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TIS… This is Singapore

Never heard of the guy... and at this rate maybe never well. Frankly I think we can just chalk him up to being just one more victim of the war his country started.. along w/ the many many people of Ukraine who have quite a bit more real world concerns...

Are people these days so clueless that they don’t know how to get the news without going through social media ?

Green peace is generally undesirable shouldn’t they just shut down everywhere ?

Not really a Mariah fan. But just looked up and played the version alleged to be copied over spotify.. and sounds absoutely different.

The argument that people who don’t like Apple are free to go elsewhere isn’t realistically going to work long term. Didn’t work for Microsoft back in the day, why should we expect it to work for Apple and allow their obvious anticompetitive behavior ? Because they are cool and make cool products ? We have to realize there are individuals and companies hurt by the policies they (as well as google) sets so these tech giants need to be smacked down from time to time to remind them to play fair.

Back cameras are mandatory in cars in the US and for good reason I think (I think it is here in Japan as well or they are considering making it so). It’s not really about knowing the corners of your car but about having less blind spots. Especially against things which may move into your blind spot… for example people.

I’m guessing they will just go by the home address that is on the passport to determine if somebody falls in one of the states in scope. Sure some people will fall into the cracks of should’ve / shouldn’t have been in scope of the extra quarantine requirements. But percentage wise they will end up being right most of the time and that is probably all that matters.

Hmm international arrest warrant meaning she can be nabbed in countries other than France is she travels ? That would make it interesting. The story on this guy has been a bit one sided all along so easy to sympathize with but was there anything ever released from the perspective of the wife ? Giving some benefit of doubt…

Naw that argument doesn’t hold much water. Apple bans other app stores from being set up, so the option of hosting apps elsewhere doesn’t exist. Also bans apps from informing users of how they can go to a website to make digital purchases. Very anti competitive and think Korea is hopefully paving the way for other countries to join up.

French people certainly like head butting when things don’t go their way.

Hard to tell who is at fault simply by reading this article. But in Japan the driver is by default at fault. Perhaps that is the issue and why there are many pedestrians and cyclists that act the way they do and essentially put their lives at the mercy of motorists.

Most moms here I noticed use some clothing contraption that covers up exposed areas when breast feeding (commonly sold at where you find baby stuff ie akachan honpo). Was this lady not using this presumably ? Think it’s not entirely out of the question to expect people to respect prevailing social norma especially when perfectly good workaround that keep everybody happy is available.

the rankings are so easily skewed by fx fluctuations it’s not even worth paying attention to. Go visit any country which has had real inflation over the last decade (ie USA) and you’ll go back home thankful how affordable it is to live over here.

I think its completely fine that the South Korea closes their borders to Japan or any other foreign nationals they fear may be a virus threat. But please.. they are doing this out of retaliation ? Really lets not bring stupid politics into this thing and concentrate on containing the outbreak. I for one wanted Japan to more aggressively close their borders weeks ago.

A memoir? Smells like a skanky money grab to me. I still wait for the day he does some good time in jail for his crimes.

Any company or entity that pursues something like this has to be prepared to handle all the responsibilities (handcuffs) banks shoulder.. ie AML controls, regulatory rules, personal info handling controls, audits... the list goes on and on when you start handling other people’s money. All those controls costs money to implement and run, so you really can’t expect money handling fees to go down substantially with just some blockchain magic.

Hmm how about shops like daikokuya which make a buisness of selling tickets... often at a steep premium for hard to get popular events?

Yeah this is long over due. Quite surprised that the US consumes more plastic per capita than Japan... perhaps something else skewing that stat... a bit unbelievable. But in terms of that plastic bag to wrap individual items... I would agree it’s unnecessary except for meat items. From the perspective of sanitation and keeping meats absolutely separate from fresh items like vegetables that may get eaten raw.

Is that some joke... pretty sure I saw American bacon at nissin.

Long time prime user.. but yeah I use amazon for the convenience knowing full well the price is not always competitive. You’ll be surprised if you price compare with other e-commerce sites how you may be paying more to get that free prime shipping.

buzzyboy yep hope I never get detained in this country for something I haven't done. My comment was no indication of this Ghosn's innocence or guilt. Its just a statement of fact that no criminal really voluntarily comes out and says.. "yeah I did it.. that's me".

In terms of your other question on what happens if you just glare at the questioner ? Um yeah go ahead and try.. pretty sure you end up just causing more pain for yourself and extend your detainment. The system here works on a schedule.. if you don't cooperate and answer questions then you may miss your court date then oops you can stay detained for an additional X days for the next time court is in session.

I’m innocent... saids every guilty person like since the beginning of time.

Frankly not sure what he expected to accomplish... it’s a video with little substance and likely will do little to sway public opinion.

i frankly don’t know if he’s guilty or innocent but do find it humorous that we have a lot of experts apparently on this board who feel entitled to comment one way or another rather strongly.

Not quite... there is a tax treaty between the US and Japan. If you make over the tax exemption you can simply take the tax credit and given the tax rate in Japan is just as high as the US you will pay none to little tax on income higher than the FEIE. The same is not true obviously if you live in a country with a significantly lower tax rate like say HK... Uncle Sam will have his take in that case.

I don’t know I guess it can come up in one of two way here possibly. This was a personal thing he expensed to Nissan inappropriately. Or it was Nissan related and possibly goes foul of anti bribery laws. Either outcome doesn’t look good for this guy.

Fences only go up at night I think...

The so called gig economy is really only good for the large corporations that run them. What we really need is the convenience of Uber’s app to call regular cabs which are properly regulated... without the nastiness that Uber brings with their regulation dodging, worker oppressing practices.

Plenty of successful foreign companies here... apple and google anyone ? Japan is just not friendly to companies who don’t play by the rules, Uber and Air BNB being prime examples. Regulation is very much required and appreciated.

yeah good riddance to that, these things are banned in the streets here and for good reason.

Err that first speed bump you talk about is a hell of a speed bump. Don’t think these guys deserve a second chance, like ever.