Posted in: Baby born to Afghani refugees in Japan granted Japanese citizenship See in context
Japan need to support anchor babies like the USA.
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Posted in: Man arrested for stabbing employee because ‘he was lazy at work’ See in context
Things are so queer in Osaka, so queer...
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Posted in: Man who killed ex-wife in Nara coffee shop had been issued restraining order See in context
People can be nice, but everybody has a breaking point
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Posted in: Belarus says it has detained Japanese intelligence agent See in context
This is an alarming trend worldwide, accusing tourists of being spies for taking pictures in the wrong places. Be careful when you travel.
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Posted in: Sapporo man arrested for possession of 33 handguns; says he bought them for fun See in context
The only maker in Belgium is FN which are military-grade guns
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Posted in: Japan jobless rate up in July as workers seek better conditions See in context
The rationale doesn't math - if people left their jobs for better jobs, they wouldn't be considered unemployed but transitioning. That would lower the unemployment rate.
The Japanese economy is not good and I noticed the hostile acquisition of 7-Eleven is not being covered in Japan
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Posted in: South Carolina prison director says electric chair, firing squad and lethal injection ready to go See in context
Have a poll on X and let Internet users decide
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Posted in: Foreign tourist, companion arrested for having sex on Japan shrine grounds in broad daylight See in context
This is disrespectful to Japan and no one want to see a 61-year-old European limper and a self-hating Asian past their sexual primes engaged in sexual acts - I hope they treat him accordingly behind bars
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Posted in: Video of man kicking, slapping deer in Nara Park causes outrage See in context
There is an additional video on X with him being confronted - he is Chinese.
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Posted in: 'Assassin's Creed' makers defend 'creative liberties' over black samurai character See in context
I need a better context. It seems the Japanese petitioners acknowledged Yasuke was a real person, but they are saying they are protesting the mere presence of a Black guy in a movie.
This is not "creative liberties." Yasuke was a real historical figure.
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Posted in: Surge in inbound tourists pushes Japan to explore dual pricing See in context
I support the dual system to shield local residents from the effects of having a depressed yen and tourists leveraging more spending power, creating inflation for the locals
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Posted in: Tokyo residents seek to block building of massive data center See in context
Data centers are extremely loud - you can search youtube and see cities like Chicago where a data center building in an urban area has dozens of huge fans on the rooftop blowing out hot air and a loud 24/7 amplified fan noise next to hi-rise condos
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Posted in: Tokyo's old fish market makes way for skyscrapers, glitzy stadium to woo global spenders See in context
Will it scale up to the changes in the community?
Get it, scale?
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Posted in: Yen briefly dips past 161 against dollar to 37-year low amid intervention talk See in context
Things can fall fast at this stage - Japan has to make bold decisions now
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Posted in: Yen slumps to upper 160 range against dollar despite intervention threat See in context
Japan needs to offer the same 3-5% 6-month treasury notes as the USD - the zero percent is not working, and I don't understand the science behind it. Obviously the Japanese are buying these US T-bills because it is lucrative to them
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Posted in: Global stocks mixed after Nvidia tumbles again as AI mania cools See in context
Nvidia stock split boosted the NASDAQ market - this story is dated - make 3% today from my tech ETF portfolio
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Posted in: Gender gap fuels disputes as Japan gets joint custody law See in context
I am the "fun stepdad" for my Japanese girlfriend's 6-year-old child. I do not know if I want the biological father back in the picture because it might make my girlfriend upset
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Posted in: Former PM Suga says calls for Kishida to quit growing louder in LDP See in context
We need Kida to implement womanomics!
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Posted in: 22-year-old woman arrested for leaving newborn baby girl to die in car in Gifu Prefecture See in context
No support for babies, no support for the elderly, no support for domestic victims - but wonders why population and marriage are on a rapid decline...
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Posted in: Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, criticized for saying West provoked Putin to invade Ukraine See in context
The West did provoke Russia by breaking the Minsk accord and entertaining the thought of having Ukraine join NATO, a red line Russia expressed over and over.
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Posted in: 23-year-old man gets 18 years in prison for murder of ex-girlfriend in Yokohama See in context
Out at 41 - he going to still have a lot of life to live so this is not even a punishment
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Posted in: 89-year-old woman stabbed to death in Gifu; grandson arrested See in context
It would be better to use the term "adult grandson" instead of "grandson," implying a young person under 18. I thought it was a teenager at first.
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Posted in: Singapore diplomat fined ¥300,000 for Tokyo bathhouse voyeurism See in context
He paid $1900 for his fetish of looking at naked Japanese men. He might be back...
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Posted in: Newborn baby's body found in closet in house in Chiba Prefecture; mother arrested See in context
The daughter's explanation will be typical: she didn't remember being pregnant and hid the body to keep collecting benefits on the baby.
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Posted in: Kishida mulls talks with Ukraine's Zelenskyy next week See in context
Give him money...money! money! money!
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Posted in: Foreign woman walks into bus at Tokyo’s Shibuya Scramble intersection See in context
Some people are not used to right-side driving lanes and tend to look left as they did back home - this happens in Thailand, London as lot as well among tourists
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Posted in: Tokyo government to launch dating app to boost birthrate See in context
This app is going to be used instead for married men and married women to hook up
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Posted in: Japanese billionaire Maezawa cancels moon trip See in context
No big lost, he was going to land in a desert in Nevada, USA and told to jump around
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Posted in: ¥48 bil in bitcoin cryptocurrency disappears from Japan exchange See in context
Both major hacks in Japan are amateurish. Crypto exchanges should have 2-3 layers of tokenization where the real asset is hidden behind those layers. With these Japanese exchange, they have the actual crypto exposed to whoever can get in the front door, not hidden behind two safe doors.
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Posted in: 91-year-old woman beaten to death; son, grandson arrested See in context
TaiwanIsNotChinaToday 05:37 am JST
Japan only spends 1.5% of its gdp on the military.
Bringing up an exact number for how much Japan spends on the military? Sounds like a deflection away from the lack of elderly services in Japan.
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Posted in: Japan scrambles jets as Russian aircraft circle country
Posted in: Biden to host 'Quad' leaders from Australia, India and Japan in Delaware
Posted in: Biden to host 'Quad' leaders from Australia, India and Japan in Delaware