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Cashless payments are more expensive and your data is sold to a third party, usually to your detriment.

Eat a lot of fast food or have the occasional drink or smoke. Your insurance premiuns increase as they now have you in a higher risk category.

Like to travel and see other cultures in the world or see family overseas.

Sold on to carbon offset developers to make sure costs are prohibitive for most, Including you.

Cash is simple, protects your privacy and doesn't incurr a surcharge making greedy banks even higher profits to buy things.

Cash is Emperor.

Will say whatever, whenever, to whoever to get a vote.

Chameleon like.

No Joy in that.

Just mistrust.

I think you will find is not that most people think clinate change doesn't happen. As it has for millenia.

See: ice age or polar shifts.

However, the grift (or hoax) is in the proposed taxes and methods in which to "save the planet"

The solar disc has the most to do with climate change on our Earth.

Humans do have some contribution of course but we give ourselves too much credit in lieu of the Sun as per the extent.

It's glaringly obvious.

Pun intended.

"Record high temperatures and sweltering weather that suffocated Japan this summer "

Brownie points for extreme hyperbole.

Hardly hit 37 in most of Kanto on a day or 2 and enough to suffocate?

Hmmmmm. Lol

"Dr. Dimie Ogoina, an infectious diseases expert at Niger Delta University Hospital in Nigeria who chairs the WHO's mpox emergency committee"

Unfortunately, being part of this committee affects his credibility on the issue.

We need to hear from impartial experts., rather than pharma funded stooges.

Yet curiously enough for nihonshu and happoshu production to go unfettered.

This reminds me of the US spy plane EP-3 that collided with a Chinese fighter jet close to their shore in 2001 and had to crash land in China. They crew tried to fry all of the electronics and burn intel as much as they could before crash landing but was an intelligence bonanza for the Chinese when they took control of the plane on the tarmac.

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-ep3-spy-plane-collision-mistakes-chinese-intel-coup-2023-3?op=1

^ Non fiction

Thank goodness.

That screen has been in my thoughts daily, often keeping me awake at night pondering if I should go and photograph it.

Obama = 100% Yaaaaawn

Gonna make hay while the sun shines.

Life is too short to wait or worry about how hot the summer is.

There are already numerous Shinto prayer spaces on the rooftops of many department stores or sometimes inside too. You can see the little shrines and tori gates often around.

I see no issue with having more places to pray for other faiths.

Prayer doesn't hurt anyone.

Good intentions, good business and good vibes.

I don't have much time for Meiwaku Gaikokujin or Meiwaku Nihonjin tbh.

However, people climbing things doesn't bother me.

It's raining cats and dogs where I am and blowing a gale.

Most trains have some delays.

Heading into Chiba soon, so expect to see some more rough sideways water and leaves.

My money is on Kono for the win.

It's quite politically sensible for the LDP to continue to do this, esp. after a scandal and exp. before an election.

Helps the people in thinking, -

Well I don't really know much about the opposition party as they are hardly in the news and this guy is new and seems to be the most popular and a winner now, so, let's just give him a chance

As they slide into power again.

So weird.

Seems like a beat up with so many details lacking and some super sleuthing in the article itself.

Maybe the major want to increase two-tier pricing in the city?

Maybe they want to change ID requirements for all foreigners?

Another stick on the fire of "over tourism" to generate ill will towards travelers.

Why can't they just look at Japan on youtube from their own countries? Better for climate change.

I read they upgraded to a 7.3 but hopefully there is only minor damage and no loss of life.

Sir Kier Starmer - Hold my beer

Went to watch the sailing at the Tokyo Olympics.

Just a great sport to watch either live or on TV.

It's coming home to roost and the BoJ doesn't have any more moves to play.

Yen will tank further.

Historically low.

Hyperinflation will begin.

Historically high.

At least the new notes look pretty.

There is no realistic possibility mask were a factor on these deaths, lack of AC on the other hand is the clear risk factor involved.

Yes there is and yes no AC was a likely factor too.

Plenty of people wear masks while driving in their car and alone. You can see them everyday. I just saw one 2 mins ago outside the window.

Plenty of people also wear masks while at home, either as an elderly couple or alone.

My wife visits them as a home care nurse and sees the masks in a filthy state like they have had the same one on for weeks.

They are realized a factor in contributing to heatstroke.

Hence the guidelines stating not to wear during summer.

I would imagine the factor is compounded especially wearing them indoors and without AC on.

Don't wear masks in the summer to prevent heatstroke. Trust the science.

I think you’ve embarrassed yourself enough here mate.

I’d let this one go.

Not listening to health guidelines that state not to wear masks in the summer to prevent heatstroke is much more embarrassing.

Why let go talking about a major factor of heatstroke in Japan on an article about preventing heatstroke in Japan?

Can’t imagine they were wearing masks indoors.

Do you think they were?

Yes.

They most likely all wearing them.

I have seen plenty of people wearing masks indoors. In fact people were directed to where them while indoors. Didn't you know that?

So the answer is yes.

Most likely indeed.

Probably none. Almost all were indoors

Yeah you are probably right.

No one wears a mask indoors in Japan.

Oh. Wait.

From the link above:

"The new guidelines state that people do not need to wear masks outdoors, except when having close conversations. During summer, people are encouraged to remove their masks to prevent heatstroke".

If they were in company of people outside of their household (to justify use of masks) they would also have them to warn them about not using the AC, it makes no sense to think a factor not even mentioned in the article would be of importance instead of the actual thing being mentioned that clearly is a risk.

lolz.

Yet the Ministry of Health gave guidelines in May 2022 not to wear masks in summer to prevent heatstroke during the height of the so-called pandemic.

Which means they may be a factor in heatstroke which this article is about.

From your experts:

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/2006/

Don't be silly and trust the science.

I wonder how many of those died wearing masks?

Which can increase body temperatures and make it much, much harder to breathe in the hotter days.

Japan's Great Escape. How about a movie about it?

There was a mini-series about it, which is quite good.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0135848/

The version I have read if anyone is interested in the history: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4676319-die-like-the-carp

Really is a very interesting story of how the soldiers thinking was that they would rather die like the carp, swimming beautifully against the current, than sit and feel the shame of a POW.

Haunting but beautiful.

I have visited Cowra to pay my respect to the fallen a few times while in the area.