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Posted in: Edible bug businesses at crossroads in Japan See in context

It's great having Billionaires telling us to eat bugs, when they're still flying jets and eating as they desire.

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Posted in: Why is anti-Japanese sentiment remaining from the World War II era almost non-existent in Taiwan, Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia, unlike in China and South Korea? See in context

Indonesian here, can't say for other countries, but in Indonesia, I don't remember any of my history teachers in elementary, middle, high school ever taught us to "hate" Japan. We were not even taught to hate the Netherlands which colonized us for 350 years. Funny thing is, many Indonesians dislike China and the US more.

I remember being taught, about the 3A propaganda, romusha, all the bad stuffs everyone knows. But, we were also taught the "good" stuffs, especially how Japan inspired us to gain independence, and how Japanese soldiers stayed to help us gain independence - after Japan's defeat - from the Netherlands and its allies, who came back to reestablish their colony. You can go to Kalibata and see tombstone of Japanese soldiers that we still honor to this day.

We know what happened, we're not stupid and we won't forget, but Indonesians are forgiving people. We saw Japan has made amendments since then, it's a changed country.

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Posted in: Major Japanese companies offer large pay hikes, fueling hope of beating deflation See in context

If I get pay increase, I safe every penny of the increase. Deflation is here to stay.

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Posted in: Japan's Space One Kairos rocket explodes right after lift-off See in context

Never mind the naysayers, build it again and launch it again!

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Posted in: China nuclear plants released tritium above Fukushima level in 2022, document shows See in context

Please tell me anyone surprised about how dirty China is.

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Posted in: Nowadays, for fear of child predators, it is no longer considered safe in many countries to let young children go by themselves to and from school, to a friend's house, play in parks or at the beach, go to shops and so on. What was it like when you were growing up? See in context

Still safe in Japan, or at least my neighborhood. My 2 elementary school girls are always out about on their bicycles until like 5 pm. If I'm around during that time, I can see groups of children on their bicycles as well.

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Posted in: Japan to revise official romanization rules for 1st time in 70 years See in context

LoL, nobody ever follow the "official rule", because people know in their heart how foolish writing Aiti and Sibuya is, government just catch up with what people think ?

I guess they will catch up with politicians reporting taxes in couple of decades as well.

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Posted in: The number of marriages in Japan last year fell below half a million for the first time in 90 years, according to the health ministry. What do you think are some of the reasons for this? See in context

Women not marrying means we have a pretty good society that women don't have to attach themselves to men they don't really like, to survive. That's what classical feminists have been fighting for right ? The dream has came true!

Why marry when it's going to be a miserable marriage ?

The only group of people who dislike people not marrying and having children are the politicians, because their ability to spend as much as they want depends on taxes.

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Posted in: Sony to cut about 900 jobs in its PlayStation unit as layoffs in tech, gaming sector continue See in context

COVID made "visionary" CEOs dropped tons of money on "stay at home" gadgets, techs, entertainment, whatever. Then ChatGPT dropped, 2022, changed literally everything.

You may not feel any changes yet, but all the layoffs happening in 2023 and now, all can be pinpointed to the sudden appearance of ChatGPT. It disrupted all plans made by "visionary" CEOs during COVID.

Within 1 year, AI evolved from a toy generating silly images, to generating realistic videos. Just search youtube, full of videos of famous people speaking other languages natively with perfect lip sync. Are you a translator ? Your job is gone in a few years.

ChatGPT marks end of an era, and start of a new one, are you ready ? I'm sure as blue sky, green grass, I'm not.

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Posted in: Big-spending foreign visitors seek authenticity, experiences over shopping expeditions See in context

Saw on TV about a couple married for 7 years, came to Japan to have another "marriage ceremony" at the Jinja.

Whatever makes you happy, I guess.

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Posted in: Middle-age homeless sleeping in cars or cafes due to soaring cost of living See in context

Number one skill everyone should cultivate, aware of yourself, aware when you're angry, aware when you're happy. There are so many people whose life would change if only they're aware when they're angry and switch it off.

You don't survive in Japan or anywhere else unless you play well with others.

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Posted in: EU to seek security accord with Japan See in context

Free world unite, out with dictators.

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Posted in: Amazon argues that national labor board is unconstitutional, joining SpaceX and Trader Joe's See in context

Can someone teach me which constitutional article(s) does it actual violate ?

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Posted in: Osaka university globalizes with fall start date; governor wants English as official language See in context

The other day, my 2 girls and I were watching a show on the TV about education in Finland. It showed how teachers are trained, and how they're teaching English as an example. Such a stark contrast, there's no tests, no drills, no teachers pronouncing English words wrongly and ask the students to repeat after her. Just teachers encouraging students to imagine a character, creating a story for it, asking questions about what would you do with the character if you were to meet him/her, etc.

A total opposite to the Japanese style of "active teachers, passive students", in Finland it's "passive teachers, active students".

Looking at the show, can't help but feeling that Japanese students are literally robbed off their chances to study, learn and prosper. It's really sad, the country has so much more potential, not surprising if GDP falls even further in 5 years of time.

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Posted in: Japan to boost child allowances to tackle falling birthrate See in context

I bet you my life's savings, even at 5 trillion yen, the population problem will not be solved. There are things money can't buy, population happiness for example.

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Posted in: The current system is becoming a barrier to career development for those who are internationally active. Sometimes they're shut out on overseas visits because their ID doesn't match their names. See in context

Taxes ? spouses must file separately. Nenkin ? Spouses calculated separately. Bank accounts ? try transfer more than 1.2 million to spouse's account, TAX!!!

I'd support same family name, but everything is separate, except "family" name.

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Posted in: 87% of Japan firms say paternity leave averages less than 3 months See in context

In the company I work at,

men can take a full month off, then 6 months of half work-days, then 3 years of strictly no over time. They get special leave day which is not counted from the normal leave day whenever kids/wife gets sick or other emergencies.

Women take a full year, and if you live nearby, you can send them to company operated childcare, at much lower cost than normal ones.

This is only doable for giant company with lots of employees who can take over.

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Posted in: Many Japanese outside major urban areas do not engage with foreigners: survey See in context

I saws 2 Vietnamese who brought a slingshot each, shooting at birds on trees, twice on different days. Also saw Chinese old woman tell her husband to pee over the pillar and hurry it up. Isolated incidents ? Nope, there are signs in other parks, "do not shoot the birds", "do not pee" ... lol.

Too many foreigners here without common sense, I wouldn't want them here either. But, I guess beggars can't be chooser, Japan can only afford cheap labors, the higher educated ones go to the US or Europe.

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Posted in: Nippon Steel rebuffs Trump criticism over U.S. Steel deal See in context

Japan is literally a permanent ally of the US, if not a vassal, the two countries can and should buy each other companies to instill new ideas and what not, both countries will benefit from it, either way the money stays in the "same economic zone", not off to China who pays their Russian friend and hackers to steal intel.

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Posted in: Nippon Steel's bid to acquire United States Steel has become a hot political issue in this year's U.S. presidential campaign. What's your stance on the proposed deal? See in context

Japan is pretty much a "permanent ally" of the US, if not a vassal state. The two countries buying each other's companies is still "keeping the money inside the economic zone", nothing is lost.

Only people having problems with this, haven't upgraded their world view, or finding something to score "votes", or both.

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Posted in: LDP factions financially struggling without donations from party See in context

Leechers starving when taken off host.

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Posted in: Iran beats Japan 2-1 to reach Asian Cup semifinals See in context

Japanese team were so bad, hard to watch, where are the shots from mid range ? Where are the side attacks ?Iran on the other hand, top game! Unlucky for too many times, but even without the penalty Iran would've won anyway.

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Posted in: Kishida says gov't will do 'everything possible' to boost household income See in context

There's no point just boosting income when everything else also rises at the same time. It's just a race, it will not solve any problems in society, competition! work harder! longer! study harder! longer! more anxiety for the average persons.

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Posted in: Filipino man arrested over bodies found under Tokyo home See in context

I have nothing against good-standing individuals, but the phrase "A pot of milk is ruined by a drop of poison" still rings true, hang this guy.

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Posted in: Kamikawa eyes Pacific islands visit in Feb to counter China's expanding clout in region See in context

As much as I dislike XiXiPee, ignoring them until Poo offer them honey which was made and accumulated from our own corporations' greed, is not a sign of good will.

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Posted in: Prosecutors building case against ex-accountant of Kishida faction See in context

Poor accountant, taking the fall for "Increase-Taxes Glasses". Japanese Twitters are raging as well, but guess what, next election, it's LDP again, lol, this country is a joke.

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Posted in: Hit Chinese TV series rekindles sidelined Shanghainese dialect See in context

Real China, rich in culture and diversity. XiXiPee China, boring dystopia.

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Posted in: All trains running in the metropolitan area are equipped with emergency call devices and SOS buttons that allow passengers to speak with the crew. We encourage those who have been victimized or witnessed groping to utilize these tools. See in context

LOL, I'm willing to bet that some ossan will blame the victim instead for delaying the train, because now he can only clock-in 13 hours instead of 14, and his boss will think he's lazy.

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Posted in: China opposes Japan's congratulatory message to Taiwan president-elect See in context

XiXiPee and their cult members, being angry and sad when people are happy.

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