Comments by "Maurice W" (@Mwoods2272) on "The Wall Street Journal" channel.

  1. They are called Kits now, had to cut costs so the Kats had to go.
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  2.  @Neuzahnstein  The profitable station help keep open the non-profitable stations. There are some stations in the countryside that have nobody working in them and have a very small ridership.
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  3. The commuter pass makes the Tokyo system a revenue loser, because they aren't getting the full amount for the people that use it especially since they can use the pass to stop at any places between their home and job.
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  4. In the US, people that use public transport are looked down on, it's for the low class and downtrodden. If you have money, you have a car. If you don't have money, you take the bus and the train or walk.
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  5. That also means the Metro isn't getting the full value from the commuter because of the discounted price. Just think of how much more profitable they would be if the commuters paid the full fare.
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  6. It's simple, I pay someone $10 an hour and now have to pay $15 an hour, where am I going to get the extra money to pay them as a businesses owner?
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  7. I'm tired of people bringing up the hanko practice. They make it seem hanko is used for everything which is the contrary. Not totally gone but places take signatures now.
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  8. Only 8% for food products.
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  9. Most people in Japan get paid about 2 dollars an hour.
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  10. Japan has the worst rail system in the world.
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  11.  @Sorensenator86  Agreed but somehow that gets ignored. The guy on the piece also said prices of goods and services won't go up and people will still have the same hours.
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  12. He also said the price increase was 6.8 percent so the extra 3 percent.
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  13. Family Mart tried to enter the US market in Los Angeles with Japanese style conbini and the company lasted 3 years. It didn't catch on with American consumers.
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  14. Pretty soon there won't be a Big Mac but you will still the same price.
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  15. So I guess, you are happy when prices go up.
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  16.  @feliciasuharja4466  Japan's suicide rate is 16.5 per 100,000, the US isn't too far behind at 14.5 per 100,000. Japan rate has declining for the past decade while US is increasing.
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  17. Foreigners make up 3% of the total population of Japan.
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