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They should have postponed the Games until summer 2022. Then, everyone gets to go, everyone gets the money, the vaccine and everyone is happy.

why they became so stubborn about holding them without spectators I will never understand.

So restaurants that don’t serve alcohol can close early, but if you are a restaurant that serves you must close!?

Can’t they just not serve alcohol?

It’s all about Golden Week now. I had plans but my job “threatened” consequences if I cross prefectural borders.

i wonder if she had a snake for a pet and an amulet

slide your mask on between bites and sips. It’s literally THAT easy.

Bravo!!

They probably said you can pay 1/2 or you’re fired?

I would have fought like hell to not pay it. How could a person afford that kind of money?!

I’m so confused. An 83-year-old is too influential to fire? Isn’t it entirely possible that he could pass away at any moment? (Sorry to be morbid—just reality)

There is no backup plan!?

“NO Olympics if he resigns”

!?!?!??

I’ve been shocked before but this is on another level!

The famous DOUBLE-DOWN!

smh

Women need to speak up MORE to get people like this OUT of power.

Disgusting.

They are not included!?!?

It’s a miracle.

If only people could move around the office and change seats....

sounds easy everywhere but here.

my head hurts.

Judging by the photo, how did it work?

I want to believe!

I want to believe that Japan is capable of miracles!

How exciting

I simply cannot understand the lack of testing.

more testing——more people quarantined——less chance of spread——-less grandparents/great-grandparents die.

what am I missing here!?

Japan, you’ve had a year. Even if it saves 50 older people a day isn’t that WORTH IT!?!?

Paraphrased from the local newspaper:

”Two high school girls tested positive, but since there were no close contacts the school was not closed.”

Also, I heard that from a friend who used to work there that no one else was tested.

STOP

THE

STIGMA

I guess the decision has been made. Just waiting on the announcement.

?

Good for him. Policies remain policies because what I see on a micro-level is no one speaks up.

the photo should have been of a packed morning train.

missed opportunity

absolutely disgusting

100 year goals

Disturbing.

Foreign brotherhood army-

Teaching in many high schools is mostly geared towards university entrance exams—not speaking. The English used in textbooks is outdated and very formal because the entrance exam questions are that way.

I’d blame the entrance exams—not the ALTs who basically have no power to make or change policy.

Bravo to this woman. This is the school/BOE rearing its ugly and controlling head.

A large part of being an assistant English teacher in Japan is cultural exchange. Remember, they are assistants because many do NOT teach grammar. That is what the Japanese teacher went to university for. Japanese teachers are licensed teachers, and most (not all) ALTs are not.

(Many high schools in Japan are focused ONLY on entrance exam for university and have grammar-heavy classes. Speaking is not a priority, which is one of the reasons Japan ranks so low for English ability)

Instead, many ALTs were hired to come to Japan to immerse the children in an English environment with a focus on cultural awareness. ALTs come from all over the world, not only English-speaking countries. They create games, listening/writing/reading/speaking exercises, multi-week projects, assist with translation work etc.

Some of the children have never talked to a person from another country before. It’s extremely important for these children to see that people from abroad might have different styles and come from other unique cultures.

Wearing earrings is part of her cultural identity. Of course some will say, what if carrying a gun is part of her culture or some nonsense like that. The reality is that the earrings are harmless and the rule is unnecessary and controlling. In my opinion, Japan needs to get rid of these old ideas and embrace the realities that are happening outside its borders.

What about reservations that are already made? Seriously, asking for a friend.

Parking our bikes outside a restaurant this weekend. Restaurant staff see us and rush to the front door with hand sanitizer. She even said “Sorry!”

Since this has happened before, I’ve now check to see if this treatment is given to other customers.

It never is. The other customers just walk in. They don’t see the hand sanitizer. Nothing is said to them.

It’s getting old.