Posted in: Aging Japan struggling with slow adoption of cashless payments See in context
The downvotes in the only sane answers in this article corroborate the aging society issue.
Why should I change to cashless payments when using cash takes less time to process?
This can't be a serious answer. Tapping your phone on the register is orders of magnitude faster than opening your wallet, paying, receiving your change and putting it back into your wallet.
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Posted in: 34% of Japan's small, mid-sized firms intend to hike pay: survey See in context
The minimum wage need 33% increase to bring in line with other 5 top western economies. 2% is an insult and just show how under the heel not to give a decent livable wage. Talk about short arm and long pockets.
Which economies are you referring to? In these countries can you afford to rent your own apartment instead of sharing a house if you work on a minimum wage?
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Posted in: 2-year-old boy falls to his death from 25th floor of apartment building in Chiba See in context
I usually get downvoted for this, but I think all these 'falls' are suspicious and should be investigated.
How about reading the article instead of just the headline?
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Posted in: Brazilian who fled Japan wanted over murder of wife, 3-year-old daughter See in context
you might want to check your facts.
@A Canadian Have you not watched Minority Report? I think that's what factchecker complains about. J Cops should have this technology.
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Posted in: Kishida says Russian attack on Ukraine undermines international order See in context
We should organize a protest outside the Russian embassy in Tokyo.
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Posted in: China criticizes Japan, U.S. for creating exclusive group on supply chains See in context
It would be much better for the free world if Japan was the leader in semiconductor production.
Or even better if the free world protected Taiwan and recognized it as a sovereign country which it really is.
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Posted in: Messaging app Line to transfer all user data to Japan for security See in context
Is moving from China, the worlds most advanced tech country...to a country where the head of cyber security can’t use a computer, a really good idea?
Even if your assumption that China is the world's most tech advance country was true, which is not, the answer is yes. It is a good idea. China is ruled by an authoritarian regime, a dictatorship and the government has access to any data they might want for their purposes. And the whole world has seen their purposes in how they treat all neighbouring countries including their own people in the example of Xinjiang. So yes, it's a great idea to have our data in any other country, including the ones that their cyber security minister can't use a computer.
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Posted in: Thousands march in Tokyo to protest Myanmar military coup See in context
Anyone knows how are these protests organized? I assume from social media but where, which group, hashtag etc? I am not from Myanmar but I'd like to know next time to join.
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Posted in: ACCJ urges Japan to end 'double standard' re-entry rules See in context
Everyone complains about this but no one really does anything substantial. How about we organize a demonstration to put some more pressure to the government?
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Posted in: Tokyo governor asks residents to grocery shop only every 3 days See in context
In our prefecture important items are disappearing, like bread flour and yeast which I had to now order from Amazon, 25 kg of flour and 250 grams of yeast which should make about 100 breads or about 100 days. The flour is same price has local super but better quality.
This is why the disappear. Because people buy 25kg of flour to make bread for 100 days...
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Posted in: WHO calls for immediate action as report shows 10% rise in child TB infections in European region
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Posted in: Tokyo's rice prices surge 90% in March on year: CPI data
OssanAmerican where did I post I object to evacuating the islanders?
Posted in: Japan draws up plan to evacuate 120,000 islanders near Taiwan in event of emergency