always complain abpout but NEVER WANT TO INCREASE THE PAY.

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Posted in: Tokyo bus operator banks on foreign drivers as shortage looms See in context

Well, I guess they are taking a page out of the UK's history. The UK brought over hundreds from the Caribbean to work as clippies and bus drivers. One advantage Japan has is it can look at other countries and see where they went wrong. On how they treated those immigrants.Especially the wind rush generation who were treated appallingly by the UK. You can't bring people here, for 35,40 years then kick them out after they've served the company and country. Paid their tax, and had a family. One advantage the UK had was that it could bring in people who spoke English and read English, so the learning curve wasn't steep. Japan should/would have to offer more Japanese training NOT AT THE WORKERS EXPENSE. They would have to stop landlord discrimination, and they would have to let them change jobs, so they can move up the salary ladder and not just be some minimum salary slave for the company. And when they HIT 65, you can't find some racist excuse to kick them out. Oh, you're not Japanese! If you don't, you might find that just like in other countries with immigrants, some will get angry. Especially if they have a second generation, who knows no other country, language, or culture.

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Posted in: Record 87% of Japanese 'do not feel friendly' toward China: survey See in context

Well, I'm not surprised. A country that steals intellectual property. Forces them to hand over technology or work with a Chinese company, copies patents, undercuts competition after reverse engineering said products,, Rude passengers on planes, and trains, threatens its neighbours, locks up people with a different political view, treats its Muslim community as a threat, locks them up, does dodgy deals with other countries to force them into a debt they can't pay, pretends its a victim. doesn't have a real judiciary, has illegal companies that sell tainted food...makes a promise to Hong Kong then suppresses them. Locks up people they don't like. Send fishing boats by the hundred to overfish on other countries' waters, and claim the WHOLE of the sea. Mm so yeah. what's to like? One caveat is, that the Chinese people aren't the Chinese government. So basically, we don't like or trust the Chinese government. A country that also hid its COVID problem. Please give me some reason to like the CCP.

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Posted in: ‘I never lost a fight against a man’: The story of the only woman to join Japan’s notorious yakuza See in context

u_s__reamerToday  10:40 am JST

 She’s a criminal scum, thug,pimp, drug dealer, drug pusher, and how many victims has she left behind. 

Not as many as the leaders of nations and their accomplices who ironically enjoy the "respect" of society and the world despite the millions of lives they have ruined. Nishimura's life is a human story marked by many mistakes and failures. She is herself a victim of family and society, beasts that devour their own children.

Well, I think it depends on how you define a political criminal, especially in today click bate, headline grabbing world, but I would never put them in the grouping. I think it requires more nuance than the "politics". You may have a point when it comes to dealing with a dictatorship v a democracy, where the dictators act more like the YAKUZA, on a governmental level. She had many chances, and for her to play the victim, is an excuse for pimping, extorting money, drug dealing, and excuses her behaviour, and totally ignores the victims, she prayed on. I think all politicians and people would say she was a criminal, a pimp, a drug dealer,drug pusher and left victims in her wake. I'd rather sit down with a politician and have a coffee than the yakuza. Not All politicians are bad, but ALL yaks are criminals.

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Posted in: ‘I never lost a fight against a man’: The story of the only woman to join Japan’s notorious yakuza See in context

What a piece of……! She’s a criminal scum, thug,pimp, drug dealer, drug pusher, and how many victims has she left behind. She didn’t care about the victims and she didn’t redefine anything. There are bad women everywhere and she sold them drugs, forced them into prostitution, extortion. Why some cry for the death sentence for others this seems to glorify her.. I wonder if was responsible for any deaths????

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Posted in: Couple in their 80s apparently freeze to death in Tokyo apartment See in context

Agent_Neo

In most cases, this is not a government or pension issue.

sorry but I beg to differ if they can’t afford to heat or aircon their homes. (Excluding natural causes of death) It is a pension issue.older people are much much more vulnerable to heat and cold changes. Old people can’t control their internal temperature as well as a younger person. They are also less likely to feel the danger regarding the cold and hypothermia, and heat stroke is much more prevalent now the summers are much much hotter.

is it a pension issue? Absolutely when they have to watch every yen. Or pay for a medical bill, or the choice of buying food. Or an old house is cold and drafty.

is it a government issue? Absolutely! They payed their taxes, the government have a duty to take care of their older population and they could give them a heating allowance in the winter or an air conditioner allowance to those that receive a small pension.

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Posted in: Uniqlo sues Shein over alleged copy of its popular 'Mary Poppins bag' See in context

If the Chinese can FORCE you to hand over your products,(Sony) China can steal the code/product.

And if they can't steal it, they will buy one and reverse engineer it. Shinkansen anyone! Then undercut the original manufacturers, with a dodgy contract overseas, for crying out loud. It's a dictatorship, and they don't have to answer to anyone. If you spend million on design research... they will copy it. Landrover. Its time the west woke up and realised china is hiding its claws,and they don't want democracy. Kissinger theory was as they got richer they would want some kinda democracy. Phew! tell that to the people of Hong Kong. Uhigers, and people in Nepal.

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Posted in: Couple in their 80s apparently freeze to death in Tokyo apartment See in context

When you pay a pittance for a pension.....this is what's going to happen. Nobody should die from not having any heating, or in the summer from a lack of air conditioning.

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Posted in: Uniqlo sues Shein over alleged copy of its popular 'Mary Poppins bag' See in context

I have only one word...CHINA.

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Posted in: ANA Boeing 737-800 domestic flight turns back due to cockpit window crack See in context

I bet you any money this is the news outlets hyperbolling this. We need to prepare for the next journalist to troll the aircraft world news to blow it up. Then he'll move on to electric cars or something shiny for his next article. It might be over though.We had the crash, then the door hatch cover and now this.So, let see.

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Posted in: University entrance exams begin across Japan See in context

It seems "some" colleges aren't even bothering with the exams, some do essays, and interviews, as they need to put bums on seats. I think it might be better, to stop forcing students to do P.E at university, and study art, when they don't want to study art, or a language,or P.E and isn't part of their studies. Sometimes it feels like an extension of high school and a great way not to let a lot of young people sit unemployed. along with just filler classes.

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Posted in: What time is evening? People in Japan puzzled by official answer See in context

if the sun is up in the morning, it’s morning. After 12 noon it’s afterNOON. If it’s daylight after 6pm I’d say good evening, and when it’s dark it’s good night. But depends on the country. Morning, and afternoon are pretty well set I think.

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Posted in: U.S., British militaries launch massive retaliatory strike against Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen See in context

Ok. Is this another UK getting dragged along with the US as another lackey?

Is the French/Saudi,Japanese, German, Spanish, Italian, Australian, Canadian navy involved?

The Americans have never really been there for when the British needed them. Where was the US navy during the Falklands? Nowhere. Where was the US when Northern Ireland terrorists where bombing London? Nowhere! But they were happy to let the terrorists raise money in the USA. If the UK wants to get involved and pretend it’s a world power, it will need to send the full carrier force….. not a destroyer. Navy cuts have hollowed out the Royal Navy in favour of the Army and Air Force. Thankfully the Navy got two new carriers but it will need more in the future as I wouldn’t rely on the US navy to get involved with the UKs future wars.

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Posted in: Fujitsu in firing line over UK Post Office scandal See in context

I remember this years ago, and Fujitsu didn't give two hoots. The CEO of Fujitsu knew about this and could have fixed this. Instead, it allowed British post office workers to be charged, and convicted in court for fraud/theft. and some committed suicide. Fujitsu MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. It was their system, they built it and defended it. Fujitsu, must either be fined, or the CEO resign and appear in court, and made to compensate the victims. I want to see some very very deep bowing, and a lot of I'm very very sorry.

What is disgusting is the fact it took a TV show to kick the politicians up the.......... to get any real traction to put this right. Which of course, for some....can't ever be put right.

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Posted in: Some are leaving quake-hit Wajima, but one fish seller determined to rebuild See in context

Mr KiplingToday  08:17 am JST

The area will be de-populated in 20 years time. Take time and don't rush to rebuild wasting tax payers money as they did and continue to do in Tohoku.

We could also say that about some towns in North America, and Europe, but it is ok to live there and support each other. Big cities, small towns, and villages each bring something to each other. Small fishing communities are needed, because the guy in Tokyo wants his sushi. The woman in Osaka wants that small village or town to visit because she likes to get out of the big city and see the countryside. I don't think it needs to be based soley on MONEY.

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Posted in: Nikkei ends at highest level since March 1990 on tech buying See in context

JeffLeeToday  05:15 pm JST

Wait for a dip, I guess....if there is one!*

I understand those sentiments, although nobody knows when that BIG dip will come. Or that correction. One advantage of Japan it's not worth sticking it in the bank.

I guess Warren Buffet has it right. On a daily, weekly, or monthly basis, it's a voting machine, but in the loooooong term, it's a weighing machine. Waiting might mean being out for a few years, but we'd miss out on the extra dividends, or buying something cheap today, but expensive in a few years, even after a dip. I'm going to stick with drip feeding in 50,000 every month, good or bad.If only we had a crystal ball. One thing I'm glad I did, and that was to ignore the pundits. They don't have a crystal ball either.(but they pretend to)

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Posted in: Man finds 2 children dead, wife unconscious in apparent murder-suicide bid See in context

owzerToday  04:44 pm JST

I have no idea if the mother was being selfish, stupid, or if she was just scared.

I will say this, NOBODY has ever committed suicide because they were selfish. Nobody has committed suicide because they were stupid, and being stupid is not a mental health condition. And it is possible she was scared of something, but you and I will never know. Anyone who takes their own life, usually does so, because of a sense of NO HOPE. That's proven to be the biggest predictor of suicide. Selfishness has never shown up on any quality research as a predictor of suicide. NEVER. If it was, then there would be kids and adults treated for being selfish in hospitals all over the world. Is it possible she was scared, Maybe! Maybe she got a specific physical diagnosis. Maybe the woman had schizophrenia, or depression, which are the biggest predictors.

falseflagsteve

Social services and mental health care in Japan is appalling. Mental health is still a taboo subject here amongst many you see.

It may come as a surprise to you, but you can't go dragging people off the streets, and force treatment on them. and getting mental health treatment here is way way better than say getting mental health treatment in the UK or in the USA. (which some people can't afford) Mental health is NOT TABOO and just perpetuates a cultural stereotype. It has a stigma,( not a taboo), and that crosses the Pacific and the Atlantic, where mental health has a stigma. It certainly doesn't help with the movie industry or the news. Jumping on the mental health aspect of things and blaming killings on mental health.Especially in the US. Most are committed by perfectly sane people, and people with mental illnesses are more like to take their own lives.

If people post harsh words on people who do have mental health problems it only perpetuates the stigma for those of us in the future who may become mentally ill in the future, and may not seek help.

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

Well, I guess money talks. Now, any chance you can get onsen, and sento to let customers in with a tattoo?

Now that would be newsworthy.

MoonrakerToday  07:54 am JST

I see pachinko tours coming soon. For another "authentic experience."

Pachinko place tours? Mm Why not? No different than going to Las Vegas to lose your money. Maybe even boat race excursions. Some people might like that, tagged on with a dinner course, or some Sake factory tours.

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