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A reminder that under the defense strategy, Japan aims to eventually double its annual military spending to around 10 trillion yen ($63 billion), making it the world’s No. 3 military spender after the United States and China.

That's all very well, but can Japan afford it?

Government can't tax those gambing sites.

Funny how South Korea is so popular now that it has a dictator.

Has everyone forgotten about the two Americans stranded in space?

The EU leads in nothing, It's a lapdog to US, and we're seeing what happens to lapdogs - they can be thrown under the bus. It has destroyed its own economy because it has a big ego while blindly following the Biden regime.

TaiwanChina:

Some people can't drink without one I am sure.

I'm sure some can't but how many? The vast majority of people don't need this waste of resources. Why is it so difficult for the average person to drink without a straw? I'm refused them in cafes before and I'll continue to.

Haven't driven in 20 years. Public transport is good (not living in USA helps), I walk a lot for exercise, and I don't want to waste money on buying a car that's going to lose value in a flash, gas, taxes, shaken, insurance and repairs.

More than 50% of new cars sales are now EVs. If Honda isn't prepared to move with the times, it may have to start packing its bags.

If things go south, et's see how quick Australian ships can reach China's backyard.

Might helo if they didn't slap a more than 700% tariff on imported rice. I'll take Basmati over Japanese any day. Frangrant, light, and not a disaster for your blood sugar levels.

Some Godiva fan boys here, it seems.

Neaarly 10m yen for one month's work? I'm not surpised she went

I always look at the ingredients. Cocoa-related ingredients should be the first two, certainly not sugar, and there certainly should not be any 'vegetable fat', apart from the fat that comes from cocoa.

Also, no need to waste money on expensive stuff like Godiva.

Latest statistics show that Russia's GDP grew by 3.6% in 2023, and by 4.1% in 2024.

China's was 5.3% and 4.8%.

The two most sanctioned major economies don't seem to be doing too badly.

Now for more inconvenient truths:

USA: 2.9%, 2.8%

UK: 0.1%, 0.6%

Germany: -0.3%, -0.2%

Japan: 1.9%, 0.9%

Australia: 1.9%, 1.8%

France: 0.7%, 1.6%

My driver from the airport during the pandemic was Indonesian. Very good service, trilingual, excellent driving skills.

Was it a Swiss knife?

GuruMick:

If the US withdraws from international organisations, many formed post WW2 , what are its options in disputes with other countries ?

Do what it usually does. Set up false flags, hold up test tubes with water, and then incite color revolutions, invade, bomb, kill, go on a rampage.

Don't they charge about $3,000 per ambulance in USA? There, you literally get people half-dying and yet begging others not to call an ambulance for them.

TaiwanChina:

I hate being the stupid country.

He's your and Ossan's president. Your country deserves him as president.

Why stop there? Let's just call this planet America too. That should keep his ego satisfied for a few days. Americans who didn't vote for a third party have no right to complain about this low IQ child-man.

And it's not just in USA. I can see that name on Google Maps in Japan. Both in English and Japanese. Oh wait, I forgot about US vassal states.

Any Americans who voted for either Dems or Reps, and any citizens of US vassal states who voted for the same old same old have no right to complain. Deal with it.

I'm pretty sure chocolate is a lot cheaper outside St Valentine's Month.

Send some of them to Mar-a-Lago. There should be plenty of rooms and food.

Gambare:

While I'm far from an ice hockey fan, I'm definitely keen to watch this game! Sounds like a lot of feeling in it. Hope to catch some of the tournament if all the games are as physical!

Players have been sucker-punched and this is all you can say? Had the victims been Japanese players, you'd be the first to be spitting blood and ranting.

There are US vassal states. And then there are US VASSAL STATES.

Here's an idea. Don't eat eggs. I haven't had eggs for years. So many other foods.

OpenAI ??? What an oxymoron! Izzy and Taiwan, start downvoting me!

I still don't understand why Japanese food products don't list saturated fat, transfat and a breakdown of carbs into sugars

For that comment, I got 13 downvotes from 13 people who are either hooked on junk food or are the usual petty suspects.

The usual suspects would be: North Korea, China & Russia. Of course, I could be wrong.

Yeah, if it's wild guess, with no proof as tall, then you could very well be wrong.

Next, you'll be saying China made that one million hacking attempts on DeepSeek the other day.

typo: I WANT Basmati rice. Without the more than 700% tarriffs.