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And still here in Australia we have a 6+ month wait for a Toyota.

And those pushing EV's - those who buy one with current battery technology are in for higher insurance premiums until the battery thermal runaway issues are resolved. The electricity grid in Australia is already reaching its peak without EV's to add to the load on top of all the data centres that will need much more power draw from the grid. And don't start me on the lack of charging stations in this huge country. Even along the eastern seaboard the lack of working charging stations is laughable.

Happy to buy a Toyota Hybrid, but given up on paying full price (some dealers sell above this) and having to wait for it.

Excess (not normal volume) tourism is mainly due to the weak Yen, hence the needed increases in imports and fuel production needs.

The "attempts" by the BOJ to intervene are not working. Just look at the charts. Interventions are just a blip on the overall trend. Just trying to hold the dam back via the currency and not proper fiscal management won't work.

It's only benefiting the few, not the many.

I'm hoping we're still welcome as a tourist when we visit next year and will try out some of these ideas. Thanks

We love the tourists... we love them not... we love the tourists........ You know the rest.

Weak Yen = too many tourists.

Strong Yen = less tourists and better for the Japanese people.

Simple equations...

Overtourism is mainly due to the weak Yen.

In years gone past Japan was known as a relatively expensive place to visit.

Now we can go there cheaper than Bali and SE Asian destinations.

Weak Yen = lots of tourists.

Concerned CitizenToday 07:31 am JST

If he's gonna talk with such disdain for foreigners maybe they should just go to another country.

Yep, close to doing just that. Seems we're not welcome after 3 wonderful trips to Japan in years gone past.

All our bookings for the next trip are all able to be cancelled. We don't want to do that, but it's becoming more obvious we're not wanted. Just over the equivalent of 2 mill Yen we can spend in another country.

Take care everyone. Watch out for anyone in the street in distress.

Where I live in Australia, we get 40C +. Highest recorded is 47.3C.

So we've been to Japan for 3 visits so far for months at a time and never knew a music theme indicated closing time.

A quick "we're closing" announcement in a few basic languages would be an option ?

I know, us pesky tourists at fault again.

So no testing between January next year and 2027 ? What could go wrong...

We'll look out for them when we visit again for a month in April next year.

A positive tourist story for a change !

And yet you still whinge about the absolute minority of tourists that do the wrong thing.

We've been all around the world and this disrespect happens everywhere - again by only a handful.

We love coming to Japan - please don't blame all of us.

We've been there on extended stays many times and found the people of Japan most helpful.

A few times we've been in a town or at a platform trying to get our bearings and someone will invariably ask us if we need assistance.

Must have been a tourist. Yep, just blame us...

A bit like leaving cash in your car hoping the parking attendant won't steal it.

For a small amount you can self custody it with Ledger or the like. Easy to do.

Why do people still leave it on exchanges ?

BOJ under the thumb of Yellen not to sell their some of their US debt. Only way it's going to have a significant impact.

We're back for our third trip next April for a month. Consider us polite and obliging tourists who follow Japanese customs and wishes as best as we can.

We have always stayed at least 10 nights in Kyoto and never visited this district as asked of us.

This trip, however, we're just going to avoid Kyoto altogether thanks to being put in the same mold as other ignorant tourists who have no respect.

Not all of us are bad tourists.

The minority stuff it up for the majority, again.

On the many flights I've taken, those in the Business class section where I've been are the worst for wearing seat belts when in flight. Maybe the more expensive ticket = safer ?

I've always worn a belt when seated and having experienced severe free air turbulence that lasted nearly 10 minutes on and off in a 747 years ago over Europe only made me glad I do. It was bad enough that the wife, who normally doesn't drink alcohol, always had a stiff drink prior to boarding for years after that.

Swarmed because it's constantly in the news.

I'm still amazed how many people don't wear their seat belts but also how airlines just don't keep the seat belt sign on full time. Yes, ok to take off while going to bathroom, but not sitting in the seat.

Turbulence happens sometimes without notice. The flight crew is at most risk.

I'll add it to the list of issues tourists are creating. Chill please.

Us pesky tourists again. You sold it at a profit. People can do what they like with them surely ?

You can always export some more cars to Australia so we are not waiting for delivery between 6 months to 2 years.

Actually, if this escalates anymore we will do our next trip, already booked, (note the previous 2 trips have been at a much stronger Yen) and not be back.

We're retired have such fond memories of our trips to Japan and its wonderful people and intended to come back each year.

Sounds like we are not welcome.

Estimates for our next trip + the other 2 we've done come to around Y6.1 million.

So you don't want our tourist dollars ?

Your BOJ is at fault keeping the Yen weak which mainly affects the citizens of Japan. The BOJ can't run an economy on virtually zero % interest rates and not have the courage to sell off the $US debt to strengthen your currency.

You have excess tourists due to the weak Yen. Japan is historically known as an expensive destination, but now it's the new Bali for value for money. The BOJ needs to fix this for you all urgently.

Only way is to sell some/all of the $US debt they have. Japan is the second largest holder. But no, they've been told by the USA Government not to do this as rates in the US would spike. Can't have that in an election year.

Be nice if the BOJ supported Japan and its people, not the USA.

Comment : Foreigners, behave well in Japan..

A great majority of us do. We come and show respect, abide by your customs as best we can and spend our hard earned money in Japan.

We only come in bigger numbers as your Yen is weak. That's not our doing. That's an internal problem there that I hope gets fixed soon for you all. Japan used to known as an expensive destination - it's now promoted as the next Bali due to the weak Yen.

The more they put this article of a convenience store in the papers, the more people will turn up.

Please don't put us all in the camp of "behave well" please.

Keep the extra costs to the tourist coming. Great idea. Not.

So we spend about Y2million each time, give or take, when we visited last 3 times on extended trips.

Keep this sort of thing up and we will take our money elsewhere. Easy.

Let's see how things go if your BOJ finally strengthens your currency and the tourist numbers start to fall.

Nowhere else in the world are we charged extra for being a tourist and spending money.

People can be so disrespectful and grubs. This happens all around the world at famous spots that we've been to.

I'm sure they're not like that in their own home. Or are they ?

And here in hypocritical Australia, we "must" go net zero no matter what it costs the Australian people (we can import our own natural gas back from o/s cheaper than it's being sold here), yet we still are the largest exporter of coal to the world and virtually equal first with natural gas. Maybe we should stop exporting the stuff and see how that goes down with our export income.