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Interestingly, the crossover of those who do not believe in human-induced Climate Change and also believe in various Covid conspiracies is 99 percent. Yep - it's the very same folks!

Source?

I'd pull out of China gradually and completely if I were the head of Toyota

If I were head of Toyota I would double down and produce cars that the locals want in the biggest car market in the world.

They've stolen so much of your technological know-how, along with other companies

This is the same empty rhetoric western nations were spouting about Japanese companies in the 70s and 80s.

For those on the fence: let's just say Gladiator II follows the trend of recent Hollywood movies. You can thank me for saving your time and money with a thumbs up.

Good show but needs to be updated to reflect current societal realties, changing norms and demographics.

The technology can serve as an interesting pedagogical tool. For example, creating a Plato chatbot that lets students have a text conversation with a bot posing as Plato is a cool gimmick.

Just had to stop reading there. Wish I could get back the minute of my time I spent reading the tripe before that part.

Ishiba always looked so angry at the world. Never seen the guy smile.

Thank god sanity prevails. These last four years have been an absolute disaster. We could all see this coming though. The mass media should be ashamed of themselves.

Yeah, one of the legacies of the lockdowns. So many people have lost a sense of cordially and basic decency toward others.

Seems they read the book, "Shock Doctine". They know their next move well.

If in America this would be a bulletproof umbrella.

More white elephants. Japan politicians have a penchant for them.

Falling revenues due to car ownership dropping. Going after cyclists and then finally, pedestrians. You watch.

that’s disgusting! Where?

You can find anything on the internet if you take the time to learn how to use it properly.

I read it as the women getting into his car of her own accord . Lost in translation?

Refined rice. So true. Terrible for your health, exactly. I'm a hypocrite. But keep to a minimum as all refined carbs.

Its wild that you can get 10kg (yeah 10!) of California Kelrose for 2980 at the local gyomu super (the only place I see around that seems to have it). They get a few bags from to time and they sell out within minutes. (Bet the number is limited on purpose to protect the local product).

Wild to think that this time last year Japanese rice was able to be had for as low as 1500 yen (average 1800) for 5kg in the local supermarket. Now it's 3800!! For 5kg! That means the American rice (when you cat get it) can be had for less than half the price., even at 150 to the dollar.

JA etc need to get their act together and stop this artificial price fixing!

One wonders what the motivation is of this continued interference in Japanese affairs by these globalists.

Looked quite legit.

Directed you to a Bitcoin site.

Anything redirecting to a bitcoin site has surely got to raise flags. Unless you saying it looked legit until the Bitcoin site link. But really this is not a problem with just Meta. Basically unless you use an ad blocker, it's getting impossible to navigate through the cesspool of misleading ads fake AI generated clickbait. I miss the internet of the mid to late nineties.

Still no comments. That's where we are at with these devices now.

Means that the year before was whatever 11,961 minus 2,524 is, i.e. below 10,000 (for the year). Could have been clearer, JT.

Nobel on his part for sure. But can be certain that there will be all kinds of conditions such as having to have work in advance, make a certain amount of money, have a certain family size, staying in the area for a set number of years, contribute to the community in a meaningful way etc....

If they really want to solve this issue they are going to have to start with offering places with no strings attached. At the moment they are overcomplicating things.

Authorities here really do love erecting barriers to in an attempt to solve all manner of problems. Well, they had better fax hotels and airports across the country and ask them to disseminate the information to tourists, or folks are just going of turn up anyway. The Japanese public will get the information from the wide shows.

Brought to you by big pharma.

Why is the west (WEF, international agencies et al especially) hell bent on getting Japan to change? They also want Japan to go full woke and embrace immigration too.

Japan: don't.

Women paedophiles. More common than one might think and way underreported. Glad he spoke out about it. Most boys don't, unfortunately.

The problem is that Apple's and Android phones' security support ends after 5 to 7 years

Two OS updates for most Android makers and just 3-4 years of security patches. This scam that should be addressed, not carriers restricting use of unpaid devices.

I got one of those restricted devices basically 50% off retail. Called a Red Rom, these are locked out by the carrier after unpaid bills. Big discount for me and works with my carrier fine. Beware of Black Rom devices though. These are completely locked out of ALL carriers.

I kinda miss those days, which weren't all that long ago, when the Japanese didn't know WTH Halloween was.

They still don't know what it is and probably don't care. Instead they have taken the lose Halloween theme and given it a unique Japanese twist. Any excuse to let off steam in this highly stressed society.

Why exclude importanr things we all need like fresh food? Talk about moving the goal posts.

....when he was detained for suspicious behavior on a street in Moriyama City in May.

As per usual, no elaboration. Why? This is a key reason as to why they caught him. One doesn't just get detained for "suspicious" behaviour here unless you're a foreigner.

5% for SOME folks. Meanwhile the price of most foods here has literally doubled in the past 3 years with no sign of abating. Everything else is WAY up as well.

For the average person, Japan is becoming unliveable. This can't go on for much longer.