Garthgoyle comments

Starbucks? Not so big in much of Europe/Australasia.

The article is about Japan. Tho I agree that the coffee there is... can we even call it coffee?

Let's stop making the world in China, said no one ever when they thought about boycotting the country. But that would mean paying better wages, benefits and stuff to workers so no, let's better boycott China some other way that doesn't involve my business changing production somewhere else (and giving them more money) again, said no one ever.

Those places reek of cigarettes smell, one of the big reasons Starbucks ate them alive.

So was smoking, which is why the ceiling is the color it is.

Naaaasty.

If they don't stop the infection being passed there's no justification for social pressure to take these

"The big concern is that the vaccines prevent illness, hospitalisation and death..."

I pay less than that for a 1LDK with an amazing view, big veranda and a forest just behind the apartment in a Tokyo city outside the 23-ku.

Like a cult worshipping their deities.

I think they should eliminate separate events for men and women. They should compete with equality.

That already happens in 'murica, where men who identify themselves as "women" are legally allowed to compete in athletic events against real women.

Do it... unless it's the useless stuff as Cocoa (why the name?).

If you bring all that people into town, trace everywhere they go if you you want them to abide by the rules. I can tell you that foreigners in party mode won't care not even a tiny bit.

Kutchan right now is having a cluster of infections and it's because (mostly the non Japanese) community cannot care any less about the virus. On Feb 13th there was a party with tons of people right next to each other, no masks, distancing, and now we're having a cluster of infections.

In the building in staying there was an infection. The person recently left and everyone (including me) were told to say put and isolate till the 27th even after testing negative. Well, everyone still going out and today everyone's skiing like nothing. Further spreading the virus and this thing will never come to an end. And yes, most of them are foreigners. Same thing happened on January 1st.

Do like South Korea and be strict. Too much freedom and look at 'murica and GoTo Travel times.

Anything before 2010. Just ignore the PC offended by everything. PC culture is a cancer.

slope outside the ski resort’s controlled areas.

About 85% of the terrain in Hakkoda is "outside of the ski controlled area. Hakkoda is all about backcountry.

Just tell them that you won't pay and don't sign any papers. Three weeks ago the NHK guy came to my door and tried tricking me into paying even after I told him I don't have a TV (last the I had was in 2010). He said it's the law, yada yada, I told that him I don't care and won't pay. He left, tho only after I told him to do so.

War ended 76 years ago. Get over it already.

This is the prime example of trying to fix something that's not broken.

So instead of pushing back at the narrow-mindedness of the people making judgements based on outdated gender stereotypes...

Lol. No. They're not pushing back or standing against outdated stereotypes. They are creating more stereotypes.

Got myself to read more but

Like when he deliberately gets something that is pink instead of blue for our son," she says

Poor kid. They are going to confuse him (sheem?). When the kid starts getting bullied in school they will start pointing fingers everywhere except where they should be rightly pointing, at themselves.

Nope. 3/11 did that for me. Ever since I've been living life the best I could and taking whatever chances appear in front of me.

Street punk. Throw the book at him

Won't happen as he's still a "teenage kids" according to the laws. Old enough to get credit cards, an apartment, enlist on the army and old enough to commit crime but not old enough to pay for it. Weird how the laws work.

Must have been pretty big coz I felt it even up here in Hokkaido.

after his claims that women talk too much in meetings spark a firestorm of criticism.

By a firestorm I think they meant to say, a snowstorm of criticism.

People keep on talking about lockdown but Japan never have had any of those.

They probably won't last a day in China 

So according to you there are no foreigners in China? I thought the article was about foreigners in China.

Oh boohoo! So Japanese are complaining they have to actually quarantine themselves in a foreign country and not "word of mouth" quarantine like in Japan. Have they been blocked from entering the country?

What's so horrible about that?

That we're in the "age of outrage, everything's too offensive, we need to blow things way bigger and out of proportions.

You seriously think that it's inconceivable to quit if the head of your organization you are volunteering for does something that you don't agree with?

What I seriously think I'd that people need to stop being so sensitive already and grow a thicker skin.

Mori is Mori, I'm not his volunteer. I'm a volunteer working to carry out the Tokyo Olympics," she added

Exactly. Volunteering for Tokyo Olympics and not for that dinosaur. All the volunteers who quit "because of what he said" were just looking for an excuse to quit.

It's also possible that these after effects are actually side effects from the volley of medications and treatments given to Covid patients.

Still denying this virus is a threat, no matter how much proof is shown or how many deaths.

The solution is simple. From now on, every time he needs to talk in a meeting, he's got five minutes coz he talks to much.

And that's why the "non-regular workers" haken gaisha schemes exists. For years they've been able to get away with so much and you really can't blame them, since they've been allowed to do so for so long.

That's called a chin-diaper.

Good or bad, we're in a pandemic so it's really shoganai.