JJ Jetplane comments

@GdTokyo

Keeler learned last year from a new detective that her rape kit had been destroyed after the case was initially closed. 

Law enforcement are idiots. That's the problem.

@bakakuma

The empty lives of Japanese Women. I dont even feel sympathy for these shallow women. In the end, it comes to the values that country instills in their women people. They dont know meaning of true relations friends, family, or coworkers. People that rarely sees beyond their nose.

This is a joke right? So men here have been selfishly doing this to women for generations. They get them pregnant, leave them home to take care of the children, and go out and enjoy themselves with prostitutes. But it is seen as okay. Men at work take group trips to places like this all the time. But if a woman does it, they are shallow? They don't know the meaning of family, friends, and coworkers? This is laughable.

After living in Japan and trying to be a parent in Japan, I can understand why so many feel it is difficult to have and raise children in Japan. The biggest issue is the work culture. Not just the long hours, but the incredible difficulty in taking time off for family related incidents. You can't really take sick days and while the government does mandate leave for child related purposes such as child being sick, it is still seldom used because of workplace repercussions. When you have to decide between career, salary, and having to take care of your children, it can be very difficult. Taking a sick day for a child makes your work place view you in a bad way.

One thing that I find incredibly strange about Japan is that many people don't learn to use a computer until University. It is slowly changing these days, but it is still a surprise that many schools from Elementary to High School don't have computer classes. Many students don't have computers at home. One of the first classes that students take at the University level is typing classes in order to learn how to type on a computer.

Suga just says something random like "vaccinate 1 million people per day" and Japan just runs with it having no idea what to do. They haven't finished vaccinating priority workers yet and they have barely begun vaccinating the elderly, yet they are already trying to jump straight to teenagers.

@deadbeatles

Affirmative Action'... coming to a theater near you...

Would you like some interesting information about affirmative action? By far, the largest and most common beneficiaries of affirmative action are white women in America. The have and still gain way more from affirmative action than any other group. So using affirmative action as an excuse for BIPOC is not a weighted argument when the data on it exists since its inception.

It is difficult to take legal action since there is no law against nonconsensual filming or photographing in Japan, 

So in essence, the only thing they will do is catch, take a few photo opportunities to show they are doing something, and then release?

This is so fake. The real reason they dropped the golden globes is because ratings continue to fall drastically. To be honest, in terms of diversity, there isn't a real difference between the Golden Globes and Diversity. NBC simply saw a product they couldn't capitalize from no longer and dropped it. The diversity angle is just an excuse. NBC can put up a show that easily tops 7 million views in their sleep. An event that long that takes up so much air time could barely top 6 million views.

@Toshihiro

Until when, though? When the current workforce isn't replenished in the coming generations, who will man them? It would be good if they'd allow foreign workers to fill those in.

I understand what you are saying. But what I see as the bigger problem with Japan even trying to attempt to switch towards a more technological approach is the fact that they don't teach, develop, or invest in their employees acquiring skills. As the world shifts towards technology, skills become more important and Japanese companies don't like to create skilled workers because they assume it would cause their skilled workers to seek better working conditions elsewhere as skilled workers are a premium.

a 48-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of attempted murder after he stabbed his 35-year-old brother in the chest for playing his video games too loudly.

Tell me the 4 and 3 in 48 and 35 are mistyped numbers. Tell me that this article really says 8 and 5.

Yet, they want to redirect hundreds of Healthcare workers from the general population and make them focus on the Olympics attendants.

You've got to be kidding me. They are celebrating a rise in wages due to part time workers being laid off so full time worker salaries dragged the numbers up. Wages haven't grown at all. It simply means more people are unemployed.

This is just ridiculous. Over 30% of our medical staff are Asian. 43% of specialty doctors in the US are Asian. Why would you want to mess with someone that may be instrumental in saving your life and/or your general care?

can and have saved lives under stressful conditions

Why would you want to add stress, fear, and possible intimidation to someone that may be trying to save your life?

I don't see people out there blaming Europeans for the Spanish Flu that killed over 500 Million people. Lastly, even with the pandemic, there were far more idiots that ignored the warnings or the simple rules that were laid out in order to help limit the spread.

This case is one of the rare times where teenagers should be tried as adults. The full story of what they did was atrocious. Not just the photos, but how they cornered her, assaulted her, victimized her, and preyed on this girl. Those monsters all belong in prison. Only one of the bullies' mother sided with the victims mother but the school and BOE wanted to protect their reputation.

@Nomination

NOW you want to discredit the media. I see! Anyways the best media is local media because they tend to take a more neutral approach on crimes regardless of skin color. Mass media only focuses on crime committed by white people.

No one discredited the media. They showed videos but they have never once said that it was mostly black people. Mass media does not only focus on crime by whites. But understand that when 77% of crime in America is committed by white people, it is hard for that not to show up in the media.

@Yubaru

Ok, I get he is Japanese, but if he is going to put this out here and use it to "educate" the people about racial discrimination in Japan, it would have been nice for him to point out exactly whom he thinks "say racial discrimination does not exist in Japan!"

I understand what you are saying. But one big thing about the article and even his comments is that it assumes that users are familiar with several high ranking Japanese politicians that have expressly stated that there is no discrimination in Japan. This has happened quite a few times since the beginning of the pandemic to current. We, as foreigners, are well aware of the issues that are here. The article and Hachimura simply assumes that we know all of this because some of the comments by politicians have been featured in articles in the AP, New York Times, and other places.

@Eisenach

You tell me one which one is worse? In America, Asian are getting their faces kicked in everyday mostly by blacks. Yet Hachimura has said nothing. Maybe he should take an "interest in the matter."

This isn't the place to talk about because this article is on something different. But I will use this as a teaching moment for you. Why compare the two? Why try to invalidate one by bringing up another? They are both horrible incidents and need to addressed. Not used against each other.

Next, The FBI has been investigating and they have tons of factual information for you to look at. One particular interesting piece of info is the fact that 86% of the hate crimes against Asians reported have identified a white male as the perpetrator. Just because the media shows something, it doesn't make it a majority or the full truth. Less than 9% were reported at African American/black. Then a smaller percentage was reported as unknown and then Latino rounding out the remaining.

Also, why does his brother commenting on something that happened to him, in his home country of Japan, warrant a U.S. reference? That is akin to speaking about the Japanese government spending on night time parties during the pandemic and you use the U.S. as a reason to defend it. It is irrelevant.

@Darius

Why is Japan prioritizing old people for vaccinations, when the younger people need them more? It's the younger population that need to go out and work, not old people. The hypocrisy of this country is top level

Is this a serious statement or are you trolling? The reason the world prioritized old people is because they have by far the highest risk of complications. Furthermore, they are more likely to be hospitalized than any other group. Meaning, hospitals will be full and less people will be able to tend to others. Especially in a country where old people comprise the majority of the population.

@Simian Lane

A bonus is what it says it is, a bonus. Extra on top! So considering the epic mess the world has been in, 1-3 % is peanuts, really

Don't allow Japanese employers to fool you. That bonus is money you have earned. Also, those bonus tend to be anywhere from 2x to 4x your monthly salary. 1% to 3% missing is a lot. You shouldn't count people's money. Also, consider the amount of free overtime some people put in at their companies. Do you really feel that the bonus isn't theirs?

@Hillclimber

They are behind because they need someone else to develop tech first, from either the US, Europe or Japan.

You can't believe the propaganda that is pitched by anti-chinese sentiment.

According to the US government site on patents. Uspto

China has filed over 37,000 tech related patents, the US 27000, and Japan 4000 over the past 3 years. It shows how quickly China is advancing in the tech world.

@Sindhor GK

Jetplane stop wining, get yourself a 5G compatible smartphone and then complain.

I have a 5G compatible smartphone directly from Docomo. I also have their overpriced 5G plan that is unlimited internet. Docomo also tells you, except a few small places in Tokyo and one block in Umeda, Osaka, they don't have 5G service. I've been with Docomo for 5 years. So I know what I am talking about. The 5G in Osaka doesn't work because of the traffic activity in Umeda you service slows down tremendously.

 advance the development of next-generation networks beyond 5G and gain a competitive edge.

Beyond 5G? They still haven't rolled out 5G. How are you wasting time and money looking towards the next step when you haven't begun or completed the current? How about making 4G affordable as well. Looking ahead when they can't even get past the starting line.

One of the most impressive human feats ever.

@Ulysses

100,000 yen worth of gifts from 35 women?????

That’s like 7 cups of coffee each, so wasting 7 hours of their time seems like a bigger crime.

Clearly he's not very successful in terms of scam artists. But promising marriage and people acting on that marriage is a crime in Japan.

rapidly spreading among younger people in offices and classrooms

Words from Japanese experts. Japan's solution. Keep working and go to school. But have no freedom during your free time. But the packed commutes, classrooms, and working places are okay.

I love the sobriety incentive. I hope the can go 40 days without it. But I'm curious how they will enforce it.

When they say Japanese people are hoarding their savings and household savings is increasing, this is the real group that moves the needle. The lower half has everything moving in the opposite direction.

Pretty much the only thing they are doing is shutting down for Golden Week. Meaning again, they only care about what people do in their free time and not the strenuous times of commuting to work in packed transportation and being stuck in an office and having meetings all day.

It they are going to keep doing these half-way state of emergencies that end up doing more damage than good, why don't they just give a real shutdown a shot? I feel like they would have seen better results if they actually let people stay home instead of cutting off everyone's personal and free time but mandating work and crowded commutes which only make people's tension rise and they end up doing something silly.

I almost got pulled over by one of these unmarked cars one time coming over the Akashi Kaikyo. When I saw those lights start, I swerved between a truck quickly and hit those breaks. I was super lucky they didn't catch me.