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Mat:

Stocks are up, yeah great, but the yen is down even more.

Precisely due to cheaper yen (which is good for Japanese business), stocks are up.

He deserves the death penalty.

A great news, though expected one.

She is one of the greatest governors of Tokyo. If she had two bodies, I would like to have her as both the Tokyo Governor and the Japanese Prime Minister.

I approve this idea.

UAfan:

USD today TTB 160.47 should we be happy? or...what?

Definitely yes. When you compare the long-term trends of the Nikkei index and the USD/JPY exchange rate, you will clearly see a pattern showing that when the JPY goes down, the Nikkei goes up.

geronimo2006:

But...but...didn't wages rise by 5%. Obviously not!

It has to become a regular expectation, not just a short-term incident, before the wage hike results in spending. Otherwise, Japanese people will rather save it.

The number of dementia sufferers or those suspected to have the disease who were reported missing in Japan reached a record 19,039 in 2023.... 18,221 were found alive, of whom 17,988 were located within three days of filing...

Better than what I have first thought.

I still see many software programs that use the floppy disk icon as the 'Save' button, including most current Microsoft Office applications!

Koike!

Hope she wins.

He was viewed as a vocal critic of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (within LDP)...

That's good enough for me to like him.

Trump's lack of support for Ukraine is unacceptable.

Mr Kipling

How can something not real be "life size"? It is just a big model of children's anime character.

One of the earliest models, the RX-78-2, had the following specifications:

Height: 18.0 m

Weight: 43.4 t

Weight when fully equipped with arms: 60.0 t

Yes, even in the manga, Gundam had specific height and weight depending on which version you are talking about.

sakurasuki

Let's forget all Japan problem, failing economy, labor shortage, low population growth and enjoy projection mapping. For how long those problem can be forgotten?

Humans are more than economic animals. Never underestimate the arts.

BigP

It’s all very unnatural.

Nature contains things that, for some people, look 'unnatural,' and that is natural.

TokyoLiving:

Lady Koike will win for sure..

I certainly don't have any problem with that.

Koike was elected governor with a pledge to halve the governor’s salary, and she continues to fulfill this promise even in her second term. As a result, Governor Koike’s salary is not only the lowest among all governors in Japan, but it is also less than the average salary of Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly members. Despite this, she is dedicated to her work, working so hard that it’s almost overwhelming.

Koike’s administration has surprisingly many achievements. She resolved the Toyosu relocation issue, which was a problem inherited from the Ishihara administration. She established the Tokyo Metropolitan Public Document Management Ordinance, the Tokyo Passive Smoking Prevention Ordinance, and the Tokyo Child Abuse Prevention Ordinance. She pushed for the digitalization of Tokyo’s administration (paperless, hanko-less, cashless systems). She introduced a self-reform system within the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and enhanced transparency through an information disclosure portal. She also introduced Green Bonds.

Under Koike’s administration, Tokyo’s economy has expanded (Tokyo's GDP increased from 104 trillion yen to 115 trillion yen, a growth of 11 trillion yen over four years).

The number of crimes has halved under Koike’s administration.

What's not to like?

It's all dependent on what Cairo University says. Everything else is just speculation since the university is the only authority that can ultimately determine who is, or is not, a graduate.

Shadows of the Rising Sun:

Why, then, has the NIKKEI been doing poor in the last few months?

You should look at the Nikkei Index in the long term, not just a few months, if you want to see the relationship between USD/JPY and stock values.

When the Japanese yen gets devalued, the Nikkei Index grows, and vice versa.

USD/JPY Trend (Select Max Period):

https://www.google.com/finance/quote/USD-JPY?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiE55mD1_v6AhVfkIkEHVrwBt8QmY0JegQICBAb&window=MAX

Nikkei 255 Index Trend (Select Max Period):

https://www.google.com/search?q=nikkei+225&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS1044US1044&oq=nikkei&aqs=chrome.3.69i60j69i57j0i4i512j69i59j0i4i512j69i65j69i60l2.4998j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Michael Hooper

I'm surprised it lasted so long. It should have been boycotted the day Russia invaded Ukraine!

'I wanted to bridge Japan and Russia through food,' she says. That's how we, as humankind, build peace among different countries. You must separate politics from the lives of ordinary people.

Toyota shareholders voted Tuesday in support of all the company's proposals, including keeping Akio Toyoda, grandson of the Japanese automaker’s founder, as chairman on the board.

The possibility of removing Akio Toyoda from his position was zero. It's akin to removing Elon Musk from Tesla or Steve Jobs from Apple. Akio transformed the company into the largest automaker in the world and maintained a healthy skepticism toward EV fanatics, which is benefiting the company's profits today.

Aoi Azuuri:

"public promises" that present Tokyo governor Koike achieved are zero.

Actually she achieved all of her "7 Zeros" promises.

Don't be fooled by propaganda by ant-Koike. Study the facts instead.

Asiaman7:

"Time to dump these old LDP Nippon Kaiga fossils"

Agree, but didn’t Koike leave the LDP back in 2017.

Yes, Koike left the party and became the governor of Tokyo. Not only that, she is largely responsible for almost destroying the Tokyo LDP. The LDP has little power in Tokyo politics due to her. As of today, she does not belong to any party, though she remains a consultant for the Tomin First Party.

The worst politician since Moon.

Give Yoon a Nobel Peace Prize already!

Moonraker:

God, how stupid! Didn't they learn from the last time the far right was popular that it will end in tears? Humans are do dumb.

I do not pay much attention to European politics, but as far as I am concerned, the election is a pure display of democracy itself. The EU government body is not about to be overthrown by leftist revolutionaries or a rightist military coup. Nobody seems to be looking to establish a new totalitarian regime, neither from the left nor the right. Democracy, it seems, is their common ground. The political pendulum may swing to the left or the right based on the issues of the time, which is the beauty of democracy.

I am not worried at all.

wallace:

1.5ºC temperature increase in 5 years.

No, no, no.

1.5ºC temperature increase since pre-industrial times; that is, 1.5ºC increase in 200 years.

YeahRight:

Can't he be charged with disturbing the peace or something?

No. It's protected under the Japanese Constitution.

Article 21. Freedom of assembly and association as well as speech, press and all other forms of expression are guaranteed.

If your speech is prohibited by authority just because somebody do not like it, it's a violation of the Article 21.

Shibuno was the second. I watch golf only when she plays.

Congratulations! Good for Mexican democracy.

Meanwhile, here in the US, we are about to vote for a dictator :(

There are some wonderful mountains to hike in Oita. My wife and I went up Mt. Yufu a couple of years ago. It was so beautiful. Yufu is also a famous onsen town. If you are a lover of hiking and onsen, I strongly recommend Mt. Yufu in Oita.

¥48 bil in bitcoin cryptocurrency disappears (from Article Title)

Who cares? It is a useless void like a dream anyway.