@Japan Glimpsed comments

would you prefer the family separated?

Ahh, compassion.

The false expectation is that the child can anchor the entire illegal family into our country.

One senses a clear and present danger to your lifestyle.

. A Zojirushi rice cooker makes it almost impossible to screw up making rice.

Yes. Or a Tiger 炊飯器。All good, even those for 5,000/ yen.

And...

Try 炊き込みご飯。

You'll never go back。

I did have some Japanese rice tonight mind only added a raw egg and salt.

Indeed, when you are forced to slum it, nama tamago is the bomb

This misinformation is completely incorrect.

There is some truth to that.

Thank you. Sincerely. That is one of the funniest responses I have seen in a long time.

Reminds of misunderestimate, as a former US president once observed.

If Japan imports the very cheap Calrose rice from the States, it might be cheaper

Amazon selling for around 3,400 yen/ 10 lb., not quite 5kg, A competitive price depending where you are.

Many of the Cal Rose farmers are of Japanese decent. And rich.

You don't say. Do share.

Meanwhile, there's this:

https://www.ricefarming.com/departments/industry-news/new-california-rice-marketing-co-op-launched/

This misinformation is completely incorrect

Literally true.

Huh. In the US

You can't always buy the same things in Japan.

Buy a Zojirushi rice cooker and a sack of Calrose rice.

Japanese cooker, American rice.

High rice or food costs in general due to Govt. high tariffs is terrible

Hope may spring eternal, but so does willful ignorance. You might also consider the societal costs of a collapse of Japanese farming.

I wish we could get other kinds of rice at reasonable prices here

Reasonable prices is what? Aware that farmers' hourly wage amounts to 10 yen?

Think US 'sticky rice' is an amazing bargain? Check out US retailers' own home pages for price comparison. Not to mention the added cost of exporting and distributing to Japan.

I'll leave you to do the work.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20250427/k10014790831000.html

As shared earlier. Before rushing to conclusions.

Seriously?

Yes, if you know anything about the LDP. Though Niigata Prefecture, Japan's most productive rice-growing region, is often anti-establishment. Which makes sense, given the above, and its particular, historical vulnerability to disasters affecting farmers.

While it is true that Japan permits 100,000 tons of Minimum Access rice to be sold as staple food, the annual total of MA imports is much greater, or 770,000 tons, tariff-free, of which 670,000 are sold as animal feed or to food processors such as makers of rice snacks. Because the Japanese government sells MA rice below cost, the taxpayer in Japan foots the bill, to the tune of 700億円。If you prefer that in USD, it's over 486 million.

So.

When the government suggests expanding the amount of MA rice sold as staple food (or increasing overall rice imports) in the face of US trade threats, Japanese rice farmers are understandably concerned for their livelihoods and future.

As this article from Niigata makes clear:

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/3b10e919227ed425a753114603a562105c294f4a

High rice or food costs in general due to Govt. high tariffs

Might want to tune in to more Japan news in Japanese.

Calrose is also suitable for nihonshu brewing

Most certainly not. Nor is koshihikari.

he lambasted Japan for what he said was a 700% tariff on rice,

As US rice imports fall within the tax-free 'Minimum Access' limit (which, by the way, is 77万 tons annually) , there is currently no tariff whatsoever on US rice in Japan.

Pillion is considered a violation, but little babies in front and back are not. Make it make sense. Make it make real sense.

That's the law, like it or not.

To some extent motor vehicles are more predicitable than cyclists- they stay basically within the road, they maintain a similar speed to the other motorists and they have mirrors and indicators etc.

"Stays basically within the road." That's your problem, Madam Negative. It's those small misjudgements by motorists that send cyclists to the morgue. Spoken like someone who doesn't cycle. Madam Negative has never been sideswiped by an overtaking vehicle, or threatened by one that turns without using the indicators, or endangered by any number of other clueless behaviors by drivers.

Ah, good ol' Japanese "justice". 110,000 yen per plaintiff is like you or I being fined 10 yen. Absolutely ridiculous.

Right on, DB.

Wonder if they would judge that if it was a Japanese company. Not. lol

Low information, that comment. Japanese employers successfully sued by workers.

Please, don't attribute mismanagement to Capitalism.

Suggest you research privatisation schemes in the UK and elsewhere. Sorry, mate, but informed individuals are right to make the attribution.

Literally saw flight attendants, set up a "room" with a curtain, in the cattle car section of the cabin, flatten out seats into a bed, and the attendant laid down, shut the curtain, and took her "break", in flight!

Literally saw, or saw? Anyhow, required by contract and labor law.

Do ANA and JAL crew get specific rest breaks? After serving the snacks, they spend

Missed the point of the article, haven't you.

And coal miners dont have to deal with idiots.

Striking ignorance. Check out Massey and Don Blankenship.

But perhaps you're right for the wrong reason: Don is pathological, not idiotic.

Sorry, Tomomi Akasaka, but overstaying a visa is a crime. For tourists and foreign residents alike.

The common link? Never once seen them do it to a caucasian. It's always another Asian person. Pretty blatant double standard.

From the US. White. Once stopped by several officers in Tokyo while riding my Japanese wife's bike. Asked to provide proof that said bike was not stolen. Meanwhile, multiple Japanese riders were allowed to pass. Has happened elsewhere in Japan since.

Japan is in a state of collapse, but not for the reasons you allege.

Just ask Elon Musk, who states he manufactures because outsourcing is too slow, risky, expensive and destroys hardware technological innovation.

Japan's big problem, no leverage, the country in a serious state of collapse, largely due to excessive Govt. influence on the private sector = creeping Socialism, which destroys innovation, economy, demographics, etc..