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I just want the Seven & i Holdings company to make 7-Elevens in the US exactly like the Japan 7-Elevens with all the great Japanese prepared food and products. The 7-Elevens in the US are not good. 7-Elevens in Hawaii are a little better with prepared food, but still not even close to Japan 7-Elevens. Elevens in Japan are great.

When I am in Japan, I go to convenience stores (7-Eleven, Family Mart, Lawson, etc) at least once a day to get something. In the US, I never go to convenience stores. Lol.

Much ado about nothing.

I am sure that banning fossil fuels as viable energy sources will displace more people, impoverish more people, cause more problems, and deaths than climate change increases if that is even happening. Natural disasters have been around for billions of years. CO2 levels have been higher historically when there were no humans burning fossil fuels.

I am not against protecting the environment. However, I don't think aggressively banning CO2 emissions is solving anything. Just my opinion.

I don't eat inside convenient stores often with a few rare exceptions. However, a couple of times they were greatly appreciated when it was raining and could sit for a brief moment and eat some food and drink some coffee inside.

But there are still very few I have seen with seating, so it likely won't be noticed much by me.

I was just in Kyoto. Never seen it so crowded. Crazy busy. Not fond of the big crowds, so I never visit Kyoto tourist areas. Lol. I only stay in Kyoto because it is strategically located, easier/shorter access to many locations I want to go to (Lake Biwa, Osaka, Kobe, etc) and easier access to from Osaka airport.

I don't think I have seen anyone on the train that was not looking at their cell phone. Lol.

Ah_so

One thing the article should have mentioned is that Japan had the lowest productivity in the world - all these extra hours don't lead to more output, just wasted life.

That is an interesting statistic. But I don't think Japan is concerned about having the highest output. I think Japan is more concerned with having higher quality output and it shows. Japan has some very high quality products. I do know that Japan has one of the most rigorous work environments of any country. Not sure what the effects would be with a 4 day work week.

Sad and senseless.

I like rice.

Taking PDA to the next level. Lol.

@Gene Hennigh

Too bad, Japan. Here in the US, nothing like this ever happens. There are no hoarders no matter how bad the situation is. It's never, ever, even once happened here. You should be like us.

Being sarcastic? I live in the US as well. During the beginning of the pandemic tons of stuff was hoarded like toilet paper, water, supplies, food, etc. I remember going to several grocery stores and the shelves were bare. Many essential things were very difficult to find or I could not get. Complete insanity.

@JeffLeeToday 

The post-pandemic inflation was global, not a strictly US thing, caused by global supply shocks. Consumers have been paying more just about everywhere in the world. You can't blame Biden for that.

Of course it was global. However, the US, UK, and EU all pushed similar energy and economic policies that led to skyrocketing inflation. Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and other countries did not push the same energy and economic policies, so the inflation stayed much more in control. Japan has seen some inflation later than US, but it is much less than the US.

Now Harris/Walz want to implement price control policies to combat "price gouging" which they consider the cause of the inflation which is totally wrong. First, companies were not "price gouging" under Trump and now they all just colluded together to start "price gouging" during Biden/Harris administration? Secondly, price control policies have very bad outcomes that lead to shortages, black markets, and hyperinflation. Venezuela is perfect example of price control policies. All the inflation has been caused by Biden/Harris administration economic policies of too much fiscal spending and energy policies.

Here are some of the inflation increases under Biden/Harris the last 3.5 years. From my own experience, the numbers are accurate.

https://www.republicanleader.senate.gov/newsroom/research/every-day-americans-pay-the-high-price-for-kamala-harris-inflation

@TaiwanIsNotChina

No one had experience a nationwide shutdown in the modern era before.

The lockdowns were over for 6 months and inflation was kept low. Inflation was 1.4% when Biden took office. Then when Biden/Harris/Democrat energy and economic policies started to kick in, that is when inflation started to skyrocket. It was 17 months into Biden/Harris term before inflation skyrocketed to 9.1%.

2.9% and going down. Again, numbers from a shutdown economy can be disregarded.

Yes, I agree the numbers from the shutdowns should not be considered because they were different times, but like I said earlier, the lockdowns were over for 6 months when Biden/Harris took over. However, the damage has been done to the pricing of everything in the US. When the inflation rose dramatically right after Biden/Harris got into office, prices skyrocketed to levels never seen and haven't gone down. Just because inflation is down, does not mean the prices are lower. It means the prices are just going up at a slower rate. Many don't quite understand that concept.

I am born, raised, and live in California so I know firsthand the increase in prices. Prices for everything (costs of living ) have skyrocketed under Biden/Harris administration.

According to the Fed, inflation was transititory. Yet three years later, inflation is still much higher than the 1.4% when Biden got into office. Prices are extremely high for everything in the US.

This seems strange to me why Nissin would want to retailers to raise prices. Don't retailers just buy the product at wholesale prices? So, if the retailers sell product at lower prices, the retailers are the ones that make less money? Nissin would be making the same money because retailers already bought the product. It would seem that Nissin would just be selling more product and making more money if retailers were selling their products at lower prices. Maybe, I'm just not understanding the issue. Just my couch surfing thoughts.

Well, when the world is trying to get rid of efficient and inexpensive sources of energy (fossil fuels) for inefficient and expensive sources of energy (solar, wind mainly) obviously the cost of energy goes up and inflation on every good and service goes up. More expensive energy rises the cost on everything and every phase of production, transport, and sales of good and services.

"Grocery prices are up 21% since Joe Biden entered the White House in 2021. Wages are up only 17%. When Donald Trump was president, food prices only rose by 6.5%, while wages rose 15%. That’s one big reason some voters give Trump an edge on his handling of the economy."

Wow, Yahoo actually showing facts stating how Trump was much better on costs of living, wages, and disposable income.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/evidence-of-food-price-gouging-is-hard-to-find-181613112.html?.tsrc=fin-notif

Good for the Japan economy because tourists just dump money into Japan and don't take anything out of the economy. The not so good, tons more tourists. Lol.

Frightening. 7.1 quake is pretty big. When I was in Tokyo in May, there was about a 4.9 to 5.0 quake in the middle of the night. I was on the 12th floor of a hotel and felt the building swaying back and forth. Not comforting to be in a tall building.

Interesting that Nagasaki and Hiroshima have taken opposite stances on invitations to Isreal and Palastine even though they state it was not political.

Kids should access to both parents. Both can help and support the kids.

Not good. However, I'm sure the heat stroke deaths are not anything new, but now it is known more with the internet. Also, articles like this can warn people and educate people on how to prevent and protect themselves.

Here we go again. My tin foil hat says it is by design.

South Park described the situation a while ago and hit the nail on the head.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=URz-RYEOaig

Cannot change sex or chromosomes. It is funny how the Olympic Committee does everything to ban athletes from having trace elements of steroids, hormones, and other performance enhancing drugs, yet give a pass on transgenders that regularly inject steroids, hormones, etc into their bodies.

More deer coming because of the free buffett? Lol. Easy solution to lower the numbers of deer coming to the park is decrease the feeding of the deer if that is what they want, but perhaps they like more deer there. Tourist do.

Things going viral and too many people generally makes things worse. Just like when the Mt. Fuji Lawson went viral and too many people were gathering there to take photos. It was disrupting the residents and businesses with tons of people circling their homes and businesses. Understandable. It was good that the local government stepped in and blocked all the people gathering there.

So, what happens if tourists are with Japanese nationals or foreigners living in Japan, what would the charges be? That would be a little awkward. Lol.

Surprising for how much more popular sushi is nowadays, but they must be doing something right.

@owzer

Telling children that they can talk to you about their sexuality but they shouldn't, or don't have to tell their parents sounds like something a sexual predator would say.

Exactly. It really is unbelievable Newsom and progressive Democrats passed this. Horrible.