Posted in: Japan governors push to have hot spring culture recognized by UNESCO See in context
China has the most on that UNESCO list at 43. Japan is in second place.
Do not spread misinformations,Italy is the top country with number of Unesco sides by a large margin followed by China.
Japan is not even in the top 10 and has half of the recognized Unesco sites that Italy has.
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Posted in: Foreign-born CEO says Japan needs immigration to thrive See in context
The thing is that we can’t see a change in the near future.
And it is not about accepting refugees but to welcome more regular immigrants and give them the same rights as they not only help and contribute to their society but also help to pay the local elderly pension etc.
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Posted in: U.S. Air Force member gets 5-year term for sexual assault of minor in Okinawa See in context
Five years for raping and with the aggravation of a minor is a pretty light sentence.
This shows how the prosecutors and judges have low regards for women’s dignity and this girl is still almost a child.
Very disappointing.
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Posted in: Nearly 90% of Chinese view Japan negatively: poll See in context
This is sadly an old story that we hear from over twenty years.
These two east asian neighbours despite sharing so many things in common they keep barking at each other.
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Posted in: Man gets life in prison for killing his 29-year-old wife and one-year-old daughter in 2021 See in context
The human mind can be so evil.
The guy got a just sentence knowing the harsh boot camp like prison system in Japan.
Let’s pray for the poor soul of the little girl and his mother.
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Posted in: Japan to hold first memorial for 'all workers' at Sado gold mines but blurs WWII atrocity See in context
Despite Japan trying in the recent years to put everything under the Unesco even denying some parts of it’s dark past it will take them a lot before ranking the top as Italy has a total of 60 Unesco sites and Japan 26.
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Posted in: Japanese, South Koreans at bottom of global love life survey See in context
Not surprised at all here,as you see people never displaying affection and with the introverted and must be shy culture.
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Posted in: Japan sets monthly record with 3.31 million visitors in October See in context
Great to see more tourists in Japan,especially the well behaved one.
As someone states the majority of them tend to visit the Tokyo-Osaka-Kyoto triangle for most of the time and it would be nice to see them visiting other cities and prefectures.
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Posted in: Ringo goes country, again as ex-Beatle mixes peace and love with twang and heartache on new album See in context
Love Ringo as he was also the glue that kept together difficult personalites like John Paul and George.
He was the one to thank if the fab four lasted over seven years.
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Posted in: S Korean prosecutors indict controversial American streamer Johnny Somali See in context
That guy is a living clown and a very nasty element full of racism and hatred toward asian culture and people.
In Japan he proved himself to be a disgusting person offending the people and the culture of the country.
Surpassingly the Japanese authorities released this human garbage just with a slap on the wrist and yet he continued to behave like this.
Korean people created a man hunt on him after doing the unspeakable to offend a nation and finally he got arrested by the local authorities.
This guy is beyond any credibility and I genuinely hope that the South Korean authorities will show him a long term behind bars.
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Posted in: Suspect restrained with belt handcuffs after becoming violent in detention center, dies See in context
Japan should reconsider it’s detention system as many episodes evidently show abuse of human rights.
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Posted in: Ishiba vows to restore trust in politics, reassure public on security threats, high living costs See in context
The one party state leader has spoken,he mentions to restore trust in politics instead he should say to restore it in the LDP.
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Posted in: Ishiba says he will focus on boosting wages, consumption See in context
Amazing how my fellow expats are so passionate about this topic which in every democracy is important.
I wish such passion and interest for the future of Japan politic would be the same among the Japanese nationals as they are the only one entitled to vote but are mostly apathetic about it.
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Posted in: China adds security cameras around Japan school after student fatally stabbed See in context
Just lip-service from the Chinese regime.
It is not enough, their regime should for example stop flaming all this anti-japanese propaganda but I have my hopes low about such matters.
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Posted in: Student on his way to Japanese school in China attacked by man See in context
Fighto!Today 05:51 pm JST
Despicable. Attacking a child just on his way to school, purely out of hatred. It seems so many in China are still full of hate toward Japanese for no reason other than the CCP tells them they should be.
Seriously?
You should read some history then.
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Posted in: Conservative Takaichi makes 2nd bid for Japan ruling party leadership See in context
What a nice pool of candidates has the monolitic Jiminto.
So they either have to pick for old seasoned ones borned by privilege with a silver spoon in their mouth like Motegi or have the nepotism boy who wanted to fight the enviroment issues just being all sexy to the ultra nationalists far right winger Takaichi.
So things might change for the worse,Japan and their main political party have no recollection of innovation and progres.
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Posted in: Anti-whaling activist Watson to face Greenland detention hearing See in context
Denmark is a true liberal democracy so there is no need to lend this man to a less developed country in matter or human rights and justice.
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Posted in: 106th National High School Baseball Championship kicks off See in context
Stubborn as always.
They keep pushing these boys with temperatures that are reaching nearly 40 degrees on a daily basis.
Such events should be held in autumn.
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Posted in: French activist Bardot slams Japan's 'manhunt' against anti-whaler Watson See in context
Even if this Mr.Watson is countable for some sort of crimes he should be processed in his country as we know how Japanese “injustice” hostage system work.
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Posted in: Surge in inbound tourists pushes Japan to explore dual pricing See in context
It's only fair that hotels, restaurants and retail shops charge more for foreigners. Most Japanese staff cannot adequately use a second language, so the businesses need to hire fluent English/Chinese/Korean etc speakers - at big expense.
Dual pricing happens everywhere else in Asia. Plus, let's be honest here - most foreigners have more money than Japanese customers.
You have to always side whatever Japan and Japanese do don’t you.
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Posted in: Anti-whaling campaigner arrested in Greenland; may be extradited to Japan See in context
Some posters really need to side whatever Japan does and no matter what.
There is no critical and objective thinking in this.
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Posted in: Costco Japan wages provide pathway to firing up nation's low pay, economy See in context
Western companies like Costco or Ikea treat their workers in a more considerate way unlike the miserable slave payment that Japanese companies are giving to their employees.
Always behind,always too little and always too late,it became a recurrent theme in the last decades for this country.
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Posted in: China coast guard says it 'drove away' Japanese boats near disputed islands See in context
It is frankly preoccupying to have these Chinese vessels invading other sovereign nation’s water and even pretending to be right.
The arrogance and maliciously of the Pekin regime should put to a stop.
I have been criticizing Japan for it’s politics but still it is a democracy unlike China and Japan must protect it’s water reinforcing their patrols in such waters.
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Posted in: Mayor considering increasing Himeji Castle entry fees for overseas visitors See in context
And here we go again,racially profile people by appearance and nationality.
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Posted in: Japan pop band's video withdrawn over colonialism, slavery imagery See in context
Japan proved in the last five years to act without logic and in a xenophobic way without granting basic rights.
What do you guys expect from a government that during the Covid denied the re-entry of permanent visa holders just for the non scientific fact that Gaijin can carry the disease but allowed their nationals to travel everywhere.
The government of Japan sadly has a deeply routed xenophobia which is magnified these days by the in capability of their country to self sustain without the help of foreign people.
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Posted in: Japan ranks 118th in 2024 gender gap report See in context
Are we surprised by such statistics?
we know this from decades,like it or not Japan is a country where changes occurs very long time and the strong patriarcal, misogynist culture is hard to eradicate if schools and family start to rethink their way of teaching to children the importance of women in their society.
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Posted in: Japan now able to deport people with multiple failed asylum claims See in context
I even wonder why people from developing countries would choose Japan at the very beginning.
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Posted in: Japan's economy shrinking, although slightly less than previously thought See in context
This is the consequence when you have a country ruled by a de facto one party state with no innovation, misogyny and xenophobia.
Each country deserve what people voted.
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Posted in: Japan aims to quadruple overseas market for anime, games See in context
Manga and Anime are a nieche,even in the West it is a product for selected youngsters or a limited audience.
Personally I am not into these things ay all,and about video games Western are miles forward in this besides some specific Nintendo titles.
The “cool” Japan thing artificially created will be pushed to the limits with little revenue.
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Posted in: Japan expresses continued support for Ukraine as defense chiefs meet See in context
Nato has it’s own fault as well with this war,Russia reacted to a massive provocative from the coalition.
Imagine if Russia was going to build bases in Canada and Mexico,do people think that the US would allow it?
Russia is no good country in it’s government but the US is hypocritical as well.
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Posted in: American tourist arrested in Japan on charges of pushing sexual services worker down stairs
And as a Cold War veteran I refuse A fantastic expression! Have you read a lot about the Cold War?
Posted in: U.S. Space Force to beef up Japan unit amid growing threat in region
Posted in: American tourist arrested in Japan on charges of pushing sexual services worker down stairs
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