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Posted in: Tokyo high-end hotel operators to be warned for alleged cartel-like price info sharing See in context

Is it really any different to the dynamic pricing implemented by travel agency websites?

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Posted in: Japan rice prices soar as core inflation accelerates See in context

How will raising interest rates lower the price of rice?

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Posted in: In trade war with U.S., China holds a lot more cards than Trump may think − in fact, it might have a winning hand See in context

The tariffs on various SEA and SA countries were interesting, because many of them are just as tied to China as to the US.

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Posted in: Japan crosses 10 million visitors through March at fastest ever pace See in context

You still find lots of Chinese, Indians and Koreans if you leave the sex spots. Rarely Japanese.

I never see any Middle Easterners in Thailand though.

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Posted in: Trump joins tariff talks with Japan as U.S. seeks deals amid trade wars See in context

Japan should revise its constitution to forward military expansion

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Posted in: Police officer arrested for public indecency after exposing himself at shopping center See in context

@Garthgoyle

I assume he wanted to show off to a girl.

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Posted in: Japan crosses 10 million visitors through March at fastest ever pace See in context

And all that money goes to paying off debt

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Posted in: Japan's anti-monopoly watchdog accuses Google of violations in smartphones See in context

If I understand the main problem is that many websites block crawlers tht aren't affiliated with existing famous bots such as Google or Bing. Therefore you cannot start a new search engine without enlisting the help of Google or Bings. That is where the monopoly lies.

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Posted in: Boeing faces fresh crisis with U.S.-China trade war See in context

@David I am quite sure that China and India would want to develop their own aeronautics even without a trade war for economic and national security purposes.

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Posted in: Gov't panel urges more tariff-free rice be used for human consumption See in context

I hear that during panic buying in HK, the only food left on shelves at the end of the day was American milk.

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Posted in: Gov't panel urges more tariff-free rice be used for human consumption See in context

They should import more rice from South East Asia and India where rice prices have fallen due to a good harvest in India.

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Posted in: 4 arrested in Japan for selling explicit AI-created posters See in context

I would be interested in knowing how Japan would have turned out without the US imposed constitution

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Posted in: Japan ruling parties mull utility subsidies to offset higher bills See in context

Why not turn on all the nuclear power plants that were designed to prevent this in the first place?

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Posted in: India weighs Japan's next-generation bullet train for high-speed rail See in context

Indian social media reported on this many months ago but the entire left wing chorused that it was obviously fake news.

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Posted in: Google's Waymo to begin data collection in Tokyo for autonomous taxis See in context

How did elderly people cope before taxis?

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Posted in: Kim Jong Un's sister says North Korea denuclearization is a 'daydream' See in context

If South Korea got nukes then would North Korea invade?

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Posted in: It wouldn't be good for Japan's image and it's hard to see how the retail business is connected to economic security. See in context

7 Eleven functions as a support location when things go wrong. They provide everything and anything you need in times of trouble. I think its okay to block takeovers of major vital industries such as the main food distribution network of Japan.

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Posted in: Japan bankruptcies in FY2024 top 10,000 See in context

While I agree that tourism is a way to soften the impact, you can't realistically expect Japan to maintain itself through a major population decline.

We already see in Europe the problems with trying immigration and integration, and the collapse of the economy despite it. The cultural impact and the change it brings can be immense.

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