Jim comments

Nissan is a parasite which infects and causes collapse of everything it touches!

Yoon was great for Japanese-Korean relations. 

No he wasn’t! He was only good if you look at it from the Japanese side. He looked like a puppet of the Japanese Government. He acted like he was way way below the Japanese PM every time they met. The majority of South Koreans were grinding their teeth at his actions and even the younger generation started to hate him. He made pleasing the Japanese Government his priority instead of safeguarding the interests of the South Koreans!

Yoon was more focused on satisfying the Japanese Government rather than prioritizing the Korean people! Time and again whenever he visited Japan ( or met the Japanese delegation elsewhere ), he seemed too eager to please them like a puppet and acted like he was far beneath them. Even the younger generation had started to dislike that behavior and then came the luxury bag scandal done by his wife followed by the martial law mess! South Koreans deserve better than Yoon!

Person of the year indeed! Being a convicted felon and being chosen by majority of the Americans by conning them required a lot of talent and speaks volume of how imbecile Americans are!

Waste of taxpayers money! There is a transition phases after the US Presidential Elections so these officials from the current Administration who would all be replaced shouldn’t waste taxpayers money on these unnecessary events and foreign trips!

Pilots hold the lives of so many people and there should be a ban on alcohol consumption for them if they are scheduled to fly within 48 hours at the very least! They don’t like it then they should get into another profession where they can report to work drunk!

People talk about the thousands of people suffering under Assad but they fail to realize that these people were harboring the terrorist and Assad had no choice but to give them harsh punishment and the rough treatment! Now the fall of Assad regime will give rise to the terrorist groups and they will export these terrorist to western countries to carry out terrorism attacks! Assad’s treatment of the people was fully justified because that’s the only way you can win against terrorism! Human rights violations should not be mentioned when it comes to dealing with these terrorist because they aren’t human at all!

Sit back and watch the downfall of the American economy and American companies collapsing as soon as Trump starts to implement his irrational and irresponsible policies. The same independent voters who thought that Trump will help them with lowering the cost of living will be the ones who will start complaining and whining soon! Americans fail to realize that the prices of everything will never return to what they were a few years ago and are just imbeciles for thinking Trump will bring back those old prices. It’s never going to happen! The rich will keep getting richer, the middle class and low income earners will suffer hardship like never before and all the while Trump will make billions by accommodating all foreign delegations who visit The US for official purposes at his properties.

If the authorities are so hell bent on stopping tourist from going there and taking photographs then they can simply ask the transportation companies to stop taking tourist there. Most of these tourist go there in hired buses and that can easily be stopped. But in reality the government knows that this is a small issue and its just the locals there who are making it a big issue! If it was that big of an issue then surely by now police would have been given the directive to close off the area!

Some people commenting here opposing the takeover clearly don’t understand the mess 7 eleven is in. Individual owners of 7/11 stores are doing their best to keep the services high but that won’t last long. The company as a whole have been reporting losses for the past 2 years and as things are will collapse without warning! Sharp Inc experienced something similar a few years ago and were lucky that the TAIWANESE COMPANY bought it just in time for it to survive! If the 7/11 financial situation wasn’t this bad then in the first place there would never have been a takeover proposal being entertained.

30,000¥ to less than 1% to stimulate the economy… I wonder what they are smoking up there!!!

@WoodyLee…

Totally agree with you!

@Mickelicious

Is the guy still in Japan. If I were him, I'd have got out …

Totally agree with you. If he hasn’t been able to get out until now then he better start preparing for his arrests and many weeks in jail without legal charges actually being laid and then after charges are filed, many more months ( even years ) in prison while his case is in trail.

@Mike_Oxlong

It's the confession-based system. Physical evidence is not prioritized. Whispers and rumors trump facts at hand. A little bird told me.

Comment of the day! Great choice of words… lol !

The way Dodgers started the season I would have never guessed they will be crowned champions!

More rules from the Japanese authorities probably trying to target foreigners this time because most of the Uber and other food delivery cyclists are foreigners…lol ! Those foreigners will use cellphones for directions during food deliveries so one of the lawmakers who hates foreigners decided to bring this bill to parliament and it was passed by other lawmakers!

I’m all for safe cycling but it’s important to actually punish cyclists who already break rules such as holding an umbrella while riding, constantly running the red light and don’t stop while pedestrians are crossing, doing doubles on the bicycle, and more importantly those mamachari bicycles which go past people without any care at full speed! But no since most of those offenders are Japanese, the police won’t enforce those rules. Instead make more rules to target foreigners! If Japan doesn’t want foreigners then make immigration system harder like it was 20 years back. But no they need foreigners for cheap work to keep the economy growing so they decide to open the immigration system and become more racist to foreigners living in Japan!

After he physically assaulted the 4 month old baby the mother still stayed with him for another 4 months without reporting it to the police! She probably would have stayed with him longer and it seems like he broke up the relationship! These types of cases are far too common in Japan which makes one wonder about the motherly instincts of some Japanese women! They don’t deserve to be mothers!!!! The baby and child deserves much better parents!

Apparently he is a 42year old man from Taiwan who is in Japan on a STUDENT VISA. I just had a feeling that the man must be from an Asian country because of their obsession with idol groups!

Seems like a lot of hot air being blown! These so called salary rises are not happening. Most people don’t get a salary rise and the very few that do, have other benefits cut or adjusted somewhat so in reality there is not much ( if any ) rise in salary! Most probably the senior members and management take up most of these increases while the hardworking regular person get nothing at all!

Wait till the pathetic justice system of Japan gives this guy a slap on the wrist or just let’s him walk away free for attempted murder! Don’t be surprised when very soon the prosecutors will drop all charges against him!

Well as it is it looks like LDP will form the Government once again. For the last 10+ years LDP has somehow survived so much since regaining power. From the bad economy, stagnant wages, the Covid pandemic, wasting of taxpayers money for the Olympics, usage of taxpayers money for private LDP parties, fundraising corruption, financial scandals, the all time low value of the yen and much more. Somehow the Japanese people will continue to give LDP just enough seats to form the Government! Yet, they will talk negatively about other countries where one party dominates politics.

Japans rank will drop even further because of the current and upcoming generation of teens and 20 year olds! 75% of Japanese people in universities have never heard of “ Dynamic Pricing “ and from the 25% who have heard about it, only 10% actually know what it meant! Not knowing basic things affecting daily life has become the new norm with these people. But if you ask them about idols, you tubers, Line Voom up-loaders they they know them all! Uploading and watching people acting like imbeciles on social media is their priority these days! The older generation and current middle aged Japanese people worked so hard and used their intelligence to make Japan such a wonderful country but the young generation of Japanese will utterly destroy Japan!

@virusrex…

That is not what privilege means, if you have to make double the effort to reach the same place only because you are a member of a group (no difference in capacity) then even if the person is at that position there is no privilege involved.

Absolutely correct! Yours is the most sensible, factual and best comment I’ve seen in a while here on Japan Today comments section!

I used to order from Pizza Hut twice a week back in 2018-2020 on every Friday / Saturday nights! It was reasonably priced and good taste. Pizza Hut in Japan has increased prices significantly especially from 2022-2024 and the quality and taste has declined dramatically! Not worth the amount these days as better options are available out there! Even the frozen pizza sold in supermarkets are better tasting than Pizza Hut in Japan!

The first thing that President Trump will do after regaining power is that he will fire this clown! President Trump knows the importance of doing business with China for economic stability and growth! China cannot be ignored or pushed aside as far as trading and economic sectors are concerned. President Trumps daughter Ivanka has her entire fashion brand produced in China and marketed globally through China’s distribution. President Trump plans to build many hotels and buildings in China and will work closely with the Chinese government after coming into power. That’s his life long dream and he will liaise with Chinese officials accordingly after becoming president in 2025! The current US Ambassador to Japan Rahm ( because of his anti China views ) will be changed immediately by President Trump.

All these over a six pack of beer! It could have ended tragically for both the store staff and the hero citizen! She could have lost her hand to infection from the bite and worst if the perpetrator was armed he could have stabbed them both!!! People should only intervene if the life of another citizen is in grave danger!

The contrast with its G7 peers was on show in 2023 when Tokyo sent a male representative to an otherwise all-female meeting on women's empowerment in the Japanese city of Nikko.

Japan gets a pass every time from the western countries for doing idiotic stuff such as this!

We shouldn’t blame her for this situation! The blame goes to the loser men who all gave her the money WILLINGLY! It’s not like she had a gun to their head and demanded money ( knowing Japanese law system is so corrupt that if she would have murdered someone for money then she would have been given a lighter sentence )! Loser men are the only reason that these sugar daddy’s exists!

Man United have been in a terrible terrible state for the past 2 years. They have been in terrible form since Sir Alex left them but the last 2 seasons under Ten Hag have been the worst!!! Everything Ronaldo said in his famous interview 2 years ago were exactly correct from the ability of the manager to the falling infrastructure at Man United! Fans were hoping for some changes when Sir Redcliff invested and bought minority stakes but reality is that result will not change under Ten Hag as he simply doesn’t have the skills to guide a club as big as Man United!

They fail to find proper working holiday jobs and also they fail to enjoy the time in Australia because of their super limited English skill. Some of these working holiday Japanese people can’t speak even a basic sentence in English so they will always get jobs only in Japanese restaurants or something related to farm work which is extremely challenging and in isolated areas. To top it all up, many of these working holiday people form their own Japanese groups to hangout during their free time and talk only in Japanese while in Australia so naturally their English doesn’t improve at all. So it’s meaningless to travel to Australia on a working holiday visa if your English level isn’t above a basic beginner level as you’ll encounter extreme disappointments when looking for “ cool jobs “ and you’ll end up stuck working at a Japanese restaurant or farm!