Posted in: Japan to ask for electricity saving from Dec 1 to end of March to avoid power crunch See in context
Energy saving is important. I for one am glad because energy saving has been a hobby of mine for many a decade. This year I have deconstructed my “Kotatasu” table and fixed the heater to the ceiling of my bedroom of my 1R residence. I then purchased additional blankets from Nitori, and extended the apparatus of the “kotatsu” so that they envelop the entire room. I did however have to cut a hole for the door, a most onerous task. I have saved fourteen hundred yen (approximately) this year alone. I hope everyone will follow my humble example.
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Posted in: 1 in 4 singles in 30s not willing to marry: Japan gov't survey See in context
i feel sad for this generation, as love and dating are just no longer possible. I myself am still dating but I find the constant mask wearing to be difficult when communicating.
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Posted in: New law enacted to help people pressured into porn See in context
About time! They need to stop the abuse of their performers, but this legislation doesn’t go far enough. I only hope they will enact further laws to improve the quality of adult material produced in this country. As a rather portly gentleman, I rely on this key industry to provide much entertainment in these testing times.
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Posted in: Japan's outdoor mask relaxation yet to filter through See in context
Japan is the only country to live its life by the moniker “you’ve got a lot of nerve showing your face around here!”
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Posted in: Tokyo gov't plans to start same-sex partnership system in November See in context
About time! My different-sex partner and I had been living in state of unwedded matrimony for many years until we decided that the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune were just too much to bear on our fledgling relationship. We may be apart now but I can't help but feel that this law would have kept us together.
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Posted in: Gov't says masks not needed outdoors if distancing maintained See in context
The science of masks is irrefutable and personally I won't be reducing my use of them.
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