antifun comments

Thanks LDP for tackling the important issues. Now I don't have to worry about feeling uneasy calling someone Pikachu-san.

Let's not forget that Japan had the largest speculative asset bubble in the history that it still hasn't recovered from. Japanese people are living their means because of pervasive deflationary mindset and restrictive credit policy from the banking system. Both are slowing the economic recovery along with low productivity. And no amount of QE will solve any of these.

Following his bro's foot steps into conveniently disappearing after scandals.

Well this is literal hate speech. Love the non apology too. He actually only apologizes to Kishida which is on brand for the feudal mindset that is plaguing Japan.

Thankfully no sane person would listen to a massive failure like her.

Meanwhile, ultraconservative LDP goons...

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Kadokawa “seriously betrayed public trust,” company president Takeshi Natsuno said. He bowed deeply with two other executives to show remorse in a news conference.

Do people still buy this theater?

At the gathering, Kishida plans to set out his vision of a world without nuclear weapons

Great way to waste his and everybody's time.

I suppose this is the kind of case that falls under the 1% in an otherwise 99% conviction rate legal system. There's a government research estimating 15 meter waves and the court just conveniently swats that aside.

Kettle calling the pot... Press freedom in the league with Krygyzstan and Liberia. Add LDP to the top of the list of regimes to counter.

And why are the prosecutors not filing charges for fraud or misconduct?

Japan should build new nuclear reactors and decommission older ones. This shouldn't be controversial at this point.

Dude's seriously expecting us to believe a land invasion from China or, gasp, NK is imminent. LMAO. Sure, let's sink another 50B of taxpayer money annually to rearm back to WW2 levels for "defense".

There's variness among the public, carefully crafted by LDP and its affiliate media over many years of gaslighting. Not so much among the ruling class as their main concern is lining their pockets through increased taxes for all the new spending they will get their cuts with deals in smoke filled backrooms.

Interesting to see people a lot less adamant about the money spent on defense when they realize where it is going to come from. This is still only a trillion yen, they need to find another 3 trillion or so from somewhere. Sales tax next?

China bluffed and Japanese "leadership" fell for it by bankrupting the country. No country with public debt reaching three times their GDP would raise the so-called defense spending 56%. Tough times are ahead.

The low approval rate won't change a thing when there is no organized and motivated opposition. That said we are now likely to witness Kishida's resignation before the next general election as bait and switch like they did with Suga and another "reshuffling". Wonder where will Also land this time.

And what is the crime that warrants an arrest here? I thought bowing 90 degrees in front of cameras was the appropriate punishment for fraud in Japan. This debacle is totally on the corporations that continue using the silly, pointless tests they cannot even verify the identities of the candidates for recruitment.

Everyday I'm reshuffling...

Expecting public pressure to raise wages because of lower purchasing power is wishful thinking and not based on any evidence. Fighting the inflation so eagerly wanted for years by BOJ shows the discord and ineptitude in economic management between LDP and BOJ.

There is years of bottomless QE, and Japan's economy still finds a way to keep contracting. One wonders where all that money went and how BOJ will ever shrink its balance sheet.

A 20000 yen bill is in order with the recent depreciation of JPY and high inflation.

"People who follow the rules protect Shibuya"

From what exactly?

Rules are made by some bureaucrats and put in action by so called representatives. Well the people they "represent" want to be in Shibuya and they want to celebrate Halloween. So what exactly are you protecting Shibuya from?

The difference between the UK and Japan is that unlike the BOJ, BOE isn't printing endless amounts of zero interest money. But Japan hasn't found the infinite money hack, and chickens are coming home to roost. Japan could keep up the QE with little consequences when everyone else was doing it too. But QE during a contractionary period is going to devalue the yen to new records.

All of this freakshow with QR code payment apps is because of banks refusing to digitalize and develop actually usable mobile apps and enable contactless payments via debit cards and phones.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Kishida said he picked Goto based on his "political experience, high presentation skills and passion for economic and social reforms."

Totally makes sense as the list of qualifications needed to plan and execute the economic reforms of the world's third largest economy in a time of unprecedented economic turmoil.

When we see e-scooter users at nighttime in downtown areas, the first thing we suspect is drunken driving,

Well that explains it. Stop the bicycles and you'll find equivalent numbers of drunken riders. How about providing 24h public transit like any proper metropolis of this size?

Wang Wenbin said any attempt that undermines regional peace and stability will be "met with high vigilance and joint opposition" in the area.

Said the country running military drills around Taiwan and not-so-secretly backing NK.

Renault became the top shareholder of Nissan in 1999 when the Japanese firm was on the verge of bankruptcy,

Renault comes and saves Saikawa and the other goons' jobs by investing in a failing Nissan and they call it a "twisted relationship". That's how investing works my dude.

However, unlike the last two years, revelers are not being asked to stay away as a countermeasure against the coronavirus. Shibuya Mayor Ken Hasebe said he hopes people will celebrate Halloween in an orderly manner..

Well that's the real intention isn't it. God forbid if people have fun as they like one day in a year.

A career in putting his head in lion's mouth at a circus would be less riskier.