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Posted in: 'Birupaku' turns vacant spaces into unique lodgings in central Japan See in context

I remember the governor of Shizuoka begging for people from Kanto not to come to Shizuoka in 2020-2021 during Covid. although it was not any legal point.

Does he need tourists now

Not for me

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Posted in: Japan's total debt hits record ¥1,317 tril in 2024 See in context

But nothing is done to reduce the debt

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Posted in: Trump says there will be no right of return for Palestinians in Gaza under his plan for U.S. 'ownership' See in context

Trump by his policies is just starting the US decline.

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Posted in: Sumo returns to Paris and turns heads See in context

The ordinary Frenchman really couldn't give a toss about this sport

What you might not know is that the TV channel L’Equipe , free to watch, broadcasts the sumo tournaments in a very exciting way. No live so all the useless and long time out are cut. The diffusion is very exciting thanks to the commentator passion. It has resulted in many French having an interest in Sumo.

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Posted in: Heavy snowfall hits Sea of Japan coast area, disrupting traffic See in context

25 years here, I think it has never been so much snow

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Posted in: Ad giant Dentsu fined ¥300 mil over Tokyo Olympics bid-rigging See in context

Asiaman7Today  07:41 am JST

In the trial, Dentsu admitted to rigging bids for contracts worth over 500 million yen to plan and run pre-games test events …

¥200 million = 500 million in contracts - 300 million in fines 

Dentsu netted ¥200 million. Is that a deterrent?

Total contracts sum up to 43.5 billions.

All contracts over 500m were subject to bid rigging so if the 300m fine was applied to each of those contracts, it would be a deterrent but that is not the case

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Posted in: Large sinkhole swallows truck in Saitama Prefecture; man still trapped See in context

We can only be pessimistic about the fate of driver, unfortunately.

A new hole formed with a collapse and gas leak could occur. Evacuation of people within a 200m area.

Things have been getting worse

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Posted in: Climate change cooks up Japanese 'cabbage shock' See in context

My local supermarket had cabbage at 250 yen, and Hakusai at 320.

Sold directly by the producer in the local producer corner. This is not Tokyo.

Selling at 400 for just a half size does mean a lot of money goes to the transporters and all intermediaries of the food supply chain

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Posted in: Japan's foreign minister stresses importance of U.S. alliance under Trump See in context

Time to move away from the States. When we see Musk supporting far right parties, it is time for Japan to act

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Posted in: Japan's imperial family gets 19 million likes on Instagram in 6 months See in context

@sakurasaki

Who cares about MrBeast or Taylor Swift likes. The article is about the Imperial Household account and activities

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Posted in: Ishiba to skip nuclear arms ban treaty meeting in New York, but lawmakers may attend See in context

The minister believes that Japan, which relies on the nuclear deterrence provided by the United States, needs to take a realistic approach to realizing a world free of nuclear weapons, the sources said.

Not meaning anything except not taking any responsibilities.

Please Japan, have the guts to move away from the US for this and clearly push for a world without nuclear weapons. You have been the only country victim of this.

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Posted in: Central Tokyo condo prices top ¥100 mil again in 2024 See in context

Central Tokyo prices are the reference and reflect the economy, bullish or not.

Otherwise, like major cities in the world, the common Joe can only dream about it.

Leaving 70km from Tokyo, a new condo or house in my city is around 35 millions. If ready for a two + two hours commute a day .

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Posted in: TV host, ex-SMAP singer Nakai announces retirement over sex scandal See in context

He will be back in a few years.

Lot of comments but nothing is know about the details of the act except the woman agreed to be compensated.

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Posted in: Musk, Wikipedia founder in row over how to describe 'Nazi salute' See in context

Asperger's, a form of Autism Spectrum Disorder, which make him act weird, he is socially awkward..

And is that why he is supporting far right parties, due to Asperger’s syndrome ?

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Posted in: Japan to allow schools to exclusively use digital textbooks from 2030 See in context

Already some countries are moving away from digitale textbooks due health issues and the poor concentration students have.

For sure, this can be expected, and I wonder why politicians and administrations do decide such policies.

Have those politicians tried to learn from a digital textbook, Never

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Posted in: Japan has no choice but to strengthen defense, foreign minister tells Trump administration See in context

No, Japan has the right to declare itself as a pacifist country not promoting weapons building

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Posted in: Japan to allow schools to exclusively use digital textbooks from 2030 See in context

Digital textbooks are a pure mistake.

Nothing better than a textbook to concentrate on learning,.

And spending a day on reading digital texts makes the brain more tired.

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Posted in: Trump sworn in as 47th president, emboldened to reshape American institutions See in context

Seth MajerToday  10:19 am JST

By doing a Nazi like salute, Musk has lost billions from his bank account.

Your media focusing on the important news like they promised I se

Let see in a few years how Tesla has not managed to increase sales except within the US maybe.

This gesture is enough to avoid any business with this guy.

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Posted in: Trump sworn in as 47th president, emboldened to reshape American institutions See in context

By doing a Nazi like salute, Musk has lost billions from his bank account.

Withdrawing from X and not buying his cars will keep increasing.

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Posted in: Trump sworn in as 47th president, emboldened to reshape American institutions See in context

Order to withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement is a first big mistake. , and it’s gonna be many from him

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Posted in: Japan's tourism boom prices out business travelers See in context

Total spending by tourists in 2024 estimated to be over 8 兆円、or more than 50 BUSD., a record.

The few complaints are not an issue for the government

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Posted in: Japan's tourism boom prices out business travelers See in context

Oshogatsu, Golden Week and Obon mass move all over the country have never been an issue, as part of the tradition.

It took me one 7 hours to do 120km on the highway. Never moved again during that overbusy periods.

There is no overtourism but all tourists are around the same spots and that’s the problem for a small country like Japan

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Posted in: U.S. approves sale of additional air-to-surface missiles to Japan See in context

Does actually Japan use any missile, at least for tests ?

If not, no need to buy any

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Posted in: Toyota subsidiary Hino makes deal to settle emission fraud case in U.S. See in context

As often for this kind of fraud, no individual responsibility for the ones who are behind this ?

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Posted in: Ghosn accomplice calls for inmates to be treated humanely in Japan See in context

he had consulted with several attorneys before aiding Ghosn and was told that "bail jumping is not a crime" in the country's legal system

Get better consultants next time !

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Posted in: Japanese firms set for 5th year of record profits on AI boom, BOJ shift See in context

Economic cycles that do profit to a few sectors. Let’s wait a few months or years, to see the opposite article, driven by a market collapse or whatever geopolitical reason

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Posted in: Japanese actor dropped from beer ad campaign after drunken escapade See in context

Without being drunk, it happened to me to try to open the flat below mine when the elevator accidentally stopped to that floor. Would the door have been opened, I might have done one or two steps inside. As appartements in my condominium have the same layout, imagine being completely drunk

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Posted in: Indonesia and Japan agree to resume stalled talks on transfer of defense equipment See in context

Indonesia has announce this week it is joining the BRICS countries. Any defense cooperation may become an hurdle

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Posted in: Japanese firms working to attract, retain skilled foreign workers See in context

One should realize than the actual exchange rate gives a additional feeling of a very low wage compared to other countries. If the yen was at 110-120 versus the US dollar like a few years back, the story would be completely different.

Those workers are often better paid than their Japanese counterparts for the same position.

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Posted in: Japanese woman, world's recognized oldest person, dies at 116 See in context

Indeed, such supercentenarian do live quite well and healthy until more than 100.

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