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Also I should say that Russian can not afford or handle a 2-front war.

More likely at the rate Japan is going Japan will lose the kurils they do have now to Russia if war starts.

There are less than 6 million Russians scattered all over the Far East vs. 125 million highly disciplined and organized Japanese people living only a couple of hours away. If Japan becomes serious about war, Russia has no chance because Japan has the mass and logistics advantage and modern war is all about logistics.

Also, did not the Chinese foreign minister try to recruit Japan into a race war because the west can't tell Asians apart? If I were Medvedev, I would be more worried about a China-Japan axis forming.

What's in the box!!!

Here's an idea: why not completely dismantle the imperial family system.

This dynasty is older than Jesus. It would be a shame to dismantle such a historic tradition.

Good one...lol...you need to get out of Japan a bit more to see what a reasonably good job ' of assimilating immigrants looks like. Because you sure aint gonna see it in here

I am not seeing it in France, either.

While not condoning the act - pretty duh - a fingernail scratching a pillar hardly seems to be at the top of the table re vandalism.

Houses of worship deserve greater consideration. I can not imagine carving my name in the Vatican or a mosque in Mecca.

and together we can prosper, revitalize East Asia and enrich the world."

If only you knew the power of the dark side...

Ha! Well, it's true. To Europeans and North, Central and South Americans, Asians are just Chinese.

To most Northern and Western Europeans, Eastern Europeans are just some sort of Russian.

Koreans ,ethnic Japanese ,Chinese are predominantly Han as it's the largest gene pool in SE Asia and the world.

Lots of Japanese have more in common with Mr. Shoigu than Mr. Wang. Especially the northern half of the country. Also Japan is not in South-East Asia.

Becoming a usa citizen and Becoming American isn't the same thing .

The first Americans came from Jomon Japan. Google Kelp Highway.

the view, first advocated by Fukuzawa Yukichi in the 19th century,

Are you also going to talk about Pan-Turanism, too?

If you really want to increase tourism in regional areas, how about rebuilding all the castles starting with Osaka castle to its original glory.

I would not mind seeing a multiverse version of the James Bond franchise with all the Bond actors together in their prime.

Germany also faces an aging population and only maintains its current level through mass immigration.

Even with mass immigration, Germany's population is still shrinking. Also, in 30 years, there is no guarantee that even Germany will remain at the 80-88 million level.

Isn't Kim Jong-Un 1/4 Japanese? I think his mother is from Osaka.

The Maoris and other Polynesians, tattooed from head to foot, were fierce warriors and formidable fighters.

Japan also has a long and rich history of tattoos that are widely admired as an art form all over the world.

Actually, I would not mind taking a class on how to take a good selfie or how to look good on Zoom/Facetime/Youtube. Proper lighting, camera distance, microphone placement, framing, etc.

The sad and tragic truth is no one wants "scary" African refugees. Not just Japan but also Italy, Spain, Greece, Sweden, etc.

A poor-quality vehicle from a dangerous, totalitarian dictatorship, made with forced labor and zero concern for the environment, which will send all your personal data to the CCP? No thanks.

THIS. Especially the part about sending your personal data back to Chinese intelligence. Also rather than electric vehicles I think hydrogen-powered cars and trucks that can be refueled by emergency drone delivery service when you are stuck in rural areas is the future.

Dump it in the Sea of Japan and blame it on the North Koreans.

They either work together for common interest or be steamrolled by China-even self interested politicians on both sides are beginning to wake up to reality.

If China occupies Japan, Korea will be completely surrounded and cut off. It is in Korea's self-interest to cooperate and help defend Japan.

Japan is at the leading edge as far as drastically falling procreation and a lack of interest in sex.

Here are some of the 2022 fertility rates:

 Hungary 1.5

 Thailand 1.5

 Canada 1.5

 Poland 1.5

 North Macedonia 1.5

 Malta 1.5

 Serbia 1.4

 Croatia 1.4

 Saint Lucia 1.4

 Finland 1.4

 Japan 1.4

 Spain 1.4

 Ukraine 1.4

 Luxembourg 1.4

 Hong Kong (China) 1.4

 Mauritius 1.3

 Portugal 1.3

 United Arab Emirates 1.3

 Greece 1.3

 Cyprus 1.3

 Moldova 1.3

 Italy 1.3

 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.2

 Singapore 1.2

 Puerto Rico (US) 1.2

 South Korea 1.1

However in reality Fukushima as a name isn't a popular destination and isn't likely to be again.

I think they need to rebrand and change the name. Maybe build a new capital in Aizu and change the prefecture's name to the "Capital District" or something similar. Moving the government there will also force it to pay greater attention to the clean-up activities and spur investments.

Actually 400 isn't enough. Japan needs 6,000 ballistic missiles like Korea has in order to defend itself.

Japan will fight to the last Korean. Thank you Korea.

Japan is the weakest country in the region, this is why North Korean missiles are headed toward Japan.

North Korea has to save the majority of its missiles for South Korea and the US. It can't waste most of them on Japan.

It is not just the farms. All the shelled and damaged buildings in urban areas probably have lead paint chips/dust and asbestos floating around. The environmental clean-up of Ukraine will be massive.

There was also discovered a couple of western-looking haniwa statues at these mounds.

This was a time of lots of Korean and Chinese migration, so the objects probably have roots to those countries.

There is an interesting hypothesis that horse-riding Scythians or Huns who couldn't penetrate China's Great Wall decided to come to Japan instead and built lots of kurgans. This is also why you won't find these kurgan mounds in China. Some people also think Jews mad their way to Japan along the Silk road and introduced all kinds of shinto rituals that you won't find in either China or Korea.

Lead by example. Move government offices to the countryside and the employees will move too.

Exactly. It is time to move the capital to Aizu.

Why is that surprising? Not many jobs for people who cannot speak Japanese.

There are plenty of jobs available in Niseko and Zao and the tourism industry in general that cater to foreigners and don't require Japanese language abilities.

well hopefully the fools in charge have plans on how to rent out the facility year round.

Nothing permanent can be built in the stadium because the city wants to use the facility as an emergency shelter and staging ground for search and rescue operations when the next big earthquake happens. If you want to have the stadium generate revenue when not used for sports or entertainment, the modifications have to be on wheels or easily assembled and disassembled.

Maybe find a way to put a giant platform on the turf and:

a) use it as a public parking garage

b) a vertiport for flying cars and drones

c) an Amazon distribution center

d) modular public storage facility that can be quickly wheeled in and out

e) a combination of all of the above

I am still waiting for a medpod but robot nurses that don't have to use PPE will be great.

The HIMARS were American property and fired by them in a display hoping to bring in foreign sales.

That is what I thought. I doubt Japanese taxpayers are paying for it. It would also be nice if the US can place some THAADS in Japan for free or lease them at low cost.

If China were an invasive culture, not only would Okinawa be speaking Chinese, EVERYONE in Japan would be also and for centuries.

China under Kublai Khan tried to invade Japan but failed TWICE. It's not easy invading an island country that is mostly alpine.

I would focus the marketing efforts on glamping trips in NIseko, the Fuji five lakes, the Oki Islands and Okinawa beaches/diving.