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They could easily move out into more rural areas, that have good access to Tokyo, cheaper land and cheaper electricity.

if they put the data center in natural areas, and have to cut trees etc, city is much better

has led to challenges including "overtourism" and "bullet climbing

Bullet climbing has always been part, for decades, of the pleasure to climb Mt Fuji.

Inflow of overseas tourists just became the excuse to push people stopping bullet climbing

I do not feel anything if the guy did engage in an illegal activity or commit a crime.

That’s the start for not being in a police box.

When a fast lane for permanent residents, not having to fill this reentry paper ?

What can of site did infect his computer ? Maybe he did not want the store clerk to know

As expected, you have to be early in line to get that cheap rice, and the elderlies will be the one lining for it

The worst way to store rice is in paper bags.

Why ?

Was in Africa recently. 5kg of Thai rice at 900yens, in a rather expensive supermarket.

In my local supermarket here, it was 2000 yens six months ago, and 3700 yen recently for the same rice. Who gets rich ?

40 kg of luggage.

Really suspicious if you are on a tourist trip, and fly economy

foreign license conversions has been steadily rising from 30,381 in 2014 to 75,905 in 2024

Foreign population has increased, so this correlates completely.

Those tourists licences conversion are only a few.

I would suspect some could sell their international driver licence for use by others to rent a car

There are many towns and villages right at the foot of Fuji-san, I live in one of them, you can start a climb just about anywhere. The gates are at the trail heads you can start somewhere else and pick up a trail a little higher so "closing the mountain" is out of the question.

For sure. impossible to close a mountain.

Fuji san has never been closed “off season”and it is note the few gates that will change that

Those [Ex-worker] words, specially in the title are always confusing as we can think he did commit the crime after leaving the job

Despite its obvious benefits, younger people, who contribute equally despite not requiring medical services as much as their older compatriots, are often skeptical of the framework.

Is this young Japanese people thinking( which I have never heard about), or the writer, Peter Masheter, assertion ?

The system, common in most European countries for example, is the best.

Better to pay a bit for nothing and support the system then having no money for cure when a sudden disease happens

Japanese company keep people near retirement age with high salary just for doing nothing everyday as long they show in the office.Japanese company keep people near retirement age with high salary just for doing nothing everyday as long they show in the office.

Any personal experience within some Japanese corporation to back this assertion ?

From my personal experience, that is not people near retirement age, but only the one who past the retirement age are kept one or two more years as advisors, having a lower workload

doing nothing everyday as long they show in the office.

out of date image of a Japanese company

Toyota had record profits in the past and still expects a net profit of 3.1 trillion yen ($21.6 billion).

Even of its gonna decrease, it is a warning but not alarming yet. It will be just less dividends for the shareholders. The total amount of the dividends on common stock for the year 2024 was 1,011.7 billion yen

it deemed to be an accidental contamination by a banned anabolic steroid in March, 2024

Accidental ?

Oh yes, we believe you .

25 years here. Never traveled during GW. Not a question of money, just that it is too busy.

"and confirmed his death"

Useless words. Like if it was some hope.

I believe this man should have been saved during the first hours if rescuers had taken more risks

Foreign residents, who may not fully understand local labor laws or visa restrictions.

No, they need money and know it’s a shady job, like all Japanese engaging into it

Do permanent residents who contribute much more on a daily basis to Japan and support the country get sometimes awarded ?

Every day has some positive news about the Osaka Expo

Foreign rice does not sell well in my supermarket, even if cheaper. Japanese consumers will stick to Japanese rice. Foreign rice might sell well for restaurants or food professionals where the customer does not require or ask for the origin

It’s unclear whether or not officials at the gate at the start of the trail will be inspecting hikers packs and feet to confirm that they do indeed have these items, 

No nobody will inspect packs, no time and they want keep out of trouble.

Is there any mountain in the world checking hikers pack ?

100% cancellation fee does apply two days after purchase.

Night bullet climb of the Gotemba track, done three times, is one of my best memories

A supposed speed of 130km/h is mentioned is the Japanese media.

And this road is just an embankment road along the river, not the kind of road you are supposed to speed up, though this one was a straight one, easy to go fast

Well, all that crews have long rest or breaks between flights , I do not see the need for any break. On long flights, it is necessary to get a sleep so as long as a few of the crew members are available, they get their break.

They are certainly not happy with their company governance and practices

Yen is stronger then past few months while crude oil prices are down but still gasoline is more expensive than few months ago, why?

Some certainly keep making money on the supply chain side, but I believe prices depends on many factors

Spot, short or long term buying oil price

Logistics cost

Taxes , etc

The question is how long does it take for the gasoline stand prices to reflect the changes

Just what the hell does that signal in the picture mean?

Stop if you drive on the upper lane , lol.

Otherwise, it just means green for the coming car, and red for the opposite car. So if your are driving, you can just go

set a reasonable fixed price and distribute the rice directly to supermarkets

that’s exactly what I was thinking from the start.

The government is in the hands of players to favorise the business and does not make the necessary efforts. Fixed price and subsidies for the distributors, so simple

Average actress with average looks that for some reason became a star and let it go to her head

For what I have seen from her, she was ok.

Fortunately, not every actress is a top model, and charisma is more important