Japan and Japanese

[Shinpachi]

Biden, just like any other politician, thinks about money, without seeing possible / existing dangers.

Fact seems to be around that.

 

[MiTasol]

Biden, just like any other politician, thinks about money, without seeing possible / existing dangers.

All politicians ignore any advice that does not suit their, or their party's, agenda - no exceptions.

It does not matter how many people tell to remember the law of unintended consequences - and give examples of what will happen - their egos do not allow them to make a rational decision.

I could give hundreds of examples here in Aus but that would be political.

 

[ARTESH]

All politicians ignore any advice that does not suit their, or their party's, agenda - no exceptions.

It does not matter how many people tell to remember the law of unintended consequences - and give examples of what will happen - their egos do not allow them to make a rational decision.

I could give hundreds of examples here in Aus but that would be political.

It remembered me of this famous verse from Persian poet Sa'di:

با سیه دل چه سود گفتن وعظ


نرود میخ آهنین در سنگ​

Literally, it would be translated like:

What's outcome of a speech with a darken hearted person? An iron nail won't go through a stone.

Here is full story, in Persian if someone is interested:

Link

 

[Shinpachi]

PM Kishida minds if his salary may be 6,000yen($40) low a month.
Japan is a good country.

"Did you achieve any good results?" Prime Minister Kishida is heavily criticized over the bill to raise wages for ministers submitted in the Diet on October 20.

「何か成果出した？」国会で提出された「閣僚の賃上げ」法案めぐり岸田首相に大批判（SmartFLASH） - Yahoo!ニュース

「所得税減税」。今国会で注目されているキーワードだが、実はそれとは別に、開会日の10月20日に早々と提出された法案がある。 「閣僚など特別職国家公務員の給与を上げる法案が提出されているのです。

news.yahoo.co.jp

 

[Shinpachi]

New island appears near the south of Iwo-jima.
Some similar cases with pumice are observed around the area recently.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9s-wtZ5-yE

 

[GrauGeist]

 

[SaparotRob]

New island appears near the south of Iwo-jima.
Some similar cases with pumice are observed around the area recently.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9s-wtZ5-yE

Plant the flag before the Chinese do!

 

[Wurger]

 

[Snautzer01]

New island appears near the south of Iwo-jima.
Some similar cases with pumice are observed around the area recently.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9s-wtZ5-yE

Did the chinese claim it yet ?

 

[Shinpachi]

Did the chinese claim it yet ?

I think they are thinking about it in relation with Fukushima Dai-ichi

 

[Greg Boeser]

Could just be Godzilla farting.

 

[Shinpachi]

People jump into the canal in Osaka to celebrate the local baseball team's victory. A little bit cold.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZn3Nmmvi6o

 

[ARTESH]

Interesting!

I hope they win!

 

[Shinpachi]

"Govt Indicates Concerns over Fake Video of PM Kishida
Such a video 'could damage the foundation of democracy,' Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno told a news conference."

Govt Indicates Concerns over Fake Video of PM Kishida

Tokyo, Nov. 6 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno on Monday voiced concerns over a …

www.nippon.com

This society is already filled with "fake informations" even by the authorities to mislead the democracy.
It's Mr. Kishida's fault due to his gloomy looking IMO.

Fake Video of Japan Prime Minister Kishida Triggers Fears of AI Being Used to Spread Misinformation

A still image of a fake video of what appears to be Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as posted on the Niconico Douga video-sharing site. (Image has been partially modified.) The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] A fake video of what appears to be Prime Minister Fumio Kishida making vulgar...

japannews.yomiuri.co.jp

 

[cammerjeff]

OOPS

 

[cammerjeff]

OOPS

 

[ARTESH]

This society is already filled with "fake informations" even by the authorities to mislead the democracy.

Doukan desu, Shinpachi-san.

I agree, Shinpachi-san.

 

[Shinpachi]

Hmmm.....

EU increases humanitarian aid to Gaza by €25 million

https://www.europeaninterest.eu/eu-increases-humanitarian-aid-to-gaza-by-e25-million/

 

[Shinpachi]

A Japanese citizen interviews a homeless woman in Philippine.
She is a westerner but does not want to clarify.....

* On the next day, she was not there anymore.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf8BWFVeyGo

 

[GrauGeist]

Shinpachi-san, any recent news on the discovery of 7,000 new islands around Japan during the latest geographic survey?