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Interns in US make more than senior managerial positions here in Japan.

Costs of living are higher in the U.S.

There is an entire governmental department!

That unnatural amount of downvotes compared to other posts indicates the dudes got upset by being outed.

Or maybe it indicates exasperation of people's conspiracy-mongering and obsession with downvotes.

Judging from the number of downvotes given to the above two posters' comments, I think there are a lot of people here who don't give a hoot about safety standards when it comes to nuclear reactors. Very worrying. Pride before safety?

Maybe it's the fact that sakurasuki and Yrral habitually spam the forum with off-topic or otherwise unconstructive comments.

I can't remember having seen a powerful typhoon hit Japan so badly there were that much damage to buildings.

The one 7 or 8 years ago caused flooding and tornadoes in Kanto. There were videos of roof shingles being blown off.

Lose with dignity,for goodness sake.

I am tired of seeing this constant victim hood and nationalist ignorance of reality for the last thirty years or more.

Come on, let's face the future,folks

Should the US stop celebrating Veterans Day? Should they forget about the Vietnam War? Your complaining is ridiculous.

A lot of judgmental comments made by people who complain in front of a computer screen all day.

As several users pointed out, local discounts and tourist taxes are a thing in other countries, and yet when Japan considers it, people scream racism and third world country. The hypocrisy on this forum is astounding.

I use PayPay whenever I have the option. It's convenient and faster than using a credit card. And definitely faster than using cash.

His or her “pointless opinions” are often supported by links to reputable reporting, such as Nikkei, PBS, and CNN.

Including these?

That's sounds like Japanese logic, want but don't want.

In Japan, it's not first time. Will happen more and more in the future.

Refreshing to see that many of the people who normally complain about Japan have mostly positive things to say.

Stick to the point, people. There are many things being written about crime, etc but the president was talking about xenophobia. On that point, he is no doubt correct.

That's not the point of his speech.

Instagram is free, but who set it all up and is running it?

Meta, the company that owns it.

Exactly. They will have at least one social media manager, if not multiple. Then an editor who will clean up the images and crop them to the right dimensions and image quality for Instagram. There will also be people who will determine the types of images to be posted, and evaluate images based on that criteria to determine candidates for posting.

You don't know that. Even if that's true, the cost is probably negligible.

I’d prefer my taxes not spent this way.

Instagram is free.

You're right about people sometimes just focusing on headlines.

There's nothing inherently wrong with expressing a negative opinion about Japan, or any other country, though, is there? Everyone is entitled to their own viewpoint, positive or negative.

That does not apply to people who obsessively make multiple accounts just to spam inflammatory comments about Japan and diminishing other people's opinions.

The article doesn't elaborate on what kind of toy gun it was. It's possible it was an airsoft gun, which is easy to get in Japan and can pass as a real gun at first glance.

A symbol of Japan's decline. Even North Korea can do a better job of launching rockets.

Someone has never heard of Hayabusa2.

So many people here complaining about people just eating chocolate.

She is buying chocolates for herself, with his salary.

How do you know they don't have their own income?

I don't like the sound of slurping, but it's not that big of a deal.

So many petty people who hate hearing anything positive about Japan. Also, don't forget JAXA was the first to put a spacecraft on an asteroid.

As usual, Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea were popular spots for young adults to celebrate the day after their ceremonies.

They've just become Adults, yet go to hangouts designed for children. Ironic.

Tell that to any quarterback who won the Super Bowl.

A middle class home in Japan would be considered a low income shack in the US. 

The best selling car in Japan is the Toyota Yaris which sells for less than half the price of the best selling Ford F-Series pickup truck in the US.

Homes in the U.S. are absurdly overpriced, especially in cities like LA and NYC. Cars are also overpriced, and prices don't reflect quality. People in the U.S. are also becoming poorer, and those in their 20s and 30s have frugal lifestyles. Your metrics are flawed.

So many people here who don't like positivity.

Discipline, obedience, and respect for authority.

Exactly, it's just like Boy Scouts and military school in other countries. I don't see why everyone is so confused.

Talk about a broken record.

Why is testing still so popular in South Korea and Japan but almost extinct in many Western nations?

Someone has never heard of the SAT, ACT, or GMAT.

What a sad sight the photo depicts, a room full people choosing to spend their limited, precious time on Earth mindlessly bashing buttons and fondling joysticks.

Yes, I can't believe someone would be playing video games when they can be making fun of people on JT.

There are many users from far-right/netizen oriented websites in Japan that frequently lurk here and discuss "overseas reactions" to domestic affairs on their respective platforms. They are probably the ones bombarding comments with pluses/minuses. They don't comment here, likely due to poor English proficiency, but obviously they can translate what we post via Google/DeepL.

Are you sure it's not because the people being downvotes are ranting like lunatics or just not contributing anything useful?

Hafu is an ugly word. It's a form of discrimination.

Lots of people use the word without being discriminatory.

The people nitpicking the work uniforms have no real argument.

He should have offered a sincere apology for the actions of Imperial Japan.

Japan has apologized multiple times. It is just South Korea and China that perpetuate the myth that they never have.