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Aust Victoria TAB odds for the winner, US 3/10, Japan 2/1. Given the knowledgeable soccer comments here, sounds like Japan is a big over.

Donald, the edge is in made in Japan Adelance toupe ..

@Gary Raynor,

4.8% increase in spending shows that the tax increase may be a temporary abberation or that the economy is improving enough to "loosen the purse" or both; its still a positive sign albeit being only a single month understand your take on the unemployment figures but is the definition of unemployment without ambiguity? Are housewives not looking for employment considered unemployed? Are the financially independent considered unemployed? Is the newly graduate not looking for employment considered unemployed? Other countries must also find it difficult to have an absolute definition of unemployed; I doubt the criteria by the Japanese is intended to be deliberately misleading. how much the working poor are paid is irrelevant and is a separate matter.

**Engineering and Australian! enough said. Cute.

Why doesn't the headline highlight the, as important, fig showing a rise in household spending by 4.8%? The article doesn't mention the figure realeased today regarding the increase in jobs to applicants ratio of 1.19 Japan's stats bureau unemployment/employment defintions are based on the ILO global standards. I never got a critical thinking class in my electrical engineering course in Australia. Is that a Edward DeBono class?

No difference to the Nissan manufacturing facilities in Dandenong, Victoria, in Australia decades ago when I was a student. Manufacturing is an obsolete process within developed countries due to increasing labour costs. Welcome global manufacturing logistics.

@Japangal

He made ¥1000 million. I made ¥12 Million.

"please sir I want some more..."

The financial markets are very efficient yet many here say otherwise. Global markets don't wait for the man on the street views of economics. Are you honestly smarter and more knowledgeable than the credit default swap; long term interest rate and international bond rating markets?

Oz Rules and UFC

I know most posters here are not native english speaking people and are "out of the box" thinkers but try to make an effort to understand what the article actually says.

Shimomura added that his request does not impinge on a university’s freedom and that it is up to each institution to make an appropriate decision.

Interpreted as "forced patriotism"?

Martial arts during times when every day was a life or death situation is a very different discipline to what it is today. Shioda Gozo stated this perfectly when he said that the martial aspects of Aikido will die with him.

The headline to this article draw the ugly "vultures". Its simply astounding the applause heard by gaijin here whenever articles make a negative view of Japan. Any good news about Japan and its either a manipulation of the statistics or questioning of the sources.

Looking objectively at the collective 1970's stereotype negative opinions here about Japan I am more concerned about the education levels and standards of my fellow gaijin..

Instead of making optimistic predictions, get it under control like any non-third world country ,for your countries' sake.

Many subjective factors so its like arguing over the better colour blue vs orange. I have an Oz mate who loves asian chicks. He had a blue eyed stunning blonde model at his feet yet he ignored her for a, let's just say a not very attractive asian bird. BTW its interesting to get the same comment by many Japanese, "gaijin have a preference for our ugly woman"...

The number of deaths by heat stroke in Japan over the last decade averages less than 30 per annum whereas the US has over 400 and the UK over 200. Adjust for population and adjust for the views of those biased ignoramuses adamant about statistical manipulation; its still bloody low!

Ah all the patronizing criticism,

Remember all the sexual deviance involving teachers at your own high school Remember the violence your teachers dished out at your own high school Try to remember a single teacher at your high school who even remotely resembled someone like John Keating Open your eyes at whats happening at your own eikaiwa school; the envy of those Japanese deviants

If there is belief in labeling BS and radioactive cover up then those who advocate this and still remain in Japan are the biggest clowns.

Since 2012 the Nikkei225 is up 130% vs Sharp -70% yet Takahashi CEO and his clowns on the board are still around making embarassing decisions like decreasing capital to receive tax incentives for small to mid cap corporations. I would be seriously pssd off if my decades of "for the company" was flushed down the toilet.

Bad figures, I told you so; good figures, it ain't gonna last; better figures again, Gov are manipulating the figures..

Random choice of 2 x US senators = Beavis and Butt-Head

For the Japanese, the Kamikaze pilots epitomizes the ultimate consequences of war; death of the young for a cause that may not have been a common view but enforced from a motive created from early 20th century Japanese imperialism. For foreigners to criticize Japanese respect towards such historical consequences opens up multiple cans of worms in each and every "gaijin" country.

This probably lost something in the translation. She is advocating more Japanese women entering the workforce without any intent to rise through the ranks of the traditional Japanese hierarchical structure; a move towards western type work attitude which balances private life with work.

There is a global problem which is a symptom of capitalism favouring unit productivity at the expense of headcount; global supply chains at the expense of local investment and extreme inequality of wealth distribution at the expense of average and less income earners. The result is a growing demand for higher skilled people rather than sheer numbers of workers. Japan has simply reached the problem threshold earlier than the other leading economic nations.

Bank of Japan, listed Jasdaq stock, code 8301; 55% owned by the Ministry of Finance. Don't like it put up a take over bid..

The US SAT score is not the same as IQ. Japan has a very similiar system as SAT called "hensachi". There is no empirical evidence for technical innovation being a linear function of IQ (or SAT or "hensachi"). Most of the "best minds" in the world are either chess players or have a social problem.

Norman Bates

To be able to post freely on JT without the censorship

A passion for an extra curricular interest or activity renders all such dull moments bearable. Profuse posting in the comments section of news sites is a fine example.

Some posters here must have "superior foresight" giving them an advantage over those "stupid" international institutions buying all that JGB "toilet paper" that has surged in demand recently because of widespread zero interest rates.

A photo capturing a wonderful moment yet some people are able to make this into a negative rant says it all.

So lining up to get into a restaurant or even a popular bakery is a pure Japanese thing. That's right never ever happens in New York.