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Many people seem to be unaware that faxes are actually used more frequently in Europe and America than in Japan.

Even in the automotive industry, Toyota continues to maintain the world's highest sales volume. When it comes to EVs, it's actually Japanese manufacturers that hold many of the patents.

Even with semiconductors, there are many parts that couldn't be made without Japanese manufacturing equipment and materials.

Many people seem to want to believe that Japan is already a country in decline, but unfortunately there are still many industries in which Japanese companies make up a high proportion of the industry.

Chinese and Korean companies can only copy and don't create anything original.

After all, nothing they have created has made a significant contribution to modern humanity.

It's simple.

No country has ever succeeded through immigration. History proves it, right?

If we're going to provide housing to foreigners free of charge, we should start with Japanese people.

Rather than hiring cheap foreigners, we should support the reintegration of people who are not currently paying taxes or working into society.

There are more than 600,000 such people in Japan.

Easy solutions do not produce good results.

They may have noticed that, although the number of EVs is on the rise, gasoline and hybrid cars will continue to dominate the American automobile society.

In America, a country known for its litigious nature, where will the anger of the families whose bodies have been cremated by EVs be directed? It's a cause for concern.

In order to replace old reactors with new ones, the government should explain to the public that it is taking measures against tsunamis and earthquakes, and gain their understanding.

If that were to happen, there would be no need to continue using old reactors. However, if this is not possible, it is simply negligence on the part of the government.

Thermal power plants that burn crude oil, a fossil fuel, are a major negative for the environment in terms of the increase in carbon dioxide emissions.

Nuclear power plants use less crude oil, and although they produce radioactive material, I think they are better than thermal power plants if there is a place to store it.

Even the Mariana Trench is littered with plastic waste, so I hope this technology is introduced soon.

What would happen if the government did not protect Japan's primary industry?

Low-priced imported rice would put domestic rice farmers out of business.

Farmers would face a lack of successors due to aging and an increase in the number of farmers going out of business due to a lack of sales of rice.

With no farmers left to produce rice, Japan's staple food, Japan would become completely dependent on imports.

We would have no choice but to buy rice at the price set by rice-exporting countries like the United States. In some cases, rice would become even more expensive than it is now.

What does the future hold for Japan?

Will it be a happy one for the Japanese people? No.

There is only one country in the world that envies Japan's technological achievements.

The Paris Climate Agreement, treaties with Iran, Intermediate Nuclear and arms control and so on.

That's why people say Koreans don't understand what a treaty is.

Are the Paris Agreement and the Iran Nuclear Deal bilateral agreements?

Both the US and the Soviet Union withdrew from the INF Treaty.

As for the agreement between Korea and Japan, did both countries abrogate the agreement?

As long as Japan doesn't abrogate it, Korea has an obligation to negotiate with Japan under the arbitration of a third country, but Moon Jae-in has ignored Japan's calls three times.

How carefree are Koreans who think they can unilaterally abrogate an agreement between countries just because Moon Jae-in doesn't like it?

In the first place, there is a provision that if there is an objection to the contents of a treaty or agreement, a third country should be involved in the discussion. So is it the behavior of a civilized country to unilaterally declare that it is being abrogated?

That's the Korean mentality for you. It makes me laugh.

Pandas are available for rental for a fee.

That's not kindness.

Koreans consider the effectiveness of international law (treaties between nations, etc.) to be lower than Korean law and Korean national sentiment. That's why we don't always get on the same page.

How many times do I have to tell them that it's a violation of the 1965 Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea before they understand?

The comfort women and forced labor issues were all resolved in 1965.

If there are people who have not been compensated, they should make claims against the Korean government. It is not permissible under international law to seize the assets of Japanese companies for that.

Other than that, the "comfort women agreement" between Park Geun-hye and former Foreign Minister Kishida → invalid because Moon Jae-in doesn't like it.

The agreement between Yoon Seok-yeol and Prime Minister Ishiba → invalid because Lee Jae-min doesn't like it.

It is abnormal for Koreans to think that if the president changes, they can unilaterally make the agreement of the previous administration nonexistent.

It is abnormal for Koreans to think that treaties and agreements between nations can be abolished without the consent of the other country.

That is why Koreans are said to be "Only in Korea" and do not understand democracy or separation of powers.

Besides, after the comfort women issue suddenly became a diplomatic issue in the 1990s, nearly half a century after the war, no former prostitutes were able to provide evidence that they had been abducted by the Japanese military, relying only on their own testimony. However, the Japanese government has established the Asian Women's Fund and other organizations to provide support to former prostitutes not only in Korea, but also in Taiwan and the Philippines. (Ended in 2018)

https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/area/taisen/ianfu.html

After that, the "Comfort Women Agreement" was signed by President Park Geun-hye and former Foreign Minister Kishida, but despite confirming the "final and irreversible resolution of the comfort women issue," the next president, Moon Jae-in, unilaterally scrapped the agreement and dissolved the support foundation without providing much support to the former prostitutes.

Japan should no longer be involved in Korea's begging.

The 1965 treaty doesn’t cover damages from Japanese occupation of Korea. Korea proposed to include damages in the treaty text but Japan demanded it taken out, because Japan deemed the occupation legal thus no damages occured.

That's why Koreans are called liars.

In the 1965 Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea, Japan proposed to the Korean government that it would compensate each person who suffered damage during the Japan-Korea Annexation period, but the Korean government demanded the full amount, including North Korea's share, and took 2,791 fishermen (5 of whom were killed during detention) hostage on Takeshima and tried to negotiate with the Japanese government.

In the end, the Japanese government accepted the Korean government's demands and agreed to provide economic cooperation of $300 million free of charge and $200 million in loans to Korea under the name of "independence support funds."

By signing the treaty, Korea released the hostages, but also released Korean criminals who were being held in prison at the time, which led to the issue of special permanent residents for Koreans in Japan.

In other words, by signing the Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea, the claimant for damages during the Japan-Korea Annexation period changed from Japan to the Korean government. This is because Korea received the funds that should have been guaranteed from Japan.

By the way, the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty has not been recognized as illegal under international law at all. The Korean people's wish for it to be illegal was simply written in the preamble to the Korean Constitution. ("If you tell a lie a hundred times, it becomes the truth" is a Korean proverb.)

I think Lee Jae-min has a liberal, far-left stance, but what do you think?

Unlike other developed countries, a distinctive feature of South Korea is that many politicians have a criminal record.

And whoever becomes president will almost certainly face imprisonment or assassination, as has happened with previous presidents.

However, because Lee Jae-min uses his power to control the judiciary, he may not be charged, like former President Moon Jae-in.

I also think it is no longer possible to rebuild the current Korean economy.

I hope that he will have a happy life.

South Korea's new president, Lee Jae-min! Congratulations!

With this, Japan-Korea relations will finally return to normal.

Lee Jae-min is extremely anti-Japanese. Do your best.

In the end, the Korean judiciary completely succumbed to Lee Jae-min.

On May 1st, the Supreme Court overturned the Seoul High Court's ruling that found Lee Jae-myung not guilty of violating election laws, and remanded the case to the High Court with a guilty verdict.

This put the Seoul High Court in a position where it had to hurry up and resume the trial, but it bowed to pressure from the Democratic Party and decided to postpone the resumption of the trial until after the election.

Not only that, other trials related to Lee have also been postponed one after another until after the election.

In addition, the Democratic Party has proposed a new law for Lee, namely an amendment to the Criminal Procedure Act that would state that "the president shall not be tried while in office," and all that remains is for it to be passed by the National Assembly.

As expected of the Korean judiciary! All that remains is to wait for President Lee Jae-min to be born.

Lee Jae-myung! Lee Jae-min! Long live!

Whaling is no different from catching fish.

Is it pitiful because whales are smart? Pigs are smarter than them, aren't they?

Don't you think they're pitiful?

Some people desperately try to deny Japanese culture, but as long as the culture that uses whales as its material remains, and even if Japan hunts whales, there are no whales that will become extinct, so there's no problem.

In the first place, it was white whaling countries like the United States that pushed whales into the endangered species, so it's not Japan's fault.

Why don't you look into how many whales white people have killed for whale oil?

And the fact that you're a member of the IWC but haven't criticized a country that's killing more whales than Japan shows that your love for whales is fake lol

In the first place, even if language, culture, and customs are spread to neighboring countries, it cannot be said that they are useful.

Kanji was not enough for the Japanese, so they created their own hiragana and katakana.

In the first place, all kanji and concepts in the current name of China, "People's Republic of China," except for "China," are kanji and concepts created by the Japanese.

What claims can a country make when it conveniently uses Japanese kanji and concepts even in its country name?

And why can the Chinese only use simplified characters?

If they want to claim origins like Korea, they need to make sure they use kanji properly.

China's modern development is largely due to the Japanese.

China is what it is today because the Japanese generously shared their technology with them.

Of course, this includes not only Japan, but also aid from the United States, etc.

However, just like Korea, the Chinese government is desperately trying to hide the fact that it received such large amounts of economic and technological support from Japan.

As you would expect from Korea's suzerain country, that's what they do.

Newness is never always better.

More than just bureaucratic convenience, the introduction of separate surnames for married couples will undoubtedly increase the complexity of registration procedures such as family registries at local governments, but what measures will be taken against that?

Naturally there is a risk that it will be used for money laundering, but who will take responsibility?

I think that Chinese and Koreans will become even more prevalent in impersonating Japanese people, and as crime rates rise, there will be more cases where perpetrators go undetected; what measures will be taken against this?

Will siblings with different surnames be born within the same family, and will this become even more complicated when their parents divorce?

If parents are able to choose their own surnames, it is natural that relatives will become more involved. Why go to the trouble of creating something that is likely to cause so much contention from the start?

If the public understands these disadvantages, even those who don't care now will naturally lean against it.

There was an accident in the same place I was driving last week.

Self-driving cars are convenient, but I still don't understand why the car has a system that automatically stops when you leave it alone. Can someone explain?

No matter how much you denigrate America, the fact remains that the Chinese Communist Party is the biggest problem child in the world and in Asia.

Has China ever been of any use to Japan since the dawn of history?

Tourists? If you're anti-Japan, don't come.

SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 were all brought by Chinese tourists.

The hackers who illegally accessed the Ministry of Defense are led by the Chinese Communist Party.

Incidentally, the Chinese mafia has also settled in Japan.

They do anything that makes money, including drugs, human trafficking, and illegal gambling.

The Chinese Communist Party is nothing more than a terrorist nation that cannot be trusted or relied upon.

Since the dawn of history, Korea has been a slave state to China, so there is no point in rebelling against its parents.

No matter how unfairly it is treated, it should endure it.

Japan will never have to deal with Korea again.

"Don't teach, don't help, don't get involved" is Japan's current national policy toward Korea.

The only people who are promoting separate surnames for married couples are lawmakers who have naturalized to Japanese citizenship from China or Korea; Japanese politicians are not very proactive about it.

What is common sense around the world is not necessarily common sense in Japan.

That's what diversity is all about.

If it is perceived that the disadvantages of having separate surnames outweigh the advantages, the majority of people will be opposed.

"Justice without power is powerless, and power without justice is violence." Blaise Pascal (France)

"In times of peace, do not forget chaos." I Ching (China)

"A nation that helps its neighbors will perish." Machiavelli (Florence)

"Wise men learn from history, fools learn from experience." Bismarck (Germany)

Japan should learn more from history. Military spending is too low.

Can't we all just get along and do what would make our mothers and grandmothers proud?

As the Chinese Communist Party is one of the world's two major aggressive nations alongside Russia, it will never be respected or trusted.

And in the current world situation, are there any countries that can be trusted or relied upon?

To gain people's respect and trust, you must first straighten yourself out.

However, this is something that the Chinese Communist Party and Russia, at least, will never be able to do.

In geopolitics, Japan is a sea power, and the Soviet Union is a land power. The United States, a sea power, was also involved in this.

It is clear that Emperor Showa was aware of the damage caused by the atomic bombs during World War II, as he condemned the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in his Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War, calling them "the most cruel bombs ever." This was one of the first official statements by the Emperor to condemn the dropping of atomic bombs.

However, the damage caused by radiation and other factors only became clear after the war, and was completely unknown at the time.

The Japanese Army, whose communications infrastructure was destroyed at the time, only knew that a large bomb had fallen on two cities. It was only after the war that the extent of the damage became clear.

The reason why the United States wants to justify the dropping of the atomic bombs is that the American government was criticized after the war for not needing to drop the bombs.

This is because the Strategic Bombing Survey of the American government issued a report stating that "Japan would have surrendered even if the atomic bombs had not been dropped."

That conclusion hastened the US government officials to ask former Secretary of War Henry Stimson, known to the American people as the "conscience of the US" at the time, to write an article. He reluctantly wrote in a magazine that "We had been informed that if we had landed in Japan, there would have been more than a million casualties among the US military alone."

This is the basis for the claim that "without the atomic bomb, one million US soldiers would have died."

However, the Soviet Union's entry into the war is completely different.

Japan was negotiating through the Soviet Union and had not anticipated that they would enter the war against Japan.

The Japanese Navy had already been annihilated, and there was nothing to stop the Soviet Union from moving south.

The mainland had already been completely destroyed by the US military, and Japan, which had already sent even students to the battlefield, had to avoid a decisive battle on the mainland at all costs. Of course, the US military had also captured Okinawa and was approaching Kyushu, so the Japanese Army no longer had the power to fight both north and south. I'm not saying that the atomic bomb wasn't the reason, but considering that the Japanese military no longer had the power to directly fight the Soviet Union on its home soil, I think the Soviet Union's entry into the war played a very large role.

I also think that a major cause of defeat was that Japan, a sea power nation, expanded the war into mainland China, a land power, in order to protect the Korean Peninsula.

＠OssanAmerica

The correct answer is that Japan did not surrender until the Soviet Union entered the war, even after the atomic bomb was dropped.

Was he a Manchester fanatic?

It seems that some people cannot understand the concept of neutrality. Neutrality means keeping a certain distance from both countries and showing a firm attitude toward both. That is what neutrality is really about.

In other words, no matter which country glares at you, you need the military power to fend it off.

That is why it is said that every Swiss household has an automatic rifle.

Just because you are not taking sides with the US, getting too close to China is the worst thing you can do.

Trump lowered tariffs this time because he would be in trouble if China stopped supplying rare metals, but Japan has had the same thing done to it by China, and has created products that don't need rare metals.

When relations between countries deteriorate, China will ban the import or export of trade goods, as was seen with Taiwan's pineapples.

It is the Chinese people who want Japanese seafood, and even if China doesn't like it, they don't have to buy it, Japanese seafood sells well in ASEAN.