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To Japan: In an age of Dragons, raise Dragon-Slayers.

China's population is over 11 times more than Japan.

China's army has 2,000,000 in it. Japan's has 230,000.

China's military budget is over four times more than Japan's.

China has nuclear weapons, Japan does not.

China's economy is much bigger than Japan's.

Japan has no chance!

Maybe another ten years and people over a certain age will only be allowed in self-driving cars. That should sort it.

I don't want my tax money back. I want higher wages and a better work life balance.

I have lived in Japan for 18 years and have been stopped twice. Once for a random breath test when I was driving home late on Friday night. No racial motivation here, it was just a random check. One other time they checked that my bike was registered. Again, nothing racial here. I have seen police do this to Japanese people countless times. As bike theft is one of the few things that is a problem in Japan I think this a good idea. Whenever I have interacted with the police they were very friendly and professional. No complaints here.

The full scale invasion has been going on for 1,199 days. I don't think they need anymore time Trump.

Also didn't Trump said he would stop the war within 24 hours if he became president, suggesting that a single phone call or a direct negotiation could achieve peace? Well he has had three phone calls and 137 days in office. This is extremely inefficient work from a government worker. Should he be sacked for this?

The total number of Japanese residing overseas for three months or longer is over 1.29 million.

Yes, the 570,000 was for permanent residents abroad. However the total number of Japanese people living abroad (including short term) has dropped for 4 consecutive years. This mean that Raf's following statement,

Many young Japanese are leaving Japan because they can see the writing on the wall. More tax and more social contributions...

is pure fantasy. Considering the population of Japan that isn't that many at all.

Many young Japanese are leaving Japan because they can see the writing on the wall. More tax and more social contributions...

There are only 570,000 Japanese people living abroad...

Chickens, pigs and cows were domesticated thousands of years ago. Whales are wild and free. This is a fundamental difference.

Killing is killing whether they are domesticated or wild. It is interesting where people draw their lines. There is no fundamental difference in life and death.

If you want to travel go to difficult to reach destinations by public transport in the countryside. Here, the hotels are great value, it isn't crowded, the nature is beautiful and the roads are clear. Just last weekend I went to Asago in Hyogo prefecture. It was perfect.

Speaking to reporters in New Jersey late on Sunday, Trump said of Putin: "I've known him a long time, always gotten along with him, but he's sending rockets into cities and killing people, and I don't like it at all."

But he has no problem with Netanyahu sending American rockets into Gaza and killing thousands of men, women, children and babies. Not to mention starving them to death too.

He is clearly moraly bankrupt.

Universities in other countries will be licking their lips. Lots more international students heading there way. As a student you just don’t know what Trump will do next so why would you go to study there? I feel sorry for the ones already there.

Social media is full of (often not Japanese) people gushing over Japan's education system. "They clean their own classroom and prepare their own lunch OMG", etc.

Strangely, they rarely post things like this.

@Tokyo Guy

That is because it rarely happens.

If this genocide upsets you then do something about it. Write to your political representatives and demand change. If enough people demand it, it will happen.

This is the second email that I sent to my reprsentatative,

"Thank you for your swift reply. I appreciate your engagement with this issue and your support for humanitarian access and a ceasefire.

However, I must express my continued alarm and frustration. While the UK rightly condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—imposing sweeping sanctions and providing military aid—we have failed to respond with anything close to the same urgency or pressure in the case of Israel’s actions in Gaza.

What we are doing in Ukraine is working: sanctions, international isolation, and accountability. Why is this same standard not applied to Israel, which is bombing Gaza into dust, destroying homes, hospitals, and infrastructure, and displacing nearly the entire population? This is not self-defence—it is collective punishment. Many respected human rights organisations and legal scholars are calling this a genocide in progress.

The UK’s partial suspension of arms licenses is not enough. Continuing to provide F-35 components and other indirect support makes us complicit. What is needed now is:

A full arms embargo.

Targeted sanctions.

Disinvestment from companies profiting from the occupation and war.

A firm demand for an end to the siege and occupation.

Are you doing everything in your power to stop this? Will you stand firmly on the side of justice and international law? History is watching, and I sincerely hope you will be on the right side of it.

Thank you for your time and your service. I urge you to act.

Sincerely,

The amount childbirth costs insn't a big problem. I think most places cover almost all of it anyway. The problem is the next 18, 22, 24 years.

That dastly fugitive Carlos Ghosn has a lot to answer for. I love my Nissan. I have been driving it was almost a decade and not a single problem. Good luck Nissan.

The crime here is being commited by Israel. America is bank rolling them. They have created a concentration camp out of Gaza and are commiting genoicide in the name of God. It is simply a land grab. It is illegal. Please watch Louis Theroux's "The Settler's". If you can't demonstrate against genocide then what can you demonstrate against?

@Hello Kitty 321

Actually one reason why Japan is so clean is that a lot of people volunteer to spend their free time picking up other people's rubbish or sweeping the streets.

Yes, that is another reason. I acknowledged that the reason I put forward was not the only reason. That is why I used the wording, "one reason is that", indicating that there were other reasons.

I think that people taking ownership of their rubbish is brilliant. That is one reason why Japan is so clean. I have been to countries where there are lots of bins but rubbish is all over the streets. Also, the heat and humidity means it is not practicle to have bins outside.

Don't let any genetically modified, jacked up food from America into Japan. There is a reason why only 4% of the population in obese. Japan should and must protect its agricultural industry.

I feel like Golden Week is false advertising. We are only getting two days off!

Trump might actually be good for the environment in his second term. Maybe he has decided to make the climate great again? Less money = Less consumerism, less traveling and less food. Many more people will be on the bread line so they will not be able to damage the environment as much. Brilliance by Trump.

How much for a dragon egg?

Many people are saying we need grass but can grass survive in the heat in Japan under the constant barrage of tiny feet in the playground? A new playground was put in near me last spring. Half of it was grass. It was beautiful during that first spring then died in the summer and now it is completley dust! They had sprinklers on it in the every evening too! It required an insane amount of water and even that couldn't prevent it dying. Maybe without people playing on the grass it might have survived but if you are going to use the grass in a playground it will surely perish!

A metaphor for the expo experience?

Nice work Japan. Even better use that money to help take back the Northern Territories. That will help Ukraine by splitting the Russian forces. Russia hasn't been weaker for a long time.

Don't worry. The mighty Trump will stop this war in one phone call if he becomes president...

More fat food from America. Can they not export anything healthy?

Long queues to get in, followed by more long queues to see most things. Everywhere is crowded. The same reason I don't want to go to places like Disney. If I was to go it would be now though, before it becomes unbearibly hot and humid. I hope loads of people go though, to limit the amount it is in the red.

Pets are unbelievably bad for the environment in a variety of different ways. Many pets are also extremely expensive to keep. It would be much better for the environment and for everyones wallet to stay pet free.

"His call for nuclear abolition was inspiring. It's truly regrettable that someone who worked so hard for peace is now gone," Tanaka said.

So, inspiring that there are still aorund 12,100 nuclear warheads around the world.

"I hoped he would recover and continue advocating for peace around the world,"

It seems that advocating for peace didn't work so well, what with Russia invading Ukraine, Israel bombing Gaza to dust and committing genocide.

Words mean nothing without action.