Posted in: Japan Post Bank system glitch delays 1.2 million money transfers See in context
Not to worry!
The post office still has lots of paper to do transactions with…
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Posted in: How the weak yen is affecting ordinary households See in context
Tourism is an industry where the staff make little but the owners do.
It is also sensitive to many existential pressures.
Go back decades and Japan was a place where manufacturing was the backbone of the country and there were many winners.
Now the industry has collapsed and along with it, the yen.
Add the above into the stagnant mix season with an archaic education system and lack of funding with an anti entrepreneurial mindset and we see what can only be ……a bleak future.
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Posted in: Bill to ban TikTok in U.S. unless it divests from Chinese parent clears Congress See in context
Tik Tok is used by but not for kids as stick figures of a fornicating couple pop up here and there.
Stupidness and more stupid memes assault the user and drags them into a dumbed down world.
It should be banned as it is good for nothing!
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Posted in: Trump meets former Japanese PM Aso; criticizes strong dollar against yen See in context
Taro Aso is the Deputy PM of Japan and has the whole power of the Japanese government at his disposal-old but not out…
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Posted in: Trump meets former Japanese PM Aso; criticizes strong dollar against yen See in context
Asp must know that there will be a change coming…
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Posted in: Takeaways from AP report on how the search for the coronavirus origins turned toxic See in context
@virusrex
Are you saying that you have access categorically to all the records on gain of function research in the world and can say that Covid-19 was not a lab experiment?
It is strange that the researchers in China who worked in the Wuhan lab which was under the auspices of the Chinese military have disappeared!
If your belief is 100% certain then I applaud your
connections, time and reach!
Still, you have not seen this?
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02903-x
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/20/science/covid-lab-leak-wuhan.html
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rand-paul-vows-get-answers-covid-19-origins-gain-function-hearing
The jury is still out it seems.
But even worse is to think something that have naturally happened hundreds and hundreds of times during the history of humanity must have been artificial just because it could theoretically be so, as logical as finding wet pavement after heavy rain and blaming it on a conspiracy because people have access to hoses.
Conspiracy?
You are not a student of history, it appears.
War and pathogens go together ever since the Mongols began tossing over plague infected corpses into settlements, in the 1200s
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Posted in: Takeaways from AP report on how the search for the coronavirus origins turned toxic See in context
There seems to be enough proof for ‘gain of function’ research and the practice of in China, funded by the US.
To imagine that viruses and bacteria aren’t targets for weaponization is naive.
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Posted in: Drugs like Ozempic won’t ‘cure’ obesity but they might make us more fat-phobic See in context
Taking any type of drug should be a last ditch solution but like most advances there is always the risk of abuse.
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Posted in: Protests roiling U.S. colleges escalate with arrests, new encampments and closures See in context
Governments are funding foreign war atrocities thousands of miles away from their own countries against the wishes of their own people-undemocratic!
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Posted in: He hippo in Japan zoo turns out to be a she See in context
And the pronouns are?
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Posted in: Japan eyes cashless tax refunds to stem illicit resale by tourists See in context
But there have been a number of cases where travelers purchase massive amounts of tax-free items and resell them for profit at tax-inclusive prices before departing Japan, according to the sources.
Who would buy items at tax inclusive prices from a tourist?
Nonsensical
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Posted in: Cabinet minister Takaichi, more than 90 lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine See in context
I can’t write comments that will not be deleted of the enshrined souls’ actions whilst in life.
However, what is blatantly obvious is that there is a push to have military forces in Japan expand in the present.
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Posted in: Australian PM calls Musk arrogant billionaire; Musk hits back after court orders X to hide church stabbing posts See in context
Since Covid, Australia has begun to resemble a police state!
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Posted in: Sakura tree falls on man at Sannenzaka near Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto See in context
Kyoto has been so short of money in recent years and (having seen similar in other cities) there doesn’t appear to be strict control of possible hazards emanating from private to public land in Japan.
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Posted in: Rate of small firms in Japan hiking wages rises to 63% in FY2024 See in context
Those 1000 an hour jobs are in the majority now!
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Posted in: Honda to build major EV plant in Canada See in context
@Speed
The names of the companies area Japanese but they are now multi-nationals that act not in one iota out of national interest but self interest.
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Posted in: Israel's military intelligence chief resigns over failure to prevent Hamas attack on Oct 7 See in context
Haliva’s resignation comes at a most convenient time just before the news of a major spate of over 70 killings, on the grounds of the Al Nasser hospital by the IDF.
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Posted in: Believers still pursuing Hiroshima mystery beast 50 years after sightings See in context
Anything different in Japan becomes “a monster”
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Pathetic!
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Posted in: Families of late 'comfort women' sue Japanese gov't; 1st case in China See in context
The Japanese government is embarking on a campaign to increase military spending and recruitment in all sectors.
Timely reminders of war atrocities are necessary to focus attention on what May yet repeat!
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Posted in: Biden promises speedy delivery of 'battlefield' aid for Ukraine See in context
Is taxpayers’ money is literally wasted on payments to foreign countries when the U.S. border is as hokey as Swiss cheese.
Priorities?
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Posted in: On first day of Trump hush money trial, prosecutors say he corrupted 2016 election See in context
The case is about a $130,000 payment made ostensibly not to reveal details of a sexual liaison.
How that payment was classified and reported is making up the bulk of the other charges.
In a sane society this attempt to embarrass and hurt an individual politically wouldn’t even be an issue.
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Posted in: Conflicts push global military spending to all-time high: report See in context
The US sends arms to countries which use them to murder civilians in the name of Pax Americana.
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Posted in: McDonald’s Japan releases pancake pie for new retro kissaten coffeeshop series See in context
The amount of plastic that comes with the ‘food’ doesn’t endear me to enter…
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Posted in: Rate of small firms in Japan hiking wages rises to 63% in FY2024 See in context
Walking by a well known sushi chain yesterday the per hour was 1000 yen.
Not an earth shattering rate for clearing tables.
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Posted in: On first day of Trump hush money trial, prosecutors say he corrupted 2016 election See in context
Sure, playing around with a porn star is not the best of decisions but this trial is not about elections yet here with are.
Political bias at work?
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Posted in: Japanese 'sugar baby' gets 9 years for scamming men out of ¥155 mil See in context
Tax evasion-the Japanese state watches carefully and punishes by sending to gaol.
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Posted in: Australian PM calls X's fight against removal of church stabbing posts 'extraordinary' See in context
It’s not good publicity when law and order breaks down in a country but recent examples of this happening Australia are now just too commonplace…
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Posted in: Man arrested for assaulting taxi driver, not paying fare See in context
Not being able to hold drink and stress=more attacks on taxi drivers
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Posted in: Corrosion found in treated radioactive water tanks at Fukushima plant See in context
Steel corrodes when in contact with water. End of story.
A shorter end to the story is when ‘radioactivity’ and water corrode steel!
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Posted in: BOJ chief points to hiking interest rates if inflation keeps rising See in context
Wow!
The mighty BOJ will hike interest rates by .1 %
so rates will be .9% or 1%?
Even those numbers are likely impossible.
Why should I even bother with the yen if I can easily get fixed rates of dollars, euros and pounds paying at least 5%
If I want more risky (higher percentages) foreign exchange then there are even higher rates.
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Posted in: Taiwan happy with U.S. aid package; China objects to arms sales
Le’me guess. Ukraine wins. LOL
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Posted in: Taiwan happy with U.S. aid package; China objects to arms sales
Posted in: Taiwan happy with U.S. aid package; China objects to arms sales