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Skynet knows it is too difficult to destroy those humans in a war. It has found a new way to do it!

Other countries are trying to reduce plastic waste, meanwhile Japan is promoting it.

At those big arcade like stores there are collection machines which let people to drop off their empty plastic capsules for reuse/recycle.

I love how people just start blaming the PM and whinge about other things without even trying to find out the real reason car theves are so high in Canada

https://driving.ca/column/motor-mouth/auto-theft-national-summit-canada-politics-liberal

A little googleing I found this article, it tells the reasons why it happens in Canada.

In shorts, it is because it pays very well. Chance of getting caught is low. Even you are caught you only get a slap on the wrist. Canadian export check is very lax.

These sort of behaviour is actually getting increasingly common among Chinese. They are calling these action "patriotic".

These is a story early in May. A young staff from a Chinese drinks company that manufactures something called the "Meco" tea printed out some labels with anti-japanese slogans (about the release of radioactive water) and went to Japan and attached them on the drinks in the shops there. Of course he took photos and post them. Did the staff get punished? The CEO of that drink company went to the the airport in person and welcomed him back in China. It is reported he also got a big bonus. Sales increased a lot and many support messages were posted online.

It’s not on the roof as it would have to be many times the size of the Lawson to hide Mt Fuji from 30m away.

It’s set up across the road next to the photo spot so 2.5x20m is enough.

I believe the tourist can still take the picture. They just need to place their phones really close to the screen on the other side and use the front camera of their phones to get a accurate shot.

If you are really interested in this story:

https://youtu.be/FEVdN0e10Qw

A report done by a TV channel before the screen is finished.

https://soranews24.com/2024/05/29/has-the-mt-fuji-lawson-blackout-screen-really-stopped-tourists-from-taking-photos/

A report done by a news outlet after the screen is finished.

I do not think we will be seeing them flying around in cities in the near future. It is highly likely you will need a pilot or other similar licenses to fly it. Then there are regulation, insurance, liability issues etc.

However, that does not mean it is useless. Emergency responders like parametic or police can have a few of these so they can beat all the traffic and get to the accident site quicker.

By the way, there is already something very similar to this. It is called "ultralight helicopter".

They are only about $11,000

From the internet:

GWM has slashed prices of its Ora hatchback, cementing it as Australia’s cheapest electric car – at least for now.

The Chinese brand has announced new nationwide drive-away pricing for the Ora range, which now opens at $35,990 drive-away for the Standard Range – down $4000 on the previous price before on-road costs.

Well, not here down under mate.

The average prices of EV are still relatively high comparing to their ICE or hybrid counterparts. Also not everyone is lucky enough to have a spot to park the EV and recharge it at night. There is still too many problems with fast charging at those charge stations.

https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/var-shows-the-video-referee-in-the-nrl-and-super-league-not-as-bad-as-people-think-63082/

Many have their problems with the video referee in rugby league which has been around much longer than the footballing equivalent and it is one of those things that will never be perfect but it is simply a case of ensuring it is as effective as possible which has been the aim of the NRL and Super League in the recent years with different methods being tried.

From the internet:

Frank Lampard's infamous 'ghost goal' vs Germany crossed the line 12 years ago today.

On June 27, 2010, in Bloemfontein, England looked to have saved their World Cup hopes by bringing themselves back level having trailed 2-0 to Germany during their round of 16 clash.

.......

After all, the controversial incident proved crucial in FIFA's eventual decision to introduce goal-line technology, which would be on display for the world to see at the following tournament in Brazil.

But even in a world where the Hawk-Eye technology was flat-out impossible to build, supporters would still be asking questions as to why the referee and linesman got the decision wrong on the day.

Besides, you can't help wondering when you watch the replay of Lampard's shot bouncing miles behind Manuel Neuer and over the line how the officials possibly managed to miss that there had been a goal.

Is goal line technology and VAR needs to be ran together or can they be used separately?

If you are really interested in this. ANNnews has done a report and show how the tourist is causing inconvenience to others. It is on YouTube. However, It is in Japanese without subtitles. Below is the link:

https://youtu.be/FEVdN0e10Qw

From the report, tourist has already found another Lawson store for taking photos of Mt. Fuji. It is only a 5 min drive from the old one.

The Seattle coffee giant said revenue dropped 2% in the January-March period as store traffic slowed around the world. It was the first time since 2020 that the company saw a drop in quarterly revenue. Starbucks also lowered its sales and earnings guidance for its full fiscal year

Things in many countries all over the world which Starbucks has many stores are not as rosy as before. People are not spending their money on pricy coffees as often as they were.

there are many in Lakemba and surroundings,Australia starts to pay for own mistakes in immigration policies from the past....

From an ABC Australia online:

The program is] for those that are exhibiting behaviours that might be religious or issues motivated.

"This 16-year-old Caucasian male was part of that program."

"Twenty years, thirty years ago, we didn't have anything," Sheng said. "We want to have these things."

Vanity. Definitely my favourite sin.

Al Pacino as John Milton (the devil) in The Devil's Advocate

Really? Tourism is less than 1% of Japan’s economy.

Record Japan Profits Show Nikkei Is Primed for All-Time High

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-20/record-japan-profits-show-nikkei-is-primed-for-all-time-high

Really? Tourism is less than 1% of Japan’s economy.

Big companies in Japan and people involved in investing are doing well. But do ordinary Japanese getting any of this money?

Tourism directly injects money into the local encomy.

I was in Osaka about 2 months ago. I went to a restaurant near Shinsaibashi at 1:00pm on a weekday and all the customers inside the restaurant and those waiting outside were tourist.

All the money I spent on that trip goes directly to the transportation companies that I rided, the restaurants that I went, the shops that sold me the things I wanted.

Better management is what is needed.

A Big Mac combo meal the same size in Tokyo Japan and Sydney Australia

Tokyo approx ¥800

Sydney: approx $15 Aud (¥1,524)

What people don't realize, I that all that "convenience" of cashless, comes at a cost and in the end it is the retail customer that pays for it!

I would rather pay the ¥680 at my local cash only Ramen shop than ¥800 at some place that take cards

Your argument is wrong cause they are 2 different countries. Even all McDonalds in Australia only accepts cash the price of the big Mac combo would still be much higher than Japan.

I am kinda surprised cause pornography is banned in China.

Every time any Chinese government officers or media outlet says China is a peaceful country and is not a threat to their neighbours please kindly explain the reason China is building a fleet of aircraft carriers. Modernsing your navy is fine but aircraft carriers are offensive purposes.

How many abandoned EVs are there in China? There's a reason for that.

From the internet:

https://www.carscoops.com/2023/08/the-real-story-behind-chinas-graveyards-of-abandoned-evs/

The short answer to this mystery is the spectacular fall of the once-booming EV car-sharing market in China, similar to what happened with the bike-sharing schemes a few years ago. Thousands of ride-sharing companies were created during the past decade taking advantage of the generous government incentives which were slashed in 2019. This change in combination with other factors, including the lack of free parking spaces and the much-improved newer generation of EVs that made old models obsolete, forced the majority of the ambitious startups into bankruptcy.

Another online news article:

McDonald's ordering system suffers McFlurry of tech troubles.

LOL

From another online news article:

US politicians, alongside law enforcement and intelligence officials, have long expressed concerns over the app's link to China.

They fear Chinese authorities could force ByteDance to hand over data on the 170 million Americans who use it.

The fear isn't unfounded. 

China has a set of national security laws that compel organisations to assist with intelligence gathering— and this could include ByteDance. 

TikTok has denied assertions it could be used as a tool of the Chinese government.

This sounds reasonable but then I would like to know what kind of intelligence gathering TikTok can do for China? Viral videos of people doing stupid things and funny animals videos are not intelligence gathering would usually wants, right?

It's over already. EVs are nonsensical and should never have been shoved down our throats. Toyota knows.

From Wikipedia:

The Toyota bZ4X, also marketed in Japan, US, Canada, Europe, and China as the Subaru Solterra, is a battery electric compact crossover SUV manufactured by Toyota. The vehicle debuted in April 2021 as the "bZ4X Concept". It is the first vehicle to be based on the e-TNGA platform co-developed by Toyota and Subaru,[11] and the brand's first model to be part of their Toyota bZ ("beyond Zero") series of zero-emissions vehicles

From the internet:

Toyota reveals two new EV concepts as it plods along on its path to electrification / Toyota’s wait-and-see approach to EVs may be loosening, with the automaker preparing six battery electric cars for Europe by 2026.

I kinda LMAO this morning when I heard on radio what happened in New Zealand:

Leap year glitch' shuts some New Zealand fuel pumps

By Lucy Craymer

February 29, 20241:10 PM GMT+10Updated 5 hours ago

WELLINGTON, Feb 29 (Reuters) - A number of New Zealand petrol pumps stopped working on Thursday due to a "leap year glitch" in payment software, fuel stations and the payment service provider said.

It is 2024. 24 years after the infamous Y2K bug and these still happens.

A big scam if you are going to advertise a game with Messi as front and center yet doesn't play. Why would someone pay ¥10000+ to watch this without him or any MLS club for that matter?

Tickets in Hong Kong are double the prices of the upcoming match in Japan. The most expensive ticket in Hong Kong for the match is around HKD$4,000 which is equal to around ¥76,000.

One time ABC (Australia) did a news piece about these so called digital nomads. However, the Aussies go to Bali, Indonesia.

ABC (Australia) posted an online news article about this case yesterday. They interviewed one of his drinking buddy who met the guy 36 years ago. There are few interesting things mentioned in the article:

The pair met at a pub 36 years ago and became regular drinking buddies, frequenting the pub to see local rock bands.

Kirishima's drinking buddy, Takeshi, did not want to be identified, but told the ABC he's stunned by the news. (ABC News: Yumi Asada)

They also often went to the local bathhouse since Satoshi Kirishima's home lacked a bath.

"When I asked him, 'Why did you come here?' he said, 'I followed a friend from university and came to the city,'" Takeshi Ito said. 

"He told me that his family owned a fish shop. He said he was from Okayama. But when he got drunk, he spoke in Hiroshima dialect."

I do not speak Japanese but I do know Kanto and Kansai accent. But I did not know there is other regional accent in Japan.

Takeshi Ito is struggling to come to terms that his friend was a wanted terrorist.

"Even during those rebellious times when he was a student, he probably followed those people because he got drunk. He wasn't a leader type," he said. 

"I feel sorry for him."

Very interesting point but even it is true I do not think telling the judge I got drunk and became a terrorist would work well in court.

The family of Satoshi Kirishima are refusing to take his body.

So, the final farewells will fall to his mates.

"When things settle down, we'd like to have a farewell party for him," Takeshi Ito said.

If it really happens, good on him for doing it for his mate.

Unlike their Chinese counterparts, Japanese automakers including Toyota -- reconfirmed on Tuesday as the world's largest company by unit sales -- also make huge volumes of vehicles in other countries.

In 2022, vehicle production in Japan excluding motorcycles totalled 7.84 million units, but overseas production was almost 17 million units

Mitsubishi, Mazda and Honda have factories in other countries, too. Their cars sold here down under are all manufactured in Thailand. Japan still is kinda no. 1.

The mail-in survey of 3,000 Japanese nationals aged 18 or older living in the country, received valid responses from 1,649, or 55.0 percent. The government started conducting similar polls in 1975 to help formulate its foreign policy.

Only 1,649 valid responses. I would say it is only enough data for a study in a perferture.

Why is this article congratulating this evil woman ?

Its supporting illegal gang idolization

I do not think this article is congratulating this woman. It just tells her story. Well, readers can have different opinions after reading it.