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Posted in: Man arrested after elbowing commuter on Tokyo subway See in context

@anonymouse

Tokyo commuters can get very feisty sometimes.

Not long after I arrived in Japan I saw the unusual spectacle of two salarymen having a tussle by each pulling the other's necktie. God knows that the fight was about but it was a very busy Yokohama station at the time.

Another time a woman got on an Odakyu Line train, saying, 'oh, it's so hot, so hot ...' fanning herself. Another woman said angrily, 'We're all hot you know!'. They started fighting right there on the train and had to be pulled apart.

Ah, the joys of taking Tokyo transport.

How you got downvoted almost 30 times is unbelievable! You just stated the actual truth but still Japan fanboys who can’t hear anything negative about japan came out downvoting you! They need to grow up and realize that Japan has so many negative points as well as so many positives!

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Posted in: Man arrested after elbowing commuter on Tokyo subway See in context

Not necessary, because 99.99999% of commuters ride on them every day without incident.

Seems like someone pulling numbers out of their ass!

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Posted in: Japan and India agree to step up security and economic cooperation See in context

The title should read “ Japan and India agree on giving hardworking Japanese taxpayers money to India under the disguise of investment and aid! “

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Posted in: Tourists banned from private alleys in Kyoto's geisha district See in context

Without foreign tourist all these traditional Japanese areas will shut down! They simply won’t have enough revenue from the Japanese people. Most Japanese people don’t go to these type of areas anymore except for the holiday seasons when a few do! So they will be stuck with a few old timers customers who won’t be enough in terms of revenue! Even traditional shrines in Japan can’t gather enough participants for their annual events as each year more and more say it’s the final time they are doing some of these events!

The failure of Japan to adapt to changes will be their downfall once again!

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Posted in: Teacher suspended after threatening to kill junior high school student See in context

The teachers action on this attack was simply terrible! But at the same time it’s clearly evident that the teacher has more common sense and intelligence ( since he resigned ) than the brainless idiot people on the city education board members who gave him only 3 month’s suspension! These board members should all be fired for failing in their basic role and duties!

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Posted in: Publishing Taylor Swift’s flight information: Is it stalking or protected free speech? See in context

People who abuse and misuse the First Amendment should be sent to North Korea for a year and then they’ll learn to appreciate what First Amendment actually is! There was a sense of humanity and dignity in all of us but ever since social media took over the world humans have lost all decency and will do anything all under the disguise of “ Freedom of Speech/ First Amendment “!

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Posted in: Osaka Prefecture eyes collecting fixed fee for inbound tourists from 2025 See in context

This is a very good plan! Charge every tourist something like 10,000¥ as tax to enter Japan. It would be good if it’s automatically added to the ticket price to make things smoother. More tax money from tourist will reduce the burden on the Japanese citizens and long term foreign residents. After all, these tourist use the infrastructure in Japan without paying anything for it directly so it’s about time to charge them! Many countries have departure tax’s levied for tourist which is around $100 plus so the current 1,000¥ that is charged in Japan is really too low! Not only Osaka but this should be done throughout Japan!

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Posted in: Requests for gov't help due to financial stress higher again in 2023 See in context

@Chabbawanga

And a lot of businesses cant afford it.

Very good point! Some companies have a very small profit margin and low revenue. The Government should focus on alternate ways of helping its citizens rather than just requesting businesses to increase wages! This increase the wages will not happen as if they do the companies will collapse! The Government can focus on reducing household taxes, daily necessities taxes, utilities bills and also regulating prices of certain food products in supermarkets which are excessively high ( there should be a maximum retail price set so that supermarkets can’t sell for higher than that )!

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Posted in: Doctor gets 18 years for consensual killing of woman with ALS See in context

Japans legal system at its worse again! Real killers and criminals get far less punishment than this doctor! Euthanasia by medical professionals should be legalized instead of letting people commit suicide and die in a worse painful death!

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Posted in: Japan eyes up to 800,000 more skilled foreign workers over next 5 years See in context

They just want cheap workers from other Asian countries who can work like slaves!

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Posted in: Japan sees China's military buildup as serious concern See in context

What about Japan and The US military build up! Hypocrisy at its best!

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Posted in: Climbers to pay ¥2,000 fee on popular Mount Fuji trail from July 1 See in context

Should be made 5,000¥ minimum!

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Posted in: Uber Eats starts robot deliveries in Tokyo See in context

The uneven road surface and uneven crowded footpaths will provide a major challenge for these robots! Then also some idiot human will do crazy things to these robots and the food inside and upload it on social media thinking that they’ve achieved such a big thing…assholes losers and their social media uploads!

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Posted in: Ice dancing See in context

Her false eyelashes look ridiculous. Other than that, hope they had fun and did well.

You really took time to zoom in and watch her eyelashes…lol !

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Posted in: Baseball superstar Ohtani announces marriage to Japanese woman See in context

Getting married will affect his performance on the field as well through his emotions fluctuating! He is only human after all ! Either way, congratulations to him and hopefully he can find happiness in his marriage life!

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Posted in: New visa rules to allow more foreign students to find jobs in Japan See in context

Do cheap labor work, work your ass off and be looked down at from Japanese people! Most Japanese people despise and think of these foreigners who do these work as low level garbage!

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Posted in: Man given prison term for food prank at beef bowl diner in Osaka See in context

People have become idiots ever since social media ( in Japan especially Line Voom and TikTok ) became popular. They do all sorts of pathetic things and upload it without any thought! It’s about time all schools, work areas and public establishments prohibit personal cellphone usage and also ban taking of photos and recording of videos so that people aren’t a nuisance in public area!

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Posted in: Postmaster arrested for allegedly raping two 13-year-old girls See in context

The amount of time children and teenagers spend on social networking is just terrible! They post videos and images that is nothing short of porn! Just take a look at Line Voom and you’ll realize it! To make matters worse many of these videos are uploaded at the school premises as well ! Parents and teachers need to do more to control this!

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Posted in: 1 in 5 Japanese university students do not want children: survey See in context

Can’t blame them since it’s extremely difficult to bring up even a single child in this cruel world!

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Posted in: Australia appalled at China’s suspended death sentence for writer Yang Hengjun See in context

People are also appalled by Canberra 's full support of Beijing .

You clearly have been living under a rock for the past few years! The Australian Government has attacked China left, right and center for the past few years by teaming up with The US and Japan! They even joined military participation with The US and Japan in the South China against China recently. This has damaged the relationship greatly between China and Australia and the local Australians especially farmers and wine makers suffered the consequences when the Chinese government banned Wheat, Barley, Beef and wine imports from Australia. No other country can buy the huge amounts of these products from Australia as much as China since Japan will buy bulk of their imports from The US! China is easily getting its supplies from Argentina, Uraguay and other countries. Australia can continue to damage its relations with China and destroy its once wonderful economy by continuing to team up with the US and Japan. Japan and The US will never help Australia in terms of its economy ( Japan and The US can’t even help its own citizens when it comes to economy, inflation and salary increases )!

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Posted in: Mount Fuji climbers from Yamanashi side to be charged ¥2,000 as tourism rises See in context

2,000¥ is still way too low of a charge! It should be around 10,000¥ if they are serious about controlling overcrowding! 2,000¥ will not deter anyone except some complaining beggars who comment about it here on Japan Today! Maybe free access to the residents of Yamanashi and Shizuoka Prefectures as they pay prefecture taxes there, a lower levy of around 3,000 or 4,000¥ to other prefectures residents and 10,000¥ for tourist from abroad.

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Posted in: Fatigue sets in for Japan earthquake survivors facing long road to recovery See in context

The Government of Japan should stop donating money to other countries and invest more into helping its own citizens who have been affected by this disaster and are suffering heavily! The current assistance and rebuilding is so bad that it’s on the same level as an underdeveloped country!

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Posted in: 3 years after coup, Japan group strives to aid displaced Myanmar people See in context

Japan throwing so much money to other countries and yet they can’t help their own citizens who are suffering badly after last month’s earthquake!

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Posted in: Japan earthquake survivors battle unsanitary conditions with no running water See in context

It’s like a third world country!!! Japanese Government throws trillions of yen on other countries but can’t even help its own citizens who were affected by this disaster and face so much difficulty with daily necessities.., shame on the Japanese Government!

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Posted in: Japan restaurant review site wins appeal over rating algorithm change See in context

@David Brent… exactly! Under Japans defamation law it’s definitely possible for restaurants to sue anyone who posts negative comments about them!

@Owzer… if it hasn’t happened yet, don’t be too sure that it won’t happen to you. You never know when an establishment might take legal action and if you are a foreigner than 99% of times the courts will rule against you! If you are a Japanese then maybe you will be safe since you’ll have more of a fighting chance!

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Posted in: Record 87% of Japanese 'do not feel friendly' toward China: survey See in context

Only in Japan after all the propaganda from the media and Government will the Japanese people show so much dislike towards other foreigners including Chinese. When these same Japanese travel abroad they change themselves completely and never a single moment show any racist behavior towards any other race! But while in Japan they discriminate openly or in subtle ways!

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Posted in: Japan joins elite club by landing on the moon. What are others doing? See in context

Nothing to gain by landing on the moon this late!!! It’s just a waste of taxpayers money by the Government! The money could have been spent better in other sectors to help its own citizens!

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Posted in: 8 quake-hit cities, towns in Ishikawa Prefecture still without water; death toll 232 See in context

As many Japanese keep suffering the Government does nothing for them and keeps throwing money overseas!

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Posted in: Couple in their 80s apparently freeze to death in Tokyo apartment See in context

It’s just sad that Japanese people who worked so hard and diligently all their life die this way because the government didn’t help them in their old age! Japanese Government throws taxpayers money on other countries without actually assisting its own citizens who are desperately in need!!!

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Posted in: Japanese lawmaker Kakizawa indicted over violation of election law See in context

Looks like they found a scrape goat and the bigger culprits who are corrupt are still untouchable!

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