yokohamarides comments

People becoming poorer isn’t a bug - it’s a feature of neoliberal economics.

The rich are rich because the poor are poor and all of the prevaricating mumbo jumbo in the article is code for “now we’re going to squeeze them even more.”

i couldn’t believe how careless and aggressive the drivers were in Hiroshima last time I was there.

Lapdog

Nuclear power is the grift that never stops giving.

Cars are dumb.

Inflation forcing people to take non-living wage jobs to survive? A New capitalist victory over deflation!

Feature not a bug.

Nothing as smooth and powerful as a real electric car

….and nothing as efficient as a bicycle.

Orwell rolls in his grave.

“Concerning risks to the outlook, there are extremely high uncertainties surrounding Japan's economic activity and prices,” the Bank of Japan said.

You can say that again.

Good for the workers at these large companies but for the rest of us lowly contract workers it probably means nothing but perhaps prices and the cost of living going up even more - ex. many Gaba eikawa instructors have been striking since June of last year(they were striking outside Gaba’s Ginza branch today) for a small cost of living wage increase of only ¥200 yen. Since then, the company has announced policies(requirement to register as Quilified Invoice issuers) that will result in instructors making even less

There’s no bigger grift than nuclear power. They fleece the public purse coming and going. First with irresponsible promises to secure funding and then about safety and then for the cost of cleanup or dismantling.

The subcontract law prohibits companies from unilaterally deducting payments to subcontractors once they have been agreed upon ...

That was dumb. There are other ways to rip-off your contractors without directly reducing payments.

Eikawa companies like Gaba will just coerce their instructors(who are all independent contractors) into agreeing to income reductions and penalties by threatening non-renewal if the contract/agreement isn't signed. I'm sure Nissan will adopt the same strategy.

Read more books.

Awesome news. Now give teachers and nurses a raise and stop invoice seido.

There is no bigger grift than nuclear power.

Who puts a guy from a company called Bigmotor(isn't that a Simpson's company?) in charge of environmental maintenance work?

Just a nasty race to the bottom right now for freelancers and independent contractors in this country as companies (like Gaba where I have worked for 16 years) are putting pressure on instructors to take a pay cut by becoming Qualified Invoice Issuers(to shift tax burden onto them) although the law states that there is no need to do so for contractors earning less than 10m a year.

Companies(like Gaba) are not renewing contracts for those who refuse. Essentially firing them.

Unfortunately the Japan “Fair” Trade Commission seems to think it’s a grey area(feature not a bug) and the companies are not technically breaking the law, stating it’s ok as long as the company is not changing conditions mid-contract - irregardless of how long you’ve been working for the company. A very unjust and unfair state of affairs

At the real rate of clean-up, there might be nobody around left to do it. In any case, this is yet another capitalist screw-up that future generations will pay for. Tough luck those around at the end of this massive Ponzi scheme.

Nuclear power is the perfect crime.

Those responsible profit coming and going. - even from the mess they’ve caused.

A pedestrian struck by an SUV or pickup truck is 41% more likely to die than a pedestrian struck by a sedan at the same speed.

source - https://transalt.org/reports-list/the-deadly-and-costly-impact-of-supersized-vehicles-on-new-york

But he later decided not to contest the allegations, saying it was unavoidable that the payment was interpreted as intended to influence the election given the situation at the time, the sources said.

The old evasive and dissembling non-apology admission.

To limit work to the requisite 3,300 hours per year, a driver can work no more than 12 hours per day.

Good.

The headline makes it sound like the people killed were walking on a highway instead of on the sidewalk.

Worst: personal income at the eikawa I have been working at for 15 years(Gaba) fell by about 25% due to a loss of clientele due to some very poor management decisions ever since the company was taken over by Nova Holdings - to make matters even worse they’re shifting their tax burden onto their already underpaid instructors by requiring them to sign up for the new Qualified Invoice System.

Best: took on some additional work that I like. Also, visited Hiroshima and rode the Shimanami Kaido this year.

Japan is a vassal state.

Other media is reporting the driver mistook the gas pedal for the brake. The car went clear across the street and hit the mother and daughter on the opposite sidewalk. Cars are deadly.

Gaba teachers have been striking since June(and again today) for just a ¥200 wage increase an end to the requirement to sign up into the Qualified Invoice System(Gaba is coercing instructors to pay the company’s consumption tax - do it or no new contract. Signing up means a loss of income for already underpaid instructors who have had no wage increase since 2008).

Japan is truly a vassal state of the US.

I heard some Starbucks workers in Japan are starting to organize as well. Good on them.

I'll stay away until the company drops the lawsuit, recognizes the union and they agree to a contract. Not a big sacrifice.

BOJ keeps negative interest rate unchanged; says it's watching wage trends Now that is hilarious wages have not increased much and if that is the case interest rates will stay the same or go in the negative direction

They’ll just lie about the wage numbers - they’ve done it before and they’ll do it again.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Abenomics-under-pressure-as-Japan-s-data-scandal-spreads

In Japan they don't care whether you are CEO like Carlos Ghosn, annoying Youtuber like Ismael Ramsey Khalid or military officer under SOFA, when you get into system you'll get your share solitary confinement and time without lawyer even without any trial.

Unless you are connected to a corrupt to the core LDP member.