Agent_Neo comments

Without the numbers to back it up, it's hard to say that consumption in Japanese society is currently declining.

The inflation rate is also pretty stable at around 2%.

The earliest the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates is September. Depending on the situation, this could be delayed even further.

It's safe to say that the benefits of a weak yen have yet to be seen.

Those who say that a weak yen is bad for Japan have little evidence to support their argument. If the yen continues to weaken, it will be a tailwind for the Japanese economy. I hope the yen stays weak for the time being.

I'm in favor of IR, so I'd like to see it continue as is.

Abolish pachinko like in Korea. Pachinko should only be held in government-run IRs.

Also, they're not just targeting Chinese people, they're probably hoping to attract rich people from the Middle East and America as well.

Gambling addiction? lol

There's currently no social security. With private gambling (pachinko), you don't know how much someone is spending.

By abolishing that and having the government manage it, it could be managed based on the Resident Registration Card. People who spend too much could receive counseling.

It's much better for the government to collect it as taxes than for the yakuza to collect it. People who gamble will do it somewhere else if you leave them alone.

Is it because Koreans create fantasy history and say "This movie is the basis of history!" even though it is a movie?

In the movie Gunkanjima, the US military came to rescue the Koreans at the end lol

@Samit Basu

①When was the law banning the Rising Sun Flag enacted in Korea?

②There is no law banning the Rising Sun Flag in China. It has not even been discussed.

If there is, please tell me. Even my Chinese acquaintances say they don't know about it.

③The ordinance was enacted in Seoul in 2021, right?

Why did they bother to make it more than half a century after the war? lol

The ACL only prohibits provocative acts against the other party, and does not prohibit the Rising Sun Flag itself at all.

It's for a similar reason to the punishment given to Park Jong-woo, who held up a placard saying "Takeshima is our territory." Political performances are not allowed.

The Rising Sun Flag is a military flag, and before 2010, Self-Defense Force vessels sailed through Korean territorial waters several times with the Rising Sun Flag flying, and also called at ports as a goodwill gesture, but nothing was said.

It would be understandable if they had been complaining since the end of the war, but it is ridiculous for Japan to constantly respond to anti-Japanese movements that were born out of Ki Seong-yo's monkey performance excuses.

Superficial diplomacy such as friendship with Korea is completely unnecessary for Japan and significantly damages our national interests.

Like China, Korea's anti-Japanese sentiment has been nurtured by a fantasy of history education, and unless they admit that it was wrong, apologize for their anti-Japanese actions, and pay compensation to Japan, Japan-Korea relations will not progress properly. That is simply impossible.

In the semiconductor industry, which is the core of Korea's exports, Japanese manufacturing equipment and materials are essential, but from Japan's perspective, Korea is just one of many customers.

I hope that Lee Jae-min, who has four criminal convictions, will become president and quickly succeed Moon Jae-in, who has been staunchly anti-Japanese and anti-American.

Please break off diplomatic relations with Japan! Lee Jae-min! Lee Jae-min!

Friendship with Korea is just a waste of time and tax money.

The Rising Sun Flag issue suddenly started to be an issue for Koreans after the criticism of Ki Seong-yo in 2011. Even now, only Koreans consider it to be equivalent to the swastika, and even in Korea there is no law banning the Rising Sun Flag.

If a Korean criticizes Korea's fantasy history, they are charged with displaying facts and cannot hold public office. Poor thing.

Even though Japan has tried to clarify the Takeshima issue at an international court, Korea has already refused three times and is running away.

Korea is the only country that tries to make a retroactive law, showing how Korea is not a modern country governed by law.

So does a pre-check mean that if a zipper is done in Korea, it won't be necessary on the Japanese side?

I think it will just mean that Koreans who try to shove a bar of gold up their ass and exchange it for cash in Japan will be turned a blind eye.

At the very least, Koreans, who are prone to crime, need to have their visas reinstated and be forced to take fingerprints.

It's clear that you have no understanding what an international treaty is.

To use an example from the United States, treaties that have been ratified should be abided by, but there is no need to abide by treaties that have not been ratified. This is something even a middle school student can understand.

Even if a treaty has been ratified, it can be revoked due to domestic circumstances.

China gets criticized for not abiding by treaties it signs.

That's only natural.

Mao Zedong never said that the Senkaku Islands were Chinese territory, nor did he consider them to be Chinese territory.

The Arbitration Tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, based on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, determined that China's unique border line, the "Nine-Dash Line," over its maritime advancement in the South China Sea, has no basis in international law.

China is a country that does not follow international rules.

What's the counterargument? lol

But he never comments on China's extinction of the Yangtze River dolphins, and shows no interest in other animals and plants whose populations are even more dwindling.

He's simply a coward who continues to commit terrorist acts only against Japan, which has not fought back.

It's crazy to think that dolphin hunting and whaling, which have been practiced since ancient times, are despicable. Back then, there was no beef or pork, and whales and dolphins were a valuable source of nutrition. That is a culture unique to Japan.

And it's culture all over the world too.

Even Europe and America whaled in the past, and it's white people's fault that endangered whale species appeared as a result of that.

Saying that whaling should be stopped because the numbers have decreased, or that enclosure whaling is cruel, are just one-sided feelings, and I think forcing this on Japanese people is just discrimination.

＠quercetum

Do you know what welfare is? For example, in America, it's called a green card?

The Supreme Court has ruled that it is a right only for Japanese nationals, but it is still being paid to foreigners, mainly Chinese and Koreans, which has become a problem.

Around one-fifth of all Korean households in Japan should be receiving welfare.

No matter how much tax foreigners pay, they are not entitled to receive welfare. That is the law.

I think it's time to restore the national budget, which has been increased since the 3/11 disaster.

We need to stop providing welfare benefits to foreigners and increase taxes to fund a defense budget that can repel threats from enemy countries such as China, Russia, North Korea, and South Korea. Rather than reducing defense spending, we should reduce social security spending first.

We are experiencing rising oil prices, a weak yen, and inflation, so we hope the next prime minister will deal with these issues.

There are also many other issues, such as a declining birthrate, an aging society, and security problems, so we need appropriate budget allocations and direct support such as subsidies.

Are they trying to belittle the Japanese as barbarians who eat insects? Or is there some other meaning?

There are too few examples to be a good sample, but what do you think?

In that case, it would be closer to the truth to say that people ate red dogs and cats before the war.

It is said that people even had to eat human flesh during famines in the Edo period, so is this proof of cruelty and barbarism?

Typhoons cause damage every year, and if fossil fuels are the cause, it is not Japan but the US, China, India and other countries with large emissions that need to do something about it.

There is not much Japan can do.

＠BgirlKai

Just because America stopped accepting Japanese immigrants, it didn't mean Japan stopped sending immigrants out.

Because Japan couldn't support its citizens domestically.

Japan sent immigrants overseas from before WWII until after WWII. Labor shortage? Even though we were sending immigrants out? lol

We don't have any need for Koreans at all, do we?

＠Ah_so

It's the Chinese and Koreans who scream that the Japanese are cruel, but no one believes them anymore because there is no evidence to back up what they say.

China is propaganda. Korea, which was annexed by Japan and never fought a war with Japan, is just a fantasy.

I'd like to see evidence that would clearly convince the Japanese.

Tariff barriers for Chinese-made EVs are being raised in the EU, the US, and Canada. That's because they're cheap and sell well. But are those cars safe?

And what about disposing of used batteries?

As with charging infrastructure, there seem to be many more issues to be addressed.

By the way, why are Korean cars stolen in the US?

The answer is simple: they have poor security.

Other cars are stolen because they can be sold for a high price in other countries, but unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case for Korean cars.

They're copies of Japanese cars, so I don't recommend driving a Korean car that only looks good!

He looks good, but his words and actions from when he was Minister of the Environment make me hesitate to support him. Also, it wasn't his fault that plastic bags became chargeable, but there is distrust that he could have stopped it.

When Koreans criticize Japanese politics, they often criticize second-generation politicians. Second-generation politicians are elected in democratic elections, aren't they?

I don't understand that criticism at all.

I really hope they make the 60,000 ton class coast guard ship "Yamato" again.

Shouldn't we restart nuclear power plants? It's not a matter of pride or reputation. I doubt there are any ordinary people who think that way.

First of all, were there any nuclear power plants that collapsed or were destroyed in the 3/11 earthquake?

There was damage from the tsunami, but was there really any damage caused by changes in fault lines due to the earthquake? This is a scientific question.

And currently, electricity rates have risen by at least 20% due to the soaring price of crude oil.

This is because Japan's current electricity generation is supported by thermal power plants that burn crude oil.

If we're going to operate thermal power plants that emit a lot of carbon dioxide, then why not operate nuclear power plants, which have much more efficient power generation? Isn't that the opinion of the majority of citizens?

EVs are environmentally friendly? As always, it makes me laugh.

Could you tell me how you dispose of those batteries?

So you just bury the inconvenient ones in the ground like trains and pretend you never saw them, right?

Isn't it ridiculous that China is selling off EVs for money, even though they can't even dispose of solar panels that have outlived their useful life, and they haven't even established a method for disposing of EV batteries?

Well, I suppose the people who buy them are a bit strange, too.

If you want to be environmentally friendly, it's best not to drive a car, right? lol

Minamata disease? Of course I know about it. It's one of the four major pollution diseases that occurred in the Agano River.

Japanese people love tuna, but so far no one has been poisoned by mercury.

The same goes for whale meat. Japan's food safety standards exceed those of Europe and the United States.

That's why you can eat raw eggs in Japan.

It's unthinkable in other countries, right?

Whale meat has only become unavailable due to various regulations, so people have stopped eating it, but it has actually been eaten as a seafood delicacy since before the Edo period.

Eating whale meat is definitely healthier than promoting the Western way of eating meat, isn't it?

There's nothing wrong with promoting sustainable whaling.

As I said before, I have no intention of buying any wiretapped household products made in China, nor do I intend to drive an EV that gets cremated in three seconds.

If you value your life, you should spend a little money.

When you die, all that's left is ashes, right?

Rather than imposing tariffs like the US, Canada, and EU, I hope Japan will take the lead in banning Chinese-made EVs. They are a danger to other cars as well.

The Japanese army was cruel!! The campaign has died down recently.

The lies about the military prostitutes have become widely known in Korea, and they have been unable to refute the thesis of Oxford University professor Ramseyer.

The Nanjing Massacre was fabricated without even a witness to begin with.

Even though the entire population of a city was killed, there are no bodies.

Chiang Kai-shek, who ruled Nanjing at the time, has never spoken out about this fabricated massacre.

In fact, even the Chinese Communist government has never held a memorial service or anything like that.

Recently, there has been a lot of talk about the Xi'an incident, in which Japanese residents were massacred, and the Yellow River flooding incident, in which even Chinese people were sacrificed.

The more Chinese and South Korean patriots scream, the more inconvenient the deployment of Ospreys seems to be for them.

Japan and the US are right to deploy them.

Let's do what China, Russia, North Korea and South Korea oppose.

Don't worry, they're not saying anything important. There's no scientific basis for it either.

Whaling is part of Japan's history and culture.

Are they going to stop because they were told to by other countries?

It is natural for a country to protect a particular industry that is in decline, and as a result, they will be able to reduce beef imports from the United States and Australia.

That is why exporting countries criticize whaling. Because beef will no longer sell.

However, everyone knows that raising even one cow puts a considerable burden on the environment.

It was common to have whale meat served in elementary schools 30 to 40 years ago.

There is nothing wrong with using whale meat as a food alternative to beef or pork.

It is not the case that Japanese people are driving whales to extinction.

It is not something that the United States or Australia can criticize, as they reduced the population by hunting too much whales.

Australia in particular is not a country that can be called a model student in wildlife conservation, even as a compliment. One-third of the world's mammal extinctions since the 17th century have occurred in Australia.

He is the seventh player in the major leagues to hit 40-40.

To achieve that in a grand slam, and in the same game, is like something out of a comic book.

Congratulations! Next up is 50-50!

Before the war, there was a food shortage and no jobs in Japan, so people were emigrating to America, Brazil, and Manchuria, China. So why did they have to bring Koreans to Japan to work?

It seems contradictory, doesn't it?

How many Japanese Americans and Japanese Brazilians do you think there are?

Until it was annexed by Japan, the Korean Peninsula was ruled by aristocrats, and the people lived a life worse than that of the Middle Ages in Japan and Europe, and most of the people were treated like slaves. There was no way that such a country could develop, and it was close to being one of the poorest countries in the world.

It is true that Koreans were constantly smuggling themselves into Japan, and since the annexed Korean Peninsula was poorer than Japan, many Koreans went to Japan to work. There was no need to mobilize the military to bring them here.

I remember reading the whole thing in the library at elementary school.

It's outrageous to exclude it!

Just like Grave of the Fireflies, we need to take a good look at it again.

By the way, Korean residents in Japan are disliked in this work as well.