David Brent comments

She cannot live here legally in America

Wanna bet? Wait and see what kind of doors $70m opens. She'll be able to do whatever she wants. This is the whole point of being rich. The normal rules don't apply.

Bullying is so ingrained in Japanese culture, it will never be eradicated.

Most of their workforce are 請負 and 派遣, and those poor buggers certainly won’t be seeing any pay increases. That’s why they hire them.

My investment in NVIDIA is doing very well.

I am very cautious about which Japanese companies I invest in though, due to their awful corporate governance and lack of independent oversight.

My heart bleeds.

Despite common misconceptions, geishas are not prostitutes, but rather entertainers and raconteurs highly skilled in traditional Japanese dance, musical instruments and games.

Depends how much money the guy is willing to splash….

There is no shortage of labour in Japan.

What there is a shortage of are decently paid, secure jobs.

I stopped eating white rice. The weight fell off me.

Wow, she won't ever have to work another day in her life! Well played!

Imagine dating someone who is in to this sort of thing.

You travel to the USA you exchange 10,000 yen note into USD and you will get $66 USD today.

Now it is 66 yen per USD.

One of these sentences you wrote is wrong. I'll let you decide which one that is.

Marriage is essentially a relic left over from a bygone era, when religion and tradition were much more important in society. These days, especially if you are a man with any sort of earning potential or assets, the downsides to marraige far outweigh the upsides. Nothing wrong with being in a long-term, committed relationship, but better to just stay unmarried. Also, in Japan, where most marriages are born not of love but rather convenience, staying unmarried makes even more sense.

Now it is 66 yen per USD

A dollar currently buys about 150 yen.

Should start trickling down any day now, right? Right?

Almost all the men smoke at my company. It reeks.

Pretty rampant, if you take off the blinkers.

This is all just one big boys' club, isnt' it?

Only taken until 2024 to get here....

Winter sucked this year; was way too warm.

Ah, isn't end-stage capitalism wonderful!

Hungary has the most sensible immigration policies in the whole of Europe.

The rollout of MyNumber is setting up Japan for a world of hurt once Chinese hackers get a crack at the fully implemented system.

If I gave you my My Number card right here and now, there is precisrely diddly squat you could do with it.

You need my PIN number to do anything with it.

 How in the world does Japan have any hope in attracting talent when they pay such paltry amounts in such a competitive, crucial ‘industry’…?

1) They don't care, because there will always be Japanese drones willing to work for 250,000 yen per month.

2) It's clearly not a competitive and crucial industry to the Japanese.

My company doesn't even hire specialists for roles which truly need specialists! Need something legal knocked up or looked at? Nah, we don't need a lawyer for that, just get Tanaka-kun to learn about it and do it. Need something IT-related carried out? Nah, we don't need a specialist for that, just get Kato-kun to read up about it and do it. I was once asked to write a contract for a new employee we were hiring, despite having zero expertise in this field; I refused point blank.

Mandatory death sentence for child abusers.

That should help with the birth rate.

Japan is in a race to the bottom, and it gets worse day by day.

The race to the bottom has picked up pace!

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom.

I’d rather buy more NVIDIA any day.