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LimburgLimbo posted:The issues are that 1) becoming a Japanese citizen means you have to in some way throw away your cultural heritage, What exactly does this entail?
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Tesseraction posted:I'm never sure what to make of North Korea since for all their sabre rattling I haven't actually seen them DO anything since the Korean war finished. Skirmishes sure, and that ridiculous tree incident, but I think for all their bluster they're scared to do anything because they know China is the only reason they aren't currently part of (South-run) Unified Korea, and that China won't actually help them if they strike first. Is sinking a South Korean frigate and killing 50 sailors just a skirmish?
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icantfindaname posted:It's fascinating watching mainstream liberals look at Xi Jinping after 30 years of insisting that China's not really Marxist and it's just a show and beginning to wonder hey wait a minute does this guy actually take this stuff seriously? What has he done to make people think that? Sure he's authoritarian, but China has hardly abandoned "capitalism with chinese characteristics" on his watch.
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punk rebel ecks posted:What job can he get with that degree? Professional fancy party guest. Host: "You'll never guess, but hidden amongst you is the first person to earn a masters degree in ninja studies. Try and guess who it is and at the end of the day we'll reveal them and have them do some party tricks." Applause
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punk rebel ecks posted:I still think that concept of "monarchy" is so insanely stupid. Monarchies have one great advantage, they are socially stable. One man with a vision, can easily be replaced by another man with a vision. And that man could be any charismatic colonel in the country. But with a monarchy, there are only a few options. The first son, his brothers...maybe his uncles. Dynasties tend to last centuries, dictatorships a few decades.
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Sanguinia posted:When asked about her thoughts on Japan's birth-rate and aging population issues, PM Spears remarked that she understands Japanese youth's reluctance to start families, and how their lonliness is killing them, but she must confess she thinks they still believe. Made me literally laugh out loud
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Looks like the assassin hated the Unification church and Abe's support of them. https://mobile.twitter.com/mrjeffu/status/1545540259626483713?t=JTLuCZrXL91czxkpURv6UA&s=19
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Lammasu posted:I don't know if I would call Japanese politics boring. I think like a lot of things Japanese; it's usually quit but when it goes crazy it goes crazy. I can't think of another example of a former chief executive being gunned down and the public response is, "That assassin had a point" Wasn't that a common reaction in Japan in the 1920s and 30s?
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Tuxedo Gin posted:It isn't just politics. Yes, American politics are getting worse, but innovation happens in the private sector. Japanese "old guard" companies are EXTREMELY resistant to change and innovation. Hell, cashless payment just started catching on ~3 years ago. And going back to government, they are only recently starting to allow some things to be done online. If I check the wireless networks around my house I get about a dozen WEP networks because ISPs are still using them by default on most routers. Floppy disks are still a thing for regular day to day government business. It is insanity. Is everything official online required to use Internet Explorer like in Korea?
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Feel like Fry in that shocked, not shocked meme https://twitter.com/edburmila/status/1593634814644703234
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Huh...I'm going to guess this wouldn't have gone so well given what we've seen in Ukraine. https://twitter.com/Newsweek/status/1595828588581904384
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Rust Martialis posted:The Manifesto Project in the EU does try to compare parties based on their election manifestos (the methodology is available on their site).
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Lammasu posted:I just learned Japan has a national cheese day. I thought most East Asians were lactose intolerant. A lot of cheeses have very little lactose. Cheese and yogurt making proliferated at Neolithic sites before the gene to digest lactose did.
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CNN got their hands on a war game that projected a costly western victory over China in a Taiwan war. Of interest to this thread was this. quote:Japan is likely to lose more than 100 combat aircraft and 26 warships while US military bases on its home territory come under Chinese attack, the report found. How do you think the Japanese public would react to this?
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Vegetable posted:Lol at Taiwan suffering just 3,500 casualties in an invasion. Obviously. I meant how would the public react to those things happening.
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What the... https://twitter.com/jenniferkates/status/1624921481045057540 (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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harperdc posted:Oh hey that guy was on the Japanese version of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader last week. Did he win?
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DUN DUN DUN! https://twitter.com/dadboss32/status/1628575598024048640
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I thought they had to amend the constitution in order to do this kind of thing? https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1669549118467846145
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IIRC, everyone's know about this guy for decades, right? https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1699716398342140037
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Lammasu posted:How is the Japanese public reacting to Biden saying Japan doesn't want immigrants? How did that even come up?
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