saffron comments

You can access your family register which contains very private information and is connected to local government, pay bills and do a variety of useful administrative things at 7/11. I feel it is more secure in local hands.

Things are being hidden by people with special interests.

The mainstream media does not print the truth so where else can we

find it? I'll stick by Musk's free speech rather than the alternative.

It's time the whole world stopped living in the past and concentrate on now. present generations cannot change the past and have no responsibility for it.

There is something to be said for homogeneity

The government pension plan is not generous, I paid in for over 25 years but only get 33,000 yen a month.($220 about)

People do not kiss each other as a greeting in Japan. It would be quite shocking. Unfortunately he will most likely lose his job over this.

As a foreigner living in Japan, I am finding it too expensive to eat out recently. Tourists benefit from the cheap yen and find the prices rather cheap so I have no problem supporting dual pricing.

When Chinese nuclear power stations pump out more contaminated water into the oceans every day.

Stick to the rules of your host country whether you think them pointless or not.

I think we need samples of the test questions before being able to comment.

Never going to places such as Macdonalds will help....a lot.

What does home-ported mean?

If they are unmarried of course they do not want kids.

Rice is the staple food of Japan and it is necessary to protect Japanese farmers so that they can keep growing rice. Japan's food self-sufficiency is only 37% and if there is a world war or similar disaster they will not have enough food to feed their population if all the farmers have stopped producing due to cheaper prices elsewhere.

In the meantime reducing pensions . The National pension isn't enough to live on so I have to keep working although I am 71 years old.

Isn't it easy to just ask to see work permission stamps in passport before hiring? Hire those with permission and don't hire those with no work permission.

I would not feel safe in China. Anyone who does not agree with the CCP or who posts something negative about them is likely to be arrested on trumped up charges if it is their wish. I loved Hong Kong but unfortunately will never visit again.

USA's newly infected numbers are much higher than Japans so it is good for Japan that they advise their citizens not to come to Japan.

These figures are for the time before Corona virus.They are from 2019 to March last year so we cannot blame the situation ob working from home.

An advertisement for junk food.

The virus may make people re-think working styles and also bring back manufacturing. It may give a much -needed boost to the economy in the future.

Don't walk up on the down escalator.

The problem is that Tokyo has spent millions of dollars preparing the Marathon course and they cannot get that money back.Also they have to spend more money constructing a new course in Sapporo.

It wasn't Japan's choice to have the Olympics in August. It was the Olympic committee who needed to sell TV broadcasting rights and October was not good as it coincided with USA's major sports events and they could get more money in August.

I hope Japan will stand with Taiwan when the time comes.

It would be nice to think morality would win over profits but it doesn't seem to be the case

Japan's food self-sufficiency is only 38% so it is vital that Japan produces more agricultural products to feed the nation in case of emergency.

But China insists on the sovereignty of China over Tibet and Taiwan.

It's a pity his wife isn't encouraged to travel overseas with him.She would be a great asset.

Due to poor pensions,especially for self-employed people, most people are saving for the future.