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Posted in: Japan, Germany to watch developments of investigation against Putin See in context

The ICC is not a very impartial panel. You already know how they are going to vote before they vote.

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Posted in: Masks stay on in Japan as 3-year request to wear them ends See in context

Nothing has changed. Japan and Asia in general has been wearing masks (for pollution, colds/flu, allergies, etc.) for many years before the pandemic.

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Posted in: Brisk daily walk could prevent one in 10 early deaths: study See in context

Perhaps that is why Japanese have some of the highest life spans of any country. Japanese walk a lot and ranks as one of highest in walking. Also, the Japanese diet is much heathier than many countries.

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Posted in: More than half of the world will be overweight or obese by 2035: report See in context

I don't see it happening in Japan, Korea, China, and many other Asian countries. Everyone is slim despite good food everywhere you look.

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Posted in: Teen arrested in school attack says he wanted to experience killing See in context

I'm guessing all the violent video games and movies are bending minds of young people (and adults). I'm sure violent crime worldwide is higher in the last few decades.

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Posted in: Japan to relax border control for passengers from China on March 1 See in context

"Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention said that  80% of people have been infected." The statement was made at the end of January 2023.

I find that hard to believe that China went from them saying they beat COVID to having more than 1.1 billion people who caught COVID.

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Posted in: Japan inflation hits 4.2% in January See in context

NemoToday  

Because inflation is a multifaceted phenomena for which cookie-cutter excuses are not appropriate.

Japan has not had inflation in nearly 30 years. Deflation has been the rule of the day. So sudden price increases are shocking in their effect.

There is inflation because the ability of firms to wring cost savings from their systems has been exhausted, because of Covid and the global supply disruption that resulted.

There is inflation because of the surge in demand for almost all goods and services (sorry Peloton) post-pandemic.

I disagree. Inflation is worldwide caused by globalist policies. Driving up the energy costs by banning fossil fuels in name of climate change, low supplies (demand is still the same), straining the supply chains in useless lockdowns, and fiscal spending.

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Posted in: Japan inflation hits 4.2% in January See in context

NemoToday  

Because inflation is a multifaceted phenomena for which cookie-cutter excuses are not appropriate.

Japan has not had inflation in nearly 30 years. Deflation has been the rule of the day. So sudden price increases are shocking in their effect.

There is inflation because the ability of firms to wring cost savings from their systems has been exhausted, because of Covid and the global supply disruption that resulted.

There is inflation because of the surge in demand for almost all goods and services (sorry Peloton) post-pandemic.

I disagree. Inflation is worldwide caused by globalist policies. Driving up the energy costs by banning fossil fuels in name of climate change, low supplies (demand is still the same), straining the supply chains in useless lockdowns, and fiscal spending.

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Posted in: Japanese startup unveils space viewing tour on balloon flight See in context

Spending insane amounts of money to put your life heavily at risk. Good luck with that. I'll watch on Earth.

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Posted in: COVID infection gives similar immunity to vaccination: study See in context

It has been known for decades that natural immunity is strong. The COVID vaccines have been proven to wane and there is still unknowns of the long term adverse side effects. We have seen a ton of adverse side effects of the COVID vaccines to date already.

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Posted in: Japan manages growth in final quarter as tourism returns See in context

@kurisupisu

If life living in a box, concrete everywhere,high prices and hordes of people are your thing then Tokyo will impress you

You must have not seen the prices in the US or Europe. But I guess everything is relative to wages.

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Posted in: Japan manages growth in final quarter as tourism returns See in context

@Awa no Gaijin

What an ugly looking city !

Nothing to see there .

Unless you find concrete attractive

Tokyo is a great city. Have you visited Los Angeles, New York, or San Francisco lately? Those cities are extremely bad. Watch some YouTube videos on crime and homeless situations there now. You will appreciate how clean, modern, and well run Tokyo is.

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Posted in: Japan manages growth in final quarter as tourism returns See in context

It is only obvious that opening Japan or any country back to tourism adds money and improves the economy. Tourists just dump money in the places they visit and do not take anything out of local economies that they visit. Japan makes about 45 billion a year on foreign tourism. That is a big hit to take that much money out of any economy.

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Posted in: Prices to rise in Japan on over 10,000 food items See in context

Japan has been late to the inflation and covid party. I was hoping that Japan and some other countries did not attend either party.

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Posted in: Sapporo Snow Festival begins; open to public for first time since 2020 See in context

Incredible structures. Lots of work and effort to make them.

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Posted in: Honda outlines hydrogen power plans to go green See in context

Hydrogen or other energy technologies may be the future. EV cars do not look like the future to me because they have a lot of issues. EV cars use a lot of fossil fuels to mine for critical components for the batteries, use fossil fuels for creation of the electricity, environmental impact of all the discarded batteries, and just the logistics of everyone having the ability to charge EV cars especially in dense metropolitan areas has major issues.

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Posted in: Knife-wielding man robs woman of ¥2.3 million in Kanagawa parking lot See in context

The big question is, how did the assailant know she had 2.3 million yen on her?

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Posted in: Contracts in Tokyo Olympics bid rigging case totaled ¥40 bil, sources say See in context

Bid rigging with government politicians and officials? Impossible. That never happens. Lol.

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Posted in: Japan to uphold apology if South Korea settles wartime labor issue See in context

It is in both Japan and Korea's best interests to be on better terms for economic trade, since there is a lot of uncertainty with China right now.

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Posted in: Ex-PM Mori casts doubt on Japan's excessive support for Ukraine See in context

I agree with Mori. The US alone has already given the Ukraine about 100 billion USD and just announced another 400 million USD package that includes another 31 Abrams tanks.

I thought the Democrats were anti-war? Like Trump or not, he was on good terms with Putin and likely the war could have been avoided.

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Posted in: Asia rings in New Year See in context

The COVID restrictions and lockdowns attributed to more deaths than COVID itself. WHO states that there was 14.9 million excess deaths directly and indirectly associated with the COVID pandemic. So, with 6.7 million dying of directly from COVID, that means there was 8.2 million indirect non-COVID excess deaths. WHO states that the lockdowns were the main cause of the excess deaths because people were unable to get medical care and/or preventive measures due to hospital lockdowns working at a fraction of capacity. The solutions were much worse than the problem.

https://www.who.int/news/item/05-05-2022-14.9-million-excess-deaths-were-associated-with-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-2020-and-2021#:~:text=14.9%20million%20excess%20deaths%20associated,pandemic%20in%202020%20and%202021

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Posted in: Travelers on New Year's holidays flood planes, trains in Japan See in context

I want no part of that madness during the holidays. I'd rather stay at home.

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Posted in: Public faces ¥1 bil annual maintenance bill for privatized National Stadium See in context

Japan got railroaded when they dumped billions into the Olympics and COVID hit. Had the pandemic not had occur, much of the Olympic infrastructure would have created a ton of revenue to help pay for it and perhaps even a profit, but now they are in a deep hole for it.

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Posted in: Men urged to train themselves to notice household chores: study See in context

@girl_in_tokyo

In Japan, yes. In the US and other western countries, however, the vast majority of women work. And this study, performed in that context, shows that men do less housework than women.

That is not true. For stay-at-home parents in the US, 17% are men 83% are women. So, vast majority of women are the stay-at-home parent which are designated to do more housework. The study infers that it is couples that they are taking the data from. I live in the US.

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Posted in: Men urged to train themselves to notice household chores: study See in context

Just designating that women do more of the housework than men lacks context. What is more relevant is who is the one who is working full-time and who is stay-at-home. I'm sure a higher percentage of men are the ones working full-time and the women are stay-at-home so the women are more designated to do the housework.

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Posted in: Why do seats at some Japanese station platforms face away from the trains? See in context

I don't really see how it would help drunken passengers not fall into the platform. The chair arm rail could help them lift themselves up, but the angle seems insignificant. Maybe I'm missing something.

In Fukuyama, I did see chairs faced parallel to the trains with a drunk passed out passenger sitting. The chair arm rail was preventing him from collapsing on the ground some, but if he started walking to the platform in his heavily drunken state, he could have easily fallen into the platform.

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Posted in: Heavy snow in Japan leaves 17 dead, more than 90 injured See in context

@Mark

People should install roof heaters for snow or wire grid heaters to melt the snow, they are available.

That would cost a lot and take a lot of energy at a time when all the governments are trying to cut energy usage and increase prices on energy.

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Posted in: Heavy snow in Japan leaves 17 dead, more than 90 injured See in context

Inefficient green energy with shortages and blackouts during winter will likely endanger more people worldwide than climate change.

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Posted in: Hokkaido care home requires sterilization of mentally disabled couples See in context

@Rodney

Who decides what a mental disability is? Some politicians could fall into that category.

Exactly. Psychiatrists and doctors have the highest suicide rates of any profession. Nearly six times higher than the general population. How can we expect them to adequately address and treat mental illness in their patients?

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Posted in: Japan aims to alleviate overpopulation in Tokyo area by FY2027 See in context

Even though Tokyo is the most populated city/metropolitan area in the world, it doesn't feel that way. Vast majority of people are courteous and respectful of people's space. Where I live in Silicon Valley, it is much more chaotic and lots of rude people that invade your space, and seemingly try to interfere and create conflict.

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