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This idea was already floated in the eco-facist dystopian movie called Soylent Green.

and don’t forget about Logan’s Run

Yes, giving up on diplomacy and instead, stepping up military exercises is sure to relieve tensions and finally convince NK the error of its ways….

Countries like China that won’t contribute or participate in the New World Order agenda aka Great Reset aka 4th Industrial revolution aka Agenda 2030 aka One World Government will be economically isolated and destroyed.

they are contributing and participating now… they are all just playing their part.

Nothing can come about without fear

China sees the Quad as an attempt to contain its economic growth and influence, while Biden has sought to build ties with other democracies to confront the rise of an authoritarian global power.

I choked on my coffee when I got to this part

@pepepopo

Probably not quite yet, in Europe most countries have only gotten to the point where seasonal influenza is causing more hospitalizations/deaths than covid19 just recently, and they are a few months ahead.

when I made that comment I had the Tokyo daily total of “one person hospitalized with severe symptoms” in mind.

there would probably be more flu patients hospitalized with severe symptoms than Covid patients at this point….

Actually no, most foreigners from free thinking democracies won’t be setting foot in Japan on some overpriced,stuffy tour

freethinking democracies do not exist anymore. They are just illusions.

however, “some” freethinking people do exist though. They are few in numbers though these days…

Who would pay money to do this? Not to mention having a full time babysitter with you at all times.

The kind of people who are triple vaccinated, have private insurance, won’t mind being tested 72 hours before they come and again when they arrive and don’t mind strict guided “on the leash” tours.

and weirdly, they will love it.

I think the judges are wrong here. One restaurant may not have material impact in the spreading of COVID, but if all restaurants operate as usual, that would certainly have an impact. Agreeing with this restaurant operator opens the door for everyone to ignore the preventative measures in the future.

YES!!! Exactly!!!

and hopefully that’s exactly what will happen.

He asserted his rights, not for monetary reward but principle, and under the law, won.

Reading this article, this was the most impressive part of this case and what made an impacted on me personally the most.

Hasn’t North Korea already been in the middle of a nationwide lockdown for the past several decades?

Insert the “Michael Jackson eating popcorn from The thriller video” gif meme here

I wholeheartedly support the Japanese custom of staying until the credits have finished! I have no problems with that at all and in fact, I encourage it.

This custom allows me to hit the toilet without waiting in a line plus exit the theater quickly unheeded.

More importantly, please don't use the phrase 'peeps'. Haha. It's really grating.

yeah it can’t get anymore narcissistic when someone uses that term in the comment section of a public forum. VERY grating

And actually it is not a “ban” against competing. It’s just telling “They/Them/Their/Ze/Zir/Zirs/Ey/Em/Eirs” in which category they can/can’t compete in.

the fu

Flimsy reasons for taking this action. After all, they don't have covid, so locking up 10M people when there are 4K cases seems foolish.

painkiller

“Which is why there are so few cases . . .”

Shanghai Under lockdown

population 26m

covid cases 4982

deaths in Shanghai 16

Tokyo ZERO mandated measures

population 37m

covid cases 2999

deaths (nation wide) 20

Painkiller, according to your statement you must be pretty happy at how there are so few cases here in Tokyo as well, no?

to add to that, “Communist authorities who tolerate no dissent have sought to scrub such protests from the internet and blamed the protests, including the banging of cooking implements, on agitation by unidentified “foreign anti-China forces."

So since Tokyo hasn’t had any mandates at all and is doing better, can we assume that you prefer the Chinese zero policy because you just favor being controlled by an authoritarian regime over living free in a democratic one?

“Trump people”

it’s phrases like that (and there are many depend on the topic at hand) that make me cringe in embarrassment for you. One hand holding a sign that denounces bigotry and racism and in the other hand holding another sign that supports it.

I suppose the “left wing, feminist, pro-lifer atheist” from Seattle mentioned in the article above is a “Trump person” by default since they do not neatly fit in the box YOU created?

I have no respect for anyone who resorts to this kind of desperate, pathetic and immature name-calling when they encounter someone they disagree with.

@yotomaya

I don’t oppose such a move either and welcome it. But it’s not gonna come about from forcing companies to adhere to silly quotas. It will do more harm than good. It will take innovation and time.

that’s life… One of the companies I started is NOT something that I really want to do. But it’s profitable so I do it.

We ALL have to make sacrifices to be successful one way or another. It’s not an easy road for men either.

Yotomaya

I don’t agree or disagree with it. it’s just simply the way that it is.

Rather than stomping my feet in protest I chose to deal with it by becoming self-employed. I have two companies (coincidentally all my staff that I hired are women) and work remotely for an overseas company for a third. I am doing much better for myself than I would have had I stayed in a Japanese company I worked for before.

plenty of young women Who aren’t satisfied where they are chose to deal with it in a similar manner and they are becoming successful and they are increasing. I suspect those companies will be very different than those that you complain about.

if things are gonna change, that’s how they will change.

@peter

it’s true Owned and run

Yotomaya

there are many factors that would contribute to your own case

Are you fluent and can speak Japanese natively? Do you own your own house land and or have many Financial obligations here in Japan that would keep you here for life? If not than you are at a disadvantage because you are not Japanese. You would have to work twice as hard to move up within a Japanese company and understandably so. Why would a Japanese company invest so much in a staff member who could leave at the drop of a hat? That’s just a realistic expectation.

My wife’s case started after she returned to the workforce after our children were in school. My wife isn’t lucky. She would take offense to that comment. she worked damn hard. Look had nothing to do with it. At least not in the traditional sense…

no, I wouldn’t expect that younger Japanese women would have an easy time rising to executive levels if there was a danger of them leaving the company for a few years for maternity. Just like in your case, why would a Japanese company invest so much in a staff member that is going to leave? it doesn’t make sense to me…

Those are the sacrifices I am referring to.

realistically, entrepreneurship is the answer here I think everyone is looking for.

That's great that she did so well, but clearly, the purpose of this law is to make it so women don't have to work harder to get the same position as men. 

I totally agree with you. I certainly don’t think there should be any kind of law that is described above.

You would have no arguments for me there.

my whole point is that this kind of law is unnecessary. if you want to encourage females in management or executive positions then it’s the females that should be influenced and not the companies.

Let’sberealistic

haha projecting

I “would” belittle those who think that someone could be given a special chance just because they belong to a certain group without earning it. and they would deserve it

but what I said was just a lighthearted joke.

that’s the thing about comedy I guess… not everyone would think it would be funny ;)

The system works

as I mentioned above, my wife is proof of that.

She started as a part timer at the very bottom of the company. She didn’t even graduate from a proper university.

She worked incredibly hard and proved herself time and time again. And gradually she rose to an executive position (third down from the CEO) within a division of her company. In fact, she is the division head of the division she is in. And this company is a very traditional Japanese company.

She had to make some sacrifices to get where she did and it wasn’t easy and there was lots of competition. It was the same sacrifices that others had to make.

if more women want to be in management or executive roles, they will have to work their butts off and make the same sacrifices as their counterparts do.

if they do, they will be rewarded.

@Let’sberealistic

yes, it was a lighthearted joke. I should know, I made it.

but feel free to be as offended by it as much as you want…

Samit

absolutely not true.

My wife is a female executive and she’s 100% Japanese

She has proven herself and she works her ass off just like her male counter parts within the company. That’s what you have to be willing to do

Those in support of this I’m sure will pipe in in droves after they’ve had their prioritized appropriate beauty sleep and put their makeup on. lol

it’s lite-hearted comedy folks… don’t take my comment too seriously ;)

@FFS

lol

thumbs up!

How could anyone write, read, or dare I say “post”, such an article with a straight face????

Ian

I don’t think people find it difficult to grasp. i’m convinced that people are just trolling.