Youtube comments of Yo2 (@yo2trader539).

  1. War is good business for defense contractors, as usual.
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  2. No wonder China needs autonomous driving.
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  3. どこに行っても問題を起こすのは何故なんでしょ。
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  4. Q. Who won the Afghan war? A. Military contractors.
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  5. Why would you announce a tactical retreat before your troops complete the move?
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  6. Russian military tactics has always been crazy. And it's not just this war.
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  7. That's what he did in Ukraine and Crimea too. He is to blame for today's wars in former Soviet Union.
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  8. I was under the impression that a winter military campaign is always a terrible idea.
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  9. Some incorrect and incomplete information is provided in this video. Ainu people are a mixture of Jomon and Okhotsk people. They have traditionally lived in Hokkaido, Karafuto/Sakhalin, and Chishima/Kuril islands. However, we know that various Ainu dialects--even on Hokkaido alone--were not always mutually intelligible. All modern Japanese carry Jomon DNA to varying degrees. Ainu people have the highest (about 70%) Haplogroup D admixture. The second highest are the residents of Southern Kyushu, Amami, and Okinawa. Jomon people came to Japan sometime during the last ice age, over 12,000 years ago when Hokkaido and Karafuto was still connected to the continent. However Ainu also carry unique genes which derive from Okhotsk people that cannot be found in other parts of Japan. Genetic studies of Okhotsk bones indicate similarities with groups such as Nivkh in Karafuto/Sakhalin, Ulch in Amur river delta, as well as Itelmens/Kamchadal and Koryak of Kamchatka peninsula. Archaeological findings of Okhotsk people on the northern shores of Hokkaido are dated between 3rd and 13th century AD. The Okhotsk tribes were known to seasonally migrate, depending on the conditions of drifting ice.
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  10. English is the primary language in International/American schools in Japan, so it would be really odd if they weren't fluent in English.
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  11. ダム決壊を防ぐため、一か所を小規模爆破して排水ペースを増やすという発想が斬新。爆破した箇所から決壊しない自信があるということなんだろうか。
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  12. If you've grown up in major cities in Japan, it's not that rare to have had half-Japanese classmates in school. Sometimes we don't even notice because they're mixed with those from neighboring countries (often Korean, Chinese, Taiwanese, Vietnamese, or Filipino), or mixed with Nikkei-Brazilians & Peruvians. Half-Japanese kids with a Japanese education and Japanese surname will be treated as Japanese as the rest of the population. (Lately, there are quite a few successful half-Filipino models, singers, and actors/actresses in Japan.) However, half-Japanese or even full-Japanese kids who were raised abroad and didn't have any opportunity to receive Japanese education (such as "HOSHUKO" aka Saturday School) and aren't fluent in Japanese language, culture, and norms will most likely be treated as any other foreigner in Japan. Frankly, foreign-nationals who are fluent in Japanese language/culture will be appreciated far more within Japanese society than Japanese Descendants who don't speak any Japanese at all. In other words, it's not whether you're half-Japanese or not that matters in Japan.
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  13. This is Taliban way of saying thank you Pakistan.
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  14. FUWAKU (不惑＝四十にして惑わず), means to be no longer confused in life. This phrase derives directly from a passage in RONGO (論語) or "The Analects of Confucius." It refers to a famous tale regarding the life of Confucius (孔子) who was seeking ideal rulers to advise/serve in his younger years only to be repeatedly disappointed, and only when he reached 40 years-old he finally realized that his purpose/mission in life was to teach others. Thus, 40 years of age was historically referred to as FUWAKU (不惑) in Japan. This is a story from 2,500 years ago in Northern China when living 60 years was considered longevity and celebrated. To date, some people in Japan still have the CHANCHANKO ritual at 60 years old, as the ETO 干支 "calendar" has circled one cycle of life. If you attend a decent junior-highshool and senior-highschool in Japan, you most definitely would learn this story at one point. Passages from RONGO (論語) and other famous historical texts (as well as the meaning/reason behind them) are often part of high-school and university entrance exams.
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  15. 日本が甘いの分かってわざと持ちこんでる。逮捕して、罰金して、入国拒否にしてくれ。
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  16. How spoiled and entitled do you have to be in order to think like them?
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  17. Those casualty figures would be difficult to hide, even in Russia.
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  18. I had no idea Russian drama would be so interesting. Very creative, far better than Hollywood.
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  19. こういう方こそ日本の宝だと思います。
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  20. I don't think it's just about physical appearance. The question is would people in Japan recognize a person with a foreign-surname to be Japanese. Historically, Japanese government didn't grant natural-born citizenship to children of foreign fathers until 1985. Conversely, children of Japanese emigrants under male lineage were able to maintain Japanese citizenship because they were considered overseas-born Japanese. It's why the former President of Peru was a natural-born Japanese citizen. (Japanese Citizenship Law was revised in 1984, banning dual-citizenship after adult-age, and allowing children of foreign fathers to have citizenship.) In other words, Japanese society historically didn't view children of foreign fathers to be Japanese. And this perspective dates back to ancient practices, like the times when "UJI (氏)" or clans were still in use. Japanese society has always been organized and structured around paternal lineage. People inherit surnames, family registry, tombs, land, rituals and customs predominantly from the paternal side. And when a daughter marries, she becomes a member of her husband's family/clan. (To date, you're registered and recognized as a member of your father's family/clan in the KOSEKI, unless you're child of a single-mother, or if you become a MUKO-YOUSHI 婿養子. And it's customary for the wife to adopt the surname of the husband when legally married.) Thus, if you have a completely foreign surname and a foreign father...it's possible that Japanese people may not recognize you as Japanese. But I doubt people in Japan would consider TAKAHASHI Ran, MUROFUSHI Koji, SAKAI Gohtoku, AKIMOTO Sayaka, HAYAMI Mokomichi, or SAWAJIRI Erika to be foreigners just because they have foreign mothers. They have Japanese surnames, upbringing, education, and native fluency in language/culture. (It's also why many Taiwanese, Chinese, and Koreans have chosen Japanese surnames when they naturalize to Japanese citizenship. Having lived among Japanese people, they know that they would be considered a foreigner if they have a non-Japanese name.) Having said, there is only one thing that is more important than all of the above. It's cultural upbringing and education. Both of your parents can be Japanese, you may have a Japanese first and last name, but if you are not fluent in Japanese language and culture, you won't be treated Japanese, regardless of your ancestry or citizenship. It's because Japanese people share a language, culture, history, mindset, mannerism...and most importantly identity. In real life, those qualities are how a Japanese person will identify another Japanese person.
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  21. I fear way too much propaganda--like duty or honour or right vs wrong--is directed towards Americans when it comes to military affairs. It's just war. Someone high up decided it's in US national interests to remove Saddam. No different from Panama or Libya. The primary role of the US military is to serve US interests. Nothing more, nothing less. Militaries rarely get to decide when, where, why, how or with whom to fight.
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  22. The last line was brutal. I remember Beijing air-spraying grass with green paint when IOC members visited to decide the Olympics.
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  23. I wish more international media can enter and report from Donbass. Right now, information is mostly coming from the Ukrainian perspective. International media has turned into a Ukrainian propaganda machine because that's the main source of information on this conflict.
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  24. Easy to invade, difficult to defend.
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  25. ロシア国内で報道されて、確実に愛国心を高揚させるのに利用される。国の代表である大使を侮辱する影響は強烈な記憶として残る。
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  26. Both invaded and screwed by Spain, so that makes sense.
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  27. I don't know if it's better, it's just based on different mission requirements. The FSX project (later known as F-2) was designed as a dual-purpose jet. The most important requirement for Japan was that the FSX can carry heavy Anti-Ship Missiles against an enemy naval invasion. The original idea was for F-15s to gain air superiority, while the F-2s to fly low under the radar and launch anti-ship missiles against enemy naval assets. It's why the top camouflage is mimicking the sea/ocean.
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  28. How arrogant do you have to be think Peru is "America's backyard?"
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  29. Sharing borders with the largest economy in the world is both a blessing and a curse. Ecuador was bound to happen. It makes economic sense to use Ecuador as an export hub due to its shipping network and financial system. As long as there is demand...
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  30. 中国の原発について知らないのかね？
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  31. Russia should stay out of the war too.
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  32. Venezuela, Nicaragua and Syria...still had a functioning government?
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  33. You guys were still in Iraq?
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  34. When political leaders say diplomatic talks were "useful and substantive"....I suspect that means there was no agreement on anything significant. Simply exchanging views, which I suppose is better than not talking at all.
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  35. I'm confused with Russian strategy. How does annexing and invading parts of Ukraine prevent Ukrainians from wishing to join NATO/EU?
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  36. 制限しないと危険な事になりそう。
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  37. 国家のトップが不安を煽ると余計に混乱するから、戦争が始まって同じことを言うしかないでしょうね。
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  38. Why mix up 移民 (Immigrants) and 難民 (Refugees or asylum-seekers) in your interview? And 定住外国人 are not necessarily 移民. They are foreign-nationals who work, study, or live in Japan with visas. In the most narrow interpretation, 移民 to Japan would be those who naturalize to Japanese citizenship or receive permanent residency status each year.
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  39. アサヒは理念や倫理観がしっかりしてるね。
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  40. 増税ばっかり政府に求める団体が詐欺いうなよ。
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  41. If I remember correctly, Japan's countless earthquake experiences demonstrate that many can survive the first 72 to 96 hours. That's why speed and coordination is key.
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  42. Taliban was in control before the US invaded Afghanistan, so we're just right back to square one.
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  43. So much better than 5,000 helmets from Germany, esp considering the economic size of Lithuania.
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  44. Head of government staging a coup? That sounds strange.
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  45. Instead of funding the Taliban or developing nukes, they should've just invested in their own country's infrastructure.
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  46. Black Sea region has been important since...beginning of history.
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  47. 思ったより威力が弱いのね。
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  48. I recall depleted uranium shells did cause a health problem in Italy's island where NATO forces conducted live fire exercises.
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  49. 明日は我が身。
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  50. The same-type of gold/silver-engraved mirror with dragon patterns(金銀錯嵌珠龍文鉄鏡) found from Cao Cao's tomb was also discovered in Kyushu, Japan. So far only one has been discovered in all of Japan. Because this mirror type was rare and precious even in China, some scholars suspect it was a gift from Wei dynasty to Himiko (卑弥呼) in early 3rd century.
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  51. National sport: Football and Protesting
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  52. I never knew you guys were competing with China.
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  53. It could've been a carefully orchestrated diversion/distraction. During the international media frenzy, Russian regular forces may have been doing something somewhere. I don't believe one can take over a Russian regional HQ without heavy resistance and causalities on both sides.
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  54. どこの国の放送局ですか？
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  55. 日本の経済水域に入る違法漁船も来ないで欲しい。
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  56. This is interesting in terms of architecture. BUT often times the main problem is not about buildings and facilities. It's about NOT having enough money to pay for the teachers.
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  57. A more conservative preference in politics, economy, society, or culture would be a natural reaction to sudden influx of external influence or economic hardship. It's not good or bad, it's just a result of previous policies. This was bound to happen when migration started increasing from the 1990s in conjunction with increasing power of the EU over state affairs.
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  58. Flooding is part of a natural cycle. In fact, it's needed in agriculture to keep the soil fertile. Pakistan has money to develop nuclear weapons. They can take care of themselves.
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  59. 開発業者と癒着してる行政も償わせろよ。
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  60. 不法滞在が30年間も放置されてたことが、そもそも政府の失態だと思います。
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  61. More you rescue, more will come.
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  62. Acceptance in any society really depends on each person's mindset, education, personality, mannerism, behavior, etc. If you listen to how they speak English/Japanese, you'll know that some of them don't have a formal Japanese education. Being raised as an expat is not exactly the same as being raised as a local. We've had various naturalized citizens serving as politicians in Japan. But as long you're legally and technically a foreign citizen, there will always be certain restrictions (as in any country).
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  63. Was the UNRWA guy so clueless that he didn't know his organization was involved?
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  64. I'm watching this after the news that a Filipino family planned and murdered a Filipino mother and her half-Japanese daughter for money. It was precious money the mother and daughter slowly saved over the years to purchase a house in the Philippines. (The daughter reportedly worked for ANA group in Japan). Once you leave the Philippines, it may be safer to never look back because evidently even your own family members can target you.
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  65. I can't think of a reason why anybody would want to occupy Sweden.
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  66. Sadly, external intervention neither will help nor hurt unless Haiti is directly managed by a foreign power afterwards. You can kill or capture as many gangs yet somebody else will fill their shoes as long as poverty and corruption remains. Only Haitians can fix Haiti.
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  67. I suspect that's exactly how indigenous people of Americas perceived European migrants and their slaves for the past few hundred years.
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  68. These estimates, if accurate, can give us a clue on Russian casualty figures. It also can be hints for what type of battles the Russian side is expecting in the next phase. Large numbers of less trained lightly-armed infantry could be preparation for street fighting in Urban cities. Perhaps something like a Stalingrad?
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  69. ​ @playmakersmusic Confucianism was never big in Japan. It was studied by scholars more as a policy tool during the Edo era. Japanese culture, norms, mannerism, and worldview stems from Japanese Shinto and Buddhist religious beliefs. Taiwan and Korean peninsula received varying degree of Japanese education and cultural influence during Japanese administration. But the impact to people today is debatable. Their behavior is not as bad as mainland Chinese, but still some of their behavior is very different from Japanese people.
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  70. They're basically sleeper agents like many Chinese immigrants abroad.
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  71. Because Germany is under Russian influence, to say the least.
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  72. You need to cut all diplomatic ties.
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  73. The courage of your journalist for visiting the frontline is beyond impressive.
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  74. Predicting what Putin may or may not do is a terrible idea. Just be prepared either way.
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  75. When one side wants war, there's really not much to talk about.
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  76. 才能凄い。
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  77. I remember when the Prius first came out. Toyota had to modify the car and include a fake motor sound because they were too quiet and dangerous for pedestrians when they were driving on batteries.
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  78.  @hollynonya6991  Do you seriously believe that Kenyan police officers can tell who's who in Haiti? They don't even speak French or Haitian Creole, how are they going to identify friend from foe?
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  79. It's modern-day Opium War.
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  80. People born during the Soviet era: First time?
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  81. I've heard Japanese earthquake experts say that on paper latest Turkish building code is at par with Japanese and US standards. But laws and regulations are only useful if you can enforce them.
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  82. Brave people exist everywhere. Appearances are so deceiving.
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  83. So America for the Native Americans?
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  84. おめでとうございます。
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  85. The issue is far beyond freedom of speech. It's society telling you that Muslim refugees and immigrants cannot be integrated.
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  86.  @carolsakaguchi3739  As for Japanese communication, a lot of it is non-verbal. We can communicate among ourselves or show approval/disapproval without verbally expressing it. The fact that you can't understand it suggests that your understanding of Japanese language, culture, or norms is insufficient. In other words, you're still a tourist. There are plenty of foreigners who do well in Japan, but they are "native" in terms of language, culture, and mindset, which is the essence of being Japanese. Regardless of nationality, I believe we do judge people by skill, class, upbringing, education-level, personality, etc. Obviously, we don't open up to strangers who we don't know, trust, or find interesting....but that's like half of the world.
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  87. 完全に汚染されとる。
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  88. I think it's always bad policy when you're giving wealthy people tax credits. Taxation should be the exact opposite.
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  89. Japanese companies developed rechargeable Lithium-Ion batteries decades ago for portable electronics such as cellphones, laptops, and walkmans. They were never designed for extreme temperatures nor for collisions/external shocks. I have heard some freight planes and ships refuse transportation of batteries due to the potential danger.
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  90. Historical, cultural, or ethnic affiliations aside, it can't be easy to be positioned between Russia and NATO. The moment Belarus shows interest in detaching from Russia, I suspect the same thing may happen to Belarus as it did with Ukraine. Showing enough political support to Russia to extract economic benefits, but not getting too involved and maintaining autonomy is an extremely difficult needle to thread. They know they're walking a fine line to maintain their independence.
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  91. Afghans need saving from Allah.
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  92. 栄転させろ。
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  93. 警護が必要だね。
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  94. Well if you don't want Ukraine to join NATO don't invade them and annex their territory. Many Warsaw Pact states joined NATO because they themselves were treated so poorly by the Russians during the Cold War.
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  95. CIS出身という表現なので、ロシア以外からの兵士の可能性もある。イスラム教だから中央アジアのどこかかも。
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  96.  @FaFa-cq8dv  It won't matter for most of the troops, cuz most of them don't die from gun fire in a real war. The helmet's intended purpose is to protect you from fragments from artillery, mortars, mines, bombs, missiles, etc. In fact, 70-80% of the wounded or dead on Ukrainian or Russian forces are from such attacks, just like many previous wars. The human head is not that different from the thickness of a watermelon. Thus, any protection is better than nothing. Sure, the lighter the better. But the lighter the more expensive, which means not enough to go around for all units.
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  97. The long-distance heavy duty trucks and buses that currently use diesel will probably shift to hydrogen too.
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  98. It's not hilarious. It's a symbolic act based on a political will/decision from the highest echelon of North Korea leadership. It's not the act that concerns neighboring countries, it's the reasoning/logic behind their actions. It's been reported that North Korea has been planting additional land mines, removing train tracks, etc. They also have removed "peaceful reunification" from their political agenda around end of last year. Again, nothing is hilarious.
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  99. Why did you assume you survive in Japan without Japanese?
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  100. Aiding an enemy especially in wartime is treason in any country.
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  101. 人望が無い人は無理でしょ。
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  102. Japanese culture is Japanese religion and vice versa. The two are so intertwined, we could no longer tell the difference. And it shows in everyday customs, vocabulary, poetry, gardens, architecture, cuisine, clothing, social interaction, tourism, or aesthetics. Practices such as 御屠蘇, 盛り塩, 地鎮祭, or 初詣, gardens such as 枯山水, or concepts such as Wabi-Sabi and 断捨離 are so embedded and integral to Japanese life, nobody really thinks they are religious in nature. In 7th century, Japanese diplomats visited 住吉大社 and prayed for a safe sea voyage when they had to make the life-threatening trip to Sui and Tang Dynasties. Nowadays, we pay visits to shrines to purchase お守りfor protection from car accidents, pass entrance exams, or wishing for 安産. Many Japanese festivals (お祭り) are originally related to Shinto Shrines and Buddhist Temples, which is why 祀る and 祭り have the same cognate. As such, Japanese religion is Japanese culture, and Japanese culture is Japanese religion.
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  103. Many of the ISIS brides from the UK were teenagers. How do grow up in the UK, and one day leave for Syria?
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  104. If this was an elaborate ploy to relocate Wagner units to Belarus...my hats off to Russian screenwriters, most likely FSB.
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  105. エネルギーや食品の輸入に依存する日本にとっても大惨事だわ。
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  106. I'm not so convinced it has anything to do with the regime. Given the violent history of Islamic expansion and forced conversion, even ordinary people don't want Muslims in Asia. They are so different in their values, they just can't be integrated into society. And we're talking about a country that has clear ethnic tensions with various non-Burmese groups. It seems none of them want anything to do with Muslims either.
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  107. Most modern people in Hungary don't have Magyar genetic ancestry, and most people in Anatolia don't have Turkic genetic ancestry. Original Turkic people are East Eurasian as Turkic homeland is in South Siberia and Mongolia. But you're correct that Turkic Avars ruled Hungary/Romania before the Magyars arrived, and Magyars arrived through lands ruled by various Turkic clans. It's why Magyar/Hungarian languages carries many proto-Turkic words.
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  108. It's cruel to ask poor countries to participate in sanctions knowing that it will hurt many struggling families. Germany is wealthy enough to pay for non-Russian energy. Bulgaria is already providing munition to Ukraine despite historical ties with Russia.
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  109. Please protect the Japanese from these foreign bioterrorists
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  110. But she does look like she's a teenager.
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  111.  @emikomina  地上の誘導と一部のパイロットの飲酒に関係性はない。通常は地上誘導のミス。
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  112. Nazis and now Russians...what it is about Argentina.
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  113.  @tejasmisra9115  That is a myth and propaganda from the Tokugawa Shogunate. By restricting foreign contact, what the Tokugawa regime did was to monopolize the trade and information flow. Dutch and Chinese ships were allowed access to Nagasaki all thru the Edo period (AD1603--1868). Trades with China (as well as other European ships that docked in China) were also conducted indirectly through the Ryukyu Kingdom, which the Satsuma-clan controlled throughout the Edo era. We know from various publications and inventions during the Edo period that European advances in fields such as medicine, technology, or astronomy were slowly but continuously being communicated to Japan. You could also see some influences of Japanese art in specific European artists/painters as well.
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  114. Ippei was raised in the US, Shohei was raised in Japan. There is a huge difference between the two.
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  115. It would be rather funny if the US responded by recognizing Chechnya as an independent nation.
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  116. Myanmar ethnic wars are difficult to follow without local knowledge. Next time, can you please explain how many military factions exist in Shan State and their relations to each other? And on whose orders does Wa State Army follow?
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  117. そのまま帰ってこなくて良いと思う。
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  118. 戦争を逃れてる来てるけど、ウクライナに戻るのが前提やしな・・・
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  119. "Companies with ties to Israel"...isn't that like half of US companies in Tech, Defense, Financials, Pharmaceuticals, Energy, Consumer Staples...to Automakers? If you own an index fund, you're already invested in a company that has some degree of business ties with the Israeli market. How can a university endowment divest from that?
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  120. 感情的に意見ばかりを押し付ける人はジャーナリストとしては無能。インタビュアーの仕事は少しでも引き出すこと。
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  121. Having fought the Russians in the past and knowing how they behaved in Germany for many decades, how were the Germans able to misunderstand Russia? That's the part I never understood.
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  122. この人も一緒に強制送還できるように法改正してください。
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  123. Had she stayed in Japan, she would've been a doctor or something. She was really smart while she was attending regular Japanese public school. But her family was extremely poor and couldn't afford to let her attend Japanese public high-school, so she went to study in a pro-DPRK high-school on scholarship. She is famous in Japan because she is one of the few who sued the North Korean government in Japanese court for deceiving pro-DPRK Koreans to "return" to North Korea. The irony is that most of the Zainichi Koreans were not from northern parts of Korean peninsula. (They originate in southern locations that used to Japonic until around 4-5th century.) Even the maternal grandfather of the current North Korean leader is from Jeju island. The grandfather was deported from Japan and went to North Korea in 1962. He was arrested and deported for smuggling South Koreans into Japan. The late mother of the current leader was born and raised in Osaka, Japan.
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  124. "The Taliban has made public commitments..." and who in the world is naive enough to believe them?
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  125. If you grow poppies instead of food, what do you think was gonna happen?
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  126. If you live in a Hurricane/Typhoon region, don't get an EV. Electricity and Telecommunication is the first to go.
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  127. It looks like somewhere in the Middle-East or Africa.
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  128. I respectfully disagree. Putin has been planning this for years. His inner circles must have considered all possibilities, including a nuclear scenario if US/NATO intervenes on behalf of Ukraine. Whatever backlash there may be--political, economic, or military--it appears that Putin decided that it was in Russia's best interest to reshape Ukraine policy. In other words, Putin took action because he firmly believes that the security needs of Russia champion everything else, including personal or national reputation. (You may agree with them or not, but they perceive Ukraine joining NATO as an existential threat to Russia.) This is exactly why both Finland and Sweden refrained from joining NATO during the Cold War. To ensure their independence and survival, they didn't want to side with either camp. I hate to say this but Ukraine failed to understand their geopolitical environment. If they wanted to side with EU/NATO, they should've armed themselves to the teeth. Russian intentions were made clear to the world after 2014, and Ukraine had years to prepare itself.
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  129. Are Russian cruise missiles technologically-advanced or is it that Ukrainian air-defense still needs major improvement? I don't know if 7 out of 10 would be considered an accomplishment or a failure in other countries. I'm surprised that Russia still has the ability to attack from such distance.
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  130. The thing is, he never played for money.
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  131.  @RouterSystem-70  My college cafeteria was very racially segregated. I wonder why.
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  132. I thought it has been a common smuggling route for drugs. The routes and guides work for the cartel, don't they?
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  133. 性別・年齢・体重・人種などを考慮せず、同じ投与量なのが自分は不思議でならないです。
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  134. 免税は廃止すべきだよ。
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  135. 明智光秀は若いころから細川藤孝を知ってるわけだし、細川忠興の正室は明智光秀の娘。細川家と事前に相談しなかった理由はどこにあるんでしょう？計画的ではなかったということなのだろうか。
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  136. If you're interviewing, please let the guy speak.
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  137. He's American educated.
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  138. How is it that media reports by other sources imply residents of Mariupol have a completely opposite view from the official Ukrainian narrative? Some reports say ethnic Russians in Mariupol feel they were under siege by Azov for the past eight years and now they're finally reunited with their own people. I have never been to Mariupol so I simply wish to know the local sentiment. Additionally, I presume ordinary citizens don't get to evacuate into nuclear shelters. That privilege is likely reserved for friends and families of Ukrainian authorities.
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  139. This dude ordered a hit on his half brother using VX. He also executed his aunt's husband. They live in a harsh world.
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  140. I doubt culture belongs to anybody.
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  141. It goes back to British colonization. Ethnicity was fluid before the British, and Brits promoted certain groups to suppress other groups. People are victims of the Divide and Conquer policy.
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  142. ４０年も日本にいたら、もう少し日本語がうまくなるはずだけど・・・
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  143. Afghans are Talibans.
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  144. 数年前までは西側メディアではネオナチ民兵って報道されただけど・・・
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  145. 最近、モルドバの女性首相が積極的にEU加盟に向けて頑張ってるから。ちょっと脅してみたのかも。
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  146. If you actually have to beg for weapons after being invaded, you don't stand a chance. Each weapon system requires specialized training programs to use and maintain effectively in combat. Some sophisticated and expensive ones take years to master. And it's only useful if you have military plans to best utilize the weapons.
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  147. So you can get arrested for that? What a horrible place to be born.
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  148. Over-population. Why do they have so many kids?
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  149. Yemen?
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  150. In Japanese language, ostriches are called "Dachou (駝鳥)". Nobody writes the word in Kanji as it's mostly written in Katakana. I never realized but the Kanji used is "Camel (駱駝)" & "Bird." By the way, Japanese historical records show that ostriches were first brought into Japan for show from South Africa (by the Dutch East India Company) in 1658.
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  151. Syrian government, regime, nor military no longer exists, which I believe was the point the professor was making. Now it has become a lawless land.
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  152. Russian troops withdrew for better defensive positions, so I don't think characterizing it as pushed out to be accurate. Defending a large city on the front lines drains a lot of resources, and now Ukraine has to do it.
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  153. Please stop attacking Asian people in the US.
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  154. 免税おかしいでしょ。
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  155. Sadly, it won't matter. France or Russia won't be able to stabilize the region unless they figure out how to fix the source of the problem, which was/is always water scarcity and poverty. Militaries may be able to fight terrorists but they can't eliminate the reason why some regions have turned so violent and radical.
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  156. 良いことを仰いますね。全く同意です。
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  157. War of Terror...
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  158. トルコ国籍の2割ほどがクルド系だし、イスタンブールとその周辺地域にはクルド系だけで300万人ほど住んでいる。なので普通に生活してたらクルド人だから迫害されてるという事はない。反政府活動に関与してたり、独立運動に身に置いてたら別だけど。
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  159. Oh please. Nicaragua has more pressing issues than Gaza.
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  160. No landing gear and flaps would imply it was an intentional decision to minimize drag. From a failed go-around and not be able to climb (probably due to engine issues) to crash landing on the runaway was less than a few minutes. It seems that pilots were more worried about not making it to the runway. However, all the electronics/recordings seem to have stopped working around the bird-strike...so we don't know what was by choice and what was not.
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  161. 既に日本は満員御礼
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  162. Based on statistics from Japan's Tourism Office, 2.4 mn Chinese nationals visited Japan during Jan-Dec 2023, compared to 6.95 mn South Koreans, 4.2 mn Taiwanese, 2.1 mn HK residents, and 2 mn US citizens. The remaining visitors are mostly from Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Canada, UK, and Australia. In total, 25 million foreign nationals visited Japan in 2023, and frankly that figure is near the upper limit that Japan can accommodate per year (in terms of capacity of airports, hotels, and other transportation/tourism infrastructure). Currently, there is a ban in place for Chinese group tourism from the Chinese government. I think it was initially introduced as COVID measures, yet it's still maintained probably for political or economic reasons. Ironically, the ban is well-appreciated in Japan by tourists and locals alike since Chinese group tourists have the worst possible manners and reputation. I don't know much about tourist visas, but relatively-affluent Chinese tourists are still able to visit Japan.
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  163. She's American. "Race" and "abusive husband" should indicate how she perceives the world. What she would not admit is weak governments cannot feed people either.
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  164. So Ukraine can use foreign drones but Russia can't?
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  165. Go to Qatar.
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  166. Some of these captured weapons/ammunition may be sold off to other extremist groups elsewhere.
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  167. Getting involved in another country's ethnic, religious, or separatist conflicts under the banner of counter-terrorism is a terrible idea. You risk alienating an entire ethnic group, region, or faith. Such policy will have impact for generations.
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  168. Same story everywhere. Poor governance, inequality, and Chinese encroachment.
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  169. Nations can even officially declare wars on Twitter? Oh my my
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  170. Which is exactly NATO expansion. Russia needs Ukraine and Belarus to be a buffer zone between Russia and NATO. Whether we agree or not, Russia sees Ukraine joining NATO as an existential threat to their own survival.
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  171. 東京で働く日系コロンビア人に会ったことがありますが、強烈に面白い人でした。醸し出す雰囲気や服の着こなし、ヘアスタイルにまでラテンのノリが感じられて、大人になってからは身に付かないかも・・・。 貴方のように仕事レベルで日本語・英語・スペイン語の3か国語を使いこなせる人は日本社会では本当に貴重な存在なので、ぜひとも長く日本にいてくださいね。金融機関、商社、大使館、大学など多くの業界で重宝されると思います。日本語・英語が話せる人はたくさんいますけど、日本語・スペイン語・英語が仕事レベルで使えて専門分野のある人は凄く貴重です。日本とラテンアメリカを結ぶ起業も面白いと思います。
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  172. Passing as an American...is an insult for many.
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  173. There won't be a UK auto-sector for much long.
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  174. That's funny considering the US "infringed" on Hawaiians.
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  175. 若い時に貴重な時間と労力を国防に捧げたのに、申し訳無いと思う必要は無い。ただホンマに安全保障環境が戦争直前みたいな雰囲気でヤバなったら、OBにも声がかかる可能性が高いと思います。その時に動けるように日々鍛錬しておくのも国防には重要かと思う。ご存知のように現役人数にも厚みがないし、補充や代替要員となる予備役部隊も規模が小さすぎる。継戦能力が無さすぎるのが昔からの課題。 戦前だったら現在の消防団の前身が空襲後の消化などを担当してた。今の消防団にはその能力も意欲も規模も無い。しかもミサイルの時代。先の大戦の米軍爆撃機による空爆と異なり、備える時間も圧倒的に無い。
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  176. This "supplier" is the former Wichita division of Boeing, right? I sometimes wonder whether this is a Boeing specific issue or a reflection of current state of American industrial capabilities.
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  177. Ippei grew up in the US. His mindset and behavior is American.
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  178. I don't think Sweden or Finland was ever truly "neutral." They were armed to the teeth during the Cold War, and not against NATO.
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  179.  @lil-g4879  They're not second-class citizens, they're not citizens at all. They're called "Zainichi Koreans" in Japan because they're not Japanese citizens. It's strongly discouraged within the Zainichi Korean community to obtain Japanese citizenship, because they believe they're only in Japan temporarily and that they will return to Korean peninsula eventually. They consider themselves Korean war refugees. They have their own schools, credit unions, and businesses. The real problem is they don't want to return to the Korean peninsula (even though it's been safe for the past half century) nor do they wish to become Japanese citizens. Because of their choices, they've become outcasts in Japan, South Korea, and North Korea. Our citizenship law is fairly simple. Either you're Japanese citizen or you're not. They can go through the naturalization if they wish to become Japanese.
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  180. When ethnic separatists win the war, Myanmar will implode because the Military regime is only social institution holding the country together. Once the regime is gone, Myanmar will most likely splinter into 5 to 6 small countries. Many Myanmar citizens will be getting new passports. I do hope it doesn't turn into a Syria or Afghanistan creating mass exodus.
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  181. Nissan is shutting an assembly plant in Jiangsu Province. It's a Joint-Venture with a Chinese company and manufactures 10% of production volume in China. Most foreign automakers are not willing to sell cars at a loss like Chinese automakers, which is why they're cutting production in China and firing local employees. Unfortunately, Nissan is still cleaning up after the disgusting mess from Carlos Ghosn era.
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  182. It's called international school.
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  183. That's what people said when Honda first started making cars and later jets or when Toyota first introduced their hybrids. They think in decades not in quarters.
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  184. The US should introduce a resolution on Tibetans and Uygurs and see how the Chinese would vote.
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  185. VW made €10bn in 1H2024. It doesn't take a genius to figure out VW is playing chess with the German government.
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  186. 国内・離島への輸送を想定したC-2の航続距離や搭載量は少ないですね。もう一回り大きな輸送機も開発して欲しい。
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  187. Lebanese are doing it to themselves. Nobody can help Lebanon from the Lebanese.
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  188. Stellantis is a European-based company with a dozen brands in their portfolio. They don't care if some brands survive or not. US has too many dealerships as well. And you should look at August European sales. Not just BEVs, the entire car market is struggling. Post-pandemic purchases are over, inventory has normalized, economic outlook is weak, and sales are rapidly slowing down. It's why Stellantis and VW are talking about production cuts.
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  189.  @mikloridden8276  That's surprising to hear. I assumed LA would be most accepting towards Japanese as well as Mexicans. If I remember correctly, Japanese and Mexican immigrants used to live near each other in LA (before the internment). Would it be okay to ask, within the "racist segregated cesspool" which group was most hostile towards you?
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  190. He sounds sane compared to rest of Americans leadership.
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  191. Cavemen in a five-star hotel...
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  192. History of China is full of massive floods, thus building dams for flood prevention, irrigation, and hydro-power does make sense. The problem is more with internal distribution of fiscal resources. Too much is allocated for military and overseas projects, robbing necessary financial commitment for domestic needs. That is a byproduct of China's political decision making process and deliberate underinvestment in lands for ethinic minorities.
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  193. Why in the world would we want potential terrorists in our country?
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  194. There must have been numerous border-crossings from Venezuela to Mexico. I can't believe people are allowed to pass through all the countries in between.
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  195. 菅は何としてもコロナを拡散したいみたいだね。
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  196. How many leaders do they have?
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  197. Why do poor countries have so many kids?
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  198. That kind of logic doesn't work on Slavic people. Russian mentality: What's mine is mine. What your's is mine too.
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  199. French Christmas is vibrant.
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  200. What do we get in return for helping Ukraine? This has been a massive financial and economic drain for all the countries that placed sanctions on Russia. Ukraine can't survive without NATO weapons and assistance, neither can they survive without Russian natural gas. Ukraine needs to realize that the world can't support them forever.
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  201. I presume it's because Russian forces are on strict orders to minimize causalities.
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  202. I didn't know Libya ever ended its civil war.
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  203. I always return to the same question. Where did they get the stones, and how did they transport them? Imagine trying to build one of these structures today, it'll be a logistic nightmare.
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  204. Why would French, Germans, Danes, Swedes, etc wish to get involved in fighting against the separatists in the first place?
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  205. Don't be offended. Kyoto people are known to be rather intimidating to people from other parts of Japan too. It's an aristocratic culture. However, once they get to know you well, they will protect you.
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  206. Old Chinese records on Turkic people always comment on their superior metal skills, which is interesting for a nomadic people because they need to be close to iron ore deposits. In Japan, places like BIZEN (備前) became famous for their swords because iron sand was common in the Izumo region. The Gokturks (突厥) were recorded as the 「鍛鉄奴隷」or the "Iron-making serfs/slaves" of the Mongolic Rouran Khaganate (柔然). The various Turkic people living in/around their traditional homeland in the Altai Mountains to the Lake Baikal region are also known for their unique metal works even today. The Turkic/Mongolic metal musical instruments are very unique too. (Yakuts are Turkic tribes who were pushed out of the Lake Baikal region during the Mongol expansion in the 13th century.) Superior metal works most likely helped the Turkic nomads in everything from weapons, armor, helmets, and horse-riding. It's probably one of the reasons why Turkic nomadic tribes like the Huns, Avars, Bulgars, or Khazars, where able to reach and rule modern-day Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Southern Russia by the 5th and 6th century. The Cossack swords, bows, clothing, dances, and hairstyle have Tatar/Turkic/Mongolic influence. (Cossack is also a Turkic word.)
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  207. Keeping a paper trail is sometimes very useful.
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  208. What do you mean the artificial pier couldn't withstand the Mediterranean Sea? Was it meant for a river crossing?
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  209. この話題、いつも理解できないです。台湾は日本から既に第二次大戦後に独立しとるがな。
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  210. Russia is currently occupying 20% of Georgian territory much like in Ukraine. And how do you think Georgians feel when they see Russians in their lands?
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  211. イタリア人女性の洞察力や表現力が素晴らしいです。旅行でそこまで理解できるのには感服です。逆の立場で、自分がイタリアに旅行してたなら綺麗な建物と美味しいご飯にしか意識が向かわなかったかなと思いました。服の着こなしも素敵ですね。
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  212. If the plane were accidentally mistaken as a threat by Russian Air Defense, there wouldn't be any regular communications. Jamming implies everything from radar to GPS to radio communications. I presume the commercial pilots understood that they were being attacked and decided to quickly leave Russian airspace. What I don't understand is why the scheduled flight wasn't cancelled/delayed if there were drone attacks in the vicinity on the same day. Russian airports occasionally close for security issues. But the airline didn't seem to be aware of the latest situation and approved the flight.
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  213. Nobody should be that stupid or naive. Many people have died trying to escape from North Korea. You may be relatively safe If you have a Chinese or Russian passport (because North Korea needs those two countries to survive). But for everybody else, you should stay away.
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  214.  @agorapanologia  It's not racism. It's more about religion, culture, and values. Some people we definitely do not want in our country, especially religious zealots and economic migrants. The difference in visa requirements for various countries clearly trace the view we have for each country. So far, Ukrainians are not deemed as a threat to our society and public safety.
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  215. I'm curious whether COVID vaccines are safe when used in conjunction with other medicines such as for regulating cholesterol, blood pressure, etc. I'm no medical expert but it does seem to be the case that many senior citizens take some type of medicine on a daily basis.
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  216. Or you can argue that there shouldn't be any commercial flights out of Reagan National.
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  217. US history is so short and so irrelevant to these centuries-old identities. America was still a British colony back then.
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  218. Part of Russia? Didn't you mean invaded, occupied, and forced to learn Russian?
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  219. Automakers need to mass produce cars that sell in today's market, not 5-10 years from now. And that is why Toyota has the largest profits among all automakers.
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  220. What she's trying to convey is that when top cartel leaders are captured/killed In Colombia or Mexico, they usually split up into smaller groups that often violently compete over territory, resulting in significant increase of street violence. As she explained, as long as the drug demand in North America and Europe remain intact, some organization will meet the demand. Ironically, the streets are the least violent when there is an hegemonic power.
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  221. 外資ファンドが絡むとダメになる事が圧倒的に多い。
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  222. I actually enjoy watching what kind of table he uses for his meeting. I'm sure it means something. Trust?
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  223. Japanese media is reporting that Air traffic controllers gave permission to the JAL plane to land, but didn't authorize the Coast Guard plane to enter the runaway. Everything is recorded, so it was miscommunication. Why the Coast Guard pilot went ahead and entered the runaway is yet to be determined.
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  224. And their bank accounts too.
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  225. Are they Far Right, or are you Far Left? It's all relative to where you stand. I'm not European, so I always felt Western Europe to be socially too progressive or too Far Left.
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  226. 固定資産税を払わない場合は没収しなさい。
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  227. That's what the WHO said for COVID.
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  228. I worry about even purchasing mobile batteries made in China.
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  229. This generation is screwed.
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  230. Russian military hasn't even used most of its heavy artillery. Right now, it's been limited to surgical strikes against key infrastructure. I don't know how patient the Russian military can be. It will likely depend on how the diplomatic negotiations go.
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  231. I've know idea whether the girl in the video attended US schools on military bases or local Japanese schools in Okinawa and Fussa (Yokota). But everybody in Okinawa knows that 1/4 of Okinawa civilians were killed in the War. Many in strongly resent US military bases, especially with so much crimes. For historical reasons, dependents of US military will always be treated differently from locals. It's actually stupid and naive for anybody to think otherwise.
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  232. ​ @evfactsnotliesplease Toyota thinks in decades. Toyota's hybrid research started in the 1970s during the Oil Crisis, and the Prius development started in 1992 with advances in rechargeable batteries. And in 2024 nearly half of Toyota sales are now hybrids. It takes decades to perfect technology and make it safe and cheap enough for mass-market adoption. Hydrogen research is continued for 2030s and 2040s after the hybrid era. It's also being tested in semi-trucks, public trains and buses. There is a reason why Japanese firms are one of the oldest in the world.
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  233. Well the residents of Mariupol feel otherwise. Many of them are ethnic Russians and they fear Azov more than the Russian military.
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  234. In order to honor the ceasefire agreement with the Taliban, the US won't/cannot bomb Taliban fighters while having troops in country. Once foreign diplomats and soldiers leave Afghanistan, I suspect all bets are off.
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  235. Just let Taliban government take care of Abandonedstan. The world has wasted enough resources already. Not our problem or business.
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  236. I don't think Netanyahu got along wit the likes of Obama and Bideb
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  237. I never imagined totaled Tesla batteries can be used in drones. That's super creative.
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  238. They were in an active war-zone. They knew the risk.
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  239. And I wish I could understand Russian logic for invading Ukraine and then saying they'll use nuclear weapons if Ukraine fights back.
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  240. ハンストしたり逮捕状が請求されたり・・・人生忙しいね。
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  241. As a national policy Japan doesn't export weapons except to a handful of countries with close ties. It's for many reasons but the most important one is to remain neural from foreign conflicts. It was a policy formed during the Cold War especially after the Vietnam War and Oil Crisis. It's actually the same reason why Japan stayed out of Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq as much as possible. Weapon exports has a lot of unintended consequences. If you sell to one-side, the other side will retaliate.
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  242. プロの外交官
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  243. I highly doubt this region has experienced any lasting peace since history was recorded.
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  244. Given the high cost of everything, it's near impossible to manufacture in North America and offer lower prices.
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  245.  @AJourneyOfYourSoul  Grouping "Europe" into one category is probably not accurate. I would assume Spain is vastly different from Sweden in terms of healthcare, housing, or work-life balance.
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  246. Better safe than sorry. Countries that responded quickly are suspicious of any information coming out of China. Obviously, track record isn't so good.
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  247. I hope they know what they're doing. Planting wrong type of trees in the wrong place may result in mudslides, forest fire, water shortage, etc.
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  248. Can you also explain to us why some residents of Mariupol don't seem to care for Azov? I am surprised to see how some media portray the situation completely differently. I saw one dude being interviewed calling Azov terrorists. It's as if Mariupol was under siege by Azov and they were finally liberated by Russian and pro-Russian forces. I have no quarrel with either side. Just wish to know what the locals of Donbass want.
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  249. 検討して注視して何もしない。
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  250.  @PeteQuad  Where did you get that impression? 20% of Georgian territory is currently under Russian occupation. Do you really believe that Georgian locals want more Russians coming and staying in their lands? Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan...i.e. many former Soviet Republics tolerate Russians because they desperately need their money. The Ukrainian Foreign Legion who's been fighting Russian Forces in Donbass was formed by Georgian ex-military volunteers. That fact alone should tell you how some in Georgia see the world.
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  251. I had no idea UN Peacekeepers in Mali were given the mandate to fight Islamic extremists. Mali is correct, there is no point in having UN Peacekeepers when there is no peace to keep. It's Mali's job to fight extremists; UN roles should be limited to deterrence and reconstruction.
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  252. なんで税金で旅行を補助する必要があるの？
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  253. ETFs for illiquid assets is conceptually difficult to comprehend.
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  254. Don't announce your plans. Just do it.
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  255. How are Argentines able to organize so efficiently for football but can't figure out how to repay and restructure their foreign debts? They kick their financial problems like it's a football.
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  256. 米軍は様々な共同訓練・教育課程を通して、同盟国・友好国の兵士を育成・訓練してるから、暗殺と直結するわけでもない。対ゲリラ戦の経験が豊富なコロンビア軍の精鋭部隊の出身者らは（自国の経済混乱もあって）世界中で傭兵・警備員として働いてる。
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  257. The majority of kids can obviously answer these questions. But they won't make it into these videos because it's not funny.
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  258. Countries who have fought Russia in the past don't underestimate Russians. They are tenacious.
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  259. That's pretty much half the world. Clothing, shoes, or hair style (as well as speech and mannerism) indicate the upbringing, education-level, and socio-economic class of the individual. In ancient times, it was more extreme. Artificial cranial deformation was practiced to show aristocracy such as in nomadic Huns. The Chinese famously had footbinding to show social status.
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  260. ​ @jonsulejmani7293 I quite enjoy the German humor. At least their ships work. You'll be surprised how many navies have ships that cannot be operated far away from home. Maintenance costs over the decades becomes far more expensive than procurement costs.
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  261. People's Republic of America
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  262.  @peterseth3296  Fruits in Japan are generally expensive because of the high quality and cost of producing them. Small watermelons cost about JPY 1,500-2,000 or US$10-15. That is about an hourly wage in fast food industry these days. And Japanese watermelons are really sweet.
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  263. Oh please. You're not Arabs.
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  264. I think it's safer for everybody if this airport is closed for commercial usage. But there are many influential people who have strong opinions about this airport, it seems.
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  265. It was perfectly sustainable under natives...
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  266. 日常会話したり、友人を案内できるのは相当だと思う。ロシア語がネイティブの方々が話す日本語は綺麗ですね。ロシア語との文法構造の違いや漢字の読み書きを考慮すれば日本語習得のハードルは高いはずなのに、著名な日本語の言語学者はソ連時代に教育を受けたAlexander Vovinだったし、前ロシア大使も日本語が突出して達者でした。多民族国家ゆえの特性なのか、語学教育システムの違いなのか・・・
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  267. To convey support to Ukraine. It's political messaging. She wouldn't have won if she were from some other country.
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  268. How can this happen with no alcohol and no drugs?
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  269. 民間人・観測隊の方は飛行機でオーストラリアまで飛んで、そこで「しらせ」に搭乗してるのかと思ってた。日本から往復とも長いのは海自の隊員の皆様。
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  270. These people are originally from Bangladesh.
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  271. Armenians vs Turkified Armenians.
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  272. You have no idea how low Chinese products are regarded in Japan. They pay for publicity but the overall brand image of China has been so bad, be it cheap clothing or mobile batteries, Chinese BEVs will never sell in Japan. The only foreign cars that sell in Japan are German ones.
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  273. Oh please. French were never a maritime power.
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  274. The Taiwanese been have on high alert since the 1950s. So much so, people got used to it.
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  275. Survive = Hide in Pakistan
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  276. Seriously, stop growing poppies and start growing food.
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  277. There are more international marriages with Japanese men than women. However, most of them are with neighboring countries. The exception is people who fit Japanese beauty standards in terms of personality and appearance. And there is a very long list of famous half people who have a Japanese father. TAKAHASHI Ran, SAKAI Gohtoku, and SAWAJIRI Erika to name a few.
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  278. It's just more propaganda from both sides. It's middle of nowhere and worth nothing to either side.
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  279. 東南アジア移住に憧れたことがあったけど、やっぱり医療体制が弱いところは厳しいな。
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  280. Where do they get all those M16s?
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  281. ​ @Kurt_Philanderer I'm not British nor Australian, but can you imagine having another layer of government in addition to the regional and federal level of Australia?
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  282. They need to be punished for 9.11.
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  283. It was to reduce the countless sex crimes by US soldiers. Same system in South Korea as well for US military.
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  284. The ones who are willing to culturally assimilate and socially integrate are the only foreigners we need or want...has always been the consensus in Japanese society. This is not a political, religious, or racial argument. Japan exists for the Japanese people. Unless you wish to become part of Japan, you're a guest in a foreign land.
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  285. Wait, Americans really think Sweden and Switzerland are the same?
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  286.  @MK-wf1eg  Real Turks are from Mongolia. The people living in Turkey are predominantly descendants of Turkified Greeks, Kurds, and Armenians. They are indigenous people.
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  287. ウクライナに5000億円出してなかった？
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  288. So funny so true.
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  289. ファンドに買われたら終わりの始まり。
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  290. NAMBU TEKKI (南部鉄器) was already famous in Edo Period. It actually has its origins in the Heian Period, so it's not a coincidence that steel production was successful in the TOHOKU region after Meiji Restoration. If you go deep into Japanese cultural history, the EMISHI swords had really good quality and impacted how Japanese samurai swords were shaped. The horse-fighting style of the EMISHI shaped weapons and tactics of the Samurai era. Before the HEIAN period, swords found in Japan are mostly 直刀・直剣 (i.e. straight-shaped blades). The curve commonly observed in later Samurai swords are influences from the EMISHI swords. The 前九年 and 後三年 Wars in the 11th century is what influenced the change in weapon styles. And you'll see this style of weapons and tactics common during the war against the Mongols in the 13th century. It's commonly understood that today's swordsmiths cannot replicate the high-quality of Japanese swords forged in the Kamakura and Muromachi Era. Even with all the advances in science and technology, we still cannot figure out why 12th-16th centuries swords were better made than today.
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  291. It's even worse than you think. The application for the Indonesian High-Speed Train by the Chinese consortium was using copies from Japanese application, meaning the people who built and operate the High-Speed Train in Indonesia didn't do their own studies and route planning. High-Speed Railways aren't just about trains, signal system or tracks. It's about knowing the terrain, geological characteristic, and climate of each segment of the railway. Indonesia has volcanoes and earthquakes just like Japan. Chinese-Indonesian consortium have no idea what they're doing, so it's only a matter of time until a serious natural disaster and accident will occur.
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  292. Napoleon and Hitler both failed. So, good luck Macron.
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  293. For a Turkic speaker, I think the most important skill is to be able to read Chinese/KANJI, because ancient records on Turkic clans are mostly written in Chinese. Even the Gokturk Inscriptions (突厥碑文), located in modern-day Mongolia, are written in both Chinese and Runic Turkic. In East Asian countries, we study a bit of ancient Turkic history from 匈奴 (Xiongnu) to 突厥 (Gokturks) to 安禄山 (An Lushan) because they left such a gigantic footprint. The Turkic Xiongnu (aka "Asian Huns" 匈奴) dominated the Mongolian steppe and were competing with the Han Dynasty for control over the Silk Road Trading routes into Central Asia. In later centuries, many Turks were employed by various Chinese dynasties, Sinicized and became Northern Chinese. (The Turks were particularly active in the Sui and Tang wars against the Koreanic 高句麗 in the 6th and 7th centuries.) The Uyghurs from China sometimes claim they're descendants of "Original Turks" because their ancestors once ruled the Mongolian steppe after the Gokturks. In reality, most Uyghurs are not just Turkic because they mixed with Iranic/Sogdians when they migrated to the Tarim Basin over a 1,000 years ago, and they were tragically invaded by Central Asian Muslims, which altered their phonetics, culture, clothing, cuisine, music, religion, etc. (If they were "original" Turks, they would be far more similar to Siberian Turkic people with their clothing, cuisine, lifestyle, religion, and throat singing music.) Lake Baikal region, where the Yakut/Sakha people originate (written as 北海 or "North Sea" in old Chinese records), was important for both Turkic and Mongolic clans since ancient times. Some Buryat Mongols believe that "Mongols" originate from the Lake Baikal region, and consider it a holy ancestral location. Most ancient Turkic tombs and inscriptions are located in South Siberia and Mongolia, which begs the question why are Turkic and Mongolic in two different language groups with limited cognates except for loanwords. (How is it possible the grammar structure of Turkic, Mongolic, Manchu, and Koreanic are similar but there is limited shared cognates except for loanwords? ) And why is that ancient Turkic clans had their own Runic Turkic alphabet, whereas Mongolic clans almost always struggled to record their language. The Mongolic Xianbei (鮮卑) from Inner Mongolia conquered and ruled Northern China in the 4th century and eventually Sinicized. (They were the ruling class of Northern Wei, Zhou, Sui and Tang dynasties.) The Mongolic Khitan 契丹 (aka Liao Dynasty 遼) developed their own Khitan Large and Small scripts when they ruled Northern China, which was also copied by the Jurchen (女真) and eventually became the founding concept of Korean Hangul alphabet (訓民正音) published in mid-15th century. The Mongol Empire adopted the Old Uyghur alphabet which copied the Old Sogdian (i.e. East Iranic) script. And the Jurchen/Manchu modified it for official use in the Qing Dynasty. So where do the Turkic and Mongolic people originate? The Gokturk Inscriptions say that Turkic clans will be safe if they remain in their ancestral "Mountain Forests," which is the Altai Mountains to the Lake Baikal region. But if I didn't have audio and know the background, I would assume everybody in this video is Mongolic. Mongolian language has 20% of proto-Turkic words, and religion, cuisine, clothing, tents, lifestyle, and music are similar due to thousands of years of inter-marrying and coexisting in nearby regions. There are a lot of records on Turkic and Mongolic people in East Asia, but there is so much we still don't know.
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  294. Imagine if there weren't an IMF. Even loan-sharks wouldn't be lending to Argentina.
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  295. Do you want war?
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  296. This is more academic stuff. Sir Ernest Satow was a British diplomat with extensive experience in Japan. He kept a very good diary and some scholars study it even today.
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  297. 行政能力云々よりも、顔が総理の器じゃないだろ。
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  298. When you have a large number of armed civilians mixed with non-armed civilians, I'm not exactly sure how to tell the difference between civilians and combatants.
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  299. Please don't forget the Tibetans, Uyghurs, Mongolians, and so many other ethnic groups that are being marginalized by the Chinese.
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  300.  @zersky495  I can't believe that anybody can have pure "Ukrainian" or "Russian" ancestry, considering all the migrations and invasions since ancient times. East Eurasian Turkic people were in modern-day Hungary and Romania by 5th-6th century. Lipka Tatars were fighting for the Polish crown for centuries. And it's not a coincidence that Russian phonetics was gradually altered as Rus/Slavs expanded eastward and absorbed the local Turkic and Uralic populations. Russian vocabulary still has significant Tatar/Turkic words, and some Russian aristocracy had Tatar ancestry. As for Ukrainians, just look at the hairstyles, clothing, swords, bows, and culture of the old Cossack painting. Everything about them has nomadic Turco-Mongolic influences. Even the name "Cossack" is a Turkic/Tatar word. And the Greek influence is still seen in city names along the Black Sea. In other words, there can be no such thing as a "pure" Ukrainian or Russian.
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  301. No car needs spark plugs every few thousand miles. A Prius will last 30 years if it's properly maintained. Chinese EVs are built to last around 5-10 years. For better or for worse, EVs are like smartphones. You'll have to replace them at a faster rate than traditional cars.
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  302. UN: Save Haiti from Haitians! RoW: How?
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  303. Plug-in hybrids are counted as EVs in Sweden? From your data BEV is just 30%.
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  304. Let the Arabs take of their own problems.
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  305. Moonshine?
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  306. The US mistake was choosing the wrong person, i.e. Karzai, to lead Afghanistan.
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  307. Check for Russian and Chinese influence too.
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  308. Ukrainian Air Defense and Air Force was one the first infrastructure the Russian military destroyed. Ukraine is trying to fight back with small arms, which is praised by the world as being heroic, but in reality they don't have a chance. Just delaying the inevitable.
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  309. Their opinions will change once they live in the US.
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  310. Everyone is losing. The only difference is who loses more. Imagine the future cost of making this region liveable again. The winner of this military conflict ends up with the bill, which will cost more than the war itself and dilute resources from other regions and programs for the next few decades. And rest of us suffer too with higher cost for everything.
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  311. This topic is very interesting. There seems to be times when society becomes more liberal and other times more conservative. It's not unique to Christianity, so there must be a common reason to sway one way or the other.
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  312. Apparently, the government hasn't fully honored the ceasefire agreements, particularly in land reform. (Due to Colombia's colonial legacy, 1% owns 80% of the land.)These people are mostly poor peasant farmers in indigenous/rural areas. They feel they've been abandoned.
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  313. If these incidents are mostly United planes flying to and from San Francisco, how can one conclude they're unrelated and isolated events?
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  314. From your data, sales of Hybrids and Plug-in Hybrids are growing much faster than BEVs. (In Jan-Apr 2024, there were 1.06 million hybrids sales vs 441,000 for BEVs.) Thus, it makes sense that VW, GM, and Ford would focus more on hybrids under current market conditions. And they don't lose money on hybrids unlike BEVs.
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  315. イギリスでBBCは凄い嫌われてるけどね。
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  316. Underinvestment in infrastructure seems to be a common issue, whether in roads or electric grids.
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  317. GDPの2%の約12兆円でも財務省は頭抱えてるでのは？
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  318. Mongol, Manchu, and Koreanic traditional dress demonstrates their ancestry. They were horse-riding semi-nomadic people, so naturally their clothing, hairstyle, musical instruments, hobbies, jewelry, and cuisine reflected their lifestyle. When ancient Chinese historians wrote 胡服騎射, they were referring to these nomadic people in the north.
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  319. 『東インド会社』がまだ存続してたのに驚きました。
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  320. It's your job to adjust to Japan (or any country to which you relocate). If you cannot adjust to Japanese language, culture, mannerism, or society...then you're just another extended tourist. And frankly, Japanese society has no need for foreigners who cannot adapt. Conversely, we have foreign nationals who become permanent residents and naturalize to Japanese citizenship each year. We have politicians who are naturalized citizens representing us in the Diet/Parliament. So it's really up to you whether you fit in or not. Naturally, Japan is not for everybody and anybody.
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  321. Shouldn't President Biden be trying to end the war through back channel negotiations, rather than offering criticism?
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  322. I presume there are enough people struggling in Mexico and the United States.
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  323.  @ジアース-g1k  カリフォルニア州は最低賃金・時給が$15.50のはずだけど、住居費・医療費・物価も上昇してるから、最低賃金の人は苦しいのは同じ。よく時給・年収の報道があるけど、生活費の差を考慮しないと意味がない。
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  324.  @spkz0r  Media is propaganda by default. There is inherent bias in any and every report. What topic to select, where to film, who to interview, when to show, how mucg to include and exclude...every decision is a bias. That said, I am very interested in reports from the other side of the frontline. We need more people reporting from the separatist-held regions.
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  325. Most Chinese automakers are losing money for each EV sale. Excessive competition and over-capacity resulted in a fierce price war, which will impact everyone working in the auto-sector in China, foreign or domestic. Cheaper price tag means less money made by auto-loans, insurance, dealership, etc. BYD is an exception because they're a battery company that also makes hybrids and EVs. Others are still in business because they have government support, incentives, and connections. EVs and batteries are strategically important industries for Chinese national goals, so they receive special treatment in many ways. But no business can continue losing money and survive unless they receive continued external capital injection from investors or government. Imagine the EV company and dealer that you brought from went out of business. No repair components, after-service, nor software updates. This competition will eventually hurt the entry-level Chinese consumers.
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  326. Ironically, it was safer during the Cold War because neither side was this foolish.
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  327. Who started it?
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  328. Hybrids are selling much more than BEVs, so they seem to be responding to market demands. And Japanese automakers have been struggling to keep up with too much global demand. Some consumers in North America are waiting 6-8 months for their hybrids.
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  329. Japan has zero desire to be like Europe or North America. Old or Young, Right or Left...it's the same view. Japanese people only appreciate and accept foreigners who've mastered Japanese language and culture, and are able to assimilate and integrate with Japan. It may surprise you that we've always had politicians who are naturalized citizens.
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  330. それが外交官の仕事。外交官は個人的意見を公に話すことが許されない。本国の立場や意向を伝えるのが役割。
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  331. That you can deny. Language, culture, customs are so different.
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  332.  @ddhqj2023  Trump: What's the difference?
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  333. But Korea wasn't a military base...we had troops in Manchuria.
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  334. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is extremely reliable and used by airlines around the world. It would be difficult to know what caused this without a proper investigation.
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  335. Caught between Taliban and Pakistan. But one side uses real bullets and IEDs.
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  336.  @pritsingh9766  People of India shouldn't forget that they're occupying Tibeto-Burmese lands, and Pakistanis are just Muslim Indians.
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  337. 話し合って戦争が始まらないように・・・は無理。
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  338. 過去にソーラー悪徳業者が堤防削って、大規模な氾濫があった。行政と癒着してるから許可が下りるだろうけど・・・
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  339. These are young kids are in "relationships" that last weeks and months. I don't think they're picturing themselves in marriages. That said, he's asking people in certain districts of downtown Tokyo that attract certain kind of people and class. Social values heavily depend on age, occupation, region, family-background, wealth, socio-economic class, etc.
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  340.  @brainblox5629  Turkic homeland is in northeast Asia, specifically regions surrounding the Altai Mountains. Real Turks retain Tengri traditions and customs without even knowing it because it's been part of them. Being Muslim or Buddhist or any other religion doesn't change Turkic culture or identity. They've been Turks for thousands of years. As for Azerbaijan and Turkey, which part of their culture and customs are actually Turkic aside from language. While Turkmenistan isn't fully Turkic in terms of genetics, everything else is heavily Turkic, from the clan structures, obsession with horses, clothing, culture, etc. The cultural similarity between Turkic people from Central Asia to Siberia to Mongolia is easily identifiable.
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  341. I think it is 20+ years ahead. Nissan EVs don't come with a self-recycling function.
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  342. It really depends. We have words to describe people who don't turn up so great.
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  343. Haiti is a lost cause. When you can't tell friend from foe, you really shouldn't be sending your forces there.
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  344. BYD is selling more Plug-in hybrids than BEVs in China. It's funny that somebody who is against hybrids celebrates Plug-in hybrids as part of EV sales.
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  345. All Japanese dogs descend from hunting dogs. They only trust their master. One hunter, one dog is the traditional MATAGI style hunting. They're never kept indoors, they were never on a leash, and they don't need grooming. They were never pets.
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  346. French will be kicked out if they get in the way of locals.
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  347. If Toyota and VW, the two largest automakers in the world, are allocating funds for developing next-generation engines, it means they believe that there will continue to be a market for the foreseeable future. It's also why many automakers are pivoting towards Hybrids rather than pure Battery-Electric Vehicles. And VW is not "borrowing" from anybody, they're reallocating their R&D budget based on latest consumer trends and demand. Toyota read the market correctly. Toyota projects 43% of all global Toyota sales to be Hybrids and Plug-in Hybrids in FY2024 (up from 36% in FY2023), especially as new RAV4 and Camry will only be available as Hybrid models.
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  348. That's incorrect. Tokaido Shinkansen, which were planned during wartime and completed in the 1960s wasn't the reason for privatization. It's still a enormously profitable line. Other Shinkansen lines that were planned and built afterwards, in addition to unprofitable conventional lines was the reason for eventual privatization in the late 1980s.
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  349. Criticized for keeping troops in a war zone, criticized for bringing them home...
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  350. US cruise missiles "accidentally" hit the Chinese diplomatic compound in Belgrade during the Balkan operation. If I remember correctly, 3 missiles hit the same building from different directions. I think the US excuse was inaccurate intelligence/map.
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  351. Most of the population has no need for it.
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  352.  @ETRUSCANSTURAN  Real Turks are East Eurasian. Their homeland is in South Siberia and Mongolia.
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  353. Why can't Slavs get along?
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  354. 遺伝子構成の違いの影響もあるはず。
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  355. Have they condemned 9.11 or were they cheering?
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  356. The Iranian regime is so screwed if it really believes Kurds living in Iraq have that kind of influence over Iranians.
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  357.  @lepetitroquet9410  Which implies that the entire charade was pre-planned and coordinated in advance. The screenplay was most likely written by the same folks who pay Wagner salaries.
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  358. How did so many illegal foreigners get into Tunisia?
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  359. この事故未遂ではATCは正しい指示を出してます。小型機が指示を無視して、ランウェイに入ったため、SW機がゴーアラウンドしてます。VASAviationなど欧米の航空管制を映像化してるチャンネルで確認できます。
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  360. アメリカのニュースを見る限り、そんなに長くないかもしれないですね。数百メートルから長くても数キロぐらい。メキシコ側の下水道網から掘り進めたようです。El PasoとJuarezは同一都市だったのが、領土割譲・国境変更で二つに分割されたので、往来が多いですね。例の映画もここの街・国境が舞台です。
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  361.  @Nesstor01  How can South Korea send 400,000 troops to Vietnam when its entire army is about 400,000? And Japan was utterly against French and US invasions of Vietnam. The primary reason is Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia declared independence from France with Japanese support in Spring 1945. In fact, Vietnamese revolutionaries like PHAN Bội Châu (潘佩珠) were in Japan around 1905 to seek political, financial, and military support for their independence movement. They knew Chinese revolutionaries who were in Japan at the time, and through them they met Japanese politicians like INUKAI Tsuyoshi, who later becomes Prime Minister. The Chinese revolutionaries were supported by Japan to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty because it was too weak and dysfunctional to stop the continuous waves of Russian incursions in Manchuria. Long story short, when the Japanese Emperor visited Vietnam in 2017, he met with Phan's grandson. In other words, Vietnamese and Japanese government still honors PHAN Bội Châu for his contribution to Vietnamese independence and bilateral relations. Do you now understand why Japan didn't support the Vietnam War?
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  362. 飲み歩いてる芸能人が感染しても特に驚かんだろ。
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  363. I was under the impression tanks were becoming increasingly obsolete due to changes in military technology, particularly advances in aerial capability and anti-tank weapons. But everyone is so focused on providing Ukraine with tanks, so I must be missing something.
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  364.  @Babadubab12  It's difficult to explain in words, but you can often guess from body language, facial expression, hand gesture, timing of "AIZUCHI" or conversational style, fashion, hairstyle, voice pitch, etc. (I thought his Japanese was native. It's the non-verbal component that is slightly different from kids who've grown up in Japan, regardless of ethnicity/nationality.)
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  365. They are families of Ukrainians living in Japan. They will be returning to Ukraine once it's safer. They are not migrants nor are they refugees in a legal sense. They have special visas for staying in Japan for up to one year, and while they are in Japan they will receive financial and housing assistance from Japan. It's a special exception only for Ukrainians given their current predicament.
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  366. Short answer is yes. Since Japan has a tight visa policy, Russian-nationals living in Japan are highly-educated and as a result doing quite well. (I've met a few who work in IT, Finance, Consulting, Export/Import, and Media.) Many of them are near-native in Japanese language and culture. Interestingly, it seems Slavic speakers have an easier time speaking Japanese due to phonetic overlap. Some have studied Japanese language, history, literature, or culture in Russian universities or learnt Japanese in language schools and universities in Japan. Those who have built a life in Japan later naturalize to Japanese citizenship or receive Permanent Residency. Just to be perfectly clear on historical relations, Japan signed three alliances with the UK, Germany, and later the US in the 20th century to counter the Russian/Soviet threat. But despite the multiple wars between Japan and Russia/Soviet Union, terrible treatment of Japanese by the Soviets after WWII, Russians still occupying Japanese territory, hostile bilateral relations, or the fact that Russia/Soviet Union was the predominant threat to Japan from 19th century and on wards...Russians are well-respected in Japan for their exquisite art and culture. Russian classical music, ballet, literature, ice skating, gymnastics, cuisine, architecture are well-known and deeply appreciated. For better or for worse, this view towards Russians are also expanded towards Ukrainians and former Soviet Union countries, which is why Ukrainian nationals were specially accepted in Japan after the war unlike other refugees. Historically, the first large scale refugees to Japan in modern-times were actually Kazan Tatars who had to flee after the chaotic period during the Russian Revolution/Civil War. Many of them were privileged upper-class in the Russian Empire and staunch supporters of the Tzar. They were highly educated, well-mannered, sophisticated, and as a result well-received in Japan, which I suspect set the tone for Japanese views towards people from Russia and later Soviet Union.
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  367. Master criminal.
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  368.  @ImperialMJG  That may be enough for Russian soldiers.
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  369. もはや意味なし。
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  370.  @simona4315  His ancestors are actually Chinese who migrated to Korea and later migrated to Japan.
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  371. US domestic politics is so strange and interesting.
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  372. Russian military admitted it because they shot a retrofitted S-300 Surface-to-Air Missile into a Pizzeria. They need the world to believe that Russia still has the technical capability to hit their targets. These aren't cheap Iranian-made drones, so I doubt a Pizzeria would be a priority target. Usually, expensive missiles would be used for Command, Control, Communication, Infrastructure...or some military/gov facility that is needed for Ukraine to sustain its war fighting capabilities. Degraded Russian missile capability implies the economic sanctions--particularly in the area of semiconductors, GPS, etc--is working more than Russia likes the world to know. (Russian military hardware actually uses a lot of civilian foreign components.)
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  373. I actually agree. The land Russians and Ukrainians are fighting over doesn't belong to either of them. Historically it belongs to the Crimean Tatars and they should have a say in the outcome.
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  374. Russia and China won't react so well in such a scenario. And the cultural difference between Turkic descendants in Central Asia (including Turkic people Russia, China, and Mongolia) and the Turkified indigenous people in Iran, Azerbaijan, and Turkey are enormously difficult to overcome. They were called Turkmen instead of Turks for a reason. It's not just genetics.
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  375. Okinawa has been under Satsuma control since 1609.
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  376. If you want real Sushi in Singapore, go to ones owned/operated by Japanese Chefs. They usually fly their fishes directly from Japan.
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  377. Military stalemate is conducive for diplomatic negotiations, so it's not all bad.
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  378. Brazilians should stop watching US news.
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  379. It's been over a decade but this reminded about a news article from China about a young flight attendant who died in a home fire. She was charging her smartphone with a third-party generic cable while she was asleep. The low quality cable was the cause of the fire.
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  380. Many Arab nations don't want crazy ideology spreading in their country either.
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  381. BBC reporter, it's ISHI-KAWA prefecture (石川県).
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  382. 米軍のオブザーザーも良く指摘してるが、動く的じゃないと意味がない。日本はずっと歩兵重視・火砲軽視と言われてきたので、ソ連・ロシア軍との機甲戦で勝った事例なんてあったっけ？お互いに直接砲撃できる距離だし、ミサイルやドローンの時代。
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  383. It's why Japanese automakers don't lose US$ billions each year.
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  384.  @josealejandrovelezquiroz5970  I'm not German so that's the part that always confuses me about European mandate on EVs. How can countries that are dependent on fossil fuel for their electricity push for Battery-electric vehicles? Shifting from burning gasoline/diesel to burning coal & natural gas, and calling it environmentally friendly doesn't make any sense, at least to me. The amount of required electricity will double if all the cars become EVs, so unless they can supply all the additional electricity from clean sources, they'll have to burn more fossil fuel to meet electricity demand. And this is in addition to the growing electricity demand for increasing usage of data-centers and AI.
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  385. How do you think Russia expanded?
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  386. If you want proof simply talk to the Uyghurs who were fortunate enough to escape. They are in all parts of the world. The issue is not about religion. It's about ethnicity. That is the same for Tibetans, Mongolians, etc.
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  387. 信号や電車のみならず、停電するとクレジットカードやスマホ決済なども止まりますよね。EVやスマホの充電できないし・・・頼りすぎると戦争や災害の際に社会インフラが脆弱になる気もします。
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  388. コロナ村を完全隔離して、日本人を守ってください。
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  389. Let the dude finish his sentence before asking the next question, please.
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  390. Germany and Japan were already industrialized before the war. They just rebuilt their economies using their prior-knowledge and skill. As for South Korea, Japan spent a lot of money and effort on Korean education system, healthcare, governance, legal system, and infrastructure...duplicating everything that worked in Japan. And the Korean elite were mostly educated in Japan, so they already had the necessary tools and skills. Ukraine was one of the poorest countries in Europe before the war. Unlike the Baltic nations, it's one of the post-Soviet countries that struggled in the transition to a market-economy and democracy. Corruption and income inequality was a problem...which is really strange because Ukraine used to be one of the more developed regions during the Soviet period.
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  391. Excellent video. It's wonderful to see true Turkic traditions. Since over 2,000 years ago, various Chinese dynasties kept detailed accounts of their greatest threat (i.e. northern nomads), including political structure, religion, clothing, costumes, and weapons. A few things stand out when it comes to Turkic clans. One is horses and clothing. As the phrase "胡服騎射" indicates, horses, archery, and hunting were integral to their lifestyle since ancient times. 司馬遷 in 史記 records that every boy and girl learned how to ride since they were children, practicing with goats and sheep when they were too small for horses. And kids used bows to hunt small game for fun. I'm sure you're aware that various Chinese kingdoms/dynasties attempted to mimic Turkic/Mongolic horse cavalry. Han dynasty even sent emissaries to acquire Turkic horses--recorded as 汗血馬--from Fergana Valley. Some believe that Turkmen horses are descendants of these prized Turkic horses that were famous to run long distances. The second thing is metal works. Turkic clans were famous in their excellent metal-working skills allowing them to create great armor and weapons. In particular, the Gokturk-clan from the Altai Mountains were recorded as having superb iron-making technology. They were called "鍛鉄奴隷" who were slaves/serfs serving the Mongolic 柔然 (Rouran). When I see Sakha/Yakut metal ornaments and instruments...it make one wonder why/how were the Turks so good at metal-working.
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  392. Donbass is mostly ethnic Russian and pro-Russia regions. It's economically intertwined with Russia, and many of the residents have relatives on both sides of the border. Of all the regions in Ukraine, Donbass would be the easiest to hold. DPR and LPR already control much of the territory to begin with. People just get a new passport.
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  393. Civilians with no basic training or discipline running around with AKs in a war zone...it may sound courageous to some but that is a recipe for disaster. Friendly fire and accidental shooting of civilians occur even among well trained military and law enforcement units. Furthermore, fighting Russian artillery and armored vehicles with rifles and cocktails is beyond crazy.
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  394. People's Republic of America...
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  395. They didn't run from Taliban. The world simply gave up on helping Afghanistan.
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  396. 災害の時には自衛隊のヘリが吊り上げをしてるけど、同じことは出来なかったなんだろうか？
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  397. ロシア軍の火砲の規模や能力は世界有数。ウクライナの空は支配され、海上も支配され、三方向から攻めらてる。徹底抗戦なら戦争が長引き、双方の死傷者が拡大する。 ロシアの正規軍相手に火炎瓶や小銃などで抵抗しようとする姿勢は凄いとは思う。決死の作戦。
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  398. Last time they did that, they lost territory.
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  399. You're correct. A person properly raised in Japan wouldn't normally be doing that. But these people grew up outside of Japan or attended American/International schools. They're from a small expat bubble, always surrounded by foreigners. So they don't have Japanese mindset or mannerism. In contrast, foreigners who've attended Japanese schools would have Japanese manners. What you've picked up is what every Japanese person would pick up too. It's basically a "Gaijin vibe."
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  400.  @alexden7714  I suspect Prigozhin is doing this for Putin. It's probably a carefully orchestrated pre-planned plot. Imagine some of the Wagner units being "exiled" to Belarus. Wagner is useful as light infantry shock-troopers, but they aren't made for manning heavily fortified defensive positions (like the Russian regular units).
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  401. I ain't Russian but if the choice is between going to a Russian prison or being deployed to Ukraine...I'd opt for the battlefield. Nothing against Ukrainians, it's just Russian prisons are super scary and dangerous. So many Russians left the country because they didn't want to choose between shit and shittier.
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  402. At this rate, there won't be Ukraine left to support. Find a compromise.
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  403. The entire region is just terrible.
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  404. Views of the mountains are so beautiful. Also, why is an idiotic former president blaming other countries for his incompetence?
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  405. Great advice. Nobody can predict how all of this is going to play out.
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  406. Withdraw from Afghanistan only to send troops to Haiti? Who's writing the script?
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  407.  @yurinalysis8034  Afghanistan was a civil, ethnic, and religious/ideological war. Taliban was living among the people in plain site.
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  408. It's a civil war with opposite views. Pro-Russian regions were waiting for Russian intervention for the past 8 years. Russian military can't win in western Ukraine, but Ukraine military can't win in eastern Ukraine either. We're all witnessing a messy divorce, although it's not as bad as it was in Yugoslavia (where religion was a factor in ethnic divisions).
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  409. So the Russian agents won? It's impressive how the Russians can still influence politics in former Soviet states.
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  410. I don't know how it is in Europe as a whole, but when I worked with people from the UK, they understood Honne & Tatemae instinctively. I was amazed in the way they criticize, invite, or ridicule people because it was very similar to how we would do it in Japan.
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  411. You're confusing immigration with asylum. They're governed by completely different legal procedures and government agencies. And there are many kids who naturalize to Japanese citizenship along with their parents. A Japan-born Uyghur/Uzbek just got elected in the lower house. We had a Naturalized person from Finland in the Upper House a few decades ago too. There are no standard language tests for naturalization but there are many interviews and documents to submit. Obviously we won't we being giving out citizenship to people who can't understand our language, culture, history, etc. And Chinese always lie with diplomas and family history, so they're always under a microscope.
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  412. Russian covert ops
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  413. It depends on how you interpret the violence. If Presidents of Mexico had friendlier relations with cartels, there may be less violence. Yet, that may also imply that he/she is on the take (like some political leaders in Latin America). Violence can be interpreted as a sign of resistance to Cartel influence by the Mexican government. In any event, they are competing over who controls Mexico.
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  414. Russian military only sent 30,000 troops to Belarus. Those units were the ones that surrounded Kyiv/Kiev. At the same time, the majority/main force of the Russian army was invading southeastern Ukraine, creating a land corridor between Russian territory and Crimea. Once that was completed, the forces from the North were sent to join up with the Eastern forces. It appears to be a textbook case of diversion. I presume the orders for the troops sent to Kyiv/Kiev was only to surround and not enter the city. It's not realistic to take an enemy capital with such a small force. So the objective was to keep the Ukrainian forces near the capital as long as possible, so they won't be able to send reinforcements to Eastern Ukraine.
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  415. Great, another Libya or Syria.
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  416. So it's okay if he's Christian?
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  417. That makes much more sense on why they glided, made a short turn and attempted to land as soon as possible, and no flaps or landing gear.
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  418.  @zyc-f1z  There are many countries that require visas (showing financial proof such as bank statements and round-trip tickets) for Mainland Chinese to enter their countries as tourists. Some of them go through visa-free countries like Thailand, Turkey, Ecuador, etc, and then make the journey north. What I find interesting is the recent arrivals are not necessarily working-class poor families like many of the Chinese immigrants in late 19th and early 20th century. The Chinese economy in certain regions must be really bad, to sell everything and try to relocate half way around the world. I'd blame Hollywood for selling such a good story about American life for decades....people who don't know start to believe in it.
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  419. 森・宗男ラインだけじゃない。外務省も大臣を駐日ウクライナ大使に会わせないようにし、当初はウクライナ戦争と距離を置くようにした。ロシアの天然エネルギー資源が欠かせない経済産業省や産業界も同じ立場。漁業関係者を代弁する農林水産省も同様。複雑な領土問題があり、平和条約もない日露関係は一歩間違えると戦争に発展しかねない。それで多くの人は可能な限り距離を置きたかった。でも岸田は欧米との国際協調を重視した。究極的には国益とは何かの意見の相違。デヴィ夫人には難しすぎる話。
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  420. Chinese historical records (such as 『三国志』魏書・烏丸鮮卑東夷伝 written in 3rd century AD) imply that Koreanic-speakers originate somewhere in Manchuria, assuming that ancient kingdoms such as 扶余 and 高句麗 were Koreanic in origin. Genetically speaking, descendants of proto-Koreanic people inherit Y-DNA Haplogroup C, which is also common among male lineage of Manchus, Mongols, and Kazakhs. (Interestingly, the title for the leader of 扶余 was same/similar to that of the Turkic-speaking 匈奴.) In contrast, the population in southern regions of the Korean peninsula were within Japonic linguistic, cultural, and religious sphere up to about 1,500 years ago. Which is why Japan had sent countless military expeditions to the Korean peninsula during 4th and 7th centuries to protect the rice-farming Japonic population on the southern regions from waves of Koreanic migrations/invasions. The Manchu language is often considered by linguists as a bridge language between Mongolic and Koreanic. And we know that both Manchus and Koreans share similar mythology regarding 白頭山 or 長白山. What we don't know is the exact relation of the proto-Jurchen and proto-Koreanic people. They share similar genetic ancestry, lived in nearby regions, yet they are categorized in different language groups. The FALLACY is actually using concepts and categories such as "Korean" or "Jurchen/Manchu" to explain ancient history...because they were political entities organized by clans/tribes. 高句麗 was an alliance of 5 clans. Ancient Turkic, Mongolic, and Jurchen/Manchu were all organized by clans. They were federations and alliances of clans and only identified by clans. (We can still observe the remnants of the clan organization in Turkic countries like Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.) It's important to not forget that "Ethnicity" is a relatively modern concept that developed in Europe to support modern nation-states. So there will be many issues and inconsistencies when somebody tries to explain thousands of years of history with relatively modern concepts.
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  421. 免税いらんやろ。
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  422. I think it depends on your schedule. On my business trips to Singapore, I used to enjoy taking showers and changing out of my business attire before a long night-flight. I would check out of the hotel in the morning, do my meetings, and then arrive at the airport in the evening. I often saw people eating, drinking, or enjoying their time in the lounge. But I only wanted to get comfortable so I can sleep better on the plane. One time I was so exhausted, I fell asleep before take off and woke up when the plane landed.
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  423. 西成だろうが、なんでこんな場所に家を建てる許可が下りたの？
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  424. Why did you cut the interview short? I wanted to hear him speak his thoughts.
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  425. Sadly we all know how this story is gonna end.
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  426. How is not exporting cars to Russia going to help Ukraine?
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  427. 廃棄処分の費用を考えれば、外国が中古品を買ってくれるのは、有難いこと。アメポチじゃなくて、漁夫の利を得なさい。
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  428.  @DominickFerguson-n6b  There are Koryo-Saram throughout former Soviet republics that speak Korean and eat Korean cuisine. You can find many of them living in South Korea too. And there are Russian-speakers in North Korea as well.
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  429. Nobody lives forever. But post-Putin Russia could be equally scary for neighboring countries if not more. Some of the political rhetoric and world view that comes out of Russia is just simply insane. Please stay safe.
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  430. Did you understand the part that "Ethnic Armed Rebellion" means they're non-Burmese wishing for a separate state.
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  431. That must be the greatest compliment for Mazda engineers. Driving features, engine, interiors....nothing compares to the safety of the vehicle.
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  432. Unlike France, they're right next to Afghanistan, had a extremely complex civil and religious war, and their most famous military commander joined the IS. Infiltration of extremism is something that worries all Central Asian governments.
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  433.  @itsthespiceoflife  An abusive father won't be a reason why she cannot rent an apartment in Tokyo.
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  434. Last 70 years? Don't you mean the last 1,000 years or so?
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  435. It's not unique to Japanese tourists, but tourists only visit touristy areas. It's usually posh urban areas which is relatively safe. They often have specific goals like watching Ohtani or visiting Disney.
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  436. I feel for the Hazara people.
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  437. No wonder much of Africa was colonialized.
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  438. The Talibans are the Afghans. In their mind, Taliban was fighting a foreign invader and a corrupt puppet government. That said, It should've never been one country in the first place. Various ethnic groups suffer under the Pashtuns.
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  439. They seem to live in an alternate reality from the rest of the world.
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  440.  @angelustt  Being fluent in Japanese language and culture is a must. You're basically illiterate if you're not, and you'll never be trusted. To be fair, I cannot tell if you were not included because you're a foreign/international student or because of you. I've either met or worked with a number of international students who graduated from Japanese universities or foreign-nationals who have degrees in Japan studies in their home countries. They were originally from Brazil, Peru, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Mongolia, Philippines, Australia, Germany, Canada, Turkey, US, UK, and Russia. Some had Japanese ancestry, others had none...but they were all doing their very best to fit into Japan. They didn't have an expat mentality, or prefer to live in an expat bubble, which is something we hate and want nothing to do with. They were flexible enough to learn, adjust, and adapt to Japanese culture and society. Most of them have near native fluency (which is the reason why they were hired). They have many Japanese friends too and almost always part of the circle...so I don't know where the difference in treatment is coming from.
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  441. Thank you for recognizing and honoring the TAKUMI members at Toyota's Tahara factory. They are the real craftsman and the most valuable people in the company.
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  442. It's been a few years since Toyota announced it'll build a massive $14bn battery factory in North Carolina to manufacture batteries for hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and BEV production in North America. Initial limited production is scheduled for 2025, and completion around 2030. Given that there is strong demand for Hybrids in North America, and that most Toyota models for Northern America will offer a Hybrid version in the near future, I assume internal priorities are focused on increasing production and procurement of Hybrid batteries. Already 40-50% of new car sales in North America for Toyota (and Honda) are now Hybrids. Toyota also bought out one of the Joint-Ventures with Panasonic (PEVE) to strengthen hybrid battery production.
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  443. The experience is vastly different based on where you grow up and what kind of education you receive. Even if you have 100% Japanese ancestry, if you were raised overseas or haven't received any formal Japanese education, there will be a clear language and cultural barrier. I suspect it will take a few years to re-adjust and assimilate to Japan.
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  444. どの国の外交官も同様だが、メディアで大使が個人的な意見や認識を話すことは許されない。本国の考え方を伝えるメッセンジャーでもあるし、赴任国の考え方や懸念を本国に伝えるのが仕事。
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  445. Uprising??? Is that the word we use these days to describe the mess? Implosion, anarchy, chaos, havoc, crisis...
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  446. All Japanese diplomats and military officers understood the reasons behind his actions. This is not a simple humanitarian story. It's complicated history of Europe, Russia, and Japan. The main reason behind his actions was he knew that Japan couldn't have fought the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, if it weren't from the financing from Jews across Europe. Japan had incredible difficulty securing funds for the war with Russia, which amounted in sums larger than a yearly fiscal budget at the time. And the only reason many Jewish financial institutions in Europe underwrote unattractive Japanese war bonds is because the Jews have experienced countless uprooting and persecution in Imperial Russia. As a result, many of them were forced on a continuous path of relocation in Eastern Europe, UK, or Americas in 19th century. They were so angered and frustrated with Imperial Russia, European Jews purchased Japanese war bonds knowing that it could be worthless depending on the outcome of the war. From Japan's perspective, this war was critical in keeping the Russians out of Korean peninsula and Manchuria. (They were on the same path as the Mongol invasion.) Ever since Imperial Russia seized Outer Manchuria (aka Russia Far East) in the 1860s from Qing Dynasty, everything changes. Russia and later Soviet Union becomes an existential threat to Japan. In fact, Japan had to sign 3 military alliances in the 20th century alone, just to keep the Russians/Soviets from advancing further into East Asia. From the 1860s and onwards, any enemy of Russia became an important strategic partner of Japan, whether it was the Brits, Germans, Turks, Persians, Poles, or Americans. It's why Ukrainians are the only refugees that are given special protection in Japan, in a country that doesn't desire refugees and refuses 99% of asylum cases. To date, 1/3 of all Japanese military assets are still located in Hokkaido, adjacent to Russia.
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  447. Western media focusing on Western issues is double-standard?
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  448. I've noticed the Tengrism aspect of Yakutian/Turkic culture has many similarities with that of Japanese Shinto. It's quite interesting.
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  449. Does the US know what they did in WWII?
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  450. Why not go to Syria?
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  451. If you live in an ethnic bubble and attend only a pro-North Korean school in Japan, I don't know how you can survive in Japan outside of your ethnic bubble. Regardless of passport color, you will always be treated differently if you haven't received the same education as the rest of us.
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  452. 難民の審査は1回で出来るんじゃないの？なぜ3回？
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  453. Defense contractors: Mission Accomplished!
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  454. The only people who have the right to say that are indigenous people. Now you know how they felt when European migrants started showing up and taking their land by force.
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  455. It's not like Cuba is getting repair parts from the US, nor is any US company making them. So I always wonder how Cubans are able to run American cars from the 1950s and 60s. It's the same with Iran too. How do they keep their F-14s operational?
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  456. エグイわ。
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  457. Too many people.
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  458.  @ligametis  They don't have enough everything. Mobilized Soldiers have to buy their own gear. Lack of spare parts are creating crashes.
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  459. Today we still use candle charts developed in the Edo period. At the time, Osaka had one of the most sophisticated financial derivative markets in the world. Meiji modernization concept is pretty inaccurate.
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  460.  @hellonoitsfine9681  Rohinga are from Bangladesh.
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  461. Don't be too hard on the Germans, they sent 5,000 helmets.
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  462. ロシアと中国が連動して同時侵攻してたら、世界大戦になりヤバかった。
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  463.  @Ibn_Abdulaziz It is no secret. They don't want people from the Middleeast and Africa. Skin colour and religion.
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  464. They were paid so many times. This is getting ridiculous.
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  465. Let's be real. You can't fight it, you just need to keep em out.
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  466. What's the big deal? He's not entirely wrong. People from all over the world should be able to visit.
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  467. Ukraine is under siege. I'm not sure the weapons will reach Kyiv in time.
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  468. The true Turks.
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  469. ドイツに行けよ。
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  470. For a potential evacuation of embassy, I assume.
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  471. And that's how you get COVID...
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  472. If a random stranger, especially a foreigners, approaches you in the UK (or anywhere in the world) and suddenly asks you what country don't you like...how will you respond? People tend to be more comfortable with giving positive recommendations, such as favorite parks, restaurants or vacation sites. But if it were me, I wouldn't say anything negative on anything to a random person filming me.
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  473. Tactical retreat?
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  474.  @iapplethis  Actually, we know from countless stories of North Korean defectors on how much know they about the outside world. And many North Koreans are working in China, Russia, and Southeast Asia to earn foreign currency. People always talk. Many North Koreans grow up watching South Korean TV. It's illegal but all the elite watch it too. And North Koreans living in Japan (attending pro-Pyongyang schools) visit DPRK every year for school trips. In the past they will often meet and send money to relatives who relocated to North Korea in the 1960s and 1970s. From what we can tell, North Koreans know exactly which countries have extradition treaties, or which countries accept North Korean defectors. They also know the mother of the current North Korean leader was born and raised in Osaka, Japan. (It's why the family had a Japanese chef from Japan.) And North Korea has diplomatic missions in NY, London, Geneva, China, Russia, etc. They know far more about the outside world than they'll ever admit. The current leader attended school in Switzerland too.
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  475.  @Blodhelm  The reality is the opposite. We're begging for countries like Indonesia to supply us with more nickel, as we need them for increasing production of Lithium-Ion batteries, among other things. We don't even touch the slave labor practices in DR Congo, because that's where most of the much needed Cobalt is coming from. And the environmental disaster in Chile with Lithium mines is horrendous. While EU standards are noble and strict, it's almost hypocritical if you know where the wood for IKEA future is coming from, or how that is causing deforestation in Romania. I'm not particularly a fan or friend of Indonesia, but I do sense hypocrisy. It's like Norway talking global warming and pushing for BEVs while making a lot of money from exporting petroleum. Or France relying on cheap child labor from North Africa to supply Uranium for their nuclear reactors and talking about global warming. I don't even wish to touch upon the sweat shops that supply European luxury brands.
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  476. Why would you blame Germany for Israel's actions? Israel does what it needs to do to protect itself. They don't answer to Germany or any other nation.
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  477.  @chenplotkin378  Actually, Chinese ships were allowed to dock in Nagasaki along with the Dutch during the Edo period. So there was trade throughout.
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  478. Just another day in another French colony.
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  479. Obviously, Ukraine should've known there would be retaliatory strikes after the bridge.
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  480. Perhaps you should learn about Asian history. Then you would know why Japan was forcing out Western forces from Asia.
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  481. Destabilizing the Balkans in Kosovo and Bosnia using Serbs is not a new Russian strategy. Another Balkan conflict would serve to dilute NATO attention, efforts, or resources from Ukraine.
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  482. Companies change their business portfolio all the time. Mobile phones wasn't really a lucrative business, so they stopped making them. Sony only sells their smartphones in Japanese market, but most of their revenue/business comes from gaming, finance, entertainment/movies, cameras, etc.
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  483. They've been trimming the size, but Buffet has invested in BYD for a very long time. Who do you think was Buffet's favorite banker?
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  484. How does a vehicle explode like that? Chinese-made cars?
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  485. German automakers are victims of German/EU policymakers. First being forced to sell diesel vehicles, now being forced to sell BEVs. Seriously, German/EU policymakers need to be slightly more understanding of the enormous HALO effect of the auto-sector, and be more realistic in their approach and time horizon. It's not just about VW or the German economy. The auto-industry impacts every sector from materials, components, machinery, senors, cameras, batteries, software, tires, interior, shipping, etc, etc...which employs nearly 14 million across Europe.
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  486. Nobody is going to win this war. Whatever the military outcome, the ethnic Russians in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine aren't going anywhere. And some if not many Ukraine soldiers have Russian ancestry while some Russian soldiers have Ukrainian ancestry. And they're fighting over historically Tatar territory. The world suffers as long as they fight. Everybody is a loser.
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  487.  @BrotherlyLove12  We don't do Jus Soli citizenship. You need at least one Japanese parent to claim Japanese citizenship. And US military bases in Japan are not under Japanese legal jurisdiction. So if you're born on a US military base in Japan to US parents, you're technically not born in Japan. Or more accurately, we have absolutely no legal records of your existence in Japan. (If I recall correctly, the legal address for US military bases in Japan was the State of California.)
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  488. Are they legal residents?
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  489. トランプは製造業や貿易、為替などは得意分野ではなさそうですね。
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  490. What does a "Christian-raised Hindu" mean?
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  491. 意味ない
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  492. 日本のメロンが東南アジアで朴られてたね。
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  493. Crimean should belong to Crimean Tatars.
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  494. It's the same reason why some refugees and migrants wish to go Germany or the UK instead of Greece or Italy. The huge wage difference is something that can't be ignored when thinking about sending money back home to family members left behind.
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  495. If Russia can encourage Serbs to open a new front in the Balkans to drain NATO resources, Russian intelligence capability is truly impressive.
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  496. Perhaps they need slightly more than thoughts and prayers. Any building in the region can crumble from the next quake. It's worse than a war zone.
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  497. If they were really asleep, how does one explain why major automakers are postponing EV investments, production, and targets? GM, Ford, Stellantis, VW, and Volvo are all pulling back from BEV production targets because the demand is weak and transition is much slower than they projected. Reportedly European companies are now putting pressure on European governments to relax some of the BEV mandates because they cannot meet the targets. European new car sales is incredibly weak and is slowing down. Europe hasn't recovered pre-pandemic sales levels.
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  498. Many countries subsidize train transportation or simply build/operate it themselves...so the true cost doesn't show in the ticket prices.
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  499. Wrath of God.
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  500. Do you want Biden to start a war with Russia? Aside from providing weapons and economic sanctions, there is no much any country can do unless one is prepared to go to war.
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  501. GM, Ford, Hyundai...they're all losing money for each BEV sale. Almost all Chinese EV makers are losing money too. BYD made profits but half of their sales are hybrids, and they make money from selling batteries to competitors. Charging stations are unprofitable and some are even going bankrupt. It's an unsustainable business.
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  502. They're all Rus. It's a family feud, so don't read to much into it. And many Russians have partial Ukrainian ancestry, and many Ukrainians have partial Russian ancestry.
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  503. Why is it that former French colonies are so so unstable?
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  504. Don't blame your mess on foreign countries.
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  505. Kurds were sayings foreign ISIS fighters had passports from over 50 nationalities. (Obviously, there were many foreign volunteers fighting alongside the Kurds against ISIS too.) Wars do seem to attract people from all over the world. As long as volunteers understand that Russia treats foreign volunteers as terrorists, they'll be okay.
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  506. 中国参拝
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  507. Your reporter needs to know that there is no such thing as an earthquake-proof building. In earthquake-prone countries, the idea behind structural design is to survive a catastrophic earthquake. If it hasn't collapsed after two shallow near-magnitude 8 earthquake, it means it has served its purpose.
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  508. Azerbaijan doesn't really care about agreement.
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  509. Just to clarify, why do American taxpayers have to pay for Gaza?
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  510. To be honest, I don't think we treated Taiwan and Korea any differently after inclusion into Japanese territory. KOSEKI was modernized, land reform, mandatory and higher-education, vaccination and medical modernization, urban planning, abolishing serfs/slavery, transportation infrastructure investments, or legal/judicial system...I cannot think anything that is significantly different. Of the 9 Imperial Universities, one was built in Seoul, the other was in Taiwan. We basically copied what worked in Japan and introduced to (or forced on) Taiwan and Korea, which was the foundation of their economic growth just like Japan.
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  511. He is the least qualified person to talk about Peace in the Middle East. Has he forgotten that he invaded Iraq along with Bush, triggering cascading chaos in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon? Syrian and Iraqi refugees in Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, or Europe were results of an imploding Iraq, sectarian violence, Sunni radicalism, and Syrian civil war. Not that Hussein was a good and competent leader or anything, but Iran wouldn't have had so much influence over Iraq, Syria, or Lebanon hadn't Blair/Bush invaded Iraq.
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  512.  @user-qy9rg3nt2l  After 30 years, I'm sure you're aware that Japanese use a lot of non-verbal communication, We generally indicate like/dislike with our attitude and not so much by words. It's very common for the wife to be in charge of all house-hold finances in Japan. That said, if you have trouble connecting with your partner, it may not be due to cultural differences. It may be more an issue with compatibility of personality. (As you should know "性格の不一致" is the number one reason for divorce in Japan. It's blanket excuse including everything from religion, money, food, children's education, hobbies, etc. )
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  513.  @somerandomchannel382  Japan exists for the sake of Japanese citizens. So if you're not a citizen, there will be natural limitations. If you're a Japanese citizen without proper Japanese education, there will be limitations within Japanese society as well. And if you're a foreign national without any formal Japanese education, unless you have advanced professional or academic skills that Japan values and needs, there will be far less career opportunities. It will be near impossible to be a lawyer, doctor, public school teacher, or architect in Japan without having received formal education in Japanese. The issue we have these days is that there are a number of children of foreign nationals who were born and raised in Japan, like the guy in this video. I recall seeing a girl in a documentary, who is half Nikkei-Brazilian and half-Indonesian and born & raised in Japan, and her childhood dream/goal was to become a police officer in Japan (like her grandfather in Brazil). But Japan doesn't allow foreign nationals to enter its Police Academy. Her dream would've been possible if her parents naturalized along with the kids. But they didn't or couldn't, and the girl doesn't want to give up her foreign passports. So she is still a foreign national with legal residency due to her Japanese ancestry. She now runs a school in Japan assisting foreign-children learning Japanese. Conversely, there have been naturalized elected officials for decades. There is only one definition the Japanese government uses in determining who is Japanese or not, i.e. Japanese citizenship.
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  514. For people living in Japan, the only news that matter are things that have connection with Japan. South Korea and Thailand are places that Japanese people often travel to, which is why plane accidents and kidnappings become top news. Wars and disputes in faraway lands have no connection with Japan.
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  515.  @gemi1164  They are ethnic Russians. They've been living in the region since the Russians & Ukrainians jointly invaded Tatar lands. Ethnic Russians have been migrating to the region during Russian Empire and during the Soviet Union. Nobody really cared because people moved for education, marriage, work, and retirement all the time. The problem is actually with the post-Soviet state border. It doesn't reflect the ethnic divisions, and here were are.
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  516. How can Russia be losing when it occupies parts of Ukraine?
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  517. So we call Azov as "Ukrainian soldier" these days? I'm surprised Israel and Germany can stay quiet.
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  518. Four wives are okay?
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  519. Some people blame Boeing for its corporate culture, but I fear it may not be a problem unique to Boeing. It's probably more a reflection of American business culture and principles, which is a mirror of American education system, culture, and society. Apple or other tech companies make ridiculous amount of money because they stick to design and manufacture outside of the US. But Japanese automakers can manufacture reliable cars in the US because they demand the same Japanese manufacturing standards in US factories. So it's not that American workers cannot produce quality products at reasonable prices. Rather, there is something wrong with the internal relationship between corporate management and frontline workers. And it's not just in manufacturing, you see the same mindset division in airlines. (If I recall, upper management is receiving 50 to 100x more salary than front-line workers. Historically, it wasn't the case.) What is unique to Boeing is it cannot escape the strong influence and interference from government and military. Airbus suffers the same problem, particularly with engine choices. If it was solely based on customer preference, I presume they would be offering some different options.
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  520. Why do they insist on UN staff to go into rebel-held territories of Syria? With whom are they supposed to sign host-nation agreements?
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  521. A Sri Lankan requires asylum from what?
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  522. ​ @Cradleling I thought it was humor cynicism. Think about all the people who will lose their jobs and contracts without drugs, from prison guards to judges to smugglers.
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  523. Due to fierce competition and excess production capacity, most Chinese EV makers lost money in 2023 (aside from a few companies like BYD and Li Auto). Ford and GM also lost billions in EVs in 2023. How is this business model supposed to work if every major automaker loses money manufacturing EVs? And why are they losing so much money when they make EVs?
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  524.  @zuhachan  It won't make a difference. You don't even need to married at all. What matters is your financial stability, work experience, language fluency, criminal and tax records, and whether you can contribute to Japanese society.
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  525.  @thomasjuniardi3559  They were "unchallenged" because Russian leadership actually wrote this play. Just be reminded who pays for Wagner salaries. They wrote the script.
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  526. Most of their funding is from the Russian government. They were deployed to Syria, Venezuela, or Africa to serve Russian national interests. So how private is it?
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  527. Not just Canada. That's the history of the entire hemisphere.
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  528. 歴史書に登場する人物は全員そんな感じちゃうか？
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  529. I presume it's social media that's fueling these extreme views worldwide. This generation seems to be so different from my university days. Back then if somebody were to even mention intifada on campus, they would've been seen as a weirdo or worse.
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  530. 自国でやってくれ。
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  531. Unlike many of the political analysts and retired military generals, he is true intelligence agency. They don't rush to conclusions, they don't project their own opinion or propaganda, and they don't sensationalize. They just patiently piece together various bits and pieces of information.
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  532. Not really. It saves us from recycling and disposal.
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  533. I wonder if ordinary Iranians wish to be dragged into this war.
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  534. 言葉だけの脅し。軍事的には全然気が早すぎて無理。現在はハリコフ州（ハルキウ州）と、ドネツク＆ルハンスク州のウクライナ支配地域からウクライナ軍を駆逐することが最優先となってる。そもそもモルドバの前に、黒海で最重要の貿易港であるオデッサを確保しないことには無理。モルドバの輸出入はオデッサ港に依存してきたので、オデッサをロシア軍に抑えられたらモルドバも苦しくなる。
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  535. There were no military conscription for Koreans. And Japan had a massive labor shortage during the final phases of the war.
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  536. Have you not heard of Indian wars? Europeans came and stole their land, and they got killed or relocated to Indian Reservations. Sounds familiar?
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  537. Do they care about UN resolutions? Does anyone?
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  538. It's impossible to negotiate with fundamentalists. Hamas knew exactly what they were doing, and how Israel would respond. They intentionally started a forest fire that nobody can immediately put out. It's really unfortunate but the fire has to take its course to burn out by itself. And the US had lost a huge chunk of regional credibility and respect in its haphazard handling of Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan. US has made itself irrelevant in the region for some time. I still cannot believe Hamas leadership is allowed to freely move between Qatar, Turkey, Lebanon, and Iran. US military has close ties with Qatar, and Turkey is a NATO member.
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  539. UN was designed to be just a conference hall where member-states can discuss matters. Nothing more, nothing less.
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  540. The Russians just pulled out back for a better defensive position. Ukraine didn't liberate anything.
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  541. Hawaii 7-11 stores has been owned/operated by 7-11 Japan since 1989, which is why you see many similarities with Japanese convenience stores.
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  542. 党の政策を最終決定する機関だから、議員との横の繋がりも拡がって総理を目指すなら良いと思うんだけどね。でも高市さんは疲れ果ててる感じを受けるから、少し休息が必要かもね。
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  543. They are Koreans who want to be Koreans. If they want to relocate to North or South, it's their choice. It's not our job to protect them.
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  544. I'm slightly confused why foreign dignitaries feel safe visiting the front-line, especially when it's so close to the Russian border. Is there some type of prearranged understanding between Germany and Russia to not attack transportation infrastructure during the visit?
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  545. ネーミングなんて何でも良いけど、国防の基本戦略はあるよ。日本の仮想敵国は19世紀から一貫してる。装備から訓練から部隊配置まで統一されてる。20世紀にはそのために3か国とも同盟を結んだ。日本の対外関係のランキングもその戦略に基づいてる。
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  546. I have difficulty believing people without military experience would be of any use to Ukraine (except for media and symbolic value). I hope they don't mistake Ukrainians for Russians.
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  547.  @cee_el  If she was Japanese, she would know how to search the internet. People like her are nomadic people, often running away from something. But there can be reasons why she cannot rent a normal place like the rest of the population, such as large debt, bankruptcy, criminal history, or people who are on a watch list, etc.
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  548. 在留邦人数・・・10名。大使館員と青年海外協力隊だけなら、直ぐに出国できそう。
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  549. I find it entertaining to see all the "non-Japanese" talking about what Japanese men look for in a serious relationship. At the end of the day, it won't make a difference where the girl is from because each person is different. All I can say is each year there are more international marriages for Japanese men than women.
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  550. Why would you lock yourself in an underground nuclear bunker?
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  551.  @kgbcomrade5529  Indeed. Japan just a started a new fast-track visa system for professionals as well as graduates of top universities worldwide from April 2023, dubbed J-SKIP and J-FIND. These visas don't have any Japanese language requirements nor does it require sponsorship from employers. And it applies to family members as well. Japan separates refugee issue with foreign workers. They are completely separate visa schemes controlled by different government departments. Japanese society's attitude towards refugees is extremely negative, especially as we have allowed hundreds of thousands of illegal Koreans who smuggled themselves into Japan. Many of the Koreans were economic migrations but they were given special exception on humanitarian grounds during/after Korean War. It was an extremely agonizing collective experience in terms of elevated crime and social integration. So much so, now we only grant refugee status to those who really deserve it, such as Tibetan activists, Uyghur students, Myanmar opposition, etc. It's why 99% of refugee application is denied.
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  552. Just curious, why doesn't DR just invade/occupy Haiti? I presume Dominicans would know far more how Haiti operates than Kenyans.
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  553. It's a religion mistaken as an ethnicity.
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  554. Many of those in the trenches are pro-Russian Ukrainians. And a number of Russian soldiers have Ukrainian ancestry, while some Ukrainian soldiers have Russian ancestry. This war is tragic in so many ways.
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  555. They have a good sense of humor.
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  556. According to historical maps, most of Russia was not part of Russia. You should be paying tribute to the Mongolians.
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  557. 平和を望むなら戦に備えよ。
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  558. いい加減過ぎて住みたくない市。
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  559. India was terribly incompetent at the G20. That's what happens when you have no spine.
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  560. It's a one-sided superficial conversation. The Iranian politician knew her job was to repeat the official line. Iranians couldn't careless what a Brit thinks.
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  561. "Another failed attempt to change destiny..." Those are some powerful words.
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  562. You have high expectations.
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  563. Japan's military capability has nothing to do with influences of foreign countries. (US has always been asking her allies to spend more on defense.) The reality is it's always budget constraints. Japanese defense spending was increased after Russia invaded Ukraine, but 2% of GDP would be really difficult target to reach. Japan's GDP is currently about 600 trillion JPY, so hitting 12 trillion JPY is challenging (unless we start underfunding social security, education, infrastructure or raise consumption tax). 2025 defense budget proposal is set at 8.7 trillion JPY (i.e. 1.45% of GDP).
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  564. Nobody knows what the plan is, and it's only been a week.
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  565. It's a little different from other countries. In Japan, each major company will have its own union. So Toyota has its own union (トヨタ自動車労働組合), which closely works with the "Federation of All Toyota Workers' Unions" (全トヨタ労連), Toyota Group includes subsidiaries such as Aisin, Denso, Jtekt, Toyota Industries...and the group union has 320,000 workers. But latest figures in Japan indicates only about 16% are members of unions. Union members in Japan don't receive special privileges over non-union members. Once you're promoted to a managerial positions, it's customary to not be part of the union. In other words, many people serving in Japanese corporate senior management were once union members when they first started in the company. Thus, they know what is realistic and what is unrealistic. And Japanese corporate unions don't care about politics as much. (It's usually unions in public jobs and school teachers that are left-leaning and go crazy with national political affairs, everything from tax policy to energy policy, to national security.) Japanese Corporate unions are far more realistic and interested in the welfare, career, and compensation of their employees. Management doesn't hide anything from the union members, as the employees know far more about the realities of the company than people in corporate HQ. It's mostly why Japanese corporate management and unions have good open discussions. Toyota's CEO will always sit down directly with Toyota's union and negotiate/explain what's possible and what's not possible. It's almost obligatory to do so for senior management of any major company in Japan. US and European industry unions are a little different. They have strong national political agenda, and they don't care whether individual companies goes bankrupt or not. They don't care if strikes lead to loss of revenue, profits, bonuses, and eventually employment.
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  566. Why are they not deported from Libya?
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  567. No education, no future.
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  568.  @kure_kle  I agree that native fluency in language, culture, mannerism, and identity is essential for Japanese people to identify who is Japanese and who is not. And Japanese surname is how we recognize a Japanese Descendant or Nikkei-jin. President Nakamura of Palau was referred to as a Nikkei-jin in Japanese press, but Adm/Ambassador Harry Harris would be written as "have a Japanese mother" (or 母親が日本人). It's the same treatment with Nootbaar. They're not perceived or identified as Japanese by Japanese society. Their mother just happened to be from Japan. (In stark contrast, Senator INOUE or General SHINSEKI were always referred to as Japanese Descendants. ) I went to school with ethnic Koreans who only use Japanese names because they know how different the treatment is without a Japanese surname. My best friend from highschool is half-Japanese and his mother is from the Philippines. He was treated as Japanese as the rest of the class. In fact, most people in school didn't even know he had a Filipino mother. And I had no idea HAYAMI Mokomichi and AKIMOTO Sayaka had Filipino mothers, but I'm certain Japanese society would always treat them as Japanese. It's the same with TAKAHASHI Ran.
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  569. The irony is the world need more oil and gas output right now.
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  570. マンションは分譲せずに全て賃貸にすべきだったのかもね。
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  571. Yankee Go Home...is a common phrase throughout the world.
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  572. In Japan "KASAGO" ("Marbled Rockfish") is a delicacy. KASAGO is the not identical to Lionfish but should be similar, and is known to have poisonous stings. There are a number of ways KASAGO is served in Japan, but the most common ways are fried (a.k.a. "KARA-AGE"), soy-sauce simmered (a.k.a. "NI-TSUKE"), and SASHIMI. Perhaps you can invite a few Japanese chefs.
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  573.  @mkhi1998  難民として入って無い。不法入国。
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  574. Overworked and Understaffed...seems to be the case everywhere.
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  575.  @ic5889  The first public highways were completed by 1964 Tokyo Olympics. It was supposed to become free after 30 years-ish. What happened was that Japanese government used the toll revenue to expand highway networks, and they're still building/upgrading to date. Thus, highways never became free. It actually makes sense for users to pay for the cost of the highway, rather than relying on tax funds to build, upgrade, or maintain them.
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  576. Palau president Mr. Nakamura was known in Japan too.
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  577. You will in everything from auto repair costs, insurance, home interior.
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  578. Do you really believe you can negotiate with Russia?
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  579. Don't blame Sweden or the Kurds, please.
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  580. Iran and Russia should help. Most countries no longer have means to coordinate with Syrian government. We certainly can't send anyone to Jihadist-controlled territories.
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  581.  @今川焼き-l4s  積載量が少ないから陸自は装甲・重量を限界まで減らすという本末転倒な状態。
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  582. WWIII?
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  583. Like the Armenians?
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  584. そんなに腹が立つならトルコに行って来れば？
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  585. It depends on your goals. If your plan is to experience Japan as an expat for a few years, GAIJIN mentality is sufficient. You'll be treated as extended guest and people will be praising your Japanese skills (because expectations are so low). But for those who intend to build a life in Japan and be part of Japanese society, GAIJIN mentality and attitude only hinders cultural assimilation and social integration. Obviously, we'll never be saying 日本語上手 to half-kids who were raised and educated in Japan. Fluency in language and social norms will be expected as common sense for a member of society, and frankly it'll be an insult to praise them for knowing what every else knows. Since you're half-French, let me use an easy French example. You see the African and Middle-eastern Muslim immigrants who fail to integrate into French society? That's how Japanese people see foreigners who are unable to integrate into Japanese society. Both alien and guests. Again, there is no problem if you're living as an expat for a few years.
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  586. 良心や客観的事実など外交官には関係ない。そういう方は外交官の仕事は出来ないし、そもそも選ばれない。ユダヤ人への命の査証で有名なリトアニアにいた日本の外交官、本国からの命令を無視したので、帰国後は当然ながら職を失った。
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  587. It's usually the language barrier. It's hard for both sides if you can't fully understand the other person.
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  588. ​ @MultiRingtail I don't see any point in comparing in foreign currency. Switzerland will have higher salaries but the living cost is also high. It's not possible to work in Switzerland and pay rent in Moscow. Remittance is possible and vacation is possible.
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  589. 加盟国が話し合いをする箱です。
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  590.  @Shaytan.666  Aren't they Moroccan?
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  591. Pre pandemic, 10 million foreign tourists each year. They get stared at because we need to know if they are suicide bombers.
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  592. Russians don't seem to have much training or equipment either.
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  593. 数日前までロシア内からYouTubeなどにアクセス出来てるから、ある程度は知ってるんじゃないですかね。
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  594. He stole from the company. He'll be arrested in France too.
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  595.  @MisterHeroman  He's American
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  596. 全国から応援で入り、全国津々浦々にコロナを持って帰る・・・
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  597. They need ammo not applause.
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  598.  @coolninjamen  Japanese have zero need for Chinese cars. And the cooperation between Toyota and BYD is for the Chinese market. For Chinese market, Chinese quality will suffice.
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  599. Just like the Iraq army with ISIS. This is why providing any kind of weapons to anybody must be carefully screened.
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  600. 四国の部隊に除雪作業の依頼って初めて聞いた表現。
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  601. もっと死者が出るね。
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  602. Japan has always been selective. Immigration rules were designed to discourage people who couldn't survive in Japan (or people who we didn't want). For instance, a foreign/international student who graduated from a Japanese university or grad school will almost automatically receive a 5-year work visa, because they are fluent in language/culture, educated, and most likely to succeed. Conversely, Japanese immigration will only issue 1 year visas (or sometimes less) to those who have limited language fluency or technical skills. Japan's worst fear is exactly Europe, where we can see ethnic ghettos, Islamic extremists, gangs, or homeless migrants living off of handouts. Limited language and technical skill, usually results in limited probability to succeed. The concept of new visa schemes such as J-FIND and J-SKIP are based on this belief that we need to attract more educated or highly-skilled professionals. In reality, we've experienced the increase in crime and violence for decades (which is why Ministry of Justice, Immigration, and Police are always very conservative when it comes to visa restrictions). It was mostly crimes by Koreans in the 20th century, particularly after WWII and Korean War period. They were later usurped by Chinese who started coming around the 1980s and 1990s. Iranians came too but they were in heroin business so most of them were asked to leave. Nikkei-Brazilians, Nikkei-Peruvians were always given special preference over visa allotments because of their Japanese ancestry. Currently, Chinese and Vietnamese make up 60% of all crimes committed by foreign-nationals in Japan. The rest are mostly Koreans, Brazilians, and Filipino. Nowadays, a lot of attention is on the ethnic Kurds in Saitama. They're only 2,000 Kurdish asylum-seekers in Japan, yet they create so much chaos and havoc, locals desperately want them deported. Around the same number of Ukrainian refugees are currently in Japan, yet they cause absolutely no problem and are well liked. I don't know how to explain the stark contrast in their respective behaviors. But I do suspect that change in Refugee Law was targeted for easier deportation of declined applicants.
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  603. ウクライナも世界の同情と支援を得るために良く誇張してる。
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  604. That is basically every part of the world.
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  605. The majority of Afghanistan wanted NATO out of their country. The majority of Ukraine want NATO assistance.
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  606. Can we file a lawsuit against Islam?
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  607. I can't believe how different sides are reporting this war so differently. And most of the information in the country I live is only coming from the Ukrainian side. Obviously there are multiple sides to a conflict. I wish large media organizations would stop pushing a narrative. Just be our eyes and ears. People can make up their own minds.
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  608.  @YourD3estinY  Perhaps if you walk, talk, and behave like a local, the experience may be different from an expat. (Criminals are extremely observant and they can sniff out a mark.) Ironically, Russia can be safer because the state/government is so strong and crazy, and nobody wishes to end up in a Russian prison. Chile is still the exception or rare success story in South America, despite its social-economic or class differences. It's really unfortunate but bad actors from Venezuela, Colombia, or Haiti has increased the crime levels of many countries.
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  609. Sir, just one advice from somebody who struggled with both English/Japanese growing up. If you're going to live outside of Japan, please make sure your kids learn Japanese language/culture from your wife. It will make life so much easier and fun when they grow up. It'll also keep them connected to their families in Japan. It will open a lot of career opportunities too.
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  610.  @thenighttale-g8x  Laptops, smart phones, mobile batteries, rechargeable shavers...I can think of many things that use Lithium-Ion batteries. Are they banned on South Korean airlines?
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  611. The part that we have difficulty understanding is the cold winters. Lithium-Ion batteries aren't really good in cold temperatures, so how do people manage?
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  612. There are many other ethnic groups in Xinjiang/East Turkestan, so I'm curious whether a similar Sinicization/Colonization process is being forced on them as well. What is occurring is textbook colonization. Dominant language/culture/religious assimilation and replacement is similar to what has happened in the Americas for the past 500 years. The difference is that the Chinese are trying to do it less than 1 to 2 generations, and they're not trying to exterminate the majority of indigenous people like the Europeans. Turks and Han Chinese have been competing to control this region for the past 2,500 years, particularly as both wanted to dominate the Silk Road trading route to Central Asia and beyond. That said, I've never heard of Turkic-speaking Western Yugurs living in Gansu, who are direct descendants of the Uyghur Khaganate, being actively persecuted like the Uyghurs in Xinjiang/East Turkestan. So why is the Chinese government bending over backwards to Sinicize the Uyghurs in Xinjiang/East Turkestan? The amount of resources allocated for internal security, detention, or "re-education" shows how much this is priority for the Chinese government. (1) Islam: There are many other non-Uyghur Muslims in China who are left alone, including Han Chinese Muslims (a.k.a. "Hui" people). (2) Language, Genetics, and Culture: There are plenty of non-Chinese ethnic groups ranging from Tajiks to Mongols to Tibetans to Koreans. (3) Independence/Separatism: Given that Xinjiang/East Turkestan wasn't historically part of China proper (or Han Chinese sphere), I suspect this is the main motivation behind swift and severe Sinicization programs. From a pure economic/fiscal perspective, China is using more tax money on Xinjiang/East Turkestan than it will be able to collect. However, why this region is so important for modern-China is not clear to me.
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  613. How can he be so wrong about everything? Toyota doesn't need BYD technology, as they've been developing hybrids since the 1990s. Toyota sells models like Bz3x and Bz3c for the Chinese market. They're co-developed with BYD specifically for the Chinese market, Chinese consumers prefer low price over quality. Obviously, Toyota will never be selling these inferior products in Japan, North America, or Europe.
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  614. ずっとアメポチ政権だから。
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  615. Some of the foreign wives followed their husbands to Syria. The problem is much deeper than these women because many of their husbands were radicalized in their home countries. Toxic ideology is being taught in their communities, often supported by Arab Oil money.
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  616. 規律・自律があればどんな職場でも通用すると思います。
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  617. Japan's energy mix is 70% fossil fuel (mostly LNG); 9.2% solar; 7.6% hydro; 5.6% nuclear; 3.7% biomass; 0.9% wind; and 0.3% geo-thermal. A transition to BEV would require Japan to import more LNG (from Australia, Southeast Asia, Middle-east, etc) and burn it to meet much needed electricity, especially since growing renewable energy isn't easy in an island country that is 70% mountain/forests. (Due to lack of space, forests are being cleared to make solar fields, which is already a disaster for the eco-system.) This is on top of increasingly growing electricity demand from data-centers and usage of AI. Thus, BEVs never made any sense for the economy nor for the environment in Japan. I think this reality has made Japanese automakers more cautious and skeptical on BEVs. Currently 70% of electricity in Australia and Germany, and 60% of electricity in the US are coming from fossil fuel. Half of all Australian electricity is coming from coal plants, which means BEV transition will result in burning more coal. Why these governments are so obsessed with forcing BEVs is a complete mystery. Unless you have clean electricity like Iceland or Norway, it doesn't make any economic nor environmental sense.
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  618. If it weren't for Japan, both Korean peninsula and Manchuria would've been Russian territory. So you are very welcome.
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  619. Of all the potential implications, Germany is worried about Lithium? It's inconceivable that Ukrainians nor Russians would be thinking about Lithium deposits in Eastern Ukraine right now. The front-line region is heavily mined, destroyed, displaced, and local industry/economy decimated. It will take decades to rebuild.
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  620. I don't know anything about Haiti. Is there any reason why Haitian Americans would wish to assassinate the Haitian president?
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  621.  @thestrategistbrit  Roman historians recorded it as Gagan or Khagan. And Chinese commonly recorded the Turkic/Mongolic title "KHAGAN" as 可汗 or 可寒 ("Qagan/Qaγan"). Qagan/Qayan later changes to Qa'an/Xaah/Khaan. For whatever reason, Mongol language/pronunciation went through a sound-change, but others are still using old pronunciation. Same thing with place names like Karakorom/Qarakoram. Persian texts recorded it as "Qarā-qūrūm" but Mongols now say it with an "Ha/Xa" sound, if I'm not mistaken. Perhaps the sound-change is due to Northern Chinese influence on Mongolian language/culture during the Mongol/Yuan dynasty? (Chinese now pronounce 漢 as Han, whereas Japanese still pronounce it Kan/Khan, as in Kanji, same as like it was in 5th or 6th century.)
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  622. Nisan Operating Profit is still black for FY2024 (Mar 2025 fiscal year), implying that the Net Profit/Losses are mostly impairment losses.
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  623. Japanese culture stems from ancient Japanese Shinto traditions. Or Japanese Shinto is a crystallization of Japanese culture and traditions. Either way, the two are so intertwined, being Japanese is enough religion.
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  624. If you saw them on the streets, would you consider them to be Japanese? Nobody would.
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  625.  @skidUid2205  They would be better off in Arab countries in the region. As experienced in Europe and North America, some middle-eastern people do NOT integrate well with other societies. In the case of Japan, people from Central Asia and Southeast Asia don't pose the same threat. They integrate into Japanese culture and custom with relative ease. So it's more to do with the unique middle-eastern culture than religion.
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  626. The elephant conservation effort in Botswana was so successful, they now need to control the numbers. Hunting a few hundred elephants each year won't change the overall picture. Botswana needs the sales of hunting license or ivories from hunted elephants to fund part of the conservation effort. In reality, Botswana shouldn't be the only country in Africa trying to protect wild elephants. There are limits each country can do in terms of land usage and public funds. Which I presume is why Botswana's political leaders jokingly said they'll gift 20,000 elephants to Germany. Botswana is not a wealthy country. Europeans do need to be more realistic and sensitive to local realities.
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  627. The strange assumption that "other parts of the world" all work in a similar manner tells you how little you know about the world.
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  628. Depends on the foreigner. Some people we don't want for sure.
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  629. There are many Chinese sleepers around the world. They come as immigrants.
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  630. I'm not Russian. To the best of my understanding, attacks on Kyiv/Kiev was a diversion so the Ukrainian military will concentrate their units to defend the capital. The primary military objective for Russia appears to be to create a land corridor from Russia to Crimea, especially as supply routes were restricted after the annexation. You may think Russia getting involved in the Ukrainian civil war is evil and criminal. But ignoring the repeated requests by ethnic Russians in Donbass region is also evil and criminal. If the ordinary civilians in Ukraine-controlled Donbass cities are like those in Mariupol (i.e. majority ethnic-Russia or pro-Russia), the Ukraine military will eventually be isolated as Azov was in Mariupol.
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  631. I don't think any political leader would dare say, "Citizens it's time to panic!"
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  632. Somebody is financing these activities. Go after them.
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  633. It usually takes years to perfect tank maneuvers and servicing in peace time. I don't know how much time it will take Ukrainians to get up to speed, but the idea that they can do it a few weeks is just unrealistic. Learning a new weapon system takes months of training if not years.
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  634. Can South America also protest against Spanish tourists? They've been outstaying their welcome for nearly 500 years.
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  635. Interesting choice. I wonder how much demand there is between Dublin and Indiana/Nashville. If max seatd for XLR is about 200 passengers, which would imply each flight to have minimum 160 passengers to break-even. Not all existing routes are profitable, so perhaps using the XLR to those destinations would make better sense. Or flying to/from secondary non-hub airports on the East Coast.
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  636. They wanted a reason to go to war.
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  637. What international community?
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  638. It depends on who's being sent to Russia. Some of the special infiltration units in North Korea receive superb training.
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  639. 日本と『接触拒否』しますと接触してくるのは、どういうことなの？
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  640. If true that is a naive take on history.
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  641. They are ethnic Koreans who wanted to return to their homeland. There was no reason for Japan to block their return.
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  642. ロシア軍の正規軍の兵士の給料水準ってそれぐらいだよ。徴兵兵士なんかもっと悲惨やで。人件費・物価は国によって結構差があるから、日本の感覚で安い・高いは意味がない。
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  643. Russian soldiers with part Ukrainian ancestry are fighting Ukrainians with part Russian ancestry. The land they fight over has historically been Tatar territory. Ukrainians have fought alongside the Russians for centuries to occupy Tatar lands. Now they are fighting each other for lands neither should own. And everybody is suffering.
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  644. 返品不可でお願いします。
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  645. That's a good observation. Over-tourism or 観光公害 ("Tourism Pollution" in Japanese) is a real issue for locations like Kyoto, Kamakura, or Hida-Takayama. Local residents clearly want less foreign-tourists, because they are simply overwhelmed. Most of us were quite happy when the country was closed to foreign visitors because we were able get around the country with relative ease. And we didn't have to deal with increase in crime, drunk tourists, poor behaviors, etc. So nobody is crying that China banned group tourism to Japan. People actually feel relieved, as Chinese group tourists are the worst. (The rich ones are very sophisticated in taste.) Tourism and hospitality industries do require foreign-tourists, but I think there needs to be an annual cap. We just don't have the capacity or infrastructure to deal with 30 million visitors per year, especially when many of them are concentrated in certain cities/regions. And frankly, when I visit Kyoto and hear only foreign languages, it's really disappointing. It completely destroys the ambiance of Kyoto. I've no idea how countries like UK, France, Greece, or Italy are able to handle all the tourists from all over the world.
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  646.  @taylorliu9093  These cultural roots are far deeper, going back thousands of years or if not more, far before Han Chinese arrived in Taiwan (or even before Southern China was Sinicized). The oldest human remains found so far in Okinawa prefecture--specifically Ishigaki Island--go back 27,000 years. In the last ice age, most if not all of East China Sea was land. So yes, people have been migrating, trading, raiding, inter-marrying...throughout most of human history.
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  647. You might want to study previous wars.
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  648. If they fear for their lives, why are they still in Afghanistan? Run!
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  649. Did the Pope conveniently forget about the colonization of the Americas and the role of the Catholic Church?
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  650. They are Koreans returning to Korea. It's their choice.
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  651. 5 km is a margin of error for Russian missiles these days. Did Russia buy missiles from Iran too?
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  652.  @aubreyplazasuncle  It's funny because most Canadians aren't indigenous to Canada. They're also descendants of immigrants from mostly Europe, and they came on their own without any approval or invitation from the indigenous people. It's like one group of immigrants telling other group of immigrants that Canada is full, which is why it's funny.
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  653. Oh Jesus, what century are you from?
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  654. It's designed quite well.
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  655. To be fair, nobody in Japan wants these schools either. We have "encouraged" them to return to the Korean peninsula...but they don't want to return. And these North Korean schools are the reason why they have difficulty in integrating into Japanese society. Obviously, you need a formal Japanese education to be accepted in Japan. But once you see a resume with a North Korean school...a lot of companies become hesitant.
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  656. Russia made a big mistake making the world its enemy.
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  657. UN staff wouldn't even know how to ride a train to Xinjiang without Chinese government "escorts."
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  658. What's funny? Guam is only around 3-4 hours away and there is a direct flight from Japan. It's not high-end or anything but still a nice vacation destiny. The short flight helps when you have small kids.
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  659. Turkey attacked Syria. This is expected.
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  660. FYI, the translators Japanese is near-native. We can tell by the rhythm and pitch-accent.
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  661.  @napoleonfeanor  And women too. All modern Japanese have varying degrees of Jomon DNA.
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  662. 銃の取り扱いより、止血やサバイバルの方が役に立ちそうだけど。
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  663. Huns, Avars, Bulgars, Khazars, Magyars, Mongols, or Cossacks relied heavily on horse cavalry to move across the Eurasian Steppe. Motor cycles are modern horses, in a way. Maybe we all just need to go back to ancient tactics, field survival, and soldiering.
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  664. 核物質はロシアは余ってるだろうから、インフラ制圧の一環。ウクライナの電力の半分が原子力から来るので、電力供給は制限されるはず。送電網が機能してるのかは分かりませんけど。
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  665. The problem in El Salvador, Honduras, or Guatemala are deep rooted. The social fabrique of the indigenous community was decimated by the European colonizers, and even after nearly 500 years a new sense of community was never reconstructed. The enormous wealth gap, land and income distribution, difference in access to education, economic and social opportunity, healthcare, or even basic things like transportation and communication infrastructure...it's still being run as predatory colony, just an independent one. (And when you try to equalize the social injustice and inequality, you'll likely get targeted as a Marxist revolutionary, terrorist, or an enemy of the United States.) When you see gangs and cartels killing in the most brutal way imaginable...one quickly realizes they don't feel that they're killing one of their own from the same community. It's really painful to see people with indigenous heritage being marginalized and alienated in their own land and being forced to either join a gang or to self-exile themselves through migration just to stay alive.
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  666.  @Checobeep  Countries that have fought real wars with Russia in the past will never under-estimate Russians and their tenacity.
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  667. "The Revolutionary War was an insurrection by American Patriots in the 13 colonies to British rule, resulting in American independence."...this is just some random comment from the internet explaining the American Revolution. "Insurrection" can indeed be a politically charged word, but calling a riot an insurrection is rather disturbing.
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  668. Record sales and record profits. Nobody is complaining.
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  669. The more resistance there is, more buildings destroyed and lives lost. It may be in European interests to prolong the conflict as much as possible to tie down the Russians, but I don't know if it would be in interest of Ukraine. Of all the people in the world, Ukrainian should know the devastating capability of Russian military equipment when used on cities. Rifles and cocktails simply won't do.
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  670.  @Honestandtruth007  It's actually financially expensive to raise a child in Japan. This is the same issue in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, or Singapore. From birth to college, a ballpark estimate is it costs around US$300,000 to $500,000 per child.
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  671. I honestly did not know that Eastern Europe was not a preferred saying. It's been decades since I took a political science course, but Cold War divisions are still ingrained in my geographic concepts. We used to differentiate East Europe and Soviet Union, so calling it Central Europe is still a confusing concept. And I still differentiate Russia from Eastern Europe for political, cultural, and historical reasons.
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  672. That's how the British thought about their American colonies, I presume.
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  673.  @mikereed1096  If these are the gangs that were formed in the US and later deported back to Honduras and El Salvador...US policy towards Central America were the source.
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  674. Hold on, Afghan troops fled their country?
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  675. I think it highly depends on the foreign girl's understanding of Japanese language and culture, more so than the nationality, race, or ethnicity. Almost all the foreign wives living in Japan have sufficient fluency in Japanese language, culture, and norms. From filing tax, getting your roof fixed, choosing schools for kids, family reunions, or the painful inheritance procedure...marriage will be a massive challenge in Japan if your spouse cannot speak/read sufficient Japanese.
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  676. I doubt Russia can accept Georgia joining NATO. Ukraine failed to understand its geo-strategic importance. Don't make the same mistake.
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  677. 最初から敗けを最小化する作業。ロシア軍相手に戦えるのは中国軍とアメリカ軍だけなので、ウクライナが勝てるとは誰も思ってない。奪われる領土を少しでも減らすための支援。
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  678. No he's not wrong. If you don't want them to come, don't teach them your language, culture, religion, etc. Reverse migration and inflow almost always occur with colonization.
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  679. Frankly, it's to reduce government paperwork on visa renewals too. Otherwise, the Ministry of Justice will need more staff/budget. As of June end 2024, 3.58 million foreign national were residing in Japan. 902,203 are issued a Permanent Visa or are Special Permanent Residents (i.e. Descendants of migrants from Taiwan and Korean peninsula prior to their independence.); 425,714 on Technical Trainee Visa; 394,295 on Work Visa; 368,589 on Student Visa; and 283,204 on Spousal/Family Visa. In other words, around 1/3 of all foreign-nationals residing in Japan are issued a Permanent Visa. And yes, it gets revoked all the time if the terms are not met.
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  680. Only Haitians can fix Haiti.
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  681. I don't understand. Why would you ever be embarrassed? Obviously, Indigenous people of the Americas have been around the longest.
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  682. ​ @LordByron1821 We're all descendants of migrants. And most people in Anatolia don't have East Eurasian Turkic genetic ancestry either. Anatolian people were gradually Turkified over the past 1,000 years by various Turkic ruling class. Before they were Turkified, they were most likely speaking Greek, Armenian, Kurdish, Farsi, etc. Original Turkic people were from South Siberia and Mongolia. Some of them migrated to modern-day Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria by 5th and 6th centuries. Some of them mixed with Iranic people in Southern Central Asia.
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  683. Eloquently said. Disaster response is initially about saving lives and assisting the displaced. First 72 hours is key. For a natural disaster of this magnitude, however, the recovery phase will take years if not decades. Turkey will need to reexamine its priorities and reallocate precious resources to rebuild. Instead of getting involved in foreign conflicts and attempting to exert nominal influence, Turkey will need to focus more on domestic issues such as infrastructure and economic resilience. Had Turkey been more prepared, frankly the damages could've been smaller. I see a lot of civilians helping with no or little equipment or training, using only their bare hands in news coverage. Where I live, military would be mobilized. They would be on site with heavy equipment and providing food, shower, or temporary housing.
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  684. Perhaps a translation issue. He said 『気が強い』, which is a difficult phrase to translate. "Aggressive" won't be the word I would use to translate it. It can have a wide connotation from strong-willed, assertive, masculine, entitled, or sell-centered, depending on context. It's a description on personality for both men and women, and has no relation with work/careers. We often see these traits in professional athletes like football/baseball players, or with entrepreneurs. In case you don't know, most women in Japan work too. And if you knew any of women in Asia, you'll never be calling them submissive, vulnerable, or weak.
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  685. Vietnam and Soviet Afghanistan took ten years, US war in Afghanistan took twenty years. No rush.
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  686. Most of them are small local companies that operate under a franchise agreement.
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  687. In war, sometimes the objective is to not lose, or at least not lose big. Russia currently controls 20% of Ukrainian territory. Ukraine would've lost more territory if it weren't for international assistance. It's not ideal but better than the alternative.
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  688.  @kanik096  The majority of residents of Mariupol have no sympathy for Azov. They fear Azov more than Russian forces.
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  689. SM-3は1発あたり数十億円。攻撃は最大の防御。
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  690. Why is Germany or any other country obligated to assist Ukraine? The land that Ukraine and Russia is fighting over was neither Ukrainian nor Russian to begin with. It's the historical territory of the Tatars. And if you're incompetent and unprepared enough to have to beg for weapons once you're being invaded, you don't stand a chance. It's just a waste of money at best, at worst your weapons captured and reverse engineered by the Russias.
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  691. Why is Tajikistan's neighbor China missing in this report? Or rather, why wasn't this project targeted by the so-called "Belt and Road" initiative? Central Asian countries have been doing their best to balance out Russian and Chinese influences.
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  692. If there is a blockade in sea, air, and land...why are there so many high-rise buildings and imported cars in Gaza? And where do they get their weapons?
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  693. They should recognize Chechnya as an "independent" nation.
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  694.  @Anonymous------  You should learn some history. Why do you think both the royals of 百済 & 高句麗 fled to Japan after they were invaded by the Tang Dynasty. Indeed the first war between Japan and China was in AD663. Obviously you don't know anything about language, grammar and cognates either. By the way both ruling class of Sui and Tang were Xianbei, i.e. Mongolians.
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  695. A lot of "those billions of dollars" provided in military aide never leave the US. The money goes into defense contracts, resulting in employment, tax revenue, R&D, votes, and political contributions. And US military often receives new upgraded equipment because the US sends existing inventory to Ukraine and Israel.
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  696. Nobody wants them, even their neighbors.
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  697. 言いがかりにいちいち付き合わないといけない、大使って面倒な仕事だね。
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  698. ルパン？
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  699. Russia and South Korea are the neighboring countries to Japan. Of course they have the highest exposure. When Japanese people mention "Russian," they're referring to Eastern Europeans & Russians. It doesn't mean White people in general. And we usually don't refer to ourselves as Asian, because it's a word in Japan that mostly refers to non-Japanese people in East and Southeast Asia.
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  700.  @lokelosk  It' difficult to explain. We're used to hearing regional and generational dialects. We're also used to hearing Japanese spoken by Koreans and Chinese. Koreans sometimes struggle with certain phonetic sounds, and Chinese with grammar. But some foreigners are able to master the flow of Japanese. Peter Barakan is a prime example. When I saw him on Japanese TV as kid, I honestly thought he grew up speaking Japanese at home in Japan. (He's from the UK, and perhaps his part Burmese upbringing helped him.) It's not simply about pronunciation, pitch-accent (intonation), expressions, phrases, or word choices. The most impressive is the "Ma (間)," or timing/pause between words and sentences when he speaks.
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  701. That's why Europe is no longer European.
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  702. They saw record profits in FY2023 (Apr 2023- Mar 2024).
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  703. That's an American dealership issue. Nothing to do with Nissan.
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  704. Don't you know any Iranian women? They are by no means weak.
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  705. If you are embedded with soldiers wearing camo...yeah you can't blame being targeted.
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  706. I recall a Japanese TV program on Ran Takahashi when he was playing in Italy. Apparently, Japanese speakers have a easier time pronouncing Italian than Germanic/English speakers, which makes me believe the opposite is true as well. (Grammar is a different story.) It's the same with Spanish as well. It's been reported that Shohei Ohtani sometimes translates English words into Spanish for the benefit of players from Latin America. Ichiro Suzuki is also fluent in daily Spanish conversations. Phonetic overlap makes it not only easier for pronunciation but also listening comprehension. Aside from Latin/Romance speakers, Ii believe the Slavic speakers have a similar advantage when studying Japanese.
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  707.  @POProckxplosun  You have very little knowledge of Japanese entertainment industry. Nobody gives a crap about divorces of celebrities or their parents. FYI, the divorce rate in Japan is about 35%.
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  708. Perhaps she doesn't realize that she's not going to be accepted in Japan unless she adapts to Japanese cultural and social norms. My friend from highschool has a Filipino mother. I presume even she would be shocked with how this person talks, walks, and dresses. There are many famous half-Filipinos in Japan, but none of them are like this lady in this video. Perhaps her style would be better suited for countries like the US and Australia.
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  709. Whether in the Caucasus, Siberia, or the Far East... Ukrainian Cossacks weren't known to be angels either. They were the blood-thirsty ruthless vanguards of Imperial Russia that were absolute devils to indigenous populations, and as a reward they were given lands all across the Russian Empire including the Far East. And historically, Crimea should be returned to the Crimean Tatars.
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  710.  @Layput  Actually there isn't that much desire. First choice for many Ukrainians is neighboring countries because they have either relatives or because they can return back to Ukraine with relative ease. The 400 plus Ukrainians who fled to Japan are those with family in Japan.
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  711. I would seriously reconsider that position. The military regime is the only thing that is forcibly holding Myanmar together. If the Junta is gone, there will be millions of refugees in all directions.
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  712. Belarus military is not that capable or large. So I presume it's more symbolic. No offense to those from Belarus.
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  713. Why would any military allow such undisciplined shooting from their soldiers? This was dangerous in so many ways. Whether intentionally targeted or accidentally shot, Israel has a problem if it can't explain how those rounds were fired.
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  714. Much respect. You're the only who actually looks into the details of the production line. I think you're more detailed than the Nikkei Newspaper. Reportedly, Toyota Kentucky is at near full capacity, and given the uncertainty over tariffs on vehicles from Japan and Canada, there must be a lot of internal discussions. Toyota's new battery plant in North Carolina just started limited production from 2025, but I've seen media reports saying that they're only making regular hybrid batteries at the moment. From previous reports, we know that Kentucky is supposed to be the first assembly plant in North America to assemble BEVs. In other words, if Toyota were to start assembling BEVs in Kentucky, where does Toyota plan to source the batteries (especially with tariffs)? Do they wait until North Carolina is ready, or North Carolina will be made ready in conjunction with Kentucky's retooling, or would Toyota buy directly from Panasonic factories in the US or in Japan? I suspect the most logical business decision would be to keep production of the most selling vehicles in the US in the US. Toyota BEVs won't have large sales volume, at least not in the near term.
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  715. ヒトラーはこんな優しくない。ウクライナ人が消滅するぐらいの戦闘になってる。
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  716. Most countries burn fossil fuel for their electricity. Both China and US still burn coal. 20% of all US electricity is generated by burning coal. Roughly 70% of Australian electricity comes from fossil fuel, and a huge chunk of it is from coal. So please explain how is a rapid transition to EVs going to be good for the environment if you cannot generate clean electricity? Half of all Australian electricity is coming from coal, so you're going to have to burn more coal if more EVs were to be rapidly adopted. And you're accusing automakers for not manufacturing more cars that lose money. Ford and GM tried that strategy but EVs are sitting on dealerships. You're barking up the wrong tree if you really care about the environment. Automakers will gladly manufacturer cars that consumers will purchase.
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  717. It was such a mistake to relax to allow so many foreigners into Japan. I think we should just stop visa-free travel, and make less easy for visitors to come to Japan.
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  718. It was strange how they stressed it.
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  719. Did he forget about the Opium War or British colonization of India, Burma, HK, Malaysia?
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  720. 首都を残さないと、交渉する相手がいなくなるね。
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  721. Also West: Where is India?
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  722. Who really controls Acapulco?
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  723. 人生はどう転ぶか分からないですね。JETプログラムは環境による当たり外れがありますし、そもそも教育者に向いてる人は少数派です。JETではなくボストン・キャリア･フォーラム等を通じて普通に企業に就職したり、大学院に進んでたら、また違った人生になってたのかも。日本の大学には多くの韓国人が留学してますが、親族との付き合いや受験競争の大変さについて語る人が多かった印象です。
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  724.  @benc-uw9jg  If you meant Eskimos, they are indigenous people in arctic North America. The people in Yakutia (or Sakha Republic) are a branch of TURKIC people. Turkic people were horse-riding nomadic herders and famous for their meat cuisine and horse archery. In case you don't know, in ancient times Turkic nomadic clans used to rule the Eurasian steppe all the way from modern-day Mongolia to Hungary. (Prior to the Magyars migrating from Siberia to the Carpathian basin by 9th century-ish, Turkic clans like the Huns and Avars ruled Hungary/Romania region. The Turkic nomadic migration is one the reasons why various Germanic tribes had to flee west into Roman domain, eventually causing the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. And Bulgaria gets its name from a branch of Turkic-speaking Old Bulgars who settled in the Lower Danube. The descendants of the Turkic-speaking Huns, Avars, Bulgars, Khazars or those in the Eurasian steppe were commonly referred to as Tatars in later centuries.)
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  725. It's not free to house prisoners.
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  726. Sadly the hardworking ordinary Russian folks will have to pay the price for Putin's maneuver.
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  727. Why are Germans so out of touch? They're shelling each other.
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  728. ​ @thegreatdane3627 That's what the US thought about anti-Soviet forces in Afghanistan.
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  729. Just arrest the crew and passengers for illegal entry.
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  730. Russians are respected in Japan for their literature, classical music, ballet, ice-skating, architecture, cuisine and culture, so I don't think Russians are seen the same as Americans. We love Baseball, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell...but it's hardly the same. And you have to read between the lines. Russians (and Eastern Europeans & Central Asians) are considered pretty in Japan because of their varying degree of Eurasian admixture. They're also preferred culturally as they assimilate/adapt far better to Japan, especially since they're not liberal/woke like some people from North America and Western Europe. And if you flip the answers, you should notice certain countries/regions/continents are purposely absent by almost all the interviewees, which unintentionally displays our racial bias and cultural preferences.
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  731. She's just saying what most people already know.
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  732. That was Tatar territory.
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  733. I hear this is argument in Latin America countries, but why is a new constitution required to address socio-economic inequality?
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  734. They are an enemy.
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  735.  @ArnaudMEURET  To be fair, it could be any TV program, movie, anime, or YouTube video. The rest is a matter of preference. I think materials that show Japanese subtitles may be useful.
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  736. Civil war is just gonna destroy the country and set it back for decades, especially since most of the economic growth was instrumented by military dictatorship. However, it's an excellent opportunity for separatists who don't care.
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  737. ​ @karinvandervliet8853 Sorry but this is the honest reality. We don't have the knowledge or ability to differentiate from Dutch, Dane, Swede, or German because of limited contact. We can roughly tell the difference between Eastern European and Western European, or Northern and Southern European. But naming a country is beyond difficult unless the Japanese person has lived in Europe.
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  738. That's interesting. I never knew. The 3rd BC King Ashoka's Edict in Kandahar, Afghanistan is written in both Greek and Aramaic. The only logically explanation could be that there was a sizable population who can read one of the two languages in Kandahar during that era. Aramaic was used by the Persians (Achaemenid Empire) after its conquest of Mesopotamia region.
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  739. Lost cause...
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  740.  @xipingcao  Most Chinese agricultural products won't pass Japanese food safety standards.
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  741.  @Tintin-gv9ir  Yes this general was in charge of operations in Afghanistan. He is known for his expertise in counter-insurgency. FYI, in most countries generals don't make decisions such as going to war or ending a war. Those are political decisions.
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  742. The PM drives himself to the see the King?
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  743. Is your experience from the 1990s when Russian economy was collapsing? Russian force modernization occurred with influx of Chinese weapon purchases mostly in the past 10 years.
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  744. Just look at any French colony anywhere.
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  745.  @いあ-n5c5p  そっちか。学会かと思ったけど。安倍さん父の時代からロッテ一族と仲良いし、よくわからん。
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  746. ​ @ShritikaUgale She has the social class, elegance, upbringing, and mannerism that Japanese people appreciate. Not all Indians are treated in the same way in Japan.
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  747. When Russian forces invaded Ukraine, I never once imagined that so many Russians would have to flee Russia.
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  748. ウクライナがNATO加盟をしないことを宣言しないことには、ロシアも引けないはず。
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  749. Creating confusion and chaos is a common tactic in hybrid warfare. Somebody may have written the script. End game is unclear. It may be a precursor to another counter-counter-offensive. And Ukrainians and Belarusians know exactly how Russians operate.
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  750. そういうことか。日本食は味噌・醤油などを多く使うので塩分摂取量は多いのに長寿なのがずっと疑問でした。
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  751. Russia has always been "rotten" and stood on a delicate power-balance. It's naive to assume that a "free and democratic" Russia can remain as one entity. Internal socio-economic and regional disparities are so huge, Russia needs to split into multiple countries for that to happen. No single person or regime can manage Russia without an iron fist. Without a strong and powerful regime, Russia can easily disintegrate, which is not a bad thing for the quality of life of ordinary Russian citizens in the long-run. But for the sake of nuclear safety, we need Russia to be united and stable.
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  752. 戦勝国の特権。
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  753.  @jeanmouloude  How can you know Russian plans? I doubt even Russian soldiers are informed of the overall plan. I can't believe any one is so naive to believe that a capital city of a neighboring country can be captured in 16 hours.
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  754. They cover cremation too.
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  755. In her world, international community is European Union and the US?
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  756. Most of Asia would still be European colonies if weren't for the Japanese.
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  757. Actually, Japan wasn't really occupying anything. Japanese forces entered or passed through French Indochina but the French colonial apparatus was maintained. (i.e. French administrators continued to govern French Indochina). Japan did encourage French-Indochina to declare independence from France. And many Japanese have fought against the French for Vietnamese independence after WWII (much like in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Burma). This fact is why Japan never agreed to support US military efforts during the Vietnam War unlike many other US-allies in the region--such as Taiwan, South Korea, Australia, or Philippines--who've all sent troops to fight along side US Forces. Japanese opposition to the Vietnam War was so strong, US military planes taking off military bases in Japan were prohibited from receiving military orders before take off. Ironically, the US war efforts in Vietnam made Japan realize how convenient Article 9 is too. Japan's lack of involvement in the Vietnam War also made it easier for Vietnam and Japan to form better relations too.
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  758. Christmas spirit leads to attacking foreigners?
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  759. Ironically, those Hazara from Afghanistan are genetically closer to the original Turks than anyone from Turkey. That's why their Persian retains so much Turkic and Mongolian words.
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  760.  @battalgazi8835  It's because original Turks are from Northeast Asia, specifically modern-day Mongolia and Altai region. The people who conquered Anatolia weren't original Turks but Turkmen, who were predominantly Turkified Iranians with small Turkic (i.e. northeast Asian) admixture. They became the ruling class and culturally & linguistically assimilated the indigenous population of Anatolia. It was mostly a language/culture replacement rather than a genetic replacement. As such, most people living in Anatolia have Greek, Kurdish, Armenian, and Iranian ancestry. (The Ottoman expansion and contraction inadvertently made modern-day Turkey more European. Migrations from Crimea Tatars and Circassians also made it more complex.)
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  761. 99% of the population don't need a foreign language.
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  762. Seems like Kurdistan should be in NATO instead of Turkey.
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  763. ​ @justdoit2736 やってみなはれ。人には適性があるから。警察官の受ける精神的なストレスは尋常じゃないし、ほとんどの人間が向かない。警察学校なんて序の口で、ストレスや精神的な縛りはずっと続く。規律という名目で箸の上げ下げも管理される。もう少し警察や自衛隊もメンタルケアを重視しないことには自殺者が減らないと思う。
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  764. There was a time in history when Northern Afghanistan and Pakistan was enormously prosperous. Gandara Buddhist Art was considered the finest, transmitted the silk road and reaching all the way to Japan. But once the Arabs/Muslims invaded and Islam was forced on this region, the rest is history. They wish to live in the 7th century. Just let them.
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  765. I'm not from Russia nor the former Soviet Union but that's now how I learned Imperial Russia and Soviet history. I was under the impression that Ukrainian faction was an influential group in Soviet Union leadership after Stalin era. Which probably had something to do with the symbolic transfer of Crimea. And I also recall leaning that Ukrainian cossacks worked for Imperial Russia to expand its territory.
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  766. These people don't know why they're being attacked by Russia either. They have relatives in Russia, some of them went to school in Russia, and many of them speak Russian at home. They even watch Russian TV.
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  767. There are more international marriages with Japanese men than women. That said, most international marriages in Japan are with citizens of neighboring countries for both men and women.
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  768. There is something very dangerous yet convenient about blaming everything on the Nazis. The root is far deeper and widespread throughout European history, and it certainly wasn't just a counter-reaction to political and economic realities of Germans after WWI. Blaming it on the interwar period difficulties is almost like a collective amnesia on European history. Slavery, religion, or racism has been around since recorded history. Nazis methodology may have been unorthodox but its ideology has resonated in Europe for hundred if not thousands of years. I don't see any difference from killing off indigenous populations of Australia or the Americas from the Nazis. US Army's main wars was to eliminate indigenous people throughout 19th century.
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  769. "The entire world" is a bit presumptuous, don't you think? The more I learn about Russia, I question whether if it's even possible for any single individual to govern that country. The disconnect and difference between urban/rural, regions, ethnic groups, or socio-economic and educational background is so huge, I fear Russia cannot function as one country without an iron fist. Otherwise it can easily disintegrate into multiple countries. It's somewhat similar to the internal geographic and ethnic differences within China. I presume there may be certain regions within Russia that would be better off economically (and perhaps socially/politically) if they were on their own.
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  770. I presume the Russian military also follows the news. They will most likely attempt to either intercept or destroy any weapon shipments to Ukraine.
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  771. There is a special visa scheme for Japanese Descendants since the 1990s. And nearly 200,000 Brazilians and 50,000 Peruvians are living in Japan. Most of them are Japanese Descendants and their spouses, and they receive preferential visa treatment. But social integration and cultural assimilation hasn't been as easy as we thought it would be. Many of them are now 3rd and 4th generation emigrants, and are arriving in Japan without even basic fluency in Japanese language and culture. It seems that South America and Japan are on polar opposites when it comes culture and norms, which doesn't make it easier for them. Unexpectedly, what we witnessed after the Cold War was that people from Mongolia, former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, or China (i.e. former Communist Eastern Bloc) who have studied Japanese in their home countries have integrated and assimilated with Japan, much easier and better than most other foreign-nationals. They also have best the command of the Japanese language, despite being their 3rd, 4th, or 5th language. They are language geniuses. (For instance, some of the Ukrainian refugees are reaching business-level fluency only after living in Japan for just 2 years. Their language skills are beyond impressive and impossible to replicate.)
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  772.  @2WheelsGood.01  We have 200,000 Brazilians and 50,000 Peruvians living/working in Japan, many of whom are Japanese Descendants and their spouses. The guy who said Spain in this video is a half-Peruvian YouTuber who speaks Spanish. But you're correct about cultural differences. Soft-spoken, calm, polite, classy, and elegant are traits often associated with beauty standards in Japan. We do see a difference in children of Nikkei-Brazilians and Peruvians who were educated in Japan, and those who were raised in Brazil/Peru. Differences in mannerism, vibe, personality, fashion, make-up, hairstyle stand out. Colombians are known to be pretty in Japan too. Eurasian admixture (or Europe and Indigenous admixture in the case of Latin America) would generally fit Japanese beauty standards, some more so than others. If I recall the wife of a former GK for Japan's national team was spotted on Japanese media a few times for her beauty. She's half-Colombian/Japanese.
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  773. Do they fully understand how an enemy force will respond?
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  774. Since they're representing their nations, sports and politics are always intertwined. The Western block did boycott 1980 Moscow Olympics for the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and four years later the Soviet/Communist-block boycotted Los Angeles Olympics as retaliation.
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  775. Chickens don't belong in NATO.
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  776. 勝者が敗者を裁く口実。現状では誰もロシアを出廷させる力が無いよ。
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  777. They look so confused and lost.
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  778. From the timing of the bird-strike mayday call to actual landing was about 6 minutes, according to local news. Are you suggesting that the plane flew for 6 minutes with no engine after the first approach that resulted in a Go-Around? With that speed on the ground? The bird strike and landing gear failure seem to be two isolated issues. Based on recent reports coming out of South Korea, this LCC has been experience maintenance issues with other planes as well. After the first Go-Around, the plane were instructed or requested to enter the runaway from the opposite direction...which was the fatal decision.
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  779. The debt is borrowing money from market to lend money to consumers (i.e. autoloans).
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  780. ロシアからもIT技術者が大量に逃げてると報道されてた。他国にとっては優秀な人を集める機会だね。
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  781. Why did France bring so many slaves from Africa in such a small island? And why did they have so many kids if they're so poor?
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  782. Of the top 30 Chinese BEV makers, only 2 are making money in the ridiculous price war. Almost every Chinese company is losing money despite government subsidies. Chinese cars are made like smart phones. They're designed to be replaced in a few years.
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  783. Slave mentality never ends, it seems.
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  784. Mexico is booming with near-shoring investments from Tech to auto-components, and the challenge is attracting and retaining skilled workers. They all struggle with Mexican electricity infrastructure and increasing costs. Mexico is not a cheap production site at all. For many automakers, Mexican factories provide vehicles both for North and South America, so it's a very strategic location. It's very important because Latin American is one of the weakest regions for Toyota. And you missed the most important point of this video (and the Reuters article), which is that Toyota is facing a supply-chain issue in Mexico. Currently, Toyota's production capacity is maxed out and cannot meet the full demands of their customers. Some customers are waiting months for their vehicle whether in Canada, Australia, NZ, Europe, or the US. Despite the current strong demand, Toyota had to lower their daily production target in Japan for FY2024 from 15,000 cars per day to 14,000 because they were working too hard to deliver cars. They realized they were running too fast and it was unsustainable. Toyota's operating profit margin for North America is extremely low, far below other regions. Toyota lost money in FY2022 in North America, and FY2023 was around 3% OP margin. In other words, too much money is taken by the dealership, which is independent from Toyota. Also labor cost isn't a large component in the production cost of a car.
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  785. They should rebuild their economy first.
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  786. 日本に住んでるウクライナ人の話によれば、諸事情によりそもそもウクライナから出国出来てない人が多い。経済的理由や安全面やら子供の学校、医療上の制約など理由は様々。 早くに脱出したのは、富裕層や隣国に親戚がいる人々。戦禍が酷く本当に脱出が必要な東部地域の人々は、国外への脱出経路が確保出来てない。もしくはウクライナ国内の別場所に避難してる。
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  787. Russia complains that Ukraine doesn't fully pay its gas bills. Apparently, they have to borrow from Russia to pay money back.
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  788. People from Brazil struggle in adjusting to Japan, more so than those from other regions. We don't know why but in contrast we see Russians/Slavic people having a far easier time adapting to Japan. From what we've experienced in the past decades, many of the Nikkei-Brazilians (i.e Japanese Descendants) failed to learn the language and culture and adapt to Japan, which was a stark contrast to Japanese Descendants from other countries. Some Nikkei-Brazilians cannot survive outside of the Brazilian hub in Japan, and require everything from translators to special schools. Lack of language fluency, transferable professionals limits their potential in Japan as well. For reasons unknown, Nikkei-Peruvians are far better assimilated to Japan than the Nikkei-Brazilians. (Nearly 200,000 Nikkei-Brazilians and 50,000 Nikkei Peruvians and their spouses live in Japan.) Japanese society was so unimpressed with the cultural assimilation and social integration of the 3rd Generation Nikkei-Brazilians (i.e. SANSEI or grandchildren of Japanese emigrants), Japanese government requires basic language requirements from 4th Generation Descendants (YONSEI) to live and work in Japan. Traffic accidents, theft, car-jacking, shop-lifting, drugs, etc is higher in areas with high concentration of Brazilian-nationals. And crime rate is especially high by Brazilian husbands of Japanese Descendants. Local branches of Japanese police have special task forces tracking and monitoring them.
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  789. While he is saying the right things to protect Hungary from foreign/alien cultural and religious contamination, the enormous irony is that the original Magyars are not from Europe nor were they Christian. They were Asian people from Siberia. And Huns and Avars who ruled Hungary/Romania before the Magyars were East Eurasian Turkic clans from the Mongolian steppe.
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  790.  @saladin8092  I suspect that kind of religious mumbo jumbo is why they don't want you in their country.
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  791. 建物の耐震性に問題がありそう。中国に支援して貰いなさい。
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  792.  @ДмитрийАндрианов-й4ы  I've no idea where you're from. In 2024, around 40 to 50% of Toyota and Honda's sales are now hybrids. They also sell Plug-in-Hybrids (as in Prius PRIME), but overwhelming majority are regular hybrids with no plugs (or self-charging ones). Hybrid ratio will continue to increase as latest North American Camry is now Hybrid only, and RAV4 will also become Hybrid only from next year. In North America, it is the fastest growing segment.
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  793. 駐日大使館・領事館にロシアの外交官が100名以上いるのに、8人をPNGにする意味はあるの？報復される駐露の日本人外交官＆御家族も急な引っ越し準備で大変やがな。学期やら人事異動の時期とかズレて面倒くさいです。
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  794. 8年間も内戦やってれば、複雑にもなる。ウクライナ全土には、①ウクライナ政府派、②親ロシア・分離派、③ノンポリ住民（＝圧倒的多数のウクライナ国民）が混在して住んでいる。マリウポリのようなウクライナ東部のドンバス地域は、歴史的にロシア系住民が多く、親ロシア派が多いエリア。（ロシア帝国、ソ連時代に多くのロシア系住民が入植した。）それゆえウクライナ東部の民間人はロシア領内にも避難し、一部はロシア経由で日本にも避難してる。 現在、マリウポリにはロシア連邦軍・チェチェン兵・ドネツク人民共和国所属の兵などが侵攻し、実質的に制圧した。ロシア軍が街の周囲を包囲して、開戦から出入りを制限してたため、ウクライナ政府派や（治安担当の）Azov関係の家族などが、マリウポリに取り残されてしまった。報復されないように彼らの安全・身柄の確保をしたいので、ウクライナ政府はロシア兵捕虜との交換を提案した。
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  795. If the LEAF was a profitable car for Nissan, they would be updating/upgrading it every year. The reality is the LEAF doesn't add any value to the bottom-line, and Nissan would've been better off not investing in it at all.
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  796. So much oil but no power?
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  797. Most Chinese automakers are selling below cost they're losing money too, so most of them won't survive either.
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  798. That's a shallow view. Ishiba-san said his policies are similar to Abe-san in terms of national security. The main policy difference was fiscal/monetary policy. Takaichi-san said she supports Abe-san's economic policies, while Ishiba-san said he supports Kishida-san's economic policies. But in the world of politics, it's mostly about who gets along with whom within the LDP. Politicians who are/were close to Aso-san and Abe-san voted for Takaichi-san, while those close to Suga-san and Kishida-san voted for Ishiba-san.
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  799. You do realize the Ukrainians and Russians are fighting over Crimean Tatar lands, which they jointly invaded centuries ago. This war is no different than other post-Soviet conflicts like in Kyrgyzstan vs Tajikistan, Armenia vs Azerbaijan, or Russia vs Georgia. Because they were internal administrative borders with easy freedom of movement, it was never an issue during the Soviet era. Unlike Yugoslavia's disintegration/war, it just took a few decades to play out. It's a good opportunity to weaken Russia that's why a lot of countries support Ukraine. The rest is pure propaganda.
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  800. Hybrids are EVs now?
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  801. Japan hasn't fought a war with Korea since the 16th century.
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  802. Gurkhas fought against various Asian independence movements. So I wouldn't be too proud of being British puppets.
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  803. どの約束の話？
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  804. Nobody is winning. With higher prices, everyone is losing.
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  805. Original Turks are from the Mongolian Steppe.
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  806. How hard is it to understand? Most countries don't want Muslim migrants from the Middle-East and North Africa. Most are unable to integrate into local society.
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  807. Trump: Where is Australia?
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  808. Sorry to have to say this, but in Japan we don't really think highly of Korean or Chinese products. We only see Korean products as inferior know-offs of Japanese products using Japanese materials, machinery, designs, etc. But they have excellent marketing skills.
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  809. Yeah, 1/3 of global sales for Japanese automakers is coming from the North American market. BEVs are currently hovering around 7-10% of new car sales, and almost every company is losing money in their BEV sales whether it's GM, Ford, Hyundai, Mercedes, etc. In stark contrast, 1/3 of all Toyota global sales were hybrids in FY2023. They plan to increase the ratio to nearly 50% in FY2024. Due to decades of perfecting the technology, Toyota hybrids are now as profitable as ICE vehicles. The technological challenge of hybrids is to compensate for the additional battery weight, meaning they have to come up with ways to reduce the engine weight (in order to maximize fuel efficiency and to be able to add more battery power.) Now do you understand why Toyota, Subaru, and Mazda are developing a smaller, lighter, and more powerful next generation engine? They are developing for the increasingly popular hybrids.
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  810. Poor Tajikistan...
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  811.  @samysdefer  Source is Nikkei Newspaper online article from Feb 11, 2023. I'm sure there is an English version somewhere but I'm too lazy. The Japanese article quotes Mr. Yoshinori MORIWAKI, who is the Turkey Office Reprensative for Ando Hazama. He states the latest 2018 Turkish building regulations are comparable to Japan or even stricter. That said, due to the unique Turkish pardoning/amnesty rules, old buildings, or poor governance, around half or over 10 million structures in Turkey do not meet latest building standards and are vulnerable to large-scale earthquakes. Key exerts: 日経電子版：『トルコ、耐震基準満たさぬ建物1000万棟超 (2023年2月11日 2:00)』（一部抜粋）: イズミット地震後、耐震基準はたびたび改正されてきた。トルコで10年以上、防災講演を続ける安藤ハザマのトルコ代表、森脇義則氏は最新の2018年基準について「日本と同等かそれ以上」と評する。ただ実際は基準に満たず、地震などに弱い建物が多いという。 森脇氏によると、設計や完成段階で行政による適切なチェックが行われないことが多いうえ、一定の金額を支払えば基準未満でも認められる「恩赦」という仕組みの存在がある。賄賂ではなく、これまで何度も成立した時限法に基づく制度だ。
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  812. Too much religion is why Iran is in this mess.
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  813. Of course. We have naturalized citizens serving as politicians too.
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  814. こらまでロシアは何度も暗殺してる。特に毒殺が多い。絶対に事前に漏れてない。つまり、今回はどっちかが意図的にリーク。
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  815. A mentally capable leader won't allude to usage of first strike nuclear weapons.
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  816. Russia has to leave the world alone. We already have enough problems of our own.
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  817. ロシアに限らず赴任してる外交官が本国の政策を決められるわけでもないから、あまり言質も意味無いと思う。「特殊軍事作戦」に内心で反対や疑義があっても、それすら表に出来ない。 ロシア人にもクライナに親戚や友人がいるし、身内に軍関係者もいるので、内心は全然違う。本音としてはロシア大使館・領事館の職員も頭抱えてるはず。
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  818. Because they get to move around to various locations.
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  819. The Alawites and Christians have nowhere to go. They will have no choice but to fight advancing Sunni forces backed by Turkey.
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  820. Wait, we invaded South Korea in WWII? I thought the last war with Koreans was 16th century.
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  821.  @allansmith7305  Korean peninsula was annexed in 1910 without a war, and World War II started in 1939 or 1941, depending on when you start the count. As such, many Korean volunteers were serving in the Imperial Army during WWII. In fact, the ROK Army started out with Korean officers and NCOs that served in the Imperial Army, which is why they inherited a lot of customs and terminology. (Many of the early generals and politicians of South Korea were former military officers.) The last war between Japan and Korea was in the late 16th century.
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  822.  @PamirAnduril  You wrote migration, which is why I wrote about genetics. Most people of modern-day Hungary are not descendants of Magyars, they were "Magyified" by a small ruling-class. If you want to know how the original Magyars were like, just look at the Khanty-Mansi people. And most people of modern-day Anatolia have no Turkic genetic ancestry, because they were Turkified by the TURKMEN ruling-class who came from Southern Central Asia. (TURKMEN were mostly Turkified Iranic people with small East Asian Turkic ancestry.) And Khazars are recorded as 突厥可薩部 in Chinese sources, meaning Khazar clans was part of the Gokturk confederacy. In other words, the Magyars migrated through lands for centuries controlled by the Bulgars and later Khazars. Turkic/Mongolic clans formed political alliances mostly by marriages, so it's likely that there was significant cultural, genetic, and linguistic contact between the migrating Magyars and various Turkic clans ruling the Eurasian steppe.
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  823. 議員の活動費じゃなくて、そもそもの議員数を減らせば良いんじゃないの。
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  824. It's not reused so I suppose any material that can survive the one way trip will suffice. Perhaps 3D printers can make something similar. I wonder if cardboard drone can be detected on a military radar. The part that's most important in this news is that attacks are being launched from inside Russian territory.
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  825. They weren't always Muslims. And I see clear cultural differences from Muslims in Southeast Asia and from Middle-east. I actually believe the culture is stronger than the religion. Middle-eastern cultures don't do well in Asia either.
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  826. The serious problem with US foreign policy was being too opportunistic. All the dictatorships and rebels supported by the US ended up creating more problems than it solved. Drugs, weapons, or training frequently ended up in the wrong hands.
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  827.  @yoppy-ks7zk  原爆は？シベリア抑留は？国際法というのは勝者が敗者を裁く口実でしかない。戦時国際法を守らなくても罰則も無い。
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  828. Indonesia doesn't have that kind of influence or relevance. And this dude is seen as China's BIH by leaders of other nations.
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  829. That seems to be an ongoing issue in the US. In many other countries, dealerships are directly owned and operated by the automaker...so they have control over the price and service-level. Often times the same American company will be owning a few dealerships in the same region.
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  830. These defensive tactics are legacies of Soviet Doctrine, so Ukrainian military leadership would have received the exact same education/training as the Russian military leadership. In hindsight, the Russians were preparing for a counter-offensive by fortifying occupied territories months before the counter-offensive started. When Russian forces retreated/abandoned non-defensible positions, the international media was attributing it to superior Western weapons and Ukrainian fighting power.
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  831. Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam?
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  832. Russian literature is creative.
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  833. Dear NATO, next time if you're gonna invade a country, please make sure the locals don't starve. You shouldn't be invading a foreign country without nation-building in mind.
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  834. 冷や汗かいただろうな。逆じゃなくて良かったね。
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  835. What did you think was going to happen? You took hostages.
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  836. Toyota is the most profitable automaker in the world, so they're doing fine. Their trouble is there is too much demand relative to their production capacity. Over 40% of their new car sales world-wide are now hybrids. And they're also building a new US$14bn battery factory in North Carolina to increase production of hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and BEVs.
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  837.  @titteryenot4524  The reality is there are more Ukrainian refugees in Russia than any other country. Donbass and Crimea wasn't really Russian or Ukrainian. It's historical land of the Crimean Tatars. And NATO and Russia doesn't really want Ukraine in NATO. Just like the case with Belarus, both sides need a buffer zone to avoid accidental/direct confrontation.
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  838. I think you're reading way too much. I suspect there is a reason why the Russians didn't try to defend those territories. In short, it's not valuable to them. The Russian military action has always been focused on establishing a supply route to Crimea, especially as Ukraine naturally isolated post-annexation Crimea blocking everything from water to daily supplies.
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  839. No water, food, shelter, electricity, or telecommunications in disaster zones. Sending amateurs is only a burden to locals.
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  840. Mongolia doesn't have the military power to invade. Only China does.
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  841.  @Trilenxy  Some native Japanese speakers would avoid saying "良い質問ですね" in a conversation, because it can be interpreted as condescending. I know more than you do....kind of attitude. It sounds like a professor/instructor commenting a student's question.
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  842. So he was tagged, yet safe in Qatar all this time?
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  843.  @thornelderfin  Geneva Convention is so subjective.
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  844. Japanese were helping Korean kingdoms fight off Sui and Tang dynasty in the 7th century.
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  845. Don't import foreign conflicts. It never ends well.
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  846. And most of them don't matter when it comes to Ukraine. They can barely run their own countries.
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  847. I wonder which is worse Putin or the next leader of Russia.
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  848. What's the point of a public hearing if you're not allowed to even answer questions?
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  849. イギリス人から見れば、綴りを間違えてるのはアメリカ人の方になるけどね。
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  850.  @markwawrzyniak109  Syrian refugees were legit. Afghans too. Perhaps Libya as well. They were fleeing from war, especially as their cities were being bombed by everybody including European nations.
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  851. The pilot is former Air Force. He joined the company in 2014, and became a captain in 2019. I cannot believe a pilot with 6,800 flight hours, and 2,500 hours as a captain, will panic and shut down the wrong engine. From bird strike, go-around, mayday call, request runway direction change, short turn...and belly landing was all in 3 minutes. If he weren't skilled, I doubt he would have even made it to the runway.
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  852. I doubt it was ever civilized. India's upper-class are extremely posh and educated. But again, that's most of the world.
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  853. Is that why the indigenous people are living in Indian Reservations.
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  854. ​ @cw9282  The US currently waives Tourist Visas for 41 countries/regions. If the US government cannot rely on the Chilean government to uphold the bilateral agreement, Chile should be excluded from the list of countries.
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  855. I've no idea what nations are supposed to do when they go bankrupt. It's not like Argentina can't pay back $57 billion, it's more like they don't want to.
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  856. Kodak died because they stopped R&D and only focused on one technology. Fujifilm survived because they diversified into medical equipment, industrial film, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics using their chemical and film background. Companies with only one expertise fail to survive.
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  857. What a scary country.
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  858. When in Rome...
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  859. The "debt" is for autoloans. Automakers borrow money from the market (by issuing debt) and lend to customers in the form of autoloans, and they make money by charging a small interest rate difference. Thus, the more cars you sell/finance, the more debt will appear on the balance-sheet.
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  860. 可哀そうだけど、2週間ほど無人島でも強制隔離しとくべき。
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  861. I suspect it was customary to cover your face and hair in the sandy desert regions since ancient times. Similar reasons why pork was avoided by those in the middle-east. It was a necessity which later became traditon and more ritualistic. (For instance, I can't believe it would make sense to do so if ISLAM was born in southeast Asia.) I don't think attire makes one more or less religious.
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  862. Ukraine gov likes to talk about civilian causalities and war crimes. Look at what they are doing in Luhansk!
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  863. Syrian regime is under blockade and they are denied access to rebel-controlled regions. The rebels receive supplies and support from Turkey. But the roads from Turkey were damaged too.
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  864. 250,000 soldiers...how and where? We need a serious news network that isn't just broadcasting Ukrainian propaganda or Russian propaganda.
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  865. Neither side is "innocent"
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  866.  @omggiiirl2077  Manchu and Mongols show close genetic and cultural affinity, especially since they've been inter-marrying and ruling each other for thousands of years. Linguists hypothesize that proto-Korean came from Manchuria, so it's not a big stretch. And there were many Jurchens (later known as Manchus) living on the northern parts of the Korean peninsula, until a few centuries ago. Around 20% of modern South Koreans males fall under Y-DNA Haplogroup C, and is also frequently observed among Turko-Mongolic and Manchurian males. Haplogroup C is widely observed in Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Kazakhstan, as well as Hazara in Afghanistan (who are descendants of the Mongolian Empire).
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  867. That looks like the territories of "Crimean Khanate." I still believe the Crimean Tatars should have their land back. So many different tribes/factions/ethnic groups have passed through this region, I wonder how many wars have been fought for this fertile and strategic land. I presume the Greek city names along the Black Sea are named from the former Greek colonies.
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  868. NATO weapons or not, Ukraine can never win over the hearts an minds of residents of Crimea and Donbass. Neither side will be winning this war. The best Ukraine can do is to minimize the loss of territory.
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  869. Repatriation is more difficult than you may think. A lot of migrants don't have documents to prove their nationality. And some countries don't want them back.
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  870. That's like every major city from Moscow to London to NY to Singapore.
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  871. Ukraine will become like Syria if they continue on this path.
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  872. Always physically test the seat/car yourself. We all have different preferences on height, view, buttons, interior, space, layout, screen, etc. What bothers you may not get noticed by others and vice versa.
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  873.  @durudcapacity7458 Did you not learn in school about the Uyghur Khaganate? Did you not learn that all of ancient Turkic tombs and inscriptions are located in Mongolia. Did you not learn that Turkic homeland is in the Altai Mountains, Yenisey River, and Lake Baikal region? Did you not learn that Real Turks are NOT Muslims.
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  874. Only Yemeni folks can fix Yemen. Everybody else is just an outsider.
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  875. 他の原発はウクライナ人の作業員が残って操作してると報道さてれた。言葉通じる、原発規格は両国とも同じ。
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  876. What is wrong with Muslims?
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  877. It takes a generation to recover. And some regions never do.
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  878. It really depends on your goal. You're illiterate in Japan if you cannot understand newspapers. Whether writing business proposals, acquiring permits, or filing tax credits...you cannot do any of it without being able to read/write. You won''t be able to understand literature, news, culture, laws and regulations...basically nothing. Naturally, most foreign/international students who finish universities in Japan have near-native fluency.
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  879. ​ @ElPikante503 Japan's strict immigration and refugee policies resulted from our own challenges with social integration, cultural assimilation, and crime. We have experience with mass influx of refugees and migrants from the Korean War, as well as Indochina to a lesser extent. We have had migrants from China, Vietnam, and Brazil too. In recent years, we see more Kurdish asylum seekers. Some refugees and migrants were able to adjust, integrate, and even thrive. But it's never easy to integrate into a country with vastly different language, customs and culture. There are high hurdles in order to be trusted as a member of society.
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  880. Neither side will be winning this wars It's only a question of who loses more.
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  881. Somalia vibe like in the movies.
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  882.  @Alexandra_Indina  Tuva, Altai, Sakha...people who descend from original Turkic people. They're sometimes called "Siberian Turkic" to differentiate from Kipchaq Turkic (like Kazakh, Nogai Tatars, Kazan/Volga Tatars, Crimean Tatars, etc.) Original Turkic was a nomadic Northeast Asian language and culture, and homeland was in South Siberia and Mongolia. We know from their tombs and inscriptions that they lived near Altai Mountains to Lake Baikal region, and ruled the Mongolian Steppe before the Mongol Empire. (The Sakha/Yakut people were also originally from Lake Baikal region.) Xiongnu, Gokturks, Uyghurs, Yenisei Kirghiz were all descendants of Turkic clans who lived around the Altai Mountains. Contrary to popular perception, Mongolian clans actually were historically more dominant in Inner-Mongolia to Manchuria region. Some of the Turkic clans (known as Huns, Avars, Bulgars, or Khazars) eventually migrated all the way to modern-day Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria.
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  883.  @harryhaller7153  People have been migrating and mixing in all directions in Eurasia since the last ice age. Thus, language, culture, and identity is not the same as genetics. Rus are already a pre-mixture of Scandinavian and Baltic people. Have you not learned why Russian phonetics diverged from Belarusian and Ukrainian (aka Ruthenian) in the past few centuries? Or why some in Russian aristocracy had Tatar ancestry, or why Turkic/Tatar words entered Russian vocabulary. Just look at a map from 500 years ago, you'll quickly realize that many "ethnic Russians" living in modern Russian Federation are descendants of Russified indigenous people who were absorbed into the Russian sphere. (Ironic as it may sound, Tatars were the most loyal supporters of Imperial Russia till the end. And Turkic-speaking Gagauz in Moldova are still loyal to Russia.) And it's not just in Russia. Ukrainian "Cossack" is also a Turkic/Tatar word, having the same cognate with the name Kazakh. Cossack weapons, music, culture, hairstyle, or lifestyle is heavily Turkic/Tatar in nature. They Slavicized and became foot soldiers of Imperial Russia, and were given lands all across newly conquered territories. So a descendant of a Ukrainian Cossack living in Krasnodar...is he a Ukrainian, Russian, or Tatar? By the way, Putin also has partial East Eurasian genetics, but his family roots is with Belarus. And he identifies as an ethnic Russian. There is nothing wrong with that, because culture/identity is not the same as genetic ancestry.
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  884. Same reason why Black neighborhoods are poor.
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  885. If it's drugs or terrorists, I would think the focus is on the latter at least since 2001.
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  886. Aren't we all?
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  887. That's so true. All the ethnic minorities in the sub-continent lumped into only a few countries.
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  888. What are you talking about? Japan has been armed since the 1950s.
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  889. Poland will help Ukrainians. But obviously they don't want Syrian and Afghan refugees. You can criticize Poland as being racist but it's pretty clear no country wants more refugees from muslim countries. Why muslims wish to go to non-muslim nations is beyond my comprehension. Is this some kind pay back for the Crusades?
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  890. The economy in chaos under neoliberal administrations while growing rapidly under socialist regimes. How ironic.
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  891. Blaming foreign powers won't solve anything.
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  892. He speaks conversational English. But he's not at the level needed to do financial and legal transactions.
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  893. 怠慢なのか、意図的なのか。外務省には多くの外務官僚や職員がいるので、ロシアとの距離感は人それぞれ。領土交渉をしてた人ほど、ロシアとの関係悪化は避けたいはず。それにエネルギー政策を担う経済産業省や産業界も厳しい制裁を望んでない。漁業界の声を知ってる農林水産省も同様。
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  894. In Japanese schools, the only way we learn/memorize KANJI is through writing...repeatedly. It's possible to write on a iPad with a pen but it's not the same as using a pencil.
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  895. He attended international school in Japan, and they mostly speak/teach American English. Since international schools were initially founded to educate children of expats, many of the teachers and students are US-educated. (British scholars and Japanese with degrees from Oxford and Cambridge often teach English Literature in Japanese universities and high-schools.) International schools can be challenging for children of foreign-nationals growing up in Japan if they wish to stay in Japan as an adult. They're receiving a US-style education in Japan and many of them attend universities in English-speaking countries. Their education may be useful in their home countries, but not so much if you wish to pursue a professional career in Japan. If you cannot understand Japanese newspapers, you'll never be a lawyer, doctor, accountant, etc in Japan. And without a formal education from a Japanese university, employment opportunities may be limited in Japan too. International students who graduated from Japanese universities, foreign students who studied Japanese in their home countries, or Japanese nationals who went through Japanese education and have studied abroad for university and grad school will almost always have more opportunity. This is because international schools were set up to educate children of expats who plan to return to their home countries after a few years. It was never their mission to educate their students so they can succeed and thrive in Japan.
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  896. Are you sure they didn't know?
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  897. Actually, no. Her father is the one who wanted Naomi to represent Japan. They moved to the US for tennis training.
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  898. If attrition is the main Russian objective, why not completely destroy the town with bombardments and artillery, instead of relying so much on infantry? Why doesn't Ukraine evacuate civilians from a combat zone? They look like human shields.
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  899. Toyota's global production capacity has been maxed out for some time. If 90% of customers wanted BEVs, Toyota will only be making BEVs. In 2024, 40-50% of North American new car sales for Toyota and Honda are Hybrids. Consumers vote with their wallets.
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  900. Russians I've met and worked with were all well-educated, hard-working, and intelligent, which I presume is coming from a long tradition of valuing higher education and hard-work during the Russian Empire and Soviet Union. But I don't believe it's possible for Russia to be a "civilized and democratic" country because of the wide geographic and socio-economic differences. If it's not ruled by force, Russia can easily disintegrate. (I'm not saying that's a bad thing for the rest of the world.) Ironically, they're victims of their own imperial expansion.
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  901.  @HRodz-eipx  That makes sense, I misunderstood it for Los Angeles. Thanks for the explanation.
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  902. You may want to save the ammo for the actual invasion...
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  903. I understand the desire of the Ukrainians as they stood by and witnessed the Baltic nations, Poland, Hungary, etc. There were already a million Ukrainian workers in Poland even before the war due to economic differences. It's a natural desire to want to be prosperous. It's also a reality that both Russia and NATO benefited from Ukraine and Belarus being a buffer-zone. Russia was triggered by Ukraine's pro-European policies, as they don't want NATO on its borders. NATO members don't wish to go with Russia either. The primary mission was to overthrow the Ukrainian regime.
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  904. What is there to clarify? Russian forces will have to tactically adjust and redeploy to defend their vulnerable locations, which will eventually ease pressure on certain Ukrainian positions that have been under enormous strain. Evacuation of civilians drains valuable resources as well. That said, I have no idea if these moves will significantly impact the war effort. As long as Russian logistics is functioning, Russia is still able to re-supply their frontline with ammunition, food, fuel, and reinforcements within occupied Ukrainian territory. They also still have air-superiority and jamming capabilities in Donbass. Unless these advantages erode significantly, Russian troops in Ukraine will continue to be able to fight.
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  905. Night operations depends on many factors. The pilots need to be trained for it as well as have the right equipment. Military units are trained for it, but I don't if that's possible for fire departments in the US. Dumping water on a fire from the air requires precision and careful coordination with ground crew. It can turn into instant boiling steam and can hurt people. And night-vision is pretty useless in a fire scenario. The last thing you want is a helicopter crashing into the mountains draining resources and causing additional fires. I presume helicopter crews have been working through out the day, so they also need the rest and helicopters need to be serviced.
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  906. Chinese agricultural products often fail environmental regulations in Japan. I think it has something to do with either the water, soil, or fertilizers they use. We have Chinese garlic in Japan, but they are grown in designated fields under instructions from Japanese companies to meet Japanese standards.
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  907. ​ @kazileon1994 How did you calculate 800,000 casualties?
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  908. Can you show an example in Japanese language for OSV? I know in daily speech, we often abbreviate the subject because we don't need it. So the sentence is OV most of the time.
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  909. It's the job of Turkey and Syria to respond to disasters in their territories. The rest of the world can only assist in their efforts.
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  910. ​ @KoKomusic83 Rus/Slav are Balto-Slavic. It's not just Central Asia, they killed millions of Tatars in the Volga region and Siberia. They exiled whole populations, starving many of them to death like the Crimean Tatars. That's how they Russified the Urals, Siberia, Caucasus, and Far East. Ironically, the the Ukrainians were the vanguards of the Russian expansion, and now the same tactics are used on Ukrainians.
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  911. War is human nature.
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  912. When US law enforcement transports American criminals, isn't it standard operating procedure to place them in handcuffs, be it in vehicles or planes?
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  913. No strategic value...that sounds like entire Eastern Ukraine. Establishing a land corridor to Crimean peninsula is all that seems to matter.
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  914. Aren't the members Lebanese?
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  915. Last time was a disaster.
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  916. 拒否権はどの常任理事国も反対するでしょうね。戦勝国の特権としての常任理事国。
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  917.  @azmainfayekmoyukh7280  Let's be real. Having the same religion doesn't mean you're always culturally and socially compatible. Rohingya were originally from Bangladesh, so they were closer to Bangladesh.
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  918.  @mattsoca1  Thanks for the perspective. Japanese society generally has the opposite problem with regards to the law. Not enough criminals are being arrested, prosecuted, and incarcerated. That includes everybody from the illegals in Shinjuku and Ikebukuro to drug trades to corporate/financial/cyber criminals. There are many reasons for this, and one of them has to with the structure/capability/budget of the police. The other problem is that Japanese prosecutors don't proceed unless they're completely confident in the legal case. They or the courts don't want excessive amount of legal cases, which creates a back-log and delay in the judicial process. If you know Japan's legal system, you'll know that there is a special branch of law enforcement that is directly administered by the National Police Agency (regardless of the prefectural affiliation ). In pre-war times, they were known as the Special High Police under the Interior Ministry (特別高等警察), and they were the national police. Today they are known as the KOUAN (公安) and mostly deal with counter-intelligence to political and religious extremists. The other branch of the police are prefectural police, which does everything from traffic violations to criminal investigations. For decades, there were voices to re-establish a national police to deal with certain types of crimes. That has pretty much been the desire for the elite in NPA. The idea repeatedly got shot down by politicians as it reminded many people of the over-reaching influence of the Ministry of Interior, which was separated into multiple ministries/agencies after WWII. (The Deputy Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister--the highest civil servant position in all of Japan--was still selected from the former Interior Ministry related agencies for most of post-war Japan.) Since there is no national police, the Tokyo Metro Police are the defunct national police, doing most of the national/international criminal investigations. But the current set up of prefectural police system has serious limits. The most recent famous case was in Nara Prefecture with Abe-san. Nara Police only has around 2,500 in all departments including everybody from forensics to helicopter pilots. They cannot do what SPs in Tokyo Metro Police can do. They simply don't have the budget, manpower, capabilities, or resources.
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  919. Behaving criminals or mobsters...that sounds like most nation states.
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  920.  @9y2bgy  People in Japan can understand what it means, which is good enough. Being Japanese means to share a language, culture, values, and identity. Having a Japanese parent doesn't make somebody Japanese, if you're not exposed to the language/culture. If half-Japanese people live outside of Japan, and the 3rd generation has no tangible connection with Japan...they will no longer be considered to be Japanese by people in Japan.
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  921.  @tejave0ojnc  Koreans were illegally smuggling themselves into Japan until the 1970s and 1980s. The most famous person would be An Mika and her family from Jeju island. SON Masayoshi is a Japanese citizen with Chinese ancestry. His ancestors migrated to Korea a few centuries ago, and later to Japan in the 20th century. So his surname has Chinese origins. If he was discriminated for his roots, he wouldn't be allowed to own a telecom company or a baseball team in Japan. He is also one of the biggest borrowers from a Japanese megabank. Currently, there are around 290,000 Special Permanent Residents in Japan with North/South Korean passports. They don't wish to return to Korean peninsula nor do they wish to be integrated into Japanese society and become Japanese citizens after all these decades. Frankly, we have no idea what to do with them.
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  922. Japan's foreign policy decisions are not economic, rather they're always based on national security concerns. Japan signed 3 alliances with the UK, Germany, and the US in the 20th century to counter the encroachment of Imperial Russia and Soviet Union in East Asia. Wars with the Qing Dynasty (1894) and Imperial Russia (1904), full annexation of Korean peninsula (1910), funding of the Chinese Revolution (1911), and establishing Manchukuo (1931)...were all meant to keep the Russians/Soviets out of Korean peninsula and Inner Manchuria. This path was set after Imperial Russia seized Outer Manchuria (aka Russian Far East) from the Qing Dynasty in the 1850s & 1860s. And 1/3 of all Japanese ground forces were stationed in Hokkaido, adjacent to Soviet Union, in preparation of a Soviet invasion during the Cold War. What has changed since the end of the Cold War was that Chinese have become increasingly more imperialistic in their behavior. But what some foreigners fail to understand is that Japan has never had friendly relations with China since the 7th century, when the Tang Dynasty invaded Japanese vassal on the Korean peninsula. Thus far, Japan has fought 5 major wars with whomever was ruling China. After wars with the Tang Dynasty in the 7th century, war with Mongol Yuan Dynasty in 13th century, Ming Dynasty in late 16th century, Manchu Qing Dynasty in late 19th century, and war with Republic of China in the 1930s & 1940s. Sorry to burst your bubble, but the US is just an afterthought. We've never had friendly relations with or trusted the Chinese ever since the 7th century. Be it Americans, Russians or Indians, whatever works, we'll gladly form ties to counter threats to Japan. Again, Japan's decisions are almost never economic, rather they're solely based on countering existential threats to Japan.
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  923. I'm not so convinced Afghans ever had any unity. Given the ethnic-linguistic division, I'm not even certain Afghanistan is meant to function as one country. The territorial boundaries are not conducive to peace or stability. The most important issue and the source of almost all problems in Afghanistan and Central Asia is water. Vietnamese, on the hand, despite having interestingly different historical and cultural north/south characteristics, did have a sense of unity as well as geopolitical awareness. Most likely it was cemented through the thousands of years of resistance against various dynasties in China trying to invade. The historical records of Vietnam such as 『大越史記』 compiled around 13th century is quite impressive, even in today's standards. It gives us insight into Vietnamese mythology, historical events, state structure, high degree of understanding in classics, foreign relations, etc. In other words, Vietnam was already highly sophisticated back in that time.
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  924. This has been going on since the 1990s. Is DW just noticing?
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  925. Why did Germanic people in Germany and the UK think they're superior? Slavic people look quintessential Aryan.
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  926. Didn't the US use MOAB in Afghanistan?
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  927. They won't be given refugee status. And the 400 Ukrainians who fled to Japan are mostly family members of those who live in Japan.
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  928. War is never pretty.
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  929. Oh please. Don't blame China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea for some Americans thinking the police were the problem.
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  930. I feel bad for Native Americans.
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  931. 日本政府が国籍法を1984年に改正して二重国籍を禁止したのは、海外移民が最大の理由です。日系2世のペルーの元大統領のフジモリ氏が有名な事例ですが、男系子孫であれば二重国籍が認められていました。しかし日系人も3世にもなると日本語が出来ない人が圧倒的に多くなり、もはや日本国民として扱う事が現実的ではなくなりました。日本国籍は血統主義なので、どこかで止めないとズルズル国籍を貰えることになり、収拾がつかなくった。その代り、日系人には特別な査証が用意されてます。
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  932.  @randomguy4116  Firstly, Original Turks are nomadic people from the Mongolian Steppe. Turkic is a Northeast Asian language and culture, and their homeland is in South Siberia and Mongolian (which is why Mongolian has so many proto-Turkic loanwords, and why Turkic and Mongolic religion, cuisine, music, clothing, grammar are similar.). Secondly, Mongol Army in Central Asia and beyond was predominantly Turkic. That's why all the Mongol rulers and generals (like Timur and Babur) spoke Turkic as well as Persian. Many of the Mongolic clans in Central Asia either Turkified or Persianized.
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  933. 人種・宗教だけじゃなそうですね。インフレ・経済・雇用など・・・あらゆる鬱憤を晴らしてるように見えます。
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  934. It comes from personal experience. Chinese culture is the main reason.
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  935. Perhaps being trapped in debris is protecting them from the cold.
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  936. They all work for the same boss.
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  937. Chinese invest on the book cover, the content is usually a copy from another country.
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  938. Japanese-style Curry was popularized by retired Imperial Japanese Navy cooks who opened "Western-style" restaurants (a.k.a YOSHOKU-Ya 洋食屋) in their home towns after they retired. During late 19th and early 20th centuries, Curry was considered as part of "Western" cuisine, as the Japanese Navy learnt curry spices/recipes from its many interactions with the British/Royal Navy. Japanese Navy still serves Curry every Friday to not lose track of the day/calendar (which is not rare on long voyages). There is even a "Navy Curry Olympics" held each year as every ship and naval station has their own custom recipes that gets passed down by the cooks. In addition, immigrants from Thailand have opened many Thai restaurants that serve Thai-style Curry, and immigrants from mostly Nepal have opened restaurants serving Nepali/Indian-style Curry. They are very popular and successful in Japan as well.
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  939. Japan is relatively safe because we have always limited the numbers of foreigners/outsiders residing in Japan to around 3% of total population. And unlike the Americas we didn't import slaves which resulted in harsh socio-economic and racial divisions, and unlike Europe we heavily restricted immigration. Taiwanese and Koreans were freely able to migrate when they were part of Japan, as they were Japanese citizens at the time, but post-Independence the number of migration has been curbed. In terms of crimes committed by foreign nationals, post-war era it used to be mostly ethnic Koreans living in ghettos. They were eventually replaced by the Chinese that started arriving from around the 1990s. Nowadays, Vietnamese and Chinese make up about 60% of all foreigner-related crimes in Japan. The rest are mostly Koreans, Filipinos, and Brazilians.
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  940. It's what makes Hungary unique and specifial. People who can only speak English will never understand non-English parts of the world. Language is more than grammar and vocabulary, it's culture itself.
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  941. Thank you for sharing your story. It made me think and question about many things. I'm happy that you were able to seize the opportunity to build a better life for yourself. (And I definitely agree that Australia is better than the US for many reasons.)
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  942. Crimea should go back to the Crimean Tatars.
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  943. Investing USD 13.9 billion in North Carolina to build a new battery factory is not something that any automaker would do lightly, especially Toyota. It will be Toyota's main plant in North America for manufacturing batteries for Hybrids, Plug-in Hybrids, and EVs. The main suspicion that many Japanese automakers have with EVs is that some countries still burn coal to generate electricity. Their electric grids cannot handle an EV transition unless they build more power plants. Thus, EV mandates in Europe and North America are unrealistic.
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  944. Who is paying for all this?
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  945. It's confusing when people include hybrids as EVs. BYD sells many hybrids, which is where a huge chunk of their profits come from. So to claim that BYD no longer makes ICE vehicles is rather disingenuous. The New Energy Vehicle data from China doesn't automatically mean BEV.
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  946. We have almost no tariffs on US products, so there is little room to negotiate. TPP was already ironed out during the Obama administration. And Trump 45 reneged, so US didn't join TPP. This is far beyond issues like trade. It's the beginning of the end of the alliance.
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  947. Criminals protecting criminals.
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  948. It's nothing unique or new since European history is full of migrations since ancient times. If it were not for migration, Britian would not be speaking English, a Germanic language with heavy Latin/French influence. And Bosnia won't be speaking a Slavic language.
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  949. ジャベリンも提供されてるよ。今週、新たに300発を供与したと報道されてる。
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  950.  @TheCentripetalForceOnOurPlanet  I think the comment was implying people from certain races and ethnic groups.
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  951. Go to Syria and help them. Just don't get kidnapped.
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  952. 日本に合わないタイプかもね。
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  953.  @freedomisbrightestindungeons  Japan does have a permanent residency, nearly 845,000 people have it. Most people return to their home countries even before they are eligible to apply. That said, of all the foreign nationals living in Japan, they are mainly Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese, Filipino, Brazilians, and Nepalese (followed by Indonesians). Sadly, the overall collective experience and social integration of the Chinese, Koreans, and Vietnamese was challenging, to say the least. I suspect that's why Japanese people are generally scared of changing immigration policies. It used to be the Koreans who fled during/after the Korean War, then it became the Chinese, and now it's the Vietnamese who commit the most crimes in Japan.
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  954. Qatar was one of the main intermediary between Israel and Hamas on hostages, which I presume is why your network was allowed to stay for so long. But once that role ended, I don't see a reason to justify your presence anymore.
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  955. It's probably both, but difficult to determine which one has a bigger impact. Tesla was very popular among left-leaning liberals, especially in North America and Europe. EM's public support for Trump or AfD doesn't jive with the main audience for Tesla vehicles.
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  956. BYD dealerships would disagree with you.
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  957. A Palestinian from 2,000 years ago won't be helping the Indigenous people of Andes. They need to start paying respect to their ancestral gods. And learn and preserve their own language/culture too. I would like to really listen to "traditional" Inca music in their language and not in Spanish.
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  958. They refuse to evacuate because Golan Heights is their home. It's a complicated piece of real estate.
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  959. 天皇陛下を侮辱するような国に支援する必要性はない。
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  960. That's how the Indigenous people of Americas feel.
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  961.  @RealCherry8085  It's tragic because most of them aren't descendants of real Turks. They are descendants of Turkified Greeks, Armenians, Kurds...basically the indigenous people of the land.
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  962. 戸籍制度をどうするかとセットでしょうね。
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  963. Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union...
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  964. That's how Tibet got colonized.
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  965.  @limitedreach4446  That is not the understanding in Japan. Nissan is in this mess because they pursued quantity over quality/profitability selling cheap cars in the North American market. They also were late to develop hybrids because they were dragged into European BEV madness. Ghosn also destroyed relationships with suppliers which is why Nissan didn't get the necessary cooperation from component and material providers like Toyota and Honda. In short, he was a terrible CEO.
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  966. Many have friends and relatives on both sides of the border. People have frequently moved around for education, work, marriage, and retirement. Many with Ukrainian ancestry also live in Russia and are serving in the Russian military. It's pure tragedy.
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  967. 具体的な部隊名まで一般国民が知る必要性は無いんじゃない？それより日本が置かれてる国防環境など国防意識を共有してる事のほうが大事。
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  968. Language is culture. It is the logic of society. And Anglos, Saxons, Danes, or Normans/Norsemans who migrated, invaded, or ruled over England and created "English" were your distant Germanic-speaking cousins (or Latin-speaking Vikings). The Scandinavian Vikings during Danelaw had mutual-intelligibility with Old English speaking Anglo-Saxons up to 1,000 years ago. So for a Swede, learning English is like learning a dialect. It's why the famous Swedish lady who used to be on NHK is highly respected and appreciated. We understand how fundamentally different the two languages are, yet she managed to master Japanese language and culture. From what we've witnessed, ethnic Korean, Mongolian, and Turkic-speakers from China are able to obtain near-native fluency in 2-3 years, because they instinctively understand SOV grammar and know most of the KANJI used in Japanese. And the Slavic/Russian natives speak very classy and elegant Japanese, due to phonetic overlap and excellent linguistic training. But Germanic language speakers tend to struggle the most in terms of grammar, phonetics, and expressions. It's also why most Japanese will never be able to master Germanic languages. Basically, there is no overlap of anything. No overlap in grammar, phonetics, or cognates. (US State Department classifies Japanese as Category 5, or the most difficult to learn for a native English speaker. Conversely Germanic-Nordic languages are Category 1, or the easiest to obtain fluency. The opposite is true as well.)
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  969. 日本に空爆をしたり、ベトナムに枯葉剤を撒いたり、イラク・アフガンを空爆してた米兵に罪悪感があったとでも？
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  970. In most cases, naturalization requires 5 years of consecutive residency in Japan. Student visa years are not included in that calculation. You don't need to be a Permanent Visa holder to apply for Naturalization. But Japan doesn't allow dual-citizenship like other countries, so please be aware. Common requirements are financial stability, basic language fluency, no criminal records in Japan, and massive paperwork to explain/prove your entire life to Japanese immigration. Everything from birth certificate, parent's marriage/divorce papers, and diploma...you will need to submit with a Japanese translation. It's a very long and detailed vetting process, because naturalized citizens will be able to run for office and vote. They have the exact same legal rights and obligations as any natural-born citizen. Permanent Visa is actually more difficult to explain because the residency requirements are diverse. Highly-skilled professionals can obtain Permanent Visa in 3 to 4 years. Spouses of Japanese citizens also have shorter time periods. On paper, it's 10 years of consecutive residency to apply for Permanent Visa. In reality, depending on your income, education, professional background, technical skills marital relations...there are many exceptions to the residency rule.
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  971. 明日は我が身。
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  972. revolution?
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  973. This is just milking the cow. Funds are going to his offshore bank accounts.
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  974. 米軍もアフガニスタンやイラクで似たような兵器を使ってたけど、禁止されてるの？
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  975. Don't be too harsh. Germans sent 5,000 helmets!
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  976. They haven't seen the products used in Lebanon. And this radio was discontinued 10 years ago.
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  977. Ukraine failed to understand Russian security concerns, which is the root of all problems. Sweden and Finland were pragmatic during the Cold War and refrained from joining NATO. Ukraine should have tried to balance both sides and extract concessions and investments from both sides. The alternative is splitting the country into two.
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  978. So Warsaw Pact nations were "occupied" by the Soviet Union? That's a convenient excuse. I was under the impression that many Germans were occupied by Poland.
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  979. It depends on your interpretation of Russian strategy. If Russian intent was to keep Ukraine out of NATO at any cost, they have met their goals.
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  980. The difference between the Philippines vs Taiwan & Korea is Japanese administration. This concept may be unfamiliar unless you've lived in East Asia, but the very first thing Japan did was to modernize the KOSEKI (戸籍) or Family Registry for all citizens. KOSEKI system is the single most important database for government services, such as tax collection, education, healthcare, pension, inheritance, employment, military service, etc. The other policies by Japan were straight forward. Everything from legal/judicial system, urban-planning, government institutions, law enforcement, mandatory and higher-education, vaccination and hospitals, and infrastructure...whatever worked in Japan was copied and introduced to (i.e. forced on) Taiwan and Korea. Seoul and Taipei even had Imperial Universities set up by Japan. 7 Imperial Universities in Japan, and 1 each in Taiwan and Korea. Since an entire generation was educated under the Japanese system, Taiwan and South Korea were able to continue the same economic polices after their independence. In contrast, Japan had very little time or control over the Philippines to make any meaningful changes to the system. Most of the effort was fighting Filipino resistance in the jungle, so nothing concrete in terms of civil, economic, or administrative policy. Please note, this is not a moral judgement. It's only about the political-economic model based on different historical experiences.
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  981. Taiwan is already independent.
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  982. You're the one who invaded a foreign land. It's not your place to mourn the Vietnamese who were killed by the Americans.
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  983. I'm not convinced that Russia's objective was territory. Russia seems to care more about replacing the Ukrainian regime and change the course of Ukrainian foreign policy, and maintain Ukraine as a buffer state between Russia and NATO. Russia uses prisoners, foreign mercenaries, and Donbass separatists as "storm troopers" to pave the way, so that Russian regular forces can advance. The objective of the storm troopers is to make Ukrainian forces consume ammunition, exhaust them, and reduce their force size before Russian regular units step in. I don't think Russian military cares how many storm trooper die.
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  984. They didn't have billions.
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  985. Honestly, things said in this video are so rudimentary to us, even a kid in kindergarten understands. If these "rules" are too difficult or too alien for you to comprehend, I guarantee you Japan is not the place for you. The people being interviewed won't say it because their too polite, but deep down they really hate people who can't follow even the basic social rules of Japan. And this hatred and disgust is directed to all people, not just foreigners.
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  986. The Governor of Tokyo is a women. What is she talking about?
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  987. Japan's Permanent Visa scheme has been gradually modified over the decades. It's become more difficult for some, yet easier for others. The eligibility is periodically adjusted to match the type of foreign-nationals Japanese government wishes to attract and retain (based on observations of people who were issued Permanent Visa in the past). It's very limited in number but there are highly skilled/educated foreign-nationals with high-degree of Japanese fluency who receive Permanent Visa in just a few years.
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  988. Soviet Union allocated a lot of resources in education system, arts, science, etc. My impression of students/scholars from the former Soviet countries is that they've inherited the good infrastructure. Regional/Language programs are extensive and impressive. As for Russia, the issue has never been with the education of youth. Nobody has been able to govern Russian Empire, Soviet Union, or the Russian Federation without an iron fist. The territory is so large and diverse, it's basically ungovernable. Ironically, they are victims of their successful invasions/expansion in the past few centuries.
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  989. Soldiers aren't that naive. Obviously, they aren't afforded the luxury of choosing their own missions. You attack, defend, or retreat when ordered. They aren't paid to support or oppose, like or dislike a particular conflict. That is no different from any soldier from any country who is sent to a war zone. Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq...all the same.
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  990. So she's wong?
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  991. 卑怯という概念は戦争に無いでしょ。生きるか死ぬかだけ。
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  992. We usually use "Cabinet (内閣)" or "Regime (政権)" in Japanese politics. We never say government (政府), because that refers to the collective government institution and apparatus.
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  993. Pakistan can't even stand on its own without international assistance.
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  994.  @hansfrankfurter2903  The requirement bar is set at the lowest for Zainichi Koreans for naturalization. However, naturalization was a taboo for the Zainichi Korean community, because they dreamed to return to the Korean peninsula once unified. There is a famous soccer player by the name of LEE Tadanari (李忠成). He naturalized to Japanese citizenship and played for the Japanese national team. While he carried a South Korean passport before naturalization, he had a relative who played for the North Korean national team.
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  995. ​ @HellBot-gi5si You're not wrong that there have been multiple political entities simultaneously throughout Chinese history. The socio-economic, regional, ethnic, or religious differences within China is undeniable. However, I'm pretty certain that I learned that Han Dynasty lasted nearly 400 years when you combine Former and Latter Han.
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  996.  @sadihy  They're denied entry into Japan yet they don't wish to return home. Embassy won't even pay for their return ticket. That's why they're stuck.
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  997. They are Korean nationals. It's their choice to relocate to North or South Korea.
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  998. その大きな代償を払ってでも、ロシアには得たいものがあるってこと。それほどまでに、ウクライナのNATO加盟はロシアの死活問題だと認識されてるとも言える。
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  999. Nearby Pakistan?
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  1000. I'm under the strong suspicion that Japanese tend to share a very different view. The language barrier is as strong as a natural geographic barrier. It helps to keep out people who cannot learn Japanese and adapt to Japan.
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  1001. Let the Russians pay for the cost.
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  1002. Kodak is a famous case study. They had a lot of interesting and innovative R&D programs but they made the mistake of listening to investors and pundits. Kodak abandoned the research and concentrated their resources on core film business to maximize profits. Which eventually ended the company. In comparison, Fujifilm now makes money in medical equipment, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and industrial materials because they never cared what stock analysts think. Toyota was once ridiculed for hybrid research, and now they're being ridiculed for hydrogen research. Smart companies think in decades, not in quarters.
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  1003. Early Tesla models only used high-grade Japanese/Panasonic batteries. Which is why they lasted longer.
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  1004. What is absurd is that she is living comfortably in Israel while supporting a sworn enemy of Israel. It's scary to think she can enter other countries with an Israeli passport.
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  1005. No doubt the Rus/Slavs are on the other side of the Ural mountains. I've no idea why they can't be in their own lands. What's wrong with Moscowvy?
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  1006. Poor Kurds. Oppressed by Iranians, Turks, and Arabs.
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  1007. 特殊部隊を送って救出作戦でも展開しない限りは、状況は変わらない。日本政府にそんな根性ない。
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  1008.  @sunglee3935  I suspect the Korean girl in this video was partially educated/raised in Japan or spent a very (very) long time in Japan. I've studied and worked with quite a few people from South Korea, but I've never encountered somebody with that level of native fluency, even for Koreans who have graduated universities in Japan. Her intonation, choice of words, expressions, timing/pause between words, and mannerism is that of a native speaker. I'm assuming it's a similar situation in South Korea. Native speakers are exposed to all sorts of regional and generational speech, so people have a high degree of tolerance when it comes to conversational speech. We'll often be able to identify a Korean or Chinese from the way they speak Japanese, but we can still understand what they're asking/saying regardless. Koreans usually struggle with ざじずぜぞ as well as certain vowel sounds because it doesn't exist in Korean phonetics. And Chinese often struggle with grammar, but there are certain regional differences based on the Chinese dialect they speak. For reasons I'm not really sure, Mongolians often speak Japanese like they spent their entire life in Japan. (Ethnic Koreans and Mongols from PRC have the easiest time of all people due to grammar and KANJI.) In theory, if one can pronounce あいうえお correctly, one should be able to pronounce most Japanese sounds correctly. Interestingly, Romance/Latin and Slavic speakers seem to have the easiest time due to phonetic overlap. In contrast, some people from Asia have incredible difficulty in pronouncing the basic vowels. (It's exactly same when Japanese people study foreign languages. Accurately pronouncing basic vowel sounds is much harder than people think.)
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  1009. Glad to know Russians still know the status of their soldiers.
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  1010. So we're all counting on the Turkish Army to protect the airport. So when Turkey decides to pull out, all is lost?
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  1011. 外交官を追放したら、どうやって現場レベルの外交折衝をやるんでしょ？
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  1012.  @alexden7714  I'm curious, was Putin really considered "too liberal" in Russia? He was the head of counter-intelligence, wasn't he?
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  1013. If you look at HK tourism statistics, it's still pretty good. However, the difference is how dependent HK has become to visitors from the mainland. 16 million out of 21 million visitors in 1H 2024 were from Mainland China. If there are too many Mainland Chinese visitors/tourists, it changes the vibe and atmosphere of Hong Kong. I think hotels and airlines out of HK have already been focusing on mainland Chinese visitors for the past 20 years.
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  1014. It's because all early Tesla models were only using highest-grade Panasonic batteries for reliability, safety, and longevity (as does all Toyota hybrids). These days, Tesla also uses cheaper-quality Chinese and Korean batteries to cut costs depending on production location or models, so who knows. If I'm not mistaken Shanghai production cars use Chinese batteries, whereas US manufactured Tesla still use majority Panasonic batteries. (And the Shanghai produced cars are mostly likely exported to Australia.)
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  1015. What part of the world are you talking about? In Japan, kelp is called "Konbu" and is used for everything. But again, I don't know if other cuisines are so keen on using kelp.
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  1016. 昔のお笑いネタみたいな事が起きるんですね。
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  1017. 白人キリスト教
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  1018.  chillfluencer  Automakers don't make money selling cheap cars in China, which is why overwhelming majority of Chinese BEV makers are losing money for every car they sell. That is not a game that foreign automakers wish to be dragged into as there is no point in selling cars that lose money. And affluent Chinese consumers will almost never purchase cheap Chinese cars because: (1) they have money; and (2) they don't trust Chinese quality. In many developed economies, BEVs are not the most favored category, which is why every automaker is re-focusing on ICE and hybrids. Whether it's Toyota, Mercedes, VW/Audi, BMW, GM, or Ford...they all want to be positioned in the segment which has the most traction among customers. Which is why you see many automakers suspending BEV-related investments.
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  1019. They support football not politics.
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  1020. There is something wrong, seriously wrong if the world is about whether women can walk alone outside safely or not.
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  1021. Like in French colonies in Africa?
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  1022. Kenyans are the few who agreed to send troops. No other country wants to go. We cannot save Haiti from Haitians.
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  1023. After centuries of joint collaboration, suddenly hate Russia so much not gonna teach Russian language, burn Russian books, celebrate Christmas on a different calendar...what's next? Rename cities, erase Kievan Rus, stop being Orthodox, or stop being Slavic?
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  1024. ​ @FinanzNerd85 I suspect things will change once tariffs on EU products are officially announced. But the issue is far beyond consumer preference or boycotting in Europe or elsewhere. What is being questioned right now is the credibility and reliability of the US. I still cannot believe that the US is siding with Russia over Ukraine.
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  1025. It's simply impossible to replace all cars and trucks with BEVs. There isn't enough batteries nor electricity to make that happen. Thus, hydrogen research is for post-hybrid era when oil and nat gas is phased out from the industry/economy. Companies like Toyota think in decades. FYI, hybrid research started in the 1970s during the last Oil Crisis, and Toyota started designing its Prius in 1992 with the improvement in rechargeable battery technology. The research is why Toyota can offer hybrid vehicles around the same cost as regular vehicles. Fast forward to 2024, now 40-50% of new car sales for Toyota and Honda are hybrids.
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  1026. It's just a new DDG.
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  1027. It happens sometimes when you're reading off a script without thinking. Diplomatic words are carefully calibrated for both domestic and foreign audience. I'm not sure what triggered recent attacks, such Israeli lobby, US elections, Ukraine war, etc. But the US did need to emphasize that it has not intentions of getting into a full scale war with Iran. If the roles were reversed, however, it would be seen as an Act of War.
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  1028.  @tonisumblin2719  It's a different time. They weren't victims nor were they forced. It was economic circumstance. Prostitution was legal throughout the Korean dynasty, Japanese administration, and until a few decades ago in South Korea. Advertisement for Comfort Women were on Korean newspapers, and their monthly salaries were higher than junior officers. Most would work for a few years send money home, and then return to their hometowns. And most Comfort Women were from Japan. And if you want to know the situation in the Korean peninsula, in 1943 Japanese Army was looking for 6,000 volunteer soldiers in the Korean peninsula. 303,394 Koreans applied for that position. Again, nobody forced anybody. It was a different time, and people did anything and everything to survive.
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  1029. It's been like this in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, etc. I don't think 21st century is any different from other centuries. If talking can solve difference of opinion, there wouldn't be any fighting.
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  1030.  @johnwilkesbooth8000  It may be unpopular to say so but I tend to agree with that view. There won't be a Ukraine left if most citizens perish from guerrilla warfare in urban settings. If Russia were to get serious or impatient and start heavily bombing and shelling cities like it did in Syria, that will result in mass casualties and destruction. If Ukraine stays on the course of attempting to join NATO, I don't think Russia is able to back down. That may cause Ukraine to be split up into pro-Russia East and pro-Europe West Ukraine. I think Ukraine should have studied why Sweden and Finland kept a certain distance from NATO.
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  1031.  @gemi1164  That's why we often "freeze" conflicts, rather than attempt to solve them completely. It's not ideal, but the alternative is killing off or deporting an entire ethnic group. As you must know, this region used to be the Crimean Khanate. Tatars have been living around the Black & Azov Sea region since at least the Bulgars in the 6th/7th century-ish. (Their direct descendants are the Chuvash speakers.) For the past few hundred years, Russians & Ukrainians worked together to invade and divide Tatar lands. (Stalin even did full deportation and starved many of them.) Crimean Tatars have been persecuted, killed, raped, assimilated, or exiled and now 90% of Crimea is ethnic Russian. The current people of Crimea and parts of Donbass do not wish to be part of Ukraine because they consider themselves as ethnic Russians. As such, Ukraine can't win this war unless you kill/deport all the ethnic Russians from Ukraine.
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  1032. 海外に住む日本人は、一時帰国の際に子供を幼稚園・小学校に体験入学させたり、自宅で日本のテレビ・アニメ・絵本・音楽に触れさせる人が多いです。（日本人が多い地域には日本語対応の幼稚園もありますし、日本人学校・補習校に通わせます。）重要なのは、お子様が将来日本語を勉強する際の土台を作ってあげることだと思います。将来の選択肢・可能性を最大化しておくのが最善だと思います。 動画に登場するスペイン育ちのカイ君は、漢字の読み書きが出来ないと言ってました。読み書きが出来ないということは義務教育のレベルにも達してないことになり、日本で生きていくのは本当に大変です。日本人の親を持つ彼よりも、日本の大学・大学院を卒業した外国人学生の方が日本社会からは重宝されるのが現実です。 日本人学校の週1回の補習校や通信学習でも最低限度の漢字は学びますので、まともな日本語教育を受ける機会が無かったんだと推測します。可哀そうですが、親がサボったとも言えます。子供の頃の日本語の基礎があると無いとでは、その後の習得速度は雲泥の差です。漢字の読み書きが出来なければ、新聞すら読めないので、残念なことに日本で就ける仕事も限られます。 3歳児の親に言うのも酷ですが、将来スペイン語と片言英語しか出来なければ、普通のスペイン人と大差ないです。相当な覚悟や努力が必要ですが、トライリンガルになるように頑張ってください。日本語・スペイン語・英語が習得できれば、日本と中南米の仕事も将来出来るようになり、各方面から凄く貴重な存在になると思います。
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  1033. Argentina is desperate.
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  1034. Battery materials needed for 1 BEV can build 16 Plug-in-Hybrids, and 90 regular Hybrids, according to Toyota's estimation. Not to mention all the copper required to build countless charging stations, construct new power plants, and upgrade the entire electricity grid. Energy mix and crucial infrastructure has to be gradually upgraded over decades, not in years. I suspect we have such a disconnect in policy and reality because many countries have a shortage in political leaders and government officials who have proper scientific training. They have become more ideological than practical. It's almost like the dogmatic Communist idealists in the early 20th century. It's like an EV cult that mistakenly assumes that Battery-electric vehicles are going to magically make the world better.
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  1035. It's not like Germanic people originate in Sweden, or more precisely Swedes are descendants of previous migrations. Swedish Vikings became the Rus people after mixing with the Baltics. Yet many Russians don't have actual Rus ancestry because they're descendants of Russified indigenous people who once spoke Turkic, Iranic, or Uralic languages. And most Anatolians are Turkified Greek and Iranic people. Original Turkic people are East Eurasian from the Mongolian steppe. French are Germanic people who tried to speak Latin but couldn't pronounce it like Romans. Celts, Anglos, Saxons, Danes, or Normans don't originate in the UK. They only became locals through wars, conquests, or migrations. In other words, homeland is just romantic political rhetoric.
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  1036. I must say I didn't see this coming...economic refugees from the aggressor nation.
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  1037. Unlike other countries, Japanese currency is reliable and difficult to counterfeit. And digital payments can be tracked.
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  1038. I'm confused. If they're going to hold a military parade in full dress uniform with heels, it would make sense to practice in them. Are people angry about the uniform having heels or are they angry about conducting a military parade. Many military units around the world practice for parades like this, sometimes for months.
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  1039. They want another Libya or Syria...
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  1040. We had multiple wars with Russia, and we're technically not at peace. Thus, we limit everything from people to money moving between the two nations since WWII.
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  1041. Many of us believed in a false narrative, which was also the mainstream view. Western European defense apparatus was phased out after the Cold War under the "dividend of peace" narrative, cutting defense budgets, reducing force size, and delaying procurement/upgrades. Many countries abolished mandatory military service as deemed no longer necessary. War in Ukraine was a rude awakening for many of us.
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  1042. Military equipment are thoroughly tested (by the military and civilian authorities) in the development phase. If there were problems, and there always is, it would be fixed before mass production. And it's very common to receive multiple upgrades in their life cycle. Perhaps something is wrong with upgraded internal software. If it's a hardware/mechanical failure, it would've been caught much earlier.
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  1043. The Syrian government is not in control of these regions, so the Syrian Embassy can't help you. Idlib region is controlled by anti-regime forces often associated with Islamic extremists (backed by neighboring countries like Turkey). That's why no foreign government is willing to send disaster response units to these regions. It's too unsafe and unpredictable. Any aid provided to these regions may be pocketed by Jihadists forces.
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  1044. The Huns, Avars, Magyars...they are descendants of nomadic migrants from the Eurasian steppe. The Hungarian language has many pro-Turkic words because they mixed, absorbed, or interacted with various Turkic nomadic groups during their own migration from Ural Mountains or Siberia. As for Poland, the most loyal and fierce fighters for the Polish Lithuanian Crown were the Lipka Tatars.
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  1045. ビザ目的だろ。数年で離婚。
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  1046. And automakers get trashed by reviewers for having "cheap" interiors and outdated tech.
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  1047.  @simonreeves2017  Almost all Chinese BEV companies are losing money too. BYD actually makes most of the profits in batteries and Plug-in-Hybrids, not from pure Battery-electric vehicles. (Half of BYD sales in China are actually hybrids.) GM, Ford, Hyundai, VW, or Mercedes...every company is losing money for each BEV sale. It's a race to the bottom that most automakers wish to get out of, which is why they're all pivoting to hybrids. The tremendous irony is the less automakers sell BEVs, the more profitable they are.
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  1048. Americans were so angry at Taliban, they invaded Iraq.
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  1049. 副大臣は飾りなので、省内でそんな権限ない。大臣のスケジュールを決めるのは事務方。
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  1050. It never reaches the victims.
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  1051. ​ @jasono.1629 Poverty, famine, crime, migration, or pollution that we see in most developing countries ultimately is caused by over-population. The land only can provide finite amount of food, water, housing, etc. But Mexico has been using ground water to farm agricultural exports, which means their agriculture was always unsustainable. Modern medicine has increased the survivability of infants which resulted in a population explosion over the past 2 centuries. And it's not just a 3rd World problem because farmers who can no longer farm due to draught end up migrating to 1st World countries.
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  1052. Wingtip clearance is something ground controllers are in charge of.
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  1053. In France, is the discrimination mostly based on skin-tone, religion, education, or socio-economic class?
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  1054. Arabs were famous slave traders. Why would you wish to go to such a place? Lebanese don't even want to be in Lebanon.
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  1055. この人、政治資金の不正使用と不倫しか記憶ない。なんでこんな人が検察官になれたの？女性枠？
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  1056. Why is this racist? France has an issue with social integration and cultural assimilation of certain group of immigrants.
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  1057. I was wondering if these exemptions would allow Toyota and Nissan to "export" some vehicles to the US from their assembly plants in the UK. Under the current tariff regime, it would be cheaper than to pay 25% for vehicles imported from Mexico, Canada, or Japan. FYI, British assembly plants (i.e. workers) are known for their highest production quality among Japanese automakers. Toyota and Nissan supply cars to Europe, North Africa, Middle-east, South Africa, etc from their British assembly plants.
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  1058. Dams are not the source of the problem. Afghanistan has been experiencing less rain/snow in the mountain regions for the past few decades, at least since the 1990s. It has resulted in enormous amount of internal conflicts among various regions, religions, and ethnic groups. Less water for drinking, farming, herding...created large amount of refugees. And some of children of refugees were recruited/groomed by extremists organizations.
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  1059. It really depends on your fluency, education, and upbringing. We have had naturalized citizens serving in our Parliament, permanent residents hosting TV shows, etc.
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  1060. If you understand what NATO is about, you should know that it's not NATO's job to protect the borders of non-member countries. That said, once Russian troops are in Ukraine, they make a easier military target (as opposed to being scattered all around). Additionally, they give justification for a military intervention, should that be the decided course.
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  1061. ブラジル人なんかと絡むとそうなるわな。
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  1062. Hydrogen-fueled buses using Toyota technology is already running in Japan for years. Now, hydrogen-fueled trains with Toyota technology are being tested by JR East. The project name is "Hybari."
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  1063. How can it be fully funded by Bangladesh, when Bangladesh itself is funded by the UN and donor countries?
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  1064. 60% of Japanese GDP is consumption, so how can automakers contribute 30% of GDP? In the US, Canada, and Australian markets, Toyota's hybrid inventory is so low, there is months of waiting time. Toyota cannot manufacture enough hybrids at the pace they are selling. You must live in a very different world. And only 10,000 hydrogen fuel cell cars are manufactured each year because they are concept cars for enthusiasts. It's not a product that Toyota markets or even intends to sell in large numbers. It's technology that is being researched and perfected for 20-30 years down the road. In case you don't know, Toyota's hydrogen fuel-cell technology is being adopted in public buses and trains in Japan.
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  1065.  @rawwords8429  There is no such thing as BRICs. It was just an investment theme coined by folks at Goldman two decades ago.
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  1066. Norway is a small country. Most countries cannot generate the electricity needed for full electrification, and the power grid is already strained. The whole system needs to be modified to enable electrification, everything from power plants to electric grids to charging stations to battery recycling. Many countries still burn coal, oil, or natural gas to generate electricity, so more EVs doesn't help the environment as of now.
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  1067. 戦争犯罪とは勝者が敗者を裁くだけ。
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  1068. Japanese companies have been diverting investments into Southeast Asia for years. Japanese companies didn't suffer from COVID lock-down in China as much because they already diversified out of China before that. They were far more optimistic and supportive of China up to around the Sichuan earthquake in 2008. But the increasingly hostile policies of Chinese government, and the frequent anti-Japanese riots and political risk, have made them realize that Chinese production facilities can be useful only for domestic Chinese market. As such, Foreign Direct Investment from Japan to China has been on a declining trend for over a decade.
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  1069. Nobody won anything. Russia still occupies significant territory. Taking back large cities from enemy forces without turning it into Mosul or Aleppo would be a major challenge. And feeding, fixing, supplying, or protecting recaptured territory is a logistical nightmare for any military.
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  1070. Agent Orange.
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  1071. Look at what happened to Poland, Baltic nations, Bulgaria, Romania...after the initial stage when they joined the EU. Many people migrated to affluent areas within the EU. If Ukraine joins the EU, similar migration trends may be the case.
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  1072. Go to a proper bakery.
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  1073. You missed the Japanese context, presumably because you don't read Japanese. Firstly, this is in IZUMO region, where iron sand was abundant. It's the region where TAMAHAGANE style was initially developed, or the original location of all Japanese steel production. For those who know Japanese culture, history, and mythology, "IZUMO" is where all the gods/deities of Japan get together. It is one of the most oldest and sacred regions of Japan. In the entrance of his house and workshop, it says 島根県ふるさと伝統工芸品, meaning that his family work is accredited by the Shimane Prefecture as a traditional art. The TAKAHASHI family has been doing this for generations, and they are known as NOKAJI (野鍛冶) who make agricultural equipment and knives for hunters/farmers/chefs. NOKAJI do not make stuff for high-end clientele, as it's intended for every day use of common folks. There is an explanation on the Prefecture website for (TAKAHASHI KAJI SEIHIN ) on how this region makes their blades differently from other regions in Japan. I've no idea how to translate metal-related phrases, so I'm just copy and paste the original Japanese sentence. (製品は、鉄と鉄の融合の際に、釉薬にて結合する涌かし付けの技法を用いている点が特徴であり、さらに刃先の鉄と刃金も涌かし付けの技法を用いており、切れ味の持ちが大変よい。) This unique ancient technique in Izumo region is what he meant that only 2 blacksmiths still carry this style of blade-making. FYI, when he says he's been doing it for 20 years, it means that he has become the head of the family business for 20 years. Obviously, he's been exposed to this since childhood.
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  1074. The question is how many Chinese EV companies will survive the next few years. Most are burning cash.
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  1075. I still don't buy the argument that just one man can execute a war. Putin must have strong support from inner circles within Russian government and society to carry out such a massive military offensive. Even dictators are "replaced" when he/she is deemed unfit for the job.
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  1076. You can always go to Indian Reservations.
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  1077. Which is why Toyota has been record sales and profits for 2 years in a row.
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  1078.  @arek3866 UN Peacekeepers are sent on the legal authority based on a UN Resolution and approved by the UN Security Council. They are mostly soldiers from poor countries such as Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and some African nations that heavily receive UN aide. They are not sent as fighting force and cease-fire/peace is a pre-condition for deployment. You can't observe peace if there is none.
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  1079. Perhaps they should learn Inca language first.
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  1080. @Munia I doubt Ukrainian soldiers have time for YouTube. They've been rather preoccupied for the moment. Anti-tank/air weapons require special training, and only selected soldiers can use them. Given large amount of Russian forces, I honestly don't know how these weapons will be delivered to the people who can operate them, in time.
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  1081. Where does Chinese electricity come from?
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  1082. Tell that to people in the Donbass region. They received enough shelling from Ukrainian side, they never wish to be part of Ukraine.
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  1083.  @Tabassum-FH  Turkish Embassy in Japan has been asking for financial donations (instead of relief goods which are difficult to transport and distribute). However, I'm skeptical too in terms of what percentage of the donations will reach the actual victims.
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  1084. Well, the language was the same around 1,500 years ago.
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  1085. War is good business for some sectors.
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  1086. Japan signed alliances with the UK, Germany, and later the US in the 20th century to counter-balance threats from Imperial Russia and Soviet Union. (That's why we had troops in Manchuria in the first place, and 1/3 of our military assets are still placed in Hokkaido.) If the US is strategically aligning itself with Russia...there will be a lot of things we need to reevaluate going forward.
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  1087. Most countries just station some of their military units nearby the border.
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  1088. ​ @FrenzyyLumina Japanese Constitution doesn't say anything about weapons. The Constitution serves to prevent Japan from getting sucked into wars that doesn't concern Japanese interests, such as in Vietnam, Iraq, or Afghanistan. Japan already owns harpoons for subs, AWACS, Refueling, JDAM, or anti-ship missiles that can hit fixed targets as well as moving ships. And pre-emptive strikes have been deemed constitutional since the 1950s. In other words, the constitution is irrelevant in deciding what type of weapon systems Japan acquires and maintains. It is based on the national security needs and environment. It's already been announced that Japan will be investing in cruise missiles. Those are intended for striking nuclear and military facilities of neighboring countries.
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  1089. Iran already knows. They hinted they're done with retaliation for the exact reason.
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  1090. She was Kurdish, which must be the scary component. Iran has been brutally suppressing Kurdish independence movements for decades.
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  1091. Don't worry. Anybody who has received proper education in Japan respects Germany. Early Japanese doctors trained in European medicine were educated by a German doctor in Nagasaki (i.e. Siebold). It's why Japan sent many doctors, chemists, and engineers to study in Germany in late 19th century. The famous MORI Ougai was one of them. (He was a famous writer, but also was the highest ranking medical officer during his days.) Japanese Army's military organization also adopted Prussian-style system. And German cars are the only foreign car brands that sell in Japan. People vote with their money.
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  1092. We're still finding WWII duds dropped by Americans, Afghanistan is still full of Soviet mines, and Falkland Islands is still covered by Argentinian mines. So yeah, this region will be dealing with Russian mines and munitions for decades to come.
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  1093.  @jgr1706  Most of the the famous SHOCHU in Japan are made from IMO (Sweet potatoes) and OH-MUGI (Barley), and KOKUTOU (Brown sugar).　What they use is based on the region/availability of the ingredient. AMAMI islands and Okinawa have their own unique distilled alcohol called AWAMORI. It's probably one of the strongest alcohol that is made in Japan.
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  1094. 香港勤務の同僚が赤坂のど真ん中の通行量の多い所で、空気が綺麗と深呼吸してた。さすがにそれには目を丸くした。
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  1095. The Burmese have been fighting to control their own destiny for a very long time. British colonial forces hired from Nepal, India, Bangladesh, and the Karen tribes helped Britain colonize and suppress the Burmese. Imagine the level of resentment and hatred towards them.
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  1096. 帝政ロシア時代に設計された船ってことですよね。もはや生きた化石として飾ってるだけだとは思うけど。
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  1097. It's the opposite. Mariupol was under siege by Azov for the past eight years, although many of the residents were pro-Russia. They are finally free from Azov control.
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  1098. That only means Russia wants the city. If it didn't, Russia would've destroyed like in Aleppo.
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  1099. Why? Japan has already started using Hydrogen-powered public buses a few years ago using Toyota's technology. Now JR East, Toyota, and Hitachi are testing HYBARI, which is a Hydrogen powered train that will most likely be ready around 2030. The next big thing is how to produce steel with Hydrogen. Japanese government and industry is slowly shifting to Hydrogen-based solutions. Whether the rest of the world agrees or not isn't really our concern. And honestly, EVs makes absolutely zero sense for countries like Japan because Japan imports natural gas and burns it to generate electricity. Whatever we save in gasoline imports, we just have to import more natural gas if there were to be an EV shift. And Japan already has periodic power outages due to typhoons or heavy snow each year. The issue with power grid is serious because we already expect that even without EVs there will most likely be 20-30% more electricity demand with additional data centers and advances in AI (unless somebody comes up with more efficient semiconductors).
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  1100. Toyota's largest and most important market in terms of volume and monetary value has always been North America. Of the 8.63 million units Toyota sold overseas in CY2023, 2.61 million was in North America. And China is not 50% BEVs. A significant portion of the "New Energy Vehicles" in China is Plug-in Hybrids. Most Chinese automakers actually don't money selling pure-BEVs in China. Chinese automakers are in a bloody race to the bottom to kill off the competition, foreign or domestic. Most foreign automakers would rather lose marketshare than sell cars at a loss. Toyota's Jan-Aug 2024 sales in China was around 1.08 million vehicles, which is down 10-15% from the same period of 2023. But because the Chinese government forced a 50-50 Joint-Venture with a State-owned-Enterprise, the financial impact is naturally half. And most Toyota cars sold in China are manufactured in JV factories in China, which means Chinese workers will be the most impacted from changes in sales trends.
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  1101. Nothing gets done in a week. Wars commonly go on for months and years. Whatever solution for a cease-fire will be a political decision agreed by both countries. Right now, both of them are too stubborn and entrenched to agree on anything.
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  1102.  @tripfisk4246  Some parts still speak Aztec anMayan languages.
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  1103. From what I understand about voters in general, they hate commentators and candidates who BS and spin everything to match their talking points. Most voters see right through it. Inflation and crime are important but so are many other things. And there are massive regional differences in what people need.
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  1104.  @patricklee7241  These interviews are scheduled in advance. And she's Korean/American.
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  1105.  @JCMayPE  You mean the British colonists who didn't want to pay tax.
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  1106. EU is a trade barrier.
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  1107. Japan doesn't grant citizenship unless the Russian citizenship is renounced.
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  1108. That is the irony. They enjoy the freedom of the US, but they don't seem to understand where it comes from.
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  1109.  @georgebatearung3823 Operation Iraqi Freedom?
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  1110. On aggregate, roughly 50% of components and materials used in vehicles assembled in the US are imported. The precision machinery needed for assembly plants and component factories are imported to the US. (In Tesla's factory, the robotic arms are from a German company, and gigacasting devices are made by an Italian company.) Tire and battery companies also need to import ingredients to make tires and batteries in the US. As ironic as it sounds, it may simply be cheaper for Japanese automakers to manufacture the car in Japan and just pay 25% tariffs...because everything from seats, tires, infotainment, components, materials, semiconductors purchased in the US will become more expensive going forward.
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  1111. Do we liberate the Americas from centuries of European conquests and migrations too?
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  1112. NATO expansion only means that NATO, in essence the US military, gets dragged into wars that have no economic or strategic benefits for the United States. Sweden and Finland may or may not benefit from breaking away from nominal neutrality. When buffer zones between great powers no longer serve their purpose, bad things tend to happen to them. Naive understanding of their geopolitical surrounding is why the Ukrainians are in their current predicament.
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  1113. ​ @ExploringCabinsandMines All the major financial news sent out alerts about the 10% global staff cuts due to weak demand.
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  1114. Just curious. Who are you protesting against when you choose to stay in the rebel-controlled territory in Syria? You can't expect the Syrian regime to help, so are the residents protesting against Islamic extremists who control the territory? Or are the residents protesting to the world for not supporting anti-regime Islamic fundamentalists? I just can't picture foreign nations coordinating disaster relief efforts with rebels. If Syria were so safe, there wouldn't be millions of Syrian refugees outside of Syria. I mean if it's too dangerous for Syrians, how can foreign countries send units to assist, unless you're in bed with the rebels, of course.
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  1115. ​ @kaysmith8992  Regarding Indonesians and Filipinos, from a Japanese perspective, there are no identifiable ethnic or cultural similarities. Everything from language, culture, and religion is different. For foreign nationals who wish to live in Japan, the most useful thing would be technical skills, language skills, and education (i.e. degree). It will be easiest to apply for a job in Japan and get a work visa sponsored. Foreign nationals who already studied Japanese in their respective countries (and international students who graduated from Japanese universities/grad programs) would have the easiest time to get work visas in Japan. If you wish to live/work in Japan, I would highly recommend studying in Japan, since you won't survive without basic-level of language/cultural knowledge. There are also "Working Holiday Visas" for citizens of two dozen countries.
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  1116. Just curious, in news reports I don't see Turkish military taking the charge with rescue efforts, rather I see a lot of amateur civilians and relatives chaotically moving rubble with bare hands. I presume military has the training, heavy equipment, helicopters, medics, or manpower to do a better job in removing debris. It's just where I'm from, we don't let civilians near a crushed building. Specialists in fire and police departments and military and coast guard will control the scene, provide transportation, and coordinate evacuation.
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  1117. In JGSDF the motorbikes are mostly for recon units/platoons. They're usually expected to "volunteer" for ranger training.
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  1118. なぜトルコに帰る必要があるの？クルド人が多数派のKurdistanに行けば？
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  1119. I saw a few European news reports on the resurgence of ISIS activity in Kurdish/SDF held territories in Syria. If you interpret ISIS as an ideology or movement (rather than an organization or territory), it would mean that it's extremely difficult to kill. Western media have often reported that ISIS was "defeated" because they lost their territorial holdings. Most of the fighters and activists may be in prison or hiding in Idlib. It seems their core supporters are living among the general Sunni population. The scary thing is some of them are masking themselves as refugees in other countries.
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  1120. Nobody wants Muslim refugees, even Muslim countries.
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  1121. It' wasn't an invasion or occupation. It appears they were looking to kill/capture specific terrorists. And there are so many camps to raid. I'm surprised the casualty figure was so low. This kind of precision s very difficult for most military units around the world. It's almost like a law-enforcement operation.
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  1122. With all due respect, you should attend language school, relatively soon. This isn't about personal preference or taste, it's about survival in Japanese society. Without Japanese language, you'll struggle to choose schools for your kids, find a vendor to fix your roof, apply for a credit card, or receive Permanent Visa and other government processes. When your kids are in kindergarten, you'll have to talk to the teachers in Japanese on how they're doing in school. When your sick, you'll have to explain the symptoms to the doctors/nurses in Japanese. I'm sure your husband will do his best to help you but he cannot do everything. And I'm not talking about your preference in home cooking or languages you speak at home, which is your private matter. But some things you do need to learn and adapt wherever you may live. And it's exactly the same when a Japanese person lives in Russia, France, Germany, Canada, etc, etc.
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  1123. Realizing losses and reallocation is not cash. They're just switching to different financial instruments.
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  1124. They're probably not "rumors." It sounds likely an assessment by your colleagues which was asked by management and reported up the chain. Hotels, department stores, airlines, financial institutions, etc require the highest level of service-grade Japanese, which is basically the highest-level of KEIGO. Otherwise, Japanese customers will find it extremely distasteful. Basically, we would see them as uneducated, uncultured, and unsophisticated if they cannot speak proper KEIGO, especially for high-end places. Full-time employees who join the service sector out of school would usually receive proper KEIGO training as part of new employee training. People who go into hotels as full-time employees are often graduates of special vocation/technical schools too, so they walk, talk, and dress like hotel staff before they join large chains. I do remember a British TV series on airlines, in which British Airways was saying they require "Premium English" for their flight attendants. I'm not a native English speaker, so I don't really know if they were referring to the accent, choice of words and expressions, or it was implying socio-economic class, but it's very similar situation in Japanese sector as well. We can hear class, education, and upbringing in the way somebody speaks Japanese. Service sector is the extreme opposite of casual speaking. So if your short-coming is insufficient understanding of Japanese language, culture, mannerism, etiquette, etc....I don't know if any one at the hotel can train you in a short period of time. Let me put it this way. I was in Seoul on a business trip, waiting for my colleagues in the lobby of one of the famous hotels. Within 10 minutes, 2 Korean customers approached me and started asking me something in Korean language. I had to apologize that I don't speak Korean...and they looked at me in shock because they simply assumed I was a hotel staff working the lobby. If you are fluent in Japanese or Korean cultural norms, you would understand it means that I was dressed properly, standing straight, and looked immaculate. "Attitude" is everything. You're judged by anything and everything. From your shoes to hair-style to the tones you use in speech. I can only say that carefully observe your colleagues and mimic them, if you wish to succeed in any industry.
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  1125. Is this supposed to some kind of Russian joke?
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  1126. 日本語が出来る人は日本に住めるようになって欲しい。逆に言えば、日本語の出来ない外国人は困る。
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  1127. When religious texts were written in ancient times, weren't the ancestors of Palestinians Christians and Muslims mostly ethnically Jewish? Unless of course they came from somewhere else and settled in Palestine under various kingdoms and regimes. When religion and ethnicity mix, it gets really confusing.
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  1128. ​ @pieromonti3856 BEVs are about 7% of US sales, so I don't think it's Germany specific. BEVs suits certain people but it doesn't work for most people. People are rational and practical.
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  1129.  @mikloridden8276  Oh no. Thanks for explaining, and sorry for your experience. American "racial" classification and identification is interesting yet so unique. I suspect it can be difficult if one doesn't fall under a ready-made category. But I do vividly remember Korean-American neighborhoods in LA were getting attacked when a White police officer shot a Black suspect. That was very confusing. You may have had a vastly different childhood--and even a different type of prejudice/discrimination--if you were raised in Mexico or Japan. If you were raised in Japan, I'm fairly certain you wouldn't be treated any better or worse just because you're half-Mexican, Peruvian, Colombian, Brazilian, Spanish, etc... There is a famous actor by the name of SHIROTA Yu (Spain) and a TV anchor by the name of MASAI Maya (Mexico). On our national volleyball team, MOMII Aki (Peru) played in the Olympics. Ironically, our limited exposure and knowledge may be the reason why we don't really have strong stereotypes or prejudices against those countries. Cuz I know there are strong stereotypes in Japan against Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese, etc.
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  1130. It's a highschool for 16-18 years old. They learning basics of aviation, mechanical engineering, etc. Pilot candidates will receive proper flight training when in university.
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  1131. 特殊な作戦のための部隊なので、むしろそれが普通ですよね。どこの国でも数年単位の選抜・訓練という課程になってる。
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  1132. 税を徴収して所得・国籍など無関係にバラ撒くなら、最初から増税しなければ良いのにね。
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  1133.  @molliwilson5639  If he was really aggressive, the groomer would be dead. Akita, Kai, Kiyshu, Shikoku, Hokkaido, or Shiba...(i.e. Japanese dogs) have been bred as hunting and guard dogs for thousands of years. They're not pets. They're never raised on leash nor did they live indoors. In the wild, they move up to 40-50km per day, and they fight bears.
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  1134. Global fascists is a thing?
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  1135. It's for identification so, they probably have different colors depending on units, locations, or missions. I've seen yellow and green too.
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  1136. We first need to figure out how to generate cleaner electricity for the BEVs. I wish governments would be more focused on improving energy issues rather than being fixated on downstream issues like BEVs and charging stations. Some countries burn coal to charge their BEVs.
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  1137. The problem is some people abuse accusations to create a name for themselves.
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  1138. そのハンドル名は変えた方が良いと思うよ。打倒富山県警ぐらいにしといた方が・・・
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  1139. Norway's new car sales in 2023 was 126,953 units. Germany was 2.84 million, and US new car sales was 15.6 million. A small market is always a challenge for automakers because sales/profits can't pay for the cost of operations.
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  1140. それは軍隊も企業も一緒のような・・・
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  1141. It's because you guys were colonized by the British and received random borders. There is a reason why Tibeto-Burmese has a language, cultural, and genetic continuum.
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  1142. 欧州は移民政策に失敗して混乱状態。短期間に急激に大量に入れたため、移民・難民による犯罪、イスラム教の過激派の台頭、それへの反応として移民排斥を訴える右派の躍進・・・。日本も朝鮮戦争の難民を人道的理由で居住を許可したことで大失敗して、懲りた。
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  1143. Talibans don't care about the "betterment" of the Afghan people such as in a modern state. They want foreigners out of Afghanistan and Islamic law. Apparently Taliban isn't radical enough so they're getting challenged by ISIS-K.
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  1144. If the purpose of Russian military operations were to completely destroy Kyiv, they could have done it by now. Russian objective is to either install a puppet regime or to force Ukraine to not join NATO. Russia sees Ukraine as a vassal/satellite region in the Russian sphere. Any move to join NATO is perceived as a betrayal.
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  1145. Afghanistan looks like a graveyard for Afghans as well.
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  1146. Why won't MSF dock in France?
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  1147. Follow the money!
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  1148. しかし大々的に事前に宣伝してしまったら、恐らく定員オーバーになって、搭乗者をどういう基準で選ぶのかという面倒くさい問題になりそう。
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  1149.  @tejave0ojnc  While Japan doesn't subscribe to Jus Soli rules, the government gives preferential treatment for Citizenship/Naturalization to foreign-nationals who are born in Japan. We've had Members of Parliament who are naturalized citizens (with no Japanese ancestry). And those with "Special Permanent Residency (特別永住者)" have the easiest conditions to become Japanese citizens. Because many of the Korean permanent residents are descendants of Korean War era refugees/migrants, and because a significant portion of them attended pro-North Korean schools across Japan, many of them actually have no desire to become Japanese citizens. In fact, it has been a taboo to do so for a long time. For that reason, cultural assimilation and social integration has been extremely difficult. They live in their mini-bubble or parallel societies. Many of the ethnic Koreans smuggled themselves into Japan illegally during/after the Korean War era, and were allowed to stay on humanitarian grounds...but their eventual goal is to return to the Korean peninsula as Koreans once Korea is unified (by North Korea). That's why their children attend North Korean schools and visit North Korea each year on their school trips. The maternal grandfather of the current North Korean leader was arrested/deported from Japan in 1962, because he was involved in a large-scale smuggling of Korean migrants/refugees to Japan. For that reason his daughter, or the late mother of the current leader, was born in Osaka.
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  1150.  @carlosz4248  Asians and Chinese are not the same thing. In case you don't know, there are Japanese, Koreans, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Thai, Hmong/Laotian...immigrants too. None of them have any connection to China.
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  1151. I wonder whether Central American native society was always like this, various bandits ruling with no functioning state/social institutions. Even in the most remote and pre-modern parts of the world, such as in the rural areas of Afghanistan, there are social institutions and mechanisms to arbitrate. (They could be rules and hierarchy based on tribes/clans, or they could be based on community rules of each village/valley.) It doesn't matter that most of them are illiterate yet there is social order and a functioning method of settling differences. Why are Central Americans so dysfunctional? Perhaps Spanish colonization did erode all the social and cultural fabrique and they have no sense of community any more. After all, many of them can no longer speak their ancestral languages and perhaps have no historical connection to their past. Or perhaps they didn't have any social mechanisms even before the Spanish conquered and enslaved them. It's surprising because it's so different from how Native American society was/is structured in the United States and in Canada.
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  1152. 各国ともそれが普通だから。外国軍と戦うのだから、当然と言えば当然。
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  1153.  @thomasd5248  Please don't blame Toyota or Honda for the dealer price and practices in the US. The mark up and options are coming from various local dealers who are independently owned by Americans. In reality, the operating profit margin for North American segment for Japanese automakers is lowest compared to other regions. Some US dealers are taking advantage of the popularity of Japanese cars. The dishonest US dealership practices are frustrating for Japanese car companies too. Japanese automakers will never tolerate a similar practice in Japan because most dealership network is directly owned by the automakers unlike in the US. As such, the same car model would be sold at the same price everywhere in Japan. Small dealer options like more expensive tires, a slightly better speaker or infotainment may be thrown in as "incentives," rather than offering monetary discounts. (The only exception would be "Cold Weather" trims that are sold in areas with heavy snow.)
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  1154. Russians seem to live in a parallel universe.
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  1155. If you listen to their English you'll know most of them were educated abroad or attended International/American school. In other words, they're not culturally Japanese. I doubt they can read Japanese newspapers or novels. つまり彼らの多くは日本社会では生きていけないし、他の日本人からは『日本人』とも認識されない可能性が高い。一方で、日本の教育を受けたハーフや外国人子弟は日本では普通に溶け込める。この差は時代ではなくて、育った家庭環境や受けた教育からくるもの。
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  1156. 独裁政治の下で反戦デモに参加するのも大きな犠牲を払う。良くて罰金や失業、最悪なら暗殺。その環境なら自分も海外逃亡する。それが一般国民に出来る精一杯の抗議。
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  1157. @@melissanicole3657 No point in another peace accord or treaty, It's not going to be be honored by either side. They just need to fight it out.
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  1158. Where were you when ISIS was around?
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  1159. Japan isn't part of NATO and couldn't care less.
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  1160. I think you completely missed the point the general was making in the interview. Counter-insurgency operations are very difficult, if not near impossible to win. The same goes for Afghanistan when the Russians were in that position. Vietnam, Iraq, Algeria...it's all the same. Russia will face the same role if it goes into other parts of Ukraine. It will be costly, much like Chechnya.
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  1161. They will end up in detention camps. What's the point?
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  1162.  @mon_avis2978  I've met and worked with a few Japanese-Canadians, -Brazilians, -Peruvians, and -Americans. Honestly, having Japanese ancestry isn't anything special for us, because we all have Japanese parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc. Having Japanese ancestry doesn't mean we click automatically either. And a lot of Japanese immigrants don't speak Japanese or know Japanese culture, so it's not like we can speak to them in the same manner. But the person who I found most fascinating was an Indonesian lady with a Japanese grandfather, who fought for Indonesian independence and later permanently resided in Indonesia. Her family history was beyond interesting.
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  1163. Texas, New Mexico and California should be free from US occupation?
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  1164. Latinos is also a social construct
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  1165. Politics and Religious affairs were separated by 6th or 7th century-ish. Indeed, the Emperor plants a small patch of rice field each year and harvests it in autumn to present it to the gods of Japan for religious/ceremonial purposes. (The ceremony is known as 大嘗祭 or DAI-JYO-SAI.) His role is to pray to gods for the good fortune and harvest for all Japanese people.
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  1166. ​ @royh6526 He stole millions from the company, which is why he is wanted in France as well.
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  1167. Only a few Chinese EV companies make profits selling EVs, meaning they are dumping below production cost to market worldwide. They can do that because Chinese government offers various incentives and subsidies for them to stay in business.
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  1168. 菅にもコロナ拡散の金メダルをあげなさい
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  1169. It's a waste of money.
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  1170. Too many people.
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  1171. Be real please, "could soon be solved" isn't the right expression. It would take years to comb the ocean floors.
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  1172. Do they believe in what they say? Or are they saying what they're supposed to be saying. Many of them seem to have lived through the Soviet Union, so I presume they're wise enough to know what to say and what not to.
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  1173. ROC is Taiwan.
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  1174. I'm not sure if eastern part of Ukraine was ever actually part of Ukrainian sphere. It should belong to the Tatars.
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  1175.  @IanHobday  Nissan posted record revenue in FY2023 at JPY12.6 trillion, up 20% from FY2022. Profits were up 92% from previous year, and they forced Renault to reduce Nissan stake. Not as good Toyota and Honda, but they're relatively okay. Ghosn destroyed relations with all Nissan suppliers, which is why steelmakers to component companies have been giving Nissan the least favored price and deal. Ghosn also expanded like crazy to sell low-quality cheap profit-less cars, which completely shattered Nissan's brand. Nissan has been struggling for years to right the wrong from the Renault/Ghosn disaster.
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  1176.  @whitemerlin5737  Most Chinese automakers are posting losses in their financial results. Xpeng, Nio, Xiaomi, they're all losing money. Chinese media reports have speculated that Xiaomi still loses about RMB 6,800 per vehicle. Interestingly, even DongFeng, a Joint-Venture SOE partner for Nissan and Honda, also lost money for the first time in 2023. GM lost money in China as well. Chinese car prices are kept artificially low due to state subsidies and excessive price wars. This market condition is unsustainable so it's not going to end well for anybody. Based on Chinese industry statistics, most of the profits for Chinese automakers are coming from exports and high-end gasoline & hybrid vehicles. Almost all Chinese manufactures are losing money in BEVs. And BYD sells more hybrids than BEVs.
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  1177. Or it could turn out like North Korea.
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  1178. Shibuya is not representative of life in Japan. It's posh but not real life in Japan, or even real life in Tokyo.
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  1179. Oil.
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  1180. You cannot negotiate with true believers.
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  1181. How are you going to manage the world if you can't even do it in your own continent, let alone country?
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  1182. So many Italians migrated to the Americas because of poverty. Now so many are migrating to Italy for the same reason. We've come full circle.
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  1183. Were these kids in IS schools?
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  1184. I thought the Russians are in Tajikistan because they fear for a spill-over of Islamic extremism into Central Asia. They've been conducting military exercises along the borders to warn against any Taliban activity. Fortunate for Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan, the Pashtun extremists are currently focusing their efforts in Pakistan. I don't know how Uzbekistan can feel so comfortable with their neighbor collapsing into chaos. I don't know how long the Afghan economy can sustain itself, given that nearly half of the population is dependent upon external aide.
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  1185. But they were invading together. Ukrainians were the most brutal of all in the Russian Empire.
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  1186. The land can no longer support the population.
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  1187.  @julianneheindorf5757  There is no shame. If they wish to become a Japanese citizen, they can always naturalize. Foreign-nationals who were born, raised, and educated in Japan are given special advantages in the naturalization process. And of all the different naturalization requirements, the bar is set the lowest for people with Special Permanent Residency. SPR is a hereditary legal residency, for people who migrated from Taiwan and the Korean peninsula, when they were legally "Japanese" citizens. Due to historic circumstances, they accidentally became "foreigners" after WWII. They only things that will prohibit naturalization is if they have criminal records, ties with foreign governments, etc. In reality, people with Special Permanent Residency have all the necessary legal privileges they need to thrive in Japan. They are perfectly happy to keep their Taiwanese, South Korean, or North Korean nationality as well as identity while living in Japan as permanent residents. (This is in stark contrast to ROC citizens living in South Korea who were banned from owning property up to a few decades ago.) The only obstacle for SPR holders is if they wish to work run for office or vote. There were people like ARAI Shokei who naturalized and joined the Ministry of Finance and later became a Member of Parliament. And there are also other naturalized citizens serving as politicians in Japan, who don't have a SPR background. I actually like our Jus Sanguinis citizenship rules, because it avoids creating accidental citizens who have no kinship or loyalty to Japan.
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  1188. サバゲーじゃあるまいし、戦争は敵国を破壊する作業。
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  1189.  @akteno2796  Is the plan to stay in the bunker until the end of the war?
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  1190. US$69,000 in 2007 is US$106,000 in 2024 after adjusting for inflation. It's why some of the criticism on price are out of touch with economic realities.
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  1191. I doubt the residents of Mariupol consider Azov and their families as "innocent" people. At this point, they probably want both Ukrainians and Russians to leave them alone.
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  1192.  @_realone915  No justification for mass murder of civilians.
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  1193. It's pretty clear he's owned.
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  1194.  @mustaphamond5819  If you ever do business with the Chinese, you'll arrive to the same conclusion.
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  1195. 国防産業は儲かってる。
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  1196. Algeria?
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  1197. Why does Morocco let migrants in their country in the first place?
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  1198. 作業員の死者ゼロ、照明弾で脅かして制圧。作業員は残って操作。
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  1199.  @lindc1070  Population of the Korean peninsula doubled under Japanese administration. They weren't that poor because Japan introduced mandatory education, vaccination, built universities, hospitals, ports, railways, infrastructure, increased agricultural output, and they were NOT damaged by the Pacific War. And the people educated during Japanese administration eventually became generals, politicians, government officials, academics, teachers, etc...later in the Republic of Korea. In fact, from legal system to education system to military training and equipment...was entirely inherited from Japan. The devastating damage came from the Korean war. And in case you don't know, many members of Korean royal family and aristocracy received titles in Japan. Most of them graduated from Japanese universities, some from military academies. Some of them were members of Japanese House of Peers (aka Upper House). They were living an extremely comfortable life...until 1952 when all Koreans living in Japan lost Japanese citizenship. ROK first didn't recognize the citizenship of Korean royal family. It was in the 1960s that they were only able to return to South Korea. It's a long, complicated, and muddy history.
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  1200. It's not just Toyota and BMW. Honda is also committed to the technology. Actually, there are many car, truck, plane, and railway companies researching hydrogen solutions. Many automakers don't believe that BEVs can fully replace all ICE cars and trucks. Thus, hydrogen is the technology being researched post-hybrid era or around the time frame for 2040s and 2050s. Europe in particular has invested so much in gas pipelines and infrastructure over the decades, they are looking for ways to utilize the infrastructure post-nat gas.
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  1201.  @effexon  Most of German companies dived into BEVs and lost billions of Euros, and now regret it. They're back-peddling like crazy. And Europe is currently discussing ways on how to postpone BEV mandates.
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  1202.  @colby25  War crime is a war crime.
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  1203. Ask fellow Arabs to help.
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  1204. It seems like so many countries want to prolong the war. Some parts of the world are going to face serious food shortages if we can't buy from Ukraine or Russia. The wheat must flow. Doesn't matter what flag, the wheat must flow.
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  1205. He said his late father was a security officer, so perhaps his mother was from the "right" pedigree as well. I would imagine his mother is safe because somebody within North Korea is protecting her.
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  1206. Enemies of my enemies are also my enemies...in the Middle-East.
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  1207.  @sarajstevensonss  She's not Japanese. We don't have names like Betsy in Japan. She's American with Japanese ancestry born in Hawaii in 1959. And in old Japanese culture, a spouse or subject would definitely wait for the funeral, cremation, and legal matters.
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  1208. That's like half the world.
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  1209. We reject 99% of refugee application because most of them are economic migrants and don't meet asylum criteria. In the past, we've accepted Tatar refugees after the Russian Revolution, Korean War refugees, and Indochina refugees. We also have granted refugee status to Tibetan and Myanmar political activists. But the ones who apply these days are not real refugees but economic migrants. This is why they won't receive refugee status in Japan.
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  1210. I suppose it depends on what level is considered "pretty decent." JLPT-N2 is about 1,000 KANJI, which is equivalent to 6th grade level (or 12-year old) knowledge for a native-speaker. I cannot imagine one can understand the meaning and connotation of words and phrases without knowing at least elementary school level KANJI. Some of the interviewees have near-native fluency judging by their choice of words, expressions, and pitch accent.
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  1211.  @JoJo-vg8dz  The old form of ありがとう (ARIGATOU) is 有り難し （ありがたし or ARIGATASHI）. It's originally a Buddhist word that meant "rare and precious" in Old Japanese.
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  1212.  @ObiePaddles  Which is why I think one size doesn't fit all. We shouldn't be too dependent on anything. And 40% of British and 70% of German electricity comes from burning fossil fuel. US, Australia, and Japan are also 70% fossil fuel. (China, US, Australia...they still burn coal for their electricity mix. Half of all electricity in Australia comes from coal.) A rapid transition to all Battery-Electric Vehicles would only result in burning more fossil fuel to meet additional electricity demand. This is in addition to rising electricity demand from increasing numbers of data centers and usage of AI. Not all of us have the luxury to be like Iceland and Norway, which generates electricity from geo-thermal and hydro, respectively.
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  1213. These guys are fighting the right enemy in the wrong war.
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  1214. Depends on your outlook. Rivian lost US$5bn in 2023, and projects to lose US$4bn in 2024. They will most likely continue to lose money in the coming years. Tesla lost money for over a decade until it started booking profits from 2020.
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  1215. It's really sad how middle-eastern religions destroyed indigenous culture, customs, religion, and language in this region. A lot of the non-Burmese minority groups were employed by the British to colonize and subjugate the Burmese. The animosity of some of the groups are so old, I'm not convinced that it's because Myanmar has a military regime. When the Japanese and Burmese were fighting against the British to obtain Burmese independence, one of the most challenging things for Japan was to stop the Free Burmese Army fighting against the Karen ethnic group, who were seen as an enemy of the Burmese (because Karen were foot soldiers of the British.)
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  1216. Turkish Embassy always welcome extra cash for their embassy staff.
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  1217.  @southcoastinventors6583  They are very racist, too say the least.
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  1218. Yeah. Like the Russians care about US war in Afghanistan.
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  1219. Which city?
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  1220. Many of the residents in Eastern Ukraine say that they need saving from Ukraine. Hence the 8 year civil war.
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  1221. @@ironthreads7 Russian soldiers are already stationed in Belarus. However, Russia does need an independent Belarus (and Ukraine) to be a buffer-zone between Russia and NATO. That's the entire reason for the war, and is why Putin tried to overthrow the current Ukrainian regime (who has a strong preference of joining both EU and NATO).
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  1222. These days, pro-DPRK schools are a small minority within the ethnic Korean community in Japan. It's a complicated history, and have always been a massive headache and social trauma for Japan. While no Japanese wants to these schools, we also know their complicated history and struggles. It's why they are allowed to exist to date, although no government money is allocated for these schools. There is a famous person named KAWASAKI Eiko (川崎栄子) who is a graduate of the DPRK School in Kyoto. She was one of the brightest of her generation but had no choice but to attend DPRK Highschool out of poverty. She is a child of Korean migrant family, and one of the few who voluntarily went to North Korea by herself, graduated university in DPRK, married and had 5 kids, and later risked her life to escape from North Korea. Japanese Embassy in Beijing stepped in and was able to rescue 1 of her children and 2 of her grandchildren. DPRK retaliated and killed one of her grandsons in military training. She is known for bringing a lawsuit against the DPRK organization in Japan, which operates these pro-DPRK schools. As ironic as it is, most of the students in pro-DPRK schools and ethnic Korean community in Japan have ancestral roots in southern parts of the Korean peninsula. For instance, the current North Korean leader's mother was born in Osaka and his maternal grandfather is originally from Jeju Island. The family was deported from Japan in the 1950s since he was involved in a large scale refugee smuggling operation from South Korea to Japan. After WWII, the majority of Korean migrant workers returned to the Korean peninsula. However, new waves started arriving during the Jeju Massacres and during/after the chaotic period of the Korean War...and many of their descendants have remained in Japan. DPRK and ROK were competing for influence over the ethnic Koreans living in Japan. DPRK initially succeeds in winning the majority of them, but overtime overwhelming majority are with ROK camp. What you see in this video is a result of nearly 80 years of isolation and struggle amid competing North/South Korean interests and influences. It's why Japanese government doesn't completely close these schools no matter how much domestic criticism.
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  1223. Toyota and Nissan trucks seem to do quite well in the harsh road conditions of Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan.
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  1224. I don't know if it's possible for any law enforcement (or military acting in that capacity) to arrest militants. I doubt they would get arrested without a shoot out. Perhaps possible with some new technology to knock them unconscious from a distance...
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  1225. I agree. The report mentions City of Guilin (桂林), which should be a few hundred kilometers Northwest of Hong Kong, Macau or Guangzhou.
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  1226. 大使館への寄付金から払えば良いじゃん。
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  1227. 意味不明すぎる。
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  1228. Satellite imagery, signal interception, enemy movement...NATO is providing a lot of intelligence for Ukraine.
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  1229. 供与したものは鹵獲されるリスクがある。張り子の虎がバレたら困るかも。
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  1230.  @dfhgghf-b2j  The brutal reality is Japanese society historically didn't perceive children of foreign fathers to be Japanese. It's because everything from KOSEKI, property, tombs, and surname are passed down from the paternal side of the family. Which is also why Japan didn't grant Japanese citizenship to children of foreign fathers born before 1985, unless it was a special case like a single mother. Even today, only male lineage with a Japanese surname are described as "Nikkei-jin" in Japanese press. I think most people in Japan still wouldn't consider people like Nootbaar, Dave Roberts, or Adm Harry Harris to be Japanese or a Japanese Descendant. The press will never refer to them as NIKKEI-jin either. They just write they have/had a Japanese mother. FYI, Japanese GEINOUKAI have long said that half celebrities with Japanese fathers tend to be more popular and successful than the other way around. There are many theories on why that is case, but it could be because they tend to physically look more Japanese, that their foreign mothers tend to match Japanese beauty standards, or that they're perfectly assimilated/integrated into Japanese society.
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  1231. I'm rather curious, do leaders of extremist groups actually have any power? Or are they more spiritual/honorary roles?
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  1232. They seem to be protesting for something all the time. Is it cultural?
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  1233. Afghans are the only ones who can decide what kind of society they want. It's none of our business.
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  1234. What kind of people calmly film an attack? I would be scared and running away from it.
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  1235. 東京大空襲、広島、長崎、大阪・・・焦土化するための空爆。
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  1236. 日本国内に身元引き受けが必要になるんじゃない？既に日本に親戚や友人がいる人を優先してるのだと思うよ。
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  1237. Vietnam is always in the top 10 destinations for Japanese travelers. It was ranked 6th pre-Pandemic. Other popular destinations were Guam, Hawaii, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, and the Philippines. The only problem we have is scams and over-charging for tourists. Vietnamese food, culture, people, beaches, and vibe is wonderful.
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  1238. Suffice it to say, Russian Surface-to-Air missiles are really good.
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  1239. Korean makers didn't develop LCD. They just copied technology from Japanese companies.
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  1240. 楽になったんじゃない？昔なら『反体制派・不満分子』はシベリアで強制労働。
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  1241. Why just India? So many countries are involved.
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  1242. I think it's the other way around. Troubling and challenging times create the environment for stronger concentrated political authority. It's a reflection of the era. Perhaps even a necessity to respond to the requests of the people.
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  1243.  @yummychips_  Sorry I'm just a hopelessly curious person. You may be surprised that we have small numbers of ethnic Tibetans from India and Nepal, Hmong from Laos, Tibeto-Burmese speakers from Northeast India, ethnic Shan (Mountain Thai), Kachin, and Karen tribes from Myanmar among others, ethnic Kazakhs from Mongolia, Yakut/Sakha and Buryat from Russia, Koryo-saram from Uzbekistan, as well as Hazara from Afghanistan living in Japan. Central Asia, Siberia, Northeast India, Southeast Asia, and Southern China are one of the most ethnically complex regions in the world...and it's very interesting. FYI, There was a famous Japanese anthropologist named Kenzaburo TORIGOE who spent his entire life researching various ethnic groups in Southern China and Southeast Asia. He was most surprised by the Akka people living in Northern Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and Yunnan Province in China. (They are related with the ethnic Hani people in Southern China who are famous for their terrace rice fields.) His observation was that their cuisine, architecture, animism, terrace rice fields, music, clothing....resembles that of ancient Japonic people. I was personally interested by the Ifugao people in the Philippines who have similar rice terrace field culture. (This type of ethnic research is very popular in Japanese academia because we still don't know the point of origin of the Yayoi people who migrated to the Japanese Isle and southern regions of the Korean peninsula around 3,000 years at the latest. They were the people who lived in stilt-homes, built mega-tombs, had facial tattoos as social status and insignia, dived/fished, and introduced irrigated rice-farming to the Japanese Isle and southern regions of Korean peninsula. Unfortunately, we still don't even know whether Japanese is based on Jomon or Yayoi languages, or perhaps hybrid of the two.)
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  1244. Too many violence and sex crimes by enlisted US military personal. In Japan, I don't think Americans are perceived any better than the Chinese or Brazilians. But Kurds by far are hated the most in Japan.
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  1245. Chechnya should be recognized too, along with Tibet and East Turkestan, etc.
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  1246. You're not wrong but there is a Japanese context. We've always casually referred to all people under Imperial Russia and Soviet Union as "Russians." Therefore, Russian beauty in Japan is referring to all people who live in the Baltics, Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia. And Japanese exposure and interaction is mostly with people from Siberia and Russian Far East, which has an unusually high percentage of "Russians" with Ukrainian ancestry due to past voluntary and involuntary relocations. (If I'm not mistaken, Russian Far East was briefly independent after the Russian Revolution and called itself Green Ukraine.) Just by historic accident, Japanese perception of "Russian" beauty is actually heavily Ukrainian. I suspect most Japanese people don't realize that many of their favorite Russian ice-skaters have Tatar ancestry. Or that Lenin had partial Kalymk/Oirat/Mongol ancestry. But again, if one were to look at a map of Russia 500 years ago, there is no way 80% of current Russian citizens can have Rus/Eastern Slavic ancestry. In other words, they are mostly indigenous people who were Russified/Slavicized under Imperial Russia. Which I presume is why a number of Russian aristocracy had Tatar ancestry. And Russian vocabulary has words derived from Tatar/Turkic, because Turkic was the common language for trading in the Eurasian Steppe for over 1,000 years. Turkic was used from the Mongolian Steppe all the way to Modern-day Hungary and Romania. (Put differently, Ukrainians and Russians are fighting over Crimea which should historically belong to the Crimean Tatars.)
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  1247.  @ohhi5237  I don't wish to sound like Putin, but defining "Ukrainian" genetics, culture, or ethnicity isn't easy. I'm sure you're aware of the Greek-origin city names along the Black Sea coast of Ukraine and Russia, because they were once Greek outposts in ancient times. (Homer was writing about real Greek expeditions.) Scythians were highly civilized Eastern-Iranic speakers, who descended from proto-Indo Europeans that didn't migrate to Western Europe, North India, or Iran. Scythian artifacts are found in the border region of Ukraine and Russia. They were eventually absorbed by successive waves of nomadic Eastern Eurasian Turkic clans (such as the Huns, Avars, Bulgars, and Khazars) who ruled the Caspian Sea and Black Sea coastal region. They heavily mixed with indigenous people and migrated all the way to modern-day Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria by 5th or 6th centuries. Which happens to be why Turkic/Tatar was the common trading language of the Eurasian steppe for over a thousand years. And the ethno-genesis of the "Rus" are Scandinavian Vikings/Varyags who mixed with indigenous Baltic people, and settled along the Dnieper River, casually known as the "Kievan Rus." They were trading with/along the Black Sea, particularly with Constantinople/Istanbul as it was the cornerstone of the Silk Road trading route. Descendants of all these various migrations mixed heavily. In later centuries some became Slavs, some became Tatars. Some identify as Ukrainians, others identify as Russians. There is varying degree of Eastern and Western Eurasian genetic admixture, but the classifications and divisions are often political, religious, linguistic, or cultural...but not genetics.
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  1248.  @xjamjamx1765  News reports show civilians using their own hands to remove debris. There is also crowds standing near buildings that may collapse in the next aftershock. Turkey has one of the largest forces in NATO, so I had the same question. Where is the government?
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  1249. 二階はアホなの？
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  1250.  @tonyburzio4107  It's not just Foxconn which is doing the final assembly. The entire component and shipping supply-chain was disrupted in many sectors during the Pandemic lockdown. It's why many industries including automakers worldwide couldn't produce enough to meet demand because they were lacking integral semiconductors. Many ingredients, components, and machines are required, and they pass through multiple factories in various countries before arriving at the final assembly plant. I don't think the Chinese government fully understand the implications on the supply-chain when they pursued extreme lockdown.
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  1251. ​ @rachelcookie321 It's not about the tuition. This happened in the 1950s and 1960s when Japan was still recovering from WWII. She had many brothers and sisters, and her family couldn't afford her 3 more years of education. She was exceptionally smart, so the pro-DPRK school created a scholarship for her. Despite her suffering, she was one of the lucky ones given special treatment in North Korea because of her unusual background. She was allowed to receive university education in DPRK, unlike most returnees who are placed in dangerous/suspicious social class, subject to constant monitoring. Most highschool kids who have relocated to North Korea went with their families. She volunteered and went alone, because her entire family opposed her decision and remained in Japan. This was actually a fortunate thing for her, because her family in Japan was able to send her stuff for her to survive. Japan also didn't stop Japanese nationals from relocating to North Korea.They were wives of Korean husbands, living in Japan, usually in poverty. We know from escapees that they lived in extreme poverty in North Korea. She was able to save 1 of the 5 children she had (and two grandchildren). Japanese Embassy in Beijing bent over backwards to save her child and grandchildren from North Korean security agents operating in Manchuria. They were sheltered in the Embassy for months. The Ambassador was touched on how much they were studying Japanese, they assigned a Japanese-language tutor for them. Now they're all living in Japan as Japanese citizens. Of the ones who stayed in North Korea, the regime killed one of her grandsons in retaliation.
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  1252. Poor country wasting money on the moon. Real accomplishment.
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  1253. The Coast Guard "black box" was already retrieved yesterday. Whether they can retrieve the data is a separate issue, especially as the entire plane was on fire. According to what's being reported in the Japanese media, the Air Traffic Controllers instructed the Coast Guard plane to hold, but for whatever reason the Coast Guard pilots misinterpreted the instruction as clearance to enter the runway. The entire transcript between Air Traffic Control and Coast Guard plane was published in Japanese media.
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  1254. Please don't come. We already have way too many foreign tourists than we can handle.
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  1255. Resource-rich nations are making a killing from the Ukraine War. Let them pay.
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  1256. ロシア、ベラルーシ、ウクライナは元々は近縁・同族という認識を持ってるのに、現状は悲劇としか言い様がない。
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  1257. We've seen troubles since the 1980s.
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  1258. I completely agree. When you're in Japan, you'll probably be able to identify locals from visitors too. You'll sense something is slightly off and different from the natives. I'm sure you've heard that Japanese use a lot of non-verbal communication, or it's a high-context language/culture. We're constantly identifying people by body language, mannerism, behavior, and even fashion (which is a language on its own). I've heard that immigration and police officers can often spot an (Asian) foreigner just by how people walk and dress. I watched a Japanese YouTuber living in Shanghai. She was able to identify a fellow Japanese expat just by looking. I think the word in Japanese is 雰囲気.
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  1259. If you study the history of the region for the past 500 years, I don't think you would arrive at your conclusion. Most people in Belarus, Kazakhstan etc speak Russian too. That doesn't make them RUSSIAN. Speaking English doesn't make you English either.
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  1260. I must be too old. US siding with Russia, Belarus, and North Korea on a UN resolution is something I never imagined would happen. It's the end of US diplomatic influence whatsoever.
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  1261. That's Russian history for the past 500 years. The land both countries are currently fighting over doesn't belong to Ukrainians nor to the Russians. It belongs to the (Crimean) Tatars. The irony is that Ukrainians were the vanguards of the Russian expansion killing the Tatars, Circassians, Siberians, etc.
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  1262. As someone who is neither Polish nor Ukrainian, I am a little confused with the historical, cultural, or political context. Wasn't Western Ukraine historically connected to Poland and Hungary, or more bluntly wasn't the border moved westward by the Soviets? And wasn't the historical connection with Poland-Lithuania the reason why a linguistic division developed? Given the countless migrations that came through the Black Sea region since ancient times, how can one be so naive to believe that there is such a thing as a pure Ukrainian, Pole, Russian, etc? I would assume Ukrainians also learn about the Greek colonies, Huns, Avars, or Bulgars, as well as many Eastern Germanic migrations. Does she not know many people also migrated within the Russian Empire and Soviet Union?
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  1263. Is that how the British arrived in the Americas, Australia, or Africa? They just knocked and nobody answered?
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  1264. We already have way too many Vietnamese. Of all the crimes committed foreign-nationals in Japan, the number of Vietnamese crimes have surpassed that of the Chinese. And Indonesians are mostly Muslims. They would be happier in Muslim countries.
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  1265. 菅は秋田に帰れ
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  1266. All automakers have been investing in all kinds of R&D in hardware and software. The problem is they have to make cars that sell in today's market, not 10 years from now. And the auto-market is extremely fractured depending on country/region. In North America, hybrid sales are clearly outperforming BEVs.
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  1267. I think you misunderstand. There are nearly 30 million inbound foreign tourists in 2024. The figure was only 13.4 million in 2014. There is simply too many foreign tourists relative to the infrastructure. Most Japanese people want far less foreign tourists including the tourist locations. Foreign tourists destroys the ambiance of location and prevents Japanese tourists from visiting them.
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  1268. It's a regime not a person.
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  1269. "Responsible, smart, sweet, romantic, and fun"...don't all go together regardless of nationality.
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  1270. You obviously understand Japanese enough to know the word 帰国子女. I had no idea what it meant as a kid, and I was one of them.
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  1271.  @malaha84  Ethnicity is a modern social/political concept. The Yakut/Sakha people are Turkic tribes who used to live near Lake Baikal region. What you're seeing in this video is the celebration of nomadic Turkic and Mongolic traditions. Some people call it Tengrism. Turkic and Mongolic tribes have been living near each other and inter-marrying for thousands of years. As such, they share many customs, culture, music, cuisine, clothing, loanwords, grammar, and genetics. According to folklore, the Yakut/Sakha people were pushed out north by the Buryat Mongols during the Mongol expansion in the 13th century. In other words, they were one of the Turkic tribes that didn't joint the Turco-Mongol army of the Mongol Empire.
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  1272. Plenty of US weapons were left over in Afghanistan and Iraq. So if you have money, it won't be difficult to obtain them.
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  1273. Actually, each year there are more international marriages involving Japanese men than women.
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  1274. どうでしょうね。コロナ以降の菅・岸田内閣の経済政策・為替などあらゆる不満が今回の選挙で全部出てしまった印象を受けます。
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  1275.  @Wesley-rn7oc  Everything is more expensive after the pandemic and Ukraine War, with inflationary pressure continue to elevate prices of ingredients, rent, utilities, fuel, and labor. Higher interest rates and funding costs, as well as less purchasing power of consumers also makes it more difficult. Under inflationary conditions, it would be wise to not engage in policies that would encourage more inflation, whether in fiscal policy, monetary, or regulatory changes. Economic logic dictates that businesses that cannot charge more for increasing cost will be naturally squeezed out.
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  1276. 被害を最大化させるために警察の突入を待ってから自爆する連中もいるので、どっちの可能性もあると思います。
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  1277. I think it's a selection bias. There are no direct flights between Portugal and Japan. Which means there hasn't been much demand for travel for decades. But within Europe, generally speaking, cuisine from Portugal, Spain, and Italy tend to match Japanese preferences.
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  1278. The separatists are Ukrainians too. No doubt Russia should've refrained from getting involved in Ukraine's civil war. It just happens to be "resilient Ukrainian fighters" are killing each other under different flags, and some of them on both sides have Russian ancestry. And some of the Russian soldiers actually have Ukrainian ancestry. If it weren't so tragic, it's almost comical. I have no idea why Slavic people can't get along in this region or in the Balkans.
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  1279. Counter-insurgency in modern times is harder than you may think. Yes, they are peasants during day time. They don't wear military outfits or insignia, they don't always have a centralized control/command structure, and they certainly blend in with locals. Identifying your enemy is an extremely difficult task under those condition. If these were medieval times, you just burn down the entire village to send a message.
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  1280. It's every day any day.
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  1281. If their ancestors settled in this region in the 13-14th century, weren't their ancestors actually Turko-Mongols who now speak Slavic?
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  1282. I'm not from the US, but I'm certain our politicians have no idea how sirens work or when they're supposed to work. When your electricity grid fails (from natural or human disasters), it's often the case you lose everything from telecom, water, sirens, etc. The most important question is what needs to be done to avoid similar disasters in the future.
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  1283.  @maverikmiller6746  According to Chinese records, Khagan is equivalent to the Chinese word Emperor. But the word origin is unknown. Chinese records say that Róurán (柔然), a Mongolic dynasty that subjugated Turkic tribes in the Mongolian Steppe, also used the title Khagan (可汗). Northern Wei dynasty (北魏), which was a sinacized Mongolic dynasty (Xianbei 鮮卑 tribe) that ruled Northern China, also initially used 可寒 to mean Emperor. (Same word, different writing style.) Interestingly, Chinese records note that Xiong-nu called their leader 単于. Modern Chinese pronunciation is "Chányú."
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  1284. No you're not. No Japanese will love Kurds, after Saitama.
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  1285.  @mseb3909  I don't understand. Unless she naturalizes to Japanese citizenship and becomes a Japanese national, why would anybody in Japan consider her to be Japanese? If she's a foreign national by law, she is technically still a foreigner (no matter how long she has lived in Japan or not). And 3 years is nothing. Japanese law require at least 5 years consecutive residence for citizenship, and 10 years for permanent residency. (If you've grown up in Japan, educated in Japan, or are married to Japanese citizens, conditions are somewhat different, I hear.)
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  1286. European migrants replaced the real Natives of Americas by killing or relegating most of them. So who's replacing who?
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  1287. It really depends on your skill and education. Sadly, poor paying jobs are poor paying jobs world over.
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  1288. I agree. While American Akita aren't pure breeds, Japanese dogs haven been hunting dogs for thousands of years (whether they're Akita, Shiba, Kishu, Hokkaido, Shikoku, or Kai). The most common MATAGI-style hunting famous in Akita-region is one owner, one dog. Akita dogs will only listen to who they identify as their master/owner. They will sometimes even ignore family members of the owner. They were never meant to be pets, walked, or to be locked up indoors. They will wander off in the evening, go to their nests, and come back in morning for meals from their owners.
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  1289. I don't think we have a word for "Xenophobia" because the translation is 外国人嫌悪症, which is an artificially created word, and not widely used in Japanese. I've met many half-kids, and how they're treated depends on personality, upbringing, and education. These days there are a number of popular actors, singers, and models who are half-Filipino and half-Japanese. Also I doubt anybody in Japan would consider athletes like DARVISH Yu, TAKAHASHI Ran, SAKAI Gohtoku, or TAIHO to be foreigners. (TAIHO was the most popular Yokozuna in the post-war era.) Our national Judo team has many half-kids. We also have politicians who are half-Japanese. But I must say you do have a point on skin color and phenotype and general acceptance in Japan. But this is mostly for people with Japanese heritage. I believe Kaori-san, the Half-Colombian girl in this video, will almost always be treated as a Japanese person in Japan. (Perhaps the Colombian side also has mixed European and Indigenous/Asian ancestry.) And it's not just about her appearance. Her mannerism, voice, fashion, body-type, and make-up fits within Japanese expectations and beauty standards. Many of the half-Filipino and half-Japanese celebrities who are popular in Japan don't look noticeably different from full-Japanese either. They either look full Japanese or quarter-foreign at most. So they are a bit exotic but not too exotic-looking, which does seem to match overall Japanese beauty standards these days. AKIMOTO Sayaka, TAKAHASHI Maryjun, and HAYAMI Mokomichi are well-known here. Aside from half-Filipino background, there are so many famous half-people. There is a well-known announcer by the name of MASAI Maya, who is half-Mexican. TAKIGAWA Christel is half-French. SAWAJIRI Erika is half-Algerian-French. She was a popular actress until she got in trouble with the law. The MICHIBATA sisters are also well-known...for a variety of reasons. If I recall Leah Dizon was also popular in Japan some time ago, and she has Chinese-Filipino-French ancestry. While she didn't have any Japanese ancestry, and her Japanese was limited because she's from the US, her looks and personality made her very successful as a model. As such, if you're half-Asian, most of us won't even notice it. If you're half-European, depends on the mixture and phenotype. Sadly, I suspect the people who struggle the most in Japan would be the half-Black kids, particularly those who look more Black than Asian.
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  1290. Get your facts straight. That's a high-society Chinese thing, mostly in the Qing dynasty.
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  1291. I wonder which side locals of Rostov support.
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  1292. You don't need to claim what's yours silly. Japanese have been living on the Senkaku Islands in the past.
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  1293. ​ @artemg9753 In hindsight, the world would've been better off if the US, Saudi, and Pakistan didn't assist the Islamic extremists during the Soviet invasion. We're still paying the price of those actions, whether in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, or Africa. If the US didn't fund and train the Islamic radicals, there would be no 9.11, no Iraq War, no ISIS, or no Syrian refugees stuck in some remote camp in the Balkans. Afghanistan would've suffered from Communism, but still better than whay they have now.
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  1294. Severe drought has been around for a few decades now. Afghan gov was only surviving/existing with massive influx of international assistance. Once that's gone, they have no pillar to stand on. In other words, the international community was sharing the financial burden of the Afghans for the past two decades. Taliban simply stopped all that.
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  1295. Weren't the US border officers riding horsing on Mexican border when they "greet" migrants?
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  1296.  @Marcel_Audubon  You'll know what I mean when you hear Brazilians screaming, shouting, and dancing in the hallway at 3am, or when you see Aussies drunk at the entrance harassing everybody entering/exiting your apartment. And Indian cooking really has a unique smell. I remember some Vietnamese getting arrested for dismantling a whole pig in their apartment room. The complaints are endless.
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  1297.  @CHRIS-vp1iw  It's just a beauty preference. Russians have varying degree of Eastern and Western Eurasian genetic admixture...so they tend to fit Japanese beauty standards. And I'm pretty sure when some Japanese people imagine Russians, they're thinking about the Russian ice-skaters...and many of them are Tatars.
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  1298. Northern regions of the Korean peninsula historically had climate and water constraints for rice production. It's actually why Japan focused more on industrial infrastructure and factories in the north while invested heavily in agricultural infrastructure in the southern regions. Which unintentionally resulted in North Korea having a higher GNP than South Korea before the Korean War. That said, DPRK and PRC have had a strange relationship. Without context it's difficult to understand what is going on in bilateral relations. I have heard of barter trades in border regions of China and Russia, and China and North Korea. So official stats may not be able to capture the actual trade volume. It seems like North Korea is pivoting towards Russia for its survival.
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  1299. Watermelons in Japan are an expensive summer delicacy. Small ones sell for JPY 1,500-2,000, and large ones sell for JPY 3,000-4,000. And famous brand watermelons are sold for over JPY 10,000. (I highly doubt you'll be able to find a watermelon for US$ 7 in Japan.) As the Japanese name SUIKA (西瓜) indicates, watermelons originally came from Central Asia via the Silk Road. It's not naturally suited for Japan's climate conditions. Watermelons are most suited for high day-time temperatures and cooler evenings, and they grow poorly in colder climates.
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  1300. Vietnam draft
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  1301. They are actually protecting their home.
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  1302. ANAグループの社員って報道されてましたよ。
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  1303. もちろん、皮肉。
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  1304. I would caution against that view. During a previous Taiwan missile crisis, the US carrier battle group deployed near Taiwan "lost" a Chinese submarine, and they had to pull back a few hundred nautical miles for safety. It's pointless to compare and contrast specs of individual submarines, destroyers, carriers, or fighter jets...because they're used together to cover each others weaknesses. China doesn't need a 100 years, nor does it actually need aircraft carriers. They can launch their strikes from air bases, exactly like the saturated anti-ship missile attacks from fighter-bombers that Soviet Union planned. After all, it was why the Aegis platform was developed in the 1970s and 1980s. The war in Ukraine does offer a glimpse to the future. US$1,000-2,000 modified commercial drones are destroying latest tanks and IFV that cost a few million dollars. Iranian drones that cost US$100,000-200,000 per unit are taking out entire electric grids. If Ukraine can use sea-drones to damage the Crimean/Kerch Bridge, imagine what China can do. USS Cole was a manned attack in Yemen. Nowadays, a remotely controlled or pre-programmed unmanned sea-drone will suffice. In fact, what's the point of an aircraft carrier if the future were to be unmanned drone warfare? The concept of an aircraft carrier was to be a mobile airbase to project power far from your homeland. If you have the ability to launch hundreds, if not thousands of stealth drones from your homeland, you wouldn't need a mobile airbase.
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  1305. Turkic people have been in this region from at least the Han dynasty. They will outlive the PRC dynasty.
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  1306. If European countries wish to go to war with Russia over Ukraine, nobody is stopping them.
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  1307. It's not easy to escape from centuries of mismanagement. Taiwan and Korea were under Japanese administration for two generations and received influences from Japanese education, law, accounting, policy, infrastructure, culture, and government apparatus. There was even one Imperial University each created in both Taiwan and Korea, which offered the same higher-education as the 7 Imperial Universities in Japan mainland. They eventually used that knowledge-base to develop economically. The Philippines got Spain and the US instead who weren't that interested in Filipino economic and human development, much like the colonies in Central and South America. Filipinos are hard-working and smart people, so if they can align their policy properties, they can easily be like Taiwan or South Korea.
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  1308.  @matthewobrien5925  The only part that I would disagree with is who's doing the mark-ups. In the US market, most foreign automakers sell to American dealers, which are independently owned by Americans. In some other countries, dealerships are directly owned and operated by the automaker itself, so the price for the same model or service fee is the same throughout the country, regardless of location or dealership. Tesla doesn't follow a dealership model, but it does control almost all aspects of the sales, everything from price to terms. The Cyber Truck had unusual amount of pre-orders, so I can see why they opted to force a binding contract to prevent immediate flipping. But I don't know if a US$50,000 fine is an appropriate figure.
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  1309. Unless you're interesting in your own country, I doubt you would be interesting in a foreign country. You become friends based on compability of personality and not nationality.
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  1310. It's basic law of economics. The more airlines that fly the same route, the more price competition. Seattle or Vancouver are hub airports, so there are multiple choices. But for small airports with limited competition, prices tend to remain high.
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  1311. They've been fighting since...forever. It's rather tragic since Azeri and Armenians share similar genetic ancestry.
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  1312. 一時的な避難で、既に戻り始めてる人もいるのが現状。近い方が戻る時に便利。
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  1313. If it weren't for the US, there wouldn't have ever been a need for a revolution. Only the Iranians can decide what kind of society they wish to live in. Iranians have a rich cultural history, and they're fully aware of different types of regimes and religions that existed in their country. They are also practical people.
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  1314. 戦争というはそういう行為。
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  1315.  @shinmephilas  各地域の専門家がいないことには、外交がそもそもできない。
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  1316. 墜落したのは米空軍のT-38練習機。教官と整備は米空軍担当。旧式の機体なので、原因はまだ分からないよ。
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  1317. You should tell that to the Syrian Kurds who are being attacked by the Turkish military and Turkish-backed militias.
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  1318. So many countries generously deployed their military as part of the UN operation in South Sudan. Simply put, South Sudanese do not wish to get along or work together. I suspect they will be fighting among themselves for the next few decades. The UN mission was a total waste of our resources.
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  1319. Nissan's e-Power Series Hybrid technology is uniquely different from Honda and Toyota, and arguably the most advanced in the business. They offer e-Power trims in Europe, Asia, Australia, Japan, etc. Unfortunately, Nissan was heavily under the influence of European ZEV mandate and couldn't push out more hybrids in North America due to their previous ownership structure. In contrast, about half of North American sales for both Toyota and Honda are now hybrids. Nissan is late in offering their hybrid models in North America which they plan to do in 2026/2027.
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  1320. 超ブラックで給料も高くない。昔と違い尊敬もされない。優秀な官僚ほど若いうちに辞めてる。
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  1321. They need a functioning government in order to get themselves out of this mess. Syrian refugees have made things worse as well. They still host Palestinian refugees from early 20th century. And the Lebanese state is weak for historical reasons.
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  1322.  @tjmarx  Totally agree. While French colonization, Israeli invasion, and Iranian interference in the past are to be blamed, the main issue is themselves. Failure to cooperate and organize is why Lebanon is a dysfunctional failed state.
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  1323. What is there to learn?
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  1324.  @monster_inside_of_me  It's rather sad when so many people don't know where Turkic homeland was. Turkic tribes dominated the Mongolian Steppe until they were pushed out by the Mongol Empire in the 13th century. There are a small group of Turkic tribes such as Fuyu Kyrgyzs in Inner Mongolia or Tuvans in Outer Mongolia, to date. Contrary to popular perception, the power base of Mongolic tribes were traditionally in Inner Mongolia. Chinese records show Turkic tribes were crossing the Yellow River and raiding them for centuries. Once subjugated by the Tang dynasty, many Turkic tribes fought for the Tang dynasty. Their campaign to fight the Tungusic/Korean kingdom in Manchuria etc is in the Orkhon Inscriptions.
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  1325. I think Russian will prefer bombing/shelling Kyiv like Aleppo, rather conducting a large scale urban operation. If I'm not mistaken they experienced the horrors of urban warfare in Chechen wars too.
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  1326. Slavic people aren't originally from the Balkans, so who is invading who?
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  1327. Toyota has not said anything official. We will know when there is a specific factory making specific batteries for a specific model. And there is no need to rush when their production capacity is full. There is so much demand for hybrids.
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  1328. The Rus originate from Swedish Vikings who mixed with Baltic people. Scandinavia became peaceful because all the violent ones migrated to Russia, France, Britain, etc.
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  1329.  @tysonfinn1470  It really depends on where you live. I remember when California warned of not charging due to power shortages.
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  1330. Nissan has been fighting an parasitic infection for decades.
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  1331. Why shouldn't you look Asian if your ancestors are from Asia, albeit 10,000 years or more ago?
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  1332. Japan had no intentions or forces to occupy India. The idea was to push the Brits out of Burma.
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  1333. Will NATO pay for all the damages in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya...
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  1334.  @marytataryn5144  Perhaps you may have misinterpreted what she meant. Her father told her travel stories about the time when he visited the Soviet Union, most likely in the 1980s. It was a time when foreign tourists had to slip USD in their passports to get through Soviet immigrations at the airport. During the final phase of the Soviet Union, the economy was collapsing and severe shortages were observed in daily goods, everything from food, underwear to toilet paper. Even the high-end hotels, restaurants and markets catering to foreigners (to earn foreign currency) had severe restrictions and shortages. As you know what came after the collapse was even worse and pure chaotic hell, until Putin and his cronies forcibly stabilized the country. It's why she said to her father that Russian Federation is not the same the country as Soviet Union.
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  1335. Does every Peruvian president end up in jail?
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  1336. ロシアは何度も戦場になってる。第2次大戦の被害者数はソ連が一番大きかった。ナポレオンの戦争も悲惨だった。
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  1337.  @dreadnought3749  JGSDF troops guarding a Japanese base in Djibouti wear desert/arid camo. (If I recall, crew for JASDF transport missions in Iraq were wearing desert fatigue.) As for JGSDF's choice of green (or normal) camouflage was a deliberate choice to visibly indicate to the Iraqi residents that Japan is not part of US-led military operation. The mission was to assist Iraq in civil affairs, namely repairing roads and basic infrastructure. I don't know how much the locals understood the difference, but this distinction was/is very important for Japan.
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  1338. Natural-born citizenship and naturalization are two different things. Japan only applies Jus Sanguinis citizenship rule, so one parent must be a Japanese citizen for the child to be a natural-born citizen. Children of foreign nationals raised in Japan are given priority treatment in Permanent Visa and Naturalization. But Japan doesn't have Jus Soli rule like in many countries of the Americas. Thus being born in Japan doesn't automatically give you Japanese citizenship.
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  1339.  @pro.crastination  Procurement of advanced weapon systems requires years of planning, budgeting, manufacturing, and training. They don't sell them in stores, which means advanced weapon systems provided to Ukraine are coming from inventory or factory. Every time we do that weakens our own military by reducing inventory or delaying the upgrade cycle.
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  1340.  @jody024  Fun Fact: We produce more rice than we consume...and it's been government policy for decades to reduce rice production. It's called GENTAN (減反) in Japan.
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  1341. US still has 10% on everyone, 25% on autos and components from Japan, South Korea, Canada, Mexico, and Europe, 20% on all Chinese electronics, and now talking about new tariffs on pharmaceuticals. The tariff rate is so punitive, it will effectively choke off trading with the US and weaken US consumption and investment in the process. Long-term investors like pension funds and insurance companies are decreasing country allocation to the US, and it takes months if not years to adjust their huge portfolio. One of the problems that almost every country has been experiencing since the pandemic was high cost of goods. A stronger currency has disinflationary impact on imported food, oil, gas etc and is welcomed by governments world-wide. (China is the major exception as they face deflationary pressure from weak domestic demand and excessive supply. )
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  1342. The real horror of war comes after the war. I still remember the 1980s when it was still common to see some Vietnam War veterans still struggling, 10-15 years after their deployment. The images of wounded veterans on the streets begging for charity is not something I can forget. The psychological trauma will continue till the next generation.
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  1343. You are if you invaded or colonized their land.
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  1344. ​ @MrKrtek00 Tattoos or Horimono was not rare in Japanese culture among common folks up to the Edo period. Almost all the fishermen did it for identification purposes. According to 3rd century Chinese records, Japonic people in Japan and Korean peninsula indicated social status, clan, marital status, etc, with facial and body tattoos. It also had ritual meanings too.
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  1345. 2,000 years? That just doesn't match with history. In fact, 2,000 years ago, most of the Central/Southern Korean peninsula is Japonic in terms of language/culture.
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  1346. Ukraine has to borrow money to pay Russian gas...
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  1347.  @AORD72  That's absurd. She was able to freely talk to the police and ask for help at the airport. Nobody was kidnapped.
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  1348. That is so ironic given that Brits were the ones who pursued and benefited from the Opium trade that still impacts Afghanistan and Myanmar, not to mention HK history. It's poetic in a way.
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  1349. There is no such thing as "free" in this world. The medical costs come from tax, insurance fee, or out of pocket.
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  1350. Why are there more deaths in Europe than in China?
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  1351.  @oscarshen6855  That's actually most militaries. US doctrine was to avoid urban setting as much as possible until the War on Terror. Russians have experienced it in Chechnya.
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  1352.  @hamidhamidi3134  You make it sound as if counter-insurgency is easy. It's harder when your enemies blend in amongst civilians.
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  1353. Fake Arabs...
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  1354. That would never happen in Japan. I think your American dealership was simply too lazy and didn't want to deal with the paperwork. If it were a Honda dealer in Japan, which is owned/operated by Honda, they'll be fixing it for free.
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  1355. Your intro is rather incorrect. Trade was conducted with the Chinese, Koreans, and Dutch even during the Edo period.
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  1356. There are only 1 or 2 Chinese BEV companies that make profits, according to Chinese industry association. I don't know which part is false.
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  1357. They're not from Burma originally, which is why they're not being accepted.
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  1358. The scariest Chinese protest I've ever witnessed was that of a religious group/cult. They sat in front of the Chinese embassy in complete silence. They said nothing, just stared at the embassy from morning to evening.
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  1359. Original Turks, Mongols, and Manchus share near identical genetics, food, culture, clothing, music, grammar...because they've been living in proximity and inter-marrying for thousands of years. Historic Turkic homeland is in Western Mongolia, Altai mountain and Yenisei River. The content of Runic Turkic Orkhon Inscriptions in Western Mongolia, says in the 6-7th century Gokturks were being forced/drafted during the Sui/Tang dynasties to fight wars in Manchuria (高句麗). Considering that Sui and Tang are offsprings of the Northern Wei and Northern Zhou dynasties, the ruling class were most likely Signalized Xianbei Mongols from Inner Mongolia. (Interestingly, the inscription is written vertically, and both runic Turkic and classical Chinese. )
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  1360. Too late now.
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  1361. Just being a woman is hard...意味不明
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  1362. Actually, it's not that common. The lady from Russia has children who are Japanese citizens, meaning she will always be allowed to live in Japan no matter what her visa status. She can live in Japan on a Spouse Visa or Permanent Visa. We're obviously never going to deport a mother of Japanese citizen.
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  1363.  @faheemabbas3965  It was a decision to pull back from less profitable markets/region. European sales was weak so they decided to reduce production and later close the plant in the UK. And Australia has around 1.2 million in new car sales compared to 15-16 million in the US, so it's always a challenging market, especially since the top selling models in Australia are utes (a.k.a pick-up trucks). Honda has been in an awkward situation in which the 2-wheel motorbike segment enjoys higher profit margins than the 4-wheel automobile segment. So there has been a lot of pressure to increase the profitability of the automobile segment. To that end, Honda had to prioritize on certain markets.
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  1364.  @AlunParsons  His English is a typical American/International school accent in Japan.
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  1365. Of course he's focused on Europe. It's an official diplomatic report on a diplomatic trip to Europe.
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  1366. Chinese factory utilization rate is already quite low. And they manufacture more cars than they can sell.
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  1367. How you feel is how the indigenous people of the Americas felt when Europeans started arriving in large number and taking over their ancestral lands. Current phase is just another iteration of a long human history of migration.
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  1368. Why? Most of our society is against dual-citizenship. You're either Japanese, or your're not. There is no such thing as part-time Japanese.
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  1369. We actually have a large diaspora in Brazil, Hawaii, Peru, etc. This is exactly why we ban dual citizenship. We don't extend the rights, privileges or obligation of being a Japanese citizen, for those who are no longer part of Japanese society. We don't treat people who don't share our language, culture, or norms as a Japanese. Hence, there is no such thing as a part-time Japanese. You're either Japanese, or you're a foreigner.
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  1370.  @pixelwash9707  Racist? Neo-Nazi?
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  1371. Soaring prices on oil, wheat, corn, fertilizers, lumber, metals...wherever we live we are all F'd.
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  1372. 2/3 of cars and trucks sold by Japanese automakers are manufactured outside of Japan. Exports from Japan are mostly for high-end vehicles or for adjusting the supply when there is too much demand.
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  1373. Think of it as an armoured vehicle to move troops and supplies rather than a tank. I'm more surprised that Russians can make old equipment still work. Maintenance should be incredibly difficult and expensive for old cars, planes, and tanks.
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  1374. コロリンピック開催中。
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  1375. The collective negative experience from waves of Korean war refugees (who came illegally but were allowed to stay on humanitarian grounds) has closed Japanese society to any refugees, with the small exception for Vietnam war refugees. Korean war refuges refuse to return to their home country and also refuse to integrate into Japanese society. And Japan can't deal with Muslims.
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  1376. What a peaceful religion.
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  1377. Taiwan and South Korea benefited from Japan's meticulous land registration as well as the KOSEKI system. In some countries, they can't tax land efficiently and effectively because they're not fully aware of land ownership and transactions. Some countries aren't even aware of its accurate population size. Ironically, if Japan administered the Philippines for one or two generations, it would have been as prosperous as Taiwan and South Korea.
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  1378.  @warheadsnation  Japanese had better quality unlike Chinese brands.
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  1379.  @Clovis321  Toyota thinks in decades. The hybrids selling now were first envisioned in the 1970s during the last Oil Crisis. It was developed and first sold in the 1990s with advances in rechargeable battery technology. Frankly, 5-10 years is a margin of error for a company like Toyota. Hydrogen is researched for the time that natural gas and oil will be phased out decades from now. Hydrogen fuel cell buses using Toyota's technology are now experimentally introduced in Japan. Hydrogen trains are also being developed by JR East, Hitachi, and Toyota. They plan to replace non-electrified tracks. Some companies are researching hydrogen planes, and steal companies are also planning to use hydrogen instead of coking coal.
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  1380.  @Ramslamtheman  We don't have that prejudice in Japan, especially as watermelon is an expensive summer delicacy.
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  1381.  @staannoe  10 EV charging units in one location is equivalent to electricity demand of 500 households in the US. Norway is 100% hydro-powered. And Norway can built up their EV infrastructure from their sales of petroleum. But most countries still rely on fossil fuel for their electricity mix. Wind and solar is so unpredictable and unreliable, it's not solving anything. China and US still burn coal to produce some of their electricity. Some people advocate more nuclear reactors, but there is no easy solution to eliminate fossil fuel from electricity generation. Simultaneously, increased numbers of data centers and usage of AIs are expected to require more electricity as well.
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  1382. I suspect most of the pearls gets sold to Japan, so the buyers require Japanese quality.
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  1383. Iraq used chemical wrapons against Iran, US used MOAB in Afghanistan, so what's new?
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  1384. One Belt One Bankruptcy.
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  1385. He's a Pashtun. Whether they call themselves Taliban, IS, or Afghan government...they're the ones massacring the Hazara people.
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  1386. 朝日新聞ヤバいじゃん。
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  1387. It's the biggest worry when providing weapons. Some will most likely be captured by the enemy.
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  1388. 不法滞在してるのに、どこが差別なの？
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  1389. Germany has been infiltrated by Russian agents decades ago. It was very Red even during the Cold War.
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  1390.  @tuppenceworth5485  Alien species, mannerism, mindset...is how we view Chinese tourists in Japan.
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  1391. If you've ever worked for a large organization, you would know it's never about one CEO or another. Boeing is a classic case of institutional failure that entails everything from organizational structure, hiring and promotion, training and education, labor management, corporate culture, and strategy. Frankly, the company is probably too big to manage for any one person. It may be wiser to split the company for commercial jets and the rest of space/military projects.
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  1392. Good relations started back in Iran or Central Asia? I was under the impression that Turks/Turkmens started to rule Anatolia from 1,000 years ago.
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  1393. British ship transporting goods from Turkey to India operated by a Japanese shipping company with a multi-national crew from the Philippines to Bulgaria to Ukraine. How is hijacking this ship supporting the Palestinians?
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  1394.  @stanleyho9625  Taiwan is one of the most frequently visited countries by Japanese citizens. It's usually in the top 5 destinations. It's only a few hours away by plane.
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  1395. If it's a UK election, shouldn't they be campaigning on British domestic issues?
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  1396. Reportedly, Japanese government made about USD 20bn in the intervention. It's because they issued short-term JPY bonds years ago, converted to USD to stop the JPY from becoming too strong, purchased US government bonds and just kept rolling over their position. This time, Japanese government did the opposite and unwinded some of the position. This can be done with relative ease because US bonds and USD/JPY are extremely liquid markets. Japan has one of the largest ownership of US bonds, so they can keep on doing this for a very long time.
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  1397. If you wish to become a near-native speaker, I'd focus on mastering pitch accent, intonation, and rhythm of the language. You may use the correct words, sentence order, or expression, but if you speak in a different melody it becomes increasingly challenging for natives to understand you. A native speaker will have no difficulty understanding slight pronunciation deviations. We are used to regional and generational accents, but if you were to speak Japanese with a Cantonese melody it becomes a different language. It's because we judge the meaning, context, or intent from the pitch accent. I've noticed that aside from Mongolia, South Korea, China, and Taiwan...those who have studied Japanese in former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe speak incredible Japanese. Their level of fluency in language and culture is just beyond my comprehension. I wish they could teach us on how to study foreign languages/cultures because many of them in Japan are near-native Japanese speakers. And Japanese is like their 3rd, 4th, or 5th language.
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  1398.  @pau.7604  There is only one way to master pitch accent (or イントネーション in Japanese) which is exposure. Basically to listen to the language a lot, as we've all done so in our native tongues. It can be music, TV, drama, YouTube, anime, or anything in Japanese. One needs to listen in order to learn how to speak, and read in order to learn how to write. When the pitch accent is off, I often switch to English with foreigners in Japan, because it's simply challenging to understand them. One of the reasons why many Russians living in Japan are near-native Japanese speakers is because some Russian universities teach Japan-related subjects in Japanese language. And it's sometimes taught by Japanese expats. So by the time they finish university they already have reached N2-level, and by the time they study/work in Japan, they're already accustomed to Japanese phonetics, melody, inflections, and cultural/historical references.
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  1399. Eastern Roman Empire had diplomats in China, so it's not like Portugal was the first European country to visit Asia. And much of information on Japan came from Marco Polo during his visits to China in Mongol Yuan dynasty, or around 13th or 14th century. Actually, Japan is a corruption of the Chinese pronunciation of 日本 during 13th century, which sounded like Ziben/Zipan. It later entered Italy and Europe as Zipannge/Japangue.
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  1400. If you're serious, it's never too late to learn. There are plenty of resources whether language schools or on-line tools. Frankly, being "treated like a foreigner" will depend entirely on your understanding of Japanese language, culture, behavior, and mannerisms. People who are able to adapt, assimilate, and integrate will be treated differently from others. The former will be part of Japanese society, the latter will be treated as guests/visitors. We have many Nikkei-Brazilians and Nikkei-Peruvians living in Japan (as we have preferential visa schemes for Japanese Descendants), and many of them arrive in Japan with limited knowledge of Japanese language, culture, norms, or society. While some struggle with adapting to Japan, others are able to learn the language/culture and assimilate and build a life in Japan. It really depends on personal determination, curiosity, flexibility, adaptability, and intelligence. Culture/Language/Norms is an Operating System of each society. Japan just like Australia has it own OS. For some Japanese nationals, Australia fits them better. For some Australians, Japan fits them better. There are people from all over the world who adapt, assimilate, and integrate to each society. So you'll have to try yourself to figure out whether Japan suits you or not. That said, I personally think Japan is perfect for people with autism because the society is well-organized, disciplined, calm, rule-based, and people don't/won't interfere with you unnecessarily. If tranquility is important, you may wish to avoid busy urban areas in large cities.
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  1401. @@homie3461 Linguistically, there were many Japonic languages. Mainland Japanese or Yamato Japanese and Ryukyu language started to slowly diverge from around 1,500-1,700 years ago. So they are a dialect of each other. (There is also a category called Peninsular Japonic, which was spoken by the indigenous Japonic people in southern parts of the Korean peninsula in ancient times.) Modern standard Japanese is based on upper-society Eastern/Tokyo dialect.
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  1402. Most Ukrainians have no reason to come to Japan. The 400 evacuees are predominantly family members of Ukrainians already living in Japan. They will be allowed to stay for up to a year but most of them will be returning to Ukraine once it's safer as they have left families back in Ukraine.
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  1403. May be you should visit North Korea too and see how real Koreans live.
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  1404.  @sk-vt6vb  停電なったら死ぬよ。
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  1405.  @Nagart1301  US influence and "power" is based on a web of global alliances and friendships. We just witnessed American leadership publicly siding with the Russian aggressor. As such, the credibly and purpose of an alliance with the US is being questioned right now by many US allies. And it's not just by the Europeans. The person sitting in that chair could've been the president of South Korea, Taiwan, etc. The irony is that NATO's collective security response was only triggered once after its establishment, when the US asked for assistance after 9/11.
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  1406. We commonly say half-XYZ for 50%, quarter-XYZ for 25%. We don't have a specific name for 1/8th ancestry in Japan, unfortunately. I once met an Indonesian lady who had a Japanese first-name. She said her grandfather was the one who picked her name as he was from Japan. It's one of the history lessons we don't hear much about in Japan. Apparently, there were thousands of Japanese soldiers who participated in the independence wars against the Dutch and settled in Indonesia afterwards. Many if not all of them married locals, mostly ethnic Chinese Indonesians.
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  1407. I don't know which is worse. Their missiles are not accurate or they don't really care what they hit.
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  1408. That is interesting to hear. Perhaps the difference is in type of visa. These days, there is a lot of focus on attracting more "Highly Skilled Professionals." People with technical skills and language proficiency are receiving Permanent Visa in 3-4 years. This is super fast-track, since it generally takes 5 years residency for 2nd & 3rd generation Japanese Descendants, and nearly 10 years for others to qualify for a Permanent Visa. The exception has always been for those with a Japanese spouse or if your child is a Japanese citizen.
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  1409. The tariff rate is so punitive, it touches everything and everyone. The materials and components to build the machines used for assembling cars and components will also be under tariffs. Look at a Tesla factory production line. The Gigacasting device would be from an Italian company and the robot arms are from a German company...which are both owned by a Chinese company. Any maintenance and repair component will be under tariffs. And tire companies will need to import rubber, infotainment touch screens are coming from Asian supply chain that builds smartphones, laptops, etc.
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  1410. When are you going to free the Indigenous people from Canadian rule?
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  1411.  @punish01  "Independent Journalist" only means he's not exclusively working for large networks such as CNN, BBC, FOX, DW, etc. (I'm not exactly sure what the difference between Independent and Freelance Journalist.) I presume he's been in Donbass embed with pro-Russian separatists since 2014, which is why he has the trust of the locals there. In a war, I doubt it's realistic for a single person to go back and forth between the contact line covering both sides.
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  1412.  @aleta5024 Japanese would be the 3rd, 4th or 5th language for most foreigners in Japan too. People from non-English speaking countries generally speak better Japanese than those from English-speaking countries, so they usually are better accepted in Japan.
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  1413.  @abz123d  Lebanese and Syrians have a shared language, history, affiliation, etc. I don't know why but Arabs don't mix well with non-Arab countries. Basically they ended up being hating by their host-countries.
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  1414. That's surprisingly fast. Too fast. Was she under surveillance, or does Turkey have state of the art facial recognition on all surveillance cameras?
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  1415. It's just Slavs killing each other to control Crimean Tatar land. Don't read to much into it.
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  1416. People of Okinawa don't miss Americans...at all.
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  1417. Great, another Syria.
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  1418. Israel has a strong IT sector, so they don't need to worry. And most countries prefer educated Israeli over Jihadist Palestinians for a good reason.
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  1419. Most of the crimes by US military personnel in Japan has usually been black or brown. That's why over the decades people learned that it's wiser to avoid such people.
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  1420. We need a documentary on the relations among the various ethnic groups. I see videos of conflicts that I can't comprehend.
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  1421. I don't know much about culinary traditions, but the Japanese word "NIKKEI (日系)" is a term that refers to all Japanese Descendants. Everybody with Japanese ancestry is by default a "NIKKEI-JIN (日系人)." In Japanese language, sometimes the location/country will be included such as Nikkei-Peruvian, Nikkei-Brazilian, or Nikkei-Americans. Other times, it can be used as 日系2世 or 日系3世...referring to 2 generation, 3rd generation Japanese immigrants. And "Nikkei-jin" are offered preferential visa schemes by Japan due to their Japanese ancestry. So the term NIKKEI would be mostly used to refer to people, but it can also be used such as 日系企業, which are local branches of Japanese multi-national companies.
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  1422. Are you volunteering?
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  1423. Or he's alive because he was planted as a Russian expert explaining Russian perspectives on Western media and academia. Hybrid wars are not just about internet bots and RT. You control the narrative by providing the experts.
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  1424. It's not just Europe. Infrastructure globally is designed using past data, a few hundred years at most, on rain fall and river/sea levels As weather patterns become increasingly erratic and unpredictable, we'll likely see much more crazy stuff worldwide. Extreme drought, heat, flooding, mega hurricanes, etc.
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  1425. Should train the Hazara tribes rather than the useless Afghan army/police.
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  1426. All Japanese dogs originate from hunting dogs. They only trust their owner who they think is worthy. They are not pets in the western sense, and they were never kept indoors by the hunters. They were always kept outside without a leash. They do not need any grooming, but they do need endless amount of exercise. And feed them fish or else they will have health issues when older.
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  1427. The real dark history of the Americas is what happened to the indigenous people.
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  1428. Nobody wishes a war with Russia. In fact, no EU member state has that kind of military capability.
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  1429. But killing 90% of indigenous populations in the Americas is not sinful or criminal, in the mind of the Pope.
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  1430. Now I understand why the outbreak in Italy got worse than other countries.
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  1431. Nobody is mocking Ukrainians except for Russian cyber units. From what I can tell, former Soviet Union and former Eastern European countries had excellent education system. But the transition to a market-economy was more challenging for some countries than others. Many of the former Soviet republic in Central Asia transitioned to authoritarian regimes that are ruled by billionaires. Russia created many oligarchs that were inter-connected with the Russian regime.
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  1432.  @collectablechaos  It's an unfortunate reality that is beyond our control. For instance, the Russian Embassy in Tokyo runs a school based on a Russian curriculum with dedicated certified Russian teachers. Children of Russian expats as well as ethnic Russians from CIS can receive (partial) Russian education in that school. But not all Russian kids are living in commuting distance of the Russian Embassy, which is located in downtown Tokyo near Roppongi area. (From what I've heard from Russians who were raised in Japan, Russian teachers are far more scary than Japanese teachers.) It's also very common for Japanese kids raised outside of Japan to attend schools run by the Japanese government. But it is highly location/country dependent. For example, children of Japanese expats in Shanghai will attend schools run by the Japanese government. They grow up speaking Japanese with their friends, teachers, and parents. So when they return to Japan, they have limited issue blending right it and taking university exams. However, many Japanese kids growing up in certain parts of Australia won't even have the opportunity to receive formal education, because there is only Japanese-government schools in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth (compared to 12 locations in China alone). And this has a long-lasting impact, because people with Japanese ancestry and without Japanese fluency cannot serve as a bridge between Japan and their local countries/cultures. Which also creates a weird situation in which a foreigner who is fluent in Japanese becomes far more valuable and accepted in Japan over children of Japanese expats who cannot read/write/speak Japanese. Believe me, many Japanese expats do their very best to teach Japanese language, culture, norms, and mannerism to their kids too. But the local environment is not always supportive of those goals.
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  1433. I thought you get medals for being good at it.
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  1434.  @TheGribblesnitch  Pro-Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic people were nomadic in nature, covering massive territories. They were inter-marrying, trading, allying, and ruling each other for thousands of years (if not longer). To date, linguists are unable to identify shared cognates, so SPRACHBUND is most likely what caused the similarities of grammar as well as many loan words. Gokturk stone structures written in proto-Turkic are found in present day Mongolia. The Hazara people in Afghanistan and Pakistan are Mongolian descendants (who came with the Mongolian Empire) but they retain both Mongolic and Turkic words in their language. They now speak a dialect of Afghan Persian, which illustrates how complex a language history of just one ethnic group can be.
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  1435.  @tatianaburenkova3195 Where in Japan have you lived? Because Japanese people never go to small clinics for emergencies, as we go to Emergency Rooms in hospitals. And yes, there is a thing called 救急救命士. They are qualified para-medics. They are not employees, they are civil servants in the fire-department. I only know dentists in both Japan and the US. The only difference I see was that it's a million times more expensive in the US for treatment.
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  1436. 小銃・拳銃でロシア陸軍と戦うんかい？
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  1437. 良し悪しは別にして、将官20人も前線に派遣してるのが他国なら異例だと思います。
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  1438. Why would any wealthy Chinese buy these BEVs. The problem is with the Chinese batteries they're using. Foreign automakers using Chinese and Korean batteries will be facing the same problem. All Toyota hybrids and early Tesla models only use highest-grade Panasonic batteries for safety, reliability and longevity. These days Tesla also uses Chinese and Korean batteries to cut costs.
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  1439. 実は古着屋のシステムは江戸時代の前からあります。庶民は着物を新調することが難しいので、古着屋で買ってたそうです。当時は裁縫が最低限は出来た女性が多かったので、破れたり・傷んだりしたら何度もパッチワークのように修理して着まわしたり、やがて子供の服にしたり、最後は燃やして灰にして肥料となってたようです。陶磁器や木工家具も日用品は基本的に全て修理してました。
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  1440.  @Awakeningspirit20  Counter-intuitive as it may sound, it's actually more difficult without Hiragana and Katakana. Up to about 8th century, Japanese was recorded in primarily Kanji only (aka. Man-yo Gana). It was far more difficult and time-consuming than the current system.
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  1441.  @fractalelf7760  The "resale" price is the market value of the car. People rely on it to trade-in for new cars, insurance companies rely on it to decide premium, and the used car price becomes a benchmark whether you fix it or junk a car. In the US there is about 16 million new car sales, but the used car market is around 36 million sales. And many young people buy used cars for affordability. As far as we can tell, there are many people who are disposing US$20,000 used Tesla, because the battery replacement cost is US$12,000-20,000 depending on model. The problem with this situation is that it makes no economic sense to replace a battery and try to sell it.
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  1442. All these infected foreigners bringing in COVID...what a disaster.
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  1443. When you see young Ukrainian kids in school refusing to speak Russian because they hate Russia so much, it makes one think about future relations between Ukraine and Russia.
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  1444. They should leave Japan if they don't want to live in Japan. North Korea sounds like a heaven on earth.
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  1445.  @doctorklockwork  Japanese Shinto is Japanese culture itself, and Shinto and Buddhism were never mutually exclusive. (Buddha was perceived to be another god/deity of the many gods that protect the land.) One of the most famous Buddhist centers in Japan is HIEIZAN-ENRYAKUJI (比叡山・延暦寺). The founder SAICHO (最澄) built the HIE-Shrine (日吉大社) to honor and enshrine the local gods/spirits where the Buddhist temple was built. Given that most gods/deities are collective ancestors of the land and people, there was really no issue with it even for Buddhist monks (because they grew up in Japanese society).
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  1446. Abuseの名詞は濁らなかったような・・・
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  1447. KOSEKI is how Japnese Descendants prove their Japanese ancestry. And it's the only way to prove citizenship. It's also the core foundation for taxation, inheritance, mandatory education, and military conscription if need be. We don't give a crap what other countries do or don't do. You only demonstrated your lack of knowledge of how Japnese government services function. KOSEKI is the single most important database of the nation, and you don't have a family branch because you're not a citizen.
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  1448. While his Japanese pronunciation and intonation is a bit different, without doubt the half-Dutch kid grew up speaking Japanese with his family. He said "HAHA (母)" to refer to his mother, which is how we would say it in formal speech. He said his Japanese last name first, which is how a native would introduce him/herself in Japanese. And he's not translating a foreign language into Japanese in his head. He said he attended Japanese Saturday School in the Netherlands when we was younger.
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  1449.  @Neophema  She also says she spent "Yochien" overseas. But I can't tell which part of her speech is Miyazaki-ben.
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  1450.  @tomcatkewell  ROC wasn't in control of Taiwan until Taiwan became independent from Japan after WWII. But you're right, Taiwan/ROC has been preparing from at least the late 1940s, definitely became more real after the Korean War in the 1950s.
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  1451. Do you have any neighbors that wish to invade your territory?
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  1452. Those companies are mostly Franchised outside of the US, which is why the taste and menus differ depending on region.
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  1453. It's about who should pay for road maintenance. Traditionally, most governments would place tax on gasoline and diesel sales and use that money to maintain road infrastructure. Since government cannot collect that tax from EV owners, they need to figure out ways. They can tax electricity, EV sales, or ownership. Either way, they need the money to maintain roads, traffic lights, signs, etc, etc.
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  1454. In Japan, Hyundai was know as Fake Honda, especially because we know how Koreans actually pronounce Hyundai.
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  1455. You can't negotiate with true believers. Afghanistan is a lost cause.
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  1456.  @bill8711  Roosevelt?
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  1457. So the terrorists were running towards Russian-occupied Ukraine? That makes so much sense. The question you should be asking is why IS-K so determined to attack random Russian civilians. Many neighbors are not fans of Russia, but why would Tajiks be so disgusted with Russians. I thought it was some thing about Russian activities in Syria or Tajikistan or Afghanistan. This is execution style which implies they want the world to know why ordinary Russian civilians are being targeted.
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  1458. Serbian volleyball team is famous for their racist gestures.
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  1459. 戦争ってそういうもの。
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  1460. イエメン、シリア、イラク、アフガニスタン、ボスニア・・・に比べたら被害者数は少ない。
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  1461. It depends on the person more so than nationality. Japanese people will judge you by social class, education, mannerism, or civility. In reality, some of the Brazilians in Japan have neck/arm tattoos like gangs, they walk and talk and dress like narcos, and are often arrested for car-jacking, looting, shoplifting, drugs, murder etc. At the same time, there are many educated and cultured Nikkei-Brazilian bankers, doctors, professors, lawyers, IT engineers, musicians, school teachers, etc. The latter group will be appreciated and treated with respect in Japan. The former will be treated with disgust and disgrace.
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  1462. In my impression, men and women have different beauty standards in Japan. Women fashion magazines are trying to sell clothing, cosmetics, or shoes to women. But if you wish to know what sells for men, I would say look at race queens, male magazines, porn actresses, etc. The popular ones with men are almost always not skinny.
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  1463. No more meaning in previous agreements or discussions now as war has started. I have no idea how things will develop but the rebel regions will likely suffer the most.
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  1464.  @suou7938  大使館や領事館の業務も幅広く、パスポート更新、年金手続き、選挙事務、日本企業の支援、逮捕拘束された時の邦人保護、情報収集など様々。大使館がなくなると、邦人は本当に見殺しになる。
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  1465. Tokyo Metro is still not public, meaning it's owned 50% of Tokyo Metropolitan Government and 50% of National Government.
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  1466. Who does he work for?
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  1467.  @eogo13  With regards to Afghanistan, Article 5 was requested by the United States after 9/11. So all NATO members sent troops.
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  1468. Of all the possible targets, a grocery store? If these attacks were indeed state-sponsored, I'd assume something a little more important would be the target.
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  1469. 電力供給を潰すのは常道。
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  1470. Toyota and Idemitsu have been perfecting Solid-State Batteries for nearly 10 years now. They will give better range and performance than current batteries. Toyota plans to introduce them around 2027/2028. Most companies are still losing money on BEVs, whether it's Ford, GM, Hyundai, or the Chinese companies. The reason is the unit production cost is way too high, and the most expensive component is the battery, which is why Toyota and other Japanese automakers didn't rush into BEVs. In order to manufacture a reliable BEV for the mass market, you need a reliable battery. (Tesla only used high-grade Japanese batteries in the past, just like Toyota and Honda hybrids.) And to maximize range performance in BEVs, you need to shave weight of non-battery components since battery pack alone has a weight of a small car. The reason why Japanese automakers were and still are skeptical of BEVs is because it was Japanese electronic companies that pioneered and perfected rechargeable batteries in the 1980s and 1990s, mostly for usage in portable electronics such as laptops, cellphones, and walkmans. Japanese companies understand the convenience and limitations of rechargeable batteries more than anyone. Extreme temperatures, external shocks like collisions, stability/reliability...they still have a lot of issues. BEVs are "batteries on wheels." Thus the quality, reliability, and performance of the battery decides the overall performance of the BEV. Current battery technology is simply not at the level for mass market. Chinese and Koreans are producing BEVs with cheaper and inferior batteries from Chinese and Korean suppliers. This may be great for BEV prices, but not so much for long-term credibility in BEVs.
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  1471. I was always under the impression that NATO mission is deployed to protect ethnic Albanians from Serbians and Russian.
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  1472. Demographics?
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  1473. If invading and occupying Kiev (and overthrowing Ukrainian government) was the primary mission, wouldn't you be sending most of your forces to attack Ukraine from North (via Belarus) and Northeast? While we were all hearing about the attacks and horrors near Kiev, it appears now that the bulk of Russian forces were positioned and maneuvering in Southeast region.
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  1474. They kidnap or kill Muslims and non-Muslims. It's too dangerous for any organization.
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  1475. What did they eat now?
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  1476. This is irony. All the terror from the vikings...and now Sweden is facing its own poison.
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  1477. Did you forget the post-Yugoslavia Balkan conflict?
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  1478. Why are there no victims?
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  1479. If you're in the US, you should go ask a dealer. Toyota's inventory level is still low and wait is long for some models. Overall US new car sales is sluggish due to high interest rates and sticker prices, but it's difficult to know what's causing the sharp decline in monthly sales figures. According to Toyota HQ's monthly figures, Aug 2024 sales in the US was 198,401 vehicles for Toyota & Lexus (+1.9% YoY). Jan-Aug 2024 YTD was about 1.56 mn vehicles (+10% YoY). Monthly sales could fluctuate based on many things like model refresh timing, inventory levels, incentives and sales campaigns, number of business days, holiday season, etc. Japanese media reports say Toyota's 2H FY2024 (Oct-2024 to Mar-2025) global production target is 5 million vehicles. In other words, it's about the same volume/pace as FY2023. I suspect if Toyota is seeing massive sales decline, they would adjust their production target. YTD North American and European sales have been stable. Sales in Chinese market is declining YoY due to price wars and fierce competition. And Japanese domestic production and sales are lower due to re-certification and production halt for a few key models.
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  1480. The price Russian are going to pay will be worse, I suspect. This will not end well for either side.
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  1481. 住民サービスのための税収が減るので、制度を廃止したら。
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  1482. If you deforest the upstream that holds the water...yeah
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  1483.  @PureVikingPowers  Uyghurs are only one of the many non-Chinese ethnic groups living in Xinjiang. Other Turkic groups, Tajiks, Mongols, and Manchus also exist. Secondly, Uyghur Khaganate are Turkic and Mongolic tribes from the Mongolian steppe, and their direct language speakers are living in Gansu. Thirdly, nomadic Turkic and Mongolic tribes have been moving around Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Mongolia, and Manchuria for thousands of years.
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  1484. It's actually a challenge in many countries because storage is still limited. Unpredictable and sporadic, and generates at the same time...and not always during peak demand. I think Denmark had to curtail wind generation because sometimes they have too much of it relative to demand (including electricity demand from neighboring countries like Germany. )
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  1485. In that logic, nobody is indigenous.
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  1486. They are fighting because this region was never Ukrainian in the first place. It was never Russian either. It's historically Tatar lands.
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  1487. Sorry, can you explain to non-Americans on your reference to Cambodia and Ireland? Vietnam is the image I had for anti-war protests.
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  1488. This is nothing new or unique. Forced boarding school for indigenous people took place in North America too. That's why many of them no longer can speak indigenous languages. There are two ways of colonization. It's forced assimilation into the dominant language/culture/religion or extermination. Europeans did both in the Americas.
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  1489.  @FA9082  Let's be honest. This is because he's half-Black. If he was half-Asian or half-European growing up in Japan, most of the time people won't care or notice. The current Governor of Okinawa is half-White, but nobody treats him as an outsider.
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  1490.  @susanp5393  No doubt Iranians have the right to complain about authoritarian and theocratic regimes that try to interfere way too much into civil society. However, I'm guessing for Italians this is one of the many ways they're expressing to remain Italian. From a sociological perspective, it's almost like a fever reacting to a virus infection. Each country/culture has different means of expressions, but you see similar traits in Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Hungary, etc. (And Iran hasn't been particularly kind to massive inflows of Afghan refugees, particularly the Hazara who have nowhere to hide. Farsi-speaking Shia people get targeted for Shia, yet Iran hasn't been particularly kind to them.)
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  1491. It's mostly neighboring states (and citizens/charities) that supported various Islamic groups in Syria. Turkey, Saudi, UAE, Qatar...every one of them wanted to overthrow Assad and supported their favorite group.
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  1492. Ukrainians are fighting other Ukrainians (with Russian and NATO help). It will end when both sides get tired off fighting or when a powerful third party forces a cease-fire. Right now, both sides seem to want to fight it out.
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  1493. Going on strikes helps you how?
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  1494. The supermarket likely collapsed because they expanded the building without considering structural integrity and obtaining proper permits, right? Who is to blame?
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  1495. South Korea and Taiwan inherited Japanese legal system, rule of law, property rights, mandatory education, university, government institutions, social infrastructure, etc. Singapore was a city state and much easier to govern.
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  1496. チェチェンだから。他のロシア領内とは事情が違う。
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  1497. Sony and Panasonic make more money outside of consumer electronics, which have become commodities. Sharp is owned by Taiwanese company, so nobody really knows what they're up to.
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  1498. They will be back in Ukraine once it's safer. I doubt it'll take 6 months. By the way, their visas can be extended up to 1 year.
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  1499. JR東海なら事前に交換してたんじゃない？
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  1500. "How can we make the people of Crimea speak the Ukrainian language again?" I'm confused by this question. What language were the people of Crimean Khanate and Crimean Tatars speaking in the past few centuries?
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  1501. I don't know how it's now. Decades ago, young workers at Toyota HQ in Aichi Prefecture were encouraged to drive non-Toyota cars to experience the strength and weakness of their competitors. So it wasn't rare to see Toyota HQ's parking lot with Nissan, Honda, Subaru, Mazda, Mitsubishi, BMW, Mercedes, etc.
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  1502. If we are forced to choose between living with Israelis or Hamas Jihadists, it's a no-brainer.
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  1503.  @VJSparks254  Sorry but most people don't know too much about geography of other continents.
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  1504.  @hasanturan898  Why should we give money at all. Turkey supports the Jihadist rebels, invades Syria, and massacres Kurds. Turkey is only paying for its own mess.
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  1505. Or perhaps you weren't interesting to them. Obviously we open up to people we like.
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  1506. 語彙と文法を可能な限り習得して、ある程度の水準に達してから、留学するのがお勧めです。日本に来てからの上達速度が違います。新しい言語を習得する際には最低でも数年間の学習を必要とします。ロシア語の話者は日本語を綺麗に発音出来ます。しかし語彙と文法が分からないと日常会話も難しいです。（会話をするには自分の考えを伝えることも難しいですが、相手に何を聞かれてるかを理解することも同じぐらい難しいです。）日常会話すら出来ない段階で留学して新しい環境で生活する人もいますが、最初は苦しいし強烈なストレスが溜まります。個人的な考えですが、最低でもN5かN4のレベルになってから日本に留学するのが効果的だと思います。日本で仕事や生活するのが将来的な目的であれば、最終的にはN2以上の日本語能力を目指してください。雇用機会や永住許可などでも日本語能力は重視されます。 In reality, we have witnessed some Ukrainian refugees arrive in Japan and were able to reach N3-level fluency in just 2 years. It's not impossible to arrive in Japan without any prior knowledge of Japanese language and culture, and achieve conversational-level fluency in just 2 years. But you can easily imagine the necessity, motivation, and desire for them to survive and succeed in a new environment. They also have received financial and housing support, special language classes, and other support that language students do not normally receive from Japanese society. For those who are absolutely serious about studying, working, and living in Japan, your goal should be set at acquiring minimum N2-level fluency, which is perceived as business-level proficiency. With so many resources on the internet, you can learn basic grammar, vocab, KANJI, and daily-conversational skills even before you arrive in Japan. Just watching Japanese YouTube is studying. The more fluent you are, the more opportunities there will be in terms of scholarships, employments, and building friends and networks in Japan. Your life in Japan will be so much easier, whether in visiting doctors, renewing visas, opening bank accounts, or working part-time jobs. Conversely, life will be increasingly more challenging and isolated if you can only survive in a small expat bubble. Experiencing both cultural and linguistic difference simultaneously is a bit too much, so I think it would be wise to obtain minimum N5/N4 fluency in your home countries, and then later study in Japan to achieve N2 fluency. After language school, you'll have many opportunities to attend technical school, university, graduate school, or find employment (especially as Japan has labor shortage in almost every field from IT to Tourism/Hospitality sector.)
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  1507. If I'm not mistaken the US military was sent to Haiti after an earthquake in 2010. "Operation Unified Response"
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  1508. 外国人への養子はあまり聞かないですけど、そういう事例もあるんですね。戸籍はもう残ってないのですか？御先祖様の出身地ぐらいは分かると良いですね。
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  1509.  @byambajavr6519 Minor correction on historical events. The ruling Uygur clan fled the Mongolian steppe after their dominant position was usurped by Yensei Kyrgyzs. Also the para-Mongolic Khitan was crushed by the Jurchen/Manchu Jin dynasty, who were later conquered by the Mongol Empire. This explains why early Manchu dynasty purposely chose Empresses from Mongolian aristocracy. Descendants of the ones who fled south to Gansu speak Western Yugur and Eastern Yugur. The former is Turkic while latter is Mongolic. This implies the Uygurs Kaganate in Mongolia was a multi-ethnic confederate. Those who fled near Tianshan Mountains established oasis kingdoms And eventually mixed and merged with locl Sogdians who were main Silk road merchants in the Tarim Basin to Central Asia. They were further invaded by Muslims from Central Asia.
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  1510. 日銀が指数連動で勝手に買ったからちゃいますか？
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  1511. So far most of the Ukrainian evacuees to Japan are family members of Ukrainians already residing in Japan. To date, it's actually quite difficult for Ukrainians who have no ties to Japan to get the right assistance. That is not to say there are not people like that. It's just there is numerous paper work for everything, such as housing and financial assistance, health insurance, education, visa extension, etc.
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  1512. I suppose it's normal Slavic behavior for the past 1,000 years. But again, Germanic countries--including the (partially) Latinized ones--were doing the same for centuries if not longer. They seem to be getting along just fine now.
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  1513. Not really. Japan had 5 majors with China since the 7th century.
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  1514. The situation is complicated enough with so many different regional players supporting one side or the other. Leave religion out of this please.
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  1515. We must live in very different parts of the world. EV don't work in many regions for a variety of reasons. And it's not range or charging. It's climate.
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  1516. Are they really Russian in terms of genetics?
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  1517. Not if you get a Toyota.
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  1518. ファビエンヌさん、日本語のインタビューを拝見しました。とても興味深い内容でした。1970年代当時は外国人居住者の数が圧倒的に少なかったので、おそらく東京でも珍しかったはずです。外国人子弟はインターに通う事例が多い時代だったと思います。 静岡で過ごされた幼少期から半世紀近くが経ち、時代の変遷を見てきたと思います。最近では日本で育った日系ブラジル人の子供が公立学校の先生や弁護士などになってます。また芸能界・スポーツ・政治家・アナウンサーでもハーフの人が増えました。ここ10年ぐらいの芸能界ではフィリピンとのハーフの人が増えた印象受けます。 でも共通してる事もあります。みんな日本の教育を受けてます。だからこそ日本社会からは受け入られるんだと思います。（現在の駐日・ジョージア大使は日本で育ち、大学卒業後は日本で醤油会社に勤められてました。）昔に比べたら日本の大学を卒業した海外出身の学生が増えてます。海外の大学で日本学・日本文学・日本文化・日本史などを専攻された学生が積極的に日本企業から採用されてます。 逆に言えば、日本で育ちながらも（或いは親が日本人でも）インターナショナル・スクールに通い、海外の大学に進学した人は、日本社会で生きるのは大変だと思います。中国・台湾・韓国・北朝鮮の民族系学校の出身者も同様です。日本の大多数が受ける教育を受けてないことには、日本社会で共通する言語・文化・習慣に適応できてないからです。 一方で、フランスや欧州などの現状を見るとMulti-Culturalismに対して強い懸念があります。むしろ反面教師だと思います。海外領土・旧植民地からの移民はフランス国籍でありながら、アイディンティがフランス人ではない人が大勢います。また宗教や人種が違うためか、国籍があってもフランス社会から『フランス人』としては扱われないことに対する反発もあるように見えます。増え続ける移民・難民・外国人に対する強い反発と排斥も垣間見ることができます。移民・難民が多い地域の犯罪の増加も社会的な問題です。 個人的には、日本語・日本文化を学び、日本に帰化し『日本人』になる外国出身者に対して大歓迎です。でも日本人になる気持ちや日本人としてのアイディンティを共有できない人に日本国籍を与えることには疑問です。日本人になるのではなく、外国人として日本社会に生きる限りは、長く住もうが配偶者が日本人であろうが、日本ではやはりゲスト扱いの印象を受けます。
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  1519.  @zaimanity8893  Unless you've received Japanese education, it would be impossible to know more Japanese than a native. You would not have studied 古文 and 漢文 like a native. いとをかし would not make any sense unless you have. You would not know what ハ行点呼 is, who 阿倍仲麻呂 was and his famous poem in 百人一首. You would not get the historical and cultural references and its significance to Japanese language, literature, or culture. Just take a look at any of the highschool or university entrance exams. That is the material native-speakers are tested on. Joey is really good, but he's not a native speaker because he wasn't educated in Japan.
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  1520.  @terjepetersen  California's BEV stock is less than a few percent of all registered vehicles. Yet, the Governor had to beg residents to not charge their BEVs during previous heat waves due to concern of power outage. And this is in state where homes traditionally didn't have A/C because of the temperate climate. Australia is extending usage of coal plants, and NZ is importing coal, because power grids are inherently fragile and cannot cope with sudden spikes in electricity demand. And Australian electricity mostly comes from coal and natural gas. Charging BEVs by burning coal & natgas and calling it environmentally-friendly must be some kind of Australian joke.
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  1521. Why did Pakistan ever think they can control extremists?
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  1522. Soviet soldiers were doing the same thing in WWII. Actually, Imperial Russia was doing this throughout their expansion. And their foot soldiers were often from Ukraine.
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  1523.  @aliso5987  India, Pakistan, or Burma/Myanmar, their territories are only modern constructs based on former British rule. It's just like the former British and French territories in Middle-east or Africa, which is why there is almost always internal conflicts.
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  1524. Wars end with diplomatic negotiations. Neither side appears to be interested in ending the war.
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  1525. I always wondered the same thing. Floods and power outages don't seem to be compatible with Battery-Electric Vehicles.
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  1526. Look at Europe. No thank you.
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  1527.  @dsdgdsfegfeg  US: how dare people confuse toppling regimes in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Libya as "doing coups."
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  1528.  @johnnykidblue  There are plenty of Japanese politicians who speak English. Many have studied in foreign universities.
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  1529. Nobody is accusing. Nobody needs to. Shameless is a word reserved for people who attack funerals.
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  1530. Well if you didn't want them to come, you shouldn't have taught them your language, culture, or religion.
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  1531. Perhaps you may have misinterpreted the situation. Japanese wives who are often unhappy and want divorces are the ones who live outside of Japan. Foreign wives or husbands living in Japan are mostly fluent in Japanese language, culture, and norms...and they've already built a life in Japan. They are often culturally assimilated and socially integrated with Japan, which is why their marriages tend to last. However, for many Japanese it's fun and entertaining living abroad when young but becomes it increasingly painful and torturous as they get older. Language and communication isn't just the issue. Different social norms, discrimination, career opportunities, family back home, etc becomes an issue. There is a popular genre called 国際離婚 or "international divorce" on social media. It's almost always for Japanese wives living abroad.
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  1532.  @BrilliantHandle  Contrary to perception, it has been not successful at all. You either don't know the reality, or you don't follow Japanese media. Kurds in Warabi, Chinese in Ikebukuro, or Koreans in criminal organizations...nothing has been successful. Most Japanese people are simply fed up with and disgusted by foreign criminals. "Immigration" should only open to skilled workers with proper education, professional skills, and financial stability. After the global financial crisis, we actually paid Nikkei-Brazilians and their spouses to leave Japan on the condition that they won't return. If you look at the nationalities of foreign criminals, it's almost always concentrated in 5 or 6 countries and ethnic groups.
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  1533.  @ЕкатеринаХан-ф9ц  Which part is brainwashed? Northern regions of the Korean peninsula has always struggled with agricultural output compared to southern regions throughout most of history due to harsher climate and insufficient water. For the same reason Japan focused on industrial infrastructure like factories in the Northern regions while focused on agricultural infrastructure in the Southern regions during Japanese administration. It's also not a secret that relations between North Korea and China and Soviet/Russia are transactional and extremely delicate.
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  1534. There is no point for Japan in shifting to EV if we're burning fossil fuel for generating electricity. Japan has already started operate Hydrogen public buses a while back. JR-East is now testing HYBARI, which is a Hydrogen-based train using Toyota technology. EV doesn't fix any of Japan's energy problems unless we can create better ways to generate electricity. Whatever we save in gasoline, we'll have to import more natural gas to generate electricity...and a EV shift would be a nightmare for maintaining the electric grid and balancing the demand/supply.
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  1535. That's mostly your fault. In most other countries, trucks are sold as real work trucks. So Toyota's Hilux Champ in developing countries is sold around US$15,000-20,000 for farmers and delivery folks. But in North America, a pick-up truck has become a luxury vehicle to flaunt wealth, so high-end customers require multiple options, nice interior, and latest infotech, etc. And the EPA regulations it near impossible to sell cheap trucks. The chicken tax makes it impossible to manufacture these vehicles in Japan, especially as there is limited market for full-size pick-up trucks in Japan.
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  1536. To be honest, "racism" against an overseas-born Japanese person...is a strange expression from a Japanese perspective. Perhaps it's a translation issue but 人種差別 in Japan generally refers to people of different skin-tones or ethnic groups. But I think you misunderstand. The peer pressure is only for Japanese people, and never directed to foreigners. Japanese people share a language, culture, customs, history, mindset, mannerism, and most important an identity. It's why we put our kids in Japanese schools when we live abroad, because parents know their children will never be considered Japanese by other Japanese people if they lack those basic qualities. If you're wondering why there is so much emphasis on language, culture, mindset, or mannerism is because Japanese culture, customs or traditions and Japanese religions are two sides of the same coin. The two are so old and intertwined, nobody living today can tell them apart. We don't know if Japanese religion is a crystallization of Japanese customs, or Japanese culture is just daily practice of ancient Japanese religious beliefs. So nobody really views OBON MATSURI as a religious activity, or visiting a Shrine on New Years is a religious ritual. It's just seen as Japanese culture and customs. I suspect you were ridiculed and shunned because you didn't fully understand or comply to Japanese social norms and culture despite being Japanese. You would've never experienced it if you weren't considered to be Japanese in the first place since expectations are inherently different. If you were perceived as a foreigner, I'm sure the common response would've been 日本語上手！. And Japanese people would never identify children of Japanese-nationals who were born outside of Japan to be "foreigners." It's because Japan only follows Jus Sanguinis and location of birth is irrelevant. You can be born in Prague, Moscow, NY, or Capetown...and you'll still be recognized as a Japanese citizen. You have the same legal and political rights as the rest of us, assuming you still have Japanese citizenship. But again, Japanese nationals will never call themselves 2世 either, because the term means that one is Nikkei-Jin (Japanese Descendant with foreign citizenship) and not Nihon-Jin (Japanese citizen).
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  1537.  @tejave0ojnc  Nobody said they're originally from North Korea. Majority of them are migrants and refugees from southern parts of the Korean peninsula, during and after the Korean war. It's because many of the pre-war migrants returned to the Korean peninsula after the independence of ROK and DPRK. Some are also descendants of those who've fled from Jeju island, especially after the massacres by the South Korean army against Jeju islanders. They are mostly in Osaka region and have always struggled within the Korean community because they spoke a different dialect and observed different customs from other Koreans. Why there is such a strong support for DPRK among ethnic Koreans in Japan has to do with the fact that many of the Korean schools in Japan were initially funded by DPRK. (They still have a pro-North Korean university called 朝鮮大学校 .) Both pro-North Korea and pro-South Korea groups in Japan have been competing for legitimacy and influence among the ethnic Koreans. Among the pro-North Korean community in Japan, it was strongly advised against to naturalize to Japanese citizenship. They consider themselves as only temporarily being outside of their home country, and would like to return to Korea once Korea is unified.
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  1538. How do you "geolocate" a military plane?
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  1539. It looks like a massive waste of talent, time, energy, and resources. In hindsight, the US invasion only served to destabilize both Iraq and Syria. And Jordan, Turkey, and Lebanon massively suffered from a refugee crisis. Iran expanded its influence in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, thanks to the Americans overthrowing a secular regime in Iraq that hated Jihadists as well as Theocratic Iranians. Meanwhile, Muslim extremism uses the Iraq invasion and US behavior for recruitment.
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  1540. Remembering too much of "Kievan Rus" heritage...is one of the reasons of this messy war. If Belarus ever pursues an EU/NATO direction, I suspect the same thing will happen in Belarus too. The primary reason why Belarus has survived as an independent nation is because it serves as essential buffer zone between Russian and NATO. For whatever reason, Ukraine forgot its geopolitical location.
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  1541. Russian sim-cards/phones work on Ukrainian cell towers? And why would Russian soldiers use private cell phones in a war zone and broadcast their location?
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  1542. The voters are to blame for voting in politicians who pursue unrealistic policies.
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  1543. That's main reason for the conflict. Kurds believe it's their territory and not part of Turkey.
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  1544. All Japanese people and Ainu people share partial JOMON genetic ancestry.
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  1545. It's political messaing. She's from Ukraine.
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  1546.  @praveenkant7976  400 Ukrainians have fled to Japan so far, but none of them are "refugees." They are predominantly family members of those who live in Japan.
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  1547. We know that during the Heian Period (i.e aristocratic times up to 12th century), wives in high society didn't live with their husbands, rather they lived in large estates with their own parents. And they had plenty of servants of their own.
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  1548.  @Chattystick  ロシアと政治・経済・歴史的に繋がりがあり、ロシアを過度に刺激したくないフランスやドイツなどは内心は反対。ロシアとの戦争に巻き込まれたくないイギリスやアメリカも消極的。逆にロシアの脅威を理解し、最前線を東に移したいバルト3国やポーランドなどは大賛成。ロシアとの距離感は各国とも事情によって違う。
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  1549. Syria is too complicated for them.
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  1550. They are ethnic separatists. They don't care about Myanmar or democratic rule.
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  1551. Somewhere between brave and crazy. Ukraine needs to negotiate a cease-fire or a lot people will perish.
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  1552. It's not the tattoos that's the problem. It's the class of people who have them in Japan. Sorry to sound snobbish, but I can never go into a restaurant like this. I have no problem with the chef having tattoos. But I would completely out of my comfort zone with the clientele. Let me just put it this way. I don't even want to know what they do for a living.
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  1553. War is just another business. And business was good for defense contractors and their shareholders/employees. They need conflicts every now and then to make money.
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  1554. That's a challenge even with military presence. I am deeply sympathetic to the Hazaras. They should have their own state.
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  1555. Some have more indigenous genetic admixture than others.
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  1556.  @josephkelleher8820  They're using Japanese components which is why they're more reliable. Unfortunately, some US-made Toyotas are using US-made components. The Tacoma recall was because they're using frames provided by American suppliers.
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  1557. The problem is with Haitians. Other countries in the neighborhood at least try.
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  1558. Afghans have fighting since antiquity. War is part of their culture.
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  1559. On paper you're correct. But with each and every layer of new regulation added (be it environmental, safety, or economic/industrial)...cost of goods and doing business also rises proportionally. That impacts employment, tax revenue, cost of living, etc. And companies tend to go off-shore if compliance/regulatory cost becomes too high, which also negatively impacts local economies. Enforcing existing laws will do quite a bit.
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  1560.  @oldjarhead386  I remember the discussion about ending commercial flights at Reagan National decades ago due to it being too close to the center of D.C. But more flights/slots were allocates over the years as the location was too convenient for many rich/powerful people.
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  1561. The problem always reverts back to the same question, which is the cost of electricity generation. In most countries, renewable electricity is more expensive than fossil fuel. Australia much like China is still heavily dependent upon coal for cost reasons. It makes sense for countries like Norway which relies on hydro, Iceland which relies on geo-thermal, and Denmark which uses wind to promote BEVs. But for a country that is highly dependent on fossil fuel for electricity, BEVs actually becomes a burden.
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  1562. Cowboys vs Indians. It's funny because what makew Mexico unique is its indigenous heritage. At least you're not sent off to a wild life refuge like your northern neighbors.
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  1563. Japan specifically changed the Citizenship Law in 1984 to ban dual citizenship. Children of Japanese fathers born before 1985 still are able to legally hold dual-citizenship. And Japan didn't issue citizenship to children of foreign fathers before that legal change. Historically, Japanese citizens born outside of Japan in Jus Soli countries (like in the Americas or Australia) were allowed to maintain dual citizenship. However, many of the 3rd generation Japanese Descendants (or grandchildren of Japanese emigrants) no longer were fluent in Japanese language and culture. It became increasingly impractical for the Japanese government to offer them legal rights as Japanese citizens, which is why the citizenship law was changed in 1984 to ban dual-citizenship. As a legal remedy, children and grandchildren of Japanese emigrants are issued a Descendant Visa (aka Nikke-jin Visa)
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  1564. Is his comment supposed to be a joke of some kind?
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  1565.  @GeraldBeagan-ee6se  That's only partially correct. Japanese engineers were amazed with captured American fighter jets during WWII. It wasn't the engine power or the plane design or the tech that surprised them, it was the standardization and build quality. Already during WWII, Americans were able to swap parts between airplanes without any issue because of high standardization and consistency. So as a lesson from WWII, Japan established a "Japan Industry Standard" aka JIS for all the parts and components that are used in Japan, which included everything from screws to bolts to steel to wood.
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  1566. It's not a political statement. It's said in the same manner as HK, Guam, Saipan, Hawaii, and Bali. We know that HK is China, Guam/Saipan/Hawaii is US territory, and Bali is Indonesia. But it's also true that we differentiate these places. Bali's unique culture and people is the reason why Bali has always been popular.
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  1567. Turkey will eventually get kicked out of NATO if it keeps playing with regional security. If it's a choice between Sweden and Turkey, who's going to side with Turkey?
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  1568. I suspect Europe would prefer Sweden and Finland over Turkey, any day everyday.
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  1569. Yes and no. Ukrainians are not technically "treaty refugees" in Japanese legal framework. They are allowed to stay and work legally, on humanitarian grounds because they're escaping imminent war. And most of them are women and children due to Ukrainian laws. Basically they're not a threat like the Kurds.
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  1570. That's the dumbest thing I ever heard.
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  1571.  @SeniorPanda79  Nobody in Japan considers Syria and Afghanistan to be part of Asia. And we didn't bomb either.
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  1572. It depends on the parents, unfortunately.
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  1573.  @Mrbfgray  I recall watching articles of Tesla dismantled over 10 years ago.
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  1574. I hope Turkish people can manage their expectations. Recovery from a disaster of this magnitude can take decades.
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  1575. He was a thief hunted in France and in Japan.
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  1576. But Russian resources will be split as well. How will that benefit Russia?
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  1577. Since when are military officers allowed to go outside the chain and write to newspapers when they don't like their orders? If I recall correctly, DoD said during the cruise ship off San Francisco that they cannot take in thousands of people at once in one location. Obviously, to quarantine thousands while offering medical care require a lot of resources. Pacific Commands decision to disembark in batches seems to be a realistic response.
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  1578.  @limk8994  PRC didn't exist after WWII (which ended in 1945) as it was established in 1949. And ROC is currently in Taiwan. Perhaps you may need to go back to school too.
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  1579. Russian don't care about G20. Words mean nothing.
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  1580. Just to be clear, they are not Turks. People of Azerbaijan have no Turkic genes or culture. Just the language. Turkic people are from Mongolia and Altai mountains. Turkic genes are near identical to that of Mongols and Manchus, as they have been living in close proximity and inter-marrying for thousands of years or more. (This resulted in shared grammar, words, culture, religion, clothing, food, music, etc). Obviously, the people in Azerbaijan were Turkified by conquering Turkmen. As the name implies, Turkmen are Turkified Iranians with tiny Turkic genetic admixture. On the other hand, Armenians have been in the region since antiquity. This means that some of those modern day Turkey and Azerbaijan have Armenian ancestry. It's really quite tragic because Armenians are being slowly killed by Turkified Armenians.
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  1581. Thank Turkey.
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  1582. I actually think India should be super concerned with the events in Afghanistan. If Taliban were to seize full control of Afghanistan, their extremist influences can blow back into Pakistan where Talibans spiritual and military leadership resides. That can potentially destabilize Pakistan, especially as Pashtuns are a large group in Pakistan. As much as India not liking previous and current Pakistani regimes, imagine a Taliban-influenced Pakistan with nuclear weapons. That's a nightmare scenario for everybody.
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  1583. Toyota and Hino's Semi-Truck is FCV, meaning Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle. It's the same technology used in their MIRAI. Toyota already has a few of them in Port of Los Angeles. You can also find them in public buses in Japan.
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  1584. It's not the same. We traditionally use dried SHIITAKE for DASHI or broth in Japan, so high-end restaurants will only use authentic ones. Indoor ones are a cheaper substitute, but they don't have the same richness in flavor and aroma.
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  1585. ​ @RhinoMechanicalbc Most feared soldiers?
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  1586. Ukrainians need to start to attack Russian cities if they wish to drive Russians out of Ukrainian territory.
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  1587.  @drdetroitwheels  You should know exactly how automakers will respond if they have to assemble everything in the US. More automation with less people. The jobs went overseas in the first place because American workers are one the most expensive in the world. Capital intensive jobs stayed, while labor-intensive jobs went to cheaper places. (If I heard correctly, the labor cost 6x more expensive in the US compared to Mexico.) Roughly 70% of products sold on Amazon and Walmart are made overseas, especially in places like China, Southeast Asia, Latin America, etc. They can sell at those prices because they're made overseas. Tariffs are regressive policies, meaning that less affluent working families suffer the most from increasing prices in basic goods.
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  1588. ヘリ事故から逃げるのは不可能に近い。接触でも高い確率で墜落する。過去の戦闘ヘリの墜落と一緒で、何かしらの理由でローターが捥げたんだと思う。
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  1589. Do you not know what ICE means? All Plug-in-Hybrids and regular Hybrids have Internal Combustion Engines.
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  1590. I agree, the interview was conducted in a strange way. People in Kansai-region would generally know it as "Nishinari" or "Airin."
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  1591. Poor Bhutan. Between two crazy countries.
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  1592.  @amyr3285  Respectfully, I'd also recommend learning the correct pitch accent from the beginning as well. I would even argue it's the most important thing to master. Try to memorize Japanese words and sentences with your ear (and not your eyes). The reason is Japanese native speakers judge words, context, and intent by the pitch accent. I'm sure you know the same sentence can be both a statement or a question, depending on how you pitch the sentence. Even if you're using the correct word, sentence order, and grammar...if the pitch accent (or イントネーション in 日本語) is completely alien, it becomes challenging to understand. I've met French and Spaniards in Japan who speak with near-native Japanese pitch accent, so it shouldn't be that difficult for you compared to English/Germanic speakers.
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  1593. ​ @Mystic-H I thought the British bases were conditions for Cypriot independence from the UK. Legally, they're British territory and Cyprus has no control whatsoever. It's like accusing Cubans for US bases in Guantanamo.
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  1594. I don't know about Australia and South Korea, but Japan has no need or interest in joining NATO. Security arrangements are both a blessing and a curse. You risk getting dragged into wars that have no direct security benefits.
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  1595. I think it was more modern 2,000 years ago than life under Taliban.
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  1596. What historical text would that be? Proto-Korean speakers are from Manchuria. They make up about 15-20% of modern South Koreans. They belong to the Y-DNA Haplogroup C, which is the dominant Haplogroup among Manchus and Mongols. In ancient times, Southern parts of the Korean peninsula was mostly Japonic. However, nearly 40% of modern South Koreans are actually O2...which is the genetic marker for Northern Han Chinese.
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  1597.  @ailmlvr5905  Afghan assets my ass. That money was international aide from various nations and international organizations. No taxpayer in any country contributed that money for the Taliban.
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  1598. A number of countries have fought wars against the Russian Empire or Soviet Union. None of those countries would consider fighting Russia an easy task. None of them would underestimate Russia either. You wouldn't need an alliance like NATO if it were so easy.
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  1599. Just do as the locals do in any city or country.
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  1600. National unemployment figure is pointless because it doesn't show skill mismatch, regional characteristics, or under-employment. Often times, the shortage in labor is very localized and specific, such as certain type of engineer, nurse, carpenter, or teacher in a particular region. It's a result of a skewed supply and demand of a certain role in a specific region. It's true that many rural people with limited education and job opportunities join the military in any country. And many educated and skilled urban and relatively wealthy Russians have self-exiled. But Russia has always attracted workers from former Soviet republics. If there is a shortage, there is a large pool to recruit from.
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  1601. I'm curious how prime brokers hedge against these type of risks.
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  1602. I've met many half-kids but not many of them are not truly bilingual and bicultural. The most preciousness ones are those who can understand both sides.
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  1603. I don't think it was ever about Germany. The increasingly opportunistic behavior of Russia (and China) is a reflection of declining influence of the United States in world affairs. It's most likely due to changes in relative economic power as well as the results of the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It wasn't just Trump who believe the US should focus more on domestic issues and let the Europeans take care of themselves. (It's been nearly 80 years since the end of WWII and how long do Americans have to be responsible for European security...is a commonly asked question.) I suppose Germany is being asked to fill the political military vacuum the US is creating.
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  1604. Is he in Ukraine to deliver more helmets or to apologize for Russia?
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  1605. I guess there is some similarity with IRA and Hamas.
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  1606. 茂木さんは経済・財政関係では突出してるが、なぜ入閣しなかったのでしょうか？財務大臣や経産大臣だったらこんなに相場が反応しなかったかもね。もしかして石破さんとはあまり相性が良くないの？
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  1607. I always wondered how ISIS was able to take control of such a large territory in a short period of time. But after seeing this video, I understand why a small group of extremists can be so effective in an urban setting. The lack of discipline, communication, and organization displayed by the Iraqi regular army is horrifying.
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  1608. No country has that kind of power. You simply cannot make people march on the streets of an authoritarian regime.
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  1609. ​ @lostbutfreesoul The conviction rate is high because the prosecutors only indict real criminals. We have a saying called social penalty, meaning smaller crimes that aren't worth the time of prosecutors and judges won't be indicted. Rather, they will be penalized by society in other ways. The social penalty in Japan is far more severe than the legal one. It's tantamount to exile or excommunication. In the past, criminals were sent to remote islands and removed from society. Once you lose your credibility in Japanese society, you won't be able to work in proper jobs, rent, have a credit card, or borrow money. You won't even be invited by your own relatives for family gatherings. The realistic option is move abroad and leave Japanese society for good. Basically you're no longer treated as a member of society. I don't think foreigners will ever understand.
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  1610. Religion is opium for the masses, said some crazy dude. Religion is the single most effective tool to control and manipulate people. They will fight in the name of religion, they will obey their authority without asking any questions, and they will even blow themselves up when need be. For those in power, true believers are the best Useful Idiots.
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  1611. Actually Toyota's IOC sponsorship was from 2014 to 2024.
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  1612. ​ @justaneditygangstar Each year we receive many exchange students or language students who have Japanese ancestry. Many of them actually work in Japan too. And there are Japanese Descendants who are both accepted and rejected by Japanese society. Those who get rejected are the ones who fail to adapt and assimilate to Japanese culture, values, and norms. In fact, Japanese society would value foreigners with no Japanese ancestry who put in the effort to master the language and culture over Japanese Descendants who are unable or unwilling. It is a community of people who share a language, culture, history, and identity. I had a Japanese-American lecturer in college. He was 3rd generation from California and fully Japanese by ancestry. But the way he walks, talks, and behaves was very different from people in Japan. His American-style mannerism was disturbing border-line disgusting, to say the least. I also had a Russian professor who had near native fluency in Japanese language and mannerism and was completely integrated into Japanese society. She was always asked to comment on Japanese TV. Russia started Japanese language training in early 19th century, and now Japan studies programs in some Russian universities teach Japan related subjects in Japanese language. Their Japanese fluency is so good, it scares us. It is as good as the Koreans, Mongolians, and Chinese who graduate from Japanese universities. Alexander Vovin who taught in US universities was trained in St Petersburg, and was translating Japanese diaries from Kamakura era into English. Russian Ambassadors to Japan are near native speakers. It is a stark contrast to most Americans who come to Japan and cannot survive outside of an English-speaking expat bubble.
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  1613. 戦争の終結は常に話し合い。
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  1614. 英語のDroneって無人機という意味ね。
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  1615. I highly doubt most people can taste the difference.
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  1616. Germany was a scientific and economic power for centuries. German and Japanese redevelopment has very little to do with money. The people are educated and aren't lazy.
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  1617. Germany always have supported China and Russia.
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  1618. I think most people (including the "experts" in the media) don't understand Russia's objective. Russian forces are in Ukraine to change Ukrainian foreign policy.
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  1619. When Indigenous people are treated as foreigners in their own land...
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  1620. トルコから供与を受けてるので、ウクライナ軍も既に使ってる。
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  1621. Why are you reporting from Mexico when the story is in Chile/Peru border?
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  1622. Ask Allah.
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  1623. 残虐行為は双方にある。ウクライナ東部のロシア系住民がウクライナ政府を嫌いになった理由でもある。
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  1624. Hanako Montgomery has no idea about Japan. So, she's just a Gaijin with a Japanese mother.
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  1625. Only takes one infected sailor.
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  1626. They have too much capacity relative to sales. And EV sales in European markets, particularly Germany, has been soft.
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  1627. The question is at what cost? How many more Ukrainians is the government willing to sacrifice to recover all of Russian-occupied territory? It can be done, it's just gonna cost a lot of lives.
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  1628. Massive respect to the BBC crew who went all the way to the front-line. I presume the location of Lyptsi is about 10-15km from the Russian border, meaning the crew could've been bombed or shelled any moment. Which also begs the question, if cross-border bombing and shelling is so effective, why aren't Russians doing more of it? The border is so long, it would be physically impossible to protect all of it. Does this imply that Russians don't have sufficient ammunition, artillery platforms, man-power or planes to perform such tasks?
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  1629. Japanese name カツレツ most likely came from the French culinary word cotelette, or at least that's how we understand it in Japan. The origins of popular Tonkatsu was created in late 19th century applying French style frying with bread crumbs or PANKO in Japanese. We have many French restaurants in Japan but almost no British restaurants, so it's unlikely we would learn British cuisine. French style cuisine was taught in the high-end hotels such as Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, which mostly catered to visiting foreigners and expats.
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  1630. If you borrow from loan sharks...you know this was meant to happen.
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  1631. Once the separatists win, Myanmar's borders will look very different.
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  1632. Northeastern Gaza university.
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  1633. 役人の世界は分からないけど、民間企業なら海外出張の際に（同僚や家族への）お土産を買うのは珍しくないと思うんだけどな。余ってる時間に簡単な観光も特に大きな問題ではないと思う。そもそも問題なのは、国・地方の人件費で総額25兆円。それに比べて出張費なんて誤差の範囲。
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  1634. Burger King allows that?
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  1635. ​ @neverlookback1244 It's a really sad reality if the problem is with the culture.
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  1636. 獣のような声だね。
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  1637. I don't think it was only China. The Silk Road trading routes enriched many cities and kingdoms in its path. When the rise of Ottomans forced European nations to develop sea routes, the traditional land routes started to fall into chaos, which still seems to impact landlocked economies in Tarim Basin, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Iran, etc. Since they were middle-merchants benefiting from everything that traded from goods to ideas between the East and West, I don't think they were fully able to recover to this day. Maritime routes have changed the balance of power of economies as well as shifted geopolitical properties.
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  1638. I think Japanese Shinto descends from a philosophy which was once prevalent in Northeastern Eurasia. I see similarities with Tengrism which was a common cultural, religious, and philosophical practice among the Mongolic, Tungusic, and Turkic people of Northeast Asia for thousands of years. If I'm not mistaken, the Greenlandic people migrated out of Asia when Tengrism was still widely practiced.
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  1639. 将兵は主にウクライナ人であるが、優勢の原因は米英独仏軍の武器の提供。訓練、ISR、作戦計画もNATOが関与。NATOの支援が止まったら、ゲームオーバー。前線と本部のネット通信もマスク氏のスターリンクの力。
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  1640. We have a lot of half people, successful ones too. The difference is that they received education in Japan, so they are no different from other Japanese kids in behavior, mannerism, mindset, and culture. The way we sit, talk, walk, dress, hair style, makeup...small things are usually enough to identify a local from a visitor.
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  1641. 3-5 days to take the second largest country in Europea? If true, that is an overly optimistic plan.
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  1642. Due to high rape incidents, the same comfort women system was provided for US soldiers in Japan and Korea after WWII.
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  1643. I think what you're alluding to is affordability rather than size. The reason why many automakers are forced to quit sub-US$20,000 vehicles is rather simple. US$20,000 in 2024 is equivalent to US$16,000 in 2019. Cost of components, materials, utilities, shipping, and labor have increased significantly in the past 5 years. And modern cars have increasingly more sensors, cameras, semiconductors, and software...which make them more expensive to manufacture. I'm not so sure automakers can make any profits selling cars under US$20,000. In addition, automakers in the US are penalized for selling gas vehicles in the form of carbon credits, and are faced with challenging EPA emission standards, which also increases the cost of vehicles. Some automakers like Toyota and Honda use hybrids to increase fuel efficiency, but the electric motors and batteries increase the cost of production by about US$2,000-3,000 per vehicle. It's easy to blame automakers for misreading the market, but they also operate in a very restrictive yet competitive market.
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  1644. I don't see how cheering for Wagner troops is being specifically anti-Putin (although Putin himself may have interpreted that way). It looks more like a heroes welcome and appreciation for fighting in the front-lines.
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  1645. 国際関係論・安全保障論の分野では、「平和」とは次の戦争への準備期間として認識し、性悪説で捉える。それゆえ常に疑い、常に警戒し、国防力を準備すべきと考える。 一方で理想主義では、戦争は疫病みたいな非日常の例外として認識する傾向が強い。性善説だから戦争を「想定外」の悪事として捉える。冷戦後の欧州は、平和の配当という世界観を持ってしまい、多くの国が徴兵制を廃止し、軍備・兵力規模も大きく縮小した。 でも東アジアではロシア、朝鮮半島、台湾と安全保障環境に変化が無かったので、冷戦後も各国の軍備力に大きな変化が無かった。日本は戦車や榴弾砲を少しリストラしたり、北海道や東北の部隊や駐屯地を統廃合したけど、（領土を不法占拠する）ロシアへの警戒心を解いたことは一度も無い。ソ連参戦の条件に北海道の割譲を要求してたし、樺太侵攻、シベリア抑留など忘れることはない。陸上自衛隊が創設してから約1/3が北海道に駐屯してるし、北海道仕様の装備品も多い。
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  1646. I think those two are synonymous in Chinese culture.
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  1647. Propaganda blah blah blah. I doubt you even had a great grandfather in the Japanese Army.
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  1648. At least there is still a housing market.
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  1649. You guys made yourselves irrelevant in the Middle-east after Iraq and Syria. In contrast, the influence of Iran and Russia increased.
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  1650.  @manofsesame3024  Actually, Mitsubishi sells more cars in Asia than in North America. The sales volume in Asia is larger than Japan domestic market and North American market combined.
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  1651. That specific unit is tasked to carry government/military VIPs, right? If so they must train for night flights in the actual path they are going to take. But I do think it's safer if that airport is closed for commercial flights. I fear it's too much air traffic in the center of the D.C.
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  1652. I suspect Hindu Kush mountains was impossible for large scale Turkic-Mongolic-Tatar nomadic forces to cross. That said, later Timurid/Persian conquerors of India and neighboring territories called themselves Mughals (i.e. Mongols).
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  1653.  @ganndalf202  I've met or worked with a number of people from Central & Eastern Europe, Russia, and the Balkans in Japan. Many of them found Japanese husbands/wives here and are raising their children in Japan. And some of them decided to become Japanese citizens. They seem relaxed and comfortable with life here. Western Europe and North America is just too much for some of them. It's not the language, because many of them are fluent in English, but rather the culture, politics, social norms and rules. Some of them sense the micro prejudice when in Western Europe, being looked down or even perceived to be slightly backward (and less skilled/educated/cultured) because they grew up in other parts of Europe, which is quite insulting and hurtful. But when in Japan, they're all appreciated by behavior, personality, or skill set...regardless of which part of Europe you're from. I suppose Japan isn't too liberal or too conservative from their perspective. By the way, Ukrainians are the only exception Japan has made in decades when it comes to refugees. We've had a terrible experience with Korean war refugees in the past, and since then Japanese society has generally refused accepting refugees. However, people have very supportive of Ukrainian refugees in Japan. There is financial support, housing support, language training, etc. I'm often touched by how much the Ukrainian ambassador is touched by the small donations from ordinary people in Japan.
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  1654.  @weiwu609  I thought China had the second largest GDP in the world.
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  1655.  @wendypatino1586  Water shortage is the root problem so there's no quick fix. That said I'd suggest you to read a story on Dr. Tetsu Nakamura and his work. He was a medical doctor who started building a canal to improve the lives of the locals near the Kunar River, before 9.11 and even during the NATO invasion. Sadly he was killed by ISIS-K a few years ago. Drought that's plaguing Afghanistan is not gonna go away in a year or two because it's caused by global climate change. Afghan farming infrastructure needs to adapt to new environmental conditions for there to be enough food production.
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  1656. It's clearly intentional, as there is no point in selling cars at a loss like the Chinese automakers. It's better to be priced out than incur unnecessary losses. It is also a decoupling policy which is needed from a national security perspective. The Joint-Venture scheme forced on by the Chinese government means profits and losses are split with local State-affiliated Chinese companies. Since foreign brands sold in China are mostly manufactured in China by the JV, foreign automakers will continue to reduce production in China and cut back on Chinese workers. (Ironically, the JV scheme partially shields foreign automakers from sudden increases/decreases in sales in China because they are 50-50 Joint-Ventures.) VW alone has nearly 40 plants and 90,000 workers in China as they've been manufacturing in China for over 30 years. They also built up an extended network of local component/material supply-chain and dealers. As such, loss of employment and tax revenue in China will be the natural outcome due to Chinese government incentives and subsidies to favor domestic automakers that flood the market with money-losing cars.
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  1657. It's never too late to be exposed to your ancestral language/culture. Certain things will make sense instinctively. Although I grew up in an expat family outside of Japan, I felt the sense of belonging, pride, and homecoming each time I visited Japan as a child. It may be interesting to find out where your family originates. (You may require assistance from your local Japanese Consulate.) It's a special feeling to visit your family's tombs, seeing the region where your grandmother and great-grandparents grew up, and even connecting with your second-/third-cousins. The former Governor of Hawaii had the same experience. He apparently didn't know he had a large extended family in Japan.
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  1658. ​ @Diana-yn2ho I highly doubt Hungarians need a lecture on Hungarian politics from foreigners. They see and experience the strength and weaknesses of their politicians more than anyone. And it affects their lives and future the most. I honestly don't think gender is the reason. It's not a uniquely Hungarian symptom either. Authoritarian rulers tend to accumulate enormous wealth during their tenure because they rig the system to benefit themselves, their families, and cronies. Actually, it's how they stay in power. You can call it favoritism, corruption, or monopolistic/oligopolistic policies. Many of their family and friends are billionaires whether in Central Asia, Russia, Iran, China, or Africa. Even Hamas leaders are all billionaires.
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  1659. All foreign-nationals should get out of Lebanon immediately.
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  1660. ​ @LondonPower Turkic homeland is in South Siberia and Mongolia. They are an East Eurasian language and culture. Old Turkic tombs and inscriptions are found in Mongolia because they used to compete and cooperate with both Mongolic clans and Northern Chinese. Most modern people living in Anatolia are indigenous to Anatolia, Balkans, and Black Sea coastal regions. They used to speak Greek, Armenian, Kurdish, Slavic, etc before they were gradually Turkified by a minority ruling class that came from Southern Central Asia. It was a language/culture replacement, but not a genetic one. Some Turks look European because many migrated during Ottoman expansion and implosion.
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  1661. Ukrainian soldiers are suffering from Russian artillery, rockets, missiles, and land mines. Riffles won't make a difference unless they are street fighting in an urban area.
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  1662. Times are far easier than the past. Ethnic Russians around the world are not being deported or sent to concentration camps. Russian nationals still receive various student and work visas in most countries. Many countries accept Russian tourists too. The Soviets forced relocation of ethnic Germans, ethnic Koreans, and Crimean Tatars to Siberia/Central Asia. But no country is taking that approach with Russians. In fact, Russians can fly to and come back from Russia. The only hassle is that direct flights are cancelled with most countries.
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  1663. I don't think money matters. It's a race between a former President and a sitting Vice President. Nothing is ambiguous about their respective characteristics.
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  1664.  @mrcool9626  It's rather obvious where I'm from. Technically speaking, they are not "refugees" in the mind of Japanese government. Japan does not easily assign legal "refugee" status to anybody. Right now, there are a little over 200 Ukrainians who fled to Japan, mostly family members of Ukrainians who live in Japan. A few hundred Ukrainians won't make a difference in a country of 120 million. And they are mostly women and children because fighting age males cannot leave Ukraine.
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  1665. Gasoline tax is how many countries pay for maintaining road infrastructure. They will find ways to tax BEVs one way or the other.
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  1666. I don't think the Muslim religion is conducive to economic growth and prosperity. They want to live in 7th century. Just let them be.
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  1667. Dual citizenship became illegal from 1985. (The Citizenship Law changed in 1984). The fact you say returning to "home country" implies that you're not Japanese in terms of identity or nationality. For us, returning to home country only means returning to Japan.
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  1668. Aren't they the "Little Green Men" who suddenly appeared in Donbass and Crimea in 2014? Some of them look like ex-special forces.
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  1669. Western values???
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  1670. Western Ukrainians or Eastern Ukrainians...which ones are the good Ukrainians?
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  1671.  @giadagiuggiola0272  Japanese citizenship can be stripped any time. Not getting caught is not the same as being legal.
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  1672. US cumulative inflation in the past decade is about 35%, so vehicle prices should generally trace that trend. It reflects higher labor and material costs. In reality, automakers have to periodically relocate production to different assembly plants. They need the room/time to retool and retain existing production lines for new models, especially as CARB states and US government continuously demand impossible emission targets and zero-emission vehicles. If I remember correctly, Toyota moved Tacoma assembly line from Texas to Mexico, and moved Sequoia production from Indiana to Texas. The primary reason for this relocation was because Toyota's initial plan was to assemble BEVs in their Indiana and Kentucky plants. Given the slower adoption rate of EVs in North America, reportedly Toyota will now be assembling EVs in Kentucky first. FYI, there is no money saving in moving production around from one plant to another. It's actually costly to do so, but also is a necessary process to prepare for the production of the next model. Retooling and retraining assembly lines generally takes more than 3 to 6 months at minimum. Given the high factory utilization rate, Toyota normally plans and prepares years in advance for such change. (It's also why automakers cannot easily move around production due to sudden tariffs.)
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  1673. I thought Buddha was from modern Nepal. Too bad most of the Buddhist culture didn't survive in India, Pakistan, or Afghanistan. What we see in modern India has no tangible connection to modern East Asian cultures.
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  1674. 世界中の国債市場が混乱し、全く関係ないような国の国債価値まで下がる（＝利回り上昇）。日本に限らず、各国の年金・金融機関・投資家は世界中の国債に分散投資してるので、損が発生する。社債市場は国債利回りをベンチマークとするので、世界中の企業の資金調達にも影響する。
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  1675. I'm confused because the original Bulgars are not indigenous to Europe nor are they Slavic. The Bulgars were the "Barbarians" that ruled the Black Sea coast and lower parts of the Danube. The original Bulgar language has survived along the Volga River, and is called Chuvash. Huns, Avars, Bulgars, or Khazars were nomadic East Eurasian Turkic clans originating from the Mongolian Steppe. Turkic is a Northeast Asian language and culture with heavy similarities with Mongolian and Manchurian, be it in genetics, religion, tradition, culture, cuisine, lifestyle, clothing, music, etc. Contrary to the name, people in Anatolia/Turkey have limited Turkic genetic ancestry, because they are mostly Turkified Greeks, Armenians, and Kurds. Anatolia was ruled by a minority TURKMEN, who were a heavy mixture of nomadic East Asian Turkic and Iranic people from Southern Central Asia. The Turkic clans ruled modern-day Hungary and Romania from around 5th and 6th century. In the 9th century Turkic Avars/Bulgars clans were replaced and absorbed by the East Eurasian Magyars who are from Siberia. It's why the Magyar language (aka Hungarian) contains many proto-Turkic words. Minority Bulgars eventually were assimilated into the migrating Slavic culture/language. But we can still observe the Asian ancestry in some people in Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, etc. Bulgar means "mixed people" in proto-Turkic, as they inter-married with indigenous people along their migration pattern from Mongolian Steppe.
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  1676. Why do you blame Americans for everything? Seriously, why did Mexico give asylum to a Ecuadorian politician?
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  1677. 自民党が良いから当選してるわけじゃないよ。他がアカすぎて仕方ないねん。
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  1678. Okay, that was funny.
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  1679. ​ @MasihAmiri_11 Depends on your definition of expensive. For Toyota's hybrids, an OEM battery replacement usually costs a few thousand USD including labor fees. But the batteries are highest quality from Panasonic so they should easily last more than 100,000 miles. Panasonic provided most of early Tesla too. The difference with BEVs is that the battery in hybrids is much smaller, so the replacement cost is one digit lower. 1 BEV is equivalent to 90 hybrid cars in terms of battery materials used.
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  1680. Turks strikes Kurds, and Wrath of God strikes Turks. Poetic.
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  1681. Not doubt, it's partially a man-made disaster. No building code is worth much if it's not enforced. The other part I still can't understand is the uncoordinated and chaotic disaster response. The military has the equipment, man power, discipline, intelligence, training, and self-sufficient capabilities for circumstances with no food, water, communications, transportation, or shelter, etc. The military should be commanding, controlling, and allocating resources for each rescue location. They should be first in and last out.
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  1682. ​ @BorutoOtsutsuki__ The social opinion on immigrantion is negative because of the countless crimes by Latin Americans, Vietnamese, Chinese, Koreans, and these days Kurdish refugee seekers. They create ethnic ghettos and fail to assimilate. Japanese society went through agonizing pain to deal with hundreds of thousands of Korean migrants and refugees in the 20th century. It's a social experience that nobody wishes to repeat. Bur society was never against people who acquire Japanese language and culture, and assimilate culturally and integrate socially.
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  1683. It's not a soldier's job to feel. You go wherever you're ordered to go, fight with whomever you're ordered to fight, and disengage whenever your ordered to do so. "Freedom and Democracy" are slogans for recruitment, and justifications for military actions designed to serve national interests. US involvement with Iraq goes back before the Iranian Revolution. And after the Iranian Revolution, the United States backed and supported the Iraqi regime to counter the Iranians. (Tehran was the hub of all US intelligence, political, and economic operations in the middle-east until 1979.) You and many others were sent to Iraq to restore a regime that deviated from US interests. Hussein (and Noriega of Panama) were US puppets that no longer listened to the US, and needed to be replaced. If you were under the assumption that "Freedom and Democracy" is a sufficient reason why the US would spend billions and trillions to go to war....then you were misled. Modern borders of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, etc after WWI had everything to do with oil interests, which was the single most important commodity in 20th century. It shaped all relations with Iraq, Iran, Saudi etc.
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  1684.  @dazdeluxe6672  The irony is that now these foreign volunteers will be treated as "unlawful combatants" in Ukraine.
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  1685. The brutal truth is that there is only one effective way to block a pandemic (i.e. complete isolation of the infected). Most politicians don't have the guts to carry it out...except maybe in China.
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  1686. There are nearly 3 million foreign nationals residing in Japan. I'm sure they have a different opinion.
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  1687.  @Benjamin-jh8zo  中国のダムは共産党政権になってからの1950-70年代に造られたものが多い。当時は農業・灌漑用水が主目的で土砂を大量に使って建造した原始的なダム。耐用年数も50年程度が多い。決壊しても洪水だし、部分爆破して緊急放水しても下流域は増水。雨が続けば蟻の一穴になる可能性もある。
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  1688. クリミア住民の生活物資を運ぶために、数年間・数千億円をかけて架けた橋を破壊してもうたら、そりゃ強烈に報復されるのを警戒しとくべきでしょ。元々は同じ国だったから、ロシアの考え方を知らないはずないと思うけど。考え方が甘いのか、ロシア人を舐めてるのか・・・
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  1689. I think you misunderstand "Vertical integration." It means to control the entire supply chain, everything from mining rights of Lithium, battery supply-chain to manufacturing the batteries inhouse. Even the famous Italian "giga-press" company that Tesla uses is owned by the Chinese. Just-in-time is about flexible inventory of components leading to flexibility of production. In Japan, you can order a car with your preferred model, color, options, trim, etc.. After you place the order/contract, the automaker will manufacturer the car and deliver it to your nearest dealer within a few weeks.
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  1690. It's also cruel to leave kids in areas where you're about to conduct a military operation.
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  1691. 高級時計を使ったマネロン？
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  1692. That's half the world.
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  1693.  @terryj50  You're still misunderstanding the legal problem. This is not about dual/triple birthright citizenship. For sake of convenience, just pretend both parents were Japanese citizens. The child automatically is entitled to Japanese citizenship at the time of his birth. The problem occurred when the family emigrated to another country--in this case NZ--and newly became NZ citizens along with the child. This was/is considered naturalization to NZ citizenship from the Government of Japan's perspective. And at that point, both parents lost Japanese citizenship along with the child. That said, if the mother didn't naturalize to become NZ citizen and she still has Japanese citizenship, and if the child is a minor, there is a legal chance that the government still recognizes the child's birthright Japanese citizenship. That's because the child didn't choose to forfeit Japanese citizenship and should not be punished for the parent's decisions.
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  1694. Religion is poison.
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  1695.  @CorporateG0th  So far Russian military has only surgically attacked key military infrastructure, and haven't entered major cities. There hasn't been much heavy ground fighting. So those casualty figures don't add up.
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  1696. Turkey has the second largest military force in NATO. They have enough tents, sleeping bags, cold weather clothing, etc. Based on their terrain, Turkish forces are highly trained and equipped for (cold) mountain warfare.
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  1697. ​ @titosescon3897 What was the religion and identity in Palestine before Islam was created? And what was the religion in Palestine before Jesus? We learn that Jesus was born in Palestine to a Jewish family. His immediate family and circle were mostly ethnic Jews. Thinking that Palestinians came from elsewhere may not be historically accurate. They became Arabs, and became Muslims from something else.
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  1698. USD lost about 35% of purchasing power in the last 10 years due to inflation. So $66,000 in 2025 would be equivalent to around $50,000 in 2015. Still pricey, but no ridiculously pricey.
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  1699. Nobody can help you but yourselves. I still think you guys would've been far more prosperous had you stayed Buddhist.
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  1700. Japan has a bad experience from illegal entries during the Korean war. Also economic refugees are NOT welcome.
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  1701. I highly doubt the Russian military will treat these foreign volunteers as lawful combatants. I have no idea why some people believe that you can fight against a standing army that controls the sky and sea with mostly small arms. Prolonged wars will get many civilians displaced or killed. We should be stepping into to force a compromise and cease-fire.
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  1702. 停戦合意は領土の一部割譲と中立化を意味する事になると思う。
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  1703. Automaker's financing arm will borrow money from capital markets (i.e. issue debt) to lend to consumers in the form of auto-loans. They make a small interest rate differential...usually. Thus, the more cars you sell every year the more debt there should be on the B/S.
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  1704. 偉そうな人ほど偉くない・・・
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  1705. Shutting down airspace is a terrible idea. Escalating the war is not the answer.
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  1706. Never could imagine that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Arab Spring, Syrian Civil War, or Islamic State would inadvertently affect the demographics and politics of Europe in this way.
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  1707. 軍事力ではロシアに最初から勝てないから、負けを最小化する作業をしてた。
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  1708. Being at the crossroads of civilization, the region of Gandhara was once very prosperous while it remained Buddhist. Arrival of Islam is almost a guarantee to poverty and declining civilization (unless you have oil and natural gas). Middle-East, North Africa...all the same.
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  1709. 市街地戦で、住民がどこに避難してるかって把握できるんでしょうかね。数十万人の都市の避難所の数は膨大じゃなかろうか。
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  1710. It's not racism, it's much worse than that. And this image of the region is shared by many in the world.
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  1711. 被災地で盗みを働いてるのは本当に日本人なの？
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  1712. I must have a different understanding of "skyrocket" sales. US SAAR in Aug 2024 was 15.1 mn vehicles. Inventory expanded, incentives were increased, and average transaction price declined. It's no secret many dealerships struggle to move BEVs, and automakers are forced to increase incentives, further adding losses to BEVs sales. And they're sold for compliance and reduction of carbon credits.
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  1713. I hope you have the opportunity to reconnect with your Japanese side too.
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  1714. 清教徒によって始まった国だから。
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  1715. American-Indian wars?
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  1716. 勝てば官軍
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  1717. Obviously, there is a limit for any country to accept foreign nationals. Most of them are economic migrants.
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  1718. Can't you connect with your iPhone or Android device?
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  1719. The post-pandemic travel boom is the underlying reason. Not enough pilots, mechanics, planes, repair parts, maintenance, etc.
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  1720. I'm simply curious. Indian people visiting your school don't eat fish/chicken/pork at all? They can't all be vegetarian/vegan, right? I always though Chicken Tandoori was Indian cuisine...
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  1721.  @cew-g6h Why should Americans have to die for European incompetence? I highly doubt the American public would support another war. The US has been trying to reduce involvement for over 10 years. Obama, Trump, or Biden it doesn't matter. No ground troops were sent to fight ISIS.
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  1722. @Luke Warm Yeah, but how are you going to deliver anti-air/tank weapons to the people who can operate them? Russian troops already everywhere, the sky is controlled by Russian jets and helos, and Kyiv is surrounded. Any moving military vehicles are bombarded. Certain amount of training/familiarization is required to use such weapons. I presume you understand that only selected soldiers receive that training in most regular armies too.
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  1723.  @DavidJ222  Every military have soldiers who are trained for these type of weapons. However, getting the weapons to them in time is the biggest challenge. Obviously, the Russian intelligence/military follows news too. It would be safe to assume the Russian military are going to attempt to intercept or attack any shipment.
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  1724. If you want to fend off a land power like Russia, you need artillery, and lots of it. That is assuming you don't lose control of your airspace.
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  1725. The America I remember used to be much safer. Or maybe I was just a naive kid who didn't realize the danger of everyday life.
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  1726.  @pawehbsam5872  In order to figure out where people are from, you probably need to go back a few more centuries before British occupation of the sub-continent and Burma/Myanmar.
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  1727. This isn't uniquely an American phenomenon. It's happening worldwide. The industry was overstretched even before the pandemic with ever-increasing travel and freight demand. Many experienced and skilled engineers, pilots, regulators, and ATCs retired or moved on during the pandemic. Yet, global travel demand has recovered or even exceeded pre-pandemic levels in some countries. As such, there is a clear skill shortage in some fields, and it will take years to fix the underlying cause. The impact is broader than some people may realize. I recall the former CEO of Qatar Airways mentioning that the pandemic seriously weakened the supply chain. Boeing and Airbus struggle to procure the quantity and quality they need. Some airlines are grounding planes because they cannot get the components required for maintenance.
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  1728. Japanese culture, traditions, belief systems, practices and Shinto are so intertwined and so inseparable, we don't consider Shinto to be a separate religion. So nobody in Japan will say "I believe in Shinto" while practicing it. It's part of being Japanese.
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  1729. Oh no. The "ugliest" part of Germany still looks pretty.
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  1730. The brain-drain, casualty, or mobilization, war does have an impact on society and industry in the long run. Ukrainians used to cheer Russian athletes in the Olympics, not any more. Russian tourists and investors were welcome by many countries before the war. Now we all struggle to decide what would be the practical distance or relationship with Russia after the war. But more than anything, the social and political contradictions within Russia will continue to have an impact on this generation. For better or for worse, the war impacted the future of many young aspiring Russians. Some may decide to leave Russia for good as was the case during the Russian Revolution or the collapse of the Soviet Union. GDP can grow in wartime because military expenditure is government spending.
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  1731. ​ @SophieHanna-sn9hc  "Ethnicity" is a modern, artificially-created social and political construct. Ukrainian or Russian is a political, national, cultural, linguistic, historical, or ethnic identification, depending on era or who you ask. And identity has been always been fluid throughout history. Cultures/languages/religions are replaced and altered all the time. For instance, many in Russia Far East have partial Ukrainian ancestry for historical reasons. But most of them identify as ethnic Russians. In fact, many "ethnic Russians" living within Russia are descendants of Russified indigenous people, which is why there is varying degree of Eurasian genetic admixture throughout the population. And many people migrated to Ukraine from all over Imperial Russia and Soviet Union for work, education, marriage, or retirement. Many of their descendants now identify as Ukrainians. Historically, so many countless waves of migration has occurred in the past few thousand years. There are many cities with Greek-origin names along the Black Sea Coast. Scythians were East Iranic speakers. The Huns, Avars, Bulgars, or Khazars were nomadic East Eurasian Turkic-speaking clans from South Siberia and Mongolian Steppe. They dominated the Eurasian steppe, mixed heavily with indigenous people, and migrated all the way to modern-day Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. ("Bulga" means Mixed people in proto-Turkic. Old Bulgar Language is known as Chuvash. And those who migrated to Danube were absorbed by Slavic people, but people in Bulgaria have significant Balkan genetic ancestry. ) If you look at paintings of Ukrainian Cossacks, their weapons, lifestyle, hairstyle, dances, musical instruments, culture, or clothing is heavily nomadic Turkic/Tatar...because they were living in Turkic/Tatar lands for over 1,000 years. The word "Cossack" is actually a Turkic/Tatar word too. As Ukrainian Cossacks were foot soldiers of the Russian Empire, they were given huge chunks of land all across the newly conquered territories. Krasnodar (or Yekaterinodar) was given to the Black Sea Cossacks by Catherine the Great. But their descendants now they identify as ethnic Russians. Even the Russian language has been altered as the Rus/Eastern Slavs expanded eastward and absorbed the local populations. In the past, Russian language should've been phonetically more closer to Belarussian or Ukrainian (aka RUTEHNIAN.) Again, ethnicity is modern social construct, mostly for political usage.
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  1732. Poland is very smart.
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  1733. FYI, Hosokawa is one of the many branches of the Ashikaga-family. Ashikaga is one of branches of the Minamoto-clan. Since there are 21 different known Minamoto-clans, to avoid confusion they're called Seiwa-genji, or more specifically Kawachi-genji. It means Minamoto-family that descend from Emperor SEIWA and lived in Kawachi or present day East Osaka.
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  1734. There are strong regional differences. China just started a new program to subsidies purchase of "New Energy Vehicles." China is about 1/3 of all global markets in terms of units. New car retail and commercial sales is about 2 to 2.5 million vehicles per month. What is unique of the Chinese market is that most Chinese automakers are losing money for each NEV sale.
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  1735. It's going to end up in Russian hands.
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  1736. That's what Russia should've done before sending in ground troops. I suspect their political objective to incorporate parts of Ukraine or overthrow Ukrainian regime dictated their military plans. Domestic legal limitation on SMO is also a hindrance on troop mobilization, deployment, and equipment.
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  1737. I fear the first girl will always struggle in Japan. The second girl will likely be accepted and treated as Japanese by other Japanese.
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  1738. 警官の腕によると思う。貫通しない弾なら、ゴム弾を使った方が安全なケースもある。ゴム弾でも近距離で頭や首などに当たれば死者は出る。
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  1739. ​ @lisahinton9682 I disagree with your assessment. I have seen people who shouldn't be in leadership positions making basic mistakes. I'm sure that you're aware that military officers like that have gotten shot from behind in real wars. The self-awareness is commendable.
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  1740. The Russian map is incorrect.
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  1741. So much economic aide was provided to Afghanistan from various nations, international agencies, NGOs, etc. The international community did everything it can for the past two decades. Yet here we are.
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  1742.  @Jafes2011  The original inhabitants like the Tatars were killed, starved to death or sent to concentration camps by the Russians. And the area was repopulated with ethnic Russians.
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  1743.  @meluvcats  Just to be clear, I was explaining my observation on who will most likely be perceived as "Japanese" from an appearance/phenotype perspective. As for beauty-standards on people from abroad, that is an entirely different conservation. I know there is a wide spectrum of preferences. Some people fancy Taylor Swift, others like K-POP idols. If I understand correctly, in East Asian fashion industries, there are many models from Russia and Eastern Europe, or people with ancestral roots in those regions. I suspect that is the case because many of them have varying degrees of natural Eastern & Western Eurasian admixture, due to thousands of years of migrations in all directions. (I recall hearing once that fashion industry likes "racially ambiguous" appearances because they can appeal to a wide audience.) But it's also true that they fit the preference or beauty standard. But I do need to emphasize that that even if both of your parents are from Japan, if you were raised/educated abroad and if you're not familiar with Japanese language and culture, you will be treated differently. This obviously applies to half-Japanese kids who were raised and educated abroad as well. For instance, the half-Venezuelan kid in this video may be perceived as "illiterate" in Japan. Japanese companies will be valuing international students who finished Japanese universities and grad school (or studied Japanese in their home countries) over somebody who cannot read Japanese newspapers. As for foreign-nationals, the social acceptance in Japan will depend on how much they are able to assimilate and integrate with Japanese society. If you study, work, marry, or raise children in Japan, you'll gradually and naturally become part of Japanese society. A few years ago, TERUYA Eiji, a child of a Nikkei-Brazilian who migrated to Japan, passed the Japanese Bar Exam. He was the first Brazilian national to do so. Naturally, he will be respected and valued far more in Japanese society than most in Japan. There are many other foreign nationals who are working full-time in local municipalities and as public school teachers. Donald Keen was probably the most respected person outside of Japan. So much so that in his final years of his life, and when his daughter approached our NY Consulate that his last wish was to become a Japanese citizen and die in Japan, people in high positions moved mountains and made exceptions for him to show our gratitude. He's the scholar who translated Tales of Genji into English, which is just impossible to do. I'm confident that most of us won't be able to translate a 1,000 year-old literature even into modern Japanese, let alone a foreign language, unless you receive specialized training for decades. He was very well respected, as he understood Japanese history, culture, and literature more so than most people in Japan.
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  1744. It could be faulty coordinates/intelligence or somebody screwed up when entering target information.
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  1745. Everything the French touch turns into shit.
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  1746. The disconnect is a mystery because Russian higher-education is probably one of the best in the world. Just by observing Russian-nationals who have studied Japanese in Russian universities and now live and work in Japan, their intelligence and level of understanding of Japanese language and culture is so deep, it's scary. Some of them speak classy and elegant upper-class language and are near-native speakers. The only other countries that are as good are the Koreans, Chinese, Taiwanese, and Mongolians (and a few exceptions from top universities in the UK, Europe, Australia, NZ, Central Asia, and the US.) If Russian universities are able to educate such smart people in every academic field, it's incredibly difficult to understand the disconnect with what's going on inside Russia.
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  1747. Actually not much except Thailand urban life fits her style more than a Japanese city. Not everybody feels the same.
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  1748. 18歳から60歳までのウクライナ男性は出国する事が認められてないので、難民の大半は女性と子供。一応、現地の日本大使館で簡単な事情は聞いてる。でも犯罪歴、病歴、スパイなど把握出来てないと思う。
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  1749. LEAF wasn't particularly a profitable car for Nissan. It's expensive to manufacture, and they only made/sold 650,000 leafs since its inception in 2010. It was more like a concept car. If it were a profitable model, they would've invested more. That said, 3rd generation LEAF will be around 2025/2026.
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  1750. The black attire looks so scary.
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  1751.  @sharazmohammed9038  Same. Even the Armenian and Orthodox clerics too. Covered entirely in Black is scary. Perhaps a bit more cheerful color wouldn't be so bad, would it?
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  1752. That's what pundits said about Toyota when it started the Prius hybrid project in the early 1990s. Toyota's MIRAI annual production is only around 10,000 per year. In the special case for California, it's a compliance car that is required by state law for any automaker to sell cars in the state. But MIRAI as a whole is a small volume experimental vehicle designed for post-hybrid era, which is why the model is name MIRAI (or future in Japanese).
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  1753. They were Buddhists and the region was very prosperous in ancient times. But once they were invaded by Muslims and were forced to convert, for whatever reason they're stuck in eternal poverty.
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  1754. Wildfires and flooding are part of the natural cycle.
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  1755. It's not our job to change for the sake of foreigners. And some foreigners in Japan are not really high on the socio-economic scale in their home countries. Perceptions and stereotypes are based on decades if not centuries of collective experiences. Unfortunately, people of different nationalities and ethnicities will be treated according to previous experiences. For instance, in the past there were so many sex crimes by US military we had to set up brothels for them. And most of the violent crimes committed by US military in Japan were by black and brown males. Koreans, Chinese, and Vietnamese are very active in organized crime and the gang-related businesses. It's not rocket science that we treat them differently from rest of the pack. We obviously wouldn't be treating a musician from Vienna, a ballerina from Ukraine, or a researcher from the UK in the same light. Cultured, educated, and sophisticated people are treated differently.
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  1756. Her Japanese fluency is near-native. What she said was accurate, because language makes little sense if you cannot understand the reference points specific to a certain culture. She understands that language is culture itself. And English is a simplified Germanic language with Latin/French words, so learning English is an easy process for a native German speaker.
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  1757. Japanese automakers have never monopolized the car industry, and Toyota and Honda had record April-June earnings due to strong hybrid demand. They manufacture far more automobiles outside of Japan, so export figures have no meaning, except for specific models like 4Runner which are manufactured only in Japan.
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  1758. Afghan regime was corrupt, ineffective, and abusive, so at the end the people chose Taliban. No win scenario.
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  1759. I've met many half-Japanese kids and Japanese Descendants, but nobody from Puerto Rico. I think you guys are really rare. I'm sorry about your experience growing up Puerto Rico. If you can speak Japanese, English, and Spanish--like Kaori is in this video--you would have enormous advantages in the job-market in Japan. I suspect his insecurity/struggle is coming from being another type of minority. Let me put it this way, most Japanese men do not dress like that.
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  1760. I've never understood why the Middle-East is so obsessed and so screwed by religion.
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  1761. Under international law, in theory it is Ukrainian territory, but is it really "occupied" when the majority of residents identify as ethnic "Russian." This land is neither Russian nor Ukrainian. It's historic territory of the Crimean Tatars.
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  1762. Most of flour used in bread comes from overseas.
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  1763. If you have to raise tax, cut spending elsewhere, or borrow to increase subsidies...you're just going to pay later.
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  1764.  @mrpugster  You have to consider the inflation in the past 5 years. Materials, components, labor, and utilities are more expensive. And increasing amount of sensors, cameras, semiconductors, and software and infotech makes the unit production cost higher. Based on Japanese media reports, Toyota's production cost of a hybrid is about US$2,000-3,000 higher than a regular car due to electric motors, batteries, software etc.
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  1765. It's a product of intensive crew training of Japanese airlines and cultural/educational upbringing of Japanese people. In essence, this is the same as disaster/fire evacuation drills held in Japanese kindergartens and elementary school.
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  1766. 候補者1人のために、1.5億円もの選挙資金を許可できる人って自民党に3人しかいないはず。
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  1767.  @Sacto1654  That's a serious dilemma for BEV companies. They need to sell large volumes of new cars to pay for the investments in software, facilities, and tech. So for BEV automakers, it's better that old BEVs are thrown away and taken out of the pool. It's actually why you see them giving cost-prohibitive quotes on battery replacement.
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  1768. That's good to hear. But I'm honestly confused. How does Turkey maintaining troops in Afghanistan put pressure on India? I would assume the last thing India wants is a Taliban-run Afghanistan (which is heavily under the influence of or in cooperation with Pakistan).
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  1769. Religion or culture, I wonder which one is shaping the other, and which one has more impact on society and education. There have been Muslims in present day China, India, Southeast Asia, Russia, Central Asia, Europe, Iran, Turkey, etc for a very long time. But I doubt science education and innovation was hindered in those countries because of religious differences. While Afghanistan and northern Pakistan were extremely prosperous when they were Buddhists, I doubt they are screwed up now because they are Muslims. The same with Arab countries. I suspect it has more to with their culture. They can be all converted to another religion but I fear they wil still be fighting and killing each other. Religion is the best human invention to control others.
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  1770. One Belt One Debt.
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  1771. No silly. The FM was on a diplomatic trip to Poland on a government plane. His plane had extra seats, so he allowed a few Ukrainians on board for his trip back.
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  1772. 前回のロシア危機ではLTCMが崩壊した。欧州の銀行はロシアと色々な取引があるから、ヤバいかもね。
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  1773. Wasn't Gaza independently run since 2005?
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  1774. It's because the older generations remember the countless crimes and violence by US military personal. It's not like they prefer the Chinese, they just hate both countries for messing with the Philippines. What they really want is to be left alone.
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  1775. 選挙で選ばれた州知事を更迭って・・・どんな理解やねん？
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  1776.  @BLACKSTA361  I'm not American so I'm curious. Doesn't it matter in American politics whether you can trace your lineage back to slavery or even before American independence? I presume the British and French were bringing Africans over to North America and the Caribbeans around the same time period, and probably from the same ports of Western Africa. I honestly cannot imagine why being a slave in one British colony was better/worse than being a slave in another one.
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  1777.  @JesterEric  If they were all descendants of Kievan Rus, their genetics would be near identical to Nordic Swedes and Baltic people. In reality, so much migration has occurred in the Eurasian steppe, language/culture and genetics are often different categories. People living in modern Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus are a fusion of Greek colonies, Iranic (aka Proto Indo-European) speakers, Turkic/Mongolic nomadic Huns, Avars, Bulgars, Khazars, etc. Just look at a map from 500 years ago, and you'll realize that most modern ethnic "Ukrainians" and "Russians" are Slavicized people. And Scythians weren't speaking Slavic.
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  1778. Soviet leadership and elites were full of Ukrainians. And only after 30 plus years of separation/independence, if you can no longer understand how Russians see the world or what they need from Ukraine...the situation is worse than I imagined. This is difficult to understand as many in leadership roles in Ukraine were educated under the Soviet Union, and many have studied/worked in Russia.
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  1779. I don't know about that. The Beauty Standard in Japan is so different from places like Western Europe, North America.
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  1780.  @Jadefox32  Newspapers and schools textbook used during Japanese administration were mostly written in Korean Hangul and Kanji mixture. (Kanji was used for names/nouns.) This literary practice continued till 1980s. This may surprise you but one of the first things Japan had to do after annexation was to teach Korean alphabet to Korean children. Nearly half of the Korean population was illiterate when Japan formally annexed the Korean peninsula and introduced mandatory education. This was because most of Korean working class were not privy to a formal education. Thus, most of the teachers in Korea were local Koreans teaching in Korean language. (The same goes with police officers, postal workers, and colonial staff...most of them were locals.) This education policy continued till 1938, when Korean/Hangul was phased out. The decision to do so was utterly unpopular among Koreans. Being literate in Korean society traditionally meant to be trained in the classics from both Korea and China. In Korea most of the historical texts are written in Chinese characters. So during the Edo-period, Korean intellectuals were considered very highly in Japan because of their extensive knowledge of Chinese classics, literature, and poetry. Korean upper-class were so educated in Chinese classics, they prided themselves knowing more about China when the Jurchen/Manchu started to rule China in the 17th century. But in the modern-era, it was Japan's strategic goal to de-Sinicize the Korean peninsula, or break Korean away from the Manchu/Chinese sphere of influence to counter the Russian expansion/incursion into Inner/Outer Manchuria. The Russians formerly took Outer Manchuria in 1850s. Hence, a more Korean-centric education was hastily introduced in public education under Japanese administration. You'll need to know East Asian historical events to understand why an Independence Gate/Memorial (from China) was built in Seoul in 1896, a few years after Japan fought a war with the Qing Dynasty. That said, I don't think Japanese colonial advisors would've ever imagined that Koreans would switch over too an all Hangul phonetic writing system, especially as many names, nouns, and idioms have Chinese origins. I still don't know how that works.
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  1781. What would a strong president do? Start WWIII?
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  1782. US drug consumers.
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  1783. Because Russia wants to sell weapons to Syria but do not wish to get involved in military conflict with Israel (a major US ally). The same reason why Russian and US forces coordinate to not fight against each other in Syria.
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  1784. If Poland is defined as Central Europe, than Eastern Europe would mean Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus? I would be curious whether Russians consider themselves as Eastern Europeans. And I suspect Ukrainians won't be happy grouped with the Russians. But Georgians may like to be included as part of Eastern Europe.
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  1785. Poor decision is an understatement. It could've been far worse leading to a military provocation. I wonder if it may be a generational thing. I'd assume US military personnel and their families in South Korea (and Japan to a lesser extent) are aware of the Korean War. It's strange the DMZ has become a tourist destination over the decades...but it's still a frozen conflict that can turn ugly any day. I'm more worried that a young private in the Army feels so safe and secure, he forgot that he's in a suspended war zone.
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  1786.  @JonySmith-bb4gx  BYD has nothing to offer but cheap and low quality batteries. Toyota uses highest grade Panasonic batteries.
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  1787. 😊I met a few White South Africans who fled to Australia when things were chaotic after the regime change. If I'm not mistaken, Australia had a special immigration program for White South Africans.
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  1788. Everybody visits Yasukuni Shrine including many of the military attaches in Tokyo.
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  1789.  @hvahidi7458  Were you somehow under the impression that Taliban are foreign invaders? To clarify, Pashtuns from Pakistan can also join Taliban. (They don't really care about the border because tribes matter more.) When it comes to these attacks on Mosques, they are mostly targeting Hazara Shia minorities. White flag (=Taliban) or Black flag (=IS) doesn't really matter because they are mostly Pashtun.
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  1790. Taliban or IS-K?
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  1791. Why does Australia care?
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  1792. Obviously you won't survive anywhere without knowing the local language.
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  1793. 需要が少ないって事かも。今のところ、主に日本に避難してきた300人強は既に日本に住んでるウクライナ出身者のご家族。欧州に比べたら圧倒的な言葉・文化の壁があるし、日本に身寄りが無い人は（学生でない限り）生活に困る。日本語を学生の頃に学んだり、日本に身内がいる人ではない限り、敷居が高い。
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  1794.  @りんりん-p4q  日本より治安が良い国はそうないはず。シンガポールとかぐらい。 欧州では都市内・地域間の差が激しい。イギリスには中東・アフリカ・バルカン半島、東欧・ロシア・・・世界中の犯罪組織も暗躍してる。最近はアルバニア系が有名みたいですね。
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  1795. I thought I heard Ukrainian President speaking Russian. If he only spoke in Ukrainian, some citizens won't understand.
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  1796. Urban warfare like in Mariupol but in reverse.
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  1797. Funded and armed by them to fight Assad.
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  1798. Each year we have JET teachers from nearly 50 countries, from Sweden to Ukraine to Brazil. (The bulk of them are from Canada, US, Australia, NZ, UK, and the Philippines.) But you do NOT need to be a native speaker or from an English-speaking country to be an Assistant language Teacher. In the JET program we also have CIR (those who have high-degree of Japanese fluency) from Russia to the Vietnam working in local municipal governments.
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  1799. It's the other way around. Regional powers are the reason why the conflict continues.
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  1800. ​ @jasonh4219 I must've missed some context. What does Israel have anything to with Syrian refugees in Turkey, or Turkish forces stationed in Syria?
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  1801. Mixed messages is smart diplomacy.
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  1802.  @1kyzya1  People in Anatolia aren't Turkic except for language. Yakut people are from Lake Baikal region and were pushed out north during the Mongol expansion. Turkic homeland is in Altai Mountains to Yenisey River to Lake Baikal region. (Even the word "TURK" derives from this region.) The "mountain forest" in the Gokturk inscriptions talk about this area. Obviously, Mongolia and South Siberia is where most of old Turkic tombs and inscriptions are located. People such as the Yakut, Tuva, Altai, etc are the real Turks.
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  1803. We have many famous half-Japanese people in politics, sports, show biz etc...but they're all raised and educated in Japan. People who don't share the language, culture, history, mannerism, mindset, or identity with the rest of the population...are no different from foreigners living in Japan with no Japanese ancestry. In fact, there are many Russians, Turks, Koreans, Mongolians, etc who speak near-native Japanese and receive Permanent Visa, and even citizenship. Not being served, means they entered exclusive places that don't want you in their restaurant. A local would know which stores accept first-timers, and which don't.
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  1804. We've experienced so many foreign criminals, people tend to be cautious around foreigners. When I was on a Shikansen trying to get my carry-case on the rack, people sitting around me helped when they saw me struggling. (It was really heavy for one person to lift above your head). But I think a typical Japanese attitude would be like, don't take more luggage than you can carry.
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  1805. 怖い伝染病は全部海外から持ち込まれるよね。奈良時代の天然痘は大陸から入って大打撃。
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  1806.  @aa-ug6vj  大昔の広島県でそういう調査をしてた。朝食がご飯とパンの児童の腹持ち具合や成績などを比較してた。簡単に言うと、統計的にはご飯の方が腹持ちが良くて、脳へ糖分が長く供給される・・・らしいよ。ただ前の晩のご飯の内容や時間帯、お酒、気温・湿度、食欲・体調などもあるし、その日の気分や訓練内容にもよるはず。
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  1807.  @yoppy-ks7zk  戦時国際法は19世紀からいくつも締結されてる。ハーグ陸戦なら1910年
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  1808. Can't side with Islamic extremists.
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  1809. BYD can sell car at US$ 10,000 in China, and they're making about US$1,000-2,000 per car. The only way an automaker can manufacture a car at US$8,000 is to use inferior materials, components, and batteries than their competitors. This makes sense in China because not everybody in China can purchase a car that costs US$30,000-40,000. And Chinese automakers receive various subsidies and incentives. In contrast, Tesla, Nissan Leaf, or Toyota/Honda hybrids have been reliable and last longer because they use high-grade batteries designed/manufactured by reputable Japanese companies like Panasonic and NEC. When it comes to EVs in particular, they are "batteries on wheels" so the quality of battery is the most important thing. It's also the most expensive component in an EV. I'm fairly certain Tesla's battery procurement cost is higher than the entire unit cost of Chinese EVs.
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  1810.  @etmax1  You should look at the May Australian data for yourself. BEV was 8.1% of new car sales. Hybrids and plug-in Hybrids was 15.8%. Toyota, Ford, and Mazda were the top 3 sellers. Half of new cars sales was SUVs, and utes was 20% of new car sales.
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  1811. It's just cheap labor. And guess who developed LNG technology?
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  1812. Sunlight is not always your friend when doing detailed carvings. Most people need a quiet, isolated, and safe space to focus.
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  1813. 頼むから日本を欧州の戦争に巻き込むなよ。
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  1814. @COMMANDO COMANDOs It's no different from many native English speakers not having any direct cultural or genetic ties with England. But that is how many languages and cultures morph into something different. Concepts such as Ethnicity, Nationality, or even Religion often are a social construct. They are artificially created to serve a cause (of those who are in power). Various Turkic-speaking tribes migrated in and out of the Turkic motherland in South Siberia and Mongolia (SSM) for thousands of years, if not more. Only by series of historical coincidences, their language became the lingua franca in the Eurasian Steppe, replacing native sub-strate languages and creating Turkic/Tatar communities in the large parts of Eurasia. I presume people of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan have traditionally stronger cultural, linguistic, and genetic affinity with the various Turkic tribes who stayed behind in Turkic motherland. However, defining a group of people is quite difficult. There are people on the other side of the Ural mountains who are extremely proud of their Tatar heritage. They may look exactly like ethnic Russians, they may not practice any of the original traditions and religion of Siberian Turks/Tatars, nonetheless they feel very much connected. But I do find it funny that some people from Turkey don't fully understand the history and origins of the Turkic language and tribes. Some are even shocked to know where the historic Turkic Khaganate was located and ruled from.
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  1815.  @catlover8286  Oh no.
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  1816. Please leave Asia out of your conflicts in the Middle-east.
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  1817. Current USD/JPY level is a good time to reduce foreign bond exposure for Japanese financial institutions. And periodically re-allocating bond portfolio is not financial institutions. Realizing paper losses is starting from scratch. Norinchukin will be reallocating their portfolio away from US government bonds, but they haven’t said they'll be selling USD. There are plenty of other financial instruments denominated in USD.
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  1818. Sequoia is a real SUV with a pickup truck engine and power. The price should be equivalent to a Tundra or a Land Cruiser. To the best of my understanding, Toyota discontinued selling Land Cruisers in North American market a few years ago. Thus, the Sequoia should now be the flagship full SUV in North America. (Some people would prefer the 4Runner because it's built in Japan in the premium TAHARA factory, where they make Lexus and Land Cruisers.) In Japan, "Land Cruiser" is the ultimate iconic Toyota vehicle used in everything from arctic exploration to African expeditions in the desert. It was originally designed for military procurement, which is why everything was over-enginereed and over-built.
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  1819. money talks, and the head can easily be replaced.
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  1820. Most Japanese people have no need for a foreign language in their daily lives. Some/many foreigners attend American/International school instead of Japanese school, which is why they speak English as a native language but cannot read/write in Japanese.
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  1821. South Africa has electricity?
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  1822. If China rang the bell sooner...
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  1823.  @ZeroNap  It would be an opportunity loss if BEVs were profitable for automakers. Currently, most automakers lose money selling BEVs. There is no financial incentive to rush into BEVs.
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  1824. Well said.
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  1825. Some of the Russian soldiers have Ukrainian ancestry. Others are deliberately conscripted from ethnic minorities to reduce their populations. That said, I respectfully disagree that this war is because of Putin and his cronies. Russians (with Ukrainian help) fought multiple wars in the past few centuries to conquer the Crimean Khaganate. Russian obsession with the Black Sea region has been around for centuries. And they don't recognize internal Soviet-era administrative lines to be reliable ethnic/national borders. The mistake Ukraine made was not fully appreciating how valuable Ukraine is from a geo-political perspective. The only way to survive between two powerful forces (i.e. Russia and NATO) was/is to stay as neutral as you can and milk as much concessions as possible from both sides.
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  1826. ドネツク州の親ロシア派なら地元民じゃないの？
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  1827. 長引けば圧倒的にウクライナが不利なので、キリが良いタイミングで手を打つしかない。双方が譲歩しないと停戦が実現しない。
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  1828. Chinese batteries are the least reliable.
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  1829. Don Cossacked.
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  1830. Toyota's 2H FY2024 (Oct 2024-Mar 2025) global production target is 5 million vehicles, according to Japanese media. Fiscal Year 2024 (Apr 2024 to Mar 2025) full year target is still domestic 3.35 million, and overseas 6.65 million, roughly the same as last FY. You make it sound as if Toyota's intentionally cutting production just for the US market, but 10 million vehicle production worldwide is still the largest in the world. Having said that, there are specific challenges with certain regions and models. Production is reduced in China where competition and price war is fierce with Chinese automakers and sales are declining Year-over-Year. A few Japanese plants are experiencing re-certification issues for a few models so production for those models were temporary suspended. There was a massive typhoon that forced the closure of all plants in end of August and beginning of September. But total daily output is still around 14,000 vehicles per day in all of Japanese plants. A few production sites in the US were affected by recalls of certain models. And Mexico production was affected by shortage of components. Apparently, there is high competition for workers in Mexico with so much re-shoring from many US tech companies. Component suppliers are facing high turnovers, affecting stable production and supply of certain components.
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  1831. Why is that the militia is more reliable than the Afghan army?
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  1832. Travelling is way different from living and working in a local setting. The fact that she is fluent in Korean language and comprehends Korean social values and norms is why she knows instinctively how things will be for her children. I suspect Koreans can tolerate foreigners who become fluent in Korean. They can tolerate overseas Koreans who aren't culturally Korean. But the Muslim component is completely alien.
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  1833. 昭和天皇を侮辱するような国と会談？
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  1834. They have oil and food. They will survive.
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  1835. I have no idea what a "right-wing extremists" these days means. I think in the past it referred to neo-naughties...but these days I have no idea what are Russian Right Extremists from Siberia.
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  1836. ​ @TheBestDog Medal this, medal that is quite American. So many people in Ukraine do what they can for the war effort from firefighters after drone attacks, front-line medics, sabotage in Russian-controlled regions, propaganda, etc. Everyday dozens are killed and wounded. If Ukraine were to hand out medals for each encounter or engagement, they'll need another military just to keep track. In wartime, heroes are the ones who don't make it home.
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  1837.  @faheemabbas3965  Nissan sold 3.3 million vehicles worldwide in both 2023 and 2024. At one point, Qashqai was the best selling model in some European markets. Nissan isn't going anywhere. For whatever reason, they had had incompetent management in their North American regional office unlike the European branch.
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  1838. Japanese people need to realize that Japanese-Americans are not Japanese. They are Americanized in the way they think and behave. It was foolish for Ohtani to trust Ippei. Ippei's father is from Japan, but Ippei is raised and educated in the US.
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  1839. Or Arabs just care about money and trade relations with China.
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  1840. ​ @phoque121 I would even go further back and blame it on the difference in French and Spanish colonial rule. Simply put, France imported too many slaves to maximize profits for their plantation. Haiti cannot accommodate the current population size. They have more population than most US states.
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  1841.  @bennymuller3379  If Russia's military objective was to invade and hold on to regions surrounding Crimea, the current situation doesn't appear to be a failure.
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  1842. We mostly type instead of write with our hands. We can read and select the right Kanji, which is why we forget how to write. This concept may be difficult to understand if you don't type in Japanese on a daily basis.
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  1843. It actually is related. Unlike Toyota and Honda who prioritized on hybrids for North American market, Nissan was pulled by Renault to invest in BEVs to meet European policy targets. As such, Nissan doesn't have a competitive hybrid car in North America to meet customer demand while half of new car sales for Toyota and Honda are now hybrids. Had Nissan invested in developing reliable hybrids, or if the EV was the majority slice of customer demand things would've turned out differently. They are paying for a mistaken approach.
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  1844. Important customer
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  1845.  @zw9802  We've seen Kurds with Turkish passports seeking political asylum in many countries. Their claim is that they are in danger in Turkey.
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  1846. Can't you make the same argument for Serbians and Ukrainians? Slavic language, Orthodox faith, or cultural kinship? Some people make political and historical arguments. But seeing how Yugoslavia imploded and Southern Slavic people with same language and cultural ancestry but belonging to different religion/sect brutally killing each other...I bet it's Slavic a cultural or genetic trait. Slavs have been excellent warriors/mercenaries for that reason too.
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  1847. I doubt God can the tell the difference between Russians and Ukrainians.
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  1848. 日本海側の原発が狙われる。風を東に。
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  1849. Interesting observation. One thing I found curious about the Orthodox christian activist in the video is that (if I understand correctly) some if not many Ukrainians are also historically Orthodox...so how does he justify supporting one over the other. I think Western media stance is that Hungary (or the current government) is generally too close to Russia for a EU member. In Asia-Pacific region, there are many Russians in Thailand and Bali (Indonesia). Bali has been unhappy with Russians and Ukrainians because of their terrible manners. Initially, the self-exile may have been about anti-war or anti-regime views or fear of mobilization/conscription, but as two years have past already, some Russian families may need seriously think about their future. Even if there is some sort of truce, I doubt US/European sanctions on Russia will be lifted anytime soon. Rather than looking for temporary homes to wait out the war, they may need to look for places to emigrate for good.
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  1850.  @life_of_katastrophes  Excellent observation. You have a gifted ear, which means you'll able to master most languages. Latin/Romance-language speakers tend to have a clear vowel pronunciation in Japanese, perhaps a little too clear/sharp. Conversely, when a native-Japanese speaker studies Italian, for example, we're often instructed to stress every sound/vowel more clearly and strongly (till the end) as if we're exaggerating the sound. This difference creates the difference in melody, rhythm, or pitch accent of the two languages. Have you ever noticed how native Slavic-speakers sometimes mix short and long vowels when they pronounce English words? So unintentionally, the word "beach" sounds something different. And how Slavic speakers pronounce their short-vowels is very similar to Japanese pitch accent and pronunciation. It's also why native Slavic-speakers have an easier time mastering Japanese intonation than other language speakers. Spanish/Italian speakers tend to pronounce Japanese vowels like あー、いー、うー、えー、おー, or like long vowels. But in order to master Japanese pitch accent, you need to master the short-vowel, or else you have no control over the pitch. After enough exposure, I'm you'll be able to absorb the sound (and appropriate strength & length of the sound).
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  1851. Nobody is stronger. We're all poorer, except for the defense industry.
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  1852.  @gemi1164  People have been fighting over these lands since beginning of history. Ukraine's only failure is to not fully appreciate the geographic and strategic importance of Ukraine. Had they fully understood, they would've opted to be a neutral buffer zone. They were part of they Soviet Union, so they must've known the Russian obsession with these lands. The Russian Empire (with the help of Ukrainians) fought countless wars to gain access to the Black Sea. It's the most crucial conquest for Russians.
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  1853. よく英語でジェノサイドと表現されるのはアルメニア虐殺、ホロコースト、ルワンダ、カンボジアなどかな。あまりにも悲惨な歴史なので、英語では軽々しく使えない言葉。和製英語なら知らんけど。
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  1854. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam...I wish middle-eastern beliefs would've just stayed in the middle-east. The Scandinavians had their own unique religion, culture, and values until it was heavily altered by Christian ideology. Now Islamic ideology is causing havoc. Middle-eastern ideologies are like a never ending curse. Afghanistan and Pakistan used to be so prosperous in ancient times but Islam destroyed their societies for good.
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  1855. If I recall Dalai Lama was a title given by the Mongols. The influence goes both ways. There still are ethnic Mongol settlements in and around Tibetan plateau.
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  1856. Weren't UK asking the French to detain Albanians from crossing the channel?
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  1857.  @mikespg  Sorry to have to point out the obvious, but worshipping a Palestinian Jew from 2,000 years ago won't help Turks. Real Turks need Tengrism.
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  1858.  @Afghanman25  Governing occupied land is far more difficult than taking it. The regime pulling out means that everything from schools to garbage collection will no longer offered.
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  1859. Their behavior is peculiar. For most law-abiding citizens, at least in developed countries, we would be angry if the police weren't there to get rid of the criminals. Nobody would be dancing for the police to get out of the neighborhood.
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  1860. It was a bloody ethnic/religious political INTERNAL conflict and I doubt anybody won. It got so messy and bloody the UN and US/NATO was forced to intervene so you guys would stop killing each other. Nobody won. Everybody lost.
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  1861. Then don't come to Japan.
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  1862. 秀吉の水攻めと同じちゃいますか？米軍も南方で日本軍に対して同じ事をしてた。
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  1863. 99% of the population don't really need a foreign language in their daily lives or work in Japan. We're required to study a 2nd foreign language in most university programs...but again we have zero need for those languages.
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  1864. I was shocked hearing illegal drugs being UBERed in some countries during the pandemic. I feel society has evolved without me.
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  1865. Korean peninsula was untouched by WWII. It was the Korean War in the 1950s that did the damage.
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  1866. Wars only end with diplomatic negotiations. And talking starts with a military stalemate. Too little assistance or too much assistance should be counter-productive to peace talks.
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  1867. I don't know how it's done in NYC, but in Japan the mid-night crew does maintenance of the tracks so we can't run the train 24 hours.
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  1868.  @cyder534  3,000-3,600 years ago, there wasn't contact between China and Japan. I don't know much about the Korean peninsula though. Historical accounts say Manchus/Jurchens, Chinese, and Japanese were living on the Korean peninsula in ancient times.
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  1869. What happens at midnight?
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  1870. I had the same question. I never imagined a Surface-to-Air missile can be used in ground attack. It's designed to be super-sonic, agile, and with a small-warhead to chase/lock-on to moving objects in the air, so I thought a ground-attack would beyond the scope of the design. I'd no idea retrofitting with a GPS guidance could turn it into a super-sonic cruise missile. I mean if they can really guide the missile, I doubt they would be aiming for a pizza joint.
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  1871.  @user-vz5gi5tw9x  Excellent point. This is an extremely complicated topic. Japanese surname also matters, and historically surname is passed down from paternal lineage. Education and upbringing is still most important regardless of ancestry. I had a classmate with Russian/Ukrainian ancestry who was born, raised, and educated in Japan. She doesn't have Japanese ancestry, but she'll always be more integrated and accepted in Japan than most "half-Japanese" interviewed on this channel. It's because she has a Japanese mindset and mannerism, and Japanese is her first language so she can communicate just like a native/local. (I heard from her that her parents speaks to her in Russian, but she speaks to her parents in Japanese.) Her family naturalized so they all Japanese citizenship too. The other issue is more sensitive because it's about beauty standards. In Japanese entertainment industry, it's always said that "Hafu" celebrities with Japanese fathers tend to be more successful than the other way around. Without doubt cultural and social upbringing is most important. But it's also a true that Japanese men tend to marry foreign women who generally fit within Japanese beauty standards. And beauty standards isn't simple and superficial things like skin-tone, height, or facial structure, it's also about personality, mannerism, and mindset.
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  1872.  @AngelicKitsunehehe  I don't think we have an accurate count on the children of international marriages as some may not have Japanese citizenship. In 2022, there were 504,930 marriages for Japanese citizens. Japanese-husband & Japanese-wife couple was 487,245. Japanese-husband & Foreign-wife couple was 10,907 cases. Foreign-husband & Japanese-wife couple was 6,596 cases. The reason why these numbers are somewhat skewed is because we have historically had many Taiwanese, Chinese, Koreans, Nikkei-Brazilians, Filipinos who are raised/educated in Japan, as well as naturalized citizens. Thus, if a naturalized citizen marries a Zainichi Korean in Japan...it still counts as an international marriage.
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  1873. I live in a country which has fought wars with Russia in the past. Your point is why we never ever underestimate the Russians. They are tenacious, crazy, brutal, ingenious, and have extreme endurance under difficult conditions. Russians are ready to sacrifice as many people as necessary for their objective. And they know how to adapt really well to ever-changing realities, which can also be witnessed from Russian immigrants all over the world. If Ukrainians want to win this war, they need to be crazier than the Russians. They need to show the Russians that invading Ukraine is more costly than beneficial. War is a competition of who is more psycho.
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  1874. Did the Puritans come legally?
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  1875. Haitian police cannot stop heavily armed gangs who are connected to various people with power/money. That said, the international community cannot save Haiti from Haitians.
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  1876. Not taking cover in a rocket attack only means that it's not a real attack.
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  1877. Yeah, the next Syria.
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  1878. EVs aren't suited for floods, so be careful.
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  1879. Why are some countries so incompetent?
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  1880. From a Japanese perspective, the only entity that Taiwan can declare independence from is Japan, since Taiwan was part of Japan. But Taiwan has been independent from Japan for nearly 80 years, so it doesn't make any sense.
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  1881. It's one of heavily restricted regions for foreign journalists. Vice went a while back but it was already dangerous for journalists.
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  1882. "BATEREN" in this video is also a word for Christians/Christianity in Japan in 16th century. It's how the word "Padre" in Portuguese/Spanish sounded in Japanese at the time.
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  1883.  @reit.2889 From my own experience, most Japanese really enjoy living and vacationing in Singapore. It's clean, safe, orderly, yet diverse. Singaporeans are trustworthy and honorable, and infrastructure is safe and reliable. I like the food choices because it's so delicious and diverse. The education is better than Japan too. Sadly, it's become expensive to live in Singapore. The following is a 2018 statistic published by Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It's the top 10 destination that Japanese citizens have visited (pre-Pandemic). (1) USA 3.49mn (of which Hawaii is 1.49mn, and Guam is 0.56mn) (2) South Korea: 2.95mn (3) China: 2.69mn (4) Taiwan: 1.97mn (5) Thailand: 1.66mn (6) Hong Kong: 0.85mn (7) Singapore: 0.83mn (8) Vietnam: 0.63mn (9) Philippines: 0.63mn (10) Germany: 0.61mn
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  1884. So much misinformation and disinformation...I question everything these days.
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  1885. Imagine if Lebanon gave citizenship to refugees from Palestine, Syria, Iraq...that may trigger another civil war for a country that is barely able to survive. Lebanon already has enough internal problems which is why so many Lebanese have been emigrating for decades.
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  1886. 双方が譲歩して妥協点を探さないと停戦合意が実現しない。今のところ双方とも意固地。
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  1887. ​ @tj-co9go Where do you think Buddhism originated from? Indian buddhist monks were in Japan during the HEIAN period, centuries before any Europeans arrived in Japan. Everyone knew about India. The word for Tibet, Nepal, and India was TENJIKU. 天竺, which mean Heaven & Umbrella. It's referring to the himalayas. The phrase 唐天竺, literary meaning China & India is an archaic phrase to refer to extremely faraway land. The educated class in Japan has always known about 西遊記 and 三蔵法師, which by the way is the original muse for Dragon Ball.
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  1888. ​ @dirckthedork-knight1201 Spanish and Portuguese were called NANBAN-jin, and British and Dutch were referred to as KOUMOU-jin. NANBAN is 南蛮 which refers to Barbarians to the South. It's originally a Chinese concept. Barbarians to the North are 北狄, Barbarians to the East are 東夷, and Barbarians to West are 西戎 in traditional Chinese middle-kingdom context. In modern Japan, we still have dishes with the name NANBAN-Zuke. KOUMOU-jin is written as紅毛人. It just means Red-Haired or Red & Hairy People. Portuguese and Spanish were eventually banished from Japan. Just the Dutch allowed to trade in Nagasaki.
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  1889. The fact you think Asian standards are the same says you don't know much about Asia.
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  1890.  @ThEvilsTeam  It's Chinese style mega-projects. Solar and wind projects are industrial policy so they can dominate the sector. The problem with top-down Chinese approach is the upgrade/replacement cycle comes at the same time too. Generally, it's much easier to upgrade/replace smaller projects over a course of multiple years and decades, building out recycling systems along the way. It reduces the impact from boom/bust cycle.
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  1891. And I thought "Rus" were a mixture of Scandinavian Vikings and Baltic people...
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  1892.  @stevealexander8010  Chicken and egg situation, isn't it? If the currency rate were stable, would there be so much hyper-inflation? Or is the hyper-inflation the source of a weak currency? Turkey has a similarly ridiculous inflation and interest rate situation (but not as horrendous as Argentina). My strong suspicion is that once the currency rate stabilizes, people wouldn't be so obsessed with exchanging their salary into foreign currency or spending it like there is no tomorrow. By the way, when you look at GDP in USD, do you use the same rate throughout the period and ignore currency fluctuations?
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  1893.  @erauprcwa  You're both correct. Hawaiian is in the process of replacing its aging Airbus A330 with Boeing 787 for the long routes to Japan, Australia, and Continental US.
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  1894. How many years will the car last?
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  1895. History of Korean peninsula wasn't always united. And so-called united regimes didn't always control the entire peninsula. It's easy to blame the Russians, Chinese, Americans, or Japanese but in reality nobody forced Koreans to favor Communism or Capitalism.
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  1896. You do realize people in Eastern Ukraine are fighting people of Western Ukraine. And some Ukrainian soldiers have Russian ancestry, while some Russian soldiers have Ukrainian ancestry. And the world suffers until they reach an agreement.
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  1897. Most Canadians aren't from Canada, originally. So this argument becomes really confusing in the Americas when your ancestors aren't native to the land.
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  1898. ハーフの人は外見のみで判断されると認識してる人が多いみたいだけど、振舞い・歩き方・服装・雰囲気・考え方・礼儀などで日本人かどうか判断されると思う。高橋藍、酒井豪徳、室伏浩二、小野田紀美、玉城デニー、沢尻エリカを見て『外国人』だと認識する日本人はいないはず。血筋よりも育ちの方が圧倒的に重要だと思う。
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  1899. 追加で罪が増えた？
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  1900. I sometimes wonder if it was diaspora or religious conversion. Languages, cultures, and religion get replaced all the time.
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  1901. Afghans are perfectly capable of creating a famine with or without external help. Too much Allah is why they are in this current mess. They would've been economically developed like many Asian nations had they stayed Buddhist.
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  1902. ​ @micclay The biggest mistake is assuming that Asia has a shared culture.
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  1903.  @kokojambo4944  Thanks for the context. I've never lived in Europe so it's very difficult to understand the nuances just from news clips. If the root cause is a conflict between traditional French (secular) and Islamic culture/values, then the problem is far beyond any issue of other countries with skin-tone or ethnic differences. (I was picturing something along the line of BLM or LA riots.) But it begs the question, why aren't descendants of immigrants not able to embrace French culture/values? If they don't feel comfortable with French culture, values, and society (which I presume is what makes France, France), they can always emigrate to more Islamic countries. There is such a wide-choice from Taliban Afghanistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, or Algeria/Tunisia.
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  1904. What is there to talk when your neighbor is about to invade you?
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  1905.  @Countrybumpkin-in4bgmbndue  If you really live in Japan, you should know the high electricity cost. 70% of Japanese electricity is derived from imported fossil fuel. There is already growing electricity demand for data-centers and AI usage. And 40% of new car sales in Japan are Kei-classification, which are already inexpensive and fuel efficient. Basically there is no demand or benefits for BEVs by Japanese consumers. BEV sales is still less than 10% of Northern American market, and less than 15% of European market...and almost every automaker loses money selling BEVs. Suffice it to say, BEVs are not seen as ground-breaking next-generation technology in Japan. But public buses and trains in Japan are currently testing Toyota's hydrogen fuel-cell system for mass adoption in the 2030s and 2040s. In the meantime, 40% of Toyota global sales are already deriving from hybrid vehicles. Given the frequent natural disasters like Typhoons, earthquakes, and heavy snow/wind/rain, we only find negative affects from combining fuel sources and electricity sources.
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  1906. The comparison should not be with Japan. Edo/Tokyo was the largest urban citiy in the world a few centuries back. Japanese rice derivatives were far more advanced than any country. We still use Japanese candles in financial charts. When Japan administered Taiwan and Korean peninsula, similar infrastructure, education, healthcare, and industrial policies were implemented as to Japanese mainland. It's why they were able to develop just like Japan. Post-independence, they already had the necessary social institutions, gov apparatus, intellectuals, teachers and technical skills to run their countries. Spaniards and French were interested primarily in resource extraction and plantation. They didn't invest in the people. They had no interest in natives, and they just needed cheap manual labor. There was no reason to educate slaves beyond basic language and farming skills. As the socioeconomic class structure in Latin America indicates, the country cannot run without people with technical skills. So what happened in Rhodesia or Zimbabwe is exactly the same.When they kicked out the White farmers, agricultural production plummets. Same reason why South Africa is facing one crisis after another.
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  1907. There is no way for us to tell from appearance whether a foreigner has partial Japanese ancestry or not. There are a bunch of Eurasian mixed people from Central Asia to Russia living in Japan. And a half-Japanese or even full-Japanese person who doesn't have native fluency in Japanese culture, language, or history would be treated no differently from any other foreign tourist visiting Japan.
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  1908. 全てが誰かのプロパガンダに聞こえる。ニュースというより、誰かのマウスピース。
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  1909. That's a good question. Most Chinese automakers won't survive the current price war in China. Foreign automakers will just watch the Chinese eat each other.
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  1910. ロシアにとっては全員、捨て駒。ソ連や中国は昔から撤退しようとする兵士を後ろから撃つ。
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  1911. You can always send them to Rwanda.
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  1912. Drugs, guns, people...anything can move within a poorly designed economic union. (The weakest link becomes your capability.) Reverse migration was one of the unintended consequence of European colonization, but it was interesting to know that drugs were impacting the upper echelons of society. As for the Brits and Dutch, you guys made a lot of profits from selling Opium in Asia...so it's poetic.
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  1913. It seems like Russia has been avoiding urban street fighting as much as possible.
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  1914. Didn't the US military withdraw from Syria when the Turkish forces were slaughtering the Kurds? Why are they back now?
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  1915. And if units surrender it'll be like Iraq or Afghanistan.
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  1916. Why is there so much population growth in poor lands?
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  1917. China's spokeswoman should get an Oscar.
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  1918. Ironic as it is Nissan has additional US capacity so they have room to relocate some production to their US assembly plants, while Toyota is operating at full capacity due to high demand and cannot adjust quickly.
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  1919. I'm not convinced that independence was a good thing for them.
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  1920. The US "lost" because it never had any intention of occupying the land. The Afghan government was corrupt and incompetent and was unable to maintain support of the Afghan people. So more accurately, the US has given up in helping the Afghan government.
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  1921. It was a naive mistake to accept so many refugees and migrants in the first place.
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  1922. Japanese law doesn't discriminate based on place of birth. The only thing required is having a Japanese parent and being registered in the family KOSEKI.
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  1923. Most are women and children. What are you talking about?
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  1924. Just hire 100 retired Ghurkas.
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  1925. That's now how I learned 20th century European history.
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  1926. Generally speaking, Japanese fluency of native Slavic speakers living in Japan is far superior than many from English-speaking countries. We've witnessed Ukrainian refugees reaching business-level fluency in just 2 years of language school in Japan. There are many theories on why, such as phonetic overlap, language training methodology, or exposure to multiple languages since childhood. Japanese would be the 3rd, 4th, or 5th language for many of them so they already know how to study a language.
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  1927. ​ @shadowleon659 The invasion was a mistake.The Afghan government was a mistake. Karzai was a mistake. Staying after OBL was a mistake. Assuming NATO can win a counter-insurgency was a mistake. But you really can't do anything meaningful without basic security.
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  1928. The Africans in Shinjuku Kabukicho either want to sell you something (not good), or scam you to work in places (not so good). Imagine growing up seeing Africans like that in Shinjuku, Chinese like that in Ikebukuro, or Kurds like that in Saitama. Can you understand why we develop stereotypes and feel disgusted by certain people?
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  1929. Apple announced a US$110 billion share buy back. Meta has a US$50bn buyback. It isn't anything special.
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  1930. Saudi and Iran deserve each other. They have their favorite militant groups throughout the region.
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  1931. He wasn't that important, I presume. Obviously, given his criminal background and connection to North Korea, police and counter-intel is monitoring every move.
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  1932. Look at any video of Russian life in 2023.
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  1933. Afghan destroying their own history and culture.
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  1934. Anatolia was colonized, assimilated and ruled by Turkmen, who were Turkified East Iranians. Turkmen were conquered by migrating Turkic tribes from Northeast Asia and later Turkified. Many of the Turks in Northeast Asia were pushed out by other Turkic and Mongolic tribes/clans from Turkic homeland. Genetics suggest people of modern Turkey are mostly descendants of indigenous Greeks, Armenians, Kurds, etc who were Turkified. Syrians in ancient times weren't Arabs either, but that's a totally different story.
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  1935. 岸田の宝物。
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  1936.  @bartlett2335 In reality, native English speakers often have a distinct accent when they pronounce Japanese words (and vice versa). Not only is the vowel butchered, but more importantly the pitch accent is off. In comparison, phonetic overlap makes it much easier for Slavic and Romance/Latin native speakers to pronounce Japanese words more clearly and elegantly. In most cases HAGORMO will be pronounced Heygo-RO-mor by an American, and Hagoro-MO by an Italian or French speaker. This narrator has a very good understanding of Japanese phonetics and intonation (i.e. pitch accent).
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  1937. I doubt any European country can obtain air superiority over Russian jets.
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  1938.  @julianasilva6946  The experience may be different based on factors like region, profession, education-level, etc. If you're 1/8 Japanese...I highly doubt you'll experience any racism in Brazil. I don't think people would even notice your Japanese ancestry. But if you're 100% Japanese by blood from both sides of your family, the experience may be different. Now, the reverse may be also true when in Japan. If you're 1/8 Japanese, I don't think people in Japan can notice the Japanese ancestry. Even for people with 1/4 Japanese ancestry, it's sometimes difficult to tell if the remaining 3/4 mixture is non-Asian. Because Brazil is racially diverse, the appearance really depends on who they mixed with.
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  1939. The fishing cost, process/labor cost, shipping and storage cost, and the middleman cut...adds up quickly.
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  1940. Many consumers base their decisions on monthly payments, so lower interest rates will undoubtedly be favorable for car sales. However, the broader issue is the spike living costs in last 5 years, which entails everything from daily goods, tuition, insurance, medicine, housing/rent, utilities, etc. It would be difficult to separate the car market from the rest of economic realities.
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  1941. I have never heard negative electricity prices. Can't Denmark sell electricity to Germany or Sweden? They have some dependency on fossil fuel, right?
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  1942. You guys should've never invaded them and forced Islam on the Uyghurs. Allah is why Uyghurs are in this mess and they can't seem to get out of.
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  1943. Moldova military is like 6,000 soldiers. Good luck.
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  1944. May I introduce you to Australia or the Americas where 80% of indigenous people were wiped out to accommodate European migration?
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  1945. マリウポリは開戦当初から包囲されたので、出入りが大変みたいですね。首都キエフ周辺の報道が多かったが、ロシア軍の主力部隊は南東部を制圧して、クリミア半島からロシア領内まで陸続きにすることに注力してた。
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  1946. There is no correct answer in identity, ethnicity, or nationality. And each person and society is different. Since Japanese society was traditionally organized around paternal lineage, we inherit the family name, tombs, registry (KOSEKI), customs, and religious sect, etc from father's side. (This practice of paternal lineage dates back to ancient clan structure such as 氏 or ウジ.) In modern times, Japanese society only viewed children of Japanese fathers to be Japanese. Until legal revisions in 1984, Japan only issued natural-born citizenship to children of Japanese fathers (except for single-mothers), and dual-citizenship was allowed. Thus, children of Japanese immigrants--like President Fujimori of Peru--or children of international marriages with Japanese fathers were allowed to have dual citizenship. Dual-citizenship was banned from 1985, and Japanese immigrants can no longer receive natural-born citizenship. To date, we still can identify NIKKEI-JIN with a Japanese family name.
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  1947. Does British Intelligence differentiate Russian regulars, PMCs, and conscripts or volunteers from Donbass/Crimea?
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  1948. You have to understand the sandy environment Gulf Carriers operate. RR engines require more maintenance according to Emirates CEO. They are happy with the Airbus planes but not the engine options or lack of.
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  1949. And Europeans in the Americas should go back to Europe too?
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  1950. Japanese society is strongly against it because we have a large ethnic Korean population. And I'm not talking about South Koreans who live in Japan with work/student/spousal visas, or children of international marriages who are natural-born dual citizens. Some of the Zainichi Koreans are descendants of migrants prior to Korean independence. They had Japanese citizenship and were able to run for office in Japan but legally lost Japanese citizenship after WWII (because Korean peninsula was no longer part of Japan). But most of them are children or (great) grandchildren of refugees and migrants during/after Korean War. There is also a significant minority living in Osaka from Jeju Island. They fled during/after the Jeju Massacres by ROK Army. Many of them entered/resided in Japan illegally but were not deported on humanitarian grounds. Zainichi Koreans and Taiwanese have a "Special Permanent Residency," which is very different from all other visas in Japan. It's basically a hereditary permanent residency with many benefits not given to other foreign nationals. The difficulty in the social integration of Zainichi Koreans is the main reason why Japanese immigration law is strict. It's why we now rarely recognize refugees, and why we don't allow dual-citizenship. A significant portion of them sympathize with North Korea, and attend North Korean schools across Japan. Most of them don't wish to become Japanese citizens, identify as Japanese, nor do they wish to return home to their home country. So we have no idea what to do with the Zainichi Koreans.
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  1951.  @kuznecoffjames  Where do you think the Anglos and Saxons migrated from? "Old English" is old German. But I never understood why the English/British didn't differentiate the Dutch from Deutch. Perhaps they were perceived as the same from the English/British? (I used to think that "Pennsylvanian Dutch" was really Dutch.)
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  1952. R U sure? I doubt most Japanese know of him.
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  1953. She is a criminal. She overstayed her visa, which made her an illegal.
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  1954. ロシア系住民が多数派のクリミアを失う可能性はゼロでしょ。
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  1955. They had a plan? If it's true that Russian soldiers were only told they were going on a military exercise, that explains why they quickly ran out of fuel and food. They seem to even have difficulty communicating and coordinating among various units.
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  1956. This is a risk to all war correspondents. If you're in a war zone...this can happen.
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  1957.  @LarryWater  The universities, health care system, ports, or railways are legacies of Japanese policies. Taiwanese seem very different from mainland Chinese in the way they think and behave due to Japanese cultural impact.
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  1958.  @Pomisher  Nobody in Tokyo says TOKYO-JIN. Are you sure she's from Japan?
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  1959. How is that Canadians sound like Americans?
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  1960. In some parts of the world, sending your children away with every penny you've saved is the best thing you can do for them. Twisted and screwed up but also a reality. In late 19th and early 20th century, young boys travelled alone to the US to avoid wars, famine, chaos, or religious persecution in Europe.
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  1961.  @mutteringmale  I don't know about military-grade GPS, but heavy Russian jamming has been creating havoc for all commercial airlines flying near Russian airspace. Radar and mapping instruments are randomly giving-off false readings.
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  1962. To be honest, 4.5% for 10 year US Treasury doesn't sound out of wack. As for moves in USD/JPY: (1) Japanese financial institutions are off-loading some US investments to avoid political risk; (2) unwinding of carry trade by investors; (3) Japanese exporters are locking in currency rates as the new fiscal year started from April 1st. The US has declared economic war on the world including Japan, and Japan holds about 1.2tn in US government bonds. In that context, the move is still tiny. USD/JPY above 150 has been considered abnormal by the Japanese government and industry as it excessively hurts importers particularly of natural gas and oil as well as many electricity/energy-dependent businesses (and has an inflationary impact on cost of living.) The government has indirectly intervened twice last year by selling some of its USD foreign reserves. Generally speaking, lower oil and nat gas prices means less demand for USD by Japanese importers. I've seen USD/JPY move around 10 yen/handles in a week during previous crises...so USD/JPY around 143 isn't really crisis level. Rather it's still in the process of normalization from unusual levels of last year. If I had to guess the comfortable level for both importers and exporters would be if the USD/JPY stayed within 120-140 range.
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  1963. Why did Pakistan think they could control a crazy man?
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  1964.  @NYlocked  Oh please, Russia shouldn't be in Asia in the first place.
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  1965. He wants Ukraine to allow Russian families to visit POWs in Ukrainian prisons? Did he forget the part that Russia is invading Ukraine?
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  1966. Actually, "half" is not the reason. The Gold medalist MUROFUSHI and Head of Japan's Sport's Agency was half-Romanian. The famous Yokozuna TAIHO was half-Ukrainian from Karafuto/Sakhalin. Politicians like ONODA Kimi in the Upper House, or the current Governor of Okinawa...there are many hafu-people in Japanese society. Naomi Osaka doesn't speak Japanese, so she will never be identified as part of Japanese society regardless of her citizenship. The real issue Japan had with this lady is that she doesn't fit the typical Japanese beauty standards. It's not like girls in Japan wanna grow up to be like her. Thus, it begs the question, is she really the right person to represent Japan in a beauty contest, when most people in Japan don't find her to be representative of Japanese beauty.
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  1967. I recall reading a translated newspaper article mentioning the captain is former Air Force with over 6,000 flight hours.
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  1968. @@homie3461 Good points, and thanks for the clarification. I think the common joke is that "Language is a dialect with an Army and Navy." In other words, it's often times political categories than linguistic ones. Examples are like Thai and Laotian, Norwegian/Swedish/Danish, German and Dutch, Romanian and Moldovan, or even Spanish and Portuguese. If I recall in the field of linguistics, there is no concrete definition of language vs dialect. But some say high mutual intelligibility or common lexicon/cognates is the deciding factor between language vs dialect. As for proto-Japonic or "日琉祖語," we still don't know whether it's based on a Yayoi-language or a Jomon-language or a hybrid/pancake language. Phonetic similarity with some Austronesian/Polynesian languages, grammatical similarity with Turkic, Mongolic, Manchu, Koreanic, and a lot of unique Japanese cognates indicate that Japanese language is a hybrid language of the various people who moved to Japan from 38,000-40,000 years ago.
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  1969. @@homie3461 There are US bases in Yokosuka, Atsugi, Yokota, Misawa, Iwakuni, Sasebo...on mainland Japan, so I don't agree with your statement. Yes, indeed they are annoying and no local wants them. At the same, we all understand that Japan has signed three military alliances--with the UK, Germany, and currently the US--in the 20th century alone to counter-balance the Russian/Soviet threat. The benefit outweighs the cost, at least currently. Thus, I believe it's in Japan's interest to maintain the security alliance, especially with the increasing Chinese threat. Of all the prefectures, Okinawa is the most likely invasion target by the Chinese, so it does make sense to keep US forces in Okinawa (as the proverbial "Tripwire"). Also I don't think people in Tokyo have any desire to "suppress" Okinawa language/culture. The uniqueness of Okinawa is why it's the top vacation destination. Also, if Japonic is a language from Manchuria, in theory there should be more common cognates with Koreanic and Manchu (which also originate from Manchuria). But even the basic words do not overlap, so I'm not so convinced in the West Liao River hypothesis. The rice-farming and sea-faring Yayoi people (Y-DNA Haplogroup Group O1b2) who migrated to the Japanese Isle and Korean peninsula around 3,000-3,500 years ago do seem to have genetic lineage from around the Yangtze Basin. Their most common characteristic is low/weak alcohol tolerance, which is presumed to be a natural selection.
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  1970. WTF?
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  1971.  @grow1820  South Korea is not the only Korea. That's why.
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  1972. For most foreigners in Japan, Japanese would be their 3rd, 4th, or 5th language.
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  1973. Why? They're selling to Chinese market, so Chinese quality will do. Japanese media always reported that Solid State Battery will be produced around 2027.
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  1974.  @ragingmonk6080  Afghans did show a spine. They were fighting against Americans.
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  1975. That's pretty naive. Everything sent to Syria will end up in the pockets of the regime or rebels. Like in Somalia, the authority to allocate relief goods becomes an important source of power to control people.
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  1976. 過去には政治家の方が嫌がるパターンもあるみたい。副大臣や政務官やら、局長以上は最低でも防弾車両に常時警護が必要。警察・自衛隊・海保などの最高幹部も同様。
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  1977. 恥という概念すら無い。
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  1978. He has no plan on integrating to Japanese society, learning Japanese language, culture, or mannerism...yet he wants to be treated like a Japanese (because he's half-Japanese by birth). それは無理です。
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  1979. 科学技術で自然を克服する、人間の都合に合わせて自然を管理する・・・という発想はたしかに驕りではある。でも古今東西、農業の歴史は水の管理・灌漑の歴史でもある。雨・雪が降らないと干ばつ→餓死に直結したので、土地そのものよりも水利権で古代から争うことも多かった。現在でも国同士、村同士、農家同士が水で争ってる。
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  1980. God/Gods are just human imagination. Why would they care in the first place?
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  1981.  @ductritran8637  Let's be real. TAIHO, MUROFUSHI Koji, MIYAZAWA Rie, TAMAKI Denny, HASEGAWA Jun, TAKIGAWA Christel, SAWAJIRI Erika, TAKAHASHI Ran, or SHIROTA Yu...endless amount of famous and successful half/mixed people in Japanese society. In other words, the discrimination is coming from the darker skin-tone. In summer times, many Japanese women use umbrellas and wear long sleeves to avoid getting tanned. As traditional make-up indicates, there is a strong aversion of darker skin-tone. It's implied that people who work in the fields are more tanned, which means the aversion has socio-economic and cultural roots. I've heard similar stories from South Koreans and Chinese when it comes to beauty standards.
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  1982. 戦争・戦闘終結後も数十年間は遺棄地雷や不発弾の問題が続くはず。アフガニスタンにはソ連侵攻時の地雷が現在でも多数ある。フォークランドにも紛争時の地雷があり、多すぎて除去が面倒となり英軍は立ち入り禁止区域を設定してる。カンボジア内戦後も地雷除去に長期間苦労した。近年でもISが支配したイラク・シリアの都市にはIED（≒手作り地雷）が多数隠されっため、現在でも復興の障害となってる。御存知のように、現在の日本や欧州でも第2次大戦の米軍投下の不発弾が定期的に見つかり、除去・爆破してる。
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  1983. It's already a dire situation when the UN members have to fund and deploy peacekeepers after a natural disaster. Those missions are usually for post-conflict countries like Cambodia, Mozambique, or South Sudan. Haiti was already incapable of self-governance back then.
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  1984. British forces had zero impact. They just fought IEDs.
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  1985. They weren't Afghan assets in the first place. It was merely international aide from numerous countries.
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  1986. Reportedly, many of the ISIS fighters and their recruiters from Tunisia were given money to join the cause. The question is where is all their money coming from?
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  1987. Why not shoot the leg or the arm?
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  1988.  adiagy9283  Don't be so naive. "Freedom and Democracy" is not why Japan has an alliance with the US. It was signed for the same reason Japan signed an alliance with the UK and later Germany, which was to deter the Russian/Soviet expansion into East Asia.
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  1989. I don't think any developed nation can build it with that price. A similar highway would easily cost over 10x. The most obvious question is how durable is this highway, especially against earthquakes and snow.
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  1990. Without the US military, the entire world is a sinking ship.
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  1991. Kosovo doesn't have the capability, so you mean NATO vs Serbia.
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  1992. ​ @13MAM13 It was an American design. The back-up generator was underground to protect it from tornadoes. Unfortunately, useless in Japan.
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  1993. Once again, another legacy from Carlos GONE.
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  1994.  @darkLORDofpain  Looking at Ukraine, it doesn't seem that rare. It can be stray or malfunctioned air defense missiles, or fragments of a partially-hit enemy missile/drone knocked off course. Even if that was the case, air defense was responding to Lebanese attacks. So the legal and moral responsibility should be with the Lebanese.
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  1995. I truly hope there are opportunities for your daughter to learn Japanese language and culture. I've heard that in areas where there are high concentration of Japanese expats and descendants, there are Japanese-language kindergartens and schools. As you know, the younger the easier it is. I've met many Nikkei-Americans, Brazilians, Peruvians. Many of them have successful professional careers because they are bilingual and trilingual, have technical skills, and advanced degrees. They are able to take advantage of their Japanese ancestry and know how to be useful (for both sides) by getting involved in cross-border exchanges and interactions...whether a foreign company operating in Japan or a Japanese company operating in North and South America. You may also wish to look at the current visa requirements for Nikkei 4-sei (日系4世). Unlike the 2nd and 3rd generation, who can live and work in Japan without any restrictions, the Japanese government has placed language requirements for the 4th generation. Even if your daughter has no plans to live and work in Japan, it will be nice to be able to visit and experience the language and culture of her ancestral lands. It is a special feeling to stand in the land where your ancestors have lived for thousands of years.
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  1996. Please don't mix all black people together. A black person from France behaves completely differently from someone from the US. For whatever reason, the French dude I know is perfectly well adjusted to Japanese society.
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  1997. The only interpretation is that the South Korean government has been intentionally ignoring the problem for a long time, because they understand that industry/economy depends on foreign-workers. But again, I don't know how illegals deal with health-care, pension, income tax, children's education etc. How can you go home to visit your family without being caught at the airport?
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  1998. It depends on where the Tuna is caught, and distance to Japanese ports. Fishermen don't need to freeze Tuna caught off Japanese coasts, but some vessels are weeks away from Japan in the middle of the Pacific.
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  1999. TBSさん、権利関係を調整してから流してください。
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  2000. ​ @Alexcobra861 I went to school with half-Japanese classmates. First and foremost, the deciding factor in treatment is native fluency in language, culture, customs, mannerism, and mindset. Both of your parents can be from Japan, but if you're raised abroad and behaving differently from natives, people will notice and may treat you as a guest or even an outsider.
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  2001. ロシア軍の一般兵の月給と同水準。国によって物価が違うから。
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  2002. All these foreigners bringing in COVID...
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  2003. Can it still be called debt when rates are negative?
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  2004. Unlike other automakers, Nissan Leaf is one of the few BEVs that you can verify battery life/health on a used car. As long as they're not regularly DC fast-charged, the batteries will have a long life.
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  2005. 黒海沿岸の土壌は地面が凍ってる方が戦車などが自由に動けるらしい。ロシアはもっと早くに侵攻したかったけど、五輪終了まで待ってくれと中国に言われたとか。侵攻が遅れ暖かくなって泥状になり戦闘車両が動けなくなったのが苦戦した一因。冬を歓迎してるのかも。
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  2006. Why does Iran supply weapons to Russia, Hezbollah, and Hamas? Iranians are on a strange path that could only lead to their own destruction.
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  2007.  @gruntusmc8922  According to these individuals, it's apparently an "Occupation" by UN Forces. I feel sorry for the Kenyan soldiers and police officers. (I'm sure the Kenyan government will be compensated for their efforts.) Sending anything or anyone to Haiti is a mistake, because it won't stick. Haitians just need to fight it out as only Haitians can save Haiti.
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  2008. Ukraine is getting so much satellite intelligence from NATO/US, I think they know the exact location of Russian troops near the border.
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  2009. The JPY wasn't that strong in the 1980s.
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  2010. ​ @SadaK-tr6dm Perhaps you're too young to remember 9/11. From Lebanon barracks to USS Cole to Tunisia, people still remember.
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  2011.  @magnuslindgren5640  Russians honouring agreements...that's a new concept.
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  2012. German helmets were very useful, right?
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  2013. War is part of being human. Technology advanced for military purposes, including aviation, communication, computers, internet, GPS, etc.
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  2014. ​ @mikeb5664 NATO was triggered after 9/11 by the request of the US. Americans may have forgotten European soldiers have died in Afghanistan for the US. It's the only time that NATO collective alliance was activated since inception.
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  2015. They have money for nuclear weapons, supporting Taliban...but not for basic infrastructure.
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  2016. 人類の歴史は戦争の歴史。まだ一年だし、過去の大きな戦争に比べれば紛争地域が限定されてるお蔭で死傷者は少ない方。戦況が膠着すれば双方とも戦い疲れて外交交渉で休戦・停戦・終戦するのがセオリーだけど、多くの国が支援すればするほど戦争は長引く。むしろ長びかせるのが国益と考えてるので、せっせと武器・資金を提供してる。
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  2017. @@HFritz-kp8io Half-Japanese people like Darvish Yu will never be treated like foreigners in Japan, because they're culturally 100% Japanese. The current governor of Okinawa is half-American too.
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  2018.  @H.Sage-kl3ig  Don't you know anything about the Korean War?
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  2019. It's not automakers that decide the pace of EV adoption, it's the customers.
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  2020. That's the history of the Americas.
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  2021. The question is, will there be a Myanmar standing without the military regime that has forcibly kept the country together. Myanmar looks like it's turning into another Yugoslavia, which eventually split into half a dozen countries. And even after 30 years, there is still a lot of tension.
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  2022.  @dardarshee5925  I only the know the part in relation to Japan, as many Japanese have fought for Burmese independence after WWII. I personally knew an old Japanese gentlemen who was in Burma as a military martial arts instructor during the independence movements after WWII. What I do know is that Japanese military had to step in because the Burmese and Karens were constantly killing each other during WWII. Naturally, Japan's wish was that they would join forces to fight against the British administration. But we all know it didn't work out that way. As for Karen independence, it may or may not work in your favor. Imagine Laos or Cambodia...you'll be far less relevant and poorer than they are in the region, and most likely end up as subservient dependents/puppets to strong neighbors. I used Yugoslavia as an example, because Yugoslavia was once influential and visible during the Cold War. Now, almost all the Balkan countries are small and have little relevance even in Europe.
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  2023.  @dardarshee5925  The British (and French and Russians) used the "Divide and Conqueror" approach to control their overseas territories and colonies. Ethnic sub-divisions were purposely promoted, border-lines were intentionally made divisive, and loyal minorities were given educational, employment or social privileges. (If I'm not mistaken, some people living in Northeast India have more in common with people of Myanmar than with most South Asians. Which means, the border-line doesn't reflect historical linguistic and cultural demographics.) To date, you see the negative effect from Colonization in Central Asia, South Asia, Middle-east, or Africa. Nobody living today can undo history from the 19th century. You'll have to figure out how to move forward whether it's independence/secession or a federal autonomous region. In reality, we already know that China and India have been trying to influence Myanmar to their advantage. They will exploit any ethnic, social, political, religious, regional or military divisions to achieve their goals. While you may only want a peaceful community for the Karen people, it would be extremely difficult to be detached from geopolitical realities. As for Japan, for decades we have offered massive amounts of economic assistance to Myanmar, hoping that you'll be able to lift yourself out of poverty. Japanese government and industry wished that Myanmar can develop economically like Vietnam and Thailand. Japan's hope was that economic development will eventually lead to political freedom and social stability. But right now it's near impossible for any company to invest in countries where there is constant fighting.
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  2024. Japan's alliances with the UK (1902), Germany (1937), and later the US (1951) all had the same purpose, which was to counter-balance Russian/Soviet expansion into East Asia. For the same reason, Japan had cooperated with Poland before WWII as well. In fact, Japan's war with the Qing Dynasty (1894), war with Imperial Russia (1904), the annexation of Korean peninsula (1910), funding the Chinese Revolution (1911), and Manchuria Incident (1931) were all targeted to keep the Russians/Soviets out of the Korean peninsula and Inner Manchuria (a.k.a China's Northeast Region). Those were the path of the Mongol Invasion in the 13th century, which is why it was the primary military and diplomatic goal to keep the Russians/Soviets far away from Japan as much as possible. Ever since Imperial Russia seized Outer Manchuria (a.k.a Russian Far East) from the Manchu/Qing Dynasty in the 1860s, it became an existential threat for Japan. To date, 1/3 of all Japanese military forces are stationed in Hokkaido, which is the closest island to Russia. During the Cold War, the most important Japanese military exercise was to transport/deploy troops to Hokkaido from other regions, in preparation for a Soviet invasion. But unlike in Europe, nobody in East Asia believed the Cold War ever ended.
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  2025. ​ @Guishan_Lingyou Toyota started Hybrid research in the 1980s. They lost money in the Prius project for the first 10 years when they introduced it in the Japanese market in late 1990s. Some people thought they were stupid. What you probably are missing is that Japan is fully committed in Hydrogen energy source, since we cannot be reliant on fossil fuel forever. Toyota understands this, so they are investing in the future. MIRAI is literally future in Japanese. Toyota already supplies Hydrogen-fueled buses, and they are now testing hydrogen-powered trains with JR East and Hitachi. The project name is called Hybari, and is intended to be operational around 2030. Toyota thinks in decades, so hydrogen cars will be more common in 20 years time.
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  2026. ​ @aynrandfan7454 In terms of economic dependency on drugs, Afghanistan is somewhat like certain Latin American regions/nations. Poppy-farmers and drug-smugglers maintain significant influence over whomever was/is in charge because it's the primary industry that generates much-needed cash for the country. The US military quickly cancelled eradication programs in Afghanistan in order to prevent further destruction of peasant- and rural-life and pushing them to join the Taliban. And Taliban regime in power also becomes hesitant in suppression of opium-business...because drugs are the primary revenue stream. I don't know how anyone can UNDO all of this.
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  2027. Ukraine can't maintain and service the weapons by themselves. Worst case, fall into enemy hands.
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  2028. I think it's like that because most automakers are selling new EVs at a loss to meet carbon credit and government regulations. They're trying to reclaim a portion of their investments through aftermarket sales and repairs. This wouldn't have happened if the demand wasn't artificially created by incentive programs and government penalties.
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  2029. We're NOT responsible for Communist ideology. 孫文 and many Chinese intellectuals were in Japan. In fact, the 1911 revolution was partially funded by Japan. For us, the primary objective was to keep the Russians far away from us as possible. This became paramount after the Russians seized Outer Manchuria in 1850s. To keep the Russians out of Korean peninsula, we annexed it. Because the Qing/Manchu dynasty was too weak and unreliable, we assisted Chinese intellectuals to overthrow it. Since the Chinese were utterly incompetent and internally divided after their revolution, we took matters in our own hands to kick the Russians out of Inner Manchuria in 1931. This is all because we saw Russians as a new Mongol invasion. Japan's entire diplomacy and military policy from 19th century and onward is based on how to the keep Russian at bay. To that end, we signed three military alliances in 20th century alone with UK, Germany, and the US. To date, a third of our military forces are still located in Hokkaido in preparation for a Russian invasion.
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  2030.  @LCCATCX  Don't be so bothered by export figures to China. The reason is most foreign automakers manufacture their vehicles in China under a forced Joint-Venture agreement.
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  2031. If you have studied history, you should know that we never learn from history.
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  2032. Frankly, there is no demand.
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  2033. Get rid of homework. It'll save the students and teachers.
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  2034.  @jarodgregor6682  It's inflation. US inflation is about 20% in the past 5 years. This car is actually too cheap.
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  2035. That's suicide for NATO.
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  2036. South Korea is so efficient...in the movies.
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  2037.  @9meishikun  操縦不能で海に墜落したのなら、（海面との衝撃で分解しても）大きな残骸が纏まって残りますよね。しかも離陸数分で沖合5キロぐらいの位置。これだけ海上・空中から探しても未だに機体が見つからないということは、何かしらの理由で離陸後に空中で爆発・分解したのではないか、という説。（一部の部品が剥がれたとか、翼がもげたとい次元ではないぐらいの大きな爆発・分解。）
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  2038. They cut corners and used cheap materials to make money.
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  2039. Or they can be preparing to use tactical nukes.
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  2040. Considering she's in Moscow, she's incredibly brave in her comments on senior Russian military leadership.
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  2041. South Korea cannot make anything original. They need Japanese machines and materials and designs. They just put on a logo and call it Korean. Which is Korean products don't sell in Japan. They're basically inferior knock-offs.
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  2042. You can't keep peace when there is none.
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  2043. Truly Junk.
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  2044.  @sherryford667  All Ukrainians learn the history of the Russian Empire, its brutal expansion, and the role Ukrainians played in it. They also know what Slavic people did to the Crimean Tatars, Circassians, and many non-Slavic people to the East/South of original Slavic lands. Russia fought twelve wars with the Ottomans over multiple centuries, killed or exiled natives to acquire access to the Black Sea. And that is very the land, i.e. the former territory of the Crimean Khaganate, where Russia and Ukraine is currently fighting over. The Russian obsession to unfrozen ports and access to the Black Sea has been going on since the 16th century. So if Ukrainians know the history of the land they currently occupy, it's pure insanity to even dream that Russians will allow Ukrainians to join any kind of security arrangement with Europe. Russia did not even need an excuse such as "protecting Russian speakers." In Russia's national strategy, they are merely taking back strategic locations of the Russian Empire. And that is why I think the Ukrainians were either naive, delusional, or simply uneducated in their geopolitical situation.
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  2045. What happened to the indigenous people? Any way, Haiti and DR have different admixture because the numbers of slaves brought over by France and Spain were significantly different. DR is not responsible for Haiti or Haitians. The UN is not responsible for Haiti either. Nobody can save Haiti from Haitians except for Haitians. Simply put, over-population is the source of poverty, crime, and instability. Similar problem seen in places like Madagascar. Once you surpass the limit the land can feed, you have to kill each other for resources, starve, or migrate.
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  2046. Battery-Electric-Vehicle market share in the US is less than 10% of new car sales. (80% of Tesla sales are in Blue zipcodes.) If GM does scale up, they're going to suffer even more. It's why both GM and Ford scaled back from pure BEVs and pivoted towards hybrids, which are currently outselling pure BEVs.
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  2047. There are North Korean guest workers in Russia, China, Southeast, etc. And North Korean upper-class secretly enjoy watching South Korean dramas. There are always merchants going back and forth between North Korea and China...so it's not like they are hidden from the rest of the world.
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  2048. It's neither Ukrainian nor Russian territory to begin with. The land belongs to the Tatars.
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  2049. China has tax incentives for "New Energy Vehicles" too. But that's hardly the issue. It's about China dominating the entire supply chain from Lithium mines to batteries to software using Chinese state funds. It's Chinese industrial policy that EU, US, Canada all oppose. And Japan has no tariffs on Chinese BEVs because Japanese people have such a low opinion on Chinese products, there is no simply need for tariffs.
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  2050. キエフ・ルーシやロシア帝国の領土まで遡って祖国として捉えてるから、ロシアとウクライナでは永遠に話が噛み合わない。
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  2051. They were fired by Ukraine to shoot down Russian missiles in self-defense. They were using Russian-made anti-air missiles, so I doubt any NATO member blames Ukraine.
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  2052. Unlike humans, bombs and missiles don't discriminate.
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  2053. US refused to provide "lethal weapons" to Ukraine after the 2014 conflict, which sent the message to Russia that Ukraine won't be protected by US/NATO.
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  2054. @Forward Go Indonesia wanted Japan to build and operate the railway. Japan was only willing to loan money through ODA for the project but not build/operate itself. From land acquisition, railway maintenance, passenger safety, environmental protection...as a national policy Japan simply doesn't take that kind of long-term country risk of operating railways in a foreign land. China agreed to Indonesian terms of BOT style project. It saved Indonesia some money, but also put it a Chinese mercy.
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  2055. ​@@comawhite1155That's before the invasion, no?
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  2056. This is an ethnic conflict that foreign governments should've never gotten involved. Sure you can win a few battles, control a few locations for a while, but I don't believe you can win a counter-insurgency in the long haul. They are from different cultures and they want a different nation.
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  2057. ​ @silluete Due to restrictions, Japanese-branded vehicles in China are all made in China via joint-ventures. They are an isolated market with China-specific models which use Chinese software and hardware. It has nothing to do with non-Chinese markets.
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  2058. I didn't realize drones can be harassed.
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  2059.  @Islamicthinker26301 If records on Jesus's tongue is accurate, people in the region were speaking Aramaic/Syriac around 2,000 years ago, implying that people living in the Levant were mostly linguistic, cultural, or genetic descendants of Phoenicians. But the idea of a "Promised Land" does hint that they may be migrants to the regions in ancient times. (It's a strange concept if you're indigenous to a certain land.) The region was extremely prosperous and advanced benefiting from maritime trade, so it won't be a surprise that it attracted many people from all directions.
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  2060. They abandoned them in the Americas.
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  2061. US and other G7 nations has always been funding most of UN programs and operations. The reality is no country wishes to send troops to Haiti, because we can't tell a friend from foe. Countries like Bangladesh, Nepal, or Pakistan profits the difference. The UN pays per soldiers.
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  2062. If humans know how to learn from the past, I doubt there would be so many wars even before history was recorded.
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  2063. Vikings weren't known for their accounting skills. Yes, Honda is doing fine financially. They cannot keep up with strong hybrid demand in North America, so some customers are waiting for months. China is a JV factory with a Chinese SOE for the local market. Chinese automakers are selling at a loss to gain market share, so foreign automakers have been reducing production. In other words, they would rather lose market share than sell cars at a loss. The other macro component is de-risking for geo-political reasons. Many foreign companies have become increasingly more sensitive to geo-political issues after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. You can see the exodus in every industry, be it semiconductors or automakers.
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  2064.  @Vinvininhk  I got interested so I was reading the Wikipedia page on 桂林 in Japanese, but I don't know how accurate the content is. Japanese Wiki page says the capital of 広西 was 桂林 throughout the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the name dates back to the establishment of 桂林郡 when the First Emperor invaded/conquered the 百越 region. After the 1911 Revolution, the political center seems to have moved back and forth between 桂林 and 南寧 (partly due to the war with Japan), but remained at 南寧 since 1950. As for the language spoken in 広西, Chinese people living in Japan explain it as following: Northern dialect (桂柳話) is similar to Mandarin, while Southern dialect (白話) is part of 粤語 and related to Cantonese. But within the 桂柳話 dialect, 桂林 and 柳州 have a distinctly different accent/dialect. 桂林話 is closer to 官話 but 柳州話 sounds more closer to Cantonese pronunciation (or a mix of Mandarin and Cantonese). And I do suspect that the same 桂 can hold different meaning, depending on which area, era, or what dialect/language you use in your daily life.
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  2065.  @woah99  7-11 stores in Hawaii were under Japanese 7-11 ownership since the 1980s. It's why they have very similar systems and products with those in Japan.
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  2066. None of you are indigenous. Christianity is a Middle-Eastern religion too.
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  2067.  @amranxtv3261  I didn't realize Muslims believe in Karma too. I thought that was a Hindu/Buddhist thing.
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  2068.  @rhea7756  HIMARs and MLRS or even regular artillery provided to Ukraine can hit Russian cities, if fired from border regions. However, there are unintended and unpredictable consequences of escalating the conflict.
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  2069. That's because US occupation of Okinawa continued till the 1970s.
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  2070. Lied about what? There has been a lot of media reports on Toyota & Idemitsu Solid State Batteries. Toyota plans to introduce BEV models with Solid State Batteries in 2027/2028.
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  2071. Regardless of passport/citizenship, please do everything in your power so your son learns Japanese language and culture (and attends Japanese school on Saturdays like children of expats), and if possible periodically visits relatives in Japan. I fear the Japanese government would NOT consider people who cannot read/write Japanese to be worthy of Japanese citizenship. This includes the many children of Japanese citizens who grew up overseas. My friends who live in US take their children to Japan and put them in Japanese kindergartens and schools during their summer breaks.
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  2072.  @gabrielemariotti5780  I've met people from Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, Mongolia, New Zealand, and Brazil who work in Japanese companies in Japan. They've graduated from Japanese universities and have near-native fluency in language/culture. International students almost automatically receive work visas after they graduate. I've worked with Russians and Brits who graduated from Japan Studies programs in their home countries, and they have amazing fluency in Japanese and have very good jobs in Tokyo. Thus, I highly doubt it has anything to do with being foreigner or not. It has a lot to do with having the right degree, background, and skill-set.
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  2073. If Subaru will be adopting Toyota's hybrid system, perhaps in the future Subaru's US hybrid production may also be supplied by Toyota's battery factory in North Carolina that's currently under construction. Reportedly, Toyota will start small production of batteries for hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and EVs from around 2025 for the North American market. The final completion of all battery production lines in North Carolina is scheduled for 2030.
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  2074. Now do you know why people in Japan see you differently if you have tattoos?
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  2075. It's too embarrassing for Russians to admit they missed.
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  2076. Machus who can't speak Manchu aren't really Manchu anymore, I'm afraid.
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  2077. Good for Japan.
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  2078. 太陽光も利権。
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  2079. Toyota had the courage to say in public that BEVs aren't meant for everyone, and they were ridiculed and criticized by regulators, policymakers, environmentalists, and investors. Europe and California are mandating BEVs. UK is going to ban all gasoline vehicle sales by 2030. Toyota asked for a more realistic and sensible approach, but the people pushing for BEVs are dogmatic.
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  2080. The world cannot save Haiti from Haitians.
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  2081. The people who live near Altai Mountains, Yenisey River, and Lake Baikal region are direct descendants of the real Turks. Even the Gokturk Orkhon Inscriptions record that Turks will survive as long as they stay in the mountain forests of this region. The Sakha/Yakut used to live around Lake Baikal region until they were pushed out by expanding Mongols in the 13th century. (That's why the Mongols live near Lake Baikal now.) One of the most noteworthy characteristics of Turks is their high level of metal/iron craftwork.
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  2082. An operation of this magnitude can only be executed with significant local assistance, as well as approval and support from the highest echelon of Israeli leadership. And the location is most interesting. I would assume that Doha or Istanbul would've been a less hostile environment. I suspect the assassination had to be in Iran to send a message.
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  2083. What is he talking about? If it weren't for the IMF, Argentina will be bankrupt.
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  2084. I'm no longer certain what fascism means in today's world. People use the term so liberally. Russia calls Ukrainians and NATO as fascists.
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  2085. "Education is the inheritance I'm leaving them." What a wonderful mother.
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  2086. Armenians are all over the world, even in Syria and Iran.
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  2087. MG and Volvo are both owned by Chinese.
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  2088. We have a labor shortage so you're not stealing anything. That said, you'll have more opportunities and your income will increase as you become more fluent in Japanese language and culture. Tourism, hospitality, IT, healthcare, or construction, there are plenty of jobs for bilingual people. Since you already have a degree, it would be nice if you can attend language and technical schools, or even graduate schools in Japan.
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  2089. 11 times in the past 10 days? Did I hear it wrong?
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  2090. Politicians only are a mirror of the people.
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  2091. Sadly, this will only prolong the war. I'm relieved that there are people in the German government/military who think about consequences. Russia will continue to exist regardless of the outcome of the war. And Ukrainian forces cannot win in Donbass and Crimea because the residents are overwhelming pro-Russia. I personally think Germany should be promoting dialogue to end (or freeze) the conflict rather than pouring more gas. But I ain't German.
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  2092.  @paulmcmillan533  I think that was Japanese sarcasm.
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  2093. It's one of the most dangerous place on earth right now.
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  2094. He's not just any expert.
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  2095. I don't think it has anything to do with residency status being 永住者 or 定住者. Immigration is tasked with filtering out unsuitable foreign national who could be potential threats to Japanese society. They're not tough enough is why we have so many crimes by foreigners. That said, I have strong suspicion that being from Brazil with no Japanese ancestry was flagged as well. Japan changed its laws around 1990 and allowed children and grandchildren of Japanese emigrants and their spouses/children to live and work in Japan. In hindsight, it was a clear mistake to not require basic language fluency. The Ministry of Justice is the sole organization that decides visa eligibility. And people working there are from the generation who grew up watching news about Brazilian and other South Americans on Descendant Visa getting arrested for drugs, shoplifting, burglary, car-jacking, home invasion, violence, etc on a weekly basis. The crimes were often by Brazilian, Peruvian, and Colombian husbands of Japanese Descendant wives. And it's not just the MOJ that was less than impressed with many Nikkei-Brazilians in Japan, who are often unable or unwilling to learn Japanese language and customs even after living in Japan for many years. Frankly, it was a shock seeing how descendants of Japanese emigrants changed so much after a few generations outside of Japan. The crimes became a social issue, so the government made it more difficult to obtain a Descendant Visa. Japan now requires minimum language skills for 4th Generation Descendant visa, trying to correct the mistakes they made with 2nd and 3rd generation Descendants and their spouses. (4th generation are able to switch to 定住者 after proving language fluency and 5 years of residency.)
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  2096. Turkic is a Northeast Asian language and culture. Most people in Azerbaijan and Anatolia don't have Turkic genetic ancestry, which means that they are also descendants of indigenous people. DNA tests show a genetic cluster or proximity in Azerbaijan and Armenia. People in Azerbaijan were Turkified in the last 1,000 years by waves of migrating TURKMENs, who themselves were mostly Turkified Iranic people from Southern Central Asia and Iran. Interestingly, Azerbaijan has a high concentration of Y-DNA Haplogroup R, which hints that they are descendants of ancient Indo-Aryans who also expanded into Europe, India, and Iran around 4,000-5,000 years ago.
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  2097.  @tacogodboomdogg  All sorts of food scares have occurred in the past. Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, or O-157 have been detected from agricultural imports from China. It's coming from contaminated water source, soil, local fertilizer, etc. Therefore, food exported to Japan are mostly from special contract farms that follow Japanese food safety standards. If we can, we will try to avoid foreign products as much as possible. But depending on season, product, or price range, we don't have much choice. My local supermarket has bananas from the Philippines and Ecuador, and avocado from Mexico. I don't think we grow bananas or avocado in Japan.
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  2098. It's not our job to prevent Koreans from returning to their homeland. If an Indian immigrant wants to return to India, so be it.
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  2099. I don't think studying English will ever make me English.
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  2100. I don't think you understand Afghanistan's ethnic divisions. Nobody allowed anybody in. The Taliban, who are predominantly Pashtuns from Afghanistan/Pakistan, were in plain site all along. They were just waiting for US/NATO to withdraw. Unfortunately, the "democratically" elected regime was so corrupt and incompetent, they weren't able to have wide public support. They were perceived as US puppet regime by many, regardless of ethnicity.
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  2101. They 3.3 million vehicles worldwide in 2024. Nissan isn't going anywhere.
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  2102. 危険アプリ
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  2103. What can light infantry paratroopers do in the advent of a Russian invasions? It appears more symbolic than anything.
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  2104. French cream in Africa?
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  2105. The winner of this conflict will be ruling over rubble. It will take decades to rebuild.
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  2106. The Rus claim they're descendants of Swedish Vikings who mixed with Baltic people. They eventually invade the Tatars along the Volga, Ural Mountains, Siberia, Central Asia, and Caucasus. It's ironically comical that vikings are now being invaded.
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  2107. Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, New England...the indigenous people of the Americas were killed and land was colonized by British settlers. It's clearly not the right comparison.
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  2108.  @gauravhupadhyay  Considering how the indigenous populations in Indian Reservations have excessive alcoholism, obesity, and diabetic cases...there must be a genetic component, in addition to discontinuation of traditional cuisine and lifestyle due to Western contact. As for DNA, Japanese don't share the same genetic ancestry with Tuvan/Altai Siberian people. Japanese are a genetic mixture of 40% of Haplogroup D (i.e. people who arrived in Japan during the last ice age), 40% of Haplogroup O1b2 (i.e. people who arrived in Japan and Southern parts of Korean peninsula around 3,000 years ago), and Haplogroup O2 (i.e. people who arrived in Japan during 4th-7th century). Haplogroup D ancestry is shared with Himalayans/Tibetans. The split between Tibetans and Japanese was some time in the ice age, estimated somewhere in Siberia or the Mongolian Steppe. Haplogroup D have extremely strong alcohol tolerance. (Ainu people of Karafuto/Sakhalin, Chishima/Kuril Islands, and Hokkaido have high ratio of Haplogroup D as well.) Haplogroup O2 is a common genetic marker of Northern Han Chinese and ethnic Mongols in Inner Mongolia. They were people who lived in the Korean peninsula in ancient times serving primarily in Chinese outposts, and fled to Japan during 4th-7th century when Koreanic people invaded the peninsula from Manchuria. Northern Han Chinese and Mongols have crazy strong alcohol tolerance. (In China, the northern and southern regions have clear differences in cuisine and alcohol culture, because Southern China was not traditionally "Chinese" in ancient times.) Haplogroup O1b2 is shared with 30% of South Koreans, and the ratio declines in North Korea. It is almost non-existent in Manchuria, where Proto-Koreanic people originate. (Proto-Koreanic people are Haplogroup C, which is also the dominant genetic marker of Manchu, Mongols, and Kazakhs.) O1 is a common Haplogroup observed in Southern China, Southeast Asia, and Taiwan aboriginals. They are the ones who spread irrigated rice farming to both Japan and southern parts of Korean peninsula around 3,000 years ago. Rice farming originates from the Yangtze River region. From studies, we know they have extremely low alcohol tolerance due to genetic mutation in ancient times. It's hypothesized that people who have this genetic mutation have stronger tolerance against water-born diseases common in irrigated rice-farming in warm weathers. As ironic as it sounds, people with these genes cannot become alcoholics because they cannot consume a lot of alcohol in the first place.
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  2109. You're definitely not alone. I think that's why so many people study or live in foreign countries, cities, regions, etc...looking for a place to feel comfortable. If I'm not mistaken, Argentina has Working Holiday programs with various countries, including Japan. Perhaps you may able to find your "home" in one of those countries. Perhaps living/working somewhere outside of Latin America may be a nice cultural experience. (But I'm fairly certain you'll experience a cultural shock just by living in neighboring countries.)
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  2110. They are not indigenous to Burma. Nobody wants Muslims including the rebels. They should be in their homeland in Bangladesh.
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  2111. You're confusing international law on who constitutes a lawful combatant or not with war crimes. I don't know what kind of insignia separatist soldiers wear but the most important factor is to be able to identify them. The fact that you can tell they are separatists and NOT civilians means that they can be identified.
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  2112. Chinese EV market is very competitive and a completely isolated segment. Most Chinese automakers lose money selling pure BEVs because they're forced to sell BEVs in the US$5,000-20,000 price range, and they have massive over capacity. There is no way a non-Chinese automaker can sell a car in China at that price and make money unless they seriously compromise with quality. As such, it's cheaper to use all Chinese components for the Chinese domestic market. In contrast, the North American market requires reliable, durable, fuel-efficient, and safe cars due to higher consumer expectations and government regulations, and the main price range would be about US$30,000-60,000 for most vehicles. Japanese automakers generally tailor-make vehicles for each region, such as China, North America, Europe, and Japan. Even if it's the same brand/model, the size, spec, interior, and components are different depending on each region. (The Japanese domestic market is completely isolated from the rest of the world as well, since 40% of new cars sold are Kei-cars and trucks. Which is also why US cars don't sell in Japan.)
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  2113. I don't think it's just German cars. Volvo used to be a reliable brand because it's life or death when a car breaks down in a Scandinavian winter. But now it's owned by a Chinese automaker so things are vastly different. Their cars look good on paper and appearance, but they are cutting corners with inferior components and less durability. They are becoming a Chinese car with a Scandinavian logo. It's a similar situation with German cars in China. The Logo or brand sells the car, but they have been too reliant on the brand name. For instance, Audi interior looks luxurious, and they have succeeded in marketing it as a German luxury vehicle in China and the US. But their reliability and durability does not match the positioning of the car. Audi is certainly far better than Chinese cars, and there will continue to be a segment in China that prefer foreign cars. The affluent in China won't be buying Chinese cars. However, customers in Europe, North America, and Japan require top quality and reliability even for the mass-market basic models. Which is the fundamental trouble with Audi and VW. If customers aren't happy with the quality, they will conclude it's over-priced and walk away.
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  2114. なんでやねん。一人の大臣のせいなのか？
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  2115. Religion of Peace
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  2116. Obviously, Turkic language and people are from northeast Asia. Old Turkic Runic and Chinese, written vertically, was used to record Turkic in their homeland. Neighboring Mongols under Khitan developed unique writing systems, which in later centuries the method was modified and adapted to record Korean. Mongol Empire didn't like Khitan letters so later adopted old Sogdian writing system to record Mongolian. Neighboring Manchus eventually did the same.
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  2117. Evacuating civilians or giving them a chance to evacuate is something Russia should've done before invading. Now I wonder if this is preparation for using tactical nukes in Kherson.
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  2118. Some insurance companies are refusing Kia and Hyundai because they're so easy to steal.
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  2119. I doubt the money is for Ukraine winning. It's more about weakening Russia as much as possible. A few ethnic Russian states in Eastern Ukraine becoming independent or joining Russian Federation doesn't drastically change the global security environment. Former Soviet countries fighting each other is a dream come true for war planners and an excellent opportunity to create a buffer zone between Europe and Russia. But again, this is the fault of the Ukrainians. Their inability to establish an internal political consensus on the course of their nation after independence is what is allowing both Russia and NATO to exploit the internal division and instability.
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  2120. When the world was thinking about easing sanctions, Iran just blew its limited opportunity. Is the Iranian regime that unware of what's going on in the rest of the world?
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  2121.  @elizabethpengson8244  Irrigated hydroponic rice was first cultivated near the Yangtze river, but most of the native ethnic groups that were the main members of the "Yangtze River Civilization" were pushed out by the Han Chinese who came from the north. Many of the rice-farming tribes started migrating east/south thousands of years ago due to war or reasons such as flooding of lowlands ideal for rice production. Ethnic minorities such as the Yi, Hani, orAkha people, who still produce rice in mountainous terrain in southern China and Southeast Asia, are likely one of their descendants. (People who make rice in the mountains are not traditional "mountain people". Instead it's a clear indication that they were originally from the low/wetlands.) If you look into Ifugao history passed down orally, it will tell you a similar story about their migration experience. By the way, we know from extensive archaeological and genetic research that Yayoi people (Haplogroup O1b2) started their migration from the Yangtze river to the Japanese islands around 3,000 years ago. Aside from rice production, practices such as facial tattoos, seafaring, diving/fishing, teeth-blackening, stilt-type homes are common traits among various tribes that have migrated out of the Yangtze river thousands of years ago.
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  2122.  @hb4196  It all depends on Russian objectives. If Russia wanted to destroy Ukraine, it has the capabilities to do so. Make no mistake, Russia has the ability to turn Ukrainian cities into Aleppo. So far there hasn't been a large scale ground battle. I presume that's because Russian objective is gunship diplomacy forcing Ukraine into altering its aspiration to join EU and NATO by installing a puppet regime. Analysis on Russian war efforts cannot be understood without its aim. War is only a mean to an end.
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  2123. Considering that many Soviet politicians and intellectuals were from Ukraine, and many older generations received their education during the Soviet era, I'm often surprised how little Ukrainians understand the way Russian war-planners think. Ukraine's only mistake post independence was not fully appreciating its geopolitical importance. I doubt Russians care about control over a particular city. But they will completely level Ukraine if need be, because they consider Ukraine joining NATO and EU as an existential threat to Russian survival. Ukraine should have opted to stay as a neutral buffer state between NATO and Russia, and gain economic concessions from both sides. That ship has sailed so now Russia is carving up a new buffer zone.
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  2124.  @gianellab.4953  Chow Chows were once bred as food. Akita Dogs are MATAGI hunting dogs to catch bears and deers. MATAGI hunting dogs only have one master.
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  2125. Whether in Russia or in Central America...tattoos mark the "achievements" or membership. It's basically a business card.
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  2126. My language teacher used to say that If you wish to write better, read in the language. And If you wish to speaker better, listen to the language (a lot). From having struggled with learning English, the Austrian girl's method makes sense, which was to listen to Japanese music, tv, YouTube, comedy, anime. etc. I think it would be faster to have basic fluency before you arrive, so you can perfect your Japanese in Japan.
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  2127. Why are federal agents in military camo?
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  2128. ベラルーシからアフガンやシリア難民は拒否したけどね。
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  2129. How is this excellent? It's mostly European banks and investors who own overseas Russian debt.
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  2130.  @ToRtzz  Indeed majority of foreigners living in Japan have little or only superficial knowledge of language, culture, history, tradition, etc. In contrast, the ones who are fluent in language, culture, and norms are assimilated and integrated. I'm actually impressed. I had to look up "Jishō–Juei War" to understand that you were talking about 治承・寿永の乱. I suspect most people in Japan who didn't choose Japanese history as one of the subjects for university entrance exam (or major in history) would simply know it as 源平合戦. As for Edo-era, I often think Feudal lords were puppets of the senior leadership of each 藩. And I'm sure you're aware the people who led the Meiji restoration were almost all low-level samurasi. There are some foreigners who know Japanese history more than most Japanese people. There is a Ukrainian/Russian YouTuber named Daria who covers history and mythology...and she definitely knows more about ancient Japanese history than I do. My sense is that Japan Studies programs in former Soviet countries is probably one of the best in the world, followed by those who've studied Japanese language, culture, history, etc at SOAS, Oxford, Cambridge in the UK. It's also why they are better accepted and integrated in Japanese society.
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  2131. Rohingya aren't native to Myanmar. And they're Muslims. If you think it's just the military regime that doesn't want them, it would be a gross misunderstanding of the complicated history of Myanmar. They're still suffering from British Colonial policies.
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  2132. This news is about HYUNDAI aka Fake Honda.
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  2133. If it's just GDP calculation, fiscal spending on military or domestic road infrastructure should show up as government expenditure. But the long-term social, political, or economic impact from the war is difficult to know whether in Russia, Ukraine, or Israel.
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  2134. Toyota's Hybrids are making money because they started their research in the 1980s and first introduced the Prius in the Japanese market in the late 1990s. Technology takes time and countless iterations to perfect.
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  2135. If Russia is losing disproportionate number of soldiers and equipment, relative to Ukraine, why is Russia still able to hold the land they invaded? Military common sense would dictate that either Russia isn't losing as much as communicated by Ukraine, or that Ukraine is also losing the same level of casualties.
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  2136. United and Boeing used to be same company until they were forced to separate, so I don't think United has any choice but Boeing.
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  2137. It's there to survive the extreme cold of the Tibetan plateau and the Himalayan mountains. That coat is what keeps them warm and alive as shepard dogs for thousands of years. Everything becomes different when animals are taken away from natural habitat, food, and climate.
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  2138.  @SandTiger42  都城 (MIYAKO-no-JYO) was the original birth place of the SATSUMA-clan...so their accent is generally understood as part of KAGOSHIMA dialect. If you go up further north in Miyazaki prefecture, they have a completely different accent from MIYAKO-no-JYO.
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  2139. CIA is a bit busy with more important stuff.
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  2140. Are you using a different definition for citizenship and Permanent Visa from the one in Japan? The video was about 国籍. People with Permanent Visa or 永住許可 are foreign nationals, so we can legally cancel and deport people who are convicted with Permanent Visa. You also lose PV when you live outside for certain number of years.
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  2141. Germany should minds its own business.
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  2142. The Russian Empire over-extended. The internal and regional differences are so great, Russia needs an authoritarian regime to hold everything together. Without such a regime, it will implode and disintegrate. It's the natural course of every empire.
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  2143. Centuries of suffering what exactly? You may wish to check out a Russian map from 500 years ago.
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  2144. So far we know the 25-person crew is from Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Mexico and the Philippines. It is a vehicle vessel heading to India. Ship is registered in Bahama, owned by Galaxy Maritime Ltd in the UK. It's leased to and operated by a Japanese shipping company NYK (Nippon Yusen). I don't know if the terrorists realize they just pissed off half of the world by interrupting a major shipping lane.
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  2145. I've never lived in Yamagata. But I imagine it's more traditional and conservative than areas like Osaka and Tokyo. I think you will have a very diverse experience based on where you live, study, or work. To be completely honest, I don't think you were treated the way you were because of your Turkish heritage or German upbringing. Most people in Japan probably cannot tell a Turk from a German in terms of physical appearance. I've worked with both Turks and Germans in Japan, and they were well liked and respected. Rather, I suspect the cold treatment was based on how you were perceived in terms of social class or even personality...which makes everything more complex and challenging. Visible tattoos may be appreciated and even revered in certain circles, particularly in music, clubs, and art/entertainment industry. But you already know that conservative elements of Japanese society will view it as a signature of dangerous people. Reputable companies or government agencies will never hire people with visible tattoos, because they are are often associated with drugs, gangs, and crime. Appearances, mannerism, clothing, hairstyle, makeup...all those things are undeniable in Japan. What may be fashionable in Germany right now, may not be so popular in Japan. Beauty standards are probably different. I know this sounds sexist, but I have a suspicion that perhaps in Japan, women are judged more by other women in their appearances. From make up to clothing to hairstyle...women are more critical and observant of other women. And I suspect you will be judged and treated based on that. In case you're interested, there a lady from Turkey on Russian/Japanese Youtube channel in Japan. I think her experience is very different from yours, which means it's not based on ethnicity, nationality, or race.
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  2146. Why don't wealthy Gulf countries take care of them?
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  2147. It's not a miracle nor is it God that's helping. It's the kind and committed people of the NGOs and donors all around the world who fund them.
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  2148. ​ @devilangel4655 Actually, we say KOKUSEKI 国籍 for citizenship. So somebody with Japanese citizenship is somebody with 日本国籍. And we only use Nihon-jin to refer to Japanese citizens. We never use it for Japanese Descendants as they are known as Nikkei-jin. Japanese citizens living abroad are called Houjin 邦人. In other words, since we only define Japanese as people with Japanese citizenship, we use the term Japanese citizen and Japanese national for the same meaning.
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  2149.  @mk.926  ロシア語だね。両方聞いてみると、意味を理解しなくても、発音方法の違いがよく分かるはず。ウクライナ語に比べたらロシア語の方にキツく発音してるように聞こえる。
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  2150. Soviet doctrine. Soldiers grow on trees. Just take some more off the streets whenever you need em.
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  2151. I didn't realize our relations were improving. We just ran a mock war game. We're all preparing for eventual war with China, and US is asking for Japanese cooperation to defend Taiwan. But Japan has no desire to be caught between Taiwan and China. Anyway, my best friend is half-Taiwanese and half-Japanese. He was born, raised, and educated in Japan. In school, nobody cared to be honest. Unless he mentions it specifically, nobody would notice either. It's not like we talk about family history. That said, I do remember that his mother's cooking was a little different. (It's hard to explain, but perhaps a little sweeter?)
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  2152.  @catnokimochi  正直、短い受け答えでは判断が付かないですよね。数年ほど日本の小中学校に通ったぐらいで日本語が母国語になるわけではなし、ネイティブ水準の語学力と判断できるかは結局は読み書きの方が重要だと思います。ことアクセントに関しては、地域差が大きいので微妙なところがあります。
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  2153. Like you ever been to Japan.
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  2154. How can you tell who is Taliban? They all look like Taliban.
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  2155. Escalating tension elsewhere or broadening the scope of the war is how Russia tried to dilute resources and attention away from Ukraine.
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  2156.  @zazaazuza6969  I presume they will be treated as unlawful combatants, just like Taliban fighters.
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  2157. A few generations ago, I think it was the norm in many countries. My grandmother had two kids before she reached twenty. Teenage mothers were common at the time. But 14 sounds a few years too young. She wil be a very young grandmother, which will be fun.
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  2158. When did Toyota claim what you said? This project was announced by Toyota and Hino back in 2021. It's FCV, and is based on Toyota's hydrogen fuel-cell system. (Toyota has been testing and improving hydrogen semi-trucks in ports in LA since 2017.) Daimler, Volvo, GM...many companies are working on similar hydrogen based solutions for commercial truck segment. Due to long-range necessity, large payload, and extreme electricity requirements, the US trucking industry does not find BEVs to be realistic solutions for them.
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  2159. Brave until the Russian Army gets serious. Right now they are just playing. Fighting tanks, jets, and artillery with mostly small arms is courageously insane. When Russian casualty rise beyond acceptable levels, I suspect they will simply shift to destroy entire buildings or even neighborhoods instead of minimizing damage and try fighting clean. Also, armed men in civilian clothes is a recipe for disaster. Not being able to positively identify friend or foe can result in friendly fire or accidently shooting civilians.
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  2160. 子沢山
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  2161.  @nikkeisian4234  I really didn't know we had Japanese-Filipino migration. I've met/worked with Japanese-Canadian, Peruvian, Brazilian, Colombian, Hawaii & LA, and even one Indonesian with Japanese grandparents (who participated in the Indonesian Independence Wars). It was was eye-opening.
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  2162. European/US involvement in the "Arab Spring" was one of reasons for the region to destabilize.
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  2163. Why target the Kurds? They hate Islamic Jihadists.
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  2164. I wonder if villagers really care who they pay tax too.
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  2165. I suspect gas and electricity prices do impact consumer behavior. The real challenge for automakers is that there are many restrictions placed on them. They don't get to make or sell what they or customers want due to strict emission standards, carbon credits, regulatory fines, etc. If I recall, Australia introduced quotas and hefty fines if automakers don't sell certain ratio of certain vehicles. Automakers will have no choice but to discourage sales of certain models by increasing prices or not selling them in Australia.
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  2166. US inflation in the last 5 years is nearly 20%. Everything is more expensive, be it components, materials, utilities, rent, or labor. Given the increasing weight of infotech, software development, sensors, semiconductors, and cameras includes in automobiles, cost to build a new vehicles continues to increase.
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  2167.  @GGWP-gm5cq It would be a tragedy if an entire region is being sidelined (or even punished) for internal party politics, which I presume is beyond the control of ordinary citizens and businesses. Unfortunately, his camp's demise was detrimental to foreign investments, bilateral relations, and regional stability. I think he would've taken China on a different path. But I still have difficulty understanding current economic conditions, because historically the Northeast Region (or Inner Manchuria) had so much strategic importance. It was the primary reason why Imperial Russia and Japan went to war in 1904, and it took Japan until the 1930s to remove most Russian influences in Inner Manchuria. Shenyang (瀋陽) in this video is the former Mukden (aka 奉天), which used to be the Manchu political capital, right? I don't know the reason but Japan focused on 長春 in Jilin Province as the political capital for Inner Manchuria. And if go even further back in time, I do recall learning that the Sui dynasty collapsed because of its multiple large scale wars with 高句麗 in this region. Given the historical significance and proximity to neighboring countries, I still believe there will be opportunities to revitalize the region once again. If I understand correctly, cold weather is favorable for data-centers and crypto-mining, so perhaps there are other sectors to pursue economic development, rather than the traditional industrial manufacturing sector.
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  2168. イラン女性のデモの雰囲気とのギャップはどのように理解すれば良いんでしょうね？
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  2169. Eastern Ukrainians and Western Ukrainians have been killing each other with enormous external assistance. And some of them have Russian ancestry. Ironically, some of the soldiers deployed from Russia have Ukrainian ancestry. This is not about strength, togetherness, or resolve..it's pure tragedy. And this land that Slavic folks conquered and divided up is historically Tatar lands.
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  2170. Allah has given up on Afghanistan, it seems.
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  2171. Far beyond compared to which war?
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  2172. The consequences of colonization and teaching your language.
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  2173. Who is liable when things go wrong?
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  2174. This is for BBC audience and the wider international community (to get diplomatic recognition and lift economic sanctions). An estimated 40% of Afghan economy is related to poppy production and smuggling. Many farmers feed their families with poppy production, so by destroying the fields US risked pushing many unrelated people into Taliban support. Taliban will most likely face the same problem if it pursues this path.
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  2175.  @CarloOta-r7j  Those are China-specific models. Chinese consumers value price over quality, so foreign automakers need to use cheap Chinese batteries, materials, and components to compete with Chinese automakers who're selling their products at a loss.
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  2176. I love your sense of humour.
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  2177. It's not that Japanese automakers don't value Canadian market. Some automakers like Honda have massive factories in Canada. The reality is there are different rules depending on US state. I think for legal reasons, Carb States are given priority in receiving hybrids and plug-in hybrids. Also, Toyota's domestic manufacturing capacity is maxed out at around 14,000-15,000 vehicles per day. Currently, there is not enough production capacity relative to demand, which is causing the long waiting time. But every automaker remembers what happened during previous economic cycles when demand imploded and they had to downsize, fast and hard. They're always super scared adding capacity for that reason.
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  2178. President Chamberlain...why not hold the meeting in Munich?
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  2179.  @Sunshine-zi4nq  May I ask what are the "three races" in Singapore? I've heard anecdotally that Singapore tries to unofficially maintain roughly 70% ethnic Chinese-ness through immigration, because there is a difference in birth-rate. I suspect ethnic Chinese tend to be more educated and have less children. Chinese, Malay, and what would be the third ethnic group?
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  2180.  @sleepingkirby  I have no clue what languages you speak or anything about your for that matter. And I wasn't "seriously" explaining what an international divorce is. My point was 国際離婚 is a trending genre in social media in Japan. And it's almost about Japanese wives who are living outside of Japan, and not in Japan because the foreign spouse is often fluent in Japanese. We already know from stats that international divorce rate is different depending on the foreign spouse's citizenship as well as his/her ability to speak Japanese.
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  2181. Really? I thought his observation of Europe in 1870s was quite accurate.
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  2182. You may actually want to ask the people who are in politics or protesting instead of journalists and foreign scholars.
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  2183. What planet are you from? Human history is about countless wars.
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  2184. Wherever you see organized mass protests, always question who's doing the coordinating, and for what purpose.
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  2185. Actually, China requires tourist visa for many countries, esp after the pandemic.
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  2186. Why do you visit a foreign country and expect to be understood without knowing the local language? And there are many Turks who speak multiple languages because they have a large diaspora all around the world.
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  2187.  @keich1244  言語学のジョークだと、言語と方言の違いは軍隊があるかないか・・・だそうです。
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  2188. Why did Europeans ever agree to do that? I mean the history against Gypsies and Jews for centuries should indicate how inclusive Europeans are.
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  2189. France should pay for the slaves to return home to Africa.
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  2190. Allah does politics too? Always something to learn.
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  2191. Toyota's hybrid research started decades ago, and because of that they have perfected the technology. It's how long technology takes to become reliable for the mass-market. Toyota only manufactures 10,000 Hydrogen cars each year out of the 10 million cars they sell world wide. They are concept cars that are being researched for the coming decades, which is why the car is named MIRAI or the future in Japanese. Since current BEV technology cannot meet the needs of all segments of the market, there will be usage of hydrogen fuel cells too. In Japan, public buses are slowly adopting Toyota's hydrogen fuel-cell system. And hydrogen trains are being tested too. It's project name is HYBARI.
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  2192. 国際法は分からないが、戦争地帯に子供を置いておくのが良いとも思えないけど・・・
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  2193. Why not just go to Gaza?
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  2194. ​ @Khanazawa It's funny how history works. If you were in Tochigi, Gunma or northern Saitama, you may have noticed the old KOFUN or mega-tombs from 1,500-2,000 years ago. Northern Kanto region used to be center of political, economic, religious, and cultural power for the Kanto plain. Now it's recognized as a country-side with lots of nature and vacation destinations as the economic/population center has shifted to southern Kanto for at least the past 400 years or so. It's the same with the old capital of Nara, known as Senen-no-inaka or Inaka for over 1,000 years since the political capital moved to Kyoto in late 8th century.
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  2195. Why would Russia need to drone-attack a nuclear power plant under its control?
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  2196. I think a lot of countries have mentioned Israel's right to self-defense. That said, we also remember the Oil Crises from the 1970s. We need Arab oil, so we keep quiet.
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  2197. Actually, there are more international marriages for Japanese men than women. Three times as much.
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  2198.  @Meena0332  I doubt there was a nation called Nepal or India 2500 years ago.
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  2199. No, Toyota won't be selling inferior products in the North American market. This is for Chinese market.
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  2200.  @rochesterzhang9649  Toyota sold nearly 2 million vehicles in China in FY2023. They still sold 140,000 vehicles in May 2024. More importantly, a Corolla or Camry for Thailand, Europe, China, North America, Middle-east & North Africa, or Japan are not the same models. They have different specs, engines, trims, tech, etc....because different countries have different emission standards, climate conditions, purchasing power, and customer preference. It is the same with most global automakers, they customize their cars for each market.
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  2201. Truman never got indicted for his war crimes.
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  2202. When the top 1% own 80% of farmland...that's a recipe for social disaster.
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  2203. Why do they have so many kids if they can't feed them?
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  2204. That was the dominating view among China-specialists in Japan during the late 19th century. Short version: The Qing dynasty was too arrogant, corrupt and incompetent to push back Western advances. Hence, the Qing Dynasty must go. That is why Japan went to war with Qing in 1890s as well as accepted early Chinese intellectual to study in Japan so they could modernize (and push back the West. From Japan's perspective, the expanding Russians were the single most national security threat from 18th century to the 20th century. Every diplomatic alliance, every war was designed to push back the Russians.
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  2205. Russian jails aren't for most people.
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  2206. The sanctions are against the Syrian regime. In theory sanctions should have no direct impact on territories controlled by Islamic Jihadists. We just don't like Islamic extremists.
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  2207. BEV pickup trucks don't seem to have popularity in the North American market thus far. Consumers seem to want powerful engines, towing capability, and off-road capability. I wonder if Australian consumers would be any different with their utes. But again, the new restrictions on types of vehicles that can be sold in Australia would be deciding what models will be available for Australian consumers going forward. Seeing the popularity in the US for 25 year old JDM Kei-trucks imported from Japan (that are no longer subjected to the "Chicken Tax"), I would think something like a "Hilux Champ" intended for markets like Thailand, Brazil, Philippines, Mexico, etc would be far more suited and affordable for a basic work/farm truck compared to an expensive BEV pickup truck alternative.
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  2208.  @stillwaitingforblackmetalr2503  Japanese industrial investments on the peninsular was heavily focused on Northern parts of the Korean peninsular. Conversely southern side's focus was more on modernizing agriculture. Much of Japanese factories and industrial infrastructure were located in North Korea, which is why North Korean GDP was larger than South Korean GDP before the Korean War.
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  2209. Numerous foreign interventions is why Afghanistan is in the current state.
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  2210. What is laughable is that you're ignorant what many countries in Europe, South Korea, and Japan are trying to do with hydrogen. There are hydrogen public buses and trains in Japan being tested with Toyota's fuel cell system. Currently many automakers are researching and developing hydrogen buses and trucks. The next big project is to produce steel with using hydrogen. Some startups are testing hydrogen planes. BEVs is just a short-term misdirect because it sill uses electricity made from fossil fuel. (20% of US electricity is still generated from burning coal.) Hydrogen is pursued because it's an attempt to shift away from coal, oil, and natural gas in all sectors of the economy.
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  2211. ワイン以外にモルドバを再獲得する理由は何があるの？
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  2212. The European BEV model version was announced first in Mar 2025.
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  2213. At least there is still a government.
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  2214. If Chinese government actually cared, they would be spending much more on domestic matters, such as upgrading old dams and sewage, rather than on its military. In reality, from the perspective of those in power, a few million lives are a margin of error, in a country with over a billion citizens.
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  2215. In North America, Europeans killed off the indigenous people, stole their lands, and exiled the rest into Indian Reservations, where they have high rate of poverty, alcoholism, and crimes. There are some indigenous reservations which have shorter life expectancy than in Afghanistan. Colombia isn't that bad compared to the US, Canada, or Australia.
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  2216. Nissan has been struggling in North America because they don't have popular hybrids. Nissan's latest FY2024 (Apr 2024 to Mar 2025) Operating Profit guidance is JPY 120bn, and Net Profit guidance is minus JPY 0.8bn. The difference is from the expected one-off charge in restructuring costs. It's common practice to revise annual profit guidance based on updated quarterly results, so nobody in the financial industry will perceive that as lying. Also you need to use local currency to understand financials for any company.
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  2217. We have nearly 200,000 Japanese-Brazilians and Peruvians living and working in Japan. Of the 3 millions foreign-nationals residing in Japan, nearly 1 million are Chinese and half a million are Koreans. (Others are mostly from Vietnam, Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, Nepal, US, etc) And the majority of nearly 30 million inbound foreign tourists each year are from neighboring Asian countries. Honestly, it's difficult these days to tell whether somebody is Japanese or not just by appearance (unless they have a very different skin-tone, fashion, make-up, mannerism, etc.). However, it would be impossible to be considered part of Japanese society unless you're fluent in Japanese language, culture, and mannerisms. It's the single most important criteria, regardless of ancestry.
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  2218.  @Lolildoom  I think it's a matter of definition. Damages to infrastructure, if there were any, would normally take years to fix. If it's jut clearing out fallen trees, fixing power-lines, pumping out flooded rain water...it can be done within a week. It all depends on what the original line meant by "recovery in city infrastructures."
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  2219. Toyota needs to sell them as a compliance car to meet California state regulations. The losses are a cost of doing business in California.
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  2220. Planes should be follow the guidance of airport taxing. Pilots cannot see the wing tips, so somebody on the ground failed to due their job properly.
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  2221. Can Jesus tell Ukrainians and Russians apart?
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  2222. Religion of peace, indeed.
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  2223. China's silk road? Did you forget all the people in between?
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  2224.  @mon_avis2978  What was your point? That you don't speak Japanese and that's somehow our fault? Why would you even assume we would treat you as Japanese if you don't have the same fluency in language, culture, and norms? And frankly, it would be arrogant on our part to expect the same culture and mannerism from descendants of emigrants who've left Japan generations ago.
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  2225. Good catch. I had no idea there were armored Toyota trucks. I think the low visibility makes sense in Ukraine.
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  2226. Toyota doesn't make US$10,000 per each vehicle sales. Only Tesla and a few German companies have that level of profit margin. In fact, Toyota's operating margin in North America is extremely low compared to the rest the world, it was just around 3% in FY2023. Toyota lost money in North America in FY2022.
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  2227. Soviets suffered 10 million casualties in WWII. Current casualty estimates for Ukraine or Russia is still manageable for both countries, especially as Ukraine is fighting for its survival. Iran-Iraq war had about a million casualties from both sides.
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  2228. I think it's the tourism/hospitality industry catering to foreign tourists. I have no need for English in my daily life and have no encounter with tourists either.
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  2229. She sounds far more American than Russian or Japanese.
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  2230. We have Ukrainians, Russians, Swedes, Romanians, Germans, Brazilians, Chinese or French working as English teachers in Japan. So I don't think it matters whether one is native or not. In fact, I suspect those who've studied English as a foreign language can teach the grammar better.
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  2231.  @fredfrond6148  The airline is named Air Busan. Pretty much everybody in East Asia will understand that Busan/Pusan (釜山) is located in South Korea.
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  2232. It's a slippery slope because some of the chants are extremely scary.
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  2233. Tell that to the Tibetans who lost their land.
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  2234. Although they have Persianized over the past few centuries, the Hazara have more Turkic genetic ancestry than the Turkish people. Such irony. But again, nobody can accommodate large number of Muslim refugees including Muslim countries. Afghanistan and Northern Pakistan was such prosperous region when it was Buddhist.
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  2235. If automakers didn't have to worry about increasingly strict emission standards, they wouldn't be in this position.
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  2236.  @dekal0001  Mandatory education, vaccination, abolishment of slavery, law...everything and anything relating to modernization was a product of Japanese annexation. Most of the elite studied in Japan too.
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  2237. Britain's ZEV quota for 2025 is 28%. Automakers have no choice but to comply and offer EVs, although consumers aren't necessarily interested.
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  2238. Russia is a little too busy begging North Korea for ammunition.
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  2239. ​ @dualupa5004 Myanmar is way past that phase of peaceful political option. These ethnic militias won't be part of Myanmar as they wish to be independent.
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  2240.  @Steven-gg1bn  There were cases during COVID. Dual citizens weren't allowed entry into Japan unless they forfeit their Japanese citizenship. The enforcement is random but occurs every once in a while.
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  2241. They were recruited by news ads in Korea and sold by their parents.
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  2242. CIS加盟国の兵士も召集されてるの？
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  2243. People talk. These casualty figures, if accurate, would be impossible to conceal even in an authoritarian secret police state like Russia. These estimates are larger than the 10 year Soviet war in Afghanistan, which is simply unrealistic in 8 months. That said, if many of the soldiers are conscripts and volunteers from pro-Russian Eastern Ukraine, that may be a different story.
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  2244. You're making an assumption that Russia has the ability to target a specific building.
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  2245. The Brits I've worked with didn't really need any lectures on office Tatemae. I think they understood it instinctively.
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  2246. Germany shouldn't have to defend Israel nor Ukraine.
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  2247. Chinese High-Speed Rail is stolen technology from Japan, so the Chinese have no technology to transfer to Indonesia because they didn't develop it themselves. That's not even the point, nor is it West/Japan/Korea's job to offer such deals to Indonesia. It should've been Indonesia's own public money to fund national projects, but Indonesia was too poor to do so. The only question is will this project be making money, and how long will it take to recoup the investments.
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  2248. Don't care about the Kurds getting slaughtered by Turkish forces, just here for IS prisoners...what a policy.
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  2249. NYから飛行機に乗って卵サンドかい？家で作れそうだけど・・・。
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  2250. ​ @hairypassage That's interesting. I recall a study on factory automation from decades ago, comparing the difference in employment of technology between US and Japanese automakers. The observation was that US companies generally used factory automation to replace/reduce workers, while Japanese automakers used technology to assist workers (and not as a substitute for humans). As for international ports, it's never a simple issue such as port workers, infrastructure, or technology. I imagine the bottleneck can occur in anything and everything from customs, warehouse, land transportation...i.e. the entire logistic network.
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  2251. Some governments are blamed for doing not enough, others are blamed for doing too much.
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  2252. 候補は周辺国。TBSは無事みたいですね。
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  2253. ​ @secrets.295 Most developed countries have low birth rates because of higher costs. In Europe, Canada, US, Australia, and NZ, they compensate by importing people as immigrants, which creates different set of problems such as social integration. Japan is more selective on who it accepts.
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  2254. Eye for an Eye.
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  2255. ​ @skyjogger3256 You don't need a genetic test to know that many Mexicans have partial indigenous ancestry. Mexican Spanish has heavy indigenous influence as well.
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  2256. They were fighting against British occupation from 19th century. The British created and fueled ethnic divisions to divide and conquer. Ethnic groups serving as British foot soldiers were particularly hated. When Japan created the Free Burmese Army to encourage Burmese independence from the British, the biggest challenge was to keep different groups from fighting each other. These days Narco trade is involved, so it has a lot to do with economic privileges.
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  2257. That is how you stay alive and sane in an authoritarian regime.
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  2258. ​ @BaggerFood101 Actually, the first war between Japan and China was in 7th century with the Tang Dynasty, the next one is with the Mongol Yuan dynasty in 13th century, followed by Ming dynasty in late 16th century, Qing dynasty in late 19th century, and Republic of China in early 20th century. Which is why we never had good relations in the past 1,300 years.
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  2259. These kind of interviews, generally assume a foreign country.
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  2260. NATO: We won't send troops to protect you but we will provide you with helmets.
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  2261. アフガニスタン侵攻やイラク侵攻の時には、日本も自衛隊を派遣してる。（イラクには陸・空自、アフガンは海自。）国際社会の中では徒党を組んで対応するのは、国家存続のために仕方ない。
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  2262. White farmers in Rhodesia?
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  2263. What did you think was going to happen when Turkey got involved in Syria? Reprisal was very much expected, and sadly it was only a matter of time.
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  2264. If Trump's latest deal with the UK is a reference, 10% of tariffs on all goods stay. Vehicles up to 100,000 imports from UK will be exempt from the 25% auto-tariffs but will be subject to 10% tariffs. Toyota and Nissan have assembly plants in the UK, but we've no idea which companies get the exemption allocation. And this is in addition to the reality that US assembled vehicles need tires that require imported rubber, infotainment touch screens made in Asia, and batteries that use ingredients from all over the world. The tariff impact will hit everything from wipers, seat belts, floor mats, seat cushions, materials, (replacement) components, etc. The factory automation robotic arms needed in US assembly plants are often made by Japanese and German companies, so tariffs may hit the expansion plan as well. It's be more expensive to import, and it'll be more expensive to assemble in the US. Cost will increase either way.
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  2265.  @drdetroitwheels  If more Americans move into manufacturing, that will mean less people available in housing, construction, services, etc...impacting labor costs and prices in those sectors (unless you're advocating immigration). It's really about optimization of your workforce. US already has a perfect employment level. So do you want more Americans making shoes, building houses, or making seat covers and floor mats?
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  2266. I don't know if it's about appreciation or not, but one thing is for sure: Only Lebanese can fix Lebanon. I'm not from Lebanon so I can't even pretend to know about the structural challenges.
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  2267. 勝手に改造したり、そもそも建築基準を守ってない建物もある。統治が行き届いてないので、お金次第でもどうにでもなる。
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  2268.  @Jmaters83  He's been exposed to and indoctrinated in Hamas ideology since childhood. And he's not just any ex-Hamas member, he was groomed and trained from an early age so that he could one day lead the organization. He doesn't need a lecture from anybody on this planet on what Hamas stands for, how they think, or how they operate. (Rather, he's the one giving lectures to government agencies and experts around the world.) All I see is a man who is exhausted and completely fed up with this never ending cycle of violence.
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  2269. 陸戦は砲兵力で差が出るのは、ナポレオンの頃から変わってないと思う。
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  2270. Iraq War allowed Iranian influence to expand.
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  2271.  @ephemeralfox  I'm simply curious. How does a Filipino grow up "Westernized" in the Philippines, not being able to connect with the rest of the Filipino community? The only way I can see that happen is to be raised in a special bubble, such as American School or expat community.
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  2272.  @zhang_hua1998  Thanks for the explanation. Sadly, it makes sense since affluent families tend to have access to better education, which results in better employment/career opportunities, which results in higher income, and the cycle continues. (Socio-economic difference is also visible in how English is spoken in the UK, US, India, or even HK.) If this interview was conducted on your campus, I'm fairly certain the answers will be very different.
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  2273. バイオテロ・・
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  2274. No more smartphone and computers...
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  2275. 双方の激しいプロパガンダ情報戦。
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  2276.  @HowardNeil-k5r  It would be much easier because they still speak a variation of English in the former British colonies. From what we've observed in the past few decades, the ones who've attended bilingual schools or studied Japanese have relative ease in adjusting to Japanese social norms and culture. However, the Japanese Descendants with no Japanese language/culture struggle, at least initially. Clearly, foreign-nationals who've studied Japanese in their home countries or have degrees from Japanese universities assimilate and integrate much faster and easier. The other factor is some of the Brazilian husbands of Japanese Descendants have brought in Brazilian culture and committed so many crimes in Japan, so they really built a bad reputation for themselves. They successfully tarnished the image of Brazil among Japanese people, so much so the Japanese Immigration been more selective with issuing visas to Japanese Descendants, particularly from South America.
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  2277. Most people don't even know who Miss Japan is each year. In the past it was a launch pad for aspiring actresses, but these days it's political messaging. She was chosen to show support to Ukraine.
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  2278. At the same time, do you really want to leave kids in areas where you're about to bomb?
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  2279. Many young, educated, and skilled workers from Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and Baltic States left for affluent cities in Western Europe (due to differences in wages and opportunities) after accession to the EU. Joining the EU may be positive in the long run, especially as Ukraine can receive EU Funding, but the initial stage will likely be very painful. Regardless of the outcome of the war, Ukraine will still be dependent upon natural gas from Russia.
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  2280. What does Balkanize mean in the context of Myanmar? At this rate, they'll end up with a dozen small nations that cannot feed itself.
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  2281. Japan doesn't idolize anybody.
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  2282. ​@Aomine Leave religion out of earthquakes please. Religion is just some imagination.
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  2283. They ghost you because they concluded you're not worth their time.
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  2284. Why Hinduism?
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  2285. The Sakha people are descendants of real Turks. You can notice it in their festivals, religion, language, culture, cuisine, music, clothing, etc. Their group/clan used to live near Lake Baikal region. They are also under Russian occupation, so you can't really blame them for what ethnic Russians are doing in Ukraine.
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  2286. You may've been spoiled by extended exposure to Lexus. I personally like the rugged look of the gas version. But again, my first car was a Subaru, so I'm biased.
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  2287.  @julianneheindorf5757  Permanent Residency is the same in Japan, it's generally 10 years of continued residence in Japan. Spouses of Japanese Citizens will receive preferential treatment but there will be conditions such as language fluency, income stability, years of marriage, etc. As for Spousal Visa, there will be clear reason for a visa rejection. And there are many spouses of Japanese citizens who aren't permitted to live in Japan. Spousal visa can be rejected if he/she had things like: (1) previous visa violations, (2) unpaid tax & social security payment, (3) incorrect information in visa application, (4) dubious or suspicious marriage, (5) unstable income, (6) socially undesirable, or (7) potential threat to Japanese society.
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  2288.  @Vic-qp1gk  Japan's relation with Russia/Soviet Union was pretty bad for the past few centuries, to say the least. The older generations remember what the Russians/Soviets did during and after the war. Yet Russians have always been well-received in Japan, probably more so than people from other countries. I suspect it's the Russian culture, music, literature, ballet, gymnastics, ice-skating...that has helped the image. Russians are really good at adapting too. I was surprised by the previous Russian Ambassador to Japan. He probably speaks the best Japanese of all the ambassadors (except for the Georgian dude who spent his entire childhood in Japan).
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  2289.  @MW_Asura  If I were to be honest, it's not the looks but the mannerism and mindset. We can easily tell the difference in behavior and body language from somebody from Eastern Europe & Russia, North America, and South America. Even if all of them had identical genetics, those who would be considered most beautiful/attractive in Japan would be the ones from Eastern Europe and Russia. The way they walk, talk, dress, eat, sit, laugh, or interact is much more relatable and socially desirable. It's difficult to explain, especially as many people from North/South America have European ancestry. I think it's simply a cultural difference between Eurasia and the Americas.
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  2290. Is that a even question. Same reason the world fears extremists such as ISIS.
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  2291. Toyota and Honda had record April-June quarter due to strong hybrid demand. People who don't understand the auto-market mistakenly look at sales volume without considering the profitability of each car model and market. Amateurs think that selling 10 vehicles in China for US$ 15,000 is better for automakers than selling 5 vehicles in North America, Europe, or Japan for US$ 30,000. Marketshare data is the least useful when it comes to profitability.
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  2292. Over 1,000 years? I was under the impression that "Rus" were a mixture of Nordic/Viking and indigenous Baltic people. When exactly did Finn-speakers arrive in the current region?
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  2293. But most Anatolians don't have Turkic genetic ancestry. Original Turkic people are East Eurasian.
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  2294. I knew a Black French dude who was working as a nuclear engineer. He was highly cultured, sophisticated, and educated...unlike the black people from America who speak funny English and lack class.
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  2295. ​ @misaelfraga8196  The cartels have been in bed with both Mexican and US authorities for decades. And putting drug offenders in prison for long periods only creates more poverty for the families.
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  2296. A lot of us would be happier if the government can limit foreign tourists.
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  2297. You guys get offended way too easily. She was referring to the prevalent stereotype in Japan about Indians. Many of the Indians who are allowed to work in Japan have Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math backgrounds and are frequently employed in IT, Finance, and Engineering firms. She was only saying that contrary to popular perception in Japan, not all Indians are like that. I don't think she meant that all educated Indians are living abroad or as an insult to the country of India. (But I do remember hearing something about many Tech CEOs and MBA professors in the US also have Indian origins.)
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  2298. That's sold everywhere. Anybody can resell it to Iran.
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  2299. NATO just means the United States plus European allies (and Canada). Even if Russia didn't own nuclear weapons, I don't know if NATO would intervene in Ukraine. That's a 5 to 10 year war risking millions of lives. Suddenly Alaska becomes at risk as well. If China joins the war against the United States, the Pacific theater gets sucked in as well.
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  2300. That's like half of the world.
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  2301. Israel is taken advantage of because Israeli response has been too measured.
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  2302. How does an AI-operated gun differentiate between a Russian and Ukrainian, or a soldier and civilian?
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  2303. As a non-native speaker, I had to look up the meaning of "pear-shaped." Interesting expression.
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  2304. Give the Afghan women AKs.
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  2305. I think they need a little bit more than love right now.
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  2306. 増税しないと・・・
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  2307. I never thought there will be so many "Russian refugees" when the Russian military entered Ukraine. And there are many Ukrainian refugees in Russia as well. With many Ukrainian nationals with partial Russian ancestry and many Russian nationals with partial Ukrainian ancestry, it's beyond tragic.
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  2308. It's just a selection bias as there are 3x more international marriages with Japanese men than women each year.
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  2309. Old Soviet technique.
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  2310. UN Forces in Lebanon: Why couldn't they send us to Cyprus?
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  2311.  @jakesmall8875  That won't change anything. Perceived threats to national security isn't about one person or one organization. It is a collective view shared by many. Russians don't want Ukraine to be part of NATO, no more than Americans wanted Russian missiles in Cuba.
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  2312. French didn't participate in the UN Mission to Haiti after the earthquake?
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  2313.  @pianist-momoko  アゾフ大隊とその裏にいる支持母体の事もかも。
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  2314. They are government employees, so the government has always known. And it is not a problem unique to the US. Countries like Canada and Australia face similar shortages. What this video didn't mention is that the number of flights or air traffic increased significantly over the past few decades but ATC hasn't been able to keep up.
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  2315. Wait, why do you blame the US?
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  2316. Most Americans are descendants of migrants. Just the history of the land.
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  2317.  @noriamas7122  I went to school with many half kids in Japan. It's a selection bias. Most of the interviewees aren't culturally Japanese. They were raised abroad or attended American/International school. We can easily tell because of their lack of native fluency in Japanese language. The ones who've attended Japanese schools have Japanese language, mannerism and mindset, which is why they'll always be well-integrated within Japanese society. This applies to foreign kids in Japan with no Japanese ancestry as well.
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  2318.  @duomaxwell90  I'm sorry but I would do the same too when I see a black person in Japan. I fear it's far worse than simple skin color. It's based on collective experience, particularly many crimes by US soldiers in Japan.
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  2319. Because it's not a real country based on common history and cultural identity. It's Russia and her colonies.
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  2320.  @frenchtupac6181  Ukrainians are not legally refugees in Japan. They're only here temporarily during the war. And they're mostly women and children.
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  2321. Foreign Legion and Ghurkas, what's new about using foreigners.
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  2322. The cost saving was offered in the relatively low prices of entry-level vehicles. If all cars and components were to be manufactured in the US, it will be extremely challenging to sell vehicle under US$30,000 because the US is one of the most expensive places to manufacture goods. The unit production cost of a car is mostly the cost of materials and components, while labor cost for assembly is a small contribution. Tariffs also impact the machines that are needed to make components and in assembly plants.
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  2323. The commonly used expression in Japanese would be "akin to 浦島太郎 (URASHIMA TARO)" based on the fairy tale every Japanese would know. When you're away for so long, you gradually change...for better or for worse you become different from the natives. It actually happens inside Japan as well when you move away from your home region (or 故郷). You become out of touch, and think and behave differently, and you start to be treated differently from locals. It's neither good nor bad. It's just adapting to a new environment and it happens to all of us.
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  2324. Actually, it's really easy to resign. 1/3 of all new hires resign within 3 years.
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  2325. Haven't you witnessed the endless turmoil in Syria, Iraq, Iran or Afghanistan? Allah has no mercy. He just has endless victims.
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  2326.  @Марина-ь1г8й  I'm sure you also experienced that Japanese beauty preferences are somewhat different from cool-looking European "top model" types. Too tall can be a disadvantage. What is considered beautiful vs attractive are also two different concepts. The vibe, mannerism, voice-pitch, class, elegance, personality, mindset...those things make or break impressions.
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  2327. I always wonder why people in Europe, China, or even California push for rapid electrification, as I cannot understand how they're going to source all of the required electricity for BEVs. Many countries still use coal as part of their energy mix. And when the electric grid fails, so will most cellular service and BEV charging stations (in addition to all types of electronic payment transactions.) If you want to seriously cripple a country during wartime, just go after their electric grid. One of the most useful things in Ukraine is the diesel/gasoline generators.
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  2328.  @smod15  People like you who justify mass murder of civilians are no different from terrorists or Hitler.
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  2329. @Viktor Filipanov. I honestly don't know what fascim means in the 21st century. If you're referring to authoritarian regimes and dictatorship, there are many of them even today. Russia seems to be cozy with some of them. If you're referring to Neo-nazi white supremacists, there are also many of them around the world, especially in Europe.
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  2330. Who's paying?
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  2331.  @FSVR54  That's only for the super rich. For most citizens it's between 5-15%.
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  2332. Koreanic people are not from Korean peninsula, rather they're from Manchuria. The southern parts of the peninsula was Japonic in ancient times.
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  2333. He's not bright enough to understand the repercussions of his own words, particularly when Taliban is in control of the country.
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  2334.  @kostyafedot551  When I spent a summer in Canada in the 1990s, I thought the quality of life was better than in the US. Even as a kid I could sense that Canadian society was more harmonious and the cities were cleaner. To be blunt, Canada had less racial and socio-economic issues. Canadians had better manners. The English they spoke was easier to understand for me as a non-native speaker. As a expat child living in the US, I was confused why Canadians and American turned out so differently. It took me a while to realize Peter Jennings wasn't from the US, and that all the classy "American" actors/actresses who I liked on American TV shows were actually from Canada. When the HK exodus occurred in the years running up to the official return to China in 1997, many HK-Chinese I knew relocated to Canada, Australia, and the UK. At the time, I thought they were so wise they chose Canada.
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  2335. Good to know there are still competent and informed generals in the Russia Army. And we're lucky they're getting pushed out one by one.
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  2336. Israel blames Iran for everything, so...
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  2337. Majority of Japanese cars sold in North America are assembled in North America. However, what is seriously problematic is that a Toyota plant in Canada needs auto-components manufactured in the US, or a Toyota plant in Ohio, Indiana, Texas and Kentucky can be using parts and materials from Canada, Mexico, Germany, or Japan. Cars require about 30,000 components. If any one of the components and materials cannot ne procured in the global supply-chain, it will hurt everyone including US automakers. Roughly 1/3 of components used in US factories are coming outside of the US. The robots and equipment that are used in factories will also be impacted by tariffs. Ultimately, tariffs will hurt consumers, employment, tax revenue, etc.
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  2338. Culture is language, language is culture.
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  2339. Japan doesn't have any noticeable tariffs on US products. That's why there is nothing to bargain, and the Japanese government isn't stupid enough to hurt the cost of living of own citizens by placing new import taxes. But the geopolitical implications of US tariffs is far worse than Americans realize.
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  2340. The question isn't if Japan is safe for foreign visitors, it's whether Japanese are safe from all these foreign visitors.
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  2341. When Russia and NATO go to war, I doubt there will be an economy left to focus on for anybody.
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  2342. Which is why Japanese automakers have record profits.
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  2343. If there were to be a car accident, can you blame your Tesla?
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  2344. My first thought was perhaps some senior members in the police force intentionally under-protected him. The motive appears to be religious, targeting people associated with a specific cult.
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  2345. This is a good sign. It means Germans are carefully assessing what comes next once they provide such equipment to Ukraine. What effect will it have to tilt the balance, how much will it escalate the war, and what may happen to Russia domestically if Russia is pushed out of Ukraine...and how this will impact German and European security and economy in the long run. There are many unknowns, so it makes sense to be super cautious and careful.
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  2346. Yeah, cheaper sea food for us! Please ban it.
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  2347. Gaul was mostly Celts. One million were killed, another one million were enslaved from that campaign. Germanic people started migrating as Roman influence gradually declined. Basically French language is Germanic people attempting to speak Latin.
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  2348. I'm not European nor American. I find it ridiculous that Americans waste tax money or media time on this. I wish you could direct the effort and energy on more important issues domestic or foreign.
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  2349. Frankly, they're all corrupt. It's only relative.
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  2350.  @Willxdiana  It's sad modern Turkic people don't know Turkic history. Tiele is a modern Mandarin reading. It's another transliteration of the word Turk.
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  2351. このままにして、観光資源に使いそう。
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  2352. Do you really believe Turkey was helping Israel? What help does Israel need from Turkey?
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  2353. Where do you think they're getting their guns?
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  2354. Are you sure Ospreys were used during the 2011 earthquake/tsunami? I was under the impression that Marine version MV-22 was first deployed to Japan (Iwakuni) in 2012, and Air Force version to Yokota in 2018. JGSDF(陸上自衛隊) just brought back their V-22 to Japan in July 2020, after going through extensive training of pilots/maintenance crew in the US.
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  2355. 日本語が出来る人、日本文化を理解してる人の需要は高いです。特にホテルや観光業、IT業界は恒常的な人不足の状態です。 逆に仕事レベルで必要な日本語能力が無い外国人は仕事が限られ、日本のニュースも理解出来なし、日常生活でも苦労してるように見受けられます。
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  2356. Hydrogen is being researched as an option to phase out reliance on natural gas and oil in this century. It's not a coincidence that countries like Japan, South Korea, and Germany are investing in hydrogen trains, buses, cars, ships, steel production, etc. It's technology that is being developed for future generations.
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  2357. 言葉通じないので、職場や学校はどうするとか、医療費や生活費は税金投入するなら予算が必要になる。だから実質上には在住ウクライナ人のご家族だけじゃない？
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  2358. Money or blood is how the US stays relevant in the word stage. There is nothing wrong with being more isolationist, but just know there are negative aspects to that policy as well.
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  2359. I actually had the same question. Given the disproportionate number of tanks and artillery units, I wonder how the Ukrainians are planning to delay the Russian advances.
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  2360. Learn Chinese history.
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  2361. Toyota has had a very high worldwide factory utilization rate (aside from China), meaning that they cannot easily move their production line. It usually takes years of planning, preparation, retooling, hiring and training to move a production line to another plant (even in the same country). And it's not just simple things like final assembly location. It's about the machines, components, and materials used in factories that will be subject to tariffs. Tire companies need to import rubber. Infotainment touch screens are made in Asia. Battery ingredients are almost always imported from all over the world. The cost increase will touch every product.
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  2362. Something is terribly wrong with the region. The culture is so violent.
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  2363. European unit sales of Toyota and Lexus grew 3 years in row. It was up 9% in 2023, and reached 1.17 million units. So if Toyota is selling less in Northern Europe, they must be making sales in other regions within Europe. The reality is Toyota has been struggling to cope with more demand than it can manufacture for a couple of years. The demand is so strong and inventory is so low, the waiting period for some models in US, Canada, Australia can reach months.
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  2364. Of course there is. Every Japanese has Jomon genes, but Okinawa has the highest Jomon admixture after the Ainu people. (Ainu is a fusion culture between Jomon and Okhotsk people, appearing from around 12-13th century.) FYI, Jomon people migrated to Japan 30,000-40,000 years ago during the last ice age. Linguists believe that Okinawa-dialect/language and mainland Japanese language started to slowly diverge from around 1,500-1,700 years ago.
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  2365.  @sevothtartesama18  Why does Netherlands allow human trafficking?
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  2366. It's not the business we're worried about. It's about the credibility of an alliance with the US.
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  2367.  @Ok-oo2kh  Natives of Okinawa, Nagoya, or Osaka do not have brown-skin. But there is sizable Brazilian population in Aichi-area.
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  2368. ​@@francoispignon7459Reverse migration is one of the side-effects of colonization. It's actually an expensive policy that has lasting effects for centuries.
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  2369. North American market is extremely competitive, which is why it's a low margin market. The cumulative US inflation between 2019 and 2024 is about 20%. Automakers cannot make money by selling cars at USD 20,000 while paying American wages. Utility, components, materials, and shipping are all also much higher, compared to 5 years ago.
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  2370. Chinese car dealership are catching fire from Chinese batteries. That should explain everything about Chinese BEVs.
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  2371. A huge chunk of US money never left the US. It went to US defense contracts, which only helps American workers and tax revenue. Ukraine was fighting with second-hand used equipment from US military. And the fact you broke your defense assurance to Ukraine when it gave up nuclear weapons has massive implications to other countries like Iran, North Korea, etc.
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  2372. Give me a break. The US did its part. It's up to the Afghans now.
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  2373. It's already messy enough. Religion should stay away from war and politics.
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  2374. There are regional and generational variations. But everybody would understand formal Japanese, a.k.a KEGIO. You'll get used to regional dialects quickly, so I'd work on formal Japanese. Good luck.
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  2375. The island physically can no longer sustain the current population size.
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  2376. US troops aren't the problem. They are the only deterrent protecting the Syrian Kurds from Turkey. Syria and Turkey can't work together because Turkey is funding and arming the Jihadists.
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  2377. I never imagined one needs to pay to get a court hearing.
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  2378. Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan have natural gas, and Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have water, which is the most precious commodity in Central Asia. Uneven distribution of the resources created incredible inequality after the collapse of the Soviet Union. And Russia was dependent on inexpensive migrant workers from Central Asia.
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  2379. 受け入れるなら仏教の国が良いと思う。
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  2380. Having a "circuit breaker" between cars and electricity does have merits. Imagine a large-scale power outage from an accident, terrorism, fire, natural disaster, or war, and you only have EVs. It's a nightmare scenario.
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  2381. 40% of Japanese carry the same genetics, which is Haplogroup D. Ainu have the highest D admixture. But they were mixed with Okhotsk people to varying degree.
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  2382. If you want to speak English, you can always go to England.
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  2383. 海外訪問時に陛下や大臣が使う飛行機だから、どこの誰かも分からず政府専用機に乗せるとは思えんよ。
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  2384. Unfortunately, drugs is how the US funded many of these clandestine operations, which is why the narco-trade starts to explode from this era. Some people like Noriega got too greedy and deemed uncontrollable so they were removed. And the cartels became too powerful to control.
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  2385. Why would a Palestinian Jew watch over these people?
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  2386. ISIS?
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  2387. I'm confused. Are you saying you were born before WWII? I thought Moldova became independent from USSR in 1991.
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  2388.  @abrahamlincoln6704  Tragically accurate. Gandara Buddhist Art was highly revered and desired across East Asia. Afghanistan and Northern Pakistan was such a prosperous and cultured region, profiting from silk road spice trades between China, India, and Persia (and Roman Empire). From Gandara region, Buddhism was transmitted to Central Asia to Tarim Basin to China and rest of Northeast Asia during 1st-3rd century. When the Muslims invaded, the region turned to what it is now. It actually destroyed the fabrique of society, connection to tradition and cultural ancestry.
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  2389. With all due respect, a Palestinian Jew from 2000 years ago can't save anybody from this tragedy. Simply put, it's geopolitics at its finest. Some in Ukraine wish to be part of EU and NATO to become more prosperous like Western European countries. Others in Ukraine wish to stay close to Russia, much like the past few centuries or more. Ukraine has been internally divided on its foreign relations since its independence, frequently changing course depending on political leadership. Now both Russia and NATO are sucked into Ukraine. This war will impact an entire generation or two for many families on both sides.
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  2390. Japanese recession has nothing to do with Lexus or Infinity.
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  2391. Imagine Japanese nationals/students living in your country. Some adjust easier, others find it harder to adapt and make local friends. There are many half-Japanese kids who live in Japan and have successful careers, from famous celebrities, actresses, Yokozuna, politicians, athletes, etc. But they all have one thing in common. They are fluent in Japanese language, culture, and mannerism. Most foreigners in Japan cannot read Japanese menus. They are basically illiterate from a local perspective. The flip side is, you will not be an "outsider" if you can communicate like other Japanese people. In reality, many foreign-nationals in Japan fail in social and cultural integration, which is why they are eternally foreigners/outsiders. They spend most of their time in expat bubbles with no connection to Japan. Basically they're just long-term guests/tourists from a local perspective. Depending on your bringing, it may be easier for you. But without sufficient knowledge/fluency of Japanese language, culture, mannerism, or norms...most Japanese will not know how to interact with you.
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  2392. I was surprised they chose Akita to open the Language/Culture school. While Akita's culture, scenery, and food is superb, Akita-dialect is quite unique for people outside of Akita. I'm sure the language school teaches Standard Japanese, but I'm not so sure whether locals speak it on a daily basis.
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  2393. In 2022 there was a Brazilian male in Osaka who killed his Japanese wife and 3 year old daughter and fled to Brazil. Our behavior to certain people are based on collective memory of their actions. Koreans, Chinese, Vietnamese, Brazilians, Iranians, Kurds...your reputation is based on your behavior in Japan.
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  2394. If fixable, nobody would be at war. Ironically enough, stopping a civil war likely prolongs the problem.
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  2395. Why is Russia training old folks and women in Rostov when they should be giving that training to the actual draftees? Russian behavior is very difficult to comprehend
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  2396.  @TheWaleedKhalid  The real enemy was not the Afghans. It was the extreme terrain. NATO forces faced the exact same challenge.
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  2397. The two Filipino teachers said they speak zero Japanese. They're in the wrong country.
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  2398. Once so civilized yet Iran never recovered from the Arab invasion, it seems.
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  2399. Foreign debt holders of Russian bonds are the ones who need sympathy, not Russia. It's not like Russia doesn't have money to pay. They currently don't have access to the financial system to pay in foreign currencies. They can always pay in their own currency, oil, gas, gold, lumber...
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  2400.  @Oliver-Klozehoff  It's about compromise. Of course they can, but every function will increase the price by US$1,000-1,500.
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  2401. Indeed. The very first thing that all new JAL employees are drilled into their heads is the JAL123 crash. That is also the first thing the current CEO mentioned when she was appointed. (She is a former flight attendant who joined JAS on the very year of the JAL123 crash. JAS was later bailed out by JAL, and she climbed up the corporate ladder.) The JAL flight attendant who opened the rear door of the A350 on her own judgement was a 1st year cabin crew. The intercom was no longer working due to the fire. Of all the things, that impressed me the most about JAL.
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  2402. Countries that have fought wars with Russian Empire and Soviet Union will never underestimate Russians. It's almost always the ones who've never fought a war Russia that just don't understand the mentality and tenacity of Russians.
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  2403. 岸田:アメリカに言われたから。
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  2404.  @ac4842  Some do, yet others don't. I'm not familiar with half-Vietnamese celebrities, but following are half-Filipino celebrities in Japan: HAYAMI Mokomichi, AKIMOTO Sayaka, KIMURA Yuki (aka "YUKIPOYO"), TAKAHASHI Maryjune, and SHIRAHAMA Aran. And TAKAYASU and MITAKEUMI are half-Filipino SUMO wrestlers. Honestly, I wouldn't be able to tell for most of them. I presume the appearance varies because some Filipinos do look more indigenous, some more Northeast Asian, yet some more European due to countless migrations since ancient times. This is not unique to the Philippines, but some people from Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Bhutan, Northeast India, Nepal, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan or Siberia don't look that different from people living in Japan. (With all due respect to the Kingdom of Bhutan, if their King were walking alone through the streets of Japan in plain clothing, I doubt anybody would assume he's from a foreign country.)
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  2405.  @Polytrout  That is the main cultural/linguistic divide. They speak English like a native because they're raised abroad or attended International/American school in Japan....which is a polite way of saying many of them aren't culturally Japanese. The half-kids or even foreign-kids who've received Japanese education will always be accepted in Japanese society. They will be given preferential treatment in employment, permanent visa, naturalization, etc. I went to school with a half-Russian & half-Ukrainian girl who was born, raised, and educated in Japan. Her first language is Japanese, so she'll always be far more socially integrated and culturally assimilated to Japan than half-kids who were raised in a different culture. It's difficult for me to write about the differences in mindset, mannerism, or behavior in a foreign language. But language is culture itself, and Japanese culture is Japanese religion, and vice versa. It's how we judge who is Japanese or not. It's not ancestry, nor is it citizenship. (The Japanese Government only has one definition on who is Japanese or not, which is citizenship.)
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  2406. Sadly, the problem is with the people.
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  2407. The ethnic Russian population in Eastern Ukraine is divided by political lines. I have no clue what winning will look like. And some Russian soldiers have Ukrainian ancestry. So Ukrainian soldiers with Russian ancestry are fighting Russian soldiers with Ukrainian ancestry...over land that belonged to the Crimean Tatars.
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  2408. US$ 20,000 in 2020 is around US$ 24,000 in 2024 after adjusting for inflation. Components are increasingly electronic and requires additional software, which drives overall manufacturing cost. Automakers can no longer make money by selling a US$ 24,000 car. Toyota's Operating Profit margin for FY2023 was only 11.9%, which is far lower than companies like Apple. (FY2023 Gross Profit Margin was 25.5%.) If you read the earnings, you'll know that North American segment lost money in FY2022. In FY2023 OP margin for North America was mere 2.9%, which is dragging the overall business. It's the least productive region compared to Europe, Asia, or Japan. In other words, they're selling cars too cheaply, and need to reduce cost in North America. FYI, the Fiscal Year for many companies in Japan starts from April 1st. Thus, FY2024 is from Apr 2024 to Mar 2025. It's the same with government budget and school year. However, Japanese companies are allowed to decide their own fiscal year, so some will use the regular calendar year, others (particularly in retail sector) may have a Feb ending fiscal year.
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  2409. Pay tribute to Tengri if you really believe you descend from Turks. Your common ancestors are the only ones who will look out for you.
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  2410.  @howardj602  Indeed. Dogmatic people incorrectly assume there is a panacea for everything. The approach has to be wholistic and multi-layered, and the transition to technology platforms takes decades. The current reality is that in many countries a significant percentage of electricity is still generated from burning coal, oil, or natural gas. Shifting to EVs creates additional electricity demand, and electric grids of most countries simply cannot handle a mass EV shift. (In Japan, there are estimates that we may have 20-30% more electricity demand just from data centers and adoption of AIs, even without EVs.)
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  2411. I was under the impression that Curry dish was a common dish throughout the various regions/kingdoms of the sub-continent, southeast Asia, Afghanistan, and even Iran. Does anybody know the real origin of it? If it came with the Indo-Aryans, then the origins are not from India but rather central Asia or even the Caspian/Black Sea.
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  2412.  @ChickensAndGardening  I suspect Nikkei was curious to know what cheap components BYD is using to produce a car that they can sell at US$ 10,000. If you wish to sell products in China at that price, you have to lower your standards and match Chinese quality.
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  2413. Afghanistan, Iraq?
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  2414. I believe he's being perceived as a young "reformer" in the minds of the North Korean public. He also had his half-brother killed with a chemical agent in a foreign country. I mean, If he can do that to his own family member...
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  2415. In the Middle-east, the Nissan Patrol is well-known as a reliable and durable off-road vehicle. I believe it's sold as the Armada in North America. And the Nissan Frontier is old school but most reliable with a naturally-aspirated V6.
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  2416. With so much jamming from both sides, I wonder whether Russia or Ukraine still has the ability to hit what they're targeting.
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  2417. War crimes.
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  2418. ​ @Eli_Pinheiro Racism or Colourism is complicated, even in Japan too because it's not simply about shades of darkness. It's actually about everything. For instance, a Brazilian-national who has Italian/Russian/German ancestry may be treated differently or receive more privilege in Japan because they're more educated, wealthy, and well-mannered. But a Brazilian who is tattooed all over his body, no university education, and dresses like a thug could be stopped by Japanese police for Identification multiple times. They're not being treated differently because of their skin-tone but the skin-tone is often directly linked to socioeconomic class, education-level, mindset, behavior, and culture.
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  2419. Praying to some God/Goddess is NOT going to solve the fundamental issue behind food shortage in Afghanistan. It's not ISIS-K, Taliban, NATO, or the Soviets who directly caused the severe drought that's been going on for decades. It's due to less snow in the mountain ranges caused by climate change, which results in drier wells (=aquifers), rivers, and farm lands. They can't farm in their own lands so they fight among each other. God is just an excuse and afterthought.
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  2420. It's still better than "Hanoi Hilton," I presume.
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  2421. That pretty much sums up the state of the world...
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  2422.  @rlander  For the Nissan Leaf, there has been minor upgrades in the components and software each year. If you're looking for a used car, I would look for the 2nd generation 40khw or 62kwh models. The latest models have a very different battery module, charging unit design, and regulating software. I think Tesla users would probably need the 62kwh Leaf version. And unlike Tesla, Leaf was never meant for regular DC fast-charging. If you want to maintain battery health and longevity, try to AC slow charge as much as possible. (The extreme heat from rapid DC charging is what degrades the batteries.)
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  2423. That's not what he meant by de-militarization. Russian military considers Ukraine joining EU/NATO as an existential threat to Russia's survival. Putin wasn't joking when they were asking for neutrality of Ukraine. This is also why the Russian military understands the need to invade Ukraine. In their mind, the invasion is preemptive yet a defensive move.
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  2424. My English professor back in college used to say that read if you wish to write, and listen if you wish to speak. Language learning is everything from reading your favorite novels to listening to your favorite musicians to watching your favorite movies. Both the Korean and American girls speak in a certain manner that makes native speakers realize they are fluent. That only happens because they read, watch, and listen to the same Japanese YouTubes, TVs, music, newspaper, or novels that native speakers do. Their word choice, pause between words, intonation, expressions, and mannerism is near native. Actually, I suspect the Korean girl was partially raised/educated in Japan.
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  2425. European colonies were structured to fight within and among each other for eternity.
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  2426. 石破さん・・・まだ何もしてないがな。まだ総理にも選ばれてないし。
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  2427. They're not borrowing in USD. Their money is coming from deposits in JPY. The challenge of NORIN-CHUKIN was that they've always had way too much money to invest. It's an agricultural bank.
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  2428. The United Nations pays $1,428 per soldier per month to countries participating in UN operations. For countries with low military pay, the military/government is effectively pocketing the difference (and using it for military equipment, training, salaries, or other budgetary expenses). Informal political pressure is also applied to recipients of UN aide to send troops to various UN missions. I believe that's why there are so many soldiers from developing countries--like Bangladesh and Nepal--are deployed to UN Peacekeeping operations worldwide. "Peacekeeping soldiers are paid by their own Governments according to their own national rank and salary scale. Countries volunteering uniformed personnel to peacekeeping operations are reimbursed by the UN at a standard rate, approved by the General Assembly, of US$1,428 per soldier per month as of 1 July 2019." https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/how-we-are-funded
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  2429.  @mrcool9626  I really wish our government can offer all of that, but in reality assistance is limited. Some Ukrainian families have been provided public housing. Special visa waivers is currently 3 months that can be extended to 1 year if need be. (Everything is based on the assumption that the war won't last for that long.) That said, most of the refugees who come to Japan are relying on their families living in Japan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPEvDAOokyw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLUhen021gY If you have intentions to live in Japan in the future, my best advice would be to get a degree from a Japanese university. The Japanese government has been trying to increase the ratio of foreign students in Japanese universities for the past 40 years, so you may able to find a public (or private) scholarship. The biggest barrier living in a foreign country is always language. (Some Ukrainians have found it difficult even in Poland, which is supposed to be relatively close both in terms of language and culture.) If and when you have a degree from a Japanese university, work visa is relatively easy to obtain.
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  2430. In Japanese academic circles, the Akha and Hani tribes in Southeast Asia and Southern China have been researched quite a bit, particularly in the field of anthropology. Their customs, culture, cuisine, architecture is extremely similar to that of Yayoi tribes who originated from the Yangtze river basin and arrived in Japan around 2,500-3,000 years ago.
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  2431. Akha tribes live in the hills of Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, and Vietnam. Ethno-linguistically, they are in the same group as the Hani (哈尼) and Yi (彝族), which is part of Tibetan-Burman language family. Traditionally, shamans are trained from young ages to recite all their ancestor lineage and locations they used to live. It usually points back to Sichuan and Yunnan region, along the Yangtze river. Some of them are famous for their terrace rice fields, which is usually a sign that they used to originally live near lowland/wetland people, and were pushed out into the mountains. Because many of them didn't have letters to record, ethnic history was passed down through the generations in stories, clothing, and garment patterns. Sadly, the ones who were exposed to the Western missionaries have lost their culture/tradition and connection with their ancestors.
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  2432.  @tjunoy  I stand corrected. After all, it takes a long time to develop a unique language/culture.
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  2433. What does the "Department of Cossack Affairs" do? And why is run by a priest?
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  2434. Insurance companies hate them.
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  2435. You're talking about Ohtani who couldn't it even use up his USD 2,000 monthly allowance in Japan, which he received from his mother who did his finances. He has zero interest in money.
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  2436. For now it's a small amount since Toyota only sold 104,000 EVs worldwide in 2023 (out of 10 million total sales). And half of Toyota EVs were sold in China. Toyota's US sales was about 20,000, Europe was 33,000, and China 45,000. If I had to guess, the discount is to get rid of some of the inventory. Toyota announced it will start manufacturing EVs in Kentucky from 2025, which is why they're building a brand new mega battery factory in NC. If there is continued demand for EVs in the US market is a different story.
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  2437. It was the same language 1,500 years ago. It's still a dialect of each other.
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  2438. If I see somebody like that, I'd avoid him at all costs. Most don't wish to be associated with that part of sub-culture.
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  2439.  @sunoo_love923  Most establishments don't allow foreigners, so I don't know the validity of the story.
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  2440. If Russia decides to leave the organization, what purpose will it have?
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  2441. Firstly, Toyota is the company that developed hybrids in the 1990s. It's took 10 years for Toyota to make money on hybrids, but they continued to sell money-losing cars in Japan because they strongly believed in the hybrid technology. So it's not that Toyota or dealerships don't want to sell hybrids. They simply couldn't manufacture enough of them to meet the high global demand. In case you don't know, there were severe supply constraints during the pandemic, especially with semiconductors. Automakers had to cut back due to component production due to shortages, but media reports say that component supply situation has stabilized by end of 2023.
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  2442. Japan has had a military since the 1950s. We just don't call it a military. Look at army's regimental or navy flag.
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  2443. This is rather exaggerated. Japan budgets and commissions a submarine every year.
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  2444. People who know Japanese language, culture, and norms will never be treated as a stranger in Japan. There are many people who are half and are successful too. From politicians, to athletes, to actors/actresses to Sumo wrestlers. TAIHO was half-Ukrainian be was the most loved YOKOZUNA so far. Right now, everybody knows TAKAHASHI Ran and the MIYABE sisters from Volleyball. They'll never be treated as strangers in Japan...they actually represent Japan.
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  2445. 世界中で問題になってますね。貧しい国から影響を順番に受けていく。通貨安・資源価格高騰で買えなくなってる。やがてはスリランカのような政情不安になっていく。
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  2446. Hardly. Toyota's fuel cell technology is now being used in Japan's public buses. "HYBARI" is the project name for Hydrogen fuel cell trains that is being tested by JR East, Hitachi, and Toyota. It will be operational around 2030 for non-electrified tracks. Toyota's hybrid research started 40 years ago. And now hydrogen research is conducted for mass acceptance 20-30 years from now. It's how long it takes to perfect a new technology.
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  2447. If we had to choose between Israel and Islamic militants, there isn't much debate on who we should support.
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  2448. オバマ政権の頃に『世界の警察』はもう辞めたと公言しとったぞ。
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  2449.  @Jo-Whale  Thank you for the correction on "Akha." Latest genetic studies suggest that modern Japanese are a fusion of 3 different migrations. The JOMON people arrived during the last ice age (starting from around 30,000-40,000 years ago up to 12,000 years ago when the sea level was about 100-150 meters lower). They have Y-DNA Haplogroup D, and the highest concentration of D is observed among the Ainu people, Tohoku region, Southern Kyushu, and Okinawa. Around 40% of Japanese male lineage exhibit Haplogroup D. The other known people with this Halpogroup are the Himalayans/Tibetans, although the genetic separation is over 20,000 years ago. One group migrated east, one group went south...presumably. The second large migration was about 3,000 years ago at the latest, as we can confirm their arrival to the Japanese isle from the irrigated rice fields found in Fukuoka City. They are commonly referred to as the YOYOI people out of convenience. (YAYOI-cho was the address name for University of Tokyo campus when they accidentally discovered Yayoi-style pottery.) They generally exhibit Y-DNA Haplogroup O1b2, and 40% of modern Japanese males and 30% of modern South Korean males shares this genetic ancestry. O1b2 admixture ratio is higher in populations in SETO-NAIKAI and KANSAI region, i.e. warmer regions that were suited for irrigated rice farming. On the Korean peninsula, O1b2 becomes less frequent and almost non-existent in North Korea and Manchuria. They are known to have weak alcohol tolerance, as it's hypothesized to be a natural selection. (Apparently, people with weak alcohol tolerance have stronger immunity against infection diseases like Malaria which are often associated with irrigated rice farming in warm weathers.) In the past few decades, Japanese researchers have tested every possible ethnic group from Russian Far East to China to Southeast Asia, but they weren't able to find a direct link with O1b2...which is why it's still a mystery. However, indigenous Taiwanese exhibit O1b1, and some Vietnamese and Austronesian & Tibeto-Burmese speakers inherit a variation of O1 Haplogroup. Thus, some scholars hypothesize that YAYOI migrants were descendants of the Yangtze Civilization, others claim they originated much more south in Fujian area, yet other scholars claim they are much from the North. (TORIGOE Kenzaburo thinks it's the Yangtze River delta because of the heavy focus on rice farmings, sun god worship, tattoos, stilt homes, etc) The third migration was between 4th and 7th centuries, and this lineage has Y-DNA Haplogroup O2, which is a common genetic marker for Northern Han Chinese. Around 20% of modern Japanese males fall under this category. They were descendants of ethnic Northern Han Chinese who lived on the Korean peninsula, and they fled to Japan during the warring period. They were known as KIKA-JIN (帰化人) or TORAI-JIN (渡来人) throughout Japanese history. They were given clan/family names indicating their origins such as YAMATO-no-AYA (transliterated as 東漢氏) or KAWACHI-no-AYA (西漢氏). In this specific case, East is referring to Yamato or Nara basin, while West is referring to KAWACHI or Eastern Osaka region.
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  2450.  @Jo-Whale  Yes, Yayoi-cho is just a random address in Tokyo where the pottery was accidentally found. Archaeological findings hint that Yangtze River basin started experiencing extended periods of heavy flooding and cooler temperature circa 3,700-4,200 years ago, which eventually triggered migration into all directions. This migration is one of the reasons why irrigated rice farming spread to Southeast Asia and Northeast India. And many of the languages associated with Southeast Asia (such as Thai and Tibeto-Burmese) have its origin in Southern China. The language that Yayoi-people spoke is still a mystery. The Yayoi migration started 3,000 years ago at the latest, and continued till 3rd century BC---ish. We don't even know if they all spoke a single/related language. I've heard some scholars make connection with Austronesian due to Japanese phonetics. Northern Chinese historians generally associated Japonic people to have similar customs to the Yangtze people. (More accurately, one of the Baiyue or 百越). According to Northern Wei records, Japanese calendar used to be 春秋暦 or Spring-Autumn Calendar, in which Spring-Autumn was counted as 1 year, and Autumn-Spring was another year. This implies that they were planting rice/crops twice in a year in a warm region. Northern Chinese records also say that Japanese diplomats claimed that they are related to the Wu people. (In some ironic twist, Shanghai has the largest number of Japanese expats.)
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  2451. Japan's interest in hydrogen isn't just about cars. We have hydrogen fuel cell public buses and trains that are currently being tested. And the steel industry is also trying to manufacture using hydrogen. The long-term objective is to rely less on fossil fuel. Japan only has around 160 hydrogen fueling stations, so there is a massive challenge to build up the infrastructure. However, the biggest challenge will be to produce Hydrogen in a clean manner. The reality is many countries still burn fossil fuel to generate electricity. China, US, Australia...they still burn coal as part of their energy mix. Half of all Australia's electricity comes from coal. In total, 70% of electricity in Japan and Australia are coming from fossil fuel. We're not all blessed like Iceland which is 100% geo-thermal or Norway which is 100% hydro-powered. If we're burning fossil fuel to create electricity or hydrogen, there is really no advantage in transitioning to either of them. (Just recently, NZ had to import more coal to meet the electricity demand.)
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  2452. Some Syrians are not too happy with Turkey invading Syria, I presume.
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  2453.  @rakuraku8043  There are plenty of ugly half-Japanese, which is why there is a phrase called "残念なハーフ," meaning the unlucky and unfortunate half-Japanese kids. It really depends on your parents. Successful half-Japanese celebrities like SAWAJIRI Erika, SHIROTA Yu, or AKIMOTO Sayaka have Japanese fathers. I don't know if it's because their fathers married "beautiful" foreign women who match Japanese beauty standards, cultural and educational upbringing, or because they have Japanese surnames and identity (and are better accepted by Japanese fans).
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  2454. ウクライナへの同情が強いから、世界中が意図的または無意識に偏向報道となってる。ウクライナは良く情報戦で盛ってる。ウクライナ軍を持ち上げ、ロシア軍を落とす姿勢が強い。ロシア軍の実力を理解している米軍や中国軍はけして過小評価しないはず。 アメリカ軍に近いシンクタンクの分析によれば、2014年の紛争の際、ロシア軍砲兵部隊は約15分でウクライナの2個歩兵大隊を壊滅させた。ロシア軍の近代化を米軍は認識し、米軍の戦車などの更新計画が一気に進んだ。
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  2455. I thought Russian grain shipped to India goes through the Red Sea. This is bad everyone.
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  2456.  @mikewolf-x6t  That's not entirely accurate. There are North Koreans who work in Russia, China, and Southeast Asia to earn foreign currency. North Korea has diplomatic outposts in NYC, London, Beijing, Switzerland, Austria, Brazil, etc. We know from defectors that some in North Korea also watch South Korea dramas and movies. They're not completely cut off from the rest of the world. And people talk.
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  2457.  @annunakian8054  You really need to travel more and experience the paperwork and bribes required.
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  2458.  @command_unit7792  Generally speaking, less water reserves heavily affect everything from temperature, wind, rain, eco-system.... If I under correctly, the evaporation of the Aral Sea has been causing health issues in adjacent areas, shortening the life expectancy. It also created areas that are too toxic for people to enter. I presume the different approach and attitude seen between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan is why the northern and southern areas had different outcomes.
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  2459. Hybrids are selling in North America but sales of BEVs are flattish. It's not about range or charging infrastructure or latest tech. It's about whether BEVs fit your lifestyle or not. Cars are not cheap, so every buyer will think long and hard about their choice. I don't think batteries are environmentally friendly to manufacture or recycle. And Australian electricity is heavily dependent on burning coal and other fossil fuel. But that's a different discussion.
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  2460. Real Turks followed Tengrism. Praying to a Palestinian Jew from 2,000 years ago won't be any help.
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  2461. If you care about the environment so much, just walk.
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  2462.  @sainigagan5  America has changed quite a bit in the last 30 years. You may not feel the change if you're young. Part of it may be the influence of social media, but I think it's more structural. America wasn't so divisive and polarized back then. I suspect the gradual decline of manufacturing and a shift towards a service-oriented economy polarized the socio-economy. There is no more stable middle-class, which used to be the majority until the 1980s. Hawaii was affordable for both locals and tourists back in the 1980s. It was laid back and a relaxing culture and environment. Now, a bottle of water in Honolulu is sold at 5x of the price in Tokyo. Rich people buying up homes and locals and natives are being priced out. There is something fundamentally wrong in policy when Native Hawaiians have to move to Continental US because they cannot afford living in Hawaii.
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  2463. ​ @maximusasauluk7359 It's a unique Japanese food called 納豆 or NATTO. It's healthy but not everyone in Japan can eat it. Historical, I think people in Kansai/Osaka region avoided it, but very popular in Eastern Japan.
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  2464. This is my personal impression. If you live in less urban areas in any country, people tend to be more talkative and friendly. Shyness is not necessarily the reason why people don't talk to strangers in Tokyo. It's more like we're so consumed with ourselves we really not that interested in other people.
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  2465. $7bn for 142km?
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  2466. You should learn some Chinese history. There are so many competing dynasties and wars...it's too difficult to memorize.
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  2467.  @chillxxx241  The original Magyars migrated from Siberia, and they absorbed the Huns and Avars who ruled modern-day Hungary and Romania before them. And the Magyars migrated through Turkic-controlled lands along the Eurasian steppe, which is why there is proto-Turkic influence in Hungarian language. The Huns, Avars, Bulgars, and Khazars were Turkic nomadic clans that were originally from South Siberia and Mongolian steppe. It's actually why Turkic was the common language for trade in the Eurasian steppe for over a thousand years. In Chinese historical records there is also a lot of mentioning of various Turkic nomadic clans. It seems the Hungarians know their history.
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  2468. Donbass region is a complicate place, due to heavy migration during the Russian Empire and Soviet Union. Some civilians there are receiving training to defend their homeland from the Ukrainian "aggressors." In their eyes, they're fighting for their freedom, and this former Marine is the invader.
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  2469. The business model seems unsustainable. BEV average production cost is 20-30% more expensive than ICE and gasoline Hybrids. But automakers cannot charge the premium because organic demand is weak without massive incentives and tax rebates. Tesla lost money for over a decade before they started making money in 2020. Average production cost in 1Q2024 was US$37,000, while the average sales price was US$47,000 (excluding all government subsidies/incentives). Toyota lost money in the Prius hybrid project for the first 10 years after the introduction in 1997. But Toyota understood the significance of hybrid technology in maximizing fuel efficiency, so they continued R&D and slowly made improvements over the past 3 decades, which is why hybrids are now affordable and profitable as regular cars. (The original hybrid concept car was introduced in 1975 during the Oil Crisis. But Toyota could't start designing a mass-market hybrid vehicle until battery technology improved. )
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  2470. ​ @raypalmer7733 Difficult to say whether BEVs will be around for that long. The bottleneck is the cost of batteries. And 80% of battery production cost is materials.
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  2471. Obviously they know how conscripts are treated in the Russian military. They also know Russian prison is beyond description. And only those with money and skill can afford to leave for foreign countries. Most Russians, particularly from rural areas, don't have that kind of luxury.
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  2472. 今回の措置で邦人が報復される確率が高い。
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  2473.  @FrunkensteinVonZipperneck  Honda still sells Fit in Japan and much of Asia-Pacific region. I'm not exactly sure what happened with the decision in North America, but the main reason for a model to be discontinued in a certain market would be sales figures not meeting target.
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  2474.  @cmoney1629 Japanese police will ask questions (known as "Shokumu Shitsumon") to anyone who looks suspicious or out of place, not just foreigners. Those activities are quite effective in finding criminals as Japanese police very observant about everything. But with regards to Black people, it's usually drugs and illegal immigration they're looking for, particularly from certain African countries. You can tell by how they dress, how they stay in the same place all day, etc.
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  2475.  @hagestad  Most Chinese automakers are losing money for each BEV sale too. The battery alone costs US$70 to $100 per kwh depending on quality, so there will be no way any automaker can make profits for a BEV sold at US$10,000. Tesla's unit production cost is estimated to be around US$37,000, and Chinese reportedly have a 30% cost advantage due to cheaper labor, components, batteries, vertical integration, government subsidies, etc. It would imply that break-even cost would around be US$25,000 per vehicle for an equivalent vehicle made in China.
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  2476. How is an F-16 supposed to survive against Russian Surface-to-Air missiles?
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  2477. Most half-Japanese, half-Russians would have a Eurasian (Tatar-like) appearance, so perhaps her "Russian" side is from a minority ethnic group. Or...it's just tanning, make-up, etc.
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  2478. I think 777x was supposed to be delivered by 2023. And that was after delays. 787-8 not only had many issues in the beginning, but Boeing remodified it to manufacture the 787-9. The 777x can have similar issues in the beginning.
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  2479. According to the press release from Japanese Ministry of Defense, ships participating in RIMPAC 2024 are LST KUNISAKI and DDG HAGURO, i.e. An amphibious transport ship and an Aegis guided-missile destroyer. P-1 planes and 95 staffers from High/Joint-Command (or Naval Operations) were sent too. I don't know if Japan participates in all aspects of RIMPAC training, or just the ones that are suited for Japanese needs. Anti-submarine warfare, live-missile firing, humanitarian assistance, and disaster relief were training objectives mentioned in Japan's official press relief. But I do suspect maintaining or establishing interoperability with partner forces is still the number one objective for RIMPAC.
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  2480. Commander of SF turning and joining ISIS was pretty sensational. I don't believe it's a small tiny minority, since radicalisation and extreme poverty are intertwined. It's pretty bad when 20% of the population has to find work in another country, or when countless refugees from Afghanistan flood your already struggling economy. And Russians treat Central Asian migrants really poorly. I don't think it's a coincidence nor a freak outlying event. Religion is the main vehicle they're using to express their frustration and despair.
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  2481. 昔から一定数あるけど、今は世界中で旅行需要が強すぎて機体も経験のある人材も不足してるとか。コロナ離職の反動で急激に採用してるけど、追いついてない。機体も空港も限界に近い水準で回転してる。（因みに航空機製造においても、部品供給する工場でコロナ時代に離職者が多くて人材不足から部品不足が恒常的。機内食からメンテナンスまで全て同じ状態。）
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  2482. Prius is only one model. Toyota sold nearly 4 million hybrids in FY2023. In FY2024, around 40 to 50% of new car sales from Toyota and Honda are now hybrids. Toyota sells around 10 million vehicles and Honda 4 million every year.
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  2483.  @sunrisejak2709  As you said, vertical integration is a double-edged sword. When times are good you're highly leveraged to the upside. BYD and CATL are making money riding the low price BEV boom in China, but most Chinese BEV makers are losing money due to over capacity and excessive competition.
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  2484. How did they arrive in Tunisia?
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  2485. Learn some history.
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  2486.  @dondada2959  What do you think European sausages were made out of?
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  2487. Iran-Iraq was far worse, especially with chemical weapons. Balkans was just horrific. Iraq War, ISIS, Syrian Civil War...different kind of warfare, but still devastating.
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  2488.  @terryj50  HK is not a sovereign nation, so the situation is slightly different. Before 1997, it was always interpreted and treated as British overseas territory, in the eyes of Japanese government. So moving from UK to HK wasn't considered a third-party nation or even emigration. It's just HK residency. But if you're saying that you emigrated post-1997 and your kids obtained Chinese-HK passports, that would be very rare.
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  2489. シンガポール軍も使ってる。回収が楽だし・・・再利用するので。
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  2490. "Britain has a much longer history here, for good or ill"
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  2491.  @denniskondratiuk4859 Ukrainians were the salvage foot soldiers of the Russian Empire that looted, plundered, and raped during the eastern expansion. They did the same during/after WWII. In fact, people from Ukraine were the largest political faction within Soviet leadership after Stalin. I understand it's wartime and there is a need to emphasize the the victim card to attract global sympathy...but Ukrainians were not victims but rather the aggressor. They were the Russian Empire, and they were the Soviet Union. Because centuries of inter-mixing, the irony is a lot of Russian conscripts--particularly from Siberia and the Far East--actually have partial Ukrainian ancestry. And a lot of Ukrainian soldiers have partial Russian ancestry.
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  2492. No such thing as right side.
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  2493.  @devina8812  Most Peruvians in Japan have Japanese ancestry. So I don't think Inca-language would be there native tongue.
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  2494. ​ @biancazombie9322  It's just like Mexico. Drugs sold to the US are sometimes paid with guns.
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  2495. Some linguists think that 馬韓 was Japonic in ancient times.
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  2496.  @borisyaz  I think it should be interpreted the other way around. "100's of billions dollars, tons weapons and munitions" is why Ukraine has been able to hold the line against Russia, which has more of everything (including time). The primary purpose for assistance was for Ukraine to not lose--or at least not lose big--against Russia. The secondary objective was to create a military stalemate, which tends to be conducive for a negotiated settlement to end the conflict. I understand frustration or skepticism, depending on your viewpoint, but stalemate is actually good for diplomacy.
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  2497. No, it's your mannerism, mindset, and behavior. Our facial muscles develop differently based on native tongue too. Basically you don't walk, talk, think, dress, or sit like a Japanese. That's why most of us won't be able to tell. You know that Amuro Namie is from Okinawa, right?
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  2498. Ethnic cleansing of non-Slavic territories have been going since the Russian Empire. The irony is it was done with the help of Ukrainians. For reasons unclear, now the Russians and Ukrainians are killing each other for traditional Crimean Tatar territory.
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  2499. Toyota and Honda had the best April-June quarter in their company history due to strong hybrid demand. Brazil is a difficult market because of various industrial regulations/rules to manufacture in Brazil, but more importantly your purchasing power is lower compared to developed countries. Simply put, automakers don't make money in Brazil except for the high-end segment catering to the affluent, which is why many foreign automakers have pulled out of manufacturing in Brazil.
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  2500. 過剰な哲学や信念って危険でもある。生き抜くための柔軟性が重要。
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  2501. How many Gulf states actually want democracy?
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  2502. I suspect people who are used to living in long cold winters don't give up.
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  2503.  @davidsobel3303  Japanese Cuisine 101 is DASHI. In fact, getting good DASHI is the single most difficult and essential component in making authentic Japanese food. And it's common to use everything from KATSUO, KONBU, AGO, TORIGARA, etc. Even the deciding factor of RAMEN, SOBA, UDON...is basically broth.
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  2504. When global central banks are struggling to curb inflationary pressure...why would OPEC cut Oil output?
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  2505. I was most surprised by the Ifugao people of the Philippines. Their terrace rice fields and culture resembles some ethnic minorities in Southeast Asia and Southern China. If I'm not mistaken, the "Hanging Coffins" on cliffs, is a custom uniquely observed by minority groups in the Philippines, Indonesia, and some regions of Southern China. Southern China was invaded and slowly Sinicized in the past 2,000-2,500 years ago, but pre-Sinicized Southern China most likely had many more cultural similarities with Southeast Asia. It's actually why there are so many mutually unintelligible dialects in Southern China. (In other words, their original sub-strate language mixed with Northern Chinese and created a unique dialect.)
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  2506. 2/3 of cars sold by Japanese automakers are manufactured outside of Japan. So it has no meaning.
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  2507. VOA is funded by... you know by whom.
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  2508. Frankly, that's not how we recognize our own national security environment. Japan has always perceived Russian expansion/agression as the primary threat, especially after the Russians seized Outer Manchuria from the Qing dynasty in the 1850s. It's not a coincidence that 1/3 of all Japanese military assets are in Hokkaido directed against Russia. When the Soviets shot down a commercial airline in the 1980s, it was Japanese military intelligence that was listing to Soviet communications. The cautionary tales of DAIKOKYA KODAYU in late 18th century was understood by all of the political elite, especially as many Russian ships were arriving in Japan. So to keep the Russians out of the Korean peninsula and Inner Manchuria, we have fought the Qing dynasty in the 1890s and Russian Empire in 1904, annexed Korean peninsula in 1910, and financed the Chinese revolution in 1911. Since the Chinese were so internally divided and unreliable to fend off the Russians, we took matters in our hands and set up Manchukuo in Inner Manchuria in 1931. To counter Russian/Soviet threat, Japan signed 3 military alliances in 20th century alone with the UK, Germany, and later the US. We have also tried to maintain good relations historical enemies of Russian Empire, such as Ottoman/Turkey and Persia/Iran for the same reason. The Soviet threat was even more complex as it was internal as well. Many intellectuals were and still are left-leaning, to say the least.
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  2509.  @goyam2981  Are you sure it's his racial background that's bothering him. He dresses like a different kind of minority.
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  2510. One of the largest ethnic group in the US is those with German ancestry. All of them would identify as Americans. The issue is not where someone is from. It's about social integration and cultural assimilation. A failed version of integration would be like France where a great deal of immigrant families feel excluded, or prefer to not be included.
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  2511. Japan doesn't have any tariffs on US products. In fact, most countries don't have any meaningful tariffs on US products. They don't sell because they're not good quality. But Apple products sell well, because they're good. It's simple as that.
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  2512. This was destined to happen after Turkey's involvement in Syria. It was only a matter of time. Don't know which organization carried out the bombing, but people attacked by Turkey strike back too.
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  2513. Don't you know any Russians?
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  2514. BRITISH INDIA 2.0?
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  2515. But that was my main question too.
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  2516. @@KikiKiki273 Either you're a Japanese citizen or you're not...that is how Japanese society views citizenship. That's actually the legal definition what it means to be Japanese. We strip citizenship from Japanese who've emigrated abroad and obtained foreign citizenship. We don't grant automatic Japanese citizenship to Nikkeijin or descendants of overseas emigrants. We have a strict rule on citizenship because it allows you to vote, run for office, or acquire benefits such as SEIKATSU-HOGO. Only 1,000 people are approved for naturalization each year, after years of careful screening. In essence, it is a membership for the nation of Japan. Either you're a full member of Japan, or you're not. For part-time membership, there is permanent residency.
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  2517. Only the Haitians can shape and fix Haiti. Haitians are the ones committing violence. Haitians are the ones stealing from other Haitians. Now the Haitian government is asking foreign nations to fix their problems for them, police their streets for them. Hatians are solely responsible for what goes on in Haiti.
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  2518. In terms of national security, Russia needs Ukraine and Belarus to be a buffer-zone between Russia and NATO. Neither side want direct borders. But Ukraine used to swing between pro-Russian regimes and pro-European regimes since its independence. For obvious reasons, Russia (and FSB) was not thrilled when pro-EU regimes came into power. In terms of economy, Ukraine has struggled and had to borrow from or be bailed out by Russia to import Russian natural gas. This is not so much about competency but rather how the borders were artificially drawn, and how the Soviet Union was regionally structured. To date, most of natural gas comes from the Ural Federal District and Caspian Sea region. It used to be said that Eastern Ukraine preferred a Russian sphere (as they had deeper historical ties), while Western Ukraine wanted to join EU. For political, military, and economic reasons, the current regime has clear pro-EU and pro-NATO preferences. Putin and Russian military (and FSB) couldn't let Ukraine leave the Russian sphere of influence without a fight. Ukraine joining NATO is a nightmare scenario for Russia and would be perceived as an existential threat to Russian survival. Hence, the war.
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  2519. ​ @Allah72hoorsupplier Israel is so good they take them to meet Allah. I heard Israel also has apps now to choose the 72 girls in advance.
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  2520. And Real Turkic religion is Tengrism.
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  2521. Just google US vehicles sales by model. Apr 2024 was 13,933, and March 2024 was 15,337 units. Tundra sales are small compared to Ford trucks, but sales are up 20-30% compared to 2023.
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  2522. Do you report on the Kurdish victims of Turkish and Iranians strikes?
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  2523. クリスマスの時の一時停戦は第1次大戦の頃もあったはず。今回は知らんけど。
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  2524. Who bans music? What a screwed up religion.
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  2525. Human history is full of wars from ancient times to present. So much so that perhaps peace is the aberration.
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  2526.  @strongestnattyever-videos2247  Shohei doesn't pay for anything. Ippei was serving as his personal assistant, so he had access to Shohei's money.
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  2527.  @sakurakou2009  R U sure with that definition. That would make many "African-Americans" not Black. And how are you supposed to categorize people in East Africa? Some of them look mixed with Arabs.
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  2528. They didn't have a choice in term of dates. Next year is Upper House election, and the ruling party has to pass the budget for next fiscal year by spring.
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  2529. JALのエコノミーなら往復で最安値で5.5万円ぐらいと表示されてるけど、ビジネス・クラスとかの話ですか？
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  2530.  @object279  アフガンやシリア難民は欧州に入れないようにブロックしてる。トルコにカネ渡してトルコ内の難民キャンプで収容。だからトルコがシリア侵攻でクルド人を抹殺しても、見てみぬフリ
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  2531. It appears that in most of human history, peace is the aberration. It is preparation time till the next war. Just open a history book from any country.
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  2532. It's the same name, but not entirely the same car. A Corolla sold in China is not the same one sold in Japan nor the US. To meet US emission regulations and safety standards, car companies need to customize for the US market. Often times, the length/width, trims, and interior options of the car is different too, as different markets have different needs and preferences. And cars made in Japan will be using Japanese components, which is one of the reasons why Toyota cars made in Japan have the highest quality.
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  2533. おそらくロシア上空は通らず、南周りじゃないでしょうか。直行するだけの燃料も搭載できない小型輸送機なので・・・
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  2534.  @Amins88  I completely agree with you. Garlic, onions, etc...they do have an impact. I don't think it's genetics.
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  2535. Sadly Arabs don't need outside help to fight among themselves. There are limits in how many refugees one economy can take in. Lack of water, electricity, housing, schools, jobs. Jordan and Lebanon have the same problem too.
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  2536. US still had cluster bombs?
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  2537. Good job NATO, particularly France.
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  2538. If that is the case, his flight path doesn't make much sense.
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  2539. They hide weapons etc.
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  2540. All the wars in Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, or Azerbaijan are/were fought for the same reason. The borders were only Soviet internal administrative borders and once they all became independent, many people suddenly found themselves on the other side of the new border.
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  2541. I'm pretty sure this has been going on since the 1980s.
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  2542. Japanese culture and Shinto are inseparable. So much so, most of us can't tell the difference.
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  2543. I don't know. Japanese companies are so much more profitable and better capitalized now because they invested globally and manufactured locally (while the JPY appreciated.) The main policy difference compared to Europe/North America was really immigration and demographics. While immigration had positive effects for Europe/North American economies, it did introduce a lot of different social problems that are beyond the scope of economic growth.
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  2544. There are no wrong sides in any war.
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  2545.  @ドストエフスキー-d9t  マグロも産地・漁法・季節・種類など色々あるから一概には言えないはず。チェーン店の回転ずしなら外国の養殖の冷凍モノを大量に仕入れてくるんじゃないですかね？
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  2546.  @laoch5658  I don't know how people in Spain feel, but the last you need after a major natural disaster is a symbolic trip from a dignitary. All of the fuel, water, media attention, and security...should be directed to disaster relief efforts.
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  2547. I hope Iranians learnt from the Arab Spring chaos, and is preparing for a transition to avoid an implosion post regime change.
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  2548. I don't know what happened in North America. I presume it has a lot to do with Ghosn's past strategy to sell cheaper cars to expand volume, which has ruined the reputation. Quality of a car a has a lot to do with quality of assembly (i.e. labor) and components. Nissan's quality in Japan has always been top-notch, and they have a cult-like following. They've always been perceived as sophisticated and urban. Nobody in Japan will really think that one Japanese automaker has better quality over another Japanese automaker....because they're designed by Japanese engineers, using Japanese components and are are assembled by Japanese plant workers. (It's rather difficult to differentiate in terms in quality in Japan.) And Nissan has always been interesting and independent-minded and often receive media attention. Nissan's self-driving testing in Yokohama is unique. Leaf, Sakura, and Ariya is also interesting experiments compared to other Japanese automakers. But again, since almost all of the cars in Japan are Japanese cars, we're always looking for models and efforts that are different from the norm.
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  2549. If you had received formal education in East Asia, you would've learned about the enormous impact of the East Asian Turkic people throughout history. The Turkic clans dominated the Mongolian steppe since ancient times, neighboring and competing with Northern Chinese to control the trading routes into Central Asia and beyond. Chinese records on northern Turkic neighbors goes at least 2,500 years ago. (It's also the reason why there are old Chinese words in Turkic vocab, such as water.) Some of the Turkic clans eventually migrated westward, mixing with indigenous people, and eventually reaching and ruling modern-day Hungary and Romania by 5th and 6th centuries. In European records, they are known as Huns, Avars, Bulgars, Pechenegs, Khazars, Oghuz, etc. In East Asia, we would learn Turkic clans as 匈奴 (or "Xiongnu" in Mandarin) or 突厥 (i.e. Gokturks in English). The oldest surviving Turkic Inscriptions are found in modern-day Mongolia, and is written in both Runic Turkic alphabet and Chinese. The massive rebellions in the 8th century that eventually brought down the TANG Dynasty were instigated by Turkic generals serving in Chinese courts, such as AN Lushan (安禄山) and SHI Siming (史思明). The surname 史 is a Chinese adaptation of 阿史那 (ASHINA), which was the famous clan name of the ruling family of the Gokturks. There were many records on Turkic clans serving various Chinese courts. And when the Mongols expanded in the 13th century, most of the Mongol Army in Central Asia and beyond were Turkic clans. Some of their descendants later Slavicized, others became known as Tatars. Before the Russians/Slavic expansion to the east, Turkic was the Lingua Franca of the Eurasian Steppe for nearly 1,000 years. If you simply look at the hairstyle, weapons, clothing or lifestyle of the Cossacks, that is heavily nomadic Turkic. Even the word Cossack is a Turkic word. History education in East Asia will almost always covers the enormous impact of the Turkic people who spanned across the Eurasian continent, since they are the ones who pushed the Germanic people westward, which eventually led to the implosion of the Western Roman Empire. What I find interesting is that some people from Central Asia don't necessarily know about their own history.
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  2550. And most of the export/import is within EU, isn't?
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  2551. ​ @RedRomanov Unemployment rate is low for sure. But it's also true that tech companies have been reducing their staff.
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  2552. The economy was growing rapidly during the past few decades under military rule. It's far deeper than economic development or social/political rights. The military regime has been in power since...forever and with that there were many social issues. In a way, it's similar to Iranian regime. People don't march the streets just for clothing choices.
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  2553. 当然だが、フィンランド人もウクライナには行かないよ。
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  2554. How many of your citizens and soldiers are you willing to sacrifice to save Ukraine? Also, the cost of war with Russia is not just human lives.
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  2555. If Lyman is so important for logistics, it only means that Russian military will be coming for the city, again. Taking territory is not the difficult part in a war. Holding on to one is a nightmare.
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  2556. Nobody in Japan understands that expression. We already have most of what we need.
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  2557. It's older. Like a few centuries older. The rightful owners of Crimea are the Crimean Tatars.
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  2558. You will flip out if you knew that southern parts of the Korean peninsula were speaking Japonic languages in ancient times. The dialect, the DNA, culture...I'm sure even Koreans can see the dialect and genetic continuum from North to South.
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  2559. After 9.11 and ISIS...I can no longer believe there is a such thing as Muslims with dignity.
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  2560. Chemical weapons were in use since WW1
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  2561. Is it operationally possible for them to replace all of their wide-body with XLR? If their main competition and source of trouble is Ryan Air, they must be looking for ways to cut costs.
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  2562. NATOからすればロシアの弱体化が狙いだから、ウクライナ戦争が続けば続くほど嬉しい。ウクライナが負けない程度に武器を提供する。ロシアが内部崩壊しても困る。
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  2563. I suspect Afghan National Army needs proper air support to fight against the Taliban.
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  2564. Out of curiosity, aside from language how do you tell a Syrian from Turk?
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  2565. ​ @Noobsaucer Inflation is measured differently in each country, so small differences are a margin of error. Also the reliability and consistency of statistics are a world apart. Do Russians even trust official Russian statistics?
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  2566. It takes years if not decade to train effective officers and NCOs. It's insanity to assume that a few months training can make anyone proficient in any field. Yet better than nothing and better than Russian recruits are receiving.
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  2567. You're not policing anything. The US is assisting Ukraine to counter-balance Russia. In reality, the bulk of the money goes to US defense contractors, which leads to tax revenue, employment, and consumption. And old US equipment and ammunition in inventory is getting shipped to Ukraine, while the US military is getting the newest and upgraded equipment. It's a fiscal spending under the name of military assistance. Unfortunately, it also fuels inflation.
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  2568. At least he was in the front lines.
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  2569. A true hero won't be fighting for one side of a civil war. He'll be trying to end it.
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  2570. I don't think you would send elite SF units on an operation in Syria unless you're fairly confident with the intelligence. I assume they trained for weeks in a mock setup before they went ahead. Also, the idea of being able to eliminate only terrorists is false. They are almost always surrounded by friends and family.
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  2571. Most overseas Chinese to the Americas and Southeast Asia in 19th and 20th centuries emigrated from coastal regions of Canton/Guangdong and Fujian Provinces. So they brought over their mother tongue, cuisine, and customs. Some of them were Hakka too. Southern China speaks mutually unintelligible dialects from Northern China because they used to speak non-Chinese languages in ancient times.
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  2572. too many people.
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  2573. I don't know how effective it can be. Freedom of movement in Europe results in guns, drugs, etc freely moving as well.
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  2574. Where do the weapons and ammunition come from?
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  2575. 性別主義は性差別でしかない。
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  2576. You mean US gave money to US defense contractors.
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  2577. Aside from China and a few Nordic states, BEV demand has been relatively weak this year. As such, Mercedes, VW, GM, Ford, and Volvo have all postponed BEV investments and production targets. In key markets in Europe and North America, BEV ratio within new car sales is either flattish or declining. In contrast, Hybrids are growing much faster than BEVs particularly in North America. 40-50% of North American sales for both Toyota and Honda are now Hybrids. It's why some automakers are pivoting towards hybrids. They have to manufacture cars that sell in today's market, not 5 years from now.
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  2578. Pack a bag and go fight.
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  2579. It's the same in Japan too, where Apple has a about 50% smartphone market share. Some iPhones have become more expensive than latest laptops, so unless one absolutely needs the latest and most powerful iPhone for business reasons, people are holding on to their older phones for years. I think Apple has priced themselves out of the mainstream mass-market. We can get a reliable Android smartphone for 1/3 of the cost.
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  2580. There is no such thing as an Imperial Flag in Japan. We still use it for Regimental Flags and for Navy ships with different number of stripes and design. Similar designs are common among fisherman for their ships, Asahi Newspaper uses it for their logo.
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  2581. Paper gains, paper losses. It's become a tech ETF that nobody knows what to make of.
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  2582. Why would Mexico give asylum to a Ecuadorian VP?
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  2583. 素直に国益の損得勘定。NATOに加盟してないウクライナやモルドバのため、ロシアと戦争するメリットが無いという判断。どの世論調査でもアメリカ人の大多数は、ウクライナへの派兵に反対。NATO司令官は米軍の欧州司令官が兼任するし、米軍抜きのNATOには能力無い。
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  2584. Golf courses in arid terrain...
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  2585.  @jmus6494  I presume that's why the Russians allow such a convey.
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  2586. You're in a war zone. Why won't you evacuate?
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  2587. Fighting insurgents is not the UN's role. No host country will ever agree to such authority for UN troops.
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  2588. You have no idea how much Chinese immigrants have infiltrated various countries. From Southeast Asia to Latin America to the UK...there are pro-China collaborators everywhere.
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  2589. Is that why the French got involved in the slave trade in Southeast Asia?
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  2590. 大麻が合法になってる国が多いけど・・・住んでる国を間違えたね。
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  2591. Is he fleeing his country?
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  2592. That makes sense. How the Crimean residents will react to Ukrainian forces...I have no idea.
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  2593. ​ @minttea1966 If the Christians in Lebanon support attacks on Israel, they're not innocent victims.
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  2594. How many times have I heard European media and politicians use the phrase "irregular migration?"
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  2595.  @buddy1155  I don't think German, US or Japanese automaker can make profits from a US$20,000-priced vehicle let alone a US$10,000-15,000 BEV like the Chinese automakers. Pure BEV still should cost 20-30% more to manufacture per unit than traditional ICE & regular Hybrid vehicles. (Average production per vehicle for Tesla was reportedly around US$37,000.)
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  2596. 生産品を変更するのも含まれてるはず。自然洪水＆肥沃なシルトの流入で生産できた時代と違って、現在では上流にいくつも巨大ダムができて、ナイル川の水量そのものが減って国家間で激しく争ってる。上流の国々は人口増加・経済発展のために電力を必要だからダムを造り、下流のエジプトは農業のために水を必要としてるからダム反対。
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  2597. Sadly, too many bad experiences with foreigners, they're seen as a real risk by some landlords. They cannot read/write Japanese (i.e. contracts), comply with Japanese norms, and often are flight risks. They don't want to deal with complaints from neighbors either. Now, if you're working for a well-known company in Japan (i.e. stable income), there are many realtors that deal with foreign clients. They know all the preferences and apartments that are available for foreigners.
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  2598.  @Marcel_Audubon  Well if you cannot respect Japanese social norms, you're obviously living in the wrong country.
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  2599. ​@Wiegraf Democracy is an illusion everywhere in the world. Politicians bribe voters, voters bribe politicians.
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  2600. Before the Russian invasion, NATO troops were doing the training in Ukraine.
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  2601.  @sunglee3935  Yes, the girl around 7:12. I honestly thought she is what Koreans may refer to as 僑胞 or Overseas Koreans. Indeed the JA and ZA are challenging for some Korean speakers. A typical example is the word 民族 (みんぞく or ethnicity). Correctly it should be MIN-ZOKU but native Korean speakers tend to pronounce it as MIN-JYOKU (with a "J"). I imagine that happens because they are the same/similar sounds in Korean language. In a reverse example, I struggle with hearing the difference in K/G in the Korean language. For instance, the surname 金氏 would often be written as KIM with a "K," but 金浦空港 and 金海市 would be written as GIMPO Airport and GIMHAE City....with a "G"). In Japan, the Ministry of Education has a list of KANJI children need to learn each year. 1st grade is 80 KANJI, 2nd grade 160 KANJI, 3rd grade is 200 KANJI, etc...and text books will only include KANJI from that year and below. If you google 学年別漢字配当表 you'll find the list. And yes, most children would know what 部首 is. We learn it as にんべん、くさかんむり, etc in school. FYI, if you're serious about learning KANJI, I'd highly recommend going on websites like Amazon Japan and ordering a KANJI flash card for elementary school kids. They usually have the best examples of how it should be written (書き順) as well as all the readings and example words . (I know they have English version website and deliver to US and Europe...so I'm pretty sure they deliver to South Korea as well.)
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  2602. 被選挙権に制限を加えた方が良いと思う。自衛隊や海保、会計士や弁護士、行政官や大学教授などなら分かるんだけど、知名度を優先させてクラリオン・ガールやアイドル出身が国会議員をやっとる。知事は大阪はノック、石川はプロレスラー、宮崎は芸人。悲劇なのか喜劇なのか。
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  2603. Better than Muslim countries.
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  2604. Don't know how innocent they are, but clearly the world can't suffer another 9.11 or ISIS. Too many Islamic terrorist activity around the world funded by the Middle-East.
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  2605. Japan is slowly shifting toward hydrogen, so it's essential to be on top of the technology. Hydrogen buses and trains using Toyota technology are already in the media.
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  2606. The kid is smart. Let him run the country.
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  2607. Clearly it's not the worst
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  2608. Nissan sold 3.3million vehicles in both 2023 and 2024. They're not going anywhere.
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  2609.  @larryc1616  Since when is Australia, US, and Europe..the 3rd world?
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  2610. It's also incredibly challenging times for Chinese EV companies. NIO and Xpeng lost money in 2023, but Li Auto was able to make full year profits for the very first time. The competition is so fierce, some Chinese companies are selling their new models at a loss. The current Chinese market is a race to the bottom, so nobody knows how many Chinese EV automakers will survive. Best guesstimate is that China now has an excess production capacity of 18 million cars. (Toyota sold 10 million units worldwide in 2023.)
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  2611. Real Turks need to pray to Tengri.
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  2612. ​ @tman4915 Chrysler has been struggling since the 1990s, and it hasn't been an American-owed company since Daimler bailed them out. The only reason why they're still standing is because of previous bailouts. It was already bad when Daimler realized they cannot fix Chrysler because the problem was structural. UAW is threatening a strike to reopen a plant when Stellantis brands have excessive inventory. They need less production, not more. That said, Jeep has world-wide brand recognition and its designs are iconic. The price level is ridiculously expensive due to high cost of US manufacturing which is why sales are weak. They may have a chance if manufacturing is streamlined.
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  2613. Your citizens, your shit.
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  2614. Balkans?
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  2615.  @hanswitvliet8188  Being assembled in China and being designed by Chinese are completely different things.
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  2616. War is about profits.
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  2617. Considering the resale value, insurance cost, and potential cost of fixing if something breaks...I don' know if EV saves money.
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  2618. Hostage exchange?
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  2619. Humiliation assumes Goldman having some shame. And $3 bn is cost of doing business. Not all new business ventures work out as planned. Wishing to have more exposure to retail doesn't sound like a bad idea on paper. Perhaps the culture was incompatible.
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  2620. American proactive involvement in the Middle-east? Would that be referring to overthrowing a democratically-elected Iranian regime and installing a pro-US puppet regime, or would it be like invading Iraq and creating utter chaos?
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  2621. Ethnic minorities are being intentionally conscripted.
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  2622. Japan has always tried to maintain friendly relations with Iran regardless of her regime. Protesting against the regime or its policies in Tokyo will serve to raise awareness among the people, but that's the extent of the effect in Japan. If protesters are under the illusion that Japan will get involved in domestic affairs of Iran, they may be disappointed. We don't even like or fully support the current sanctions on Iran, although we understand the reasons for it.
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  2623. 敵地を占領してるけど・・・負けてるの？
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  2624. Can't send without invitation and consent from host country. And not many countries have communication with Syria or diplomats in Damascus these days. Perhaps Iran, Iraq, Russia, and Lebanon/Hezbollah can assist Syria. Sending rescue workers to rebel-controlled territories is too dangerous and totally out of the question for most countries.
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  2625. Nothing particularly new and nothing to be surprised about. It's just another war like Yemen, Syria, Libya, or Afghanistan that we have seen in the past decade or so. War is good business for some, terrible for others. War is no accident either. Ukraine wants to break away from Russian sphere and join EU/NATO. That's the cause of this war.
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  2626. Why is a refugee camp armed?
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  2627. Or it reflects how unpopular Russia is right now. The increased costs from fuel, fertilizers to lumber due to the war is making living rather difficult for many people around the world. Obviously, nothing compares to the difficulties that Ukrainians face every day.
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  2628. If I didn't know about her background and just listened to her speak, I would naturally assume she's from Japan, which I suspect is the main source for misunderstanding. This actually happens to Japanese kids who attend international school or Japanese kids who grew up outside of Japan.
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  2629. No action talk only, aka NATO. If Turkey ever invaded Israel, they will be kicked out of NATO.
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  2630. ​ @PlaYer-sn5or China didn't do anything.
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  2631. God takes sides?
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  2632. The technical challenge of maximizing fuel and battery efficiency for hybrids is how to compensate for the added battery weight. Which is why many automakers are designing new engines that are more lighter, smaller, and powerful.
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  2633. Russia is a confusing place. Why are Russians fighting each other while invading another country?
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  2634. Portuguese is an Indo-European. Obviously, it's not that difficult.
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  2635. ​ @annchendoherty Are you implying they were not just journalists? Were they members of Hamas, or were they foreign agents?
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  2636. 既に35万人がロシアへ避難中。マリウポリなどウクライナ東部はロシア系住民が多数いる。ロシア国内に親族がいる人が多い。
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  2637. ​ @ISuperTed Depends on the country. Dealers in the US are independently-owned by Americans. In other countries, dealerships are owned and operated directly by the automaker.
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  2638. And Nissan was the first company to release commercial BEVs.
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  2639. Israel provided goods to Syria, there is really no impediment.
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  2640. It's not about Turkey or Syria. Foreign governments cannot send assistance to rebel-held territories linked to Islamic Jihadists. The irony is that Turkey was the main source of funding for these folks.
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  2641. It's scary to think many of these incidents were caused by radicalized people. Radicalisation can be triggered by anything.
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  2642. It's not the first nor last hurricane. Why don't they ever learn?
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  2643. If it was indeed planned, I'm sure whoever did so made a lot of money.
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  2644. Only 11 casualties? That's professional. If it were the Americans or the Russians, they would destroy the entire city and everybody in it.
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  2645. Corruption is relative.
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  2646. Results of centuries of Russian colonization.
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  2647. Chinese are really good at embarrassing themselves. Chinese technology means creating cheaper and inferior copies of foreign goods.
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  2648. Is Christmas in December or January for Russia and Ukraine?
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  2649.  @breezywarhead8489  Thank you. I was confused by the video title.
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  2650.  @showwhite7320  She doesn't need to pretend. Women over 190cm is taller than most volleyball players on current Japan's Women's national team. If I had to guess, over 190cm is less than 1% of 1% of the entire female population in Japan. Perhaps women over 190cm in the Netherlands, Baltics, or Brazil won't be that rare, but in Japan you definitely stand out whatever you do.
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  2651. Nissan was never a value brand. Nissan Qashqai (sold as Rogue Sports in North America) and Nissan Juke are usually in top 10 selling models in the UK. NIssan does sell hybrids in various markets. But for reasons I don't know, Nissan didn't market hybrids in the North American market. EPA emissions and carbon credits is why automakers are forced to use a smaller/lighter engine using Turbo. In North America, Nissan has always had a very reliable truck.
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  2652. Imagine aliens using primitive earth satellite technology for navigation.. But again if you're gonna land a spaceship, it's ll be done somewhere that has flat terrain, I presume.
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  2653.  @M_SID21  If you're talking about paternal Y-DNA Haplogroups, most Germanic-speaking males have R1b and most Slavic-speaking males have R1a (excluding the Balkans). Northern Indians and Iranians also have R1a due to Aryan migration from a few thousand years ago. The Sogdians who traded between Central Asia and China were also Eastern Iranic speaking Aryans. You can find their descendants in modern-day Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, China, etc. As for Scythians, who are partial ancestors of many people living in the Eurasian steppe, their languages were majority Iranic and Turkic. Sorry to break it you but it's very unlikely that your ancestors spoke a Slavic language before around 1,000 years ago. Why do you think there are people like the Lipka Tatars in Poland and Baltic states? The common tongue in the Black Sea region and Eurasian steppe was Turkic from around 1,500 years ago. Many of their descendants were later Slavicized. Just look at old paintings of the Cossacks. Their hairstyle, clothing, weapons...are all nomadic Turkic. Even the name Cossack has a Turkic cognate.
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  2654. Why?
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  2655. All we get to see is somebody's propaganda.
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  2656. He is the authority. These are Arabs.
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  2657. It's a diplomatic mission in the 1870s, whose primary job was to observe and record everything they see and hear. And in case you don't know Japanese modern history, Prussia/Germany is the country that has always been most respected in the West by Japanese people, whether in medicine, industry, or military organization. Japanese Army always taught German in their officer schools. And even today, German cars are the only foreign cars that sell in Japan. German medical equipment are still used in Japanese hospitals. Medical and scientific terminology in Japan often have German origins.
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  2658. Train lines from Shinjuku and Ikebukuro to Western Tokyo and Saitama prefecture are now considered "rural" Japan? Poor Seibu Railways.
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  2659.  UltimateTruthChannel  I was under the impression it's a Chinese practice for rich families (who don't need to work) and not a Manchu one. Jurchen/Manchus are semi-nomadic horse-riders, and they would not be foot-binding
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  2660. Back to civil war.
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  2661. The anti-Assad Islamic forces in Idlib were backed by Turkey and other wealthy Arab nations. Syrian regime doesn't control those parts. In fact, it's too dangerous for supporters of the Syrian Assad regime (i.e. mostly Syrian Alawites, Christians, and Kurds) to enter those areas even for humanitarian missions. Some of the argument in this video is based on international law and territorial sovereignty, which I don't think is the real issue when it comes to Idlib. Turkish military has entered in Idlib in the past to support anti-Assad forces. If Turkey wanted to--or more accurately if it had the resources--it would have send military units to Idlib. Naturally, Turkey was too busy with disaster response inside Turkey. Given that anti-Assad forces in Idlib are linked or led by Islamic fundamentalists, and that they are active targets of Syrian and Russian militaries, most foreign countries didn't have the stomach or desire to send rescue units to Idlib. So the question is: who should be responsible for disaster relief in a break-away region led by Islamic Jihadists which is effectively a war zone? Frankly, it's too difficult to manage the risk for most foreign organizations, government of non-government.
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  2662. もう完全に手遅れ。ウクライナは独立後に迷走した。ロシアが黒海進出のため、帝政ロシアから現在までの歴史をしっかり理解してれば、こんな結果にならなかった。ウクライナ独立を赦したことが失敗という結論になってしまった。ウクライナは地政学的な現実を認識出来なかった。ロシアは既に大きな政治的、経済的、軍事的犠牲を払った。その代償は参戦前よりも大きな領土になる。
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  2663. Oh please, it's just a war among Slavic folks who both want a bigger slice of Tatar land that they jointly invaded.
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  2664. 日本人としてのIdentityとも絡むから複雑ですね。
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  2665. I recall learning something about military suppression in Prague during the Cold war and an ugly war in the Balkans.
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  2666.  @nguyep4  The average production cost for Tesla in Q12024 was around US$37,000. Average sales prices (before tax incentives) was on average US$47,000. American tax payers have been funding 20% of the sales price via Federal/State tax incentives on American-made BEVs. If you look at German new car sales, once tax rebates ended EV sales declined.
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  2667. Some financial and housing assistance is provided by government and NGOs but most of them will be living with their families in Japan.
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  2668. No foreign force has seen the benefit to do so. It's utter waste of resources.
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  2669. Former French colonies, AKA Shxthole countries...
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  2670. The pilot was the commanding officer of the Aggressor Unit. Before that he was CO for Japan's acrobat team, so I don't think anybody doubts his ability to fly. For reasons unknown, the plane exploded in the air 1 minute after take off. I'm no engineer but it appears something was wrong with the plane.
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  2671. Completely inaccurate. Chinese wish to be less reliant on the USD. It's an excellent opportunity for them to increase their financial influence. I have no idea how India will be paying their weapon purchases.
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  2672. I suppose it's easier to justify if they believe they're at war with Turkey. Possibly revenge for Turkish military operations in Syria. Turkey has a long list of enemies, and it can be masked to blame other groups. Islamic jihadists would love to see Turkey attack Kurdish positions inside Syria as it will create an opportunity to mount attacks on Kurdish held prisons that detain many IS members.
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  2673. NATO has no interest in starting another war.
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  2674. 留学先のアメリカの大学の近くのカフェの前で通勤してくる物乞いがいました。いつも同じ場所で、綺麗な恰好をしてる。
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  2675. The prestige of University of Tokyo in Japanese society is pretty scary. Female student ratio is about 20-25% depending on the year, so around 600 plus female students from the entire nation only get into the top university each year. It's much easier to get into medical schools of less ranked universities and become doctors. From what I've heard, many female students of Univ of Tokyo choose to marry people from the same university. (FYI, The current Prime Ministers, Kishida-san, is from one of the top private junior/senior high schools in Tokyo, yet he failed to get into Univ of Tokyo even after attempting a few years after finishing high school.)
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  2676. Logistics is a serious issue for all militaries.
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  2677. Inequality and poverty is real. But how can any government offer assistance without tax additional tax revenue?
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  2678. He's so dumb he's recovering R&D by selling concept cars to enthusiasts. And using the technology developed in order to manufacture buses and semi-trucks.
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  2679. ​ @robtangent4664 It's not the technology per se because Chinese products are inferior copies from neighboring countries, rather it's the lack of consistency of Chinese products that makes it less reliable and stable. Just look up EV fires in China. Most of them are not the fault of the EV manufacturer, rather it's because of the low quality of batteries they're using. And Chevy Bolt used South Korean LG batteries, which is why it had many safety problems.
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  2680. And what are other 49 states doing?
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  2681. I don't know how true it is but I've heard before the many US airlines don't hedge for fuel prices anymore. The reason given was there were periods when they actually lost money from the hedges and it started becoming pointless in the long-run.
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  2682. We still don't know why some get seriously ill while others don't even notice they have it. I don't think anyone can create an effective vaccination without figuring out the mechanism of the virus. And it was artificially created in a lab for research purposes.
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  2683.  @bbukutan5375  It's the other around in Japanese society, because we generally follow paternal lineage. Our surnames, family registry, religious sects, family tombs, and land...are inherited from the father's side. In contrast, children of foreign fathers weren't issued Japanese citizenship until 1985 because they weren't perceived to be Japanese, while Japanese Descendants with paternal lineage living abroad were able to inherit Japanese citizenship.
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  2684. This interesting piece of American history.
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  2685. They were mostly ordinary Germans who were unhappy politically and economically. Can't really remove them unless you remove all Germans from Germany.
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  2686. 漁夫の利を狙うのが国益だから。欧米と一緒に制裁しても何も利益が無い。
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  2687. それはイカン砲の場面だね。
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  2688. Nissan had record revenue in FY2023 (Apr 2023 to Mar 2024). Their target for FY2024 (Apr 2024 to Mar 2025) is sales growth. They'll be doing much better if they can fight off the French interference/infection.
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  2689. Nobody called him. He was sent from Reneault.
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  2690. Because "your people" killed many Burmese since the 19th century. "Your people" worked for the British to colonize Burma. Once colonized "your people" worked for the British to suppress many Burmese independence movements. And once Brits were gone "your people" have been killing Burmese soldiers in a separatist movement. Have "your people" ever publicly apologized to the Burmese people what you did to them in the past two centuries?
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  2691.  @liteupcandle1  That is not the same. We have Japanese schools in major cities around the world for children of Japanese expats. Shanghai has one of the largest Japanese expat/business community, but most of them will be returning to Japan, and their children need to be educated in Japanese to survive in Japan.
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  2692. Assassination of a sitting president usually involves powerful insiders. Probably the same with Kennedy.
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  2693.  @ぬるぽ-t6k  東京大空襲、広島、長崎、ベトナムの枯葉剤、イラクやシリア空爆・・・昔からそんな差は無い。
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  2694. If I understand correctly, the concept of "levirate" marriage is when the older brother dies, the younger brother (who becomes the head of the family) is responsible for providing for his older's brother wives and children. It was common practice for early nomadic tribes, apparently.
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  2695. It's been explained to the Japanese public.
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  2696. I can't figure out how an air ticket can be so cheap.
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  2697. Who?
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  2698. The US will be against any such proposal, I presume.
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  2699. Right now the most popular athlete is TAKAHASHI Ran.
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  2700. 卒業後に日本で仕事をして本国に送金したい人々にとって、英語の授業は意味がない。英語で受けたいなら英語圏に行った方が意味がある。
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  2701. Dealers aren't controlled or owned by Japanese automakers. They are independently-owned American dealers. If you think there was a fraud, you should go to the police, or report it to Nissan HQ. Nissan has the power to cut off dealers who are unreliable.
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  2702. People have been killing each other in the name of religion for a very long time. It's one of the easiest methods to motivate and mobilize people.
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  2703. Obviously UN isn't a world government. It's just a place to meet . They are tasked with annoying issues that no country wishes to do alone. No UN member nations giving any kind of authority to the UN.
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  2704. Zainichi Koreans don't want to have Japanese citizenship. They want to return to Korea once its unified.
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  2705. Please don't drag Japan into this conflict. This is not our war. The Prime Minister has already gotten ourselves involved more so than we we should. If it were Abe-san in power, he wouldn't have been so naive. The reason Japan signed an alliance with the UK, Germany, and later the US in the 20th century was to counter-balance the Russian/Soviet threat. It's the same reason why some Ukrainians allied with Germany, others allied with Soviet Union. During that era, Germany was the only viable power in Europe that could deter Communists. The irony and tragedy is that many Russians in Far East are descendants of Ukrainian settlers, and many Ukrainians are descendants of Russian migrants during the Russian Empire and Soviet Union. That said, some Ukrainian nationalist are really dangerous and toxic.
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  2706. The new 3rd generation Leaf will be available in 2025/2026. I think that's why dealers are trying to off-load their Gen 2 inventory.
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  2707. It's about skill, education, and language. I've worked with a few people from Southeast Asia who finished Japanese universities. They are paid and treated exactly the same as the rest of the employees. People who have no local language skills are only able to do entry-level jobs in most parts of the world.
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  2708. どの国も外交官の追放は必ず報復する。この行動によりロシアにいる日本大使館や領事館の職員の一部が追放される。今回どの部署の担当者を追放するのか不明だけど、邦人のための領事業務に影響が出ないことを祈る。
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  2709. The average age of cars and light trucks in the US is 12.6 years in 2024. So there will be a steady replacement demand. The pandemic had constrained supply-chains and production, limited new car availability, resulting in inflated used car prices. With productions now normalized, the price distortion that occurred in certain models will likely change too.
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  2710. People were fleeing from 1997. Many emigrated/relocated to Australia, Canada, US, UK, Taiwan, Japan, and Singapore.
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  2711.  @MarkCalica  Rushing production and forgetting bolts are not the same. The labor quality is low, which is why the product quality is low.
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  2712. You should contact Toyota directly. That sounds like a dishonest dealer. Unfortunately, Toyota doesn't own or directly operate dealerships in the US.
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  2713. At least they didn't call it Operation Lucifer.
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  2714. Because no country in the region wants North Korea to collapse. It's a much needed buffer zone.
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  2715. German and Japanese automakers are almost always conservative in their business outlook. VW Group will be selling 9 million vehicles and making around €20bn in profits in 2024, yet they still want to optimize the capacity as BEV demand is weaker than anticipated. €20bn in profits is more than what most companies make globally. Only a few dozen global tech/telecom, energy, or financial firms can exceed that level of profits. JP Morgan made US$49.6bn in 2023. There is only one automaker in the world than can make more profits than VW, which is Toyota. €20bn is slightly over double that of Honda's estimated profits for FY2024. (Honda's projected sales for FY2024 is around 4 million units.) And please learn some basic accounting. The debt is mostly for auto-loans. VW and most other automakers have a financing business, meaning they issue debt (i.e. borrow money from capital markets) to lend to consumers in the form of auto-loans. Hence, the more cars you sell, the more debt appears on your Balance Sheet. If you look on Asset-side of B/S, there should be an equivalent sum as auto-loans. Most automakers charge a small interest rate difference and make small profit from the auto-loan business too. Their credit ratings are generally stable.
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  2716. The design flaw is they're easy to steal.
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  2717. Has the virus mutated into something more dangerous?
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  2718. Have you not heard of Nissan Leaf?
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  2719. At this rate, I worry Kyiv is gonna end up like Aleppo.
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  2720. Sadly, a nation's foreign policy is not about a single dictator. It's about Belarus being absolutely dependent on Russian gas and economic aide. It won't matter who's in charge or whether Belarus one day joins EU/NATO or not. It's about feeding your people and the sacrifices/choices you have to make. If one day this lady becomes the president of Belarus, she will quickly realize how little options she has.
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  2721. The sad truth of Myanmar is that the country will implode and disintegrate into chaos without the military.
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  2722. Get a permit.
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  2723. That's called "AIZUCHI" in Japanese.
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  2724. Perhaps the regime can focus on improving Iran.
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  2725. This is the dumbest thing ever. Everybody has fridges and freezers in any country. Nobody is gonna die from eating pork unlike in the middle-eastern desert climate in the 7th century. The essence of any religion is not about what you can or cannot eat, I presume.
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  2726. ​ @risatanaka4444  Your brother was educated in NZ. You may think your older brother is the same as somebody who was raised and educated in Japan. But unless you have a degree from a Japanese academic institution, it will be tough in Japan. Likewise a degree from a Japanese university will be useless in NZ as well. FYI, people with hearing disabilities can drive in Japan too. You just don't know Japan.
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  2727. It surprises me why some Ukrainians are unable to understand Russian MO, especially since many Ukrainians were part of Imperial Russian expansion and because Ukrainians were influential members of Soviet leadership during the Cold War. Japan, South Korea, and China all interpreted the Russian move in North Korea primarily as a warning/message to China. Russians don't need anything from North Korea, but they need constant supply of electronics, semiconductors, spare parts, drones, and sales of natural resources from China. By visiting North Korea and "promoting" friendly relations, Russia is actually negotiating with China. It's not a secret that China absolutely hates Russia getting politically, economically, and militarily closer to North Korea. Russians are also sending a message to the US, by inferring that if the US doesn't back-down from Ukraine, Russia will continue to escalate tension on the Korean peninsula by assisting DPRK in its missile and nuclear projects. Russia is equally sending a message to South Korea to limit future weapon sales to NATO/European countries by "re-igniting" the frozen Korean conflict. Indirectly, Russian actions also pushes Japan to focus less on Ukraine and more on North Korea. Russians are playing diplomatic chess, as usual. They're looking for conflicts they can escalate and manipulate in order to divert attention and resources from Ukraine. First it was Gaza, now they're attempting to do the same in the Korea peninsula. Instead of mocking Russia for everything, perhaps you should see the world through the eyes of Russian strategists. They're certainly not stupid, and they don't do anything without a clear objective.
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  2728. Gobi Desert was once full of green. Over-grazing to sustain population growth is what turned it into an inhabitable desert. As a result, some invaded or migrated southward into Northern China, others migrated westward all the way to Eastern Europe by 6th centuries. Most of Europe was native forests until large-scale agriculture and herding altered the landscape. The migrants arriving in the US from Central America, or in Europe arriving from Africa and the Middle-east are also fundamentally caused by over-population, climate change, drought, deforestation, and conflicts stemming from those factors. Put differently, if we cannot figure out population control and over-exploitation of land, we'll all end up like Haiti, Madagascar, or Somalia. Since the land can only support a finite amount od population, one can argue that it's a form of natural culling.
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  2729. イエスも韓国人、孔子も韓国人・・・
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  2730.  @LilMissMurder3409  Russian actions are clearly intended to limit South Korean weapon sales to NATO members. If Russia were able to escalate tensions in the Korean peninsula, it can also force US to apply pressure on Ukraine to start negotiations with Russia. The main difference between Ukraine and the Korean peninsula is that the US is directly involved in the Korean conflict. After all, the Korean War was fought primarily between US forces and Chinese volunteer soldiers. If push comes to shove, US war planners will have no choice but to choose stability in Korean peninsula over Ukrainian sovereignty, especially as the Chinese are players too. But Russia's primary objective is to send a message to China. North Korea has been China's "vassal," so any meddling with North Korea makes the Chinese government extremely uncomfortable. China still has nearly 200,000 security guards stationed along side the Chinese/DPRK border in preparation for a North Korean implosion. Russian move is intended so that China will continue to unofficially support Russia. People familiar in East Asian security affairs should be able to instinctively understand what Russia is doing in North Korea. It honestly scares me that Russia has such regional experts who know exactly which buttons to press. China, South Korea, the US, and Japan...are all glued to what Russia is doing in North Korea.
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  2731. Why is a foreigner comparing herself to a former princess? And how arrogant do you have to be to think you deserve to be treated like a citizen when you're not. That's clearly dumb gaijin thinking.
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  2732. You heard right. It's called KOMEKO (米粉) or "rice flour." It's much more tastier and have better texture but than traditional wheat flour. However, it's a few times more expensive, so only high-end bakeries can use it.
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  2733.  @DJAYPAZ  It's not just one component. It's every single component is using inferior materials and processes. In reality, the labor cost is not why the Chinese can manufacture cars cheaper.
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  2734.  @bbutterlovers  In Japanese 音読み (ON-YOMI), there is both 呉音 and 漢音 pronunciation. Majority of modern Japanese ONYOMI belongs to 漢音 pronunciation, but don't be deceived by the names of these categories. I'm sure you've also learned that Northern China was ruled by Mongolic Xianbei (鮮卑) since around 4th century...which resulted in dynasties such as 北魏、北周、隋、and 唐. Japanese ONYOMI pronunciation prior to contact with Sui and Tang dynasties is referred to as 呉音 in Japan. These are mostly observed in old Buddhist texts, words, and concepts. In contrast, 漢音 is the ONYOMI after contact with the Sui and Tang Dynasties in the late 6th and 7th centuries. Given that early records of contact is at 1st century AD at the latest, there was most likely a major pronunciation shift of Japanese ONYOMI after the 7th century. After 4th century, there was no longer diplomatic, economic, or cultural contact between Japan with NORTHERN Chinese dynasties, especially as the window of contact was mostly through Chinese outpost on the Korean peninsula (such as 帯方郡 and 楽浪郡). On the Korean peninsula, the Koreanic 高句麗 started invading/migrating from Manchuria and southwards after 西晋 era 八王の乱 (or basically when the Northern Chinese lost control of Northern China). However, Chinese and Japanese historical texts both record that diplomatic contact continued with SOUTHERN Chinese dynasties, mostly around the Yangtze basin. The most straightforward interpretation would be that Hokkien/Fujian, Cantonese, or the 客家 dialects (who fled from Northern China in later centuries) retained elements of common pronunciation from the Sui and Tang dynasty era...which is why there is still some similarity with modern Korean and Japanese pronunciation of KANJI words. An alternative theory is that Japanese ONYOMI is actually directly coming from the Wu Dialect, especially as the main port that Japanese diplomatic missions used was Ningbo (寧波). Following are some common examples between the pronunciation differences of 呉音 and 漢音. 人間 is NIN-GEN, while 人材 is JIN-ZAI. (NIN is 呉音、JIN is 漢音) 馬力 is BA-RIKI, while 尽力 is JIN-RYOKU. (RIKI is 呉音, RYOKU is 漢音). 一生 is ISSHOU, while 人生 is JIN-SEI. (SHOU is 呉音, SEI is 漢音). 頭痛 is ZU-TSU, while 頭部 is TOU-BU. (ZU is 呉音, TOU is 漢音). And 饅頭 is read as MAN-JYU, which is known as 宋音. 内地 is NAI-CHI, while 境内 is KEI-DAI. (NAI is 呉音, DAI is 漢音). By the way, this is why many foreigners struggles with learning Japanese language, including Chinese speakers.
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  2735. Why do you think Japan researched, developed, and perfected LNG technology half a century ago? It's because unlike European countries, we don't have a direct pipeline from Russia and Central Asia. And we fought multiple wars with Imperial Russia and Soviet Union, so being dependent upon Russia for energy needs isn't even an option. (In fact, Japan signed 3 military alliances just to keep the Russians/Soviets out of East Asia.) We had to build infrastructure to import natural gas by ships from Australia, Middle-east, and Southeast Asia to meet energy needs. Energy security became increasingly existential after the oil crises in the 1970s. It's the same thing with hydrogen technology. Japan is committed to the technology because people in industry and government strongly believe that after coal, oil, and natural gas...hydrogen will be the next energy source that is best suited for Japan. Whether other countries agree or not isn't really our concern or interest. Toyota's hydrogen buses are already being slowly introduced in public buses. They are also testing hydrogen-fueled trains to be operational by 2030s. The next goal that many countries are aiming for is to produce steel using hydrogen, and some European countries have already succeeded. FYI, Toyota's hybrid research started in the 1980s and was first introduced in the late 1990s. Toyota didn't make any money in hybrids for the first 10 years, but it's helping them in current years. They think in decades.
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  2736. Those are relatively stable and well-compensated Chinese jobs that are being cut amid an economic slowdown.
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  2737. Russians having a depot in that location only indicates how much control they have.
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  2738. Well "your people" fought for the British to colonize Burma in the 19th century. Karen and British Indians (of all faiths) also worked for the British to oppress and suppress many Burmese independence movements. Once the British were gone, Karens have been waging a separatist war killing many Burmese soldiers. You have to be naive to think the Burmese have forgotten and forgiven what Karen tribes did to them.
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  2739. It's not because she's mixed. It's because she's not culturally Japanese. It will still happen even if both of your parents are Japanese.
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  2740. It was the oil crisis that helped the fuel-efficient Japanese cars successful in the North American market. They had strong demand by the 1980s because American consumers knew Japanese cars were better made than American cars. It was never cheaper quality or lower prices. It was about selling reliable cars at a reasonable price.
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  2741. It makes you think when you realize the drug runners, the soldiers and police officers, the rebels...and the victims are mostly from poor backgrounds with limited opportunity.
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  2742. Of course you can call yourself "Japanese." I hope you weren't offended because it's a translation issue. For Japanese nationals, the word Nihonjin (日本人) refers to people who have Japanese citizenship, or people who are from Japan and living abroad. The term "Nihonjin" usually does not include descendants of Japanese immigrants. We tend to say Nikkei-jin (日系人) or specifically Nikkei-Hawai-jin (日系ハワイ人) or Nikkei-America-jin (日系アメリカ人). I also didn't know "Hawaiian" only referred to those with Hawaiian/Polynesian ancestry.
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  2743. It's different from other former colonial territories. The people in Haiti are not indigenous to the island and have no roots there. They cannot govern themselves because there is no social fabric and unity. Government is an institutionalization of various aspects of society. It's just a mirror of the people.
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  2744. This was an official diplomatic mission touring the US and Europe. The writer was one of the members.
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  2745. Sorry, we do want less foreign tourists. There are simply too many of them, and not all are respectful. And foreigners being charged differently happens all the time with Japanese tourists visiting Guam, Hawaii, Vietnam, China, etc. It's just a common practice.
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  2746. I blame British colonialism.
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  2747. Countries that have fought Russians in the past will never underestimate them. We know how savage, psycho, creative, and tenacious Russians can be. European/US media mostly shows the war from the Ukrainian perspective, often relying on exaggerated combat results released for PR purpose. The fact that Ukraine needs NATO support in ISR, ammunition, and equipment to continue fighting against the Russians most likely pressures Ukraine to project a self-serving narrative. Some of it is a deliberate misinformation campaign to demoralize the enemy as well as maintain Ukrainian morale and confidence. But it's dangerous because information warfare tricks even your own people. Constant underestimation of enemy equipment, tactics, or morale creates a false narrative. The Russian military may be corrupt and outdated, but people who survive in harsh natural environments are not weak, lazy, or stupid.
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  2748. How can you tell anything to the Afghan military. Most of them surrender without a fight.
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  2749. 5.6 isn't bad.
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  2750.  @diamond_h0us  You're correct if your electricity is clean like in Norway, Iceland, or Denmark. But if your electricity is coming from burning coal like in Australia, US, China, etc...I don't the see any point. Australia just announced they're extending coal plants due to lack of electricity. NZ just had to import emergency coal due to some problem with other fossil fuel plants. In case you don't know, gasoline is generally the least useful part in oil. If we no longer use it transportation, we have to throw it away.
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  2751. Ooops...
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  2752. It's impossible to maintain an armed resistance without continued significant financial and material support. (Rebels in Afghanistan, Myanmar, Colombia, or Peru relied heavily on drug trades to continue their operations.) So the main difference is not the Jihadist ideology but rather the wealthy folks funding them.
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  2753. Some of them are true believers. Others followed their husbands to Syria. Like any country/regime, some are in the loop, others are completely out of it. The problem we have is it's near impossible to differentiate the involvement.
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  2754. Let the Russians pay.
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  2755. It's not always good when foreigners understand what you're saying.
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  2756. $20bn a day for what exactly? "Overseas" deployment fees?
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  2757. From around the 1990s, there was a very strong political push into diesel vehicles for "environmental reasons." It's very similar to how European governments are currently mandating BEVs. Many European automakers complied introducing one diesel vehicle after another, but emission regulations were so ridiculously tough eventually led to practices like falsification. Japanese and American automakers generally didn't bother wasting R&D and gave up on the European market because diesel engine was in the process of being phased out in the commercial cars from rest of the world. I don't know whether European diesel policies were an environmentally-driven one or an industrial policy to restrict foreign automakers from the European market (or both). However, the push into diesel for decades seriously crippled the competitiveness of European automakers in other parts of the world because they were developing products/technology that mostly sold in Europe. Now Diesel is defined as "bad" ICE technology that needs to be phased out. European automakers have been complying with European policies to develop and sell BEVs. But BEV demand has been sluggish aside from a few key markets like China and Nordic countries. And even in China, the sales growth of Plug-in-Hybrids is much faster than pure BEVs. Do you see a pattern now?
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  2758.  @你是我的神-w9m  That was what confused me with the video. It's named Shan/Siam State, yet the supposed "peacekeepers" are from Wa State Army, which I presume is an ethnic militia within a region that is governed by many different ethnic militias. If the majority of the population is Shan or "Mountain Thai," and the Shan State ethnic militias are fighting Burmese Government Forces for autonomy/independence...why is a different ethnic militia serving as the "peacekeeper" outside of their domain? Or is the Wa State Army serving that role at the request of both Burmese Government and Shan State Army? Thus, without local context, this news was/is difficult to understand.
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  2759.  @Dave5843-d9m  Are we talking about the same Kazakhstan that invited Russian troops to quash domestic political protests?
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  2760. It is a fairly common practice in irregular migration and human trafficking be it in the Americas or in North Africa. Kidnappers (who are often linked to transnational groups arranging the transportation or shelters) will demand money from relatives for their freedom. It's similar to some prisons around the world where families have to pay criminal groups so the inmates are protected and fed in prison.
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  2761. I have never heard that expression in a romantic setting. May be 1,000 years ago...
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  2762. Complicit is an understatement. Drugs, guns, clandestine operations, US support for anti-communist regimes and forces are all intertwined. Once they become uncontrollable, they get removed like Noriega.
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  2763. TV or YouTube channel, it's all somebody's narrative. Based on Tesla's Q1 2024 reports, Tesla added globally 46,000 vehicles to its inventory. Whether that is considered high or low depends on your interpretation.
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  2764. It's a special case in Japan too. I don't think it makes sense in other cities. The traffic between Tokyo, Nagoya, and Okasa/Kansai region is so large, both the Shinkansen and planes make most of their money in these routes. The Chuo Shinkansen can reach Tokyo-Osaka in 1 hour, so there will definitely be a lot of business and tourist demand. Also, the Tokaido-Shinkansen was completed in 1964. JR-Tokai will have to do a massive overhaul once the Chuo-Shinkansen is complete.
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  2765. Your comment was eye-opening. I never thought about recalls in such a way. But I did always wonder because many of the recalls were non-critical. Decades ago, a product recall implied a serious defect in design or components. Now it's treated more like a minor upgrade.
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  2766. ​ @tarlkoroban3733 There is no such thing as right side of history. The US needs Israel for its Middle-eastern policy and counter-terrorism efforts as much as Israel needs the US for its survival. Everything else is secondary and mostly political or religious propaganda. College kids protesting today are too young to remember 9/11. They probably don't even know about the Marine barracks in Lebanon.
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  2767. ​ @drakke125Channel 1/3 of all foreign nationals living in Japan have a Permanent Visa. That's the only visa status that matters aside from Descendant Visa and Spousal Visa. People with Permanent Visa are given access to most aspects of Japanese society. And we don't issue Permanent Visa to people who aren't familiar with Japanese language and culture.
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  2768. Afghans should fight if they don't want to Taliban rule.
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  2769.  @Yenhongsin77  Aside from the difference in labor cost, if we use cheaper materials and components, foreign automakers can make cheaper cars too. But the durability, redundancy, structural integrity, and safety (and thus reputation) will deteriorate as well. So it's a trade-off. Chinese automaker don't intend their cars to last 10 years or 150,000 miles. Rather, they build them like Chinese smartphones, so customers would purchase new cars every few years.
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  2770. They are affordable because they use inferior components. The car won't last that long.
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  2771. President Clinton was so disturbed with ethnic clashes in the Balkans, he wanted to send US ground forces so the Serbian forces will disengage from ethnic violence. Republican Congress at the time was completely against the idea and limited US response to air-strikes. I don't think you understand how lucky Serbs were. If Clinton had his way, it would've been a very different outcome.
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  2772.  Malik Magrey  While many waves of Turkic migration occurred over multiple centuries, Eastern Iranian languages, such as Sogdian, was most likely the Lingua Franca of Central Asian and Tarim Basin oasis cities until around 7th-8th centuries. They were mostly Buddhists. Until the 20th century, Tajik did not refer to a language or ethnicity, unlike today. In the past it referred to people who lived in cities who spoke Persian. They served as government officials, merchants, artisans, masons, etc. Samarkand literally means stone-city in old Sogdian.
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  2773. We are with our energ purchase.
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  2774. None of this makes any sense. They don't even have the Jihadi appearance.
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  2775. Sadly "drought-based famine" is a man-made disaster that can be minimized unless you're from the desert. Many countries each year invest heavily on agriculture-infrastructure to store and redirect water. Failure to do so for decades is the real culprit.
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  2776. Pearl harbor tactics. nothing new. Hamas walked into a political trap.
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  2777. VW and many other global automakers are saying that there isn't enough BEV demand to justify the additional investment, which is why they're changing course. If I recall correctly, half of all global BEV sales are in Chinese market, which as its own tech eco-system. In Western Europe and North America, the most important markets for global automakers, sales of hybrids are increasingly outperforming BEVs.
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  2778. Idemitsu has been working on Solid-State Batteries from 2001 and Toyota from 2006, which is why they are co-developing the technology.
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  2779. That is so true. The mission to go after Bin Laden somehow ended up in getting sucked into an ethnic/civil war.
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  2780. Yokota Megumi
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  2781. Three cruise missiles mean that it wasn't an important military target for the Russians. Or they didn't wish to completely destroy the airport because they plan on using it.
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  2782. 国連報告によれば、かつて広東省にあった中国勢の麻薬工場が取締りを逃れて反政府勢力が支配するミャンマーに移って、タイ経由で輸出。ミャンマーとタイの国境線が長いし、カフェインと覚せい剤を混ぜた『働き馬』が労働者や学生の間の拡散して、タイ政府も密輸の取り締まりに苦戦。なお、ShanとはSiam（≒シャム）が転訛したもの、つまりタイ系の民族。
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  2783.  @wabisabi3619  Last time US/Europe offered "help," we ended up with the mess in Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria. And China and India are already trying to "help" Myanmar/Burma because they're competing for regional influence. Myanmar/Burma is a complicated ethnic and political conflict with roots dating at least back to British colonial policies. Some groups are fighting for political/economic reform and democratic rule, yet others are fighting for complete autonomy or independence. The country has been forcibly been kept together by the military regime since independence, but the military regime never controlled the entirety of the nation. And Chinese organizations have been taking advantage of the situation by tactically locating their meth labs in non-regime controlled areas. Drugs money have always been fueling the conflict. So which ethnic group do you wish to back, and how would you even do it? One wrong push, the country will implode, creating millions of refugees to neighboring countries, just like Syria. Thailand has hosted Myanmar/Burmese refugees for decades.
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  2784.  @Kalafior10  I question your knowledge of Japan, since most foreign-nationals living in Japan are from neighboring countries, and many have assimilated culturally and integrated socially. Many of them eventually naturalize to Japanese citizenship. Just to give you an example, there is a famous eye-doctor in Tokyo who is a descendant of the Manchu Imperial Family. She came from China, finished medical school in Japan, and now has a practice in Tokyo. (People will immediately notice when they see 愛新覚羅, which is a surname or clan-name you only encounter in history textbooks.) We have an ethnic Korean from China (李相哲) who is one of Japan's leading experts on North Korean affairs. He used to be a journalist in China, later finished his graduate studies in Japan, and has been teaching at university for decades. We have quite a few ethnic Mongols from both Mongolia and China who run SUMO staples. And we have naturalized citizens like ARIFYA Eri who is elected as a Member of Parliament. She has Uyghur ancestry. The list of famous people with non-Japanese backgrounds is quite long. And most international marriages are with people from neighboring countries. These days, you can find many half-Filipino celebrities in Japan, such as AKIMOTO Sayaka, HAYAMI Mokomichi, or TAKAHASHI Maryjune. The reality is you cannot be a second-class citizen in Japan if you're a foreigner, because you're not a citizen to begin with.
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  2785. No war strategist but Ukraine doesn't have a working air force (or navy) anymore. That was one of the first targets destroyed by Russia.
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  2786. ​ @mischa6688 Happens everywhere, really? They were killed during their sleep and dumped by their own Filipino family members for their money while visiting the Philippines. If you think this is normal behavior, we must really live in different worlds. Obviously, the connection is the daughter was half-Filipino and half-Japanese raised in Japan. It's just beyond belief that the aunt will plan for months to kill her sister and niece for money.
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  2787. Afghanistan is roughly 80% rural agrarian society. Sadly, severe drought has been the main cause for poverty and internal displacement. Climate change (= lack of snow in the mountain areas) has been one of the reasons for internal conflict for the past few decades, in addition to Soviet and NATO invasions.
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  2788.  @leeetchells609  Zelensky wants them dead too.
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  2789.  @aiquesono  She most likely returned to Brazil because she cannot get into Japanese university. Nikkei-Brazilians often speak Brazilian-Portuguese at home because their parents don't speak Japanese. And there are a few private Brazilian schools in Japan, which is useful for those who eventually plan to return to Brazil and continue their education. However, the schools are useless for those who wish to build a life in Japan.
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  2790. Ukraine has won the international media/propaganda war, as every major international media is reporting the Ukrainian perspective. I would like to know more about how the pro-Russia Donbass residents and separatists are doing right now.
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  2791. If it were deliberate, I would be even more surprised.
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  2792. Oh no. The last thing you want is to be stuck between the Israelis and Gaza people. Americans are stupid in a way that they naively believe they're going to change anything on the ground. What you think or say is irrelevant to them because both sides believe they are fighting for their right to exist.
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  2793. Lebanon was bound to collapse. Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Libya...some people benefit from war and chaos.
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  2794. Rus/Slavs have only been in Siberia for a few hundred years. So how can this be thousands of years old?
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  2795. No amount of spin will ever convince the world that Taliban are good. Afghanistan will be completely screwed for generations as now the world as many of the educated and affluent Afghans abandoned it. Ever since the Ukraine crisis, Afghanistan does not get any more attention even when there is a famine.
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  2796. みんなで一緒に餓死しましょう・・・とはならんよ。
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  2797. That's highly unlikely. German ships would run out of food/water/fuel before they run out of anti-air missiles.
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  2798. Firstly, not all in the military are in combat roles. Secondly, there are usually at least 3x more wounded than killed in action. There are also PoWs held in Russian camps. And rotation or R&R is required too. That said, 30,000 KIA sounds too low for a war that has been going on for two years.
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  2799. Send the criminals to Australia like in the past.
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  2800. ​ @JZ2445 Automakers aren't able to sell the same spec car everywhere. European cars change the headlights for North American markets to meet regulations. Chinese cars need to meet European safety standards for European markets, which means additional changes to the product.
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  2801. 増水・決壊時に浸水させる場所を用意しておく必要があるんだろうね。
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  2802. France will have nothing without Africa.
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  2803. No shit, there is a war going on...
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  2804. Japanese submarines are designed to serve Japanese operational requirements. Nuclear attack subs are useful if the mission is to serve long voyages of carrier battle groups. Japanese submarines are designed to guard the choke points (i.e. vital straits) around the Japanese archipelago to deny enemy access. Thus, they don't need months of voyage capability to travel half of the world without resupply, rather they need agility, quietness, and a small footprint. Unfortunately, UK, Australia, or Canada are too weak and irrelevant in terms of military power in the Pacific region. Unless Japanese security is directly challenged, I doubt anybody in Japan would support going to war with China. The last war nearly lasted 8 years (or 15 years if you count from 1931). These days, there are so many Japanese citizens living in China and so many Chinese citizens living in Japan, and so much trade and inter-dependency between the two nations, it's just impossible to disentangle for both sides unless it's absolutely necessary. Mind you, Japan has fought at least 5 different wars with various regimes ruling China starting from mid-7th century, and multiple wars with Imperial Russia and Soviet Union in the 20th century. In fact, the entire purpose of signing alliances with the UK, Germany and later US in the 20th century was to counter-balance the Russian/Soviet threat. It's also why 1/3 of all Japanese ground forces have been stationed adjacent to Russia since the 1950s. And when we buy foreign military equipment, it's because it's cheaper to do so than build ourselves, especially when the procurement quantity is limited. I would just say this, the complex history and relationship between China and Russia is transactional.
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  2805.  @siobhanrose1680  If he wishes to become a Japanese citizen, he can apply for naturalization. Children of foreign-nationals who were raised and educated in Japan are given priority consideration, especially as the entire naturalization process is only in Japanese language. And we've always had naturalized citizens in politics, business, entertainment, or sports. We have people from Uzbekistan to Brazil to Russia to the US who are naturalized citizens.
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  2806. ロシアは大きな市場だし、富裕層も多いので、マクナルドからVisaまで全世界の企業がビジネスをしてたよ。
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  2807. 奈良県警の本部長は今年3月に就任した公安・情報畑の人。県警トップは警察官僚のポストなので、次の警察庁から派遣される警察官僚に引き継ぎ次第、引責辞任。記者会見の内容も組織の内外にそれを示唆した。
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  2808. It depends on which part of Tokyo area your in. People in Eastern Tokyo much prefer NRT.
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  2809. Airbnbにするんだよ。
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  2810. I fear that is an optimistic interpretation of human history for any country/region.
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  2811. I agree. Australia is already owned by China.
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  2812. It's a buffer zone for US, China, and Russia.
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  2813.  @FengJack166  Which part is stupid? Not all Russian families can afford a US$25,000-30,000 new vehicle. Russian Far East has always imported second-hand Japanese domestic cars because of geographic proximity. Actually, there are quite a few Russians living in Japan who're involved in the export/import business. They participate in Japanese car auctions and buy the cars that are popular in Russia. One can purchase a perfectly functioning 10-15 year-old car in Japan for roughly 1/2 to 1/3 of a new car price. Shipping from Japan to Vladivostok is only a 48 hour journey. Japan has a very strict vehicle inspection requirement for every 2 years, so Japanese domestic cars are generally in pristine condition, and repair parts are widely available.
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  2814. At least they don't get attacked by Blacks like the Asians in the US.
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  2815. Military fights battles while politicians fight wars. What the military can or cannot do, what type of equipment or tactics can or cannot be used also follows the guidelines by political authority. As such it's not fair to blame it all on military leadership. Starting the Iraq war while Afghan war wasn't finished was the biggest mistake, in my view.
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  2816. Sending in foreigners with no legal protection under war conventions is quite scary. They basically will be treated as Unlawful Combatants, the same way as ISIS or Taliban.
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  2817.  @sesurosu  I really wish Japanese schools taught British English. I hate the American accent.
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  2818. If the Europeans didn't collectively try to uproot, persecute, or exterminate them for centuries, none of the current problems in Middle-east would've been seen. Europe is the reason why both sides are fighting for survival.
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  2819. Koreanic people are originally from Manchuria. That is their homeland.
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  2820. Never heard that in Japanese media.
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  2821. When you're too early, you lose money too. It's always a difficult balance.
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  2822.  @nonapodo What disaster? Toyota is at full production capacity not being able to meet all the demands, and they're making record sales and profits. And Toyota doesn't think in years, they think in decades. Toyota started hybrid research in 1975 during the Oil Crisis, started developing the first Prius in 1992, and introduced it in the Japanese market in 1997. It's why hybrids are both reliable and affordable now. They also made related patents open because they understood the significance of the technology. Toyota's Hydrogen fuel cell research started far before they introduced the first MIRAI in 2014. This technology being researched for usage after the hybrid era, 20 years down the road. As for BEVs, Toyota and Idemitsu have been developing Solid-State Batteries for nearly 10 years, and plan to introduce them to the market in 2027/2028 models. Unlike you, they're not fixated in one technology. They have engines for ammonium, direct hydrogen, etc, so they can adapt to future course of the market. And they fully understand that BEV is a just a transitional technology, which will not replace all cars and trucks. Furthermore, technology isn't just R&D. It's about production, supply chain, logistics, staff training, hiring, etc. Toyota is currently building a $14bn mega-battery plant for hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and BEVs in North Carolina. Why? Because they plan to manufacture them in Indiana and Kentucky. And in order to do that, they have retool and shuffle some of their existing lines. And if you think Akio TOYODA, who's been working at the firm for decades, doesn't know all of this, you clearly have no idea what you're talking about. He's not just any CEO or Chairman. He is Toyota itself. He chose, promoted, and groomed Mr. SATO for years to succeed him.
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  2823. It's more like abandoning a place than losing.
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  2824. Major foreign airlines have suspended flights to/from Beirut. Singapore Airlines and many European airlines are now avoiding Iranian airspace. I honestly don't think it's exaggeration when the US and UK government says take any available flight out. The alternative escape would be land route via Syria, and coordinating that would be an even bigger headache.
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  2825. He's one of those people who not only think outside of the box, but lives in a different dimension from the rest of the world. I doubt he gives a crap of what other people think of him or about Tesla. He's probably more interested in thinking about ways to colonize mars. Developing rockets was his original encounter with government regulations and restrictions. I don't think he has any allegiance to a political party.
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  2826. It used to be a German company, now bought by the Chinese.
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  2827. I don't know if any airline will pay for opportunity costs like that. Plane delay causing missed cruises, conferences, interviews, exams, parties, funerals, scheduled business or diplomatic meetings...airlines need to draw a line somewhere. And for important events, people will make sure to arrive in advance. You cannot blame a taxi service for missing a flight either.
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  2828. After ISIS, can't blame them for not trusting other Arabs.
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  2829.  @GraveMachine23  NATO is the US and her allies. The bulk of NATO troops are US forces, obviously.
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  2830. 欧州と米国は戦争を長引かせたい。ロシアを弱体化させるために、こぞってウクライナに武器と資金を援助。
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  2831. It's called Haritsuke (磔). It's usually for serious criminals. No religious significance whatsoever. Just a form of punishment for commoners. Samurais and Aristocracy usually won't be subject to this form of death.
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  2832. Vikings?
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  2833.  @madji6886  Japanese and U.S. building codes are designed to survive magnitude 8 earthquakes.
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  2834.  @michaelmurphy839  The population of Crimea and Donbass region is predominantly pro-Russia. It's a civil war with backing of Russia and NATO. Nobody can win this war.
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  2835.  @Wyndham21044  I doubt Israel ever had territorial ambitions towards Lebanon. They realized it's cheaper to just build a wall and cut them off completely instead of going in and killing the extremists.
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  2836. He never said that. And Toyota never bets on a single technology platform. Hydrogen is well-received in buses and commercial trucking sector.
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  2837. Most of the "debt" on the balance sheet of automakers is coming from financial subsidiaries offering car loans, meaning they issue debt (i.e. borrow money from capital markets) in order to lend to customers. They make a small margin from the interest rate difference, just like a financial institution.
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  2838. You obviously don't know anybody from Okinawa.
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  2839.  @Ryan-ff2db  Majority of BEV sales in the US are in Blue states/zip codes. California has historically had one of the highest (or the highest) BEV adoption rate, and BEV ratio in new car sales in California is over double that of national average. So if BEV sales are slowing down in California, it will disproportionately impact the national figures. If I recall the studies, it's highly-educated and higher-income White and Asian men that are the largest demographic customers for BEV sales in the US.
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  2840. Iraq and Afghanistan is in deep shit because of the ill-prepared US invasion and what came afterwards. I
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  2841. If you don't like Taliban, fight them.
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  2842. I suspect that's true in every country for every immigrant. Even if you master the local language, you will always feel a little different. It usually takes a generation or two to become a full member of the local society. How you felt is how all the immigrants feel when they migrate to a foreign country.
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  2843. I suspect Russia is going to install a pro-Russian puppet regime. Russian forces will be out of Ukraine so it'll be up to the authoritarian puppet regime.
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  2844. Do you believe that a Russian billionaire (and a close associate of Putin) thinks he can get away with mutiny against a dictator? We're talking about a country that poisons defectors and throws people out of balconies for not cooperating. The fact that nobody in the Russian military/police actively stopped Wagner units means it's coordinated. They are acting on behalf of whoever is paying Wagner salaries.
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  2845. How can anyone know the exact number of illegal migrants?
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  2846. My understanding is some of Myanmar's ethnic conflicts has its origins in British colonization, others are much older. Karen fighters were one of the British puppets who were employed to colonize and suppress the ethnic Burmese people. So they have been fighting each other at least since the 19th century. Last 4 years is just another phase. When Japan funded the "Burma Independence Army" in the 1940s to free Burma from British control, records show they ended up fighting the ethnic Karen groups more so than the British colonial forces. They are still fighting on and off after nearly 80 years.
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  2847. Tesla only makes a few models. And Toyota and Honda had record profits in FY2023. They were so maxed out in their production capacity, customers are still waiting for months for their cars. At the moment, there is no point in making EVs in large number because majority of customers don't want them. And GM, Ford, Hyundai, and most Chinese automakers still lose money in making EVs. I don't know what kind of consulting you do, but making products that customers don't want and losing billions of USD in the process isn't a sustainable business. FYI, 80% of Tesla sales comes from certain zipcodes that vote for a certain party. And they often own multiple cars. That is the reality of the US EV sales at the moment.
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  2848.  @seiginomikata3522  勝てば官軍。勝ったら正しい戦争、負ければ悪い戦争。
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  2849. Nissan has recovered significantly once Ghosn was ousted. The French/Renault forced Nissan to sacrifice quality to pursue volume in North America. Ghosn era products in North America is the only issue. He sold inexpensive cars to low-income low credit score people who couldn't afford to spend money on maintenance, which resulted in a higher failure rate. Nissan never had a quality issue in Japan.
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  2850.  @rogerfroud300  It's basic accounting. The debt is primarily for auto-loans. The more cars automakers sell, the more debt will appear on their Balance-Sheets. The equivalent amount will appear on the Asset-side of their B/S as well. Automakers are a bank, meaning their financing arm borrows money from capital markets (i.e. issue debt) to lend to consumers in the form of car loans. Toyota had record sales and profits in FY2023, and had record profits in 1QFY2024 (Apri-Jun 2024).
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  2851. We've witnessed a few Ukrainian refugees who've attained N2 in just 2 years of language school in Japan. Based on my experience of working with Nikkei-Brazilians and Peruvians who've relocated to Japan, I'd say having knowledge of basic grammar, vocab, and KANJI definitely helps with the pace of learning/absorption once you're in Japan. We see people from UK, CIS (aka former Soviet Union), Mongolia, South Korea, China, etc who've studied Japanese in their home countries, and many of them are able to read novels and newspapers. Their fluency in language helps them in job hunting, career, as well as Permanent Visa, etc.
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  2852. Are you sure there is such an expression in Japanese?
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  2853. ​ @jb5music Sodium-Ion batteries would be more suitable for large-scale battery storage centers connected to renewable energy. At the moment, they cannot compete with Lithium-Ion batteries in density.
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  2854. German descendants are the largest ethnic group in the US.
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  2855. Does it really matter? China buys the energy and grains from Russia, and sells everything from cars to electronics to Russia, effectively cancelling any impact of sanctions.
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  2856. ドル箱
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  2857. Turkey is the one funding the Jihadists in Syria...so perhaps the title isn't wrong.
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  2858. The anti-Russia alliance (i.e. NATO) survived so the Cold War never ended in Putin's mind, and the minds of many in Russia, I suspect.
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  2859. If only 10% of new cars sales in the US was EV, an automakers primary focus should be to capture the 90%.
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  2860. I don't know. JFK and Cuba, LBJ and Vietnam, Nixon and Watergate, Carter and Iran, Reagan and Contras, Clinton and Monica...they all had their interesting moments. Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon...US has never really had a consistent foreign policy. For example, Vietnam was fighting for their independence from the French, yet the US gets involved. And it was the US that overthrew a democratically-elected Iranian government and installed a pro-US regime. Iranians revolted, and the US uses Saddam to fight the Iranian regime. Iraq runs out of money after a decade of war with Iran, so it invades Kuwait for their reserves and results in the Gulf War. Which somehow pissed off the Jihadis who the US funded in Afghanistan in 1980s to sabotage a Soviet invasion. Which eventually resulted in 9.11, War in Afghanistan and Iraq, ISIS, and Iran ironically gaining greater influence in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. It's basically a domino of bad choices when it comes to foreign policy.
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  2861. It's called auto loans. They borrow money from the market (or issue debt) to lend to customers. They usually make a small profit in interest rate differences too.
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  2862. It's not a shame. It's just the real India.
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  2863. ほぼ日本に避難してる人は、既に日本に住んでるウクライナ出身者のご家族。言葉や文化が分からず、土地勘も知り合いもいないとこには、さすがに避難するのはハードル高い。
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  2864. Russian/Soviet intelligence network is just impressive. Everything from language training, regional studies, cultural immersion, networks of agents, and knowledge of local political situation is better than any other country. Wiretapping ability is one thing, but to know exactly who to tap and who to corrupt/turn/bribe should indicate how deep Russian intelligence understand and penetrated Germany over the decades/centuries. One of the biggest espionage case in Japan was a Russian/German Communist working for the Soviet Union. He's known as Richard Sorge. He was getting information from Asahi Newspaper journalist who was getting information from the secretary of the Prime Minister.
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  2865. Wars almost always end with diplomatic negotiations. It appears there are many in Eastern Ukraine who are determined to not be part of Ukraine. Russian invasion and NATO assistance made everything complicated, but it still is a separatist or civil war.
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  2866. Toyota was being generous by saying 30%. Japanese companies know the benefits and limitations of lithium-ion batteries, because it was Japanese companies that perfected them (mostly for usage in portable laptops, cellphones, walkmans, etc). Even if the price comes down, range increases, and the charging stations are built everywhere...EVs do not meet the needs of all people and their lifestyles. The reality is many countries still burn fossil fuel to generate electricity. If there were suddenly more EVs, that means we need to burn more fossil fuel to keep up with the electricity demand.
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  2867. The dude in the video is an Afghan refugee from decades ago living in Ukraine. He's serving in the Ukrainian military.
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  2868. ​ @alan_perez127 Good luck in South Korea. From a Japanese perspective, Koreans are psychos when it comes to ethnicity and blood. I had a South Korean colleague who used to tell me that his parents want him to marry only a Korean lady because they think their Korean blood will be contaminated if they don't. That's a level of ethnic awareness that is far beyond any thing I have encountered. That's Neo-Naughty level. Ironically, only 20% of South Koreans carry Haplogroup C, which comes from the Koreanic speakers who migrated to Korean peninsula in ancient times.
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  2869.  @Amir8gol  Blame the Brits who relocated South Asians to their colonies in Burma, Malaysia, HK, Africa, or South America. Muslims would be off in Muslim countries.
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  2870. Taliban tactics
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  2871. Not a natural lake in the first place.
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  2872. 新疆はウイグル人だけちゃうから複雑やで。モンゴル人、キリギス人、満州人、タジク人などの自治州・区域もあり、彼らは中国からの独立に対してどう思うかに興味ある。漢族は追い出せば良いけど、他の少数民族は色々な意見がありそう。タリム盆地はソグド人・ウイグル人が主流でも、ジュンガル盆地はオイラト・モンゴル人が中心だった。
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  2873.  @NyoungLover  Japan doesn't do BOT like China. Japan can only loan money at a low cost to the host government as part of ODA (or Official Development Assistance), as the money is from Japanese public funds. I have no idea how many years it will take for the Chinese to recover their railroad investments from Indonesia.
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  2874.  @Myacckt  Majority of international marriages involving Japanese women, 7,646 cases in 2021, are with citizens of neighboring countries. Perhaps more people wanted to move to the US back in the 1980s. Citizenship of husband in 2021: South/North Korea 1,879 marriages; US 1,453 marriages; China 986 marriages; UK 367 marriages; Brazil 290 marriages; Philippines 156 marriages; Peru 90 marriages; and Thai 58. Unfortunately, everybody else is counted as others, which was 2,367 cases. (Anecdotally, some other common cases are Australia, Canada, NZ, Russia, France, Germany, Switzerland. ) South/North Korea can also be Special Permanent Residents (i.e. descendants of those who migrated to Japan prior to the end of WWII), and Brazil & Peru most likely refers to Japanese Descendants who live in Japan.
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  2875.  @MikeJones-mz5ig  You're mistakenly assuming that all batteries are the same. Tesla initial models only used high-grade Japanese batteries, which is why they last a long time. But Chinese EV makers use cheaper Chinese batteries, components, and materials. Some Europeans use Chinese and Korean batteries. Not EVs have the same battery length.
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  2876. モンゴル人に遊牧用のテントを貰えないものか・・・
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  2877. Do the Tatars actually use this sauce?
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  2878. She emigrated to a foreign country and assumed a foreign citizenship. Which means she is no konger legally Japanese and requires a visa to live in Japan. There are legal ways of re-naturalization. She made her choice when she stopped being Japanese.
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  2879. It's Mariupol. Russian military and pro-Russian DPR forces control the city.
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  2880. Pakistan has always been the main supporter of Taliban. Many of the fighters and weapons came from Pakistan. I think you guys have already inflicted enough damage to Afghans.
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  2881.  @syfer866  Nobody cares.
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  2882. That has always been our assessment of Russia in Japan as well. We have fought multiple wars, annexed Korean peninsula, supported and funded the Chinese Revolution, and signed alliances with the UK, Germany, and later the US in order to deter Russian expansion into East Asia, particularly after they have taken control of Russian Far East in the 1860s. Russians are incredibly intelligent. Their education, culture, and tenacity is far beyond anything we have witnessed. I don't know if it's coming from Swedish Viking DNA, Slavic culture, or Turkic/Tatar culture. But Russians are the only Eurasian power which gives them a unique strength and challenge. To date 1/3 of all Japanese military assets are located adjacent to Russia. One look in Russian art and culture should be enough to understand what level of perfection and patience they have.
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  2883. Disgusting
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  2884. It probably didn't fit their narrative. The consequence of FARC demobilization is rather interesting, which is a good case study for conflict resolution. Ecuador and Europe is the real victim as various groups now control former FARC territory and smuggling has dramatically increased.
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  2885.  @willtheoct  Missile Crisis?
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  2886. Azovはマリウポリ住民からはテロリストにように憎まれてるし、地元民でもないので、直ぐに発覚しそう。
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  2887. ​ @DaggerSecurity Gangs aren't the same as Mexican Cartels. Mexico is a narco-state with stong connections among Cartels, Government, and Businesses. They are so intertwined, you can't just remove one force without seriously compromising the others.
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  2888. 40% of new car sales in Japan is Kei-class or under 660cc, so the vehicles are already fuel efficient. Toyota's Hybrid research started in the 1970s during the last oil crisis when fuel costs were high, and Arab countries banned exports. And Japan is heavily dependent on imported natural gas for electricity generation, so BEVs was not even a viable solution.
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  2889. You bomb them, you own them.
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  2890. I think people who are fluent and regularly watch enough Japanese news programs, drama, movies, YouTube, etc are able identify how a man and women speaks in Japanese. There are certain phrases that mostly women/men use...and they'll pick up on that too. I don't think it's text books or learning apps will have any impact because they keep the Japanese pretty "standard" and "neutral."
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  2891. You should look at "Hybari." The entire nation is gradually trying to shift towards Hydrogen.
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  2892. Mountain Forest most likely refers to the Altai Mountain region. Turkic homeland is Mongolia and South Siberia. Ancient Turkic artifacts and tombs are concentrated in Yensei River to modern-day Mongolia.
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  2893. Japanese culture is what makes Japan. If you don't like it, you should be living in other countries.
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  2894. The question was what should foreigners not do in Japan. All the answers were common sense in Japan.
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  2895. kidnapping?
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  2896. It's not the WHAT, rather it's the HOW that is frequently being questioned. Development Aid is intended to help local economies, and infrastructure is an enormous component. But there are measures and safeguards to make sure that you minimize the damage from infrastructure projects. I don't know if China does that inside China so perhaps they have know-how to do so.
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  2897. Suzuki's main business is in India. And they're doing fine.
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  2898. Deporting is cheaper. No point in wasting tax money on useless foreigners.
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  2899.  @Derecq  Brexit uncertainty was the final trigger. But you're right Honda didn't have large European sales to justify keeping a factory in the UK unlike Toyota and Nissan.
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  2900. You do realize that residents of Mariupol are mostly ethnic Russians. They fear Azov far more than the Russian military.
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  2901.  @adaada4523  Japan never calls itself "Little China," whatever that means. Anyway, we do know from genetics and linguistics that Proto-Koreanic speakers originated from somewhere in Manchuria/Inner Mongolia. Proto-Koreanic genetics (Haplogroup C) is most frequently observed among Manchus, Mongols, and Kazakhs. It's probably not a coincidence that ancient Chinese called one of them 鮮卑 and other 朝鮮. The irony is that largest genetic group, around 40%, in Modern South Korea is Haplogroup O2, which is the most common genetic marker of Northern Han Chinese.
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  2902. I'm no history but I'm pretty certain that i learned that You Know Who and his party got democratically elected. Democratic rule only means it's a reflection of a society. There are mixed views and nuances in everything related to politics and policy.
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  2903. Doesn't these international comparison data highly depend on exchange rate? Russian currency seems to fluctuate quite a bit, and small population countries tend to have higher per capita economic figures. There is no point in comparing an economy of a few million vs few hundred million. Even infrastructure alone, Russia will always need to spend more. And Russian government subsidizing gas and electricity prices for its citizens through artificially set low domestic prices is not a bad policy.
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  2904. Building is the easy part. Safe operation and maintenance is the challenge for Shinkansen, which Japan has been doing since 1960s. As for Japanese economic assistance, we can't do what the Chinese can, meaning we can't invest in a BOT type infrastructure deal, because the money is coming from Japanese public funds or ODA. We can loan funds and supply technology, but we cannot build and operate railways on behalf of Indonesians. Given that the total project cost will reach US$ billions if not tens of billions...I've no idea how long it will take for the Chinese to recoup their investments. If I'm not mistaken, Chinese government is more interested in the strategic side and expanding geo-political influence, more so than the economic equation. I don't know if Indonesians fully realize that they're being cornered into the red-team in the upcoming conflict.
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  2905. Given the number of American sex tourists in South America, I wouldn't be surprised.
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  2906. We taught them how to read Korean.
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  2907. What's new. It's a racist country. Always have been, always will be.
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  2908. あのチャンネルで撃ってる416は軍用じゃないけど、民間向けモデルまたはクローンなので16inchバレル。
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  2909. Didn't those poor people come through Libya?
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  2910. ​ @moshedayan2810 The conflict in this region goes back to the aftermath of WWI, and how the French and British carved up and administered different parts. In Europe, the excessive arrangements after WWI led to WWII. In the Middle-East, they're still trying to cope with the artificial borders and divisions designed by the Europeans. Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey are still suffering from the consequences of US invasion of Iraq. The chaos and confusion after the collapse of the Iraq regime was the source of ISIS gaining traction among Sunni who were marginalized. US supported Saddam to go to war with Iran, after the Iranian Revolution. Financial challenges after the devastating Iran-Iraq War was the economic reason for Iraq attempting to take back Kuwait, which the British carved out for oil interests. Iranian Revolution was a counter-revolution to US overthrowing a democratic leader that wanted to nationalize Iranian oil. Basically one screw-up is leading to another, which is leading to another. They cannot seem to break the chain.
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  2911. Why is Turkey supporting jihadists?
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  2912. Many Middle-eastern and African migrants to Europe probably experience the same problem. I fear for decades media has projected a false narrative to rest of the world.
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  2913. 語学圏の影響が圧倒的に大きいですね。例えば、イングランド語は歴史的経緯からゲルマン語の文法＆ラテン語（フランス語）の語彙なので、ゲルマン語圏とラテン語圏の人にとっては最も習得しやすい。でも欧州で英語が上手なのはオランダ人・北欧・ドイツ人など圧倒的にゲルマン語圏の人々。ラテン語圏の人にとっては発音・文法共に難しい。同様にSOV文法圏（テュルク語・モンゴル語・朝鮮語など）の人の方が日本語の学習速度が速い。日本語の発音に関してはラテン語圏とスラヴ語圏の人は比較的上手。
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  2914.  @stellabailey9025  Read up on the Hazara.
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  2915.  @liberiangirl8382  Syria is too dangerous to operate for disaster rescue units for most countries. Rebel-controlled areas is a no go zone. Foreigners get kidnapped for random. We can't risk a Jihadist suicide attack either.
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  2916. Do you mean NATO or the UN?
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  2917. It's simply irony that US policies towards Cuba and Venezuela were so effective, their economies crippled and now millions of people are wanting to migrate to the US for a better life.
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  2918. Moses was a real person?
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  2919. We need a real expert running the WHO, collecting and sharing treatment data from all over the world. This guy is useless in the global fight against the disease.
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  2920. Even the lady being interviewed said populist far right parties. There is something seriously wrong with European education. Europeans are basically delusional about Europeans. Don't they know what they did to outsiders such as the Roma and the Jews? Don't they know what Europeans did to the indigenous people of the Americas, Africa, and Australia? Mass immigration to Europe doesn't sync with European history.
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  2921. It's probably intentional.
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  2922. I think it's easier to dig artificial reservoirs to store more water. It's not like it doesn't rain at all.
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  2923. It's not like terrorists maintain downtown offices. They use Mosques to recruit, plan, and hide.
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  2924. If resale value, insurance cost, and battery replacement cost is not part of the equation, pure BEVs may work. If you see it as disposable car, it makes sense.
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  2925. The UN was designed to not have any power.
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  2926. When foreigners get involved, it always makes thing more complex. Thanks to the missionaries, a lot of these people lost their tradition and culture, it seems.
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  2927.  @manofculture7657  First it's religion, next it's culture, then language...don't worry you'll be like the natives of North/South America in a few generations.
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  2928. I don't think it's possible to arrest armed militants with military-grade weapons and tactics.
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  2929. I do remember the 63rd year of Showa.
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  2930. Why would they want to live in the 7th century? Religion is poison.
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  2931.  @KelvinKamsg  It's probably either the tone of the question, or the girl was too much for their host family and they just needed an excuse to get her out of the house. I don't know how to say this without offending people, but many Japanese families don't really fancy the liberal/modern/masculine/aggressive types that are frankly incompatible with Japanese culture, mindset, and mannerism.
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  2932. No reason needed for Imperialists. Russians truly believe Kievan Rus is their ethnogenisis and homeland. They want back territory acquired during the Russian Empire. And Russian Imperialists would rather destroy Ukraine than letting it break away and join NATO.
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  2933. Is it realistic to fly drones to Kazan from Western Ukraine? I just have difficulty in believing small drones have enough fuel to fly that distance. Isn't it more likely Ukrainian operatives are launching those attacks from within Russian borders?
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  2934. It's China. They harvest organs from inmates.
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  2935. Don't listen to Wall Street.
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  2936. Religion has always been a convenient political weapon to organize people. People may not want to fight for a king, but they are willing to fight for their religion. That's why many states adopted Christianity.
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  2937.  @TonyChuPT  In your sentence, does 佛 (仏) specifically mean Buddha himself when this was written? I presume it meant a Buddha-like figure, and by extension an important religious/spiritual guide of sort. The word "prophet" must've been an alien concept at the time. Well, it still is in many parts of the world.
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  2938. 意味が分からん。さっさと辞任すれば良かったのに。
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  2939.  runeg286  Lithium-Ion batteries were developed and introduced by Japanese companies for laptops, mobile phones, and other electronics. Japanese companies know the benefits and limitations of the those batteries. And hydrogen research is about shifting away from reliance on oil and natural gas. Cars are such a small component in the hydrogen transition. Toyota's hybrid research started about 40 years ago, and they are being widely used now. Hydrogen research is for future decades.
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  2940. You guys could've been one happy family had you avoided middle-eastern religions and just adopted Buddhism.
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  2941. I hope that KGB training will make him logical in his decision for a cease-fire.
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  2942. 物価というか為替じゃないの？
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  2943. 外国が関与して複雑になったが、元々は2014年から続く内戦。これまでウクライナ軍にしこたま砲撃されてきた住民がもはや徹底的に反ウクライナ志向。ゼレンスキーやウクライナ軍は悪魔として認識してる。今やドネツクやルハンスクの全男性にウクライナ軍と戦うために総動員令が出てる。
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  2944. Hydrogen does not have to come fossil fuel.
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  2945.  @paulpreece6701  Actually, the battery should be the main concern with Chinese and South Korean BEVs. A number of BYD dealerships have been burned in China down due to unstable battery technology. And Chevy Bolt had problems because they were using South Korean or LG batteries. Tesla cars manufactured in the US mostly used Japanese/Panasonic batteries for safety, reliability and longevity, especially as Japanese companies developed and commercialized Lithium-Ion batteries decades ago for usage in portable electronics like laptops, cellphone, etc. Tesla models manufactured in China use Chinese/Korean batteries to cut costs.
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  2946. Putin is over 70 years old and he's not going to stay in power forever. And one authoritarian ruler cannot sustain a war without the consent and support of the socio-political-military elite. If this conflict was just about territory, Russia could've just turned off the gas to Ukraine. Sadly, Ukraine will still be dependent on Russian energy even if it successfully pushes out Russian forces. If the clash was just about land and geo-politics, it can be solved through negotiations. It's not a secret that both Russia and NATO prefer Belarus and Ukraine to be a buffer-zone. But if the source of the conflict were about "Rus" origins, identity and ethno-genesis and who has the historical right to rule the "homeland," it's an ideological clash that cannot be solved by military means.
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  2947.  @f804.de.ruyter  I don't know much about the various Persian dynasties. The Gokturks start to appear in history around 5-6th century, and Gokturk Inscriptions in Mongolia indicate that various Turkic clans were employed by the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Historically, Turkic clans dominated the Mongolian Steppe and their confederacy were recorded as Xiongnu (匈奴). For centuries, they were fighting and competing with the Han Dynasty over 2,000 years ago. The main reason was to control/access the Silk Road trade into Central Asia. Some of the Turkic clans migrate westwards, mix with indigenous people, and eventually reach modern-day Hungary and Romania by 5th to 6th century. The Old Bulgar language survived and is known as Chuvash. It's heavy mixture of Turkic and Uralic languages. The Ottomans ruling class were a mixture of Turkic-Iranic people or Turkmen who migrated along the Silk Road from Southern Central Asia to Iranian Plateau and eventually Anatolia around late 13th to 14th centuries. "Compendium of Chronicles," which is one most detailed accounts on the Mongol Empire, records a great deal about the Turkmen or Turkic-Iranic people in Southern Central Asia and Iran. (Contrary to popular perception, the Mongol forces in Central Asia and beyond were predominantly Turkic clans.)
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  2948. Drought or famine doesn't mean no farm products at all. It's just too expensive for some to purchase, or heavily skewed in its geographic distribution. In famous cases, the Soviet Union had large famines but it wasn't due to lack of food.
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  2949. You've never heard of Mongols?
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  2950. Karen tribes were fighting for the British and killing and oppresssing the Burmese since the 19th century. The level of resentment cannot be understood by foreigners, I suspect.
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  2951. 民度
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  2952. イラン、北朝鮮、シリアを見ても長年の経済制裁で外交方針・軍事戦略などを変更できると思うのは幻想。経済制裁の影響は支配層・権力者には軽微で、ほぼ貧しい人々から影響を受ける。軍事的には最初からロシア軍が圧倒的に有利。（ロシア軍に正規戦で正面から対抗できる能力があるのは、世界では中国軍とアメリカ軍だけ。）ウクライナがしてるのは、可能な限り負けを小さくすること。奪われる領土を小さくすること。
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  2953. A lot of restaurants in Japan would have these replica in front of their stores to showcase what they're offering. Don't know about other countries, to be honest.
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  2954. ​ @MichalBrat I suspect that's what most automakers believe. Japan is unique because 40% of new car sales are in the fuel-efficient Kei category. But outside of Japan. the global political climate and shareholder pressure to dive into BEVs was huge. It was much worse in left-leaning Western Europe than in North America. There is something seriously wrong when automakers like Ford and GM are forced to sell BEVs that lose billions each year. And if they don't sell money losing vehicles, they're be forced to pay carbon credits to Tesla. Government penalties and incentives only distorts markets.
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  2955.  @tuhinmia1967  I think this is why the Mongol Empire chose Uighur letters to record Mongolian, instead of Khitan letters. They probably thought it was too difficult for most Mongolians to learn the Khitan letters. If you look at the 西夏 letters, who were Tibetans, they do something similar to Khitan to record Tibetan. (Scholars still cannot fully decipher 西夏 letters) Interestingly, the Korean alphabet was designed using the concepts from the Khitan alphabet.
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  2956. They will tell you what you're already doing. Don't make them visible. No proper business in Japan will hire those with visible tattoos, and the customers will never wish to be served by people with visible tattoos. But it depends on social circles. If you're a bar tender with affiliations to certain organizations and live in the fringes of society...yeah it's acceptable in those circles. And tattoos for women traditionally meant they were wives/girl-friends of gangs/yakuza and were off-limits.
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  2957.  @squishedfrog99-gp4qq  When Toyota first introduced the Prius hybrid in 1997 in Japan, they quickly had to modify the car and insert fake engine noise so pedestrians could hear a car approaching.
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  2958. Are you sure they were Colombian and not Venezuelan?
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  2959. poverty porn is disgusting.
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  2960.  @Seethus  It's not complaining or anything. Military bases and units are complimentary or inter-dependent of each other. So it's really inaccurate to say one country or military base is key. None of them can function without each other, in terms of supplies, logistics, transportation, or command structure.
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  2961. Money is flowing out. Chinese are leaving China.
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  2962. It's the same everywhere. People from poor or rural communities sign up to get out of poverty and feed their families. Soldiers don't get to chose their wars.
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  2963. 選挙後のEUからの制裁に反発し、ベラルーシ政権が飛行機で（トルコなど留め置かれた）避難民をベラルーシに大量に運んだ。それをEU・ポーランド国境沿いに武器のように一斉投入してる動画。EUに行けると嘘をついてベラルーシまで輸送した。スケールの大きい嫌がらせ。
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  2964. India, China, and UAE abstained from voting for a UN condemnation resolution against Russia. So I'm not exactly sure if the whole world is with Ukraine.
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  2965. Please don't be offended. Malaysia and Singapore are one of the most favorite locations for Japanese who wish to live abroad. Other favorites are Thailand, Philippines, and NZ.
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  2966. Mirai (未来) means future. It's a concept car sold in small numbers. Toyota lost money for the first 10 years when they introduced Prius in Japan in the 1990s. Naturally, Hydrogen cars won't become power unless there are hydrogen stations.
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  2967.  @davidpearn5925  Actually, yes. It's been a while since Japan adopted a National Hydrogen Strategy in order to shift away from coal, oil, and natural gas. Hydrogen is an integral component in "GX" (or "Green Transformation") in Japan. And the transition involves electricity generation, transportation, steel production, heating...or every industry and economy. Some may look at MIRAI and mistakenly assume it's Toyota's strategy. Toyota is only a tiny component. Gas companies will be shifting to hydrogen/ammonium. Steel production will be using hydrogen in the future. JR Trains will using hydrogen fuel cells. But all of this technology will have to slowly evolve and take decades, which is why all the major industries are doing their own research. From what we notice, some European and South Korean companies are doing the same thing. They are not stupid enough to believe that creating EVs that use electricity from burning coal is going to magically solve any of our current problems. And Japan has a shitload of Methane Hydrate, which will be cultivated in the future as an energy source.
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  2968. It's Ukrainians fighting other Ukrainians with Russian assistance on one side and NATO assistance on the other. Which Ukrainian side should we be standing with? Both sides wish for a different outcome, hence the eight year civil war.
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  2969. She sounds so classy and elegant. And her pronunciation of Japanese words, names, places....is really good.
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  2970. They're not taken to secret prisons for reeducation like in China.
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  2971. I always wonder who's funding the Karen movement...
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  2972.  @mobin-Rahman-m  I have no respect for those who fought against the Burmese and helped the British colonize Burma. Karen also fought for the British to suppress/oppress various Burmese independence movements.
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  2973. Why does Turkey support Islamists?
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  2974.  @Noah_E  We must live in different worlds. We test for decades when it comes to new technology whether in Hydrogen or in MAGLEV. Japanese industry is slowly trying to shift towards Hydrogen platforms from autos, buses, trains, and steel production. (Hybari is good example of Toyota Hydrogen platforms being tested usage for trains by JR East.) However, we still face the same challenge from three decades ago. We're unable to produce clean Hydrogen without clean electricity.
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  2975. Nothing new. Arabs were always slave traders.
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  2976.  @gigikontra7023  Credit Suisse has been a market-maker in all sorts of financial products in many regions. The fact that Credit Suisse was forced into a merger with UBS hints that there could be possible large loss-generating assets/positions on their balance-sheet that need to be quickly liquidated. This could become a serious problem for other financial institutions if they have similar financial positions. Or the problem could come from counter-party risk, as some of the positions are mostly likely iliquid/OTC. If I had to guess, the current issue isn't coming from potential legal risks or regulatory fines from previous transitions. The problem may be similar to that of SVB, meaning they may be facing difficulty in dealing with faster than expected elevated rates.
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  2977.  @gigikontra7023  Honestly, I can only guess because I have no knowledge of the actual balance-sheet (or positions/portfolio) of Credit Suisse. The credit-line is useful in terms of providing short-term liquidity challenges. The purpose is to prevent a bank-run, literally. However, a credit-line can not solve the source of the problem, which is most likely coming from the set up of Credit Suisse's balance-sheet. If current level of rates on sovereign-bonds to real-estate products to junk bonds were to continue...Credit Suisse's balance-sheet may continue to generate losses. Since the bank's balance-sheet is so large relative to the actual market of every-day trading, it may take years to liquidate large positions. In that sense, Credit Suisse is a victim of the inflationary pressure that was cause by (1) excessive global Central Bank easing as a COVID response, (2) Russian invasion of Ukraine. Even after the merger, I would assume the new entity will have to reduce exposure to loss-making positions.
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  2978.  @gigikontra7023  How to deal with the issue is entirely up to domestic Swiss political climate. There are a few ways to handle with a financial institution in trouble: (1) Broker a merger with a competitor, (2) Nationalize or partially nationalize through capital injections, or (3) find new/foreign investors. All have domestic political implications. It could reduce jobs, require public funds, or result in being taken over by foreign investors/banks. I suspect it's not politically popular to bail out financial institutions.
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  2979. It's a narco-state with dual power structures. The nation-state is not in full control of the country, or more accurately the state is interwined with the underground economy. It's a little similar to Afghanistan where opium-related business made up nearly half of its economy. Venezuela is no different and Mexico is increasingly becoming like a failed state too. This is far beyond the scope of military or infrastructure. The root cause is severe inequality and poverty which itself is a legacy of colonization.
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  2980. If Russia controls the occupied destroyed lands, Russians will be paying for the reconstruction. There are rare cases when winning militarily is losing economically.
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  2981.  @crystal5195  Seasonal migrant workers were coming to the US during harvest season for decades. That's how prices of fruits, vegetables, and dairy products were kept affordable for ordinary Americans. Yes, it was illegal. Yes, everybody knew but saw it as a necessary evil.
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  2982. Record profits.
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  2983. Toyota is the largest automaker in terms of sales volume, yet their Operating Profit margin for North American segment is the lowest among all regions due to heavy competition. North American profit margin is usually lower single digit, while world-wide total profit margin is around 10%. There is no way in the world Toyota and other automakers can absorb a 20-30% tariff. Under the new tariff scheme some models will be losing money for Toyota, so they'll have to be pulled from the US market.
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  2984. War analysis has become part of propaganda on both sides. I'm not certain if it's really a Russian loss, when a volunteer or conscripted soldier from Donbass dies fighting against the Ukrainian regular military. And recruited prison inmates dying in war may not be so bad for Russian society either. That said, countries that have fought massive wars with the Russia Empire and Soviet Union in the past would never underestimate Russia. We know from experience how crazy, cunning, resilient, and ingenious they are. Many of the soldiers of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union were Ukrainians, so they should know how Russians think and behave more than anybody in the world. Given the frequent migration and inter-marrying during the Russian Empire and Soviet Union...some Ukrainian soldiers have Russian ancestry and some of the Russian soldiers have Ukrainian ancestry. They cooperated to push out the Crimean Khaganate, they jointly stole lands from the Crimean Tatars by exiling/starving them, and now they're fighting each other over Crimean Tatar lands. This war is full of ironies.
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  2985. ロシア産がいつものにか、中国産に産地偽装されてる。
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  2986. So young, yet so brave. I hope she can continue her education.
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  2987. What customers want is not the same everywhere. There are many countries that have electricity problems. There are many countries that burn oil and coal to generate electricity and are fearful of demand spike in more electricity which can hurt their grid and even trade balance. And 1/8 of people on this planet do not have running electricity 24/7. Toyota sells cars everywhere and is fully aware of the needs and preferences of each country and region. Tesla is great if you're in California, perhaps. But can Alaskans survive the arctic winter with the current EV range and infrastructure? The batteries Tesla started out with is Panasonic. Japanese companies developed and manufactured Lithium-Ion batteries initially for Laptops and cellphones. They are fully aware both the convenience and limitations of Lithium-Ion batteries. In fact, Japanese Navy long refused Lithium-Ion batteries on their submarines because they were so unstable and unreliable and a fire hazard. Until there is a technological development of new batteries, it will be impossible to replace all cars with EV. The world cannot manufacture sufficient number of Lithium-Ion batteries. We will run out of deposits for the ingredients.
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  2988. If they don't have access to water, how did their ancestors survive since the last ice age? To the best of my understanding, nobody is forcing people to live in areas far away from water streams. Is this all because they were pushed into a "reservation" by the US government.
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  2989. They thought they arrived in Sweden.
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  2990. US inflation is 20% in the past 5 years. Nissan is selling their cars to low in the US.
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  2991. There are no sanctions towards humanitarian relief. And the sanctions are towards the Syrian regime, not the rebel-held territories. But again, no country wishes to get involved with Islamic extremists who dominate the rebel-controlled regions.
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  2992. Evil nations get along well.
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  2993. Most Chinese automakers lose money selling BEVs. There is zero point in selling products that lose money.
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  2994. If Libya were a "sovereign country with enforceable borders," how did these illegal migrants arrive in Tunisia?
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  2995.  @jessieperson  You probably figured out by now that some of Japanese communication is non-verbal. Simple nodding, bowing, eye-contact, posture, or hand gestures can communicate hi, thank you, sorry, I understand, I'm angry, etc. This is because since infancy we're naturally trained to sense/read behaviors of others. We require fewer words to communicate among ourselves because we can infer the meaning. We generally sense gratitude, attention, or need of others from their behavior. But I understand it becomes very problematic when communicating with people who grew up in different cultures. As for whether a Japanese person loves you or not is quite simple. He/she will be genuinely interested in and concerned for your emotional and physical happiness. If he/she can sense your slight change of mood and emotions, that means he/she is paying attention to you and your needs. People who can't sense feelings/needs of others are considered to have low communication skills.
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  2996.  @eish3291  Toyota sold 3.6 million hybrids in 2023. Prius is just one of many hybrid models now.
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  2997. Russian has been committing ethnic genocide for the 500 years. In fact, most ethnic Russians don't even have Rus ancestry.
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  2998. I hope Turkey doesn't use this disaster to justify further invasion of Syria and attack on Kurds.
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  2999. ​Palestinians were what religion before 7th century? I suspect they are descendants of indigenous people, meaning they were Jews and later Christians.
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  3000. Actually, the Karens were the ones who fought against the Burmese and helped the British colonize Burma in the 19th century. They fought against Burmese independence movements and suppressed many Burmese. Obviously, they are not liked, to say the least.
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  3001. A lot of rape cases by US soldiers in Japan too after WWII. Their children were sent to orphanages as nobody in Japanese society wanted them. Most of them were sent for adoption to the US.
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  3002. Did I miss a generation. Are we skipping vowels now?
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  3003. The current form only came existence in the 16-17th century. The red peppers were initially imported from Japan, which came from the Portuguese traders, who originally got it from South America. The same is with Sweet Potato as Tobacco.
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  3004.  @me12155  In case you are unaware Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, and even Iraq accepted a few million Syrian refugees combined. So much so, it became a serious problem. Lebanon and Turkey are suffering with too many refugees.
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  3005. I know many Japanese and Japanese Americans who live in LA. There are Japanese-language kindergartens, so I actually think it's about the will and necessity. Many want their kids to be bilingual and tri-lingual. Frankly, from a Japanese perspective, we don't understand the concept of "proving Americaness" by not speaking Japanese or practicing Japanese culture within our family/community, because that's who we our. We see no need to have to choose between languages/culture, we just need to be fluent in both.
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  3006. How many? That is how many of your soldiers are you willing to sacrifice for Ukraine? It's not an easy question. But it's one that all political leaders are forced to think about if you commit yourself to this war.
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  3007. This was the most interesting comment I read on Brazil. Thank you for the insight.
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  3008. The irony is Russia will lose by winning. All the sanctions won't be alleviated as long as Russia continues to occupy sovereign Ukrainian territory.
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  3009. B-52s are old planes. I doubt the US would ever use them for nuclear strikes. But again, there are many ways to deliver.
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  3010. Everybody was glued to CNN during the Gulf War. Sadly, now it's just another channel.
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  3011. ​ @sukkim8445 I also dislike people using superficial cultural traits to explain accidents. There are plane crashes all over the world, and there are specific reasons for each and every incident. That said, South Korea had everything it needed to flourish. The intellectuals and business elite received the same education as Japanese elite. Government apparatus, legal system, mandatory education system, civil servants, financial/banking system, newspapers, vaccination programs, family registration, and railways were inherited from Japanese government. It was exactly the same with Taiwan which is why they were also able to prosper. The miracle is actually North Korea. They were more industrialized under Japanese rule, but they somehow successfully became one of the poorest after independence. That's near impossible to accomplish.
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  3012. The world cannot save Haiti from Haitians.
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  3013. Too much propaganda from all sides, it seems. Eastern Ukraine is too complicated as many residents have relatives in Russia, many of them only speak Russian, and many of them consider themselves to be ethnic Russians (with Ukrainian passports). There is no victory for either side in this war. It's only a question of who loses more. One thing is clear though, Russia wants a land corridor to Crimea. The only question is how much and how many soldiers are they willing to sacrifice for it.
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  3014. This region was prosperous while it was Buddhist. Muslim invasion and forced conversion condemned them to living hell.
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  3015. Japanese government and industry is fully committed, and hydrogen-fueled buses with Toyota technology are already slowly tested for public buses in Japan. Currently, a hydrogen-fueled train "HYBARI" is being tested by Toyota, Hitachi, and JR East. They plan to make it operational by 2030 for rail lines that aren't electrified. Toyota named the hydrogen concept car MIRAI or "Future" in Japan because hydrogen shift will take decades. We see it as a 21st century industrial revolution to move away from fossil fuel that shaped the technology, industry, economy, politics, diplomacy and wars of the 20th century. The next big thing that is being attempted by many countries is to produce steel with hydrogen. The fact that Japanese companies developed lithium-ion batteries is the exact reason why Japanese companies understand the limitations of the technology. It's certainly useful for phones and laptops, but it's not something that was meant to power vehicles and homes.
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  3016.  @Josh-ql2np  Please leave Japan out of this argument. We don't wish to be caught in between the Saudis and Americans. But I understand the reason why Saudis desire an air-conditioned indoor city, like a man-made colony on mars. If I'm not mistaken, the old/ancient architecture with wind catching roofs (in Egypt) were designed so that their building were underground. If I were designing the city, I would be building an underground cave city in the mountains (instead of an artificial ski resort.)
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  3017. The new CEO was the engineer of Lexus brand, head of Lexus, and Chief Brand Officer. Mr. Toyoda is still the Chairman of the company. Mr. Toyoda chose Sato-san as the new CEO because of his trust in him.
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  3018. ウクライナ東部はロシア領内から直接砲撃したり、航空機・ヘリを出撃させられる。住民もロシア系が多数派。西側援助でウクライナ軍が戦車・榴弾砲・戦闘機などを充実させたとしても、大多数の住民がウクライナ軍を敵視してるから完全にアウェイ。勝てる要素が無い。
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  3019. ​ @whoo5634 We cannot protect Haiti from Haitians. How do we even identify which Haitians to kill? They are gangs with ties to powerful Haitians. Some just wear uniforms.
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  3020. Sadly, that's been the case since the Napoleonic wars.
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  3021. No, we've seen pretty ugly ones too. It really depends on their parents.
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  3022. ユダヤ人だからね。ゼレンスキーもアゾフが嫌い。
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  3023. Haitians are only to blame for their decades of incompetence.
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  3024. This is the negative side of invading so many colonies and forcing your language on them. But still Europeans are in a better situation than indigenous people of the Americas.
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  3025. It's difficult to imagine that people haven't heard how they get financed to purchase a car. Automakers borrow from the capital market to lend to customers. They make a small interest rate difference, most of the time. Which is why the more cars you sell, the more debt appears on the Balance Sheet.
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  3026. His video says he was born in 1983. Japanese Citizenship Laws was changed to ban dual-citizenship in 1984, and implemented from 1985. People who born prior to those changes did not have to choose a nationality. That's why Japanese citizenship of President Fujimori of Peru was recognized by the government of Japan.
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  3027. Your both indigenous people with similar genetic ancestry. Find another way.
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  3028. ​ @jenelmendoza7356 Killing political leadership in wartime is not advised because nobody would have the legitimacy to negotiate a deal.
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  3029. Honestly, I can only name one Miss Japan from the past and that is CHIBANA Kurara because she used to be on many TV programs. The rest I have no idea. It's not like a public election, we don't have a say in who gets to be Miss Japan. Some small elite circle chooses for whatever political or social reason. The fact that she's from Ukraine mattered in the current context. It was to show Japan's support to Ukraine.
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  3030. no shit...
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  3031. I agree but weren't you guys killing and torturing Mayan people for centuries? You should learn your ancestral language and culture too.
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  3032. Americans and Colombians killing and torturing a Haitian president...WHY?
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  3033. War is never a "fair fight."
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  3034. What an idiot.
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  3035. 原発を核爆発させられるの？
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  3036. The people who appear in this video don't look like Himalyan folks. They look more Indian.
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  3037. 正規軍の統制が及ばないウクライナ系もしくは親ロシア系の民兵組織がやってるなら怖い。マウリポリは少し特別な場所。戦略的要衝であるので、2014年からの戦争でもずっと双方が戦闘をしてきた。今もウクライナの極右民兵グループ（≒アゾフ大隊）がマウリポリに集結。ネオナチ系で反ロシアの代表的な民兵組織なので、ロシア側も徹底的に潰したいはず。
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  3038. ​ @furikuri23 Actually Japan already has Hydrogen buses in public transportation made by Toyota. And JR East, Hitachi, and Toyota developed HYBARI, a Hydrogen fuel cell train, using Toyota's system. It's currently being tested to be in service around 2030. Next project is to produce steel with Hydrogen. That said, Japan has ample water and resources to manufacture Hydrogen. The challenge is more on being able to manufacture clean Hydrogen using clean electricity sources such as geothermal. This approach may or may not work for Malaysia. But for a country like Japan that burns natural gas to generate some of its electricity, shifting to EV means we need more LNG imports or additional nuclear reactors. It makes zero environmental nor economic sense. It's why Japanese industry is slowly shifting to Hydrogen platforms.
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  3039. You do understand what the "gaijin card" actually infers, right? It means you're not part of Japanese society and we don't expect to you understand our ways. We never afford that tolerance to "half" kids who grow up in Japan, because they're part of Japanese society.
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  3040. Almost all Japanese automaker had record profits, so only dumb companies manufacture cars that lose money.
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  3041. That happens in dictatorships.
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  3042. You do realize foreign troops are in country by invitation of local government?
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  3043. ウイグル人にとって悲劇的な現状なのは間違いないが、まだアフガン・シリア・イエメンなどよりマシな生活。イスラム教の国々は一体なんでこんなに過激化するのでしょうね。イスラム教の国々の独裁者も同様に強権的に過激派を弾圧する。 アフガンの空港の避難民・米兵・タリバンを纏めて攻撃したISの自爆テロの実行犯はウイグル人だった。
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  3044. Unorthodox way to resist the Russians, for sure.
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  3045. ​ @thesmartArab If you were Lebanese, would you want to live with violent people?
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  3046.  @vitwild323  The days he acquires foreign citizenship is when he legally forfeits his Japanese citizenship. So in reality, there are some people who think they're dual-citizens, but they're actually not. (Once the Consulate/Embassy realizes something is off, they'll eliminate you from Japanese KOSEKI system, which is the only guarantee of insuring somebody has Japanese citizenship.) And losing Japanese citizenship means you're no longer considered Japanese by people in Japan.
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  3047. This is rather misleading. Much like with the Taliban insurgency, ethnic separatist movements in Myanmar have been funded their wars with the opium trade for decades. The major production areas of opium and crystal meth are not under the full control of the military regime.
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  3048. Because the residents of Mariupol are mostly ethnic Russians or pro-Russia. They hate Azov and everything it stands for. They have been waiting to be freed from Azov for 8 years now. And many of those who left the city, went to their relatives in Russia.
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  3049. How can he have Mexican heritage? He doesn't have any indigenous blood.
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  3050. They're too pro-Palestine. They didn't seem to mind civilian causalities in Afghanistan, Iraq, Vietnam, etc.
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  3051. It's tragically ironic that Taliban can run the country better than the US-backed secular government.
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  3052. Koreans always recorded their history in Kanji from 三国史記 to 朝鮮王朝実録。Korean newspapers from Japanese administration till the 1970s was full of Kanji especially for names, titles, organizations, location names. We use Kanji in Japanese language because "Hashi" can mean 橋、 端、箸 depending on context. In fact, because we use Kanji, we can read and understand very fast.
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  3053. Toyota was trying really hard to put some sense in government officials world-wide, because the mandates were so out of touch with reality. But I fear they were alone in the fight. Environmentalists, politicians, and even investors criticized Toyota for their "anti-EV lobbying."
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  3054. I thought Illegals were sent to Australia.
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  3055. I've witnessed foreign-nationals who have been able to adapt culturally and integrate socially with Japan, and those who felt were rejected and isolated. The difference has a lot to do with one's personality, preference, and flexibility. Some people are really good in adjusting to new cultures/countries. The biggest difference is usually understanding Japanese language, culture, norms, etc. I've heard that people in English-speaking countries often use the GENKI series in English as an intro textbook for Japanese language programs. Just memorize the entire book. In Japanese mandatory education, we are required to learn 1,000 KANJI by 6th grade. So yes, you do need KANJI to be literate in Japanese language. If you're serious about learning Japanese, make time everyday to listen to Japanese music or NHK news radio, watch Japanese YouTube, TV programs, or movies, and read Japanese books for children. You don't need to understand any of it at first. Language learning is essentially pattern recognition, so the more you're exposed to Japanese content, the more your ear will get used to Japanese phonetics, rhythm, and intonation. I've studied and worked with many foreign-nationals in Tokyo who read Japanese newspapers and novels, many of whom have finished undergraduate or graduate programs in Japan, or have completed Japanese degrees in foreign universities. If your highschool offers exchange programs use that opportunity. If not try to find colleges that have really good programs in Japanese language, linguistics, culture, history, etc. There is also a MEXT scholarship for serious students who with to study in Japan.
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  3056. I always found it strange that a similar message was being communicated in English-language news channels in Europe and US. How could an occupying military be "losing" the war? Unfortunately, propaganda is part of warfare. Too much spinning by both sides.
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  3057. They should be praying to their ancestral Mayan Gods. They are the only ones who will look out for the Mayan people.
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  3058.  @fuelaccum3398  It highly depends on your native tongue, doesn't it? Japanese may be one of the most difficult for native English speakers. But I've met a number of Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Russians, and ethnic Koreans/Mongolians from China who speak near native Japanese. For many of them, Japanese would be their 3rd or 4th language. Yet they speak Japanese far better than most native English speakers in Japan. I'm always impressed with people from former Soviet Union. Their universities probably have one of the best language/culture programs in the world. If you've studied Japanese linguistics, you may have read work from the late Alexander Vovin. He received his education/training in Soviet Union in Leningrad (aka St. Petersburg). He was teaching in the US, and was translating Japanese diaries from 13th century into English. To translate between 2nd and 3rd language is beyond belief. It's obviously the easiest to translate a foreign language into your mother tongue.
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  3059. The Chinese and Korean tourists are pretty well known in Japan for that behavior.
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  3060. Tesla initially used only high-grade Japanese batteries made by Panasonic, which is why their batteries were more stable and had higher endurance. But for recent EV models many companies started using multiple suppliers from China and South Korea to cut costs. Some batches are good, some mediocre, and some are really unreliable. It would be nice if we can choose our own preferred battery company as an option.
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  3061.  @usedcarsokinawa  It really depends on the foreigner. Those who were educated in Japan or have studied Japanese in their home countries are given preference in everything from employment to Permanent Visa to Naturalization. Naturally, Japan has limited interest in foreigners who cannot learn Japanese language and culture and assimilate into Japanese society. Additionally, we no longer allow Japanese immigrants to inherit Japanese citizenship. Dual citizenship is banned under Japanese Citizenship Law for children born after 1985. Instead, we created a special "Descendant Visa" (aka Nikkei-jin Visa) for children and grandchildren of Japanese emigrants. Most Brazilian and Peruvian nationals living in Japan are indeed Japanese Descendants and their family. There is also a separate YONSEI Visa scheme for 4th generation descendants but it has strict conditions for eligibility.
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  3062. Perhaps in the US. In Japan, it's most common to just use the country name, and not the ethnicity or race. So we commonly say Half-Russian without specifying the ethnic groups. Or we would say half-Indian, half-Chinese, half-French, half-Brazilian, etc. It's because it's too much information when somebody introduces himself/herself with Half-Russian with Tatar and Ukrainian and Uzbek ancestry, or Half-Brazilian with a European/Indigenous/Black ancestry, or Half-Chinese with both ethnic Mongolian and Tibetan ancestry.
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  3063. In order to destroy the Taliban, the US needed to attack their home bases, recruitment and training centers in Pakistan. That was geo-politically not possible.
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  3064. The way she speaks Japanese is no natural.
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  3065.  @TitusAzzurro He's under investigation in France.
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  3066. In your school when does WWII start? Japan has been fighting tooth and nail since the 19th century to keep the Russians out of Inner Manchuria and Korean peninsula.
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  3067.  @chrisfox9263  I highly doubt you know anything about Japan. Toyota sells BZ4x in Japan. And the primary reason why Japanese consumers don't like BEVs is because we have localized periodic blackout during natural disasters, and that electricity is expensive relative to other countries. Japan's energy mix is over 70% fossil fuel, relying mostly imported LNG from Australia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle-east. The country's electricity grid cannot handle BEVs since we'll have to import/burn more LNG to supply electricity for BEVs.
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  3068. Europeans would be happy if migrants boycott their lands too.
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  3069. You kidding me...NOW?
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  3070. It was a mistake to shut it down. Let intelligence track and hack the vehicle. It comes with standard cameras, microphones, GPS, internet connection, and over-the-air software overriding capability. It's basically an intelligence asset. You can track troop movement, listen into conversations, create a database of Russian forces, or create a thermal runaway.
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  3071. Local supply-chain of auto components and equipment, numbers of skilled and educated workers, less corrupt government, closer to intended market, government incentives, tax rates, local sentiment...there are a variety of reasons why one location is chosen over another. German, Swedish, and Japanese automakers have factories in Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turkey, etc.
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  3072. ​ @bdh711 What you may not know is how much struggle the half-Black children face in Japan. They aren't treated the same as half-Asian and half-Europeans. It's actually too painful to hear their stories.
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  3073. They are separatists, so they don't consider themselves as Burmese...
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  3074.  @denisdaly1708  Toyota sells nearly 2 million vehicles in China every year, and China is only a few hours by plane from Japan. Businessmen commonly do a same-day business trip to China, and Toyota management often attend motorshows in China. That said, if he was working for Lexus in North America, I don't know what kind of exposure he may have had outside of North America. Every region has its own unique market characteristics, be it China, Europe, Middle-East, Russia, Australia, Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, South America or Japan. Working in Lexus in North America will not make you an expert on the Chinese market.
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  3075. Borrowing money from foreign investors and not have to pay back...would make Putin pissed?
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  3076. We like Guam and Hawaii.
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  3077. Japan only offers permanent visa to those who are fluent in Japanese. It won't change.
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  3078. Bringing politics into High school is a terrible idea.
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  3079. They just love money. No sanctions on Russia, weapon sales to NATO...war is good business for them.
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  3080. ​ @bestofalllife That's precisely the problem companies such as VW, Volvo, Mercedes, Stellantis, GM, Ford, etc are experiencing right now. They have to make cars that sell in today's market, not 10 years from now. And the car market is extremely fractured and polarized. What people in Alaska want is not the same car as what people in California want. Some regions have extremely high adoption rates, but others have a very low one. Automakers that built designated BEV production lines are struggling to sell their cars. In fact, most of them are losing money for each BEV sales.
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  3081. どこの軍隊でも兵は10代後半に入り、20代前半ぐらいの一任期で除隊するのは普通。（但し、任期の年数は国によって異なる）米陸軍・米海兵隊なら6割ぐらいが一任期（契約により現役4-6年ぐらい、その後は予備役）で除隊してる。仏外人部隊なら先任下士官は40歳ぐらいで除隊するのが慣例。体力・精神的に衰えるし、進学したり、家族が出来たり、他の道に進みたい人も多い。当然だけど、up or outなので全員が下士官になって軍に残れるわけじゃない。
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  3082. If they spoke Japanese, I don't think there would be any issue.
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  3083. Only in China.
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  3084.  @RicknMorty85  Chinese hardware and software will be banned in North America. Toyota has zero plans to sell BYD stuff outside of China. Japanese automakers don't use Joint-Ventures in China as an export hub. It's only for Chinese market. And using BYD isn't for its quality or technology, it's for price reasons. Around of 40-50% of new car sales for Toyota is already hybrids. Since they've been researching the technology since the 1970s and created the market for hybrids, Toyota doesn't need help from anybody.
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  3085. The Crimean Tatars should have their own country.
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  3086. France has been exploiting Africa and Indochina for centuries. It has no concept such as embarrassment or shame.
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  3087. フィリピンは中国には弱腰だから、頼りにはならんぞ。
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  3088. No sane country would want to be grouped with Iran, North Korea, Syria, Russia, etc.
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  3089. The residents in Donbass and Crimea are overwhelmingly pro-Russia. I don't see how Ukraine can win over these regions either.
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  3090. Kodak was a famous business school case study. They had great innovative R&D projects but they divested to focus on the core film business upon pressure from shareholders. In contrast, Fujifilm now makes money from digital cameras, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, industrial film, and digital medical equipment. Toyota invests in many different R&D programs and their balance sheet is stronger than most banks in the world.
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  3091. They're left-wing environmental activists. In the US, they are the Tesla people.
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  3092. Iran-Iraq War (supported by the US and France to punish Iran's revolution) was artillery and trench warfare with chemical weapons (provided to Iraq by the US). It lasted a decade with a 1 million causalities. The financial ruins of Iraq eventually led to its invasion of Kuwait, which resulted in the first Iraq War. During the Korean and Vietnam Wars trenches, tunnels, and minefields were nothing unique nor special. That said, Russian tactics of convicts is rather interesting. It seems that most Russians don't care about convicts because they think Russia is better off without them.
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  3093.  澳贼的爷爷  The international community has spent over $1tn helping Afghanistan in the past 20 years so they could govern themselves. At the end of day, it is Afghans who decide the future of Afghanistan. Now they're on their own.
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  3094.  澳贼的爷爷  Democracy is not unique to the United States. I don't know if the Afghan people like the Taliban. But they certainly seem to be fed up with the Afghan government, which has been corrupt, incompetent, and unreliable. If you cannot win the support of the people, you will eventually lose power. I suspect Afghans with means have been exiting Afghanistan for some time now.
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  3095. If you truly care so much, you ought to go yourself. The reality is, none of us wish to go to war with Russia over Ukraine. Obviously, many of us are sympathetic towards the refugees and do what we can to help. But I don't what my country to send troops into Ukraine for any reason. It's not our war. And a few states if not all of Ukraine becoming part of Russia doesn't affect my country in a meaningful way. It's just back to the times of the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union. (I would have the same feeling if for instance US and Canada went to war over a few states. It will heavily impact the locals but doesn't really change the big picture.)
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  3096.  @Seventh7Art  MIRAI was always a concept car for enthusiasts, which is why the car is named MIRAI or (Technology for the) Future. Toyota only manufactures a few thousand MIRAI per yer. In Japan they sell about 500 vehicles per year. They would be in big trouble if the car sells in volume because it's not made for commercial/profit reasons. Toyota manufactures 10 million vehicles per year world-wide, so you don't need to be an expert to know the positioning of the vehicle. They car itself is R&D.
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  3097. British history is pretty much invasion and assimilation.
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  3098. Remember they colonized half the world, traded slaves, and exterminated certain ethnic groups.
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  3099. Still better the other Boris who drank too much on the plane. Without Yeltsin, I doubt Russia needed somebody like Putin to stabilize the country.
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  3100. What's the difference? US tech industry is full of Indians.
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  3101. Adidas is still quite popular among the Far Right in Europe too.
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  3102. Chinese government wishes to dominate the EV space globally, so they have been heavily subsidizing Chinese automakers, as well as providing various incentives to purchase Chinese cars. Latest figures show that China will manufacture 18 million more vehicles this year than the Chinese domestic market can absorb, and countries like Russia, Brazil and Thailand are starting to see a influx of cheap Chinese EVs. It's really sad that poor people have to purchase Chinese-made cars, which generally have inferior quality and safety standards, but poor people have limited choice. There are too many EV companies in China and many of them will not be around in 5-10 years. Thus, there will be no maintenance parts, software updates, or servicing available for many of the Chinese cars being dumped around the world. Ironically, the fact that China only permitted Joint-Ventures with state-owned enterprises for foreign automakers is serving as a buffer for many of them. They can either lower the quality to meet the price point for the Chinese consumers to manufacture cars that can be sold around US$10,000, or they can pull out of China completely.
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  3103. But they're alive. Send them back to Ukraine, not all will survive the war.
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  3104. What arrogance? Record sales, record profits, more bonus, and more tax revenue...nobody in Japan is mad. Given the natural disasters and winter conditions, EV will never work in Japan anyway. Whatever we may save in gas, we'll have to import and burn more natural gas to generate electricity. It's why both the government and industry is slowly switching over to Hydrogen. Tokyo has started using Hydrogen buses based on Toyota's technology, and now Hydrogen trains such as Hybari are tested by JR East.
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  3105. I don't know how it is in Canada, but Toyota doesn't own or operate the dealerships in the US. They are local companies. In countries where Toyota directly operates the dealerships, the price is pretty much fixed throughout the nation for all services and cars.
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  3106. Obviously, it's not a former English colony. I really enjoyed by business trips to China. The food, architecture, gardens, tea, traditional art, the scenery was wonderful. But again, I can read/write KANJI and there were always Japanese speakers in Shanghai from hotels to restaurants to airports. I remember having done all the hotel check-in entirely in Japanese while I was there. The company arranged the car and interpreter for that day, so I just had to sit and be driven around the Shanghai. While I studied Chinese in college as a second foreign-language, I never really had the need to speak in Chinese...except for bargaining in local gift shops. And even that I used my hand signs more than my mouth.
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  3107. 3年間でそれだけ書けたら凄いと思いますよ。外国語を学ぶ際に、子供向けのテレビ番組を観たり、子供向けの本を読むことから始めるのが有効かなと自分は感じてます。そうやってネイティブ・スピーカーの子供が辿るプロセスを真似るとスムーズに吸収できるように思います。ご興味のある分野の動画を観たり、小説を読んだり、音楽を聴くのもを有効かなと思います。日本語のYouTube番組も多いですし、色々な方法があると思います。日本のテレビやYouTubeを『日本語字幕』で見るのも良いと思います。
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  3108. ​ @KasumiRINA You can write itインヴァースをヴィトン。We just have no need to do so for native words.
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  3109. ​ @alfredthegreat9543 It's not technology, rather it's geography. Norway is almost all hydro-power, and Iceland is entirely geothermal. They have abundance of cheap and green electricity. Norway's population is only a few million, and the fjord mountain terrain forces people to concentrate in a few major locations. And Norway has money to burn from exporting oil, which is how they were able to fund the EV charging infrastructure and electric grid. The reality is most countries still rely on fossil fuel to generate electricity. US, China, and Australia all burn coal for their energy mix. They have no choice but to do so because they cannot meet electricity demand from other sources. Which means, rapid electrification of cars results in additional usage of fossil fuel for the foreseeable future. Aside from EVs, many developed countries are scrambling to meet future increase in energy demand from data centers and advances in AI. It's a terrible idea to be entirely dependent on electricity for transportation. There needs to be a circuit breaker in between electricity and transportation in case one fails. Imagine a large-scale hurricane, forest fire, or tornado followed by an extended period of electricity blackout, and you only own an EV.
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  3110. Cardboard can be quite strong if designed correctly. It's the quality and stiffness of the mattress that matters for most people. And it's a very divisive topic as preferences differ. I've heard some athletes are so sensitive, they bring their own air-mattress.
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  3111. Can you control a virus?
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  3112. Seriously, winning or losing this battle, after so many casualties you'll be in control of an utterly destroyed region. Ruler of rubble.
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  3113. Nissan Jan-Jul 2024 sales is higher in the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and RoW from the same period in 2023. Ironically, the only place down was Japan (-1.2% YoY) and China (-7.6% YoY). For reasons I don't know, this guy isn't really good with numbers. It only takes a few seconds to download the latest sales figures from Nissan's website.
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  3114. They're short on ammo and not people.
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  3115. US forces are still in Syria?
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  3116. Refugee status should be more selective.
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  3117. ​ @ashsuri1289 Most conflicts are almost always a result of British, French or Russian colonial borders. But I was under the impression that Pashtun homeland was near Kandahar.
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  3118.  @spendor9377  Take a look at map of the Crimean Khanate. Russians and Ukrainians are killing each other over Tatar lands.
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  3119. ​ @mattiasbinotto5358 Haven't you heard of Indo-european migration? Obviously Germanic people are not native to Scandinavia. Europe had so many waves of migration, people cannot explain certain languages and cultures. For instance, the Stone artifacts in the UK predate the Celts who predate the Germanic migration. So does the Basque language.
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  3120. Don't be alarmed. European history (or human history of any region) is pretty much about wars and more wars. Peace is only a period between wars, and it's the time to prepare for the next war.
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  3121.  @machoopichoo2  Most automakers lose money from BEV sales whether it's GM, Ford, Hyundai/Kia, VW, Mercedes, or most Chinese automakers. Pure BEV is less than 10% of North American or Australian new car sales. Automakers still need to focus on remaining 90% of the market in order to survive. Toyota Hybrids are selling so much inventory is less than 10 days, and many customers are waiting for months for delivery. And Hybrids are profitable unlike BEVs, which is why many automakers are re-focusing on hybrids. Technology for the sake of technology doesn't appeal to majority of the market.
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  3122. ​ @ab-zo6jt How far back are you talking about? Xiongnu and Han Dynasty did fight to control the region. But Tarim Basin Mummies and Sogdians were Iranic. Oirat in the Junghar Basin were Mongolic. Uyghurs are mixture of Turkic and Iranic people.
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  3123. ロシアと戦争したい国は無いでしょ。
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  3124.  @aa-od2ws  おそらく日本人義勇兵のことじゃないですか？
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  3125. I still fail to understand the objective behind recent US air strikes in Iraq and Syria. (I'm sure there is a clear military logic behind US action, but I simply don't know enough about local politics to figure it out.) I'd really appreciate it if media such as Al Jazeera can provide some background color on who is currently fighting with whom, and why? What is the purpose behind bombing militias that are fighting jihadist extremists? Is the main purpose to eliminate or diminish Iranian influence from Iraq and Syria?
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  3126. Double F for Congress...
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  3127. Who is picking your fruits, cleaning your hotels, babysitting, cooking in restaurants, or working in construction? The US economy couldn't function without influx of cheap manual labor and seasonal migrants after slavery, which is why border control was always intentionally weak.
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  3128.  @satyamrathor3860  There wouldn't have been any need for sanctions if Russia hadn't invaded/annexed parts of Ukraine in the first place. Even those sanctions were very light-touched.
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  3129. I don't even trust Chinese mobile batteries. You get what you pay for.
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  3130. Why does a VP need political asylum?
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  3131. You can use an update on Russian military hardware.
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  3132. What took Europe so long to notice?
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  3133. It's strange when a sitting president of a sovereign nation is accused of a coup or rebellion while in office. Was he ousted because he was too leftist for the establishment? In a country that's so corrupt, I doubt corruption would work as a convincing excuse to arrest and oust a democratically-elected politician.
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  3134. The initial UN mission, I presume, was to observe and maintain peace agreements between gov and separatists in the north. With Islamic extremism spreading in the region, particularly in countries where they have weak/no government institutions, the role of UN missions should be questioned. I suspect UN troops don't even know why they're being stationed there. The UN Security Council decides these missions. They "encourage" poor countries to send their troops. It's quid pro quo for various UN aides and loans.
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  3135. Why would people in Nepal support Iranian Revolutionary Guards? They are known to export Islamic Revolutions, Terrorism, and drugs. They enjoy torturing and killing Iranians who oppose the regime too.
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  3136. Most foreign-nationals living in or traveling to Japan are from Asian countries. And most crimes committed by foreign nationals in Japan are from China, Vietnam, South Korea, the Philippines, or Brazil. There are many shop-lifting, pick-pocketing, car-jacking, robberies...all the way to drug dealing and murder by Asian organized crime groups. As 60% of all foreign crimes are committed by Chinese and Vietnamese nationals...so it's a natural response to be concerned.
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  3137. False information. Toyota is not transitioning to BYD hybrid. That's just a few NEV products for Chinese domestic market. Toyota will never be using Chinese hardware or software outside of China. It's lower quality and it'll be banned in North America too.
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  3138. I recall Bin Laden operation was in Pakistan.
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  3139. Does he even care about African Union?
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  3140. Ukrainians have been killing each other since 2014. Civilians have died from attacks from both sides. It's a civil war with one side backed by Russia, other side by NATO. Don't exatly know why Slavic people can't get along.
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  3141. I would believe you if he were a young aspiring politician attempting to build a name for himself. He is already in the final phase of his political career and life, which means he acts based on his conviction and perspective as well as keeping in mind his legacy and how he will be remembered by his own people. I think it's the same with Putin who also wants to leave a lasting gift for future generations. You may or may not agree with their political outlook, but they cannot be bought, convinced, or intimidated. Ironically, they are also martyrs.
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  3142. I don't think there is a front line when you're being bombed in multiple locations.
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  3143. Do you understand why so many fled in that era from the Mainland to HK, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, South Korea, etc?
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  3144. Less profits, less tax revenue. And if they leave Malaysia, some people will need new jobs. But who cares of it's bad for Malaysia.
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  3145. I would be too if I had to spend a longtime in the mountains.
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  3146. This was really good. It's rather ironic how centuries of Russian and Ukrainian wars against Crimean Tatars and migration to these lands ended up in infighting among the Slavs. I would wish to know what the Crimean Tatars think of all this.
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  3147. 米議会はアゾフを極右・ネオナチ組織として位置付けるべきか何度か公聴会を開き調査してた。その結果、2018年から米国からの軍事支援物資がアゾフ大隊に渡ることを法律で禁止した。イスラエルでも、ウクライナ支援物資がアゾフに渡ることに敏感。アゾフもイメージアップのため、武装民兵集団から内務省隷下の国家親衛隊の衣替えした。
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  3148. ​Myanmar is essentially an ethnic separatist war. All the neighboring countries fear that without the military regime, Myanmar will implode causing millions of refugees. Cambodia was so wicked during Khmer Rouge, Vietnam had to step in and overthrow the Cambodian regime. Cambodia followed weird Maoist ideology and massacred its entire intellectual class. Ironically, now Cambodia and Laos are completely under Chinese influence.
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  3149. I doubt it would matter. Ukraine can't survive without Russian gas. Having to borrow from Russia to pay for Russian gas tells you how dependent you are.
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  3150. It really depends on the location. There are places with many "YATAI" that sell food and snacks. It's okay to eat them outside in such places. But if you're eating and walking in the middle of downtown, it would generally be seen as poor manners. (Which I believe is the case in many countries around the world.)
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  3151. Endless quagmire.
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  3152.  @dos7480  広島出身とか関係なく、平和教育そのものが幻想。冷戦期に米国の核の傘で守られながら、外国に向かって平和や核廃絶など詭弁を語ってたのが日本。
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  3153. That's a shit deal.
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  3154. That is exactly why Japanese automakers have always been skeptical of EVs. Lithium-Ion batteries was initially manufactured by Japanese electronic and chemical companies for portable electronics such as walkmans, cell phones, and laptops. They are convenient but have many limitations. They were never meant for external shock, exteme heat and cold, or water. Using this battery technology for cars that may experience collisions, exteme temperatures, or rain/flooding can be disastrous.
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  3155. It's a cargo ship, super big and super slow. And they are terrorists trained by Iran.
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  3156. Only thing missing is a Nazi uniform.
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  3157. On vacation
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  3158. The Indian perspective was interesting but not important to the story between Taliban and Iran. Are the Taliban fighters following orders from Taliban's highest leaders or are they rogue local elements acting on their own? If Taliban leadership ordered attacks on Iranian military facilities inside Iran, that would be interpreted as an Act of War. Iran has the right to respond with deadly force. If local Taliban units are starting their own wars, that would imply that Taliban leadership doesn't have control over certain branches of Taliban forces. Figuring out who's calling the shots should be the main focus of this story.
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  3159. Can Jews, Muslims, or Roma be fully integrated into German society is a fascinating question. The question of compatibility and social integration is crucial in deciding immigration policy. If they can't be integrated, they will be rejected if not hated by society.
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  3160. Or it's another elaborate trap to lure the Ukrainians into certain locations. How can Wagner units just take over a Russian regional HQ without any resistance or causalities? Diversion, Distraction, and Division...
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  3161.  @sixter4157  If it works without a problem, I wouldn't change it. But I hope you know that Toyota started researching hybrids in the 1970s during the last Oil Crisis. The Prius development started in 1992 with development of rechargeable batteries by Japanese electronic companies, and Prius was introduced to the Japanese market in 1997. For that reason, Toyota hybrids almost exclusively uses highest-grade Panasonic batteries for safety, reliability, and longevity (as did all early Tesla models). The current Toyota hybrid iteration is 5th generation, so I'm fairly confident that Toyota has figured out a thing or two on hybrids. Toyota has sold nearly 20 million hybrids worldwide thus far. I'm counting that Toyota technicians should be familiar and trained by now how to repair or replace battery/electric related problems.
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  3162. Since independence Ukraine had to borrow money from Russia or rely on Russian economic assistance to pay for Russian natural gas. Yet they still frequently failed to pay. It's not about resistance, political preference, or national pride. It's about being realistic and practical to survive.
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  3163. Ironically, it's one of the most recorded/documented languages, due to modern technology. The oldest dictionary goes back hundreds of years.
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  3164.  @leonardokonasugawa8640  Unless you're a citizen, you are a foreign-national. Any Japanese speaker can quickly google in Japanese. It's 5 years for 帰化 or Naturalization, and there is a special legal path for former-Japanese citizens. (Conditions vary for spouses of citizens, or Japanese Descendants, and Permanent Visa holders.)
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  3165. I don't know which company you're referring to but most automakers have a financial subsidiary. The money they borrow from capital markets to loan to their customers will show up as "debt" on their balance sheet. It's not money they borrow to manufacture cars, which is why credit ratings for automakers is generally very good.
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  3166. It's a beauty contest in name only. It's used as political messaging to show Japan's support for Ukraine and Ukrainians during these tough times.
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  3167. Actually no. Japanese constitution has nothing to do with foreigners.
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  3168. What fiction world are you from? Nobody use Chinese bonds. Even the wealthy Chinese have assets in USD.
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  3169. Thank the people who overthrew a democratically elected government and installed a US puppet regime in the 1950s. Everything is stemming from those decisions. And post-revolution, the pro-Israel lobby in the US won't allow any meaningful relationship with Iran.
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  3170. Just look at the top 20 models selling in the US in 2023. Then you'll know why certain models are phased out.
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  3171.  @jojo-fr2jo Remittance is a large part of the GDP for most developing countries. The issue is not the lack of remittance from overseas Haitians. The reality is far more cruel. Haitians are unable to govern themselves. Haitians are unable to function as a society.
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  3172. Why Bulgarians and Romanians? I'm not European so I can't tell the subtle cultural difference.
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  3173. 戦争とは「正義」の衝突。ロシアからすれば、NATOの東方拡大やウクライナのNATO加盟方針は安全保障上の脅威として認識。ウクライナを焦土としても阻止すべきと信じてる。ウクライナからすれば、明確な侵略を受けてるので防衛戦争。
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  3174. Toyota is in the process of building a US$14bn battery factory in North Carolina. What Toyota is saying is the same thing other automakers is saying that not every customer wants an EV.
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  3175. ​@ccii-ch6gfSanctions are against known individuals. But their hidden assets goes through a dozen shell corporations in South Africa, Cayman, Cyprus, Panama, Macau, or the Middle-east. It's so carefully laundered, it's near impossible for most governments to trace them.
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  3176. But the Shan or SIAM people.
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  3177. I have no desire to understate Somali efforts and capabilities, but US military drones and aerial reconnaissance enormously helps the troops on the ground. It's the exact same structure as the battles against ISIS in Syria and Iraq.
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  3178. Whoever wins this war will be stuck with the enormous demining and reconstruction costs, which will most likely end up being more expensive than the war itself. Ukraine will be in fiscal turmoil for decades even if it wins and takes back Russian-occupied lands. And Ukraine will still have to pay Russia to purchase natural gas. Ironically, whoever wins the war will be the loser.
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  3179.  @user-kc1tf7zm3b  My deepest sympathies to Australians. I highly doubt EVs will work with the lifestyle of many Aussies.
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  3180. Did you not learn about the Huns, Avars, Bulgars, Khazars...or the various nomadic East Eurasian Turkic clans that lived in the Eurasian steppe? The common tongue of the Eurasian steppe was Turkic/Tatar...even before the Mongol expansion in the 13th century. Or rather, Mongolic clans just ruled over traditional Turkic lands and eventually Turkified in later centuries. The main fighters of the Mongol Army in Central Asia and beyond was mostly Turkic clans. Only the rulers and generals were from Mongolic clans. Eventually many of the people in this region Slavicized with Russian expansion in the past few centuries. But it's well known that some in Russian aristocrats had Tatar ancestry, and some Turkic/Tatar words entered Russian vocabularly as they absorbed the indigenous people. FYI, "Cossack" is a Turkic/Tatar word.
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  3181.  @runhigh123  That's so true. The ethnic Koreans, Mongols, and Turkic speakers from China are able to reach near-native fluency in 2 to 3 years. It's because of grammatically similarity and that they already know most of the KANJI used in Japan. Common grammar structure makes it easier for Mongols, Koreans, Turkic-speakers from Central Asia, Tibetan-Burmese, and even Hungarians. In terms of Europeans, I'm often surprised by how well the Slavic speakers are able to speak Japanese. They may sound rather drunk when they pronounce English vowels with a Slavic twist, but they sound very clean, classy and elegant when they pronounce Japanese. I've heard that some of the Russian universities actually have language programs that teach Japanese language in Japanese.
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  3182. Ready for WWIII?
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  3183. There are air freight companies that refuse shipping Chinese mobile phones because of their danger.
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  3184. Actually, in Japan we already have hydrogen-fueled buses based on Toyota's technology. Currently, JR East, Hitachi, and Toyota is testing hydrogen-trains. Japan, South Korea, and European countries are aiming to use hydrogen for steel production as well. The industry is slowly transitioning to a hydrogen-based economy. EVs are rather pointless when many countries including the US are generating electricity by burning coal.
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  3185. JAL's A350 hit the tail/roof of the Coast Guard plane waiting for take-off at the edge of the runway, rather than run through it. Given the size difference, angle, and that the A350's R4 door was useable, the outcome would've been similar if it were a 777, 787, 747, 330, 380 etc.
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  3186. So the models are the Balkans and Afghanistan...oh no.
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  3187. And to all ordinary Russians who got sucked into this mess. The whole world suffers from sanctions. There are many countries that desperately need wheat, oil, or gas from Russia. Only the wealthy can endure the current situation with prices skyrocketing.
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  3188. Tell to the Russians who voted for Putin.
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  3189.  @benvad9010  It's really simply. Either you're a Japanese citizen or your're not. Around 10,000 foreigners go through the naturalization process each year. Some of them have a native-tongue outside of Japanese.
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  3190.  @obiwan5781  Many Chinese automakers are selling below production cost in the Chinese market due to the excessive price war.
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  3191.  @miserimuslovestarvus6587  Actually, growing up in an expat bubble and receiving an American/international education despite being raised in Japan is often the main source of their struggle. Being able to speak Japanese and being able to read/write at a business level are two different skills. Foreign kids or half kids who received proper Japanese education are assimilated into Japanese society and can survive in Japan. They get preferential treatment in everything from employment to naturalization. We have Nikkei-Brazilian lawyers and public school teachers, Uyghur/Uzbek politicians, Filipino para-legals, etc, etc.
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  3192. Tik tok is China. Singaporeans are just overseas Chinese.
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  3193. Since the 17th century, Japan had dedicated Dutch linguists/translators throughout the Edo Period, mostly for international commerce as well as to translate imported Dutch/European books into Japanese and study them. They were known as RANGAKUSHA (蘭学者), and the most famous scholar was FUKUZAWA Yukichi, the founder of KEIO University. When they needed to translate English documents into Japanese after the MEIJI restoration in mid-19th century, it was fairly easy for them to switch over. They viewed English as a corrupted dialect of Dutch.
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  3194. ウクライナ側の情報戦によれば、既に3回ぐらい暗殺計画があった。
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  3195. Take all of your citizens, please.
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  3196. Air defense was the first thing to be destroyed.
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  3197. Assad regime is a million times better than Jihadists. That's why no country seriously attempted to overthrow the regime.
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  3198. I don't know how much you understood the significance but『湯治』has been in practice in Japan since ancient times. That's why there are so many Onsen retreats all over Japan. Since the purpose was healing, people would would stay for months or even up to years.
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  3199.  @onlyinjapan  You still miss the point on what the owner was trying to to tell you about Onsen culture. And no, I don't need a lecture on Onsen history from a foreigner. 湯治 is very much still in practice. Different onsen have different chemical composition, so people choose based on their medical needs.
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  3200. Foreigners in their own land.
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  3201. Suzuki announced that one of their factories in Gujarat, India will start manufacturing its first BEV from Nov 2024. The EVX is an SUV, mostly intended for European market. Suzuki manufactures about 3 million vehicles globally each year, of which 2 million are made in India. BEV manufacturing target for FY2025 is about 100,000.
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  3202. Ukraine will never win over the hearts and minds of ethnic Russians in Crimea and Donbass. And Russia will never win over the residents of Western Ukraine. Neither side can win. It was a separatist civil war for a good reason. It's based on centuries of history, and these lands were neither Russian nor Ukrainian. It's tragically comical the two are fighting now.
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  3203. It's a narco-state that is both blessed and cursed by sharing a border with the US. Criminal organizations cannot operate so freely without strong ties with those in power.
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  3204.  @kill.d.boredom  If you already have Japanese fluency, perhaps you should look for a proper 専門学校 or 大学 to get a degree. I was under the impression you need a minimum 専門士 degree for a work-visa. If you're fluent in both English and Japanese, you can work any field from tourism/hospitality, logistics, transportation, IT, construction, export/import, communication, etc.
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  3205. Territorial ambition by a nuclear nation.
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  3206. Obviously, the UN is intentionally structured that way from the the time it was formed.
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  3207. Did you not notice the ROMA-nia? The linguistic history of this region is confusing, so I've no idea what they spoke before Latin. The Huns--whatever their language was--arrived around 4th century-ish, and the Turkic Avars and Bulgars should've passed through around 6th century-ish. It's actually impressive that Latin survived despite the various Turkic, Slavic, and Magyar migrations that likely went through modern-day Romania.
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  3208. Even if it were to be the future, that is not what is selling now in Honda's most important market which is North America. Half of Honda and Toyota sales in North America are now hybrids. And both companies had record profits in last fiscal years. Automakers cannot just make cars for the future. They need to make cars that sell today. In North America, hybrids are outpacing BEVs.
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  3209. Of course they do. They just don't sell them in North America for reasons I don't know. Nissan Qashqai or Rogue has a hybrid version.
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  3210. フィンランドには戦略的価値は無いので、二つは直接リンクしない。黒海進出や不凍港の確保は帝政ロシアから現在まで国家戦略目標。2014年にクリミア併合してから、クリミアへの水道や物流がウクライナ側から遮断された。今回の軍事目標はロシア領からクリミア半島までを陸続きにすること。ロシアはこの土地を手に入れるために何度も戦争し、タタール人を殺したり追放したりしてきた。
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  3211. ​ @directxxxx71 Japan usually scraps old trains after 25-30 years and recycles them since they're made from steel or aluminium. However, some countries cannot afford new trains so they receive old trains from Japan, mostly for free. The shipping cost is most expensive part. They can still be used because Japanese trains are well maintained. It's charity.
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  3212.  @rabbit251  We don't give a crap how it's done in other countries. And reading Katakana is like kindergarten-level. We generally require N2 level of language for PR or citizenship. We don't grant refugee-status unless they're Tibetan activists, Uyghur students, or Myanmar dissidents. We especially hate those Kurds in Kawaguchi. And your opinion is utterly irrelevant in Japan as you're not a citizen of Japan.
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  3213.  @keyonkian  Expelling diplomats is almost as severe as cutting off diplomatic relations. That is a terrible idea because from time to time we do need embassies to protect expats.
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  3214. Islamic State?
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  3215. I've no idea about BEV success and marketshare. Toyota's approach has always been that let the customers decide the future, not government mandates. But I can tell you about hydrogen fuel-cell technology and its usage. In Tokyo, public buses are now switching to hydrogen fuel-cell, developed and assembled by Toyota. And Hitachi and JR East are co-developing ydrogen fuel-cell trains using Toyota's system. (The prototype is named HYBARI, and is being developed to replace diesel trains for non-electrified tracks in the future, some time in the 2030s.) I've seen a few countries in Europe also attempt using hydrogen for trains and for steel production. Hydrogen fuel cell technology is being research and developed for the era when oil and natural gas are phased out (probably sometime in this century). It's why Toyota's prototype/concept car was named MIRAI, which means "FUTURE" in Japanese. Mind you that Toyota's hybrid research started in the 1970s during the last Oil Crisis. But Toyota was only able to develop and offer the first hybrid vehicle in the 1990s with advances in rechargeable batteries and electric motors. And now around half of all new vehicles sold by Toyota (and Honda) are hybrids. Automakers have to think in decades, not years. The reality is most countries still burn fossil fuel to generate their electricity. China, US, Australia still need to coal to provide affordable electricity, while Germany and Japan are dependent on natural gas. Many countries aren't completely convinced that all vehicles can be replaced by BEVs, since it's unrealistic to switch all of the electricity grid to renewal energy, especially with growing electricity demand from AI and data centers. Commercial trucks are another area where BEVs don't always make the most economic sense.
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  3216. Who's paying?
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  3217. Don't be sad. We love your fish and chips.
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  3218. Just prolongs the war.
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  3219. That's human history everywhere.
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  3220. I have no doubt the TAHARA Plant and 4Runner engineers will be pleased that it's still running without any major issues. The 4Runner is made in a factory that makes mostly Lexus vehicles, and they have the most experienced Toyota workers at that site.
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  3221. Wasn't Homeland Security established after 9.11? Now they have to handle shoplifting too?
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  3222. WWII?
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  3223. Africa can stand?
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  3224. なぜ屋内の式典でヘルメットなんでしょ？
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  3225. They are terrorists.
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  3226. Stop using fake accents, please.
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  3227. I took German in highschool and Chinese in university as 第2外国語 or a mandatory Second-Foreign Language. Frankly, if you have no need or interest, it's just an unnecessary burden.
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  3228.  @sara.cbc92  The relationship of the East Asian languages is a very interesting topic. I think many linguists call the grammatical similarity between Turkic, Mongolian, Manchu, Korean, and Japanese a "Sprachbund." Based on DNA haplogroups, proto-Koreanic speakers (Y-DNA Haplogroup C) originate somewhere in Manchuria, and they have close genetic ties with Manchus, Mongols, and Kazakhs. Warm southern regions of the peninsula used to be part of Japonic language/culture (Y-DNA Haplogroup O1), until Koreanic speakers starting migrating/invading southwards from 4th century and onwards. Think of Germanic vs Romance/Latin-speakers who study English as a foreign language. In general, Germanic speakers will have a much easier time mastering English than Romance/Latin-speakers, despite nearly half of English vocab having roots in French/Latin. It's because all Germanic languages still share a common grammar structure, including English. It's a similar situation with Turkic, Mongolic, and Korean speakers who study Japanese. Grammar is relatively intuitive...which makes life so much easier. (You can focus on Kanji, vocab, or idioms without having to worry about grammar too much. And honorifics is not an alien concept in their languages.) But I'm always most impressed when I listen to the Japanese spoken by Slavic/Russian speakers. Their Japanese pronunciation is far better and crisp/clear than most other foreigners, including people from many Asian countries. Mandarin-speakers often struggle with Japanese grammar (unless they're ethnic Mongolian, Korean, Tibetan, or Uyghur/Turkic-speakers from China). Native Korean-speakers and (some people from Southeast Asia) often struggle with accurate pronunciation of certain Japanese phonetics. Which is why we can almost always identify Koreans and Chinese from how they speak Japanese.
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  3229.  @jd0604  I was under the impression that Russian strategy was to install a pro-Russian puppet regime in Kyiv. So I do believe it matters that the capital city doesn't fall under Russian control. Once you lose the capital, you lose the momentum. If Russia wanted to simply destroy Kyiv, they wouldn't be so selective with their attacks.
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  3230. Which indigenous language do you know?
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  3231. A car an 8 year old can drive...Nissan should hire her to promote the car.
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  3232.  @ruskyalmond1977  Yemen is a three-way civil war. Gov forces, anti-gov forces, and the southern separatists who are all being supported by different foreign neighbors. In addition, the US has been conducting anti-terrorists raids against Jihadists (who use the instability of Yemen as cover.) So the question is, with whom do you stand in Yemen?
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  3233. Sadly, in some countries the military is the only functioning institution that can run a country.
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  3234. The truth is some areas should NOT be used for residential property. They were natural forests that were cut down and developed as residential property in regions that are prone to periodic forest fires. Jasper is surrounded by forests, which means the outcome was inevitable.
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  3235. That would be WWIII.
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  3236. Israel has no choice. The worst thing you can do is target random civilians and cheer for their deaths, like some Palestinians have done.
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  3237. Hawaii depends on tourism. Consumption, investment, employment, tax revenue...all help the native people.
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  3238. I forgot the name of the correct terminology. Apparently, there is a Russian method to keep their opponents constantly guessing and confused. By the time they figure it out, Russia has already released the next bit of information. It's a information mind game which is intended to drain the resources of the intelligence community of Russian opponents by continuously misdirecting them away from whatever Russia doesn't want them to see. It's almost like a information virus attack.
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  3239. That's a totally a different problem. Are you saying Iranians are pedophiles?
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  3240. Don't be so naive. There are no such thing as right or wrong sides. What I heard from this is how far Russia would go to gain control over some obscure region. It confirms the view that Russia would rather turn Ukraine into scorched-earth then let it join NATO. Historically, Ukrainians were known to be cruel, brutal and savage throughout Imperial Russia and Soviet Union. Ukrainian Cossacks were the vanguards of Russian expansion, which is why there are so many "Russians" who have Ukrainian ancestry in Caucasus, Siberia, and Far East. And now some of them are being drafted to fight in Ukraine. The original poster is a Chinese military veteran, which means he doesn't have a political choice to fight on behalf of NATO/Ukraine. His experience describe the reality of the frontline. The constant bombing, shelling, drone attacks, land mines, jamming, and deaths should be the same experience on both sides. From his observations, descriptions, and calm manner, we can also gain insight into how Chinese soldiers are being trained too.
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  3241. How do Chinese people survive in China if there is so much fake products, scams, and misinformation?
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  3242.  @Victic005  Toyota sells over 10 million cars each year world-wide, and around 40% of Toyota's new car sales are hybrids. But Toyota only manufactures around 10,000 hydrogen cars. They are concept cars to showcase hydrogen fuel-cell technology. Toyota's hydrogen technology is currently being tested with public buses in Tokyo, a few semi-truck projects in the US, as well as HYBARI which is a hydrogen fuel-cell train tested by Hitachi and JR East. FYI, the car is named MIRAI because it means technology for the "Future" in Japanese.
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  3243. ​ @gyakuto7775 International Schools in Japan generally follows American education, and teachers are mostly US-educated. Joshua is a YouTuber with his own channel. I think he went to college in the US.
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  3244. They need birth control. A land can only provide for a certain population size.
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  3245. Real estate is such a difficult asset class.
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  3246. As evil and unpopular the current Iranian regime may be, idealists don't realize what comes after a regime collapses until it actually happens. Unless they carefully prepare for the transition, even basic state services from education to medicine to sanitation will no longer continue to fully function. As seen in Soviet Union, Iraq, or Afghanistan, chaos and confusion and mass exodus from internal power-struggle will continue for at least a decade or two.
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  3247.  @onememory6484  It's about the sustainability of the business model. If almost every Chinese automakers is losing money selling BEVs, it only means that many of them won't be around in a few years. And it will unfortunately impact customers because they won't be able to get upgrades, components, after-service, etc.
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  3248. You do realize, Myanmar will disintegrate when ethnic separatist groups win. You just need to be prepared for the worst kind of implosion because the Military Regime is the only thing holding the country together (by force).
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  3249.  @FrankBrennosTheGreatest  Japanese citizenship gets stripped. It's enforced by the Embassy for those who emigrate abroad.
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  3250.  @FrankBrennosTheGreatest  You're clearly not Japanese, so I doubt you'll ever understand why dual-citizenship was banned in 1985. It was done for the purpose of no longer providing citizenship to descendants of Japanese emigrants. Japan goes by Jus Sanguinis so location of birth is irrelevant. Japanese citizenship is revoked when a Japanese national emigrates abroad and assumes a foreign citizenship. It is still enforced, and you'll find plenty of videos of Japanese who lost their citizenship when taking a foreign citizenship. (There is even a special naturalization process for "former Japanese".) As for people living in Japan, they are not seen as emigrants and not the primary focus of the Japanese Citizenship Law. For foreigners, not getting caught may be the same as not being illegal, but that is not the case in Japan. When the Japanese government revokes citizenship, they date the government/koseki info back to the day you lost the legal right to be a citizen.
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  3251. The Qashqai is designed and manufactured in the UK.
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  3252. Americans will quickly realize that their mindset and mannerism are not really welcome by Japanese people. I have met French, Russians, and Mongolias who've completely assimilated to Japan, but most Americans can only survive in an gaijin expat bubble.
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  3253. "Divorce from Russia" like the Ukrainians are trying to do right now? Many Russians have partial Ukrainian ancestry and many Ukrainians have partial Russian ancestry, and they're all killing each other to get a divorce. They all descend from common heritage which shows in genetics, culture, cuisine, language, music, religion, clothing...so I suppose if they no longer wish to be part of common Rus heritage, Belarus would had to start by changing its name first. East Poland? South Baltics? North Ukraine?
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  3254. Toyota's Hydrogen fuel-cell trucks are used in ports of LA and Long Beach as yard trucks. Californian ports have built their own hydrogen refueling infrastructure because California plans to phase out diesel trucks. It's not Toyota's job to develop US infrastructure.
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  3255.  @haywoodmorganjr1326  In principle, you're very correct. Germany and Japan have government initiative/incentives for hydrogen stations. In the US, California is one of the few states that have funded hydrogen stations. And Infrastructure is not job about fueling stations. You cannot have BEVs without additional electricity capacity, and you cannot have hydrogen stations without a stable generation, transportation, and storage of hydrogen. The upstream infrastructure or lack of is what is the real bottle-neck. It will take decades for a shift in energy sources as was the case with coal to oil to natural gas. And it is beyond the power of any single company or industry to manage this alone. Companies like Toyota thinks in decades. Toyota started hybrid research from the 1980s, which is why it's reliable, realistic, and profitable today. Hydrogen fuel cell technology is being researched for future decades to be used after the hybrid adoption phase.
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  3256. Do US airports make an exception for foreign customers when a flight is canceled?
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  3257. You should know these kind of attacks have been going on for the past two decades. Suicide bombers have attacked everything from hospitals, schools, mosques, checkpoints, gov buildings, etc. It's right out of the Taliban playbook. One of the former groups just happens to use a black flag now. It's one Jihadi group fighting another Jihadi group over power. Let them be.
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  3258. Unlike other countries, Japan as a nation actually gradually attempting to shift towards Hydrogen-based solutions in everything from cars to steel production. 19th century was coal, 20th century was oil, and 21st century will likely be Hydrogen...at least in Japan since it's the most realistic solution because we cannot burn more fossil-fuel to generate additional electricity. As such, Toyota-platformed Hydrogen buses and trains are being tested. "HYBARI" is the Hydrogen fuel-cell train tested by JR East right now, and is planned to be introduced commercially around 2030. Hydrogen buses have been running in Japan for a few years now. EV is great if you have excess capacity in generating electricity. And Japan has natural disasters like Typhoons, earthquakes, and heavy snow that periodically disrupt the power grid...so EVs are not even a consideration for most consumers.
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  3259. Stop destroying indigenous cultures and traditions please.
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  3260. Ghosn was a thief wanted by both Japanese and French authorities. He's now hiding in Lebanon.
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  3261. These days Japanese companies are visiting foreign universities to hire people who've majored in Japanese language (and Japanese studies) to work in Japan. Most of the students have at least N2 level. For whatever reason, UK and Russian universities have unbelievable language programs. They're fluent in the language and culture by the time they graduate from college.
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  3262. Most EV models lose money for automakers. Most Chinese EV companies are losing money, they won't be around in a few years.
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  3263. Try arresting armed militants in any country. One or both sides will end up dead, I'm afraid.
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  3264. Self-preservation. You get involved in politics, you end up in jail or worse.
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  3265. After the Salute, no way.
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  3266. I thought Prius has fake motor sounds so pedestrians would notice.
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  3267. They live in the present. Wars from decades or centuries ago doesn't impact their lives today, and isn't that different from most of the world. Ukrainians were fighting Germans during the Soviet Era. The Russian Far East is full of "Russians" with partial Ukrainian ancestry, who are now being sent to Ukraine to fight "Ukrainians" with partial Russian ancestry.
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  3268. ​ @ulpl8007 They need to fight until they're both tired of war. We're not there yet.
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  3269.  @atlantasailor1  I was under the impression that these type of weapons were already used in the 2014 conflict, wiping out significant Ukrainian infantry positions. Russia appears to wish to install a puppet regime in Kyiv, so killing unusual amount of civilians defeats the purpose. That said, people in civilian clothes are carrying weapons. I don't think they can be categorized as civilians under war conventions.
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  3270. If that happens Myanmar will seize to exist. Millions of refugees too.
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  3271.  @Katya_Lastochka  Japan is not part of NATO. And what the Soviets did during and after WWII, is why Japan doesn't trust Russia. Actually, all of the military and diplomatic activities, such as signing alliances with the UK, Germany, and the US was to deter Russian/Soviet expansion. Simply put, Russians are on the wrong side of the Ural mountains. In case you don't know, the Kazan Tatar refugees who fled the Russian civil war arrived in Japan during early 20th century.
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  3272. I'm adding "Chinesium" to my vocab, if you don't mind.
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  3273. ​ @KingOfAmazon-mc1gc You will never understand. Seppuku is a tradition of mercy reserved only for samurais with dignity.
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  3274. They already have one. Now Toyota's hydrogen fuel cell is used trucks, buses, trains, etc.
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  3275. 半占領状態では、時間かければかけるふほど不利なのはウクライナ。無駄に死傷者が増える。
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  3276. I remember hearing the "annoying synthetic noise" was deliberately included, as Toyota quickly realized that pedestrians in Japan were not able to hear the Prius approaching them when in battery-mode. It's meant as a safety feature to protect the pedestrians.
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  3277. I think governments around the world go after any form of extremism, whether it's political, religious, economic, or cultural. They do so because extremists often disrupt social balance as well as law and order. Nobody cares if you're minding your own business. But when you start attacking other groups, disrupting society, or create havoc for the rest of us...that's when you're put on a list.
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  3278. The Kurds are really causing havoc in Japan. They enter Japan with Turkish passports, so they bring down the brand/reputation of Turkey every time they go on the news with fights, crimes, etc.. because the news says Turkish nationals.
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  3279. British workers were regarded very highly within Honda as well. Their quality was exceptional so Honda did try to maintain the factory, but overall European region was losing money for Honda. Europe is still a very difficult market for most Japanese automakers. Just looking at CY2023 sales figures, Honda sold 1.48 million vehicles in North America. But they only sold 83,285 in all of Europe in 2023. Swindon was intended to be Honda's gateway factory into the EU market, but inability to penetrate the European market, and the Brexit discussions and uncertainty was the final trigger to close the plant. Swindon at full capacity could produce around 250,000 units per year, but they were only manufacturing around 109,000 per year by 2019. Due to weak sales in Europe, Honda reduced production capacity in the UK back in 2014 and focused only on Civic production for world-wide markets. Again, the quality of Swindon cars were considered extremely good by Honda. Demand was simply too small to justify a plant in Europe. And the same argument with Australian market too. Honda sells about 10,000-20,000 vehicles in all of Australia per year. They sell 4 million vehicles world-wide.
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  3280. Turkish forces lost their credibility from the world when they just stood by and watched so many get slaughtered.
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  3281. You mean ethnic cleansing and genocide by Serbians.
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  3282. Sanctions only benefit the US.
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  3283. Because the Karen tribes fought for the British to colonize the Burmese. They suppressed many Burmese independence movements. And Karen forces have been killing Burmese soldiers in a separatist movement since late 1940s. Do you understand now how deep the issue is?
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  3284. I thought it genuinely reflected the mindset and circumstances of Russian private military contractors. They are ex-military and usually need money to take care of their families. Most of them have no other skills, and it's just a job.
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  3285. It's difficult to believe one man, even a dictator, can sustain a military campaign without internal support.
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  3286. Ataturk's dream, Erdogan's reality...nice title.
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  3287. Money talks...
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  3288. ​ @evelina733 I'm not Russian but I also think security and logistics required to host political figures is an additional burden for local resources. I would rather have local law enforcement assisting in evacuations and protecting residents. What government officials can do is scramble to find supplementary budget to help the affected regions. It must be impacting schools, hospitals, workplaces, etc.
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  3289.  @kamsunleong6648  Tesla early models only used high-grade Panasonic batteries, which is why they lasted longer. Now they use cheaper Chinese batteries to cut costs, particularly in their plants in China and Germany.
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  3290. Did you watch the video? When did Iran bomb Yemen? It was Saudis and UAE.
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  3291. Moving to a foreign country and trying to change it to your preference is quite arrogant.
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  3292. If you go to a high-end Sushi restaurant, it's market-price. I think it's common to pay around 30,000-50,000 per person without alcohol.
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  3293. Uber is legal in Japan?
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  3294. He's only president because of his skin color.
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  3295. I thought Putin was preposterous when he called Ukraine gotv as NAZIS. May be he wasn't wrong and they are actually white supremacists.
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  3296. V-22 development started in 1980s. Why are you faulting one presidency over another?
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  3297.  @billmilligan7272  Vietnam War era was pretty unique too. Totally unpopular war and so many draft-dodgers. It shaped a generation. It also led to the suspension of the military draft.
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  3298. The word "Japanese" in English language can be referring to ethnicity, culture, language, ancestry, or citizenship. If it's citizenship, Japan only follows Jus Sanguinis rules, so one parent must be a Japanese citizen for the child to be eligible for natural-born citizenship. Thus, location of birth is not a factor for eligibility.
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  3299. Japanese Citizenship Law changed from 1985, so I'm not sure what happened with the guy in this video. There is a famous female Member of Parliament--named Onoda Kimi--who was born in 1982 as a dual-citizen in the US with an American father and Japanese mother. She had dual-citizenship until she chose Japanese citizenship. So again, his case is a real mystery. The fact he's allowed to live in Japan as an adult means he must have permanent residency. That said, he can always naturalize and become a Japanese citizen, assuming he has no criminal background. Obviously, he would have to give up his US passport.
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  3300. ​ @Zaptrap101 You're very correct. Most Japanese people have no need for foreign languages in their daily lives. And most foreigners living, studying, or working in Japan are not from English-speaking countries. Thus, Japanese language is usually their 3rd, 4th, or 5th language they have studied. What is truly impressive is the Japanese fluency of those from non-English speaking countries. There are those from Turkey, Central Asia, Russia, Mongolia, China, France etc who speak near-native Japanese.
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  3301. I think that was the initial reason behind giving Afghan National Army 5.56mm rifles.
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  3302. Thanks for that. That was my initial question too. Reduction in cost per unit in manufacturing is mostly achieved by mass production..is my understand. So if the input materials are hovering at the same price, I'm not convinced there is room to cut costs.
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  3303. Japanese culture is Japanese religion and vice versa. I hate foreign missionaries who try to contaminate Japanese culture and religion.
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  3304. Inbound tourism was a mean to gain much needed foreign currency. Nowadays it seems they prefer trading and hacking crypto.
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  3305.  @av_oid  I'm sure somebody good at math can do the calculation. If all the new cars being sold becomes fully electric vehicles, how much more fossil fuel do we need to burn to match the increased electricity demand? And I have no idea how much money needs to be invested to modernize the electric grid to deal with the increased electricity needs. Based on reports from the US, 10 charging units in one location is equivalent to 500 household electricity usage.
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  3306. All I hear is war, conflict, and hatred. Where are the peacemakers?
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  3307. No Hillary jokes?
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  3308. Tuva Turkic people, Buryat Mongols...sadly oppressed minorities.
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  3309. Most Chinese automakers are losing money in EVs. So most of them won't be around in a few years either.
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  3310.  @annabellelee4535  That's the problem for them. Due to the enormous price war, they are losing money for each car they sell. There are about 30 BEV manufactures in China, and only 2 are making profits selling BEVs. Even with government subsidies for BEV purchases, most Chinese BEV makers will not survive. They are themselves in a massive consolidation phase.
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  3311. 39 EUR? That doesn't sound right for an international flight, even for an LCC.
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  3312. Education is "brainwashing." We're only "brainwashed" or "educated" to think in different ways.
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  3313. Russia can't even invade Ukraine. Why is NATO so worried?
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  3314.  @pw4780  Russian air-defense is really advanced, so I don't know.
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  3315.  @XenaBe25  The US or China ain't in the fight, so it's irrelevant. F-16s vs Russian Surface-to-Air Missiles...who knows.
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  3316. This generation thinks 9/11 is a convenience store. They probably don't even know how many Americans died in Lebanon.
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  3317.  @shooter7a  If the primary objective was to capture and occupy Kyiv/Kiev, wouldn't you send the bulk of your forces to the capital? Since the annexation in 2014, Russia has been concerned about supplying Crimea, especially as water and roads were closed by Ukraine. Russia even physically built a bridge to connect Crimea to Russia. As such, first and foremost the Russian military objective is to establish a land corridor to Crimea. That is the reason why the majority of Russian forces were in southeast Ukraine and not near Kiev/Kyiv. The role of troops sent to Kyiv/Kiev was to prevent Ukraine from sending reinforcements to Eastern Ukraine. I'm not aware of any concept of large scale diversions not being allowed to take huge loses in the Russian military doctrine. After all, it's the same thing everywhere in the world: combination of Diversion, Distraction, and Division.
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  3318.  @Everything-Happen-4-A-Reasonn  Denying enemy access to key military infrastructure, is one of the first things in an invasion. Destroying and controlling enemy air defense systems, airports, radars, communication, sea ports, power plants....that's no different from how US invasion of Iraq too place. You may also want to look at the current state of the heavily contested Donetsk airport.
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  3319.  @maanmohammad8459  If you're questioning the effectiveness of traditional airborne operations, you're not alone. That seems to be the general trend for decades now, as some para units in both the US and British Army have been converted to air-assault functions, compared to traditional static-line parachuting. According to news reports, at least 39 Russian paratroopers were killed in Kiev alone. I'm sorry to have to say this but that number is a margin of error in Russian military operations. (Chechen War had over 11,000 deaths, Soviet War in Afghanistan had over 15,000 Russian deaths). News reports say Russia military also used paratroopers in the initial attack of Kharkiv. So perhaps it's how the Russian war planners like to start off their operations. Airborne operations can work if there is an element of surprise. I do recall the US Army had a large scale airborne operation to secure an air field in the initial phase of the invasion of Afghanistan.
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  3320. You funded the Taliban. Let them help you.
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  3321. So the Americas should no longer have European descendants?
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  3322. Do you watch the news?
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  3323. They seem to be descendants of ethnic Russians who migrated to these lands during the Russian Empire and Soviet Union.
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  3324.  @MehdiS-music  Nissan doesn't have any engine issues in Japan, China, or North America. I don't know anything about Europe.
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  3325. 露側の義勇兵として戦ってる日本人の動画が出てましたね。
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  3326. You're Canadian.
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  3327. Their children are raised to become Jihadists in Hamas training camps. That's the part is difficult to comprehend.
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  3328. Nissan dealers aren't owned or operated by Nissan.
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  3329. Propaganda (or Information warfare) is always an aspect of war. The more one needs to exaggerate or even fabricate, it shows how much that country is struggling to maintain domestic morale.
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  3330. Unless you're indigenous to the Americas, everyone is an uninvited foreigner.
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  3331. April-June quarter was record profits.
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  3332. Most people work to feed their families, not for political reasons. The main threat to Muslims are almost always other Muslims.
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  3333. You're just another Gaijin. If you're not fluent in Japanese language/culture, you're not Japanese.
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  3334. 全然無い。冷戦時代から米ソが良くやってた。スパイ行為や犯罪行為で追放が最も多い。通常は報復し、同数の外交官を追放するしきたり。
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  3335. Obviously, a Corolla sold in Japan is not the same car sold in China nor in the US. They are designed specifically for the Chinese market and manufactured in China in a Joint-Venture. The size, spec, trim, or engine is all different depending on regional preferences, safety standards, and environmental regulations. Hence, different prices depending on regional markets.
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  3336. While there may be legitimate reasons for frustration and anger among the Peruvian people, when protests become excessively violent and cause government and economic disruption, the state has no other option but to crack down hard. This is not a sign of oppression or repression, it is the state trying to maintain law and order. As for the enormous socio-economic divisions, as in most of Latin America it stems from Spanish colonization so it cannot be solved overnight.
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  3337. All the countries that support Ukraine share your view. Yet, what happens to Russia after Putin also worries me. He won't be living for ever.
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  3338. The Chimps are the real "locals"...
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  3339. What planet are they from?
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  3340. That itself super strange, to be honest. The oldest Chinatown is in the Philippines. The terrace rice-farming Ifugao people migrated from Southern China in ancient times (prior to Sinicization of Southern China). People of the Philippines are a fusion of countless waves of migrations, so I don't know why somebody can discriminate for being half-Filipino and half-Chinese.
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  3341. They are Muslims and don't want or need outside help. They want to live in the seventh century. Just let them be.
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  3342. Let the guest speak, please.
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  3343. Are you sure about the excellent planning part? This may be used by Putin to justify raising SMO to a full scale war, which will ease some of the legal limitations on Russian military.
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  3344.  @jasonh.8754  You're confusing the production/procurement cost and retail cost (which includes labor, shipping, R&D, profits, promotion, incentives, etc). For pure BEV, roughly 30-40% of the vehicle production cost would be the cost of the battery. Automakers are paying about US$60-80 per 1kHw depending on quality of the battery. South Korean and Chinese batteries are priced cheaper than high-grade Panasonic batteries that Toyota hybrids and Tesla uses. (Tesla cars manufactured in China use South Korean and Chinese batteries to cut costs.) Chevy Bolt was using South Korean LG batteries, which is why it had many problems.
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  3345. Haitian gangs are scary than the Taliban. It's steet fighting in their neighborhood, when we can't even identity friend from foe. Militaries are not trained to be a police force.
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  3346. ​ @John101B Depends on your viewpoint. Toyota is building a $14bn battery factory in North Carolina for hybrids and EVs. Companies like Toyota think in decades. Hybrid research started in the 1970s during the oil crisis, and now it's 40-50% of their global sales. And Toyota prefers mature and reliable technology over new ones. Toyota doesn't like to build and sell cars that need to be replaced in a few years. And automakers need to build cars that sell in today's market, not 5 years from now. Which was the main point of this video.
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  3347.  @logikgr  Life is stressful already. Some people don't wish to be bothered by more stress. And the charging infrastructure is entirely dependent on where you live, work, and drive. If you've ever driven in places where you only see corn/wheat fields for hours...BEVs won't be the first choice.
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  3348. Karen are the people who served as British foot soldiers. They were the ones who helped colonize Burma, and continue to oppress the Burmese people under British rule. It's why they're hated.
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  3349. It's called education. We all receive different kinds of brainwashing to survive in society.
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  3350. Dresden?
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  3351. $46,000 in 2025 is equivalent to US$34,000 in 2015. The USD lost 35% of purchasing power in the past 10 years due to inflation.
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  3352. And the Chinese knock-offs often come from the same factory making the real product.
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  3353. The supply chain in manufacturing in extremely complex. Made in USA products often rely on components and machinery that are made in others countries, and those countries often rely on materials and natural resources from yet others countries.
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  3354. US was funding Jihadists?
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  3355. No such thing as good guys. Just national interests. Everything else is merely propaganda for justification.
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  3356. Ukraine will design its own future with or without external help, I presume.
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  3357. Diversion?
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  3358. War tourism
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  3359. Negotiate a cease-fire.
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  3360. ​ @kimckawa I highly doubt those things have any impact on how Japanese people answer their favorite foreign country. Views are based on preferences in culture, cuisine, architecture, music, people, nature, etc. And some of the countries mentioned were enemies or allies in WWI and WWII. Germany was an enemy in WWI and ally in WWII. France and UK were allies of Japan in WWI and enemies in WWII. (It's actually why Japanese military is invited to French military parades.) Japan signed alliances with the UK, Germany, and US in 20th century alone to keep Russians/Soviets from advancing further into East Asia, specifically Inner Manchuria, Korean peninsula, and Japan. Perhaps in Asia there is still resentment against European colonial history, but in Japan it has almost no relevance.
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  3361.  @LeilaniG808  You got be a kidding right? Employment in airports, hotels, restaurants, and shops...are generated from tourism. Which results in tax revenue and funds teachers, police, public projects. Without tourism, what industry is going to feed the economy?
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  3362. After 5 generations, it would be the same if her ancestry was Irish.
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  3363. 20% of Ukrainian territory is occupied by the Russian military. Ukrainians don't need to realize anything. They don't need to be reminded by anybody on why they need to defend themselves from an invading army.
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  3364. Just curious, how can a US citizen be stuck in Japan because of COVID? There were direct flights everyday.
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  3365.  @methos4866  Nobody in Japan says "Ryukyuan." Most common way would be Okinawa-Kenmin (沖縄県民). First time, I heard the word was in Hawaii by immigrants from 19th century, so it must be a really old word the survived outside of Japan. In Okinawan dialect, they would say "Uchinanchu" to refer to the people of Okinawa.
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  3366. US$60bn is a small size, compared to Japan's total foreign reserve of US$1.27tn. How, when, and why they purchase or sell various financial instruments has always been a mystery.
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  3367. ​ @fenrir7878 Actually, that is not true. Many countries are deeply concerned by China's growing influence over Myanmar and greater Southeast Asia. The fundamental problem with Burma/Myanmar is that the military regime is what's forcibly holding the country together since its independence. There are dozens of ethnic militias who either want more autonomy or independence from the regime/nation. And an implosion can trigger millions of refugees in all directions, which is why many countries tiptoe around Myanmar.
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  3368. Expensive BONSAI costs nearly US$1mn in Japan. It's always been a hobby for the rich. US$26,000 sounds cheap for scissors that easily last over a lifetime and can be passed down generations. It's like a family sword. But again, I understand these concepts may not make sense for people outside of Japan.
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  3369. I'm in favor of relaxing visa rules based on Japanese language fluency. But there are many downsides and headaches for dual-citizenship since we use Jus Sanguinis (i.e. Law of Blood or 血統主義) citizenship rules. The main legal headache is, If we allow dual or multiple citizenship, how many generations should we allow it? Assuming your children are allowed to be dual-citizens, are we supposed to give Japanese citizenship to your grandchildren and great-grandchildren too? How can we legally or morally say yes to your children but no to your grandchildren? As such, citizenship rules aren't just about half-Japanese kids or children of Japanese nationals who were born in countries with Jus Soli (i.e Law of Soil or 出生地主義) citizenship rules. I don't believe the government of Japan should or could be responsible for legal protection of Japanese emigrants and their descendants. We cannot extend the same legal and constitutional privileges and protection, or expect the same obligations of Japanese citizens, to the entire overseas Nikkei-jin communities, especially when many of them no longer share Japanese language, culture, or norms after a few generations. We changed our laws to ban dual-citizenship in 1984/85, because the government needed legal clarification and boundaries in defining who is a Japanese national and who is not. Those with Nikkei ancestry are given preferential visa treatment, but I think that is the best we can do for them.
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  3370.  @aniinnrchoque1861  Thank you. Canadian rule is interesting. I don't know how/if it would hold up in a legal court case in Japan, but limiting generations is one approach. However, I fear it will create the same pain/struggle of losing Japanese citizenship (just one or possibly two generation removed). Another approach would be to create a separate category (or Koseki) for those with Japanese ancestry, which is something like a British National Overseas passport. I understand the origins of this classification is due to overseas territories/colonies such as HK. But if Japanese government/society is so against dual citizenship, creating a "Japanese National Overseas" passport is one solution. Most Japanese emigrants would be okay, I presume, even if they cannot vote or run for office in Japan, as long as they can legally work/live in Japan without any restriction. (This approach is basically expanding preferential treatment to those with Japanese ancestry.) By the way, there is a famous "Dappokusha (脱北者)" or escapee from North Korea. She was a Korean born/raised in Japan and "returned" to North Korea in the late 1950s when she was still in a North Korean highschool in Japan. (She didn't return with her family, she volunteered on her own.) She graduated college in NK, got married, had kids...and finally escaped to Japan after a few decades of hardship. She was only able to rescue 1 child (out of 5 she had), and 2 grandchildren. The special branch of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing bent over backwards to rescue her child/grandchildren. Her life story is fascinating because she was the first person to sue the North Korean government in a Japanese court. She had to renounce her NK citizenship when she naturalized to Japanese citizenship. But since we don't have any diplomatic relations with DPRK...it was not practical. I think she was legally considered temporarily "state-less" and later obtained Japanese citizenship. The fact that she was born and raised in Japan, and had Special Permanent Residency, gave her preferential treatment in the naturalization process. All the documents she need was in Japan, and her extended family is still living in Japan. So basically, in her case, we just ignored or pretended that there is no such thing as a DPRK citizenship.
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  3371. If you have Japanese SIM card, as all residents in Japan do, you'll get fast-speed WiFi service from your service provider in most public places.
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  3372. Don't you know it was a former US colony?
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  3373. Pretty nice clothing for a "migrant," compared to war refugees who flee with nothing.
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  3374. Do they believe there is a gold pot on the other side of the rainbow?
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  3375. We have no obligation whatsoever. And the Ukrainians who desire to come to Japan have family members already living in Japan.
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  3376. Green on Red?
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  3377. Russia is executing a carefully orchestrated plan that they've worked on for years. Macron couldn't stomach it so he already blinked. I don't know if Biden will too. If he gives in to Russian demands, he will lose all credibility at home and abroad.
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  3378. Jihadis were funded by Americans and Saudis to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan.
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  3379.  @westtech9916  Oh please. The "brutal" regime seems to be doing quite well.
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  3380. Given the region's strong economic and family ties with Russia for centuries, I agree. It seems like whoever controls large cities actually suffers from guarding, policing, and feeding it. With manpower issues, I suspect Russia needs to be very selective in where they control.
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  3381. I had know idea how beautiful the coastline of the Tohoku region was. Thank you for the video.
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  3382.  @scottbrower9052  Just to be clear, it was the Soviets. From the Russian Empire to the Soviet Union, Ukrainians in Caucasus, Siberia, and Far East were pure salvages, raping, looting, or hunting and skinning humans for fun. So it's Slavic/Rus culture, not just Russian. That's why they make good soldiers.
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  3383. It's still safer than some parts of the world.
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  3384. Your grandparents were Japanese nationals, meaning there will be government records in our KOSEKI (戸籍) system of their parents, siblings, uncles/aunts, etc. Sadly, many of the Japanese immigrants didn't have the time, money, or energy to visit the Japanese Embassy/Consulate to legally register their children who were born outside of Japan. They were living far away or too busy trying to stay alive. Had they done so, their children born in Brazil would've been Japanese nationals who were born outside of Japan...like President Fujimori of Peru. I remember the previous Governor of Hawaii Ige-san found relatives in Japan that he never knew he had, mostly second and third-cousins. He was able to pay respect to his ancestors with his extended family, which is the essence of Japanese culture/religion. If your grandmother had siblings, it's very likely some of her relatives may still be in Hokkaido. As for Nikkei-Brazilians in Japan, my biggest concern is that they are arriving in Japan without knowledge of basic language. I don't know the history behind Japanese education in Brazil, but had they been able to study Japanese at a young age in Brazil, they would've been able to transfer their knowledge and professional experience in Japan. The Nikkei-Brazilians with limited language skills also seem to have difficulty adapting culturally and integrating socially. Ironic as it is, the non-Japanese foreign nationals who've studied in Japanese language programs, technical schools, and universities seem to have a easier time with adaptation and integration.
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  3385. You should try US airlines. They'll run you over with their food cart and blame your for it.
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  3386. I don't know where you get your data. Two-thirds of cars sold by Japanese automakers are manufactured outside of Japan.
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  3387. Obviously, when Turkey kills and uproot Kurdish civilians in Syria, they strike back too. It shouldn't be a surprise these things happen. Now Turkey will retaliate by attacking more Kurds and the never-ending cycle of violence continues.
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  3388. Russians don't belong in Asia.
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  3389. ​ @Khorne_of_the_Hill It really depends on your native tongue. For instance, native Russian speakers have a relatively easy time to pronounce Japanese phonetically, because almost all the sounds exist in the Russian language. And native Japanese speakers have a easier time to pronounce Italian, Spanish, or Romanian than American English because of phonetic similarities.
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  3390. Belarus would collapse without Russian economic assistance. Much like Ukraine, Belarus had to borrow money from Russia in order to purchase Russian natural gas. If Belarus ever pursued a pro-EU/NATO stance, Belarus will be cut off and end up like Moldova at best. At worst, they'll be invaded and annexed. Making excuses and stalling is the only thing they can do.
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  3391. Tesla exports cars made in Shanghai. And the unit figures they disclose is "deliveries" or shipment from the factory in China. In order to trace the actual sales in the Chinese market, I presume he's looking at the vehicle registration data in China.
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  3392. I always thought it was all the same mechanism, be it coal, diesel, gas, wind, hydro, or nuclear. They all move a turbine.
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  3393.  @kanank13  We wouldn't expect a fellow Japanese to be doing this to another Japanese expat in the US. But again, Ippei was raised and educated in the US, so he must've picked up American habits.
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  3394. I think you seriously underestimate how much China hates extremists like the Taliban.
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  3395. Gods have given up on Afghanistan too.
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  3396. There are many components to war beyond localized troop movement. A tree expert may not be able to predict the direction of a forest fire. So we do need feedback from experts on Russian grand strategy, defense production, fiscal budget, internal powe balance, geopolitical relationships, public opinion, etc.
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  3397. Chinese cars spend money on where you can see like interior and flashy gadgets. But Lexus spends money on everything from highest grade components, paint, inspection, and after-service. Lexus prefers the Old Money style luxury and quality, especially as that is their main audience. It's probably a cultural difference between Japanese and Chinese too. It was known by automakers in Japan decades ago that in Taiwan and HK, customers opted for leather seats even in the most inexpensive base models like a Corolla. It was a very different characteristic from both the Japanese and US market.
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  3398. Russians believe they descend frontier Vikings.
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  3399. Sadly the war is not about Putin. Russia won't allow Ukraine to join NATO. It's perceived as a betrayal and an existential risk to Russian survival. Frankly NATO members don't want Ukraine in NATO either as they fully comprehend what that means.
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  3400. 今回の件でトルコは欧州各国からの信用を失ったし、価値観が違い過ぎるのでEUに入れて貰えることもない。スウェーデンの加入を承認するまで、アメリカに戦闘機の売却を保留された。
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  3401.  @martinwalker9234  Laptops and mobile phones have them too. The difference with EVs is clearly the quantity as well as where they're located in the car. The fire on board the Airbus plane with Air Busan is suspected to have originated from a mobile charger in a carry-on luggage. In other words, there are risks with small devices as well.
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  3402.  @greenmancroc7914  Are you sure about that? This isn't a political argument favoring either side. It's just that DNA research on Jews indicate that they are most closest to those of Turkey, Armenia, and Kurds. I don't know exactly when the Jews migrated, but they seem to originate form north (or northern parts) of the "fertile crescent." Just to be clear, I'm not saying the Arabs are native either.
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  3403.  @MarioFujita  シリア大使は化学兵器、韓国の外交官は金大中の拉致でPNGを喰らってと記憶してる。
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  3404. Taliban has already captured a number of US-made military equipment (given to the Afghan Army). I think it would be extremely wise to destroy everything before leaving.
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  3405. If you're not fluent in Japanese language/culture, you're basically illiterate and useless. There are many international students who graduated from Japanese universities and graduates schools. They're given special preference in everything from employment to visas because they're fluent in Japanese language/culture. Nowadays, foreigners who graduated from Japanese programs in their home country are in high demand too.
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  3406.  @Maverick-re3zp  Had they attended normal Japanese school, English wouldn't be their first language. And native-speaker can usually can tell who received Japanese education or not from their intonation, choice of words, mannerism, etc. I suspect the only people whose first language is Japanese is the Russian lady and the interviewer. The Chinese lady and the Iranian guy are near-native speakers, but I don't know if they have the native fluency to pass highschool entrance exams in Japan.
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  3407.  @chelseadee3  Of course they have an accent. It's just the one that you're most used to. American/International schools in Japan usually follow the US curriculum. Most if not all the teachers are trained and certified in North American academic institutions, and many of the students upon graduation will attend universities in US, Canada, and Australia. It would be really strange if one were to have studied in American/International schools in Tokyo (like ASIJ) and speak with an Aussie, Kiwi, Indian, or even Modern RP accent. (To my ears, they often sound Californian.)
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  3408. Russia doesn't care. Russia would rather completely destroy Ukraine than allowing it to join EU/NATO camp.
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  3409. Genetics, ethnicity, language, or culture don't always correlate. There is no single Asian appearance either.
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  3410. He was a slave purchased from the Portuguese or Spanish, or a gift. He didn't have surname, which implies his social status. In terms of dark-skin people, we have records of Indian Buddhist monks who came during the Heian period, nearly a thousand years ago.
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  3411. 普段は地下シェルターから仕事してるみたい。暗殺計画から守るよりも、榴弾砲やロケットやミサイルから守る方が圧倒的に難しいはず。今回の発表もウクライナ政府から。過去に3回ぐらい暗殺計画があったと宣伝してる。おそらく国内で士気を高めるため、国際世論での同情を買うための情報戦の一つ。
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  3412. That is an insult to people of Okinawa.
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  3413. US$65,395 in 2024 is equivalent to US$53,232 in 2019, and US$49,292 in 2014 after adjusting for inflation. Toyota's North American Operating Profit margin was less than 3% in FY2023, compared to 12% globally. Toyota lost money in North America in FY2022 despite stronger than expected sales. US market is competitively priced, and Toyota wasn't able to keep up with rising cost for materials, components, shipping, utilities, labor, etc. I do agree American-owned dealers are taking too much profits from Toyota.
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  3414. Both have common ancestry and shared ethno-history. It's a family feud within the Rus. Russian tactics has been the same since Russian Empire. Soldiers grow on trees in Russia.
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  3415. 途上国やイスラム系の難民は勘弁してくれ。
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  3416. Stamps, Coins, Wines, T-shirts...anything will work at this point.
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  3417. 戦争は常に情報戦。双方ともプロパガンダ合戦。ウクライナからの分離派（ドンバス地域）のロシア系住民はウクライナ軍からの日常的に砲撃に苦しみ、ロシア軍の進駐を心底で歓迎してる。ウクライナ軍の攻撃によってドネツクも相当な民間人の被害が出てるから、どっちもどっち。
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  3418. もはや自国で戦闘機を開発する資金や技術が無いって事？
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  3419. That doesn't make any sense for us. Japan is probably not the best place for you.
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  3420. These days Russian artillery is so inaccurate, I doubt they would order this.
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  3421.  @TheFlatEarthChannelcom  There are a number of popular Half-Filipino and Half-Japanese models, singers, actresses, etc...but all of them were raised and educated in Japan, so they have native fluency in language and culture. Thus, I suspect the social acceptance on the Japanese side will depend on whether they are culturally Japanese or not. This is also true for fully Japanese children raised abroad. If they don't have the opportunity to receive formal Japanese education, even on Saturdays, they'll be perceived as illiterate in Japanese society. And they would be socially-handicapped from education to employment. They probably won't even be able to understand the Japanese forms to renew their passport at the Embassy. I highly question whether Japanese people will consider somebody who doesn't speak Japanese to actually be Japanese. We have language requirements for Permanent Visa and Naturalization for the same reason.
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  3422. I think he's talking about the social elite of the time.
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  3423.  @bobwallace9753  I recalling reading Tesla's unit production is around US$37,000 per vehicle, and that Chinese automakers have a 30% cost advantage due to vertical integration, supply chain, and cheaper utilities and labor. But that will still mean their BEVs break-even cost to be around US$25,000 per vehicle. The problem is that many Chinese automakers are selling below their production cost in China, which is why many of them are losing money for each BEV sales. It's an unsustainable business model.
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  3424. I've no idea why people would wish to stay in a city near the Russian border during a war with Russia.
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  3425. How can Toyota and Honda bankrupt when they're having record profits, while almost every Chinese automakers is losing money selling BEVs?
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  3426. あほなの？
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  3427.  @fernando-loula  Wasn't Afghanistan the only time NATO was activated under collective defense? Sweden and Finland both sent troops regardless of membership.
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  3428. @Håkan Bråkan Kråkan NATO was created to keep the British in, Germans down, and Russians out...was the common saying in the beginning. Times have changed enormously. I can't recall how many times the US has asked Germany to spend more on defense.
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  3429.  @MayaTheDecemberGirl  That's a US domestic thing. And so many people in the US are mixed-race, identifying people by race is becoming increasingly pointless. In Japan, we often classify people by their nationality, such as half-French, half-German, half-Brazilian, half-Peruvian, half-Russian, or half-Australian. We don't really have to talk about race.
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  3430. We no longer have spare parts for F-4EJs. They were in service for so long because we limited the flying hours and cannibalized parts, until F-35 production started. And they are no match for Russian air-defense.
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  3431. Imagine Colombia invested billions and built roads to rural parts of the country. I wonder what that the does to other farmers. An increase in supply would probably end up hurting existing farmers unless they can grow products for exports.
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  3432. How can fighting in foreign wars help protect "freedom" within the United States? Soldiers don't fight for abstract concepts, they fight wars abroad to maintain and promote US national interests. That said, defining national interests is always complicated and messy. Elected officials decide when to fight and how much. If you're not happy with your political leaders, vote for somebody else or run for office yourself.
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  3433. Water for excessive cotton production is what killed the region. The environmental, economic, and health damages can't justify whatever benefits it brings.
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  3434. UN agencies have been helping refugees from Ukraine.
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  3435. Really? Russian forces have control of key infrastructure, sky, and sea...and forced Ukraine into diplomatic talks (to give up joining NATO). Now how is that going abysmally?
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  3436. White South Africans don't care about the natives.
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  3437. 平和とは次の戦争への準備期間。ウクライナの親ロシア派と親EU派が決裂した2013年から、ウクライナ内戦とロシア参入は既定路線。民族起源が同じで、キエフルーシが祖地として認識してるから、面倒くさい。ウクライナ勝ったとしてもロシアへの天然ガス依存は変化しないから、また面倒くさい。
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  3438. Any country volunteering troops to deploy to Syria? We can't send anything without an invitation and consent from the host nation. Rebel-controlled territories are no man's land. There is no government to negotiate status of force or to coordinate relief efforts. And they're scary Jihadists.
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  3439. If you adjust for inflation US$12,000 in 2014 is equivalent to US$16,000 in 2024. If I understand correctly, Nissan VERSA is still sold under US$20,000 in the US.
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  3440. North Korea periodically detains foreigners, particularly Americans, to use a diplomatic bargaining chip. It was a terrible idea for anyone to legally or illegally enter North Korea. I cannot believe how naive some people are.
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  3441. Unless there is a critical mass in demand, BEVs don't many money for most automakers.
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  3442. Out of curiosity, has anything really changed over the past few decades? I remember a really young boy on a raft that was floating for days without water. I think he was the sole survivor.
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  3443. Most UN Peacekeepers are soldiers from poor countries. (Many of them join the military through conscription or because of poverty.) Countries participating in UN missions receive fixed amount of deployment stipend per soldier. They lack selection, training, and equipment. They are even in regions they have no knowledge of.
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  3444. 日本語の出来ない外国人が日本に定住するのは無理だと思う。税金から相続まで・・・まぁ大変だわ。
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  3445.  @お節介じい  既に外人観光客が増えすぎて不満が多いのに・・・これ以上は嫌でしょ。
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  3446. They're too lazy or poor to repaint the vehicles. The reality is Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan make up most of the UN Peacekeepers. The rest are from Rwanda, Indonesia, China, Ghana, Egypt, and Morocco. Their governments receive a stipend per soldier they offer from the UN Peacekeeping budget.
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  3447. More like opening the Pandora's Box. Soviet Union wasn't this reckless.
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  3448.  @Jkub101  Nissan trucks have always been durable and reliable, because it's simple and old school. US$40,000 for a V8 Titan is an extremely good bargain. In fact, Nissan sells far more trucks in the US market than it does cars.
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  3449. Tesla batteries are Panasonic.
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  3450. ウクライナが負けたら処刑される身。どっちにしろ危険性は変わらない。
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  3451.  @TankEnMate  Do you even know the name of the current CEO? Can you even read Japanese?
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  3452. The general may be justifying the use of tactical nukes.
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  3453. I doubt Ukrainians have any sympathy for Muslims.
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  3454. There are 101,000 Japanese expats living in China. When I was in college, I think about 1/3 of my department took Chinese as a second-foreign language (第2外国語). Most weren't into foreign languages but we thought Chinese would be easiest because of the KANJI. We couldn't have been more wrong. As for countries, 410,000 Japanese nationals live in the US, which is the largest. Third largest Japanese expat community is in Australia with 99,000, followed by Canada 75,000, Thailand 72,000, UK 65,000, Brazil 47,000, South Korea 42,000, Germany 42,000, France 36,000, Singapore 32,000, and Taiwan 21,000.
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  3455.  @dxchpn  Eastern Ukraine produced most of the coal used in Imperial Russia. Thus, location of (nuclear) power plants, steel plants, shipyards, aircraft assembly plants...constructed during Imperial Russia and Soviet Union were not accidental. Economic planners purposely chose Eastern Ukraine and Southern Russia to capitalize from the massive coal reserves which was used to produce steel and electricity. And industrialization and subsequent economic boom resulted in many people migrating to the region from all over Imperial Russia and Soviet Union in the 19th and 20th centuries for work, education, marriage, career, or retirement. (It's also why this region produced many Soviet intellectuals, party leaders, scientists, etc.) Unfortunately, almost all the border conflicts between post-Soviet states stems from the politically-motivated drawing of internal administrative borders in early Soviet era. They were political rather than historical or natural borders (like rivers, mountains, or symbolic locations). But it was done so in a way that no region will be self-sufficient. Put differently, the war today can be interpreted as a post-Soviet demarcation war. It just took nearly 20-30 years unlike the immediate war after the collapse of Yugoslavia. Armenia/Azerbaijan, Russia/Georgia, or Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan...they've started much earlier. Tragically, you're all chasing ghosts from the past.
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  3456. He is smart enough to understand how Russian leadership perceives the world or at the very least know what to say to foreign press. Ukrainians see it as an invasion, while Russian leadership see it as a preemptive strike to prevent Ukraine from joining NATO and EU. Correct or not, Russia needs Belarus and Ukraine to serve as a buffer-zone between Russia and NATO. It's why they refer to neutrality.
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  3457. ​ @Alan97131 It's not lack of foreign aid, rather it's lack of will power among Ukrainians to continue this war. They're being invaded, 20% of their territory being occupied, yet they struggle with recruiting. The initial conflict started in 2014, yet they are still lacking military equipment and ammunition. In contrast, Russia rapidly expanded its military production capabilities despite sanctions. If you cannot sustain a war without massive foreign assistance, it means you have already lost the war. If you cannot recruit enough troops to defend your own territory, you don't even have a fighting chance. And if you cannot become more crazy and creative than your eneny, who is multiple-times larger and wealthier, then the only realistic option is how to minimize the loss of territory. If Ukraine were serious about defending itself, they would have mobilized everyone.
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  3458. Can't build anything without security.
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  3459. There were times that were much warmer and colder in our planet's history. The fact that industrialization for the past few centuries altered the global climate could also mean that there are more humans than the planet can sustain.
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  3460. I've worked with a few Nikkei-Brazilians, Nikkei-Peruvians, Nikkei-Americans who have completely integrated to Japanese society. Their children are educated in Japan and work in Japan like any other Japanese. I also know many who live in an expat bubble. We offer special visa schemes for those with Japanese ancestry, because we have historically perceived them as overseas Japanese. However, that image and hope was altered when we encountered many Nikkei-Brazilians in the 1980s and 1990s. Only after 2 or 3 generations, some of them completely lost basic understanding of Japanese language, culture, or norms. Some of them had absolutely no respect or interest in learning Japanese laws and following Japanese customs. My experience is that Japanese society or Japanese people will accept you as long as you become comfortable in the language/culture.
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  3461. So terrorists now target gay night clubs? What political objective does that achieve?
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  3462. You probably don't understand enough traditional KANJI if you think Japan is using them. And Japanese people have little desire to attract or retain foreigners who're unable to master Japanese language and culture.
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  3463. Whoever controls a completely devastated territory...will be the one paying for the redevelopment.
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  3464.  @zoransarin5411  MIRAI means "future" because it's a concept car for enthusiasts. Toyota only produces 10,000 per year, and they certainly aren't making any money by doing so. You probably don't know every car and truck maker is doing research on hydrogen whether it's Volvo Trucks, BMW, Hyundai, or Honda.
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  3465. 長距離移動させるのが面倒なんじゃない？戦争で仕事失った人も多いから、雇用対策の一つ。
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  3466. What, when, why, where or how to cover is itself a bias and propaganda.
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  3467. This lady is not a Japanese citizen. She is a British-national raised in Japan. If she wants to be a Japanese citizen, she can apply for naturalization.
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  3468. Keep up with what? Not all customers want EV. That's why Toyota had record sales and profits in 2023.
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  3469. UN? Who's gonna let Taliban in their country?
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  3470. The mission was always Bin Laden and his close circle. It was never about the Afghan civil war or overthrowing the Taliban regime. When you lose focus and forget the initial military objective, this is what happens.
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  3471.  @alibro7512  Japan has little interest in EVs whether government or industry as it adds almost no value. We're not a spacious desert with abundant sunlight. Japan has heavy rain and snow, and 70% of the geography is mountainous terrain. Which is why renewable energy is more expensive and unreliable in Japan compared to other sources. But we do have an abundance of Methane. The Hydrogen shift is designed to replace coal, gas, or natural gas used in industry/economy. These are initiatives that will take decades as were the industrial revolution in the past. It's why Toyota calls the Hydrogen concept car MIRAI (未来), meaning technology for the FUTURE. They think and plan in decades not in quarters.
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  3472.  @lotusgroup123  Not all batteries are the same. Toyota hybrids and all early Tesla models only use high-grade Panasonic batteries for safety, reliability, and longevity. Tesla still uses Panasonic batteries for US made cars, but they use Chinese and South Korean batteries for models manufactured/sold in China and Europe to save costs. The Chevy Bolt which had many issues in the US were using South Korean LG batteries. As for Chinese batteries and BEVs, plenty of news coming from China on its inconsistent qualities. If I'm not mistaken, Volvo and MG (which are owned by Chinese companies) also use Chinese supplied batteries. (And battery procurement cost for automakers should be about US$60-80 per 1kWh. Which is why bigger the battery, the more expensive. The rest is labor/mechanic fees to strip, replace, and inspect.)
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  3473. I thought US had low unemployment. You need more immigration to manufacture in the US.
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  3474. Staying for a few months as long-term tourist would be better. I don't think Tokyo is the best place for freelancing. Tax-filing gets complicated after 180 days in country...or when you become a "taxable resident." Currently, the JPY is weak relative to other currencies, so you can live comfortably with 3,000 Euros or JPY 475,000, as long as you don't live in the most posh areas with high-rent. When I was in Tokyo, expats in IT, Consulting, and Finance used "Ken Corporation" to find rentals suited for expat needs. But I'd recommend fully-furnished service apartments on monthly contracts. Generally speaking, it is a illegal for Japanese banks to open a bank account for non-residence. To be a legal resident, you need to obtain work/study/spousal visa. As for mortgage, no Japanese bank will lend to somebody without employment or proof of stable income. And most of the time, they would require Permanent Residency to offer a mortgage (in addition to a full health checkup and life insurance.) Honestly, I'd rather recommend Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia...for the same budget. You can survive in Tokyo with only English, but you will have a difficult time outside of touristy places. And a lot of the government paperwork will be in Japanese.
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  3475. Sri lanka is China's puppet.
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  3476. Wasn't that Brexit related?
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  3477. Clinton initially wanted to send ground forces into Serbia, but was stopped by a Republican-controlled Congress.
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  3478. Is this a trap?
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  3479. 強い国が弱い国を裁いたり、従わせたりするのが国際法。
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  3480. Allah is why Syria is so screwed.
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  3481. He's a thief wanted by Japan and France.
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  3482. Mid-air explosion
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  3483. And who controls it?
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  3484. $320bn...where did you get that number? Japan's annual defense budget is only 1% of GDP and is around $50bn each year. Defense spending will gradually be increased to 2% of GDP due to rapid changes in national security environment. As for local train lines, they've been losing money for decades. Many of them were initially built to transport goods such as timber, coal, silk, pottery, etc. After industries no longer needed them, those lines became exclusively for passengers. However, they've always been losing money.
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  3485. You're correct. We definitely should cancel visa-waivers for some countries. Currently, we give that privilege to 71 countries and regions.
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  3486. Most of the migrants fly to Thailand, Turkey, Ecuador, etc and then make the journey north. They have valid Chinese passports. If they were on a blacklist, they most likely wouldn't have been able to leave China. The more serious issue is, there is a false narrative that has spread among social media. Life won't be any easier in the US or anywhere for that matter.
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  3487.  SaintFluffySnow  Uyghurs are a mixture of Turkic clans from Mongolian steppe and indigenous Iranic Sogdians (胡人). People in Turkey have almost no Turkic genetics. They are descendants of Turkified Greeks, Persians, Armenians, Kurds, etc...in addition to many Crimean Tatars, Circassians, Balkans.
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  3488. You're assuming that Russians still have the ability to guide their weapons. If they can aim, they wouldn't be going after pizzerias.
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  3489. It's comical in so many ways. Germans were the ones who pushed hard for European integration in the past few decades. German economy and companies benefited enormously. Now they're unhappy with having limited control over their borders and budget. And it was Germans who publically invited refugees from Syria and Afghanistan. They finally realized how those policies destabilized society. I presume AfD is trying to correct past policy mistakes. But there used to be another popular party that claimed similar stuff.
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  3490. How do you arrive at the conclusion knowing what you know about Canadian history? Canada was created as a European transplant colony by seizing land from indigenous people and only has a history of a few hundred years. It's why you speak a derivative of a European language, not an indigenous one. Most of your citizens are descendants of immigrants from the last few centuries, while the first Japanese have been living in Japan from the last ice age. And this guy is a foreign citizen because their family never naturalized. Unlike former European colonies that recognizes Jus Soli citizenship rule, Japan only recognizes Jus Sanguinis citizenship. It's why he is a foreign national.
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  3491. Very different from Ukraine for the moment. Ethnic militias are fighting for independence from Myanmar or fighting to dominate the lucrative drug trade. For decades Myanmar has had multiple fronts of separatist wars--due to unfortunate British colonial history. That's why no neighbor gets involved to destroy the regime. They know that without the military regime, Myanmar would implode and create millions of refugees. Myanmar is an important buffer zone that needs to exist between two rivals, India and China.
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  3492. I'm sure Russia wanted to do a surgical strike (as much as possible). However, when civilians become part of the militia in an urban setting...it's going to get ugly for both sides. Some of the Ukrainians appear to be carrying weapons in civilian clothes.
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  3493. If everybody fights till the end, there wouldn't be any Ukrainians left. Then what's the point of having territory?
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  3494.  @Rudysattva  No, not all Gaijin are treated the same way. If he is fluent in Japanese language, culture, and mannerism...he'll do fine. If he isn't, he'll be another extended tourist living in a expat bubble with limited contact with Japanese society. But I do think we differentiate and judge depending on ethnicity/nationality...based on collective experiences. Right now, we have a major problem with a ethnic Kurdish asylum-seekers. They're violent, dangerous, and frankly disgusting. Vietnamese and Chinese make up 60% of crimes committed by foreign nationals, so people have a poor view towards them. Others are usually Koreans, Brazilians, and Filipinos.
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  3495.  @aimuaidehen1835  Angela didn't look like she was suffering from an identity crisis. She is culturally Japanese, which is why she will always be accepted in Japan. Her speech, mannerism, and mindset is no different from other Japanese. The first girl (Christy) is the one that appears struggling with her identity. The way she speaks, behaves, and dresses is exotic. It's not rare in the fashion, music, entertainment and nightlife business.
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  3496. Criminals complaining about inflation and corruption is interesting.
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  3497. Wrath of God is Jesus?
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  3498. A good government is better than a bad one, obviously. But a Bad government is better than no government at all.
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  3499. Is that why Asian-Americans get attacked by Blacks in the US?
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  3500.  @CAsaidit  Your future children DO NOT need to be born in Japan to be a Japanese citizen. The only thing that matters is that you're in the Koseki system. Since Japan follows Jus Sanguinis citizenship rules, your future children have the legal/constitutional right to be included your family Koseki. This Koseki entry and registration at birth is the single important act to be recognized as a citizen. Hence, without being able to confirm your Koseki info, the Consulate/Embassy cannot issue a passport.
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  3501. So Hitler won?
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  3502. Let the guest talk, please.
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  3503. I'm more worried about Russia losing and imploding more so than Ukraine losing some territory. Putin is actually fairly sane relative to some of the Russian hardcore ultra-nationalists who may come to power after Putin.
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  3504. We didn't have YouTube...
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  3505. At least you have tried to explain the situation. For the same trouble to relocate to a new land, I'm not Chinese but if it were me I'd try to start over somewhere in Southeast Asia or Central/South America. Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia...there is a vibrant ethnic Chinese community everywhere. What's wrong with Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan?
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  3506. Trying to help stabilize a region, albeit unsuccessfully, is not a failure. Doing nothing would've been the real failure.
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  3507. I wonder how the tariff wars will impact BEV strategies of automakers. My understanding was that Toyota was preparing to retool some of the production lines in US plants for BEVs. Given that only half of US sales are assembled in the US, the production capacity in the US should be really precious right now.
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  3508. So disgustingly filthy.
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  3509. That's what you're ashamed about? The war in Iraq destabilized not just Iraq but also imploded Syria and Lebanon, creating millions of refugees to Turkey Jordan, and eventually Europe. It led to ISIS and influenced the Syrian Civil War. As a result of US policies, Iran's influence increased in region.
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  3510.  @federicomarti638  A number of North Korean "defectors" currently live in South Korea, China, and Japan. While the North Korean regime doesn't enjoy seeing defectors, they don't necessarily send all of their remaining families to political prisons, concentration camps, or labor camps as a form of punishment. The main reason is North Korean regime highly appreciates any foreign currency sent by defectors to their families back home in North Korea, especially due to various financial sanctions. People living on the border region of North Korea and China own cellphones that work in China. With the help of ethnic Korean community in China, there have always been methods to get in touch and send money home. Reportedly, it has become more challenging after China started cracking down on illegal smuggling and border-crossings in the past decade. According to data from South Korea, there were 196 defectors in 2023.
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  3511. Your knowledge on manufacturing is still limited. For instance, Ford's Oakville Plant was scheduled to be retooled for BEV production. The expected time frame for that process was years, not a few months. Ford pushed back the schedule due to insufficient BEV demand. And Honda (and the Canadian government) announced just a few months ago that they'll be opening a new plant and battery factory in Canada due to increasing demand in the North American market, particularly in their hybrid vehicles. As for Honda's operations in China, you're limited in information, probably because you don't follow Chinese or Japanese industry news. Some of Honda production lines in China are currently being retooled for Hybrid/BEV production. Honda has a Joint-Venture scheme in China with both Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) and Dongfeng Motor Corporation. The #4 factory of GAC-Honda plant will be closed in October. It opened in 2005 and has the ability to manufacture 50,000 vehicles per year. Production of the models will absorbed by other factories operated by GAC-Honda. This is the closure that led GAC-Honda to let go about 2,000 workers. Dongfeng-Honda will be suspending the #2 Factory in Wuhan, which became operational in 2012. It has a maximum 240,000 production capacity. The workers and equipment will be transferred to other Dongfeng-Honda facilities. (Dongfeng-Honda's #1 Factory in Wuhan started operations in 2004.) Automakers prepare years in advance to launch a new model. They design, line-up suppliers for components and materials, train workers, retool or introduce new equipment, receive certification, draft manuals, secure marketing budget, inform dealers, etc...which normally would take 3 to 5 years, depending on whether it's a refresh, upgrade, or a completely new model. No automaker suddenly switches production models/lines in a month. It's all planned and scheduled in advance.
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  3512. Didn't you learn in history that the National Socialists were elected in by the people under democratic rule?
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  3513. They just grow up to become Jihadists anyway.
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  3514. Poor Belarus is monkey in the middle. Belarus is dependent on Russia in many ways including natural gas, but I doubt they're stupid enough to start a war with Ukraine. Unlike Ukrainians, they know Belarus can only survive by staying as a buffer state between NATO and Russia. I suspect most Belarusians fail to understand why Russians and Ukrainians are competing to become rulers of rubble. The overwhelming majority won't agree in getting dragged into this fruitless conflict. This war will negatively impact both Ukraine and Russia for decades.
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  3515. The Soviets and Americans were naive. These people cannot be civilized.
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  3516. 限界ギリギリまで飛行するアグレッサー部隊において、整備不良は考えにくいですよね。そもそもアグレッサー部隊に配備される機体数も少ないですし・・・
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  3517. ウクライナ側の戦死者はどうなってるの？
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  3518. I usually watch Japanese media and some from the UK and US. (I occasionally watch English programs from Germany, France, and Turkey thanks to YouTube.) It's a strange feeling to see both the conservative and liberal media in Japan almost all on Ukraine's side. Historically, the Japanese public has had extremely low opinion of Soviet/Russia due to the betrayal, invasion/occupation, and terrifying treatment of Japanese detainees during WWII. Illegal arrests of Japanese fishing vessels and periodic incursions by Russian Air Force into Japanese airspace don't help public opinion either. The only force helping to change Japanese perception on Russia comes from the everyday interaction with ordinary hardworking and honest Russians who live in Japan. The "Ukraine narrative" coming from Kyiv/Kiev is being pushed heavily by the Japanese government and media. Hating Russia for historical reasons is one thing. Being extremely biased on war coverage is something different. It's almost as if it's intentional. I don't agree with punishing ordinary Russians and Japanese businesses in Russia via economic sanctions. (And there are a number of Japanese citizens who live/study in Russia and Russians studying/living in Japan that are deeply affected by all the economic sanctions.) Perhaps if Japanese media had access to the Donbass region, it's possible the war coverage may change a little bit.
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  3519. WTF?
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  3520. Malian soldiers aren't paid enough to fight extremists, I presume.
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  3521. I think it's partially for new pilot training. They would start with 320 and then move to 350.
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  3522. 敵を暗殺しようとするのは昔から。カストロなんて何回もアメリカに狙われた。
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  3523. I thought this region was part of the Crimean Khaganate. Ukrainians and Russians are fighting over Crimean Tatar territory, it seems.
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  3524.  @harleyquinn8202  That's highly unlikely. Bulgars (and Avars in Hungary/Romania) were predominantly Turkic. They were already in the region around 6th century. As the Chuvash language indicates, they were a mixture of Turkic and Uralic people.
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  3525. It's a civil war heavily supported/funded by external players. What are ethnic Russians who've been living in Eastern Ukraine for generations since the Russian Empire and Soviet Union supposed to do? There is no right side.
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  3526. It's not about regulations. Anybody can make EVs. It's just batteries and software. Even smartphone companies like Huawei and Xiaomi have started making EVs, and there is like 150 EV makers in China. The main problem is almost every company is losing money selling EVs. NIO, Xpeng, Hyundai, GM, and Ford...all lost money in 2023 in their EV models. BMW, Tesla, BYD, and Li Auto and few others are the only companies that made profits by selling EVs. Thus, there is no incentive for automakers to rush into EVs.
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  3527. Playing by the rules is why Australian forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan?
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  3528. ​ @victorvalandybernard7944  Former Spanish, Portuguese, and French colonies/territories are less affluent compared to former British and Japanese colonies/territories...which suggests that it's actually not so much about genetic ancestry, although that may have a factor. Within Europe there is a clear difference between Northern and Southern Europeans, and within Italy there is a clear economic difference with North/South. Most Italian immigrants to the Americas were from the poorer Southern regions. And if you look into 19th and 20th century European migration to the US, you'll quickly realize that many US companies actually have Germanic names. The list of famous German-American businessmen is a pretty long one.
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  3529. 過去に日航機がサンディエゴで同じようなミスをしてた。滑走路の誤進入は危険だけど、世界中で定期的にあるミス。
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  3530. God doesn't take sides in human wars.
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  3531. UN shouldn't be in Afghanistan.
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  3532. Honda doesn't own or operate dealerships in the US, so please don't blame Honda. They are owned locally by Americans.
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  3533.  @chrisfox9263  He's just a parasite and thief wanted in both France and Japan.
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  3534. I think you're missing what the Russians mean in their rhetoric. SMO has domestic legal constraints on the deployment and usage of Russian forces since it's not legally a war under Russian law. An act of war comment by Russian government implies that this conflict can now be elevated to and justified as a full scale war.
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  3535.  @artgarrido5294  "Top executives" implies instructions directly from HQ. This is about is tweaking Year-over-Year sales numbers, I presume.
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  3536. Terminator was pretty forward-thinking.
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  3537. NATO? The only important member is the US. And both Japan and South Korea already have alliances with the US.
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  3538. It seems the same in US and France too. Different immigrant groups behave differently.
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  3539. Japan made a big mistake allowing Korean refugees to stay in Japan on humanitarian grounds during/after the Korean War. Most of them fail to assimilate nor do they return home even in peace time, which is why they are massive headache. They are frequently involved in criminal activities as well as depend on social welfare. Ever since that collective experience, refugees are no longer welcome.
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  3540. It's bad for humans but not necessarily bad for forest rejuvenation.
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  3541. @homie3461 Japanese kids today still learn KANJI by writing since it's still the most effective way. When typing we can easily choose between 速い and 早い because we already know the KANJI. Mandatory education only requires 2,000 KANJI (aka 常用漢字). Most of us remember how to read or choose the correct KANJI when typing (or google when confused). And it's true that we forget how to write some of the less common KANJI after we finish school. But I highly doubt whether you can master Japanese in a different method from a native. (The process of learning Japanese as a foreign language is receiving mandatory KOKUGO education condensed in 3 to 5 years.)
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  3542. Toyota's hands are tied. California requires 35% of all vehicle sales in 2026 (and 43% in 2027, 51% in 2028...68% in 2030) must be Zero-Emission Vehicles...unless Congress is able to limit the unrealistic ZEV quota by CARB States. It's no coincidence that Toyota is expanding BEV line-up at this juncture. US national average for ZEV was about 9% in 2024, and around 20% in California. While a hybrid would be more practical for many consumers, US policies require automakers to sell vehicles that meet government zero-emission policies. 2026 would be the first year that really matters for automakers in terms of EV line-up. Or rather, I suspect many automakers were preparing new models with this cut-off in mind. In the UK, the ZEV quota was 22% in 2024 and 28% in 2025. Automakers were already "rationing" vehicles to meet the quota last year. So if ZEV mandates stay, sales will get really ugly in CARB states.
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  3543. The few economic/political elite owning most of the wealth/land is the legacy of typical European colonies. It's probably the root case for the continued popularity in leftist political movements, social instability, income inequality, crime...
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  3544. African problem, African solution...or so once said the African Union.
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  3545. I would not be in favor of cheering people to their deaths. People without proper training and equipment should not be encouraged to fight the Russian military, or any military for that matter. In the 2014 war, two Ukrainian infantry battalions were destroyed in less than 15 minutes from incoming Russian artillery. The naive notion that one can fight and prevail in an urban guerrilla war with mainly small arms, will result in unnecessary civilian casualties. Russia won't be conducting urban operations, rather they will be bombing and shelling like in Syria.
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  3546.  @s1dfk4123  You do realize Taliban are Afghans too. In their view, they overthrew a puppet regime.
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  3547. I thought she was American.
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  3548. ​ @tocreatee5736 It's a little different when you're holding to maturity. Japanese government issued Japanese government debt in JPY at low rates, purchased USD around USD/JPY under 100, parks the USD in US bonds and rolled over the position in a special account for years if not decades. Japanese government made money from both interest rate difference and currency rate difference. Reportedly, they sold about US100bn in USD assets and made about USD 20bn in the current intervention.
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  3549. Please stop projecting concepts of later centuries into ancient history of the Gokturks. Nomadic Turkic tribes still live in modern-day Mongolia. The clans mentioned in the inscriptions were in and around the Mongolian steppe, specifically around the Altai Mountains to Yensei River to the Lake Baikal region. Various Turkic and Mongolic clans have been living near each other in the Mongolian steppe for thousands of years. As such, two of the four official wives of Ghengis Khan were from Turkic clans, since matrimonial alliances is how nomadic clans formed alliances. The ruling/dominant clan has changed over time from the times of the Xiongnu, Gokturks, Xianbei, Rouran/Jujan, or Uygurs. They identified by clan which is why nomadic people had clan names but no surnames. The modern Uygurs have a different language, dialect, culture, clothing, music or food from the ancient Uygur Kaganate because the Uygurs who fled to the Tianshan Mountains and Tarim basin merged with Sogdians and later were conquered by Central Asian Muslims. The West Yugur and East Yugur is believed to be closer to what they spoke originally. That said, the fact that East Eurasian nomadic Huns, Bulgars, and Avars were in Eastern Europe already by 6th and 7th centuries, and the fact that Siberian-origin Hungarian language contains ancient Turkic words, implies that Turkic westward migration started far earlier than when the Gokturk Ashina clan was the dominant clan in the Mongolian steppe.
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  3550. For people working in IT, Consulting, Finance, Law, Medicine, or Architecture...I doubt there is such a concept as overtime. Working over 100 hours per week is not that uncommon among young professionals whether in NY, London, Singapore, or Tokyo. It's a competitive world, you do everything you can to survive. It's either UP or OUT.
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  3551. When one side is preparing for war, diplomacy isn't going to help.
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  3552.  @SMGJohn  Foreigners are disgusting...that's the message.
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  3553.  @林振华-t4v  It's used because it's still safer.
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  3554. Never had I imagined that Russian grandmas would be blaming the Deep State and Jews for the current war
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  3555. I don't think you can blame policies in the 1970s for the economic problems of today.
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  3556.  @Alex-kw9kb  You may not need hybrids but it makes more practical sense for many American consumers who don't wish to deal with charging or range issues. What suits your needs doesn't suit everybody, which is why automakers are trying to diversify their products from Hybrids, Plug-in hybrids, and pure Battery-Electric-Vehicles. It just happens to be that American consumers are buying more Hybrids over BEVs.
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  3557. The real irony is many of them are coming from countries that collapsed from US economic sanctions, such as Cuba and Venezuela.
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  3558. You do realize Ukraine is dependent on Russian natural gas.
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  3559. Because it's safer.
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  3560. Corrupt Union.
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  3561. Do you really believe Musk cares?
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  3562. Does Trump stand with you too?
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  3563. I don't think anybody would be filming in actual "Heavy Combat."
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  3564. Yugoslavia had an immediate war during its disintegration. Many post-soviet nations had border wars too, so perhaps you can date it back further to when the Soviet Union collapsed. Many of the problems can be traced back to Imperial Russia and Soviet Union.
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  3565. Where is the shame? I don't support Russia or Ukraine. However, why is it unethical for Russia to want to assist the ethnic Russians who live in Eastern/Southern Ukraine? How can it be moral to just let them get slaughtered and be assimilated by ethnic Ukrainians. Furthermore, the land that Ukrainians and Russians are fighting over don't belong to either of them. It historically belongs to Crimean Taters. In other words, both Ukrainians and Russians are invading a foreign land.
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  3566. Ukrainians know what they're fighting and dying for. But do the Russians?
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  3567. Which country are we talking about?
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  3568. 民度を裁判にかけるの？
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  3569. We often visit Hawaii and Guam.
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  3570. Aside from imported luxury vehicles, mass-market foreign cars are built in China by Chinese workers in a Joint-Venture scheme with State-owned-Enterprises. Less sales eventually results in Chinese workers losing their jobs.
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  3571. What happened to the descendants of the indigenous people of Texas? Are they now categorized as Mexicans because they are no longer able to speak their ancestral languages?
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  3572.  @thespokenword6456  So far the Ukrainians haven't died because Russia hasn't launched an attack on cities like in Syria.
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  3573. I wonder what language Azeris spoke before they were Turkified. Armenians have been in the region since antiquity, which means that Azeris may have some Armenian genes too. Obviously, people of Azerbaijan don't have Turkic genes. Turkic genes are near identical to that of Mongols and Manchus as all of them have been living in proximity for thousands years, resulting in shared grammar, words, culture, music, food, religion, etc.
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  3574. This has nothing to do with the Japanese government. It's an agricultural bank playing with too much deposits from farmers.
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  3575. She didn't know how to speak or behave like a Japanese...so I can imagine how kids would've treat her. She comes off too American, which is too aggressive and entitled in her behavior and mannerism. As whether she'd be considered beautiful in Japan, that's beyond my pay grade.
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  3576. Is he even a real doctor?
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  3577. Look at the bright side. You guys still have a US embassy.
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  3578. It's part of counter-terrorism and counter-intelligence. The half-brother of the current North Korean leader entered Japan on a fake passport. We arrested and deported the maternal grandfather of the current North Korean leader in the 1950s for human-smuggling. It's why his latr mother was born in Japan. We have had so many South Koreans trying to smuggle themselves into Japan since the Korean War period and committing crimes in Japan. Thus, Japanese immigration is trained to be suspicious of certain passports with no valid visa.
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  3579. There are many Nikkei-Jin (Japanese Descendants) who are business-owners, public school teachers, engineers, bankers, doctors, nurses, lawyers, university professors, hairdressers, etc. I've met a few of them in Tokyo who were originally from Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Canada, Philippines, and US. But some Nikkei-jin who come to Japan start out as "contract workers" or "temp workers" in factories on hourly wages. Those who make the effort to absorb Japanese language, culture, and norms eventually are able to integrate socially. Some start their own businesses, others find careers in logistics, construction, hospitality, retail, tourism, transportation, education, healthcare, childcare, etc because there is so much labor shortage. It's a reality that Japanese Descendants who arrive in Japan without basic language fluency, education, or technical skills will face considerably more challenges. It will be difficult to work in a convenience store or fast food industry, if you cannot speak basic Japanese. Conversely, those who have fluency are given preferential conditions for Permanent Visa and Naturalization. (Nikkei-jin need only 5 years of continued residency to apply for Permanent Visa.)
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  3580. It's easier to attack than defend certain locations. In fact, sometimes there is no logical reason to defend a specific location. I don't know where the Russian line is but what they're doing appears to be tactical withdrawals, rather than military defeats. I suppose the more Ukrainian forces push further, the more they get exposed to Russian artillery barrage. At times, holding onto territory is much harder and resource-draining than taking territory.
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  3581. Depends on your upbringing. If you're native in Japanese, obviously you won't be treated as one.
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  3582. Good luck with Kay pop.
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  3583. US$50,000 in 2024 is equivalent to US$41,000 in 2019, or US$37,700 in 2014. Inflation bites. Interestingly, Toyota lost money in North America in FY2022, despite having strong sales. And Toyota's operating profit margin for North America was still 3%, compared to 12% world-wide in FY2023. You can interpret this as: (1) American dealerships, which are independently-owned by Americans, are charging too much; (2) Toyota's car prices sold to American dealers is not keeping up with inflation; or (3) Toyota has too many employees in North America. Perhaps it makes more financial sense to manufacture in Japan. However, Toyota's domestic manufacturing capability is capped at around 15,000 vehicles per day (or 3 million vehicles annually). And they've been running at full capacity for a while, which is why some customers are forced to wait months for their delivery, especially on Hybrids. All the fancy infotainment, software development, ever-increasing amount of sensors, semiconductors, and electronics is not cheap. High labor cost, material/component cost, shipping cost, utility bills, and expensive R&D on BEVs are all contributing to cost of vehicles, regardless of manufacturer.
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  3584. If it's White or Asian, they'll usually report it.
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  3585. In East Asian agrarian societies, skin-tone denoted social status for thousands of years...probably since agriculture became a thing around 8,000-10,000 years ago. The traditional Japanese word for "make-up" is OSHIROI (白粉), literally meaning "White Powder." If you want to see traditional Japanese make-up look at KABUKI or MAIKO make-up styles. As for Eastern European and Russian women, they are considered most attractive in Japan because: (1) they have varying/small degrees of East Asian ancestry from ancient migrations; (2) phonetic overlap, or the way they sound when they speak Japanese; and (3) vibe and mannerism. Canadian/American/Australian models popular in Japan often have Eastern European or Russian/Soviet ancestry as well.
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  3586. No, it's the Chinese catching too much fish.
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  3587. What hegemony? If the US had that kind of power, there wouldn't be so much ongoing conflicts all over the world.
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  3588. 玉城はスパイなの？
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  3589. It's not the first time. The entire purpose of "Manchuko" was to push out Russians from Inner Manchuria. In fact, everything Japan did in late 19th century onwards was to keep the Russians far away from East Asia, which inadvertently leads to war with the Chinese. The Black Sea region of Ukraine and Russia was historically Tatar/Turkic lands, at least since the times of Huns, Avars, Bulgars, or Khazars. The Ukrainians were the vanguard of the Russian Empire helping with the expansion, which is why Russian Far East (including Outer Manchuria) has a high concentration of people with Ukrainian ancestry. In other words, neither Ukrainians nor Russians are natives of Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. They jointly worked together to take Tatar lands, and exiled and killed many of them. Donbass region received many inflow of Russians and Ukrainians because it had such a large coal deposit, which was used for steel production and later helped to build shipbuilding and heavy industry. So basically they're fighting among themselves over the spoils of war and centuries of colonization.
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  3590. They need a replacement for their aging 777 fleet.
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  3591. トルコはあまりにも機会主義なので他のNATO加盟国から信頼を失ってる。数年前まではロシア製の兵器を導入しようとしてた。
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  3592. Shoot everybody with a Taliban/ISIS-style beard.
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  3593.  @bobsyoruncle4583  Japanese government statistics only cover Japanese citizens worldwide. Each year there are far more international marriages with Japanese men compared to women. And most international marriages of Japanese citizens are with people from neighboring countries.
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  3594. I'm shocked that Chinese people are shocked by Chinese behavior.
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  3595. It fits Chinese style consumption pattern too. Chinese are satisfied with products that only last a few years. They don't need cars that last 10-15 years. They basically desire a smartphone on wheels.
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  3596. Crusades, colonization, creation of Israel, or invading Iraq and bombing Syria ...are you sure you want Europeans involved?
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  3597. I checked Japanese export/import data for 2021. In terms of monetary value of trade, I cannot find Russia in the top 10 trading partners for Japan in either exports or imports category. However, this data is direct bilateral trades and not third-party trades. In pre-invasion 2021, Japan exported US$ 4.6bn goods to Russia, mostly autos, autoparts, and construction/mining machinery. Conversely, Japan imported US$ 15.2bn from Russia, mostly oil, coal, and agricultural/fishery items. Of the US$ 15.2bn imports form Russia, around 12% (or US$ 1.7bn) was fishery/crabs. Just in terms of comparison, Vietnam was the 10th largest import destination. And Japan imported about US$ 20bn (or 3% of all imports) from Vietnam in 2021, especially as some suppliers have factories in Vietnam. Considering the monetary size of trade between Japan and Russia, I don't think the trade was critically important for either country to begin with, although it seems that it was a trading relation that favored Russia. (Naturally, the mutual sanctions have devastating impact to livelihood of many Russians living in Japan and Japanese living in Russia who are involved in the export/import business. And I do feel sorry for them.)
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  3598. Liberation from the Americans?
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  3599. Belarus is totally dependent on Russian gas and economic assistance. Their options are limited. Despite their predicament, Belarus has been pushing back Russian pressure to send troops to Ukraine.
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  3600. He's been stealing from Renault as well. It's why he has warrants in France and cannot return there either.
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  3601. Cossack clothing, culture, sword, or lifestyle doesn't appear to be Slavic in origin. They look like Tatars working for Slavs.
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  3602. Honda just had record profits. They are opening a new plant in Canada, as North America is the most important market for them and there is strong demand for hybrid vehicles. In 2024, around 40-50% of new cars sales in North America for both Honda and Toyota are hybrids. Australia is in an uniquely challenging market in which pick-up trucks (i.e. utes) are the top sellers.
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  3603. Chinese vehicles are anything but reliable. Even the affluent Chinese don't buy Chinese cars.
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  3604. The problem VW and all other foreign automakers experience in China is that Chinese automakers are selling their BEVs at a loss to gain marketshare. The price war will undoubtedly push out many domestic and foreign automakers from the Chinese market. Once the consolidation phase is over, car prices in China will be raised slowly. The other issue is that Chinese infotainment is uniquely China-specific due to bans on foreign apps and software.
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  3605. There are many famous half-Filipino and half-Japanese singers, models, and athletes in Japan. AKIMOTO Sayaka of AKB48 and Sumo Wrestler TAKAYASU are well known. Since they were raised in Japan or received Japanese education in the Philippines, they are fluent in Japanese language, culture, and norms. Frankly, if you're half-Filipino and half-Japanese, most of the time people in Japan won't realize until you tell them. I suspect in the case of half-Japanese kids, it's always the fluency in language, norms, mindset or mannerism rather than physical appearance, which determines the level of integration and acceptance into Japanese society.
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  3606. The reality is Japanese culture and Shinto/Buddhism is so intertwined, nobody in Japan feels that it's a religious act to pay respect to your local shrines/temples. It's just part of everyday life.
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  3607.  @Fear_the_Nog  Do you know how the Japanese use salt, even as an expression? If you understand how salt--for purification--is used in daily Japanese lives, businesses, post-funerals, etc...you will understand what I wrote. If you do not, that means your understanding of Japanese everyday life is somewhat limited. Another example will be when the Japanese build something new, such as homes, tunnels, buildings etc. Nobody sees it as a religious act to ask a Shinto priest to prey to the gods. It's just part of everyday life in Japan.
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  3608.  @newtonmin3174  In that logic, so you're saying it was Karma for Rohingya too?
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  3609. Thanks to the pandemic and monetary policy, prices have gone about around 20% in the US in the last 5 years.
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  3610.  @serysyo8418  Real turks should go back to own religion. Islam is NOT a Turkic religion by any means.
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  3611. It's quickly becoming a proxy war. On the surface, it's really a beautiful slogan to say things like protect democracy, or stop Russian invasion. Providing Ukraine with military equipment will prolong the conflict, and get many killed in the process. I suspect that is the ultimate aim.
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  3612. 移民でも経済難民でもないから、受け入れを判断したんだと思います。戦争が終わればウクライナへ戻るという前提。
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  3613. People who were born before 1985 don't have to choose, because dual-citizenship was still legal.
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  3614. The founder of DPRK was hand-picked and groomed by Soviet Union. And North Korea has always relied on Soviet/Russian weapon systems for its defense. The alliance existed decades ago but North Korea always balanced or played off competing interests and influences of China and Russia. The cooperation of Russia and North Korea is meant to counter-balance China. Contrary to popular perception, North Korea doesn't trust China either.
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  3615. ​ @Ozgrade3 1940?
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  3616. ​ @rogermckenzie2711 No they haven't. Toyota only announced the product schedule after COVID, because it takes 3-5 years to develop a new model. And unlike Chinese companies, they don't like to sell half-baked products. Your lack of knowledge on Toyota is not Toyota's fault.
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  3617.  @Jordon168  Americans don't seem to realize that a lot of the components, materials, and machinery used in "Made in USA" products are made by foreign companies in foreign factories. Tariffs on imported lumber will impact housing/construction costs, and tariffs on imported oil will impact prices of gasoline, jet fuel, heating oil, and electricity, which will impact everything from transportation, logistics, airfares, to steel and aluminium production.
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  3618. It's India. Usually women get gang raped and killed.
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  3619.  @PyroShields  They were using LG batteries.
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  3620. China has been playing dirty since beginning of history. It's why none of their neighbors trust the Chinese.
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  3621.  @alejandrovela6347  Singapore and Malaysia mostly based their initial economic policies on Japan. South Korea and Taiwan was directly administered as part of Japan, so they also inherited legal, economic, education, or tax systems from Japan. The issue with Ecuador and its neighbors is not so much the policies of past few decades. Rather it's the amalgamation of socio-economic policies from the past few centuries, which has also been the source of inequality, political instability, and crime. Weak government institutions dating back to colonial periods, resulted in weak tax collection, lack of funding, and limited education and social-economic programs...naturally led to excessive dependence on foreign governments (like US or USSR) or to foreign investors. Weak government institutions generally means weak law enforcement and judiciary. Weak and unstable governments also means the government was unable to fairly tax the rich and powerful elite. This led to inability to fix economic inequality, promoting immobility of socio-economic class, and a general public that is basically made irrelevant from the economy and politics of the nation....leading to apathy or outright hostility. In Colombia and Peru the same issue is the gravity of crazy leftist movements, Cuba and Venezuela go for revolution, and some countries went the opposite direction with US-backed dictatorships to protect the interests of the socio-economic elite. This dichotomy is not unique to Latin America, because we can still see a clear difference between Taiwan and the Philippines. Suffice it to say, the Spaniards/Americans managed their overseas territories very differently from the Japanese. Former Spanish and French colonies struggle more than others...because the policies adopted were radically different from Japan and Germany. I'm certain you write what you write out of deep love and concern for your home country. But in order to fix Ecuador...the root cause needs to be identified and addressed. Look at the bright side. Ecuador is so much more fortunate than most countries because there is still a functioning government unlike Haiti, the economy hasn't imploded like Venezuela and Lebanon, and because of Dollarization, Ecuadorians no longer have to live through the misery of ridiculous-levels of inflation and IMF pressure like Argentina.
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  3622. ウクライナ軍・Azov大隊はマリウポリの大多数の住民から敵視されてる。街で孤立する理由は、それに尽きる。元々マリウポリはソ連時代からロシア系住民が多く、今ではAzovはテロリスト扱い。
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  3623. Most of foreign brands sold in China are made by Joint-Venture with Chinese SOEs. And they're made by Chinese workers.
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  3624. Flagship is such an outdated concept.
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  3625.  @peter320vn  Japan rejects 99% of asylum applications, since most are economic migrants. The rare people who are granted asylum are Tibetan activists and Burmese freedom fighters. They need to prove that they are persecuted by their own government and are in life-threatening danger should they continue to stay in their own country. It takes years to finally receive refugee status in Japan as every aspect of their life will be under review. As a result, we reject and deport 99% of asylum applicants.
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  3626. There is no end.
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  3627. It's confusing why Ukrainians didn't see this coming. Ukrainians were the vanguards of Imperial Russia and were also in senior leadership in Soviet Union after Stalin. The Baltic countries, Poles, Hungarians, Romanians, Moldovans...they all understand how Russians think and behave. In fact, every neighbor that fought wars with Russia knows how the Russians think and have never let their guard down. Ukrainians were fighting on the Russian side for the past 500 years, so they should've known more than any country.
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  3628. The irony. The US is the only country that ever triggered NATO after 9/11. If the US is on Russian side, there won't be any point for alliance.
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  3629. Perhaps mistakenly, I was under the impression White Helmets refers to rescue workers in the rebel territory or resistance. Aleppo is back in government control, isn't?
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  3630. Thank you for the very well-written and interesting explanation on Peruvian politics.
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  3631. Before immigration policy became so strict, back in the days it was very common to see seasonal migrant workers in large plantations, construction sites, and restaurants. I was always under the impression that many businesses couldn't survive without cheap workers.
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  3632. Your neighbor is in accounting and doesn't understand how automakers sell cars? The debt is for financing car loans, meaning automakers borrow money from capital markets (by issuing bonds) in order to make car loans to customers. Thus, the more cars you sell, the more debt you will have. And Toyota has been at max production capacity because they cannot produce enough cars to meet customer demand. Some customers waiting months for their cars to be delivered. There is no point in competing with cars that use cheap materials, components, and designs.
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  3633. That is funny. Nobody can govern Russia because of their enormous internal geographic and socio-economic differences. They are victims of their own Imperial expansion.
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  3634. That must be why BYD dealerships catch fire in China.
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  3635. Well, the "Brave people of Mariupol" are mostly pro-Russia and anti-Azov. They want Azov gone for good.
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  3636. As condescending as this may sound, colonial influence has both positive and negative aspects. Looking at Africa, Haiti, or Latin America, it appears that some people aren't capable of governing themselves. The stability and prosperity of overseas French territories is starkly different from Haiti, which was the most prosperous and successful colony under French administration. Now it's one of the poorest regions in the entire world. They're so incompetent and ineffective they're asking UN/African countries to provide Law and Order in Haiti.
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  3637. UN agencies were working day and night for the refugees from Syria. If you want them to do more, you should give them more money.
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  3638. Britain, France, and Spain have the same problem (and Japan to a lesser extent because of the outcome of WWII)...which is that you forced your language and culture in your colonies. If you look at where the foreigners are coming from, they're mostly from former British territories/colonies. Reverse migration is the hidden cost of colonization, and a result of the foreign/military policies of the past few centuries.
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  3639. I hope they're deported from Japan.
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  3640. Unlike the half-Iranian girl who was raised in Japan, the Colombian dude must've been in some kind of expat Gaijin bubble after moving to Japan. To be blunt, he's not culturally Japanese, which is why he struggles more than the other two. When he speaks Japanese, he sounds a little drunk. I met a few Nikkei-Peruvians and Brazilians who work in Japan, and they have near-native fluency in language/culture. So I don't know what happened to his education. He speaks like that after 13 years in Japan, which can only mean he doesn't use Japanese in his daily life.
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  3641. What did Trump call these countries?
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  3642. It's intentional on both sides. Once naval ships are in play, it can escalate very quickly into a real war. It's why both countries are using coast guard vessels and not military.
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  3643. あれ、顔にモザイク入れてる？
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  3644. You may want to look into Russian history.
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  3645. If you go to any fancy restaurant in most cities around the world, the waiter/waitress will take to your seats. I thought it was common sense.
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  3646. ​ @davidk.d.7591 Toyota will lose money if their current EV models sold in large volume, which is why you never see Toyota trying to sell them. VW, Mercedes, GM, Ford, Hyundai, and most Chinese automakers also lose money for each BEV sales. And Toyota's main BEV models will be introduced to the market by 2027 period with Solid State batteries. They want cars that have 1,200km range for BEVs.
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  3647. Actually, Nissan sold the same volume of cars in both 2024 and 2023. North American sales had a slight increase. It's mostly Chinese market that is seeing a decline.
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  3648. We do have quite a few half-Japanese politicians, celebrities, and athletes. I can't imagine why he hasn't reached near-native fluency if he's been living in Japan since 12 years old. It can only happen if he's been in an expat bubble and without any formal Japanese schooling. (Most international/foreign students who graduate from Japanese universities are near-native speakers.) For reasons unknown, he failed to learn Japanese language, culture, and mannerism despite being in Japan for so long, which is why he's not viewed as a local/native. And it has more to do with his upbringing than him being half-Japanese or not.
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  3649. ​ @CerridwenAwel 歴史的な理由で「非日本人」という単語を日本語では殆ど使わないです。戦時中の「非国民」を連想するからです。普通に外人や外国人と言います。
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  3650. Light up the whole continent. Good attitude.
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  3651. You should learn some basic accounting. A company that's increasing sales and still has Net Profits isn't facing bankruptcy.
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  3652. I'm sure North Koreans are asking the same question.
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  3653. The "rationing" of ICE vehicles is already taking place in the UK market. From what's being reported, dealerships had to holding off delivery for ICE vehicles to their customers until the following year to meet the BEV quota for the current year. Punishing automakers for the preference and choices of consumers only distorts the market. Automakers will be forced to prioritize their BEV and Plug-in Hybrid sales in CARB States, which also results in less BEV and Plug-in Hybrid availability for non-CARB State consumers. And if the quota cannot be met, automakers will pass on the fines to all customers. I hope more people understand it impacts the entire North American market. (The concept of using mentalities to steer consumption behavior is pretty socialist, in my opinion.)
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  3654. They weren't fighting a foreign threat. It was a civil war over control and legitimacy that's been going on from 1990s or post-Soviet incursion. The sad truth is that Afghan government was corrupt and incompetent. They were seen as a puppet regime and unable to gain public support of the people. Taliban was always in Afghanistan. They were living among ordinary citizens in major cities, so gov forces were outnumbered and surrounded. There was no point in fighting because they had no support.
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  3655. I don't know why you underestimate Russian Surface-to-Air missiles.
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  3656. Providing money to the North Korean regime is an evil act. But again, are these people really North Korean. 高麗人?
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  3657. Prison or military wasn't so rare in the past. Sailors used to be recruited from pirates too.
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  3658. Taliban has targeted Hazara for decades. And IS-K were all former Taliban.
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  3659. It's for a different market. European countries have tight BEV quotas and penalties. And most sold cars in Europe each year are relatively small-sized urban cars.
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  3660. Why is Toyota late? Toyota has been testing hydrogen fuel cells for nearly 20 years. Toyota isn't late, it's been too early.
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  3661.  @akakakakakak3084  Actually Japanese cars were selling really well in the US already in the 1970s for their fuel efficiency and reliability. So much so it became trade war in the 1980s.
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  3662. "misled"が使用禁止用語になってるのが面白いですね。
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  3663.  @fludblud  Stats from the World Bank disagrees with you. I don't know what "rapid" means in your case, but 1999 is 8.47% growth, 2000 is 12.4% growth. And double-digit growth continues until 2010. In reality, growth rate is less impressive during what you call "partial democracy."
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  3664.  @user-jt3dw6vv4x  Actually, a number of foreigner volunteers (or mercenaries) have been involved in both pro- and anti-gov forces since the 1940s. Ethnic wars are so deep and goes back to 19th century in the case of Burma. Some like the Karens fought for the British, others like the Burmese fought against them.
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  3665. Afghanistan still has Soviet era mines and Laos has bombs from Vietnam War era. It's not impossible, but it'll take decades.
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  3666. What's the point of running?
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  3667. Assassinations of enemies are common. No different from a US drone strike. We just don't do it inside embassies. But again, Arabs are a unique bunch.
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  3668. China can't do it either.
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  3669.  @wolfinthewheatfields3224  You need one parent to be a Japanese national to inherit Japanese citizenship. So how can he be Japanese by birth? There is a naturalization process for foreign nationals if they wish to become Japanese citizens. And unless you have a Japanese passport, you're legally not Japanese, which is the only definition the Japanese government uses to identify who is Japanese or not. As for culture/ethnicity, that's a complicated question on identity as each person, family, or generation is different. We have an ethnic half-Uyghur and half-Uzbek politician who was born and raised in Japan and naturalized with her family as a child. She used to work for the Bank of Japan and later the United Nations. She has a Japanese identity and works for Japanese society, which is more than enough for the people of Japan to vote for her.
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  3670. I was already confused when Obama said the US military is not in Afghanistan for "nation-building." In hindsight, after locating Bin Laden was the perfect timing and excuse to leave Afghanistan. There was no more reason to be Afghanistan after that.
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  3671.  @eternalobi  You have no idea about Chinese quality. That's for poor people who have no other means. Do you really believe rich Chinese people drive Chinese cars?
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  3672.  @Azad_2024_  A team-setting is a great opportunity to experience Japanese dynamics. We don't need to communicate as much because we can sense or figure out what needs to be done. It's our responsibility to know what needs to be done. This an important social skill that we develop since childhood. But we do talk a lot among ourselves when drinking...so perhaps it's a social mannerism more than anything. Some academics define Japanese as a "high-context language," because we don't rely as much on verbal communication. If I recall correctly, German language was defined as the polar opposite in which almost everything needs to be put in words. Everything from conversation, poetry, industrial design, architecture, or gardens... I suppose Japanese preference of aesthetics is minimalist in nature. I even notice it with minimalist philosophies such as "Dan/sha/ri (断・捨・離)," which can be applied to human relations, physical possessions, or life choices.
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  3673.  @alexandros8361  "Do come again" in South England sounds like the "Would you want some Ochazuke/Bubuzuke?" in the stereotypical Kyoto dialogue...which traditionally meant that it's time for you to go home now. Japanese social cues and norms are aristocratic in nature. So depending on which country/culture one is from, it may be difficult to adapt. I've met Russians, Canadians, Kiwi, and Brits in Japan who've assimilated and integrated so well, it's as if they were Japanese in their previous lives. They also know how to "bridge" the cultures and explain from both sides, which is why they are so valued at work. (I suspect the Mediterranean and Latin people may struggle more than others, as they seem to need a lot of attention.)
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  3674.  @crissybunbun  Japanese people will display emotion through behavior, more so than words. They would allocate time, thoughts, and energy and only show interest in things/people that are important for them. And we can immediately notice the interest level just by how one by responds.
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  3675. As one Russian scholar/diplomat put it, it's a post-soviet disintegration war that was bound to happen. Unlike Yugoslavia, it just took 30 years. These borders were internal Soviet administrative lines which didn't accurately reflect ethnic divisions. The same issue is occurring in Armenia and Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, as well as Georgia and Ossetia/Russia. The sad truth is even if Russian forces were to miraculously withdraw from all of Ukraine, the country will be facing the same internal division. Eastern Ukraine is interconnected with Russia due to economic, linguistic, and family ties. Ukraine is also dependent on Russia for natural gas, so much so it had to borrow from Russia to pay for Russian gas. Ukraine has struggled since its independence torn between Russia and Europe. It's too late now but Ukraine should've stayed neutral and tried to milk both sides.
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  3676. 住む予定なんてないでしょ。Airbnbにするつもりだよ。
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  3677.  @CrsdrsWrStnsts  Think of it from a landlords perspective. Do you really want to lease to people who cannot read and understand the leasing contract? Seriously, in major cities there are realtors that cater to foreign clients. There are realtors for English speakers, Chinese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, etc.
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  3678. He's coached to say that. He's an officer, he knows exactly what to say and how the rest of the world would consume his interview.
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  3679. From context he's saying "daitai...go-nen gurai wa" だいたい5年ぐらいは・・・
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  3680. ​ @hwangbigdong You know Kyrgyzstan has a Kalpak Day or National Hat Day to remember their Turkic heritage. Kara-kalpak or Black Hats is important for their ethnic identity, so it would be insulting to mispronounce their name.
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  3681. Chinese electricity also depends on foreign imports.
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  3682. Haitians and Cubans use this route too. Some of them were working in South America but were squeezed out after the pandemic. What is astonishing is that others have come from Africa and even the middle-east to go through this jungle. There is a serious problem with border control at multiple levels.
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  3683. Actually, dual citizenship was legal until laws changed in 1985. Children of foreign fathers in international marriages were never given Japanese citizenship, as Japanese citizenship was passed down by male lineage. (The only exception would be single mothers.) Japan only abides by Jus Sanguinis, so location of birth is irrelevant as long as you register your children in the KOSEKI at birth. It's also why President Fujimori of Peru was legally a natural-born Japanese citizen. The reason why we changed the law was that we could no longer be responsible for 2nd, 3rd, or 4th generation Japanese immigrants who had little if not no understanding of Japanese language and culture. Japan could no longer be legally responsible for people who don't share language, culture, identity, or history. Thus, Dual-Citizenship after adulthood was banned. In exchange, special legal visas for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th generation Japanese Descendants were created.
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  3684.  @kageyamareijikun  Most of the crimes committed are not by pure-blooded Japanese descendants, rather non-Japanese Brazilian husbands who are legal dependents of Descendants wives. And it's a bit more complicated because some Japanese Descendants in South America are racially mixed. Frankly, if we only issued a Descendant Visa to pure-blooded male lineage Descendants with a Japanese surname, the crime rate would've been much lower. Descendant Visa was a necessary legal remedy as Japan banned dual-citizenship after 1985. Prior to the changes, children of Japanese emigrants born in Jus Soli countries were able to maintain Japanese citizenship. Alberto Fujimori (the former President of Peru) was a natural-born Japanese citizen for that reason. Japan exists for Japanese people, which is why children and grandchildren of Japanese citizens/emigrants are given preferential treatment in everything from residency status to permanent visa. 2/3 of Japanese Descendants are in South America, because significant number of Japanese citizens who moved to South America got stuck there for financial reasons, family situation, or due to the war.
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  3685.  @Overthinktank  Because 99% of the Japanese population have zero use for foreign languages in their daily lives. Children of Nikkei-Brazilians who've received Japanese education are able to assimilate. We have Nikkei-Brazilian public school teachers, bankers, IT engineers, doctors, professors, and lawyers. But children of Nikkei-Brazilians who've attended Brazilian schools in Japan can only survive in their bubble. As such, the government has been making it increasingly more difficult to obtain a Descendant Visa.
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  3686. It's typical slave mentality.
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  3687. I see now why they were mistaken to be competitors.
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  3688. Don't worry, a "traditional Japanese man," assuming there are any left in 2023, would never fall for a banana. It would be the opposite of what they find attractive.
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  3689. If it were so dangerous, would press be there?
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  3690. It ain't that difficult. Just shoot everybody with Jihadi beard.
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  3691. Did the Serbians receive instructions from Kremlin to start a second war to distract NATO from Ukraine?
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  3692. Once Taiwan falls into Chinese hands, Chinese Navy will be patrolling the waters near Hawaii
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  3693. Just curious, what does an African person buy at a Chinese grocery store?
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  3694. No you weren't. Pearl Harbor was only an excuse to get involved.
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  3695. Actually no. You're the least favored group of foreigners we want. If you don't understand why...it means you're only following superficial stuff like ever-changing institutions and policies.
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  3696. We need to thank Allah for not being born in Afghanistan.
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  3697. Please try to study as much Japanese language/culture as you can while in Brazil. If you can obtain N4-level or better, it will be a life-saver for you. (N4 is the bare minimum language requirement for foreign nurses to work in Japan.) The work opportunities will expand exponentially as your fluency improves. We have Nikkei-Brazilian bankers, IT engineers, doctors, nurses, university professors, consultants, public school teachers, and lawyers. We have witnessed many from the Former Soviet Union, China, Korea, etc who reach N2-level fluency in university, so it's doable. Foreign/international students who finish Japanese university and graduate programs usually have N1/N2 fluency. We've also heard of many Japanese Descendants from Brazil who struggle in Japan at the initial phase due to lack of basic language skills. This is because Japanese Descendants are the only exception to Japan's visa policy, in which they are allowed to live/work in Japan without language skills, professional experience, or university qualification. It's really difficult when you need an interpreter for everything like going to the doctor, opening a bank account, or enrolling kids in day-care. Lack of language skills is the main impediment, so Japanese Government requires minimum Japanese fluency for the YONSEI Visa scheme. As for Nikkei-Brazilians living in Japan, the ones who have successfully "re-integrated" into Japanese society tend to keep their distance from the Brazilian community in Japan. I'm terribly sorry to have to say this, but there are two types of Japanese-Brazilians in Japan. The ones who can speak/read and function within Japanese society, and the ones who cannot and live in a Brazilian expat bubble. The successful ones who integrated wish to raise their kids in Japan and eventually become Permanent Visa holders or even go through Naturalization. They've all experienced first-hand how dangerous, difficult, and deceiving some in the Brazilian community are, so they prefer to work or live in regions where there aren't many Brazilians. This is also why they appear to become more "COLD" to other Brazilians.
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  3698. If you can't assimilate into Japanese society, you'll always be a foreigner/outsider. And most foreign nationals living in Japan aren't actually fluent in Japanese language and culture (from the perspective of native seakers). If you can't understand Japanese newspapers, obviously nobody in Japan will consider you to be fluent. The ones who are fluent have studied extensively in college, some of them even graduated from Japanese universities and can read/write in proper Japanese. They will always be given special treatment in employment opportunities, visa status, and permanent residency (and naturalization.) People who can't socially and culturally integrate in Japan will always be an extended tourist.
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  3699. ​ @yt_hatescrime_data4301 Automakers cannot eat the cost increase because operating profit margins for most automakers is usually on average around 10%-ish. Some high-end models make more money but there is no quantity. Middle-range vehicles have less margin but compensate with volume. Entry-level vehicles are mostly charity or spill overs from cars manufactured for developing markets. Tire companies can manufacture in the US, but they will always have to import rubber ingredients. The infotainment touch screen is mostly manufactured in Asia, which is integrated with supply chain for smartphones, laptops, iPads, etc. The US tariffs target everyone, except Russia and Israel. The materials and components that are needed to make the machines that make auto-componets will be more expensive going forward.
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  3700. ​ @sjj294 Not like Iran honours agreements from before the revolution, so don't be bothered.
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  3701.  @muuyoo372  なるほど！
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  3702. Pakistan supported, protected, and funded the Taliban. We've come full circle. It's naive to think anyone can control religious extremists.
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  3703. They will always be inferior copies of Japanese products, be it solar, battery, or anything. The reason is engrained in Chinese culture and behavior. Chinese cut corners in everything from materials, components, designs, testing, and assembly. But they spend money on the surface things. Chinese products are not made to last, rather they're made to be replaced in a few years, just like a smartphone. It's a philosophical difference.
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  3704. American TV
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  3705. It's the opposite. China has so much over-capacity in everything, Chinese industry cannot sustain itself without foreign markets.
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  3706. ウクライナは去年から各国に要求してきた。既にトルコから提供を受けて使ってます。
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  3707. Weak institutions, large inequality, lack of unity...typical former European colony, unable to self-govern.
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  3708. Did he use chemical weapons in Vietnam?
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  3709. Don't worry. Soon TV will be Talibanned too.
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  3710. Does the US support Ukraine joining NATO? Would it be committed to deploy US troops on the Russian border to defend Ukraine? Deeply reluctant is an understatement.
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  3711. He's a fugitive in France and in Japan because he stole from the company. He's a typical Lebanese thief.
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  3712. ​ @AyueKodamaes Actually there are more international marriages for Japanese men than women. And many of the successful half-Japanese celebrities have Japanese fathers. Famous ones are Sawajiri Erika, Shirota Yu, Takahashi Maryjune.
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  3713. And Ukraine will still need Russian natural gas to survive.
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  3714. They don't look like new recruits in the 3rd day of Boot Camp. Perhaps some prior experience?
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  3715. 停電したらヤバいやろ。
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  3716. Unless you're indigenous to the Americas...you're all foreigners.
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  3717. It's not out job to care of Sri Lankans. We're even more her sister coming to Japan on tourist visa. It only proves it was a fake asylum case.
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  3718. It means you were treated like an insider. The same expectations, mannerism, etc. Obviously, we don't have the same expectations to foreigners.
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  3719. Automakers don't necessarily have their own battery technology. Toyota's Solid-State Batteries is based on technology from Idemitsu, which they have been closely developing for nearly 10 years. Solid State battery EVs will sold from 2027/2028. And Toyota's hybrid and early Tesla models use Panasonic battery design, while Nissan Leaf uses NEC batteries. Japanese batteries are more reliable and high quality than Korean and Chinese batteries, but they are more expensive.
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  3720. Protesting over dress codes? What century is Iran in?
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  3721. That would mean a lot of Americans won't be able to buy things. It was always seasonal migrants working in American farms.
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  3722. Give them guns and ammo. Let them fight among themselves so they can consolidate power.
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  3723. So Putin wasn't wrong calling them Neo-Nazis?
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  3724. I hope you're NOT advocating that we invade Myanmar and kill many of its citizens to free them from themselves (like US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq). I suspect no country in Asia has that kind of ambition, stomach, or interest. For the ethnic Burmese it may be about democratic rule. But every neighboring country is aware that without Myanmar's military regime, it's all out ethnic civil war. Karen, Kachin, Shan, Chin....many of them are well-funded, equipped, and trained. Without the military regime holding the country together by force, Myanmar will implode and create millions of refugees.
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  3725. シリア内戦、イエメン内戦、タリバン支配下のアフガニスタン・・・世の中にはどうにも出来ないことの方が多いかもね。
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  3726. The land can only support a finite amount of people. Once the limit is reached, they fight amongst each other or migrate elsewhere.
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  3727. The only problem is that many of the soldiers that Ukrainian Government Forces are fighting and killing are also from Ukraine. It's a separatist civil war supported by Russia and NATO respectively. And the entire world is suffering.
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  3728. I was under the impression many people migrated to the colonies in North America, Australia, NZ, South Africa, etc. But it seems the British population decline was already tiny in 19th century.
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  3729. I'm surprised Russia doesn't shoot the satellite down.
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  3730. Nobody really knows how reliable Chinese data is, including the Chinese government.
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  3731. This report is uninformed. It has nothing to do with homogeneity. To the contrary Japan has been introducing new types of work visas for educated professionals, even fast-tracking visa and permanent residency applications for them. And Japanese universities have been seeking to increase the ratio of international students. Japan will grant refugee status or temporarily residency to asylum seekers who are seriously in danger at home, such as democratic activists from Myanmar, the Hazara leaders from Afghanistan, or Uyghur students from China. In reality most of the applicants are economic migrants claiming asylum, which is why they get rejected.
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  3732. Exactly my question in this video. The middle Mongol "KOKE" sounds similar to "Gok"
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  3733. Which country are talking about...Afghanistan or Iraq?
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  3734. 災害時の停電は結構あるよ。
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  3735.  @mho...  Norway is nearly 100% hydro, so they can afford it. But US is 20% and Australia 50% coal in their electricity mix. More EVs means they need to burn more coal.
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  3736. As a rule of thumb, UN Peacekeepers are deployed to observe/maintain peace, at the request and invitation of all local parties involved in the conflict. Right now, it's becoming like a civil war and there is no peace to keep. Practically speaking, no country would consent to send their troops as part of a UN mission right now. It's way too dangerous.
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  3737. The problem is 90% of population identify themselves as Russian. It was Russian at one point too.
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  3738. NATO doesn't want Russia to win in Ukraine. But NATO doesn't want to see Russia lose and implode either.
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  3739.  @anthonycall5566  It means you'll only get indicted if there is a strong legal case.
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  3740. Gandhara was one the most prosperous regions when it was Buddhist. Gandhara Buddhist Art is still considered one of the finest throughout East Asia. It seems like Afghanistan is still suffering from the Muslim invasion, which is so different compared to more modern and civilized neighbors.
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  3741. It's enormously generous of Georgia to issue permanent residency to Russians, given that Russia is occupying their lands.
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  3742. Recruiting prisoners (and later enlistment instead of prison time) was a fairly common practice in many countries. Sailors of early modern navies were made up of ex-pirates and convicts, and the French Foreign Legion was a popular place to hide for those wanted by authorities. Given how tough some of the Russian convicts are, prison should be full of potential. As for authority issues, in WWII Soviets and Chinese officers were known to shoot enlisted men from behind when they started retreating.
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  3743. Toyota started hybrid research from 1975 during the Oil Crisis. They think and plan in decades. Hydrogen R&D is for future product development.
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  3744.  @thechloromancer3310  Toyota never calculates like that. They develop various technologies because they follow consumer demand and market conditions. Chinese firms aren't making any money selling Battery-Electric Vehicles, while Toyota makes money selling hybrids. (Half of all Toyota global vehicles sales in FY2024 will be hybrids.) And all the automakers are pivoting to hybrids because that's what sells better than BEVs, even in China. If customers only wanted BEVs, Toyota would be only making BEVs. But that is not what sells in volume in majority of Toyota's main markets. If Toyota wanted to make cheap and dangerous BEVs with cheap components, materials, and batteries and just focus on the interior like Chinese automakers, Toyota can do that too. But that is not what consumers want from Toyota. Hydrogen research is continued for post-fossil fuel era, or post-hybrid era around 2040s in mind. It's why their concept car is called technology of the "future" or MIRAI. Diesel-powered trains, trucks, and buses will also upgraded with hydrogen. Steel sector will using hydrogen instead of coking coal for steel production. City gas will be shifting to hydrogen solutions as well. Toyota didn't miss the boat. They're always way too early.
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  3745. I recall Kamila Valieva is also from Kazan, Tatarstan. Not just their exquisite technique but their physical beauty is why Russian ice-skaters are always extremely popular among Japanese ice-skating fans who are predominantly women.
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  3746. Merchants of Death.
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  3747.  @smhgaming3259 People disappear.
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  3748.  @DrWilsonWang  I highly suggest you read 三国史記・新羅本紀. The ancient kingdom of 新羅 has 3 bloodlines. The first 2 were Japonic dynasties. The 3rd one you're referring to came into power in the 4th century when Koreanic people started migrating southwards. That event is related to when then the Mongolic 鮮卑 from Inner Mongolia started invading Northern China during 西晋. (Interesting, there are stone inscriptions found in Korean peninsula connecting the 3rd bloodline of 新羅 with 匈奴...but that's entirely a different topic.)
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  3749.  @MMX-fh5tn  It's highly unrealistic. And the historical records were written in 12th century when Buddhism was the state religion. And 加羅 aka 伽耶 was Japonic in language and culture during ancient times. 首露王 (the ruler of 金官国) if really existed is from 2nd century AD. There is no records of Indians to be around Busan area during that time. Marriages in these era are political, meaning if it was a foreign princess he married, it would be from a kingdom that offered political, military, or economic benefits.
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  3750. UN isn't responsible for anything. UN money is your tax money.
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  3751.  @Brad-sb1dk  Toyota has dozens of different models, and had record sales of 10 millions units and profits in 2023...so I don't think they care that much. Automakers know that not all consumers currently desire EVs. So there is no point in transitioning to a product that buyers don't want. The USD 14 billion investment in North Carolina will allow Toyota to manufacture batteries for hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and EVs for the North American market. Battery production will start from 2025 and be at full capacity around 2030. GM, Ford, or Hertz all seem to have over-estimated the speed of EV adoption in the US market, which is rather surprising given that they are US companies run by mostly Americans.
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  3752. 9.11で多くの日本人が犠牲になったから、そうなるわね。
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  3753. Cuba's population is about 10-11 million. There are only 10 US states that have a population over 10 million people, and Puerto Rico has about 3 million plus. Frankly, I don't know how Cuba can feed 10 million people with agriculture and tourism. Singapore (5.5 million) and HK (7.4 million) can support that population size in such a tiny landmass because they're trading hubs, and have a vibrant service sector in Finance, Retail, and IT.
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  3754. She doesn't walk, talk, or think like a Japanese....which is the main problem of her representing Japan.
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  3755. Most of the drugs in Thailand comes from Myanmar. Chinese methlabs are operating in rebel territory, and they sell in and export through Thailand. It's not like Thailand hasn't been trying to guard its borders. Myanmar's military regime isn't the source of problem.
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  3756. End of Putin? At this ratio, this war may end the Federation.
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  3757. Honestly, can your power grid handle that by 2030?
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  3758. If some automakers pull out of NZ due to Chinese dumping, I highly doubt Kiwis would be the winners. It's already a small market.
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  3759. Ukraine needs tanks, artillery, and anti-air units if it wants to defend itself from a Russian invasion.
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  3760. We didn't import slaves from Africa...so Black people are rare.
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  3761. Don't we all.
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  3762. Ukrainians in Eastern Ukraine are fighting for their freedom to not be part of Ukraine.
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  3763. Terrorist plot on using children to target random civilians.
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  3764. And they will be stolen, destroyed, and lost forever.
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  3765. ​ @movienut Most foreign ISIS fighters and brides went through Turkey. If I recall, Tunisians made up the largest foreign fighters. Most of them were unemployed in their home countries and were promised good jobs. The recruiters were paid handsomely per successful recruit.
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  3766.  @martir.7653  It really depends. The amount of expensive restaurants and high-end foreign cars in Russia suggest there are many people who can afford them.
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  3767. What are you supposed to do with illegal foreigners passing through your country? The alternative is sending them to Europe.
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  3768. That's actually a very humane justice system. In Japan we don't even allow our prisoners to attend family funerals, as it is punishment and forced isolation from society. But they will often will be released earlier than prison sentence on good behavior. It's our strong belief that prison has to be a form of deterrence.
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  3769. Money talks and BS walks...
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  3770. Did the Americans forget about the Gulf of Tonkin?
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  3771. Honda has a massive investment plan scheduled in Canada, mostly for batteries and EVs. But the CEO is correct that consumers vote with their wallets, and most consumers aren't opting for BEVs.
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  3772. I remember watching a news clip a while back on her interaction with foreign deligates. I forgot if it was with South Korea or China. The conversation was about her husband's smoking habits. She was very comfortable speaking in public, especially to foreign government officials, about how much she disapproves. If I recall correctly, that was in front of her husband too. The clothing and costume is more theatrical than anything, much like most royals in the world.
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  3773. チェチェン戦争やソ連のアフガン侵攻は10年近くやってたから、本当に5月9日まででに戦闘は終わるんだろうか？外国から武器提供されたら、その集積地や移動経路を狙われるのは軍事的には当然のことになる。武器の保管所が本当にオデッサにあったのかどうかはウクライナ側しか知りようがないけど。地上部隊が戦闘中のドネツク州、ルハンスク州、ハリコフ州に空爆を集中させた方が効果的だとは思う。
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  3774. Actually, the JAL plane arrived from NARITA. They were being taxied in by ground staff, who apparently miscalculated or misguided the plane.
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  3775. If the problem is with the government and the political system, wouldn't it just move the problems also to the next capital? The risk is the government becoming increasingly detached from the population by living in an artificial bubble. Brazil and Kazakhstan?
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  3776. I don't know. My local store has cheap bananas imported from Ecuador and the Philippines, sakuranbo, apples and MIKAN...so I never felt fruit is expensive, unless you're talking about really brand ICHIGO and KYOHOU.
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  3777. Should pray to Tengri.
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  3778. If Russian Army was "decimated" by Ukrainian forces, why is Russia still occupying 20% of Ukrainian territory?
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  3779.  @SvenGehlen  Narco-state of Colombia and Venezuela...that won't work either.
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  3780. It's still an experimental technology. Hydrogen research is continued by many countries for the era when oil and gas will be phased out from all segments of the economy. The ultimate goal for countries like Japan is to create hydrogen from methane. It's not just MIRAI, there is already hydrogen fuel cell public buses on the roads using Toyota's technology. And HYBARI is a hydrogen fuel-cell train that is being developed by Toyota, JR East, and Hitachi (especially for non-electrified tracks that currently use diesel/gas). Japan and a few European countries are also researching hydrogen steel production (instead of using coking coal to extract/melt iron ore).
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  3781.  @bobbyr8071  In the meantime, automakers still need to make cars for 70-90% of consumers who don't want or cannot afford EVs. There is nothing smart about manufacturing products that consumers don't want and lose money for the automaker. Tesla's unit production cost is still about US$37,000 per vehicle. The retail price is lowered by various government incentives, but it's still more than what many consumers worldwide can afford. In reality, even an US$30,000-ish price tag for entry-level Corolla or Civic in developed countries is far too expensive for many customers world-wide. In many developing economies, they are desiring new cars in the US$10,000-15,000 price range. For reasons difficult to understand, Chinese automakers are able to sell cars at a loss for consecutive years.
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  3782. You can't blame the Assad regime for conditions in the rebel-held regions. It's like sending assistance to ISIS. Rebels are against any kind of assistance from Syrian government too.
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  3783. Perhaps he realized his certification was expired or he needed special certification after he was airborne. They are outsourced to fly to so many airports, I suspect somebody forgot about the conditions for this airport.
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  3784. ​ @GallAnonim-jx2cz  It's not the same car. A Chinese Civic/Accord is not the same Civic/Accord sold in Japan, US, or Europe. Each region has different size, specs, engines, trims, interiors, options etc. I'm not sure about Australia because Honda doesn't have a presence. Top sellers in Australian market are usually pick-up trucks. And Honda only sells about 10,000-20,000 vehicles per year in Australia, while they sell 4 millions world-wide.
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  3785. So true. Wise words.
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  3786. 欧州メディアによれば、数か月前の時点で既にゲストハウスに爆発物が仕掛けられていて、遠隔操作で起爆させたそうです。イラン国内にはイスラエルに協力してる（反政府系のイラン人の）集団が昔からいる。1979年のイラン革命の前はユダヤ系も多くて両国は凄く仲が良かったから、複雑ですね。
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  3787. Nobody is winning. The long front line is shelled everywhere and mined to the teeth, it will take decades to demine the land and make it usable again. The irony is whoever rules these lands will be stuck with the bill.
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  3788. Root problem is slavery. They have no sense of community nor attachment to Haiti because their ancestral land is elsewhere.
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  3789.  @ibiligidtonglo7021  We know from extensive research on rice DNA, hydroponic rice was first domesticated along the Yangtze River dating back 7,000-8,000 years ago. Many of the original inhabitants of the Yangtze basin belong to the Y-DNA Haplogroup O1b subgroup. I don't know Ifugao DNA admixture, but I have absolutely no doubt many southeast Asian rice farming tribes originally are from the Yangtze river. Some of them likely spoke Tibetan-Burmese, Tai-Kadai, Hmong-Mien, or Austronesian depending on location. (Since languages are easily influenced/transformed with extended periods of external contact, they are quite unreliable when trying to identify migration patterns.) Genetic studies observe some O1b1 traits throughout Southeast Asia, while some O1b2 in Japan and southern parts of the Korean peninsula. Both genetic traits likely originated from the Yangtze River basin, thousands of years ago.
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  3790. Stop pretending to be Japanese.
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  3791. Political and religious authority separated by 6th century in Japan. Since then Emperor's role has been and still is mainly religious. As this video alluded to, some Emperor's tried to capture political power, but almost all of them failed and were exiled to remote islands.
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  3792. Most Asian countries won't dare say it in public out of fear of liberals and human rights activists, but the fact is Myanmar as a nation would seize to exist without its military. It would fall into civil war and implode creating millions of refugees, most will be fleeing to Thailand as in past conflicts.
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  3793. Is Sweden too cold for viruses? I recall Sakha Republic in Siberia having very little viruses due to extreme coldness.
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  3794. If everybody went back to their own lands, there won't be anyone in the Americas except for indigenous people.
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  3795. ​ @bhagwadhari5915 The French aren't the only ones who were too naive, ignorant, or arrogant. A parallel society has been existing for decades. Unlike the refugees and migrants from Indochina, those from Middle-East and North Africa struggle to integrate. I don't know if it's because of their culture, religion, genetics, or upbringing. We should've known when people from Europe were joining ISIS.
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  3796.  @kuksha5037  I would consider two factors. The first is the immediate isolation of Crimean peninsula post-annexation. Russia initially struggled to supply even the most basic goods to Crimea because everything from water to daily goods were cut off by Ukraine. Russia spent enormous money and effort to supply via sea, and eventually built a bridge yet still felt vulnerable. Crimea and access to the Black Sea has been the single most important geo-strategic priority for centuries. So many wars have been fought for that objective. As such, Russia appears to have concluded that a land corridor from Russia proper to Crimea was an absolute necessity to maintain and protect Crimea. I think that's why the majority of Russian forces was always deployed to the southern front. Secondly, I think Russian war-planners as well as Putin did underestimate current Ukrainian leadership, possibly because of his background. The Russian forces that came from Belarus and surrounded Kiev/Kyiv was supposed to scare Ukrainian leadership into exile, much like previous Ukrainian political leaders. It also served as distraction and diversion to help with military operations in the Black Sea coastal area. Russian troop movements indicate Russians were not so intrested in controlling major cities and territory, which unnecessarily drain valuable military resources. I think Russia tried to accomplish too much in too little time. Perhaps the rumours are true about Putin's health, and he had to rush everything because he wanted to eliminate Russian security concerns with the time he had remaining.
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  3797.  @dominika3762  The reality is NATO members also need a buffer zone with Russia. Picture a map with Ukraine in NATO. As much as Russia can't stand such a scenario, neither can NATO. Poland would be happier as the frontline shifts eastward, but France, Germany, UK, US...most NATO members will strongly object as the risk of direct confrontation increases exponentially. The mirror image is Belarus. Russia needs Belarus to be independent from Russia to serve as a buffer state. It seems Belarus understood geopolitics and economic realities better than Ukraine. Before the war, Ukraine had to borrow money repeatedly from Russia to pay for Russian natural gas. Even then Ukraine frequently was unable to pay Russia in full, so Russia had to provide numerous economic assistance to Ukraine. After the war, Ukrainian dependence on Russia won't change significantly. Poor Moldova made the same mistake as Ukraine and is now paying the price. And I mean it literally in terms of significantly higher fuel costs.
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  3798.  @barrybrevik9178  Have we seen strategic bombers, short-range ballistic missiles, or even barrel bombs like in Syria? Mostly no, because despite Russian incompetence, they have been attempting to minimize infrastructure damages to the territories they wish to annex. I presume the intent was to minimize the cost/time for recovery or reduce local resentment, especially as some of the territories had many ethnic Russians. Mariupol, where Azov made the last stand, was the exception and not the norm. In contrast, the areas that they have lost interest in acquiring, now it seems they no longer care if the city exists or not. Textbook invasion would be to destroy enemy communications, transportation, government, etc prior to sending in any ground forces. For whatever reason, Russia didn't follow the textbook. If this was a full-scale war, first thing attacked would be satellites.
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  3799.  @zoransarin5411  You do realize Mercedes, GM, Ford, Hyundai, and almost every Chinese BEV maker is losing money. There is no need to sell products that lose money.
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  3800. I fear even Allah has given up on Afghans. They do this to themselves.
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  3801. There seems to be a clear difference in preference within China as well. If I'm not mistaken, more Hybrids are sold than BEVs in China.
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  3802. Are you talking Iran, Russia, the US...or all of the above?
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  3803.  @tomc6589  Thank you sir for the detailed explanation. If Multicam is what they're issued and use for training/missions, I suppose that's the only thing they could wear. That said, a lot of countries purposely separate outfits/equipment of law enforcement and military for a reason. Why an elite unit of Border Patrol was tasked to protect federal buildings is a whole new question.
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  3804. Sadly, the reason why US and NATO failed miserably in Afghanistan is because they could not or would not understand the country. The country is 80% agrarian, rural, and tribal. None of them wanted a foreign military in their country bombing and killing locals at will. And the Afghan regime was perceived as a corrupt, tyrannical, puppet regime. The idea that a military can assist in nation-building is clear misunderstanding what a military can do. They can kill, train, or serve as deterrence. But they can not fix garbage collection, education, or city planning. The idea was going after the group behind 9.11. It was never about Afghanistan, which why this war was doomed to fail from the beginning. The military objective and execution didn't match. Taliban had nothing to do with 9.11.
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  3805. I recall Turkey shooting down a Russian jet operating in Syria. Nobody can be certain how effective F-16s will be against Russian air defense. Reportedly, some of the Russian glide bombs are being dropped from Russian airspace.
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  3806.  @rosaria8384  During that era, Germans were the only available anti-Communist option on continental Europe. So if you were in Eastern Europe, your choice was either being backed by Nazi Germany or Soviet Union. It's not a pretty choice, but it was either Communists or Anti-Communists.
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  3807. Highly Skilled is not the word anybody would use to describe Afghan forces.
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  3808.  @hasanturan898  And Japan has been provide funding to Turkey to assist in the refugee camps.
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  3809. And for the same reason you've mentioned, a European language (including English) is difficult for Japanese people too. We cannot translate word for word, thus we have to memorize an entire expression or phrase. There is a famous Swedish lady on Japanese public broadcasting (johannainjapan). Her Japanese is near-native. So I don't think it's impossible for a Swede to master Japanese. I would highly recommend following the advice from the Austrian lady in this video. Just listen to music, watch TV, YouTube, movies in Japanese in your free time as part of entertainment. Grammar is pattern recognition. The more you're exposed to it, the more it will make sense. Just based on my personal experience, Europeans seem to be able to master Japanese far better than Americans. There are French, Germans, Romanians, Bulgarians, Italians, Hungarians, Brits, Ukrainians, and Russians who have near-native fluency in Japanese. And I think those from former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe have one of the best language abilities. We have witnessed some Ukrainian refugees without any Japanese training reaching N2-JLPT in just 2 years in Japan. Just looking back in how much I struggled learning English, I cannot imagine myself mastering Ukrainian/Russian in just 2 years.
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  3810. Yaris is a good car for driving around town. But if they sell it in the UK and your budget allows, a Carrolla, Camry, or Rav4 hybrid would have a bigger engine, more space. In North America, the Civic Hybrid is also doing quite well.
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  3811. They're all devils, so you need to be more specific.
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  3812.  @zoransarin5411  It's about having enough capital to survive the dog race. Toyota if it chooses to do so can sell more EVs right now. But they don't wish to pursue it yet because: (1) Toyota's production capacity is maxed out with very strong demand on hybrids, leading to months of waiting for pre-ordered customers; (2) EVs lose money; (3) current EV/battery supply chain is unstable: and (4) Toyota's main competitive edge will be coming from Solid-State batteries. Toyota's main EV platforms will be introduced to the market in 2026-2027. Their new mega battery plant in North Carolina will start production around 2025, and be fully operational by 2030. Until then, Toyota is improving their software and designs for EVs. Sometimes there are advantages in early movers. Sometimes, it's just wiser to observe and study what customers want, and how much they're willing to pay for the product.
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  3813. Red is associated with Leftists, isn't? Red Square, Soviet and Chinese flags, Red Guards, or Red Gift...all point to Socialism and Communism.
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  3814. Good point. I presume some countries wish the war to continue.
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  3815. I disagree. No matter how powerful and autocratic you may be, you can't execute a war just by yourself. Putin also feels enormous pressure from hardliners in his country. The Russian Empire fought many wars to acquire the lands of the Crimean Khaganate. Ukrainians and Russians fought together and divided up Tatar land. Now they're fighting over spoils of war.
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  3816. ​ @user-greenleaf12 It goes back to the formation of ISIS, when they were basically kicked out for being too crazy.
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  3817.  @biduparnadas7886  We don't place the same expectations for foreigners as most of them are not part of Japanese society, rather they're extended tourists who'll be gone in a few years. But people higher-up in the socio-economic echelon will never trust somebody with a visible tattoo. High-end restaurants, hotels, or retail stores will never hire somebody with a visible tattoo as it will make many customers uncomfortable.
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  3818. In Japan, there are more international marriages with Japanese men compared to Japanese women. Most foreign wives are women from neighboring countries. And most Japanese men will marry foreign women who are sufficiently fluent in Japanese language and culture, unless they plan to live abroad forever. Honestly, there is a lot of things men have to think about such as inheritance, family business, tombs, seasonal family gathering, etc. If your wife cannot function in Japanese society, it would be an enormous amount of inconvenience. From funerals to household finance to family trips to picking schools for kids, the women in the family do a lot of it in Japan. I would even say they arrange and organize most of it. So if she cannot read Japanese, it would be unrealistic and irresponsible to marry her. There is a famous UNAGI restaurant in Tokyo run by an American wife. She is more culturally Japanese than many Japanese. The other part is subjective and a matter of preference. Women from Eastern Europe and Russia appear to assimilate far better than those from Western Europe, North America, or Australia. Their Japanese fluency is far better than those from English/Germanic countries, and they tend to be more aligned to Japanese traditions and culture. The modern liberal woke American women aren't perceived as attractive in Japan. Japanese women marry foreigners from developed countries mostly because they are not perceived as attractive in Japanese perspective or they simply wish to live abroad. Most of their marriages are also with people from neighboring countries, mostly Koreans, Chinese, and Taiwanese.
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  3819. Italians talk with their hands...but she does have a very unpleasant way of speaking English.
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  3820. The constant underestimating of Russians is why Ukrainians are in this mess in the first place. Very odd given their history in the Soviet Union. Poland was not, but they never underestimate the Russians. Same with Finland and Sweden.
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  3821. Japan doesn't want poor migrants just like any other country. We especially don't need Islamic fundamentalists entering our country.
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  3822.  @MarlonAllen-pg9dl  Yes, the US is so irrelevant in the Middle-east now, nobody in the region cares about the US. Even Israel doesn't give a crap what Biden says. NATO-member Turkey is hosting Hamas leadership and has close ties with Russia. Egypt and Qatar are serving as intermediaries, and Iran has significant influence in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Qatar, and Yemen.
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  3823. Is Boris a common name in the UK?
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  3824. It's a waste of time. They cannot be educated.
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  3825. What's stopping you? Go to Syria.
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  3826.  @gopalramanathan7062  She went to American school, as you can tell by her accent. I've no idea why her parents have Japanese citizenship, but what they did to her was pretty cruel in terms of surviving in Japanese society. She probably won't be able to file taxes or negotiate contracts in Japanese.
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  3827. What's the rush? Hydrogen solutions is technology for the future to replace fossil fuel. Toyota is only selling prototypes for enthusiasts.
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  3828. 他国の反応を気にするのもアホやわ。
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  3829.  @bloody.two-yo  キエフは包囲が目的。落とす気ゼロ。中心部への進軍命令も出てない。
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  3830. You think that scares Russia? They live in extreme cold weather. Nothing scares them.
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  3831. ​ @akita_inu-il6em Most half-Japanese are children of international marriages with neighboring countries. They are treated Japanese because they are born, raised and educated in Japan and have a Japanese name. Most foreign nationals living in Japan are Asians. They speak Japanese far better than these half-Americans from the US who have the stupidity to think they will be treated Japanese despite not having received formal Japanese education. Clearly, they're just Americans with partial Japanese ancestry. We don't see them as Japanese because they don't share Japanese language, culture, and identity.
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  3832.  @chrissugg6781  Aren't there predominantly Russian speaking cities in Ukraine? All the problems in the region stem from Soviet era borders which were administrative borders and not real ones. Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine all facing the same problem.
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  3833. Israel and Turkey are too busy with their own wars.
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  3834. アメリカ育ちの日系人。日本人と同じように接してはダメだよね。
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  3835. ​ @TakahashiTakami 日系移民に多く見受けられますが、戸籍から除籍された「除籍謄本」という証明書があったと思います。日本国籍を喪失した後に、国籍を回復する方法はあります。帰化や永住許可を専門とする行政書士が詳しく説明出来ると思います。 自分は親の仕事の関係で幼少期に海外を転々としました。実生活や仕事に関して問題がなくても、日本人のアイデンティティーと日本国籍はほぼ同一視されてるのは御存知の通りだと思います。日系人と日本人を別けて捉えてるのもそのためです。メリットやデメリットの問題ではなくて、元々が日本人として生まれてるし、日本人としてのアイデンティティーを持ってるなら日本国籍を再取得するのもありかなと思います。
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  3836. It's the smartest the Japanese companies did, which is why both Toyota and Honda had record profits.
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  3837. In that arrangement, their legal status would be no different from ISIS or Taliban fighters, i.e. unlawful combatants. They certainly won't be treated as POWs.
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  3838. Education is social indoctrination...or brainwashing, depending on your perspective. It's their country, let them be
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  3839. I have no sympathy for policies and regimes of Turkey and Syria.
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  3840.  @larryhanya  You're thinking in Standard Japanese. I sometimes get confused with pitch accent of Standard Japanese too because I'm from the Kansai region. And I don't think you fully understood the meaning behind the "Southern Kyushu" reference. Kyushu for historical reasons has 3 large dialect groups, which is 『筑肥』 (筑前・筑後・肥前・肥後)、『豊日』（豊前・豊後・日向）、and 『薩隅』 （薩摩・大隅）. Obviously, the name KYUSHU is referring to those 9 old provinces. In principle, KYUSHU dialects follow Western Japanese or KANSAI dialect. However, the Southern Kyushu dialect is the most uniquely different one. 95% of Japanese native speakers will not be able to follow a full KAGOSHIMA dialect. We're talking about people who pronounce 西郷殿 (or SAIGO-DONO in standard Japanese) as "SEGO-DON."
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  3841.  @shunsuikyoraku5428  Toyota's global production capacity has been maxed out for some time. Inventory is less than normal times, and some customers are waiting months for their vehicles. From a business point of view, there was no reason to rush into mass-production of BEVs which still lose money for most automakers. (GM, Ford, Hyundai, and most Chinese and German automakers still lose money from BEV sale.) That said, Japanese media reports that Toyota will start manufacturing BEVs in both Kentucky and Indiana plants for North American market from 2025/2026. Toyota's new US$14bn mega-battery plant in North Carolina, which will produce batteries for hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and BEVs, will also commence production in 2025 in small volume (and will be fully operational by 2030.) In terms of BEV strategy, Toyota has been working closely with IDEMITSU on Solid-State Batteries for 10 years. It will be the main product for Toyota BEVs in the future, as it's supposed to have longer range and faster charging. Japanese media reports that Toyota plans to introduce them in 2027/2028. But I suppose the time frame depends on the demand situation.
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  3842. What did Ukraine think will happen? It's no different from Sryia?
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  3843. Are we talking about the same ethnic militias who were British foot soldiers used to subjugate and colonize the Burmese people? I suppose you can call them freedom fighters, separatists, revolutionaries, terrorists, rebels, or ethnic militias...depending on your perspective. But it won't matter at the end. The only social institution that is holding the country together (by force) is the Military regime. Once that is gone, Myanmar will disintegrate into half a dozen poor countries. Some neighboring countries welcome it, others are horrified that it might turn into an Afghanistan, Syria or Somalia.
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  3844. Egypt already struggle with extremists. They don't wish to import more. It's not a coincidence that Hamas leaders are welcomed in Qatar and Turkey but most Arab nations bend over backwards to distance themselves.
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  3845. Oh please. Americans killed everybody using flame-throwers. Okinawans remember. Nearly 1/3 of them were killed by US military.
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  3846. そうすると、ロシア内の日本の外交官も全員追放される。残ってる邦人業務、パスポート更新、査証発行、情報収集など外交業務が何も出来なくなる。
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  3847. 黒海艦隊の旗艦の撃沈は象徴的ではあるが、（40年前の船だし）軍事的なインパクトは薄い。戦闘が激化するウクライナ東部・ドンバス地域はロシア領内から直接砲撃可能だし、航空機・ヘリもロシア領内から発進できる。正規戦になれば、ウクライナ軍が不利な状況は変わらない。
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  3848. There are a few Italian YouTubers in Japan. They have no Japanese ancestry but they blend in just fine because they're fluent in Japanese. It's more about the person than anything else.
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  3849. You benefit as consumers when you're able to purchase affordable wine from Chile, shoes from Vietnam, furniture from Sweden, housing material from Canada, iPhones from China, and cars made in Japan. If everything were to be made in the US, it would price out many Americans.
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  3850. ​ @karensback I studied in the US decades ago as a foreign student. I'm not from Latin American nor do I speak Spanish. Yet I recall even back then, US economy was highly dependent on migrant workers. They were the ones harvesting fruits and vegetables, working on construction sites, cleaning houses and hotel rooms, and serving in kitchens at local restaurants. Everyone knew they were illegal but they also helped to keep the cost of goods/services low for ordinary Americans. They were working really hard so I don't think they were free riding anything.
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  3851. If Slavs wish to kill each other over who should own historic Tatar territory, what can any of us do?
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  3852. Who's providing all those weapons?
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  3853. She didn't receive Japanese education, which is the main struggle for her to be accepted in Japan.
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  3854.  @totallypluggedin  LEAF still doesn't have an active cooling mechanism. In Leaf models with 62kWh battery (sold from 2019 an onwards), Nissan redesigned the battery module to reduce heat during DC charging. Japanese media reports 3rd gen LEAF will be introduced in 2025/2026 period. The primary cause for degradation in a battery is heat from DC fast-charging. Thus, Leaf owners who charge AC at home tend to have healthy batteries.
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  3855. それでも日本に住む外国人の大半より上だと思います。日本の大学を卒業した外国人留学生や、母国の大学で日本語を集中的に学習した人以外は、日本語の読み書きが出来ない。だから日本で就ける仕事も限られるし、日本人との接点も少ない。お子さんにも日本語を教えてあげてくださいね。日系人に多く会いましたが、日本語が出来なくなると、本当に日本との繋がりが無くなってしまう。
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  3856. Some people compare the current state of affairs with the fall of South Vietnam, but I worry it could be more like Iraq after US withdrawal, which inadvertently allowed extremists such as ISIS to gain power in a short period of time. Groups like Kurds and Iran-backed militias were instrumental in pushing back ISIS. In Afghanistan too, the national army doesn't seem to have the will to fight the Taliban. So perhaps in Afghanistan too we need to heavily support certain local factions and ethnic minorities to fight jihadist extremists such as the Taliban. With the bulk of Taliban's spiritual and military leadership living amongst the Pashtuns in Pakistan , whatever happens to Afghanistan will certainly spill over to Pakistan and potentially destabilize the region.
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  3857.  @nguyep4  Toyota has always said hydrogen is for the 2030s, or technology after the hybrid period. In Japan, public buses have started adopting hydrogen fuel cell. There are trains being developed with Toyota's hydrogen technology as well. Solid-State-Batteries have been in development. But the reality is there is no strong BEV demand outside of China. Most automakers lose money for each BEV sales, so there is no financial reason to rush BEV products outside of compliance/regulatory reasons.
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  3858. They can apply but they won't get it. Japanese Immigration checks all the tax filings, social payments, and criminal history.
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  3859. Invasion101
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  3860. Do COVID restrictions apply in space too...just wondering.
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  3861. He's my typical image of an American.
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  3862. おそらく感覚が外人だから、日本人の考え方が分からないんだと思う。
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  3863. It may actually eliminate some mines.
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  3864. It's generally a good idea to avoid talking about politics to strangers.
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  3865.  @PatrickDunca  I don't know about other countries, but in Japan it's not the decision of the Central Bank. BOJ manages the execution, but they don't make the decisions on the trade. The market intervention is directed by Ministry of Finance. And Japanese government is realizing profits each time they sell US Treasury. Why? Because they issued JGBs at extremely low rates, converted to USD to prevent JPY appreciation when USD/JPY was around 1$=80JPY, purchased US Treasuries, rolled it over for a decade, collected interests from US government, and now are selling US Treasury and converting it back to JPY at around 1$=155-158JPY. It's basically a gigantic carry trade conducted by the Japanese government. They booked about US$10-20 billion in profits just in the past few interventions. Japan has US$1.2 trillion in foreign currency reserves. The government can keep on doing this for a very long time. Whatever the excuse, it's actually a fairly good USD/JPY level to close the carry trade.
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  3866. ​ @onehappykamper I don't see any problem with professionals alerting other professionals on social media. Obviously YouTube is only one of many many information sources they have. It's impossible to be an expert on every topic even in the same industry.
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  3867.  @ForbiddTV  That seems to be what happened in Germany and Sweden. But again, overall new car sales in Europe is weakening compared to last year. I presume high interest rates, cost of living crisis, higher energy/electricity prices, and slower economic conditions are all contributing to fewer car sales.
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  3868. Please, let the guest speak.
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  3869.  @stacylevay1277  Soldiers (in any country) shouldn't be asking questions like that. You go where your government tells you to go and do you what your government tells you to do.
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  3870.  @Szminsky  If Russia wishes to maintain the land corridor to Crimean peninsula, Russia cannot retreat from adjacent areas in Kherson Oblast, no matter how high the cost. Crimea was completely isolated after the annexation and had difficulty in receiving even daily supplies, since the only transportation by ships until the bridge opened. In order to protect Crimea, which is the most important military objective, Russia will have to protect Kherson Oblast (but not so much the city of Kherson). I'm certain the Russian military recognizes that Russia has been under-performing in open-field battles with Ukraine, due to US/NATO long range artillery. So military tacticians will naturally wish to change the battlefield. Urban warfare would be one option. It may be like Mariupol but roles reversed. It was fought block by block, street by street, building by building...while heavy bombardment was taking place. Grozny during the Chechen War or Fallujah during the Iraq war are other examples. There is a reason why army doctrines used to say avoid MOUT as much as possible.
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  3871.  @Szminsky  If it were me, I would mine and booby-trap the entire city of Kherson. I will try to lure in Ukrainian forces (by keeping Russian troops across the city) and attempt to inflict as much damage as possible. And if/when the city is overrun, I will blow the bridge and retreat to the other side of the Dnieper river (and continue to do the same thing.) Objective is to delay the enemy, inflict maximum casualty, and eventually weaken the enemy's will to advance further. Russian side needs to create a military stalemate to enter negotiations for a new border. Tragically, most of the Russian forces deployed to Kherson city will be sacrificed. I don't think Russian side cares that much whether Ukrainian forces wish to completely destroy Kherson or not.
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  3872.  @emilio2647  It's the same. We wouldn't know who to kill or who to arrest.
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  3873. I don't think people in this region have global outreach. They live in mud houses.
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  3874.  @ベーグル少佐  因みに軍の大規模演習や図上演習をWar Gameと呼ぶこともあるし、ゲーム理論の用法もある。本来の意味は日本での意味と少し違うのかも。、
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  3875. Turkey shouldn't be in NATO.
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  3876. Yunnan was not originally Chinese. What you're seeing is Sinicization of various indigenous ethnic groups. Now they're doing it to Myanmar too. Yeah, the Belt and Road Initiative is really cool.
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  3877. It'll stop when both sides compromise and agree to a cease-fire, or when they have no more people to fight their wars.
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  3878. A "Camry" in North America isn't the same vehicle sold in China. Japanese automakers custom design cars, depending on regional regulations, safety & emission standards, or local preferences. And these days, increasingly cars are designed in North America. Thus, it's impossible to bring over a car sold in China to the North America market, and sell it as a North American "Camry." Toyota actually has the lowest Operating Profit margin in the North American segment of all regions. They lost money in FY2022 in North America, and FY2023 was around 3% operating profit margin. The high cost of employees and distribution, as well as meeting ever-changing emission regulations is what makes cars increasingly more expensive in North America.
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  3879.  @308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane  It's not impossible if you use VPN. But many foreign social media is still banned in China.
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  3880. ISIS is no joke.
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  3881. Too many Chinese, that's why.
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  3882.  @truebrit3670  That would be an inaccurate assumption, because not all BEVs will last in the same way. Nissan Leaf used NEC batteries and Tesla Model S exclusively used Panasonic batteries. They only used reliable Japanese batteries, which is why you rarely see them having safety issues. And they tend to last longer. (Toyota Hybrids also use Panasonic batteries for the same reason.) However, to cut costs some other automakers have adopted less consistent South Korean and Chinese batteries. Chevy Bolt had safety issues because they used South Korean batteries. Chinese BEVs are prone to catching fire. Tesla models manufactured in the US still mostly use Panasonic batteries, but Tesla models manufactured in China and Germany tend to use Chinese/South Korean batteries. Tesla sold in Australia are manufactured in China.
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  3883. ​ @Socherbal If more goods are made in the US, many products would cost significantly higher. American consumers have always benefited from clothing, shoes, furniture, smartphones, kitchenware, cars, etc that were manufactured in foreign lands. If onshoring results in declining profits, it may also impact employment, tax revenue, share prices, 401k, etc. If the US wasn't experiencing inflation, perhaps these policies would make more sense.
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  3884. Unless you're Japanese, it's none of your business.
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  3885. Sorry, nobody in Japan would expect anything from you. If you don't speak Japanese, we won't be expecting or treating you as such. We have a lot of tourists from Asia, North America, and these days Europe. Most of them don't speak Japanese.
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  3886. Obviously, a few dozen diplomatic exchanges among the select few doesn't change the culture of an entire nation.
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  3887.  @tomnook9270  You should read up on Japanese archaeological findings of Yayoi Period. The genetics are almost all JOMON, even in KYUSHU. After all, 40% of modern Japanese have Y-DNA JOMON Haplogroup D.
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  3888. You ought to know why GM had to stop production. Bolts used South Korean LG batteries and faced massive recalls to replace 2017 to 2022 models. The battery quality or overall design was so problematic GM had to stop Bolt production for nearly a year. The main mistake of this CEO was she misread the direction of the market. She focused on BEVs and not on hybrids. GM isn't the only company that overestimated BEV demand. Ford, VW, Stellantis, and Mercedes are all pushing back BEV targets, investments, and production.
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  3889. Why is this controversial?
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  3890. You're obviously not Japanese, nor have you ever received formal education in Japan. I've never met a Nihonjin who believes they descend from Amaterasu...because that's the same as saying they're offshoots of the Imperial Family. You're a typical Gaijin. FYI, Yayoi people started arriving in Japanese Isle and Korean peninsula around 3,500-3,000 years ago. Their unique rice-farming culture, pottery, architecture, tombs, mythology, clothing, and genetic traits indicate some similarities with rice-farming people in Southern China and Southeast Asia.
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  3891. Quite a few Japanese citizens have died on 9.11, as many Japanese financial institutions had their NY offices in the WTC. Others have died in terrorist attacks in Tunisia and Algeria. So it would be silly to claim there is no anti-Muslim negativity in the minds of Japanese. Japanese Counter-Intelligence has dedicated divisions to monitor against radical Islamic threats in Japan. That said, we also don't allow uncontrolled migration. So only the educated ones from Muslim countries are allowed to live in Japan, which is why Japan is relatively safe compared to other parts of the world. And not all Muslim countries are treated in the same way in terms of work/student visas. Obviously somebody from Southeast Asia, East Turkestan/Xinjiang, Central Asia (and Russia too), will be treated differently from Muslims from Middle-east and North Africa in terms of visa policy because the threat-level is very different. The first Muslims to arrive in Japan in a large group were the Kazan Tatars after the Russian Revolution. They were well-educated and part of the upper-echelon of Russian society at the time (who felt unsafe to stay in Russia because they historically sided with the Tsar.) The Kazan Tatars weren't dogmatic like Middle-eastern Muslim, to be fair. They were hard-working and adjusted to life in Japan well, which is why the Tatars left a very good impression. They were the ones who built the first Mosques in Japan. The fact they spoke Tatar/Turkic helped them to learn Japanese quickly as well.
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  3892. イスラム教徒じゃなければ良いんかい？
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  3893. 公安の外事部門ってそのために存在しとる。
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  3894. They are mirror of society.
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  3895. They used all their money for nukes and funding the Taliban.
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  3896. Even an ARMY shirt, really guys?
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  3897. Weren't they forced out?
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  3898.  @TheBarnestah  The world is not so simple, unfortunately. And I question whether NATO members are ready to accept Ukraine into NATO, since many in their defense apparatus also fear that a direct border with Russia could potentially lead to an accidental war. After the Cold War ended, Ukraine and Belarus was serving as a de facto "buffer zone" between Russia and NATO member-states. Putin (as well as the Russian political/military elite) wish to keep Ukraine in that role. When an equilibrium collapses, or the balance-of-power shifts, history indicates that war is a likely outcome. Which is also why Russia cannot win this war, nor can Ukraine stop the Russians from attempting to change the security/diplomatic alignment of Ukraine. Many Ukrainians have witnessed neighboring former Eastern bloc countries prosper after joining NATO and EU. It's not an unreasonable desire to want the same for Ukraine. Similar things can be said for Moldova and Georgia as well.
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  3899. Syrians need to fix their own country. Obviously, nobody else will do that for them.
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  3900.  @piratesofthebarentssea  We know from previous battles/wars that there would be at least 3x more injuries than deaths. So if Ukrainian KIA is 50,000 soldiers, Wounded-In-Action should be around 150,000.
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  3901. 黒海沿岸は帝政ロシアがトルコと戦争して併合した領土。本来はロシアでもウクライナでもない。クリミア・タタール人の土地。
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  3902. There has been at least 5 different wars between Japan and the political entity ruling China.
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  3903. 9.11, ISIS, Bali, Boston Marathon, Lebanon, Paris attacks, Taliban...that's the image.
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  3904. English teachers are in an mini-expat bubble. They can survive but not really assimilate or integrate with locals.
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  3905. 国際政治は力こそ正義。力の無い国は、何も出来ない。ロシア軍と互角に戦えるのは世界では中国軍とアメリカ軍のみ。両国ともロシア軍と戦争する気がない。
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  3906. At least Ukrainians know why they need to fight.
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  3907. The ending scene was beautiful. I envy people connected to tradition and nature. By the way, I once read that Japanese indigenous horses have similar DNA structure with Manchuria and Mongol horses. They are known to be good farming horses that can withstand cold winters.
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  3908. I don't know if either side is innocent, but civilians always pay the price in war.
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  3909. The irony is that CCP leadership is super rich and hold assets all over the world. Their children live and study abroad. CCP now stands for Chinese Capitalist Party.
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  3910. BRICS is a phrase coined by Goldman Sachs. It's just an investment idea, not an alliance.
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  3911. Foundational? How old is he?
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  3912. I didn't realize they lost money in both 2022 and 2023. Considering how much orders they have and how long airlines are made to wait, it's rather surprising that they're still losing money.
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  3913. Most countries won't be able to meet EV targets due to consumer preference. Which is why VW, GM, Ford, Volvo, and even Toyota are all pulling back on EV production and investment targets because consumer demand is elsewhere. And Toyota sales is highly dependent on its global production capacity, which has been operating near max capacity due to strong demand particularly in hybrids. Toyota had to stop production on a few models and plants for re-certification, component shortages, recall, or inspections. Latest production target for FY2024 (Apri-2024 to Mar-2025 fiscal year) is 10 million units with 3.3 million domestic, and 6.66 million overseas production. 2H target is 5 million vehicles. In terms of Calendar Year 2024, latest target is 9.8 million vehicles (or -2.3% YoY) production, compared to initial target of 10.3 million. Toyota produced 4.64 million units in 1H CY2024, of which domestic production was 1.5 million units (-8.2% YoY), and Overseas production 3.14 million units (-3.4% YoY). The production halt in domestic factories is the main reason the target was lowered. Toyota Labor Union in Japan also strongly requested a cut back in daily production volume because plant workers were far too busy last fiscal year due to stronger than expected demand. Toyota management agreed and reportedly reduced domestic daily production target to 14,000 vehicles per day from last fiscal year's 15,000-15,500 per day. But the factory stoppage in Japan lowered the daily production volume in 1H FY2024 to 13,000 vehicles per day. The inventory level is still very tight in many models, especially as Toyota hasn't been able to keep up with increasing demand in hybrids, resulting in many customers waiting for months. The biggest worry for any automaker isn't unrealistic EV mandates, rather it's global economic slowdown due to sustained periods of high interest rates and energy prices, resulting in demand destruction in all vehicle types.
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  3914. What's new?
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  3915. There is no doubt about seasonality. There are more people on vacation during summer times which significantly impacts production and consumption patterns. Toyota said in its earnings that US hybrid inventory was less than 10-15 days due to stronger than expected demand, implying that most hybrids arriving to the dealership are pre-sold. (Some customers have been waiting for months for delivery.) I'm curious how it's like for countries such as Australia that don't have auto-factories. It should be Winter season in Australia, but Tesla vehicles imported to Australia are being manufactured in Shanghai which should be entering Summer season.
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  3916. If this airline were using a hub-spoke model, I'd agree it's some type of failure. Given how Southwest operates, they probably need these flights to make sure the planes get to the lucrative destinations.
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  3917. Obviously, Taiwan is not Shinkansen. The operating/safety mechanism is not based on Japanese system.
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  3918. Because nobody likes Turkey.
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  3919.  @3aMonolit  Respectfully,I think that is source of trauma for centuries with both Ukraine and Russia (and some parts of Balkans and Eastern Europe). Whether out of necessity or admiration, you're being pulled to become more like Western Europe in every aspect, and it doesn't necessarily match your own history, culture, or preference. society. Academics and policy-makers often take one successful case and assume it works universally, be it economic policy or political system. But they do tend to ignore cultural similarities and differences. When you force Western European rules, norms and values, which are based on their own unique history and culture, it only creates a lot of contradictions and confusion. Imperial Russia has tried that numerous times, such as inviting many Prussian/German people to settle in their land, but it didn't have a long-term impact. Post-Soviet countries tried to do that again, but it created enormous economic unfairness and internal divisions. Germanic people excel in manufacturing because it matches their core strength. They are methodical and it shows in everything from their communication style, product design, or bureaucracy. Italians cannot do what Germans can do, and I doubt Germans can do what Russians can do. I don't know enough about Ukrainian culture or history, but you need to find your own unique style whether that is economic policy, political system, or governance that suits the core strength of your people. It's an intellectual trap to think in terms of Russian style vs German style. Neither will work for Ukraine unless they are heavily modified and adapted to match Ukrainian culture, history, and preference.
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  3920. More Americans have died in Korean and Vietnam Wars. And most of Ukraine is pretty normal. There will always be the question, how much is enough support.
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  3921. 流石ですね。振る舞いの全てが上品。
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  3922. 先進国？
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  3923. Most rape cases, babies will killed or put up for adoption to the US.
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  3924. It depends on where they grow up. Most Japanese expats will put their kids in overseas Japanese schools. There are more international marriages with Japanese men than women each year, and if they are raised and educated in Japan, they naturally become fluent in Japanese. And because they have Japanese surnames, they'll usually be accepted as Japanese.
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  3925. I learnt the opposite in my national security courses. You need to be absolutely clear to your own people and enemy on what you're going to do in order to avoid any misinterpretation and unintended escalation. That is exactly what Biden did at the beginning clearly stating that US will not be sending troops to Ukraine. He sent the message internally and externally that US has no intention of entering into a military conflict with Russia. It's also everyone in NATO refuted Macron's comment.
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  3926. In case you don't know, drug charges are treated completely differently. It's organized crime they're interested in...shipping routes, distribution systems, money, etc. Japanese police and prosecutors have no interest in small fish, nor guilty/not guilty verdicts. They will tail, hack, and monitor him on a regular basis since his release, since they know your friend will use again. The 9 months was the time they were using to investigate all of his known associates, finances, regular hangouts, workplace, etc.
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  3927. 日本の選挙はアホとアカから選ぶ罰ゲーム。どっちも嫌だけど・・・仕方ない。
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  3928. That would be Denmark?
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  3929.  @w.elderiusihah109  Gang rape and torching is common in India. It's an Indian custom.
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  3930. ​ @GGWP-gm5cq  I was surprised by this video. I had no idea Northeast region was struggling more so than other parts of China. The reason is Liaoning Province was one of the first places many Japanese multinational corporations opened their factories back in the 1990s after the post-Cold War economic liberalization. A lot had to due with proximity but also geographic familiarity for historical reasons. (The famous "rival" politician that I would avoid naming was instrumental in attracting foreign investments to the province when he was still around.) With geographic proximity to Russia Far East, North/South Korea, and Japan...I thought this region would be in a much better economic situation than deep inland provinces that often struggle with transportation and logistics.
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  3931. Sorry for a dumb question. Do you lose US Permanent Residency if you decide to live outside of the US?
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  3932. 40% of car sales in Japan are Kei-class. Japan is already fuel efficient, electricity is expensive, and many typhoons, so there is little demand for BEVs.
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  3933. The Turko-Mongolic forces in Central Asia willingly became Muslim and used Islam to rule the region for sake of convenience. Not the most useful example, I presume.
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  3934. You can't build a wall without Mexicans...
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  3935. ​ @GHOST-hd4wm Without the wall and that speed, the plane can be moving or skidding for another kilometer into the ocean...which may or may not have reduced the number of casualties. What ifs are always asked in accidents like these. Were there maintenance issues, what caused the landing gear to fail, what could've been done to minimize birdstrikes, why did the ATC order the plane to approach from the opposite direction, were alternative airports with longer runways a possible option...everything from airport design and response, ATC instructions, pilots' judgement, maintenance of planes, and training shhould be thoroughly investigated in an accident of this magnitude. Or else, we won't learn from the tragedy.
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  3936. 欧米諸国からすればロシアと戦争するメリットが無い。ロシアとの戦争になれば数年間は続き、死傷者は数万人から数十万人。世界経済も大損害。でも中国軍は無傷で温存される。
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  3937. He is on vacation. It's too cold right now.
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  3938. Courage or desperation...life must be pretty bad to want out this way.
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  3939. I'm quite interested in the reason why the Israeli government is somewhat hesitant in sanctioning Russia. Is it because of the many Jews living in Russia? If I recall correctly, President Zelensky was in Israel explaining about his Jewish heritage and his grandfather's three bothers who were killed in WWII.
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  3940. We judge Japanese-ness by how people walk, talk, and behave. She is Japanese enough to receive votes from Japanese judges.
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  3941. Many Europeans, Australians, and Canadians had to deploy to Afghanistan because the US asked for assistance. Many Asian countries had to send troops to Vietnam, because the US asked for assistance. I'm sure they all felt exactly the same about US wars.
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  3942. They hide behind schools, hospitals, refugee camps, or Mosques because they naively thought Israelis would be too weak to retaliate. There is no safe zone in war time. Israel needs to adopt Hamas rules if they wish to defeat them.
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  3943. HRW: Sanction Myanmar. Who cares about the economy and ability to feed the Myanmar people.
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  3944. At least you weren't killed. Asians get killed in America.
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  3945. Between the Devil and Deep Blue Sea...
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  3946. 20 years of commitment is a long period for any country.
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  3947. So are many airplanes, fighters jets and rockets. Airbus or Boeing may use latest tech/ AI software for diagnostics, but they will never use new stuff for flight-related systems. It's always been like that in transportation sector, because we need proven technology for safety.
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  3948. Need a proper building code for earthquakes...after they get a proper government.
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  3949. Losing Donbass for EU candidacy...what a deal.
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  3950. But they eventually do. Because we all need to update our passports. Once the government knows you don't have a visa for staying in that country, they'll figure it out. And once they know, they can strip you of your Japanese citizenship.
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  3951.  @Tigertrading21  I'm often confused with the relations between Afghan Taliban, Pakistan Taliban, and Islamic State. Is it merely a power-struggle within various Pashtun factions, or is it more ideological?
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  3952.  @gordonbgraham  Please don't try to convince him about the realities in Japan. We simply don't need people who don't have the intelligence to do their own research. Foreign-nationals who receive preferential treatment in visas are people with high technical skills and language fluency. And you're right, average weekly work hours in IT, Finance, Consulting is around 100 hours, whether in US, Japan, or Europe. There simply is no concept such as overtime. There's just a dead-line.
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  3953. Toyota guarantees "10 Years or 150,000 Miles" (which ever comes first) for their batteries. The reality is it's very rare to have any problems with Toyota's hybrid batteries because they only use highest grade Panasonic batteries.
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  3954.  @yulusleonard985  Toyota's vehicle sales in CY2023 increased 7.3% from CY2022, and has been number 1 in the world for 4 years in a row. The main reason for Operating Profit increase is coming from higher car prices (or less incentives) due to stronger than expected demand. The JPY doesn't matter as much because 2/3 of the vehicles are manufactured outside of Japan.
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  3955.  @thechloromancer3310  Affluent Chinese don't buy Chinese EVs selling for US$10,000-15,000. They're not dumb enough to trust them.
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  3956.  @avdp9095  California having the most EV sales in the US also faced the same problem in 2022 during a heat wave. Californian electric grid couldn't manage the increased electricity demand from A/C, so the State had to ask residents to not charge their EVs. It's rather ironic because traditional Californian houses didn't have A/C due to the temperate climate. With more EV sales, many regions/countries can be facing similar problems during hot/cold weathers. In Japan, public buses are already starting to transition to hydrogen. Train companies also plan to upgrade their old diesel-powered trains with hydrogen fuel-cell technology. HYBARI is a hydrogen fuel-cell train currently tested by Toyota, Hitachi, and JR East to be in service in the 2030s. (If I understand correctly, Germany already has a hydrogen passenger train in service.) Aside form Toyota/Hino, Honda and Volvo are also developing hydrogen semi-trucks for the commercial fleet. Commercial trucking industry knows that BEV-powered trucks cannot meet their needs, and if diesel were to be phased out for environmental reasons, they would have no choice but to find alternatives.
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  3957. Because the equipment used to search MH370 by foreign militaries was those developed for anti-submarine warfare. They can track and hunt nuclear submarines hidden near ocean floors, yet they couldn't locate the MH370 after searching for months, which implies that it's deep, scattered into pieces, or completely in a different location.
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  3958. Nissan sells 4 million cars world-wide, roughly 25% of those sales are in the US.
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  3959. US has so much money.
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  3960.  @Weaver_Games  It really depends on the model/trim you're looking for. Not every assembly plant is manufacturing the same car model/trim, so being close to an assembly doesn't necessarily mean availability. If I'm not mistaken, Toyota manufactures mostly SUVs like RAV4 and Lexus NX/RX in Canada (Ontario). For North American market, Toyota also has assembly plants in Alabama (Huntsville), Kentucky (Georgetown), Missouri (Troy), Indiana (Princeton), Texas (San Antonio), and Tennessee (Jackson). But for certain models sold in North America, such as the 4Runner, Toyota manufactures it in Japan and exports them.
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  3961. Please do NOT drag us into Middle-eastern conflicts that we don't understand. Russia Far East is only a few hours away, and of course we're not happy with Russia invading another sovereign country.
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  3962. That's been the case in Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Afghanistan...
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  3963. If they are neighboring regions, can't the Russian military use artillery from Russian territory?
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  3964.  @Sunshine-zi4nq  Thank you. I had no idea there is an Indian diaspora in Singapore too. I've met somebody from HK, though.
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  3965. Life expectancy is shorter in Indian Reservations than in Afghanistan.
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  3966. I doubt God takes sides in human wars.
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  3967. You guys need to stop insulting each other and sit down to end this conflict. At this rate, whoever wins this conflict you'll be ruling over rubble.
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  3968. Syrian regime implosion will impact the stability of every neighbor from Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Turkey...and will create millions of new refugees. It's true the US has destabilized the region with multiple involvement from the 1950s, but everyone will feel the impact whenever a major regime collapses. They will be arriving to Europe and North America for asylum.
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  3969. The countries that have fought wars with Russia in the past are the only ones with realistic outlook. How will Russia retaliate, what may happen in Ukraine, effects on Russian domestic politics, outcome of the war...this may come as a surprise to you but Putin is relatively "sane" in Russian politics. Russia shouldn't be allowed to win in Ukraine, however, a destabilized and crazy post-Putin Russia may even more disastrous. Germany (like many other countries) go through all these different scenarios before they make irreversible decisions.
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  3970. Saddam was an evil SECULAR dictator. He hated and suppressed extremists. All of the sectarian fighting, emergence of ISIS, and collapse of Iraqi state is the result of a poorly planned US invasion of Iraq. Iraq in chaos resulted in Iran having more influence in Iraq and Syria. As such, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are put in an uncomfortable situation, so much so they take extreme measures to counter Iran. Turkey is unhappy with global recognition of and support for the Kurds. Expecting that removing autocrats--such as Saddam or Gaddafi--from the equation will magically improve the local situation is a naive perspective. The US opened Pandora's box. If you destroy a nation, fix it.
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  3971. Muslims should be in Muslim countries.
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  3972. Tell that to the Iraqis
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  3973. High energy and commodity prices benefit certain companies too. They love the war. Who said Russia isn't colluding with American interests?
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  3974. Toyota's B/S is stronger than most banks around the world.
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  3975. Wonderful religion. Thank you Allah for not being born in Afghanistan.
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  3976.  @RenardGarland  You're all unwanted migrants whether you're from Europe or Africa. But this is getting ridiculous. Where do people get the idea that they can just march into another country and be allowed to live there? How are they going to survive in the US without language, skills, or education?
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  3977.  @tommydan55  Tesla only started making a profit in 2020, after 17 years of losing money. They had to find new investors periodically to stay in business. It also means early capital investments have been depreciated on their books. But the relatively new production sites and equipment may become a financial burden in the coming years if they cannot maintain growth.
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  3978. Japanese is an ethnicity, which means it's a shared language, culture, and norms. So you're either part of it, or your're not. That said, in most cases GAIJIN only refers to GAIKOKUJIN (i.e. foreign nationals). There are plenty of famous and successful mixed kids too. From Taiho to the current governor of Okinawa to many actresses.
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  3979. Expectations are different. We don't expect Indians to be Japanese or understand Japanese norms. There are lot of half kids in Japan, many of them are successful. This lady is not culturally Japanese because of her education and the way she was raised, which is why she struggles in Japanese society to be accepted as Japanese. On the other hand, this lady is half Bengali but she's culturally Japanese and had a successful TV career in Japan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVANZ1DK4Jc
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  3980.  @respekmaauthoritah9089  Nissan sold 3.3 million vehicles worldwide in both 2023 and 2024. They're not going anywhere.
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  3981. I doubt US$17,000 can be profitable even for Chinese automakers. Xpeng is still losing money.
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  3982. We do it purposely because we only want foreign-nationals who really wish to live in Japan. And we do NOT offer Permanent Visa to foreign-nationals who are not fluent in Japanese as all the interviews and documents will only be in Japanese. Basically, we have no room for foreign-nationals who have no desire to assimilate culturally and integrate socially.
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  3983. Now that is scary.
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  3984. Arm the fishermen.
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  3985. ウクライナの春小麦の作付が出来ないこも途上国は困るね。高くて買えないと、飢える。
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  3986. The Huns, Avars, or Bulgars were ruling modern-day Hungary, Romania, or Ukraine by the 5th and 6th centuries. It's why Turkic was the common tongue for the Eurasian steppe for over a thousand years. In later centuries, many of them have been absorbed into Magyar or Slavic populations. Think about why some Russian aristocracy had Tatar ancestry, or why there are Turkic/Tatar words in Russian vocabulary, or why Russian phonetics has diverged from other Eastern Slavic languages. In case you don't know Bulga is a proto-Turkic word meaning mixed people. And Cossack is also a Turkic word. Actually, take a good look on a map from 500 years ago. You will quickly realize that most ethnic Russians are not descendants of Rus people, rather they are descendantd of Russified people.
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  3987. If you want to blend in, you're in the wrong country.
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  3988. 『緊急事態』のが意味がもう分かりません。
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  3989. VW's profits for 1H2024 was €10bn. Nobody is worried about VW. There is only one automaker in the world that makes more money than VW. And all German and Japanese automakers are losing marketshare in China, so it's not a VW-only issue. I have a strong suspicion that VW is playing chess. You can also call it black mail. They want something from the German government. I thought the same when Stellantis announced it will close an EV factory in Brussels. If I had to guess European automakers are quietly asking unrealistic policies on European EV mandates to be revised/updated. Insufficient consumer demand for EVs strongly implies that none of the automakers will be able to meet EV mandates current in place.
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  3990.  @TahominaRokeya  I thought they migrated during British colonial rule. They would be happier in Muslim countries, I presume.
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  3991. They're all Joint-Ventures with Chinese companies. Most Chinese companies are selling cars at a loss, and now they're dumping their products around the world.
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  3992. Most military strategists didn't think Ukraine even had a fighting chance. Ukraine is doing far better than expected due to strong-will, patriotism, and NATO/international assistance (despite the difference in economy, military size, # of weapons, manpower, etc.) However, whether Ukraine can completely push out Russian forces is a different story. They may be able to do it with enough time, sacrifice, and assistance...but the cost would be devastating. I suspect NATO initially was hoping to create a stalemate, so the two sides can negotiate a way out of this mess.
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  3993. Something is seriously wrong with New Zealand.
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  3994.  @가엽-l5r  Japan and Russia have mutual airspace/flight sanctions and counter-sanctions after the invasion. Thus, both Russian and Japanese travelers mostly transit through Dubai, Istanbul, Mongolia, China, or Thailand to travel between the two countries. The idiots who came up with these sanctions somehow conveniently forgot that both sides have diplomats, expats, students, etc who do need to go back and forth on a regular basis.
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  3995.  @Arccos3D  Turkey aids crazy Syrian Jihadist groups, and they also attack Kurdish and Christian militias inside Syria. Turkish military operations in Syria also directly challenge Russian and Syrian forces. Turkey also supplies Ukraine. Too many enemies to figure out who masterminded this.
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  3996. So Russians should be protesting against Turkish and American drones used by Ukraine?
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  3997.  @PETERJOHN101  hybrids have a much smaller battery size than BEVs. Materials for 1 BEV can manufacture 16 Plug-in-Hybrids, and 90 regular Hybrids.
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  3998. The auto-market is extremely competitive in price, service, design, etc. And car companies just produce what customers want. Majority customers aren't going for EVs in North America, Europe, or even Australia. Rather, hybrids are outselling EVs.
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  3999. It's highly unlikely Honda's hybrid battery isn't made anymore. Automakers will keep stock of components for 20-30 years.
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  4000. シリアで戦闘員を募集してるから、情報が拡散するのは時間の問題。
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  4001. Or the last one never ended.
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  4002. I had no idea India had so much ISIS elements in them. That's scary.
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  4003. They are profitable because US airlines went bankrupt many times and restructured their debt under US taxpayer funded bailouts. Airline is a highly competitive thin margin business in the US.
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  4004. Just so you know, Toyota's North American segment lost money in FY2022, and it was the still least profitable region in FY2023. Operating Profit margin in North America was mere 2.9%, compared to 11.9% world-wide. Cars are more expensive because majority of the cars sold in US/Canada are made in US/Canada. But margins are still low because Toyota's car prices haven't kept up with higher prices of materials, components, labor, utility, rent, etc in the past 5 years. It's the American-owned dealers that have captured too much of the profits.
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  4005. With NAFTA in place, I never really understood why so many US manufactures chose to relocate to China instead of Mexico. It makes sense to manufacture in China to sell in the Chinese market, but it doesn't really make sense when you're attempting to sell in North/South America...unless the material/labor is considerably cheaper in China than Mexico (which I don't think is the case these days.)
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  4006. Native Americans migrated from Siberia. Does she look indigenous?
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  4007. Georgia and Belarus will end up like Ukraine if it shows any interest in joining NATO. Frankly, NATO members don't wish for a direct border with Russia either.
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  4008. They are arctic dogs. They don't need grooming if they're living in the right environment.
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  4009. Ukrainians were raping a lot during WWII, so it's not a surprise.
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  4010. Get your facts right
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  4011. Isn't there a way to use heat to create power?
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  4012. If your father's name was registered in Japan's KOSEKI system, it implies that he had citizenship. Since Japan only follow Jus Sanguinis, location of birth is irrelevant. All male lineage children of Japanese emigrants born before 1985 were able to inherit citizenship if they were registered at birth. From a legal perspective, I thought your legal category in Japan would be 『日本人の実子』 or "Child of a Japanese citizen," which is the strongest connection to Japan. (配偶者 means "spouse," so did you imply you were both a child and a spouse of a Japanese citizen?)
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  4013. It's because we limit foreigners.
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  4014. 国際法の非合法戦闘員への仕打ちを厳しいものでしょうね。
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  4015. パレスチナやシリアのキリスト教徒に関する動画を見た時に思いましたが、東方教会や正教会など中東に現存するキリスト教の方が元々の形に近いんでしょうね。聖職者の服装や習慣などを見てもそう思います。「月」はイスラム教の影響からのイメージでしたので、意外でした。
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  4016. The French introduced too many slaves.
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  4017. A French-Muslim blames France for Gaza and Afghanistan and kills a German tourist? I must be missing something.
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  4018. I suspect the Americas was living in a "circular economy" since the ice age, until the Europeans showed up and ruined their society, culture, history, traditions, etc.
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  4019. They're still paying for the Soviet experiment. It's just Russia, that's how they have been.
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  4020. It goes both ways. Asians are discriminated in Europe, but they get physically attacked and robbed by Blacks in the US. When a White police officer shoots a Black guy in LA, the Blacks burn downed Korea town. Most of the attacks on Asians in the US after COVID were from Blacks. Half of the prison inmates in the US are either Black or Brown. That's just the reality.
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  4021. Doesn't that also apply to all nations providing military equipment to Ukraine?
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  4022. From what we can observe, Russian diplomats are extremely well-versed in local language, politics, culture, and history. And large-scale multi-national military exercises like these are budgeted, scheduled, and coordinated months in advance.
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  4023. They are Muslims.
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  4024.  @porecemusnox8805  Russia has run out of soldiers and ammo months ago...according to "experts" on Western Media. They almost were saying Russia was losing the war, despite 20% of Ukrainian territory being controlled by Russian forces.
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  4025. China's NEV or "New Energy Vehicles" stats includes Plug-In Hybrids, BEVs, and Fuel Cells. Just In terms of BEV, the market share in China was 11.1% (2.92mn vehicles) in 2021, 20.0% (5.37 mn vehicles) in 2022, and 22.2% (6.69mn vehicles) in 2023. In July 2024, NEV ratio reached over 50% for the first time. But total domestic sales is declining due to a weak economy, government subsidies/incentive amount for NEV was doubled, and BYD still sells as many Plug-In Hybrids as BEVs. In 2023, the growth pace of Plug-in Hybrids was faster than BEVs.
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  4026. In order to protect ballistic missiles from enemy attacks, no country does that.
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  4027. 露土戦争。ロシアは黒海沿岸の土地と港を手に入れるために17世紀から何度も戦争をやってる。2014年からロシアがウクライナ内戦に関与してるのも基本的にその延長上の行動。
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  4028. It's well-known for decades that triads have strong connections with people in power. (It's the same with organized crime everywhere whether in Mexico, Russia, or Colombia.) The intetions for China is to destabilize the US, so that US will have to divert resources on domestic affairs. It's one of the many lessons learnt from the Opium Wars. Conversely, when China didn't want the meth labs in HK/Guangdong area area and started cracking down, organized criminal groups relocated to the rebel-held regions of Myanmar.
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  4029. Be real. How are we supposed to know which Haitians to kill? The world cannot save Haiti from Haitians. And the last UN Mission to Haiti was a disaster.
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  4030.  @Globalscanningeyes  The safety scandal is that Toyota did tests that are more strict than Japanese government standards, and the Ministry of Transportation wasn't happy that Toyota deviated from outdated government requirements. The changes will be coming from the government side. Toyota only manufactures 10,000 MIRAI per year because it's a Hydrogen Fuel-Cell concept car for enthusiasts. It's not car sold for mass-market, nor is it a car sold for profit. MIRAI is offered as a showcase of hydrogen fuel cell technology, which is also being tested in buses, trucks, and trains. It's why the car is named MIRAI or "Future" in Japanese. The purpose of R&D in hydrogen technology is because it will eventually replace the current hybrids in a few decades. Japan has already started adopting hydrogen fuel cell buses for public transportation, which are based on Toyota's hydrogen fuel-cell system. Toyota/Hino and Honda will be building hydrogen semi-trucks for the North American market. Volvo Trucks are doing the same thing in Europe. Many countries are also researching ways to produce steel with hydrogen to cut CO2 emissions. And Germany and Japan are testing hydrogen trains to upgrade their non-electric diesel tracks.
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  4031.  @profile1172  They cannot be second-class citizens when they're not even Japanese citizens. They are foreign nationals with a Special Permanent Residency. It's their choice to leave, stay, or naturalize to Japanese citizenship. SPR holders have the lowest requirements to become Japanese citizens.
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  4032.  @talesj1987  Seriously, what can we do? They're still suffering from British Indian colonial legacy. All the neighboring countries instinctively know that without the military regime in Myanmar, the country will implode and disintegrate into a dozen countries, causing millions of refugees in all directions. Syria or Yemen is not want any neighbor wants for Myanmar. And UN doesn't have its own wish or military. Member-states decide if they desire to send their military forces in UN operations. I highly doubt any country would wish to give involved in counter-insurgency campaigns against ethnic minorities who want independence. Providing security and stability for Myanmar, eventually will lead to such action.
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  4033.  @smashman8828  There are nearly 200,000 Brazilian-nationals living in Japan, many of whom are Japanese Descendants and their families.
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  4034. That's not good. Ukraine won't exist anymore if there aren't any Ukrainians left. They need to find a compromise for a cease-fire.
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  4035. POTUS must be the worst job in the world. Always criticized for being too tough or too weak.
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  4036. Who's paying?
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  4037. ​ user-RedPirateTerrorist Old Bulgar language was neither Latin nor Slavic. Their language survived along the Volga river and is known as Chuvash. Chuvash is a mixture of proto-Turkic and Uralic, as the Bulars were migrating semi-nomadic East Eurasian Turkic people from South Siberia and Mongolian steppe who mixed heavily with indigenous people along the Eurasian steppe. Bulga derives from Mixed (people) in proto-Turkic. The minority ruling-class Bulars who ruled the Black Sea coastal region along the Danube were eventually absorbed into migrating Slavic language/culture. However, modern Slavic-speakers of the Balkans mostly carry Balkan DNA, meaning it was a culture and language replacement, and not a genetic one.
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  4038. I highly doubt any natives invited European migrants to North America.
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  4039. FYI, pay phones are intentionally maintained by the order of the government. We know from experience that cell coverage is unreliable in times of natural disasters and blackouts.
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  4040. I personally would prefer it if you could be a little less dramatic and sensational in the delivery. Contrary to CNN, everything isn't Breaking News. You don't need a narrative or opinion on everything you film. Simply showing the world what you see and hear on a daily basis without editorializing is the best service you can do. Viewers around the world can make up their own minds.
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  4041. In some countries, cops are criminals in uniform.
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  4042. Depending on military doctrine, ideally you would wish to outnumber your enemy 3:1 or 5:1.
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  4043. Are you making fun of the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa?
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  4044. Latin America is not the same as Europe, unfortunately. The inequality is beyond description, which is why there has been so much leftist movements, poverty, crime, etc.
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  4045. The Leaf was sold in 2010. Tesla model was sold from 2012.
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  4046. That's confusing. Wasn't the "King of the Jews" from Palestine?
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  4047. Japan learned Curry from the British, particularly through Naval exchanges. As such, it was considered "WESTERN/European cuisine (洋食)" 100 years ago. Japanese Navy still serves curry every Friday to not lose sense of the day/week on voyages. Historically, many of the retired Naval cooks opened small restaurants in their home towns, and eventually evolved into Curry Rice in Japan. We couldn't pronounce "CURRY" due to lack of phonetic overlap so it was corrupted to カレー (KAREH). These days, there are many Indian restaurants in Japan, but a lot of them were run by Nepalese. And we also have many Thai restaurants serving Thai curry, which is also delicious.
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  4048.  @albertogarcia9250  What was your point? It's war.
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  4049. It would be difficult to replicate because South Korea and Taiwan replicated or copied Japan. The elite had Japanese university education, legal system, government institutions, family registration system, etc.
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  4050.  @SarahNGeti  Ultimately, we only accept and appreciate foreign-nationals who able to master Japanese language, culture, mindset, and mannerism. If you think that is "racist xenophobia"...so be it. We would very much wish to remain Japanese, if you don't mind.
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  4051. Manchuria is named so because it belongs to the Manchus, and not the Chinese.
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  4052.  @miraclemaker1418  The Meiji Oligarchs had control over the military. The system was designed so the Oligarchs can run military policy bypassing elected civilian governments. It was somewhat functional until all the Oligarchs passed away by the 1920s. Japan's military was tasked with one thing and one thing only...RUSSIA. After the Meiji Oligarchs were gone, the Japanese military ran its own national security policy, leading to the Manchurian Incident in 1931. Around the same time, rising socialism/communism among the intellectuals within Japan was the primary domestic threat. The irony is that the 1920s was known to be the period of "Taisho Democracy" when it was the most democratic period since the Meiji Restoration. However, it also faced massive political-economic challenges from thee Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923, The Showa Economic Crisis in 1927, and the global Great Depression from 1929. Japan's national security concerns was mostly the same from the 18th century till the end of the Cold War. Three military alliances were signed in the 20th century alone, with the UK in 1902, with Nazi Germany in late 1930s, and later the US in the 1950s...all for the same purpose. The hypothetical enemy was always the Russian Empire and the Soviets. The wars with Qing dynasty in 1894, the Russian Empire in 1904, and Manchuria Incident in 1931 were all designed to push back the Russians from Manchuria, Mongolia, Korean peninsula etc. The Beijing Treaty in 1860 was the real game changer.
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  4053. While tax rate is high, nobody pays 55% after tax and social insurance.
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  4054. It's a war zone.
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  4055. White Mexicans aren't Mexicans. They're Europeans pretending to be Mexican.
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  4056. Just Lebanon? Shouldn't foreign-nationals also leave Israel, Syria, Iraq, Qatar, and Iran?
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  4057. Nissan BEVs are transparent about battery life, so the value of a used LEAF should correlate with battery health. So without knowing how many bars it has, it's hard to say if the price is good or not. I'd opt for the 62kWh battery, just for peace of mind.
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  4058. Japan changed the Citizenship Law in 1984, to ban all dual citizenship for children born after 1985. Before the change Japanese male lineage were able to keep Japanese citizenship, which is why people like Alberto Fujimori (the former President of Peru) was a natural born Japanese citizen. Legally, he was a Japanese citizen born in Peru from Japanese parents. Prior to 1985, children of foreign fathers were not issued Japanese citizenship as they were not perceived to be Japanese by Japanese society (unless they were special circumstances like single mother or orphans).
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  4059. Russian culture
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  4060. ​ @CHMichael That's what PNG is for. However, it's diplomatic customs to respond in kind so British Ambassador to Russia will be forced to leave Russia as well.
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  4061. After 9.11, ISIS, Taliban, and all the Muslim terrorist attacks world-wide, it's the other around. People all over the world have realized that they need to protect themselves from Muslims. Europe allowed too many Muslims in their countries and they're facing a massive allergic reaction.
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  4062. Why did Sweden allow large number of Muslims in their country in the first place? Were the Swedes that naive?
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  4063. 海外に行くのは日本の大学・大学院に問題があるんじゃないの？
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  4064. "Austronesian" is probably the more accurate term. (Polynesians are a sub-group of the Austronesian people.) They must've had a really good sense of navigation. Some of them even migrated to Madagascar.
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  4065. I thought Slavic people originate in the Baltics...something about Vikings mixing with indigenous Balitic people creating Slavic ethnicity.
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  4066. Wherever home is, surely it must be better than a country in a civil war for over a decade with foreign powers supporting their favourite militias.
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  4067. Don't forget the Mongols, Manchus, Tajiks, etc.
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  4068. He's a baseball player. Everything else is irrelevant.
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  4069. Vietnamese generally have a really bad reputation in Japan. They eclipsed the Chinese and Koreans in number of crimes committed by foreign nationals.
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  4070. Their families are being "gathered" in North Korea in name of operational security.
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  4071. They were exploited by American companies, one in particular.
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  4072. 国連統計が正しいなら、ロシア領内には55万人のウクライナ人が既に避難してる。ポーランドの280万人、ルーマニアの75万人に次いで3番目。（ハンガリー47万人、モルドバ42万人）。ウクライナ東部のロシア語圏の住民にとっては、親族・友人もいるロシアが最も楽な選択なのかもね。
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  4073. Japan used to allow natural-born dual-citizenship until 1985, as long as the father is a Japanese citizen. So people like President Fujimori was/is legally a natural-born Japanese citizen. Under Jus Sanguinis, he was a Japanese national born outside of Japan. As the number of international marriages increased, and the number of natural-born dual-citizenship increased, Japanese Citizenship Law was revised in 1984 to ban dual-citizens. The law was also revised so that children of Japanese women who married foreigners were also able to inherit Japanese citizenship. (Many of them were perceived as "War Brides" after WWII, so Japanese society didn't want their children to have Japanese citizenship prior to the change.) I have no idea whether citizenship rules have anything to do with discrimination. From our perspective, if you desire to be a Japanese citizen, go through the naturalization process and become a Japanese national. We have had naturalized Members of Parliament who were formerly Uzbek, Uyghur, Finn, or Korean. FYI, we have zero desire to make the same mistakes as Europe when it comes to multi-culturalism. But we already have ethnic centers like China-town, Korea-town, or Burmese in Takada-no-baba.
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  4074.  @fate8007  I think the US cares, but for a different reason. They don't want any more migrants.
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  4075. 配当の方が嬉しいのでは？
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  4076. The ethnic separatists have military grade weapons too. Drugs are fueling the conflict, and so are external religious groups.
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  4077. It's exposure (or lack of). I was surprised too when I first met a Chinese-French person. Since I've never lived in France, I had no idea there was such a community. Everything about her was very French. How she walked, talked, behaved...
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  4078. ​ @seanlander9321 It may be a perception issue because I'm from a country that purchases LNG from Australia for electricity. I understand Australia as a Net-Exporter of natural gas and minerals. I also understand that half of Australian electricity derives from burning cheap coal. So your economy, employment, consumption, etc is dependent on energy and minerals. And the best selling vehicles in Australia are utes, aka pick-up trucks. Which is based on Australian lifestyle, driving habits, geography, car culture, etc. In contrast, the best selling cars in Europe are usually compact vehicles because they suit European cities.
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  4079. If every purchased an electric car, you'll be burning more fossil fuel to meet the electricity demand. Really good for the environment.
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  4080. The reality is your kids will not face the same problems in Japan because their father will be Japanese, which means they'll have a Japanese surname. If you live in Japan, you already know that Japanese society is structured around paternal lineage. Children inherit their father's surname, and they are registered in the father's family tree (i.e. KOSEKI). From family functions, inheritance, family traditions, or where and with whom to sit in weddings/funerals...the paternal lineage is the deciding factor. As such, Japan didn't issue natural-born citizenship to children of foreign fathers until 1985 except for single mothers. For lack of better words, Japanese society traditionally didn't perceive children of foreign fathers to be Japanese until a few decades ago. This traditional view that has been around since...forever is one of the source of the treatment toward half-kids. In school, Japanese kids will instinctively differentiate people with non-Japanese surnames. It's difficult to assume somebody with a surname like SMITH to be Japanese. It's also why many people will choose a Japanese surname when they naturalize to Japanese citizenship. They understand that a Japanese surname makes all the difference to be accepted in Japanese society. Your children will be accepted by Japanese society just like SAKAI Gohtoku who has a German mother, TAKAHASHI Ran who has a half-American mother, MURUFOSHI Koji who has a Romanian mother, SAWAJIRI Erika who has French-Algerian mother, SHIROTA Yu who has a Spanish mother, or HAYAMI Mokomichi who has a Filipino mother. Conversely, half-kids with foreign fathers such as "Aaron Wolf" often struggle in being accepted in Japan with their name and identity, because Japanese society often associates the child with the father's nationality. (He's a JUDO Gold Medalist representing Japan.)
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  4081.  Gabriel Jean-Batiste  You might wanna visit Chinatown particularly in San Francisco...
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  4082. They're jealous all the attention is on Ukraine. They want some media coverage too.
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  4083. ​ @TomTom-bh2wf Using nukes in Ukraine. Kidnapping Ukrainian children. The list is long.
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  4084. Sea Shepard was involved in many terrorist activities in the Pacific in the name of environment. I wouldn't trust them.
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  4085. I'm always surprised by the weapons. Who is supplying the weapons, optics, and ammunition?
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  4086. Do you know how we refer to the not-so-beautiful mixes in Japanese? We have seen both. And it's due to parents genes, not because of mixes.
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  4087. The rest of East Asia knows how you feel. This is not an insult nor a joke, what's in this video is exactly what Japanese, Filipinos, Taiwanese, and Koreans are dealing with everyday.
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  4088. Some people are so dogmatic or brainwashed, they no longer see the bigger picture. Australia's electricity is 70% fossil fuel. I fail to understand why charging BEVs by burning more coal and natural gas is good for the environment. And if there were a sudden in BEV volume among the existing fleet, most countries would be having grid problems.
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  4089. タリバンが発狂しそうなハンドルネーム
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  4090. Serbia is surrounded by NATO members, so it won't matter much.
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  4091. This war has been going on from 2014. But Russian incursion to this region has been observed since the 17th century, exterminating or oppressing the original Crimean Tatar inhabitants. This land is neither Ukrainian nor is it Russian. But Ukrainians completely failed to understand the geopolitical history. Perhaps Ukrainian affinity and cultural proximity with Russia clouded their understanding of Russian ambitions.
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  4092. ​ @chsyrp2437 日系人のためにDescendant Visaという制度があり、日本人の実子と孫までは該当します。在留資格は 「定住者」となり、通常の外国人に与えられるビザと異なり職業の縛りはないです。永住許可や帰化申請では色々と優遇されます。
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  4093.  @chsyrp2437  査証と国籍は別物です。元日本人が国籍を再び回復（≒帰化）する方法はあります。なお、Descendant Visaは日本人の実子（日系2世）と孫（日系3世）で犯罪歴が無いなどの条件が整えば該当します。他の外国人と異なり、日系人Visaは在留資格が『定住者』となり、職業の制約が無いです。更新も半永久的に出来ます。永住許可の申請要件は5年だったと思います。
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  4094.  @chsyrp2437  国籍と査証（＝Visa）は別物です。日本には約20万人の日系ブラジル人とその家族、約5万人の日系ペルー人とその家族が住んでます。他の就労Visaと異なり、日系人の在留資格は『定住者』となり、就労分野の制限が無いです。何回でも更新する事が出来ます。日系人は永住許可の申請時も条件が少し優遇されてます。
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  4095. You need to be a bit more specific. The region is full of psychopaths, and they all have scores to settle.
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  4096. ​ @Mwoods2272 Your question is deep. I have opinions about it but don't know if it's politically correct for YouTube algorithms. Imagine if Hachimura Rui was a dentist or Sushi chef in Japan. Do you think he would have regular clients/patients?
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  4097. それは日本大使も報復で追放されるという覚悟が無いと出来ひん
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  4098. Height works both ways, especially for girls. There are tall girls in Japan too, but they often struggle to find partners, especially when they are above 185cm. Many of them are recruited in volleyball and basketball from a young age, which is not a bad thing for sports. But to find people tall enough for them is often a challenge. They usually date and marry other athletes. If I am not mistaken, Ohtani Shohei's mother was also a volleyball player. When they can't find a suitable partner, they even have to move overseas and marry foreigners. Some tall women stay single.
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  4099. It's just a new DDG with the latest Aegis system. The image picture in Japan's defense budget looks like a regular DDG.
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  4100. 厭戦気分の強い米国内でロシアと戦争したい意見はゼロ。むしろ巻き込まれる方を懸念してる。
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  4101. I think he was serving as his Personal Assistant taking care of monthly bills, etc.
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  4102. The battery-pack on EVs are shielded (to protect from external shocks), so it's near impossible to pour water on battery cells directly. I think a fire department in the US was experimenting with suffocating the EV by covering it up. Perhaps there should be regulations for EVs to include a built-in extinguisher like for plane engines.
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  4103. Of course is it. It's a scare tactic.
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  4104. Nice story but Nissan doesn't sell hydrogen cars.
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  4105.  @LCCATCX  Yeah. Because the certificates required by the Japanese government are so outdated and useless, Japanese consumers would trust Toyota over the government.
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  4106.  @marcbuisson2463  That's how Japan use to perceive railway infrastructure until the 1980s. However, if you can't cover the costs to maintain and operate the railway, the shortage will have to come from tax revenue. Some countries still actively subsidize railways and are perfectly fine with it. But in countries like Japan, the user of the railway is expected to pay for the cost (and not the taxpayers of the entire country).
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  4107. 満州人にとっても聖地らしいけど、元々は同じ民族？
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  4108. Who's paying for them?
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  4109. That's rather difficult to understand. A Japanese person will never call Japan "there." I think your identity is very clear.
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  4110. She is full Black for Japanese people.
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  4111. Destroying enemy infrastructure, communication, as well as command & control is text book invasion. They were supposed to soften enemy positions before sending in ground troops, much like in Iraq. Russia was too concerned about the post-war rebuilding costs and angering locals, I suspect. The SMO legal limitations also backfired.
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  4112. Why do they even have a "morality police?"
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  4113. I prefer a bad government over no government.
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  4114. They can split the cost.
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  4115. If the Germans aren't happy with NATO, they can protect themselves from the Russians.
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  4116.  @lookitskazzy  Each person's situation is different. Men and women are treated differently in the process as well. Income requirements depends if the person is the "rice-winner" of the family or not. Language fluency, education and skill level, tax records and social security payments, criminal and traffic records, and most importantly whether the Ministry of Justice can tolerate that person to live among Japanese people or not is being reviewed. And if you're married to a Japanese citizen, the Japanese spouse and his/her income, legal history, education-level, and tax records are also scrutinized. (For instance, I highly doubt the government wishes to issue Permanent Visa to foreign wives of Yakuza members.) Historically, the Permanent Visa and Naturalization schemes were intended for foreign wives of Japanese husbands, or Foreign mothers of Japanese citizens. (Japan didn't issue citizenship to children of foreign fathers prior to 1985.) As such, if the Japanese husband has a stable income, the foreign wife can be a stay-at-home mom with no income and still receive Permanent Visa or Naturalization. However, income requirements become more strict if it's a foreign husband and Japanese wife, foreigner married to another foreigner, or a single foreigner, because your income is needed to support the household. In practice, Japanese Descendants as well as children of foreign-nationals raised/educated in Japan are given preferential treatment. But the 3 most crucial requirement is written in the Ministry of Justice guidelines. The order is no accident. (1) 素行が善良であること (2) 独立の生計を営むに足りる資産または技能を有すること (3) 永住が日本の利益になると認められること And regardless of the visa type, the Japanese government will let each foreign national clearly know how they're perceived in Japan in the length of the visa. Foreign/international students who graduate Japanese university will almost automatically receive a 5-year visa from the beginning. Foreign spouses that are trusted by the government will get a long visa for their spousal visa as well.
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  4117.  @RakibFiha  帰化 or Naturalization scheme was originally designed for foreign wives of Japanese husbands. (It's also for Special Permanent Residents in post-WWII but that's an entirely different topic.) During the pandemic, there were cases in which Japanese Embassies didn't permit dual-citizens to enter Japan unless they forfeit Japanese citizenship. The enforcement is random. As for a natural-born Japanese citizen, they will lose Japanese citizenship the moment they become a foreign citizen.
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  4118.  @larryc1616  I don't think BYD releases the profit breakdown of their auto-related segment. They make money on batteries as a supplier. In 2023, BYD sold 3 million vehicles, of which half were plug-in hybrids. But we don't know the profit contribution of plug-in hybrids vs BEVs.
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  4119. The world lost interest. It's their country, let them decide.
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  4120. Move to England.
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  4121. Article 9 is why Japan was able to stay out of US-led wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan, etc. Even the most right-wing politicians understand the benefits, which is why nobody really did anything to change it. This became a national consensus when all of US allies in Asia--South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Australia--were pressured to send their military units to fight in the Vietnam War. Japan had no intention to fight Vietnam, as Vietnamese independence is the exact reason why Japanese military entered French-Indochina.
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  4122. It's not necessarily about quality of Rivian trucks. Rivian sold 50,000 vehicles in 2023, but posted US$5.4bn in net losses. This is a common issue for almost all automakers with BEVs. They need to mass-produce the same model to cut manufacturing/procurement costs, but there isn't the necessary demand in volume. Tesla is the exception, as it only has a few models and sold 1.8 mn vehicles in 2023.
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  4123. Politicians get arrested and indicted all over the world. Embezzlement, corruption, bribery, voter fraud, drug trafficking...we've all seen it before. But who gets arrested for paying off a former porn star?
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  4124. In Japan, it's always been the case. A princess will not keep her title when she marries, because she marrying out of the Imperial Family.
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  4125.  @jadeluna7987  From just the appearance, I suspect the "Europeans" weren't all Europeans. There is a North Indian Gypsie/Roma mixture in some of the people from Latain America. If it were just European and indigenous mixture, some of the phenotype and skin color cannot be explained.
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  4126. Might is right, at least in Russian minds.
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  4127. He was elected to get out of Afghanistan and Iraq, not get into another conflict in Syria.
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  4128. So all the European descendants in the Americas, Australia, South Africa need to go back to Europe?
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  4129. Foreign ideas are often quite terrible and useless in Japan. Most do not stick because they do not suit preferences or needs of Japanese companies and customers. TSMC or Samsung cannot produce their products without Japanese equipment and components. The more they make money, the more Japanese companies make money. It's why Japan almost always has a trade surplus with both Taiwan and South Korea. (China, US, South Korea, Taiwan are the main trading partners for Japan.) And TSMC or SAMSUNG are not start-ups, they've been around for decades doing business with Japanese companies. The founding generation were able to do that because they received the same education as Japanese, inherited Japanese legal/commerce system, etc. SAMSUNG founder started out by studying in Japan, making connections, and copying and bringing Japanese business practices and ideas to South Korea. What the South Koreans did was something different, however, They made Japanese practices more extreme or leveraged, which also created all sorts of political and social tension within society. When Japan was focusing on decentralizing industries, South Korea actually created excessive concentration of capital, talent, and power. It has both pros and cons.
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  4130. Pakistan supported the Taliban.
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  4131. People in Eastern Ukraine are determined to be not part of Ukraine. They perceive Ukrainian forces to be invaders and not liberators. People in Western Ukraine don't wish to be part of Russia either. This war is going nowhere. Everyone loses.
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  4132.  @Littlepocketrocket81  I don't think it's government, political, or ideology. The source of the problems stem from Chinese culture and norms, which is the basis of government and public institutions and their MO.
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  4133. I think body odor has a lot to do with cuisine. I had an Indian colleague that nobody wanted to sit next too because he smelled like spices. He was raised in Japan in an Indian family. He probably didn't realize his odor was unbearable, but no colleague would be rude to tell him in his face. As for Koreans and Chinese, it's usually their heavy usage of garlic, herbs, and spices. For Westerners their body odor is most likely coming from heavy usage of butter and cheese in their cuisine. As for Indians, I think it's coming from their heavy usage of onions and spices. And for Japanese, it's coming from heavy usage of soy sauce and MISO in Japanese cuisine. Frankly, it's easy for Japanese people to identify a non-Japanese odor. And foreigners who live in Japan for many years and eat Japanese food on a daily basis don't have odor issues. Again, it's mostly based on what you eat.
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  4134. The locals never saw a dime.
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  4135. Actually, the naturalization process itself is same for everybody. There are many spouses of Japanese citizens who aren't eligible for that reason. And most people don't naturalize for the purpose of travelling abroad. It's about assimilation and integration with Japan.
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  4136. In what language is he speaking?
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  4137. It's because early Tesla models sold in the US exclusively used Japanese, specifically Panasonic batteries (who also uses components from Japanese suppliers). The most expensive component is the battery module, so Chinese EV makers are cutting costs by using lower quality less reliable batteries. Currently, there is no other way to manufacture an electric vehicle for sales price range of US$ 15,000-20,000. (Tesla's replacement battery costs US$12,000 - 20,000)
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  4138. UN is a waste of money.
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  4139. The main method to extend range on a BEV would be to include a larger battery pack, which currently cost automakers about US$100-120 per kWh to procure. The larger the battery pack, the heavier and less efficient it will be, and also have a higher MSRP (and future battery replacement cost). Unless Toyota is intending to sell the BZ Woodland as a luxury BEV at around US$100,000, they're going to have to comprise with battery size/weight. My guess is that Toyota would like to keep the price of their new BEV line-up comparable to its competitors, within the US$35,000-55,000 price range, to not price out majority of North American customers. (The average price for new vehicles in the US market is about US$48,000.) If range is a must and you wish to be able to charge your vehicle, look into PHEVs like RAV4 or Mitsubishi Outlander. (Mitsubishi is known in Japan to have one of the best PHEV system. Mitsubishi sells more PHEVs than any of its rivals in Japan, and Nissan sells the most BEVs in the Japanese market with their Sakura, Ariya, and Leaf.)
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  4140. Iranians are a little busy with domestic affairs.
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  4141. Russian spies and collaborators have been around since...forever.
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  4142. Russian troops control the nuclear plant...and Russians are shelling their own position?
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  4143. All of former Japanese colonies are wealthy unlike European ones.
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  4144.  @scottmcshannon6821  LEAF wasn't a profitable car for Nissan, it was more of a concept car or experiment. Most automakers still lose money with BEVs. Tesla can make money because they mass produce the same model. Nissan only sold 650,000 units of LEAF since 2010, which barely covers the cost of R&D.
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  4145. Japan is not part of Europe. Nor is it close to Ukraine by any means. The 400 plus people who have fled to Japan are relatives of Ukrainians living in Japan.
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  4146. 75% of Afghans live in agrarian, rural, or remote areas. I presume most of them don't know or care who currently occupies the gov buildings or military bases. In order to survive, whoever comes to your neighborhood with guns, you have no choice but to support them. I think it's quite practical.
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  4147.  @deanjericevic8912  For many impoverished rural Afghans, being a Taliban is a job, just another employment opportunity to pay the bills. From their perspective, it's not that different from becoming a soldier in the Afghan National Army.
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  4148. Lebanon looks quite peaceful, compared to say Haiti, South Africa, or Afghanistan.
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  4149. But they're not Crimean Tatars. They're transplants.
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  4150. Russians are not brainwashed nor are they dumb. I live in a country that had multiple conflicts with Russia, and we monitor and study the Russians inside out. Russian universities offer one of the best language and regional studies programs. They are very well informed about what's happening outside of Russia. They also know how dangerous for them and their families to go against people with power.
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  4151. Gulf War?
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  4152.  @RR_reunificationRights  Japan has been researching methane as a new energy source because of its abundance. It's actually why you see hydrogen and ammonium engine projects. Either way, oil and natural gas will be phased out this century, so these are projects that are being researched for the coming decades.
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  4153. You have to be naive to trust the US or any country for your defense. Foreign countries can provide military and financial assistance to an extent, but there will always be limits and conditions. Only Ukrainians can defend Ukraine, yet we hear about so many Ukrainians hiding out in foreign countries despite troop shortages. You cannot win a war when your own citizens don't believe in the cause.
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  4154. You should read the data yourself. "Australian new-car sales in May 2024: Ford Ranger back on top, another VFACTS monthly record" Toyota hybrid vehicles set another record in May – with 11,440 deliveries – and accounted for 48.9 per cent of the Japanese car giant's sales last month. Toyota reported 23,389 sales last month, a new May record for the Japanese car maker – and it has surpassed 100,000 sales year-to-date. It was followed on the brands leaderboard by Ford (8806 sales, up 40.9 per cent) – pushing Mazda to third place for the third month in a row (8002, down 5.6 per cent). Kia beat its twin Hyundai to finish fourth and fifth respectively, ahead of Mitsubishi in sixth. Chinese brand GWM finished in the Top 10. Electric vehicles accounted for about eight per cent of sales last month with 9120 deliveries, but were outsold nearly two-to-one by hybrids, with 16,218 sales. Data below supplied by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), and compiled by Alex Misoyannis and Ben Zachariah.
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  4155. You don't belong in Japan.
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  4156. ​ @Inucroft We have expats everywhere, especially as Japanese companies operate globally. A few years abroad wouldn't have any permanent damage. But a few decades will create reverse culture shocks as society moves on without them.
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  4157. ​ @eruno_ He's born and raised in Japan. Like most people in Okinawa, he finds Americans absolutely disgusting, although his father was one. Knowing the countless crimes by Americans, you can't blame them either. In Japan, just pretend you're Canadian.
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  4158.  @RenzoTravelsTheEarth  I doubt Multiculturalism would ever work, unless it's a country that was founded by immigrants. Former British, Spanish, or Portuguese colonies may be able to pull it off because they're transplant colonies that took land from the indigenous population and wiped them out. As such, the language, culture, religion, or customs they have is derived from what they've brought over from their ancestral homelands. But I highly doubt any country in the Eurasian continent can make multi-culturalism work because they all have their own unique history, cultures, traditions, values, religions, social networks, institutions, etc...which dates back to the last ice age. In Japan there are also ethnic communities and enclaves of Chinese, Brazilians (i.e. Japanese Descendants and their families), Koreans, Indians, Filipinos, Vietnamese, Indonesians, Burmese, etc. Some of them have enormous difficulty in cultural assimilation and social integration, and cannot survive outside of their ethnic bubble because they cannot speak, read, or write Japanese. They often struggle with communicating with school teachers, police, government, or hospitals without interpreters. However, their children who were raised in Japan are able to function in society if they have received education in Japan. I recall seeing a TV program about the very first Nikkei-Brazilian who become a lawyer in Japan. He was able to do so, because he was raised in Japan and most of his education is in Japan. He graduated an elite university and even finished graduate school. And foreign-nationals who have Japanese fluency and professional jobs in Japan will always have an easier time with integration and assimilation. Naturally, Japanese people appreciate foreigners who are fluent in Japanese language, culture, history, norms, tradition, etc. The main difference between Japan and Europe is that Europe allowed too many foreigners to arrive in such a short period of time, and the ethnic ghetto became far too large, to the extent that they started becoming a mini-state within a state. Which I presume why there is an increasing trend against immigration and refugees. It does look like a counter-reaction or allergic reaction to policies from the past 3 decades or so. Japan's allergic reaction was actually much earlier with Korean migrants prior to the end of WWII and the Korean War refugees. If you look at the citizenship of senior management of YAKUZA groups, you'll understand what I mean. The collective social trauma is why Japan always kept a tight policy on immigration and refugees.
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  4159. It looks like a false-flag operation.
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  4160. Many of them wish to flee westward, not to Russia.
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  4161. You guys changed the demographics of Australia, NZ, or the Americas, so what goes around comes around.
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  4162. かつて徴兵検査で甲・乙種の合格者が徴兵されたどこかの国と一緒ですね。赤紙という表現を知ってることにもびっくり。
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  4163. Wa language is Austroasiatic, and Qing Dynasty was a Manchu conquest dynasty. How can the Wa people be "Chinese?"
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  4164.  @alexhu5491  Due to series of historical events, your people are currently citizens of PRC, and previously ROC, and before that the Qing Dynasty. Whether you identify as a Manchu or Chinese is entirely up to you, just like many of the ethnic Mongols, Tibetans, Uyghurs, Kazakhs, or Koreans living in PRC. In this specific case, Yunnan Province has nearly two dozen ethno-linguistic groups, many of whom have related ethnic groups in Myanmar, like the Thai-speakers in Shan/Siam State. And I'm sure you're more than aware that during the Qing Dynasty and Chinese Revolution (辛亥革命), people clearly separated Manchus and Chinese. After all, the Chinese Slogan was "駆除韃虜、恢復中華、創立民国、平均地権."
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  4165.  @alexhu5491  The dominant genetic lineage for Manchu, Mongol, Kazakh, and proto-Koreanic (who were also from Manchuria) should be Y-DNA Haplogroup C. It's why the folklore of Manchu and proto-Koreanic people are related. Physically, they have prominent cheekbones. Northern Han Chinese are Haplogroup O2.
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  4166. Just casual dating.
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  4167. Most of the Taliban hide in plain clothes among the general population and the leadership was in Pakistan. What more could the NATO forces have done? Bomb Pakistan too?
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  4168. Crimea should belong to the Crimean Tatars. Let them decide what they want. They can be part of another country as an autonomous region, or they can be their own independent country.
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  4169. 中国の奴隷国家
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  4170. Really? My sense is always アカ (≒Commie) vs アホ (≒Idiot).
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  4171. Navy?
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  4172. 大きなスクリーンを並べてるけど、ノートパソコンを使ってるのね。
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  4173. Not much of a tradition or culture if you can lose it in 20 years.
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  4174. If a country cannot sustain an extended military campaign without endless foreign assistance, the war was lost even before it started. NATO assistance is not for Ukraine to win against Russia. It's aimed so that Ukraine won't lose, big. Creating a military stalemate so both sides can negotiate a settlement was NATO's thinking. Ukraine and Belarus need to continue to exist so they can serve as buffer-states between NATO and Russia.
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  4175. ​ @canadians2214 British are the reason why Myanmar is in such a mess. Should the British colonize Myanmar once again and offer their assistance?
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  4176. Singapore and China are not same at all. That is an insult to Singaporeans.
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  4177. The bankruptcy looks intentional. Private equity already sold off the real assets, so Red Lobster had no valuable asset. Thai owner company simply sold as much shrimp to Red Lobster as possible knowing it will bleed the restaurant business. They probably concluded years ago that the restaurant business was not salvageable. I wonder how this will impact the lease-back scheme the private equity forced years ago.
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  4178.  @jefffch  Ghosn era products. The French/Reneult forced Nissan to sacrifice quality. But they're Gone now.
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  4179.  @skittles404  There are many ways of defining who is Japanese and who is not. In terms of legality, there is only one definition which is citizenship. We do not refer to Japanese Descendants (i.e. descendants of emigrants) as "NIHON-JIN" in Japanese language for that reason.
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  4180.  @lizzymint6705  Yeah, I think you're correct. His Japanese is of that nature as well.
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  4181. It really depends on how his mother got married. The fact that she was allowed to be included in the family burial site shows that she was still accepted. It also means there was a proper funeral service for her by her family.
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  4182. Hiroshima is special. The good people were killed.
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  4183.  @missplainjane3905  No it's not worth it. Please don't come. We have way too many disgusting foreign tourists who vandalize shrines and temples.
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  4184. Pakistan trained and funded the Taliban. Excellent neighbors.
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  4185. People from South America don't really "integrate" either.
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  4186. Haven't the Brits learned from Northern Ireland? Russians agents are everywhere.
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  4187. They tend to over-generalize for sure. Their main method is to extrapolate from recent available data and try to forecast the future. It's also why most of them usually don't get it right. People adapt, tactics and goals change, and new unexpected factors always enter the equation.
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  4188.  @Alex-kw9kb  Toyota's "debt" is from its financial subsidiaries. Automakers borrow from capital markets to loan money to their customers, just like a financial institution. (They make money from interest rate difference in their financing business.) Thus, companies that have larger sales volume have larger debt and loans on their balance sheet. It's not debt for manufacturing cars, thus their credit rating are fairly good.
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  4189.  @jantjarks7946  Hyundai has said publicly they were losing money on BEVs. As for BYD, nobody really knows because they don't disclose. Half of the 3 million cars they sold in 2023 were hybrids, and they make money from supplying batteries to competitors. Whether they make money in BEVs is unclear. Tesla has lost money for over a decade but started making profits in 2020. GM, Ford, Hyundai...and most Chinese BEV makers are losing money with each BEV sale. Mercedes, BMW, and VW is quickly pulling back from BEVs due to higher cost of production, price wars, and heavy competition. But Chinese-owned Volvo made money in BEVs.
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  4190. You shouldn't expect a foreign country to solve your regional issues. The most the US or non-regional countries can do is to delay escalation.
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  4191. When I was in Hawaii, it was the first time I heard the expression "Okinawan." People in Japan know that Okinawa & Amami has its unique culture, cuisine, music, clothing, or dialect. But even in Okinawa nobody says they're half-Japanese and half-Okinawan.
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  4192. 河野さんのころに比べて外務大臣の存在感が減りましたね。
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  4193. I don't understand why a German would feel ashamed of Russia. Usually that sentiment is towards your own country and not a foreign one. This war isn't the first and won't be the last. In the past few centuries, Russians--with the help of Ukrainians--have fought countless wars to control the Black Sea region. It was an integral part of the Russian Empire as well as the Soviet Union. We're just back to square one. It's actually comically tragic that Russians and Ukrainians are now killing each other on historically Tatar lands. It's even more tragic when you notice many Russian soldiers have partial Ukrainian ancestry and many Ukrainian soldiers have partial Russian ancestry.
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  4194. It's about time.
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  4195. They are so environmentally friendly, aren't they? And China burns so much fossil fuel to generate electricity.
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  4196. The Current Governor of Okinawa is Half-Japanese, and he really hates the US like many in his generation. Born on a US base in Japan means you were technically born in the US. (The legal address should be State of California.) Okinawa was under US military occupation until 1972. They were so poor and brutalized under US occupation, many of them had to emigrate to countries like Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil during that era or had to marry US military personnel just to survive. After WWII, there were many sexual crimes by US military and prostitution, so special orphanages were set up for babies born from those circumstances. Most of them were sent to the US for adoption because they were not wanted in Japan even by their mothers. Children of foreign fathers weren't legally eligible for natural-born Japanese citizenship until Japanese Citizenship Law was revised in 1985. The only exception were children of single mothers. Japanese is a shared language, culture, and identity. Either you're a member of Japan or you're not. Ancestry is not what makes somebody Japanese or not. It's why a naturalized citizen can serve as Japanese politicians. The only person in this video who seem to understand what being Japanese means is the lady who grew up in Boston.
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  4197.  @erickagarijo4542  Unlike you, I grew up in the suburbs of Tokyo. If you think 渋谷 is representative of life in Tokyo, or even life in Japan for that matter, you clearly have no idea about Japan. And we don't need lecturers from foreigners who live in an expat bubble on life in Japan.
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  4198. The island has been contaminated by foreigners.
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  4199. Learning Japanese would probably be much more intuitive for a Hungarian than other Europeans...because the original Magyars are from Siberia.
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  4200. To be honest, I don't think one can be half-black and half-Japanese. In terms of ethnicity, you're either Japanese or not, regardless of skin-tone or racial background. Being Japanese means we share the same language, culture, and norms. If you define yourself as half-Japanese, you certainly won't be given the same treatment as others. TAIHO, MUROFUSHI KOJI, ONODA KIMI...nobody in Japan will think they're not Japanese.
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  4201. If you were in a Russian prison, you may wish to join too.
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  4202. It was totally unfair. Chinese forced JV on foreign automakers. Europe should return the favor.
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  4203.  @GNerdful  It's not China proper. Outer Manchuria (a.k.a Russia Far East) was historically part of Jurchen/Manchu homeland before Imperial Russia seized it from the Qing Dynasty in the 1860s. If I remember my junior highschool history class, before the Jurchen (女真) Jin (金) Dynasty, their predecessor should be Bohai/Balhae (渤海) dynasty from 7th century.
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  4204.  @limjan1667  Isn't history why Russian forces are in Ukraine trying to reclaim "Kievan Rus," or why Russians believe Crimea should be part of Russia? Never mind the Crimean Khaganate, Bulgars, Khazars, Avars, Huns, or the Mongol Empire.
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  4205. You want international help to stop looting?
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  4206.  @kylemaher6227  That's a job for the government, not foreign troops.
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  4207. Japanese dogs don't socialize. They're bred as hunting and guard dogs for thousands of years, and they only obey the master. They don't need grooming either. They need exercise and fish.
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  4208. A similar type of civilian KOMATSU de-mining vehicle has been in use in Cambodia, which still suffers from land mines from the civil war period. So the design itself is not original or unique. What is impressive is that Ukrainians built it themselves.
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  4209. UN was designed to be less than useful. No member-state wishes for a world government.
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  4210. No doubt it's working. It's affecting everybody.
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  4211. It's for show-windows for restaurants in Japan. They would often have a fake model outside the restaurant to show the menu.
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  4212. You could be a bit more specific, you know.
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  4213.  @lazyblind  3:15...she does sound like she was raised/educated in the US.
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  4214. The more samples they have, the more accurate understanding they will have.
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  4215. Where did you study international law?
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  4216. What's the point of all this?
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  4217. Or we can just pay the Wagner group to recolonize Haiti.
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  4218. NATO (i.e. US and its allies) got involved because UN Forces didn't have the mandate or manpower to stop the atrocities against civilians. Clinton was so upset with the deaths, rapes, and ethnic cleansing in the Balkans, he wanted to send in large amounts of US ground forces on humanitarian grounds. Republican Congress got really worried and blocked/limited US involvement.
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  4219. We live in different worlds. We have a lot of natural disasters (that causes occasional power outage) and extreme cold weather in Japan, so Toyota isn't the only company that is suspicious of full EV. Japan is gradually shifting towards Hydrogen-based platforms whether in automobiles, trains or steel production. However, we still face the same original problem. We cannot manufacture clean Hydrogen without being able to produce clean electricity. (I don't even want to speculate the impact on the electric grid from a full EV transition scenario.)
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  4220. 日本は男系の血統主義なのでモスクワで産まれようがロンドンで生まれようが『日本人』。日本人として日本語が出来るのは当然なので、褒められることもない。そして仕事は能力次第。それに尽きる。
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  4221. Ippei is American.
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  4222. I don't know. Between her and RENHO...I don't even want to waste my time.
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  4223. 安物買いの銭失い
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  4224. It's impossible to stay in business without profits unless you have government subsidies. So yeah, profits matter every year, every quarter for every industry/company.
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  4225.  @admclouds  If you don't have Japanese citizenship nor Japanese ancestry...you're basically a foreigner raised in Japan.
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  4226. I'm sure you've heard the expression "looking at the shoes" in a traditional HATAGO or RYOKAN. Historically, shoes, clothing, skin-tone, or hairstyle reflected socio-economic class. But the HAZUKASHI part is more with the parent. People will judge the parent--as in the expression "wanting to see the parents's face--when a child wears or acts inadequately depending on TPO. Poor manners, choice of clothing, behavior...all that means the parents failed their children.
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  4227.  @connormcintosh4828  No such luck on a Pan-Turkic state. If you consider how much infighting there was even among the real Turks in Mongolia and Altai region, Turks don't seem to get along that well. Since antiquity, different Turkic tribes keep on kicking out the dominant clan, creating endless waves of migration in all directions. There were even Turks fighting for Chinese dynasties fending off attacks from other Turks and Mongols. Interestingly, the people who successfully were able to dominate and unite all the Turks into a real power were the Mongols. Even the Mongol ruling class in Central Asia and Black Sea region eventually Turkified.
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  4228.  @太阳东  Japanese fought Ming dynasty forces on the Korean peninsula, but it never invaded Ming territory.
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  4229.  @玉佳瓏  Qing in the 1890s or Republic of China in the 1930s was nowhere near Japan was.
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  4230. This is only an extension of previous wars from the days of the Russian Empire. Historically this was Tatar territory. The land doesn't belong to either Ukrainians or the Russians.
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  4231. The country is short on foreign currency and cannot import. How do protests get you fuel and food?
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  4232. ​ @gangstamind187  Money earned from drugs and bribes naturally gets re-invested back into the economy, so the real economic contribution from the drug trade is difficult to calculate. It impacts consumption, private investment, employment, and even tax revenue, since money will flow into retail, housing, cars, furniture, vacations, hotels, pets, financial products...literally every sector of the economy. Drugs are an industry, just like any other. The problem with an underground economy is that the government doesn't have the legal means to tax it. Therefore, there is always an economic argument to legalize, regulate, and tax drugs and prostitution. The opposite policy is a prohibition era of alcohol, during which many people were smuggling from Canada.
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  4233. I don't see any irony. People who've received Japanese education know that there is nothing "harmonious" about Japanese history. It's literally one war after another, starting with famous rebellions such as IWAI-no-RAN (磐井の乱) all the way to BOSHIN-SENSOU (戊申戦争). It's a countless cycle of war and rebellion, followed by new political regime, followed by another war, and a new regime...for at least the past 1,500 years or so. In fact, there were so many wars and rebellions throughout Japanese history, we often struggle to memorize the key players, reasons for conflict, who assumed control afterwards, name and location of the battles, and overall time-line. This is in addition to the 5 major external wars with whomever was ruling China, staring with Tang Dynasty in the 7th century, Mongol/Yuan Dynasty in the 13th, Ming Dynasty in the late 16th, Manchu/Qing Dynasty in the late 19th, and Republic of China in the early 20th century. And without understanding the numerous Japanese efforts to safeguard rice-farming Japonic people in the southern regions of the Korean peninsula against multiple invasions by the Koreanic 高句麗 from around 4th century and on-wards, neither IWAI-no-RAN 磐井の乱 in early 6th century nor the eventual war with Tang Dynasty in mid-7th century--known as 白村江の戦い--makes any historical sense. And why Koreanic 高句麗 started large scale invasion into the Korean peninsula from Manchuria from beginning of 4th century will not make any sense unless one understands the Mongolic Xianbei (鮮卑) invaded and ruled over Northern China, and the Northern Chinese regimes lost control of their outposts on the Korean peninsula. (People in East Asia would've learned those outposts as 楽浪郡 and 帯方郡.) As for ODA Nobunaga (織田信長), there are many hypotheses on why people in his inner-circle conspired to eliminate him. A lot has been written by his contemporaries, and they all claim different reasons. Everything from him not having the right blood-line (because Oda-clan wasn't GENJI), intention of starting a war to conquer Ming Dynasty/China, too much concentration of power, eccentric behavior and unorthodox religious outlook, etc, etc. A well-known fact is that the right-hand man who helped AKECHI Mitsuhide (明智光秀) in the assassination/rebellion against Oda Nobunaga (織田信長) was SAITOH Toshimitsu (斉藤 利三). His daughter known as KASUGA-no-TSUBONE (春日局) was specifically hand-picked by TOKUGAWA Ieyasu (徳川家康) to be the governess/nanny of the 3rd Shogun (TOKUGAWA Iemitsu 徳川家光). She held a lot of power in her time. In other words, TOKUGAWA clan wasn't against the elimination of NOBUNAGA either. (It becomes even stranger because the mother of the 3rd Shogun, or wife of the 2nd Shogun HIDETADA, is the niece of NOBUNAGA. )
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  4234. "China Airlines" is actually the flag carrier of the Republic of China (i.e. Taiwan).
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  4235. ​ @khanabdullayev346 You may need a new country name.
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  4236. We cannot do much. US bases are in the way of everything.
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  4237.  @DarkMachine2501  That would be naive understanding of national security. Okinawa is most at risk from Chinese aggression, which is why there has been a military build-up for decades now. The US Forces in Okinawa is the proverbial tripwire.
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  4238. How many countries would Myanmar split into without an authoritarian military regime?
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  4239. The reality is the US military and her partners stayed in Afghanistan for too long. They should've been out after a few years. And they should've never started the Iraq war when operations in Afghanistan weren't finished.
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  4240. Nobody likes foreigners who cause harm to their society.
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  4241. 山本国
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  4242. Maybe it's unwise to be in an active war zone. US military checkpoints were shooting civilian cars in Iraq that didn't stop. Such naivety to think one is safe anywhere under attack.
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  4243. Putin won't live forever. Frankly, I'm more worried about the next guy in charge, who may (or may not) actually be believe in all the ultra-nationalist/xenophobic right-wing crap. Russia imploding is as scary as Russia expanding.
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  4244. Xi...is a little difficult to pronounce unless you've studied Mandarin.
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  4245.  @yellowbird5411  I share your concern. We either have it ourselves or have friends and family members who have all sorts of medical conditions. It's a bit like a new IT system roll out. It may be rigorously tested and safe on its own, but used together with other existing systems, it could create massive problems.
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  4246.  @pbm___000  It's not about EVs in general. There was a massive world-wide recall issued on Chevy Bolt due to a potential fire hazard. GM said it was an issue with Lithium-Ion batteries provided by LG Chem. GM had to shut down the production of Chevy Bolt for nearly a year because the recall included all Bolts from 2017 to 2022 models. They were saying don't park indoors, don't charge, don't ride, etc.
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  4247.  @sextempiric7137  They go to school trips to North Korea and praise the North Korean political system. They were involved in many espionage and kidnapping in Japan. YOKOTA Megumi is the most famous example. They're sending money to North Korea with their various businesses in Japan. It goes without saying, some people in Japan really hate them. I still don't know why we don't deport them.
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  4248. Toyota's battery guarantee on its hybrids in North America is 150,000 miles or 10 years (whichever comes first). And after 10-12 years and if you plan to drive the car for another 8-10 years, you should definitely get a battery replacement to maximize performance. Batteries will always degrade with time, be it hybrids or cell-phones. And if you go to a proper Toyota dealership, the battery alone won't be costing US$5,000. The labor cost is what is expensive. If you opt for a cheap third-party refurbished battery, you can get one for around US$2,000.
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  4249. We're all watching somebody's perspective. War is propaganda, and propaganda is war.
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  4250. Pakistan gets what is deserves.
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  4251.  @matthewparsons9407  Government of Japan just started J-SKIP and J-FIND visa schemes for that purpose. But the issue with dual-citizenship is something entirely different. We can't be responsible for 2nd or 3rd generation emigrants with Japanese ancestry, especially as they no longer are culturally or linguistically Japanese.
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  4252. You know exactly what he meant and the history behind his comments. The Spanish had a very rigid racial hierarchy in their colonies, not just in Latin America but also in the Philippines.
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  4253. You got the cheap version. And Rav4 is made in North America.
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  4254. The 4Runner is a bit special. It's made in the TAHARA plant in Japan, just like Land Cruisers and Lexus models. TAHARA is an elite factory with the most experienced workers and highest quality (in assembly, painting, inspection, etc), since their primary task is to make Lexus vehicles. That being said, if the vehicle wasn't properly maintained by the owner or had non-OEM parts in repairs, it could still have problems.
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  4255. WELKOM!
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  4256. This is rather nice.
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  4257. The speed and service is impressive. But I'm sure you understand that 5 Euros ticket price can only exist if it's being subsidized by taxpayers in Spain. I'm not saying it's a bad thing. It's just that if there were enough customers, there would be no need for subsidies.
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  4258.  @Ssumitani Japanese people share a common language, culture, and identity. Language is culture, and culture is religion. So if you don't know how to read/write/speak Japanese, there is no way people in Japan will consider you to be Japanese (even if both of your parents are from Japan). Naturally, you'll be treated differently if you live in Japan and aren't fluent in Japanese. And it's not condescension that I feel when I meet Japanese Descendants who cannot speak Japanese, it's more a sense of pity that they are disconnected from their ancestral land, language, or culture. They cannot read Japanese literature, and understand music or TV. They will never understand the identity, history, or the feeling of visiting the tombs of your ancestors going back generations. (If you cannot read Japanese, you won't even able to find your ancestor's tombs anyway or speak with relatives at family functions.) The reality is Japanese society will almost always value, respect, and appreciate somebody from say Iran, Myanmar, China, Turkey, New Zealand, Panama, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, France, Canada, South Korea, Australia, Hungary, Russia, Georgia, etc, etc...who has near-native fluency in Japanese language and culture over a Japanese Descendant who cannot even read Japanese news articles. We've always had elected officials that are naturalized citizens. We have Buddhist monks and Shinto priests from other countries. These days a 1/3 of our top Sumo Wrestlers (i.e. MAKU-UCHI) are from Mongolia, Inner Mongolia (China), Bulgaria, Georgia, Brazil, etc. They are more "Japanese" than most Japanese in Japan, protecting and preserving Japanese traditions and culture. The most popular post-war YOKOZUNA was TAIHO (大鵬), and he was half-Ukrainian born in KARAFUTO.
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  4259. It's different in many ways for natural-born citizens. Japanese government will strip Japanese citizenship for any Japanese national who emigrated abroad and acquired foreign citizenship.
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  4260.  @dennistesolat5346  I'm from Hyogo, and I have never heard any of my friends or family ever refer to these places as Kamagasaki. It's usually Airin, Nishinari, or Korean ghettos/buraku...when we refer to poor slum areas in Osaka. You must be more local than I am, cuz the only people who would know it as Kamagasaki would be the actual people living there.
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  4261. その軍事政権は昔から日本に仲良くしてくれてるんだよね。かつて多くの日本人がビルマの独立のために血をながしたお陰。内戦中に行く方も覚悟した方が良いよ。
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  4262. Money talks...
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  4263. Sadly, I think the world has given up on Afghanistan as a lost cause. If the United States cannot stabilize Afghanistan, in all honesty nobody can.
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  4264. LEAF was a massive financial disappointment for Nissan, so they didn't really invest in them. Most automakers lose money on BEVs (including Chinese automakers), so it would be idiotic to be pushing them in large scale. The French parasites didn't really help Nissan either.
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  4265.  @dlg5485  US automarket is the most competitive in the entire world. So much so Toyota lost money in North America in FY2022 as they had to offer many incentives. Toyota's Operating Profit Margin for North America is still the lowest in the entire world, usually around lower single digits. (Toyota's global operating profit margin is about 10%. )
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  4266. The constitution doesn't really matter because it's just series of procedures, guidelines and ideals. Some countries periodically add amendments, others simply change the interpretations. The problem is with Peruvians.
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  4267.  @studiokazuyo  皮肉を書いてるだけでしょ。
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  4268.  @belagarzo63  I think it's better to specify Ottomans to differentiate them from various East Eurasian Turkic clans who migrated from the Eurasian steppe. Turkic is a Northeast Asian language/culture, and its homeland is in South Siberia and Mongolia. I'm sure you learned that the people who ruled the Carpathian Basin from the 6th century (after the Huns) were Turkic-speaking Avars. They were eventually absorbed by the Magyars from 9th century and onward. Since the original Magyars migrated from Siberia through Turkic-speakings lands in the Volga to the Black Sea coastal regions, Hungarian language retains proto-Turkic influences.
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  4269. Russians have massive tank and artillery units at the border...and the US is sending airborne units to do exactly what?
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  4270. ​ @Halland_-lm9eh If Japan is so bad why did so many Koreans smuggle themselves into Japan after they were independent? And why are 1/3 of Chinese citizens in Japan coming from Manchuria? There are even North Korean defectors in Japan.
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  4271. In Japan, it was actually the Imperial Japanese Navy that learnt curry recipes from the Royal/British Navy, which they of course learnt from British India. Retired Navy cooks opened restaurants throughout Japan, and over time became a household dish. To date, ships and bases in the Japanese Navy serve curry every Friday, and it helps them to not lose track of the day during voyage. (Since each ship/station has their own recipe, there is a "Naval Curry Olympics" held each year.)
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  4272. It's so easy to be irresponsible when you're not in Iran. Anti-regime movements could lead to another Libya or Syria.
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  4273. I'm sure the indigenous people felt the same way when saw waves of European migrants. The irony is the migrants coming from the South look like (partial) descendants of indigenous people of the Americas.
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  4274. So the next war is with Canada?
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  4275. If Russians cared about international law they wouldn't be in Ukraine. The evacuation could be preparation for usage of tactical nukes.
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  4276.  @johnkonde1975  It's not greed. US$15,000 in 2024 is equivalent to US$12,000 in 2019. It's no longer possible with rising cost of components, materials, labor, and all the sensors and semiconductors that goes into a modern car. In addition there is government-mandated emission standards as well as carbon tax/credits that automakers are required to pay, which is why almost every automaker has exited the below US$20,000 market in the US. They barely break-even with a US$25,000 vehicle.
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  4277. I think this region in particular could benefit from a little less religion.
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  4278. Both English and Portuguese is an Indo-European language, and English vocab is half Latin/French. And most Japanese people don't need English for work or for their daily lives.
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  4279. I was under the impression Orthodox Church uses a different calendar.
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  4280. Nixon made a huge mistake, it seems.
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  4281. Did he bring more helmets?
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  4282.  @notme8652  Please don't drag Japan into this. Discrimination within South Korea exists. Some of it is coming from culture, socio-economic class, education level, regional history, etc. But prejudices exist even between Northern and Southern Italy. I know a few Zainichi Koreans who had a difficult time adjusting to South Korea. They hated their treatment in South Korea so much, they actually naturalized to Japanese citizenship after studying in South Korea. The resentment or discrimination towards overseas ethnic Koreans such as Zainichi or 高麗人 or Korean-Americans...is something that only ethnic Koreans can fully understand or explain. I don't think it's something shallow as racism or xenophobia...I suspect it's Social Class-ism.
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  4283.  @Cinoth  Soviet Union leadership was full of Ukrainians. In fact, they were the most influential group within the Soviet Union. Ukrainians and Russians have been working together to expand the Russian Empire, and later the Soviet Union. Ukrainians were the vanguards of the Russian Tsar. So how is it possible that Ukrainians are programmed differently from the Russians?
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  4284. Their agriculture used to be more sustainable before the Spaniards invaded. Deforesting the mountains is slow death of the land.
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  4285. ケネディのキューバ危機と暗殺、ジョンソンのベトナム戦争、ニクソンのウォーターゲート、カーターのイラン革命、レーガンのイランコントラ、パパブッシュの湾岸戦争、クリントンのモニカとユーゴ戦争、子ブッシュのアフガン・イラク戦争の時も無茶苦茶な時代。そして奴隷制度は19世紀の半ばまで続いてから、古き良き時代は本当にあったのかと疑う。
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  4286. Nobody cares.
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  4287. European high-end brands in Japan have had strong sales mostly due to mainland Chinese tourists and flippers, but the same luxury brands are not doing so well in HK or in mainland. So luxury demand is there regardless of economic conditions. I suspect it has a lot to do with the nature of mainland tourists that HK and Macau now attracts relative to the past or exodus of affluent HK residents. And it is an enormously complicated topic that entails everything from positioning and branding of HK, visa policies, capital control, image, housing/accommodation, job opportunities, climate, etc.
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  4288. Many of the initial fighters weren't Russian regulars or even Russian citizens, so it depends on how you define Russian losses. Donbass Separatists, Prison inmates in Wagner, or recruited foreign soldiers and mercenaries...would any of them be included in official Russian losses? They were used as shields of the Russian Regular forces with limited equipment and supplies. You can understand why the Wagner dude was angry.
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  4289. What type of help do you prefer, Afghanistan, Iraq, or Syria?
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  4290. That actually captures the problem. Tesla's unit production is about US$ 37,000 per vehicle. Chinese automakers are selling EVs for around US$10,000-15,000 price range....at a financial LOSS. They can sustain the loss because they have financial backing from Chinese government. Ford loses about US$40,000 per vehicle in its EV sales, so it's not just VW that struggles to make money in EVs. In China, only 1 or 2 companies actually make money in their EVs. Every other automaker is selling at a loss. The natural outcome of this distorted is closures and streamlining of antiquated or expensive factories.
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  4291.  @drunkenhobo8020  It's not just Japanese automakers, German and South Korean automakers are also researching hydrogen models. Since Battery-electric is not suited for current fleet of heavy duty trucks and buses that use diesel, some of them will eventually shift to hydrogen solutions. Toyota's hydrogen fuel-cell concept car is named MIRAI or "future" in Japanese language, because hydrogen fuel cell is next generation technology being researched and developed for the era after the mass adoption of hybrids. Buses and trains in Japan are already testing Toyota's hydrogen fuel-cell system, and ports of LA and Long Beach are testing Toyota's hydrogen semi-trucks. Toyota started hybrid research in 1975 and introduced the first Prius in Japan in 1997. It was a concept that was pursued due to the difficulties of the Oil Crises in the 1970s. Toyota lost money in the Prius model for the first 10 years but they didn't care because they understood the significance of the technology. And because of their decades of continued efforts and interests, they were able to make hybrids more reliable and affordable, and in recent years hybrids have become increasingly popular. Companies like Toyota think in decades. They're not bothered by current sales of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles as they don't even produce in large numbers. Toyota sells over 10 million vehicles each year. They only manufacture around 10,000 MIRAI.
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  4292. So Plug-in hybrids are NOT EVs in this video?
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  4293. Toyota is an extremely conservative company even within Japanese standards. So whatever US operations is doing is not ordered from HQ. As for optimization of global production, it's a complicated maze. Contrary to perception, it's rarely about labor costs. Nobody at Toyota lost employment over this move. It's closely linked to supply-chain networks, as well as creating additional capacity for new vehicles. Toyota's production plants world-wide have extremely high utilization. Meaning, they need to carefully plan and move production around their plants to create time and space for retooling and retraining. If I understand correctly, they wanted to move production of Tacoma from Texas to Mexico, because they wanted moved certain models from Indiana to Texas. It's a gigantic puzzle. And I can find article dating back to Jan 2020 on this move. They cannot just do this in a few months, they have to prepare for years to move production of one model from one plant to another.
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  4294. Decades of civil war, massive casualty, destruction, famine, foreign military intervention, ending up in communism and large diaspora...aren't there better examples?
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  4295. I'm pretty sure the Brits perceived George Washington as a rebel and terrorist. Whether you call it an insurrection or an independence movement is a matter of perspective.
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  4296. 冷戦後は「平和の配当」と散々言ってたのに、今や戦争前夜とか・・・どうしてこんなにブレるのでしょ？冷戦後もアジア太平洋地域は何も変化してない。領土は不法占拠されたままだし、日常的に領空侵犯をするのでロシアへの警戒心は同程度。
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  4297.  @TalhaEnes-sb2mw  Turkic clans in Central Asia mixed with indigenous Iranic/Aryan people. But they were only the minority ruling class in Anatolia, which is one of the reasons why most in modern-day Turkey do not have any Turkic genetics. Turkic is a Northeast Asian language and culture, it's homeland is South Siberia and Mongolia. It's why old Turkic tombs and inscriptions are located in that region. And because they were competing/neighboring with Northern Han Chinese in ancient times, a few Chinese loanwords entered Turkic vocab. The Turkic word for water is coming from Chinese.
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  4298. Nobody is capable of managing the whole of Afghanistan because it's not a real nation. It has to be split into two regions along ethnic/linguistic divisions.
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  4299. The doctors, lawyers, bankers, and scientists support youknowwho.
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  4300.  @zhtet123  You think life is bad now? Imagine when there will be no more single-state Myanmar.
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  4301. I agree, yet the irony is "Western Civilization" and Christianity has its roots in the Middle-east. I'm not exactly sure what happened as it used to be one of the most prosperous regions in the entire world.
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  4302. It's been only a few days yet the capital is surrounded. Ukrainian sky and sea is under Russian control. Russian troops are in key strategic locations. Ukrainian military infrastructure is destroyed and air defense is non existent. Now what part of that looks like Russians are defeated? I presume Russia is following a pre-planned war strategy. Judging from surgical strikes and troop movement, Russian goal was not to occupy or destroy Ukraine, it is to force the Ukrainian government into negotiations so they would give up joining NATO. The Ukrainian government is handing out rifles to civilians aiming for some kind urban guerrilla warfare street fight. That shows that they still don't understand what their enemy's objective is.
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  4303. There is definitely not a united "global public opinion" on Gaza.
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  4304. So true.
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  4305.  @azambajwatessawar5130  The 'Chinese' in the Orhkon Inscriptions refers to the Sinicized Xianbei Mongolic tribes, who originally were from Inner Mongolia and Eastern Outer Mongolia. Various Northern Chinese dynasties have built forts and walls to keep northern nomadic raiders and invaders out, even the conquest dynasties. But Northern China was ruled by various invaders for most parts of its history. They almost always fail, so they hire and invite nomadic barbarians to protect themselves from other northern barbarians. Game of Thrones.
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  4306. Pakistan can't survive without China and Iran.
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  4307. Pointless. Pashtuns wish to live in the 7th century.
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  4308. ​ @渡海-q2w Obviously, it's for the Chinese market where the price range is lower. In North America, many of their hybrids are pre-sold before arriving to the dealership. The stength of Toyota is they sell specifically designed cars for each region and segment. Thus, the size and specs of a Carolla in China is different from that of Japan, North America, etc.
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  4309. It must be why they have records profits.
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  4310. Had the Chinese and WHO been honest about Corona Virus from the beginning, the world would've reacted differently.
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  4311. If the half-Japanese half-German guy was raised in Japan and received formal Japanese education, I doubt he would be treated like a foreigner/outsider. Not just his limited Japanese language skills and the way he speaks, but his overall mannerism, hand gestures, body language, facial expressions, mind-set or values...are different from people who were raised in Japan.
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  4312.  @Historian212  Frankly, if they have a foreign-father, experience may be somewhat different because the family name is often non-Japanese, automatically differentiating them from rest of the population since birth. (Nobody assumes somebody called SMITH to be Japanese.) In the entertainment industry, it was well-known that successful half-Japanese celebrities--such as SAWAJIRI Erika, SHIROTA Yu, or TAKAHASHI Maryjune--have Japanese fathers. I don't know if this is due to upbringing, culture, or genetic admixture. For whatever reason, they tend to match the beauty preference of the Japanese public. Since Japan only uses Jus Sanguinis citizenship rule, location of birth is not relevant. You can be born in Egypt and still be a Japanese citizen. However, until legal changes in 1985 children of foreign-fathers didn't qualify for automatic Japanese citizenship at birth (unless the mother was single or divorced). In other words, Japanese government and society didn't perceive them to be natural-born Japanese. This perception has continued since ancient times. In Japanese traditions, we mostly use the paternal family names, religions, and tombs (unless adopted into a different family). The children are a member of the father's KOSEKI or family registry (unless they are children of single-mothers and divorcees), and they will be treated as a member of the paternal family for funerals too. Thus, if you have a foreign father, those traditions may not be inherited, possibly making them disconnected from Japanese culture, traditions, and identity.
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  4313. Toyota sells around 100,000 EVs per years, and half of it is sold in China, the rest is Europe and US. Toyota can manufacture EVs whenever they want to. The brutal reality is that majority of consumers and dealers don't want EVs, which is why Toyota is not in a rush to manufacture them. In the US, Toyota is investing heavily in Kentucky and North Carolina for EV and battery production.
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  4314. I am relieved that Japanese police are doing their jobs. That's how they root out illegals and criminals. I wish they would do more patrolling, to be honest. We have so many ethnic micro Ghettos and parallel societies causing serious social problems. Chinese gangs in Ikebukuro, Kurds in Warabi-stan, Africans in Kabukicho, and these days Vietnamese criminal organizations. You may think that Japanese police stopping and questioning suspicious-looking foreigners is racist. I suspect most people in Japan will think it's common sense and would welcome it. We've seen so many foreign nationals who have no desire of learning Japanese language/culture and assimilating to Japanese society. I honestly don't know how to interpret them, should we view them as extended tourists, guest workers, or permanent residents? What's the point of living in Japan if you're not going to be part of Japan?
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  4315. Russians don't understand negotiations. They only believe that might is right.
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  4316. Japanese defense structure hasn't really changed since the 1950s. It spends around 1% of GDP.
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  4317. Open any history book from era from any region. War and conflict is an integral part of human history. It's how technology evolves, be it stone, bronze, iron, or modern telecommunication. Where do you think the internet comes from? It was designed for military communication during a nuclear war. And GPS was designed for accurately targeting missiles. Unless we suddenly stop being humans...nothing will change.
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  4318. 外交摩擦を高める前に邦人の帰国を促すべきでしたね。
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  4319. UN was designed to be weak.
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  4320.  @thealternative9580  That arrogance is usually how US soldiers get killed. Seriously, how are you supposed to tell a good local from a bad one. Same stuff in Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, etc. You cannot save Mexico from Mexicans by killing Mexicans.
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  4321. Turkey shouldn't have a monopoly on everything "Turk" since the name encompasses a large group of people in Eurasia. Just go back to name Ottoman or Seljuks.
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  4322. There no common cognates between Japanese and Korean aside from loan words (from Chinese derived texts), which is why both languages are still categorized as isolated languages.
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  4323. If you know Japanese, you'll know that those two words are unrelated. I think it's called ONOMATOPE, and Japanese language has many of them.
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  4324. Why do you think all the destructive religions come from the Middle-east? They go crazy because it's too hot.
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  4325. 外国のカルトを排除しないのは・・・やっぱり政権党が繋がってるからなのかな。
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  4326. Human history is that of war. The irony is Ukrainian Cossacks were the foot soldiers of the Russian Empire.
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  4327. In Japan, we differentiate by nationality and not by race. We rarely say half-White in Japan. We say half-Russian, half-French, or half-Australian.
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  4328.  @lohbut2  People in Okinawa have one of the highest Japanese DNA admixture.
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  4329. ​ @yulusleonard985 It's not Toyota. Daihatsu and Hino used to be separate companies and were rescued by Toyota. BYD is the largest player in China, so when you're producing cars for the Chinese market, using some BYD systems would be cheaper and efficient. Obviously no Japanese consumer will purchase a BYD system, so they won't be selling the models in Japan. Chinese EVs are selling around 10,000 USD, so automatic need to make their cars cheaper to compete in China.
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  4330.  @WheelsandWallets  Nissan HP has "Sales, Production & Export Results" for each region. Latest sales data is from Jul 2024. For the US market, Jan-Jul 2024 total sales volume for Nissan Frontier was 45,165 vehicles up 18.5% YoY for same period of last year. Rogue was 155,872 units (-2.4% YoY), Pathfinder was 45,982 units (-2.2% YoY), Kicks was 40,230 units (+12.4%), Sentra was 103,788 (+49% YoY), and Altima was 67,734 units (-3.7% YoY).
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  4331. 圧倒的に少数民族の土地でヘロインや覚醒剤を生産。それで独立運動を展開。輸出ルートのタイ政府も危機感強い。
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  4332. It's US defense contracts, meaning it generates corporate tax, employment, income tax, consumption in the US. However, it's not really conducive for fighting inflation.
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  4333. That's Islam.
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  4334. Toyota really tried by asking policymakers in Europe and North America for a more sensible, gradual, and realistic approach. But Toyota was often ridiculed and criticized by dogmatic environmentalists, regulators, and investors for claiming BEVs aren't for everyone. European automakers would've or should've known this was going to happen. They have the largest market-share in Europe, so they should've been able to have largest amout of consumer feedback.
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  4335. They can stay in Syrian refugee camps. But they will have to repatriate the Syrians first.
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  4336. 戦争の本質はプロパガンダ合戦。ウクライナ政府の支配地域の被害状況を西側メディアで連日報道してるのは、ウクライナ政府が情報戦に長けてることの裏返し。あまり日本では報道されないが、実はウクライナ避難民はロシアへも多く逃げてる。ウクライナ東部地域にはウクライナ軍・民兵からの攻撃による被害者も大勢おる。 今回のロシア軍のウクライナ領内への侵攻は一面でしかない。結局は2014年から続く内戦の延長戦であり、後ろからロシアと欧州がそれぞれ支援し、代理戦争をやってきた。実効支配の両側に住む間人は双方とも被害者であり、戦闘にも参加する加害者でもある。
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  4337. Ghosn didn't do anything but destroy the supply chain and sell cheap cars in North America ruining the brand. And he was kicked out because he was stealing.
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  4338. 5,000 more helmets on the way.
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  4339. I'm not exactly sure what it means anymore.
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  4340. Does that mean Boston Tea Party was terrorism?
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  4341. Human smuggling is profitable as drug smuggling for international syndicates. They pay off a lot of people everywhere.
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  4342.  @Komainu959  That is such a lie. So much money was spent since the 1970s so Okinawa can escape from disastrous situation caused by US occupation. Only people who don't know about the realities of Okinawa would say that.
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  4343. That's why you need to restrict immigration.
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  4344.  @chynacash3138  If your engine is consuming oil, something is leaking. Depending on the issue, it may be a relatively inexpensive fix.
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  4345. みんな日本語が上手だね。
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  4346. Do you believe that Russians care?
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  4347.  @warrenbradford2597  That is why he's rejected and ignored in Japan. Japanese people find foreigners with that kind of mentality disgusting. He should go back to his country and live in his own culture.
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  4348.  @dochere-bolelwang  You should look at map of Russian from 500 years ago. The entire country is a colony.
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  4349.  @nstantiniskra7261  Let's face it, Germans were always racists. They just did a good job hiding it after WW2 out of necessity to survive. But that isn't unique to Germany. (Non-Europeans who visit Europe frequently return home with racist experiences. I hear France is worse than Germany but not as bad some countries in Eastern Europe.) Everything has changed so much in the past few decades, especially after the Cold War ended. Islamic extremism, one refugee crisis after another, globalist policies...any one of them is enough to trigger xenophobic movements anywhere in the world. The reality is EU is funded by the prosperity of the German economy. And a lot of people in and out of Europe migrate to Germany for economic opportunities, but every country has its limits. It's not hate speech directed to anyone in particular, but it's more of a self-preservation mechanism for society. Put differently, this was the negative aspect of creating and ceding some degree of authority to the European Union. There are many benefits and there are many negatives to any arrangement. You can't have it both ways.
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  4350. 岸田・林の派閥はお花畑の集団やで。不思議とタカ派の方が現実的で慎重。
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  4351. So is ethnicity, nationality, religion.
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  4352. We don't like to be grouped with Chinese and Koreans.
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  4353. You must be young to not know about the US Embassy in Tehran, or US Marine barracks in Lebanon. In the Middle-east nothing is off limits.
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  4354. How many models does Tesla have?
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  4355. swiftly, severely, decisivelyなどはアメリカの政治・外交・司法によくある表現。｢断固」は意訳だと思う。使われ過ぎて陳腐化してるのは両国とも似てる。具体的中身は誰にも分からない。
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  4356. The original Magyars were Asian, but they were from Siberia. Their closest surviving relatives are in Khanty-Mansi. The Manchus were known as the Jurchen in the past, and they are from Manchuria. Manchus inherit Y-DNA Haplogroup C, which is the dominant genetic groups for proto-Koreanic and Mongolic people.
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  4357. The Afghans fighting against foreign armies like the US or USSR were doing same thing, I presume.
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  4358. 教育水準によって差がありそう。
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  4359. The international community has committed abundant resources over the past 20 years to maintain security and assist a secular government in Afghanistan. If they went to live under Taliban rule, let them live that way. Not our problem anymore.
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  4360. Hyundai-Kia will never be able to reach German or Japanese quality.
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  4361. You're exactly right in making the connection. The Khitan Bronze Mirror--which has a Khitan poem inscribed--appearing in this video was discovered in Kaesong (ancient capital of Goryeo Dynasty "高麗" in present day North Korea). Whether it's the various Chinese dynasties, Khitan, Mongols, Manchus...there were always limited Koreans who learned the language of their neighbors for diplomacy, trade, or academic reasons.
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  4362. I recall the malware incident in Iran's nuclear facility from decades ago. The Iranian nuclear research site was not connected to the internet to prevent cyber attacks and information leakage. So various intelligence agencies planted malware in a large portion of the USB stick-drives sold to Iran. Eventually, one of them was used at the site to transfer research data, which somehow crippled the facility. I think it was a joint operation between Israel and the US.
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  4363. So the DICTATOR of Ukraine started the war by invading Russia, in the alternate reality?
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  4364.  @behmenceferov3008  Aremians and Kurds have been fighting to save their homeland from Turkified Aremians, Greeks, Iranians, and Kurds. Just take one look at the people of Azerbaijan and Turkey. Unlike the people of Turkmenistan, who are part Turkic and part Iranian or Turkified Iranians, the people of Azerbaijan and Turkey don't have any Turkic genetics, food, music, religion, tradition, or culture. They just inherit the language.
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  4365. That grandma is a Japanese citizen. She was able to save 1 of her 5 children from North Korea. The Japanese Embassy in Beijing bent over backwards to save her child and grandchildren.
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  4366. Ukrainians wish to be by Ukraine so they can return home quickly once it's safer. Some have already started to return back to Ukraine. And the 400 plus Ukrainians who fled to Japan so far are family members of those who live in Japan.
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  4367. When the question is phrased 『美人が多い国は？』...rather implies answers to be chosen from foreign countries. As for why Eastern European and Russian women are considered beautiful in Japan (and rest of East Asia) is because they have a "Eurasian" vibe. We can tell they have varying degree of Western and Eastern Eurasian genetic ancestry. But again, when many Japanese imagine Russians, I suspect they're thinking about famous Russian ice-skaters...many of whom are actually ethnic Tatars.
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  4368. 外国人の集団がコンビニの前や地面に座って飲んでるのが気持ち悪かった。
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  4369. Separatists are not considered "Heros" by any state, I suspect. They're frequently labeled as "Terrorists." This issue has been going on even before Burma finally got rid of the British. The British were using Karen and Indians to fight and suppress the Burmese since the 19th century. Obviously, people remember what the Karen tribes did.
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  4370. Join the club.
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  4371. So Honduras is a country and a cartel?
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  4372.  @joe1972  Western Hemisphere?
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  4373. You have no idea about the racism in the West.
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  4374. Why would Prigozhin wish to overthrow Putin? Why would Russian Army veterans in Wagner want to be part of any of this?
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  4375. ​ @gooser__43 Toyota has BEVs. But it's not what majority customers want for the moment. Demand is so strong, some customers are waiting for months for their hybrids. And production has been at full capacity.
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  4376. Burning more coal to power EVs. Australia has such an interesting environmental policy.
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  4377.  @davidboskett5581  That's because you don't know anything about Carlos Ghosn. Everybody hated him at Nissan. Many of the talented people left. No supplier was cooperative after what Ghosn did. Even steel companies and shipping companies given Nissan least favorable treatment after what Ghosn. He ruined Nissan's quality by cutting too many corners, reputation, and destroyed the supply-chain. Nissan hasn't recovered from that. And he also destroyed French and Lebanese reputation in Japan. I'm surprised he's still alive.
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  4378. ​ @ericp1139 Over 90% of casualties on both sides are from fragments of artillery rounds, mortars, drones, missiles, or mines.
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  4379.  @celsostarec6735  Panasonic 4680 for Tesla will be manufactured both in Japan and in the US. Panasonic is currently building a US$4bn factory in De Soto Kansas.
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  4380.  @beatlessteve1010  That's a very interesting family history. Your Japanese writing is native-level for somebody who was adopted to a foreign family. In Japan we were historically organized by clans and identified as members of our father's clan/family since ancient times, at least from around 古墳時代, so around 3rd or 4th century. I suspect the practice is much older, but that's about when written records on various clans start. People were known as "XYZ of 〇〇氏/clan", which is why we still use the word "氏名" when we refer to people's names. It literally means Clan Name. To date, we mostly inherit the KOSEKI, surname, tombs, religious sect, traditions, and land from the paternal lineage. As such, only those with a Japanese father have been perceived to be Japanese. It's ones of the reasons why the government didn't issue Japanese citizenship to children of foreign fathers born before 1985. And this perception, is why half-kids with foreign fathers may be treated differently from half-kids with Japanese fathers. Basically, you need a Japanese surname to be considered Japanese in Japan. It's not about citizenship.
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  4381. We can't send people to a region controlled by rebels who are linked to Jihadists. Too dangerous.
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  4382.  @Acemeistre  Which country are you talking about? Australia has 20 million (and California has 14 million) registered vehicles, and most vehicles are replaced within 15-20 year time frame. Both regions depend on fossil fuel for their electricity. And you should see some research on US trucking industry. They're estimating that for the commercial trucking industry alone, the US needs to spend US$1 trillion to upgrade the electric grid, build charging stations, and increase electricity capacity. The price tag doesn't include the cost of the EV trucks. In 2022, California had to beg EV owners to not charge their cars due to high electricity demand during heat wave. And the EV ratio within California was still less than a few percent. You're living in fantasy land if think meeting electricity demand is an easy task. Already Australia has announced extending usage of coal plants, and NZ had to emergency import coal because of some issue with natural gas.
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  4383. You are what you decide to be. We tried to assimilate and integrate Koreans in the past, but that didn't work out so well. Korean War refugees and their descendants are still in Japan. After so many decades, many of them still don't wish to return to Korea, yet they also refuse to become Japanese. We allowed them to stay in Japan on humanitarian grounds, but this terrible experience is why Japan doesn't take in any more refugees. The irony is "Zainichi Koreans" mostly have their 本籍 in the south (primarily in 全羅道 & 慶尚道), which historically used to be linguistically, ethnically, culturally, and politically Japonic in ancient times. Proto-Korean speakers migrated to the peninsula from Manchuria. Some of the Japonic speakers fled to Japan, but most of them were absorbed into by the conquering northern culture, around 4-7th century. This explains why Korean language has both a Mongolian pitch accent, but retains some Japonic phonetics. It's a fusion language that experienced heavy sinicization in later centuries. Descendants of Proto-Korean speakers mostly have unique Y-DNA Haplogroup C, which makes up about 20% of modern South Korean males. This admixture increases in North Korea. It's also common among Manchus, Mongols, and Turkic tribes. They used to be semi-nomadic horse riders, while Japonic residents in the south were mostly rice farmers. In other words, indigenous Japonic people in the south became "Koreans" over the centuries.
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  4384. I don't trust CNN either. And why is your handle-name two Japanese surnames?
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  4385.  @gregorylumban-gaol3889  Please don't drag Japan into this. You really think we can tell a Palestinian reporter from an Israeli one? We have no preference, only respect to Qatar for hosting an excellent World Cup.
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  4386. Oh no.
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  4387. Creating series of distraction, confusion, and chaos in order to drain enemy time and manpower does seem to fit Russian-style hybrid warfare. Whoever is paying Wagner salaries may have written the elaborate screenplay.
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  4388. 集まった寄付金・支援金で1～2年間ほど日本語学校に通われた方が近道な気もします。
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  4389. They don't look like Inuit hunters.
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  4390. Prolonged wars in Ukraine may be beneficial for some industries. But that will lead to more suffering and devastation. I suppose European countries feel it's better to have the fighting take place in Ukraine than in European countries.
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  4391. Those "debt" are from financial subsidiaries that offer car loans to their customers. They borrow money from capital markets to make loans to customers, so the debt and asset appear on both sides. Thus, the debt amount largely traces the number of vehicle sales.
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  4392. It depends. Some dogs feel more comfortable in tight/dark spaces.
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  4393. Why are they so primitive?
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  4394. Our laws have strict restrictions on providing military equipment and weapons to a conflict zone. These vehicles were approved because they were deemed as non-military in nature and justified as part of humanitarian assistance. We have sent body armour, boots, helmets and medical supplies in the early stages, but that's pushing the limits. Japan is technically still at war with the Soviet Union and now the Russian Federation, the legal successor state. As such, we don't wish to unnecessarily escalate military and diplomatic tensions with Russia, especially as this is not our war. Also Ukrainians were particularly brutal and horrific as Soviet soldiers, particularly against Japanese civilians. Russian Far East is full of Russians with Ukrainian ancestry. As such, we have no particular preference between Ukrainians and Russians.
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  4395.  @Nauda999  Only on the surface. There were no real "peace" talks to begin with. And the sanctions are superficial because bilateral trade has soared in 2021, AFTER the conflict. Other trades are going through third-party nations like China or the Middle-east. Managing relations to avoid any type of military conflict is the essence of diplomacy.
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  4396.  @Nauda999  I don't think anybody in Japan thought it was humiliating. Rather, it was a good opportunity to educate the Americans and call out their war crimes.
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  4397. His Japanese level is native. It means he has read almost all of the books that an educated Japanese person has read. He understand that language is culture, and culture is language. What he's saying is that without understanding the history, culture, mindset...you cannot engage in a meaningful intellectual conversation. And frankly, if you cannot read a Japanese newspaper and understand it, you're illiterate in Japan.
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  4398. Most people have no idea what a BYD is in Japan. And they sold like 1,000 cars in 2023 in Japan.
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  4399. How are they guiding the weapons?
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  4400. Tax on gasoline and diesel is an important revenue to build and maintain roads for many countries. BEVs are not paying for the roads, so other means are necessary such as higher tax on electricity, vehicle weight, sales price, ownership, registration, etc. Or else, nobody can maintain the roads and electric grid for BEVs.
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  4401. 東部の分離派からすればウクライナ軍が侵略者。外国が介入したから複雑になったけど、本質は内戦。
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  4402. It's not racism. It's simply not being able to deal with customers who don't speak Japanese. The Colombian doesn't speak fluently.
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  4403. It's not because you're half. We genuinely have a crime issue with people from Asian countries. Vietnamese and Chinese make up 60% of all crimes committed by foreign nationals. The rest are usually South Koreans, Filipinos, and Brazilians. They're pretty violent too.
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  4404. The difference is Japan was already industrialized before the Pacific War. It had all the necessary ingredients for economic prosperity. Education, infrastructure, rule of law, property rights, etc. The 15-Year War was fought for access to markets and natural resources (that the European and US dominated at the time.) Once that obstacle was taken away post-WWII, there was really no hindrance to growth.
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  4405.  @awsnie  Japanese people want to be friends with you because you have a good personality.
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  4406.  @awsnie  I've worked with enough foreigners in Japan to know that some people have much easier time in integrating socially and adapting culturally, while others face enormous struggles to be accepted by Japanese people. Fluency in language and culture is a pre-requisite, but my impression is that there are certain personal traits and individual characteristics that would be more receptive and respected among Japan society. We'd often say somebody with a good personality and temperament as 性格が良い, and it is highly valued among Japanese society, perhaps more than anything. This will show in how one speaks, choice of words, manners, behaviors, mindset, dresses, etc.
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  4407. That's Russian history for the past few centuries.
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  4408. I love your sense of humor.
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  4409. Toyota should own and operate its own dealership in North America like they do in Japan. The local American dealers are only destroying the reputation of Toyota.
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  4410. Japanese people just quietly laugh at people like you. 70% of Japanese electricity comes from fossil fuel, mostly natural gas imported from Australia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle-east. But Japan has methane hydrate, which can be converted to hydrogen and ammonium. (It's not a coincidence that Toyota and other automakers have been researching hydrogen and ammonium-based engines.) You must be clueless to not know that Hydrogen is future technology that many countries are working on, including Japan. We already see development of hydrogen fuel-cell buses, trucks, trains, or steel plants in Japan, North America, and Europe. Hydrogen is not just about cars per se, it's about moving away from reliance on coal, oil, and natural gas. The convenience of hydrogen is there are many ways to create it, unlike coal, oil, and natural gas that is restricted to certain regions.
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  4411. 1:39 looks like a Quarter-over-Quarter decline for both Tesla and BYD in 1Q 2024. But again, there will always be various seasonal reasons, competition from other EV makers like Volvo and VW, inventory, production and sales target, etc. It's very odd for a growing company to slash 10% of its workforce. Automakers that have difficulty keeping up with market demand would not be considering layoffs.
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  4412. That's highly unlikely. Viruses require certain amount of time to spread throughout a nation, so it must've been circulating unnoticed from before the relaxation of COVID measures. Either the authorities weren't fully aware or totally honest about the magnitude.
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  4413. そのお金でロシアのエネルギー資源に投資したほうが日本に役立ちそうやけどな。
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  4414. Let Africa take care of themselves. The Europeans have done enough damage already.
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  4415. They smuggled themselves into Tunisia via Libya or Algeria, in the hope of reaching Europe. Tunisia doesn't want them, but Libya and Algeria are not allowing them safe passage. I don't know who should be responsible for taking them back. It's interesting they asked the UN for assistance instead of their home countries.
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  4416.  @koltindriver5935  Most Japanese cars sold in the US are made in the US by American workers.
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  4417. Live in Saudi. Why live in France?
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  4418.  @knjmoorhouse5093  Princesses no longer are part of Imperial Family and lose their title when they marry. It's been like that since....forever.
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  4419. For flights between Asia and Europe, Chinese airlines are experiencing a massive competitive advantage as they can still fly over Russian airspace saving hours of fuel, which is 70% of operational cost for each flight, resulting in lower fares. There are many complicated political/diplomatic/economic reasons why Chinese airlines are still losing money while airlines in other countries have returned to profits in 2023 and 2024. (HK-based Cathay Pacific is back in profits, while the 3 mainland flag carriers are still losing money in 2024.) China used to be visa-free for both South Korean and Japanese tourists before the pandemic. And China blocked group tourism to South Korea and Japan for political/diplomatic reasons, so that destroyed a large portion of demand for their most frequent and profitable international flights. I recall seeing China Eastern using a narrow-body plane in their Shanghai-Tokyo flights, which used to be a highly profitable trunk route for both business and leisure before the pandemic. Even Philippine Airlines uses a wide-body plane between Manila and Tokyo, so that should indicate how little there is demand on Chinese international flights. Domestically, there is simply too much capacity.
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  4420. Who knew Africa can stand...
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  4421. You're clearly mistaken. Akio TOYODA is the Chairman of Toyota. He was CEO over a decade and was grooming the next CEO. When the next guy was ready, he gave the CEO (who manages daily operations of the company) position to him. Chairman or KAICHO in Japan manages the external relations with government officials, politicians, suppliers, competitors, industry association, etc, etc.
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  4422.  @sonny9054  I thought it was because KOBE was one of the 5 port cities open to foreigners.
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  4423. In Kansai region, everyone stands on the right side. This interview, I assume, was conducted in Tokyo/Kanto region.
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  4424. Today?
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  4425.  @lokisg3  What military operation ends in 2 day?
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  4426. Putin's recent interviews indicate that he is not well physically, mentally, or both. I don't think he has gone completely insane, but he's clearly not the same person as before.
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  4427. Wasting precious bullets, as always.
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  4428. Since they were conquest dynasties, the ruling class of Northern China from Northern Wei dynasty (北魏) to Tang dynasty had nomadic Xianbei (鮮卑) origins. They were initially raiders and invaders from Inner Mongolia, (Outer) Mongolia, Manchuria, and Jzungaria. However, the Yuwen clan (宇文部)--the ruling family of Northern Wei to Northern Zhou--who led the Mongolic Xianbei is recorded as having Xiongnu (匈奴) origins. Since nomadic people historically identified by clans. Part Turkic or Part Mongolic is not a concept that is accurate.
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  4429. Nissan is actually known in Japan with their autonomous driving tests, popular EVs like SAKURA, and unique hybrids like e-Power system. Nissan Qashqai and Juke are popular models in Europe, and Patrol is famous in Middle-east for its endurance. North America segment is where Nissan had incompetent management and dealerships. Under Renault management, Nissan was forced to sell way too many cheap cars to less affluent customers who don't regularly service their cars, which eventually damaged the brand recognition. Since now they were able to escape Renault management, Nissan will gradually recover.
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  4430. If what you're saying is correct, it seems that "可汗" was a relatively accurate transcribing of the Mongolian title during that era.
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  4431.  @ouskhal5749  This video explicitly says she represented France but had a fallout with the French Federation.
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  4432. When ordinary civilians are armed with weapons, are still legally "civilians" under international law?
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  4433.  @orchidmuse  I doubt you can stage the eyes. The distressed eyes from war. Or the fatigue, sorrow, pain, despair, etc. Don't get me wrong, all media is inherently propaganda and intentionally or unintentionally promoting a certain bias (through selection of topics to cover, location to film, people to interview...)
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  4434. Threat = Capabilities + Intent.
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  4435. そもそも検査人数が少ないから、公表する数字は参考になるんだろうかね。
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  4436. Panasonic hit record profits in FY2023. They make batteries for Toyota hybrids as well as Tesla EVs, so they're doing fine. Toshiba was screwed by Westinghouse. It was an intentional sabotage. The prised medical unit was sold off to Canon. The semiconductor business was separated. Toshiba is still dealing with the fallout from Westinghouse.
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  4437. Iran is already under strict economic sanctions. They don't care any more. They may even use this as a bargaining chip to reduce sanctions, especially as the world needs Iranian oil.
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  4438. Twins used to be considered a bad omen in upper-class of China and Korea too. They would usually hide or kill one out of shame. But that was a few centuries ago.
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  4439. Japan will never let Nissan fail.
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  4440. Evil nations stick together.
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  4441. 西側メディアで報道されないだけかもね。ずっとやってると、流石に話題性が落ちる。
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  4442. Honda is making record profits and cannot keep up with strong hybrid demand, particularly in North America. Hybrid sales are now 40-50% of both Toyota and Honda new car sales in North America. The demand is so strong and inventory so low, some customers are forced to wait months for deliveries. And the automakers that pivoted to BEVs are all changing course because of weak demand. So I don't know why you think that Honda has made bad decisions.
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  4443. アグネス流？
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  4444. Please don't ever come to Japan. We don't need you.
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  4445. That's interesting. I never thought about pre-Christian Roman religion. I always wonder what religion were the Palestinians before they became Muslims. And could they be "Arabs" even before they accepted Islam? Obviously, nobody could be Muslim before 7th century, nobody was Christian before 2,000 years ago, and Jesus of Nazareth and his immediate followers lived their lives as Palestinian Jews.
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  4446. Nobody thinks Hyundai or Kia is better than Toyota. And Sony doesn't even compete with Samsung. They make games and movies.
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  4447. Such a prosperous region when it was Buddhist.
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  4448. People thought Toyota was delusional with hybrids. Now 1/3 of all Toyota global sales are hybrids.
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  4449.  @Asfandyar_  What do you mean by Arab over Afghanistan?
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  4450. For what purpose?
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  4451. Whether Palestinian or Syrian refugees, you cannot expect the Lebanese government to grant refugees the same legal rights and obligations as Lebanese citizens. Frankly, they are lucky to be even allowed in. Most countries will not tolerate a parallel society or ghetto within their territory.
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  4452. Chinese jets have crashed before. But Chinese don't make everything public.
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  4453. Depends on the mix and personality. Half Black is just seen as Black.
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  4454. If you don't see this as terrorism, we will never see eye to eye.
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  4455. We have been accepting refugees from Myanmar for decades now. Of course we know. But we also know that without the Military Regime, there may no longer be a Myanmar. The country will implode, disintegrate, and instead be a dozen smaller states.
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  4456. Partner? They're young and want to experience many things.
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  4457. PNG is more symbolic unless the diplomat is a spy.
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  4458. Asking for international assistance in domestic security means to kill a large number of Haitians to protect Haiti from Haitians. They are well-armed and know their streets, which means it's Fallujah or West Bank style steet fighting. This is why it's a terrible idea to send in foreign forces to police Haiti.
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  4459. You underestimate the dogmatic view of environmental activists.
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  4460. ​ @NewBeginnings413 Both Russia and NATO need Ukraine and Belarus to be a neutral buffer zone.
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  4461. Indonesia is owned by China. Obviously, they don't have the balls to piss off China by excluding Russia. But again, G20 has no meaning in the first place. I didn't even know Indonesia was a member.
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  4462. God must have given up on humans by now.
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  4463. I had no idea such a group existed. No icons, alcohol or pork...on the surface appears to be some Islamic influence. But again, I was under the impression Russian Orthodox church architecture was somewhat influenced by the Muslim Tatars.
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  4464. Can structural damage to the hull really be fixed whether is planes, ships, or cars? You can fix them good enough for usage...but don't know if that is "perfect" condition.
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  4465. Foreign countries are responsible for them. It's the nation of Madagascar that has the sole responsibility.
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  4466. Toyota never claimed that. They just said let the customers decide.
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  4467. Ukraine has a lot of male volunteers. Ukraine's issue has always been shortage of proper equipment and ammo, rather than shortage of fighters. So I highly doubt most women in this video will ever be in direct combat/infantry roles. This looks more like boot-camp.
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  4468. ​ @ALMUDDY  Why would a Palestinian Jew from two thousand years ago help Turks. Real Turks still practice Tengrism.
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  4469. It's not about India. Honestly, no country sees India and Pakistan on an equal footing. Pakistan cannot survive anymore Taliban attacks, and that it's so poor it cannot even feed its own citizens. So many Pakistani are in refugee and migrant camps in the Balkans because nobody wants more of them in Europe. Pakistan was so naive to think they can control the Taliban.
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  4470.  @jacobfoster3021  You may look at the volume. Toyota sold 3.6 million hybrids world-wide in 2023. Hybrid inventory was so low many customers in US, Canada, Australia, NZ, and Europe are waiting months for their cars. In extreme cases, some customers have a 12 months waiting list. (And they were heavily constrained by supply-chain issues with semiconductors during the pandemic.) Tesla delivered 1.8 million EVs in 2023.
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  4471.  @jiminswriter4209  That's why South Korea and Taiwan are prosperous.
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  4472. Perhaps that's why the Russians chose to launch the offensive in Feb.
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  4473. Lack of situational awareness is why the Philippines was colonized by the Spaniards and Americans. Imagine a scenario in which Chinese military is operating out of Taiwan. What impact would that have on commerce and national security of the Philippines?
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  4474. Helping? You mean loan sharking.
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  4475. Conquistadors killing indigenous people...same as the last 500 years in the Americas.
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  4476. The origin of the Land Cruiser is that it was initially designed for military use over 70 years ago. The name is not a coincidence. Which is why everything is over-built and components are specifically designed, and everything is expensive. As for why certain models are not sold in the US is more due to US tariffs and emission regulations to protect US auto-industry and unions.
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  4477. しゃべれないフリをする意味が分からん。
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  4478.  @zoltantari7336  If you need English, you should travel to England.
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  4479. ​ @2Cool4Ryan Iran views Israel and US as a set, which is not entirely wrong. And Iran blames Europeans for dumping the Jews in the Middleeast. US and Israel have been bombing Iranian and Iranian-backed units in Iraq and Syria. It's way too late for Americans to pretend they're not involved in this mess. But Iran doesn't wish to start a war with the US, so they will most likely target Israel.
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  4480. I'm pretty sure the Huns, Avars, Bulgars, Khazars, or Crimean Kaganate weren't part of Russia. In fact, Rus doesn't even appear until the Swedish Vikings mixed with the Baltic people. And most ethnic Russians don't have Rus ancestry. You're Russified Uralic and Tatar/Turkic people.
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  4481. Japanese automakers were expanding market-share in North America by the 1970s, especially with high-gas prices from the Oil Crisis. In the 1980s, the export and trade imbalance became so large, it became a serious political/diplomatic issue.
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  4482. When you're stuck in between Russian Communists and German Nazis, which side will you join?
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  4483. Isn't it just a radar on a plane?
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  4484. Do you think BRICS activities or going after Israel didn't have consequences? And then you Musk who is highly critical of South African policies.
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  4485. I would add religion and history to your list. Japanese culture and Japanese religion are so old and intertwined, nobody knows whether culture stems from religious practice and perspectives, or if Japanese culture was simply crystallized into Japanese religion. Either way, it dictates how Japanese people behave, interact, think, or even how society is organized. This cultural barrier is very difficult to overcome for some foreign-nationals, including those from neighboring countries, yet for others it's almost instinctive and adjust and adapt without any effort. They feel relaxed and comfortable in Japan like a native. I suspect the lady working in IT is one of those who liked tranquility and organization of Japan. Her mannerism, speech, and dress does match Japanese cultural preference.
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  4486. Learn some history.
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  4487. ウクライナの正規軍ではないから。
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  4488. Myanmar will divided into several countries at this pace.
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  4489. ​ @шляпик-и1м Can F-16s overcome Russian Surface-to-Air Missiles? If it were US/NATO operation, I suspect everything from electronic-jamming to AWACS will be accompanying the fighter-jets.
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  4490. Can't they mostly understand each other without formally studying Spanish/Portuguese, given that both descend from the same language?
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  4491. Threat of war and chaos is ultimate insider trading...
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  4492. China required JVs for foreign automakers, restrictions foreign social media, has capital and investment control...and Chinese government is heavily subsidizing Chinese automakers. It's never been a fair fight.
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  4493. It's NOT non-sense, it's based on our collective experience with Brazilians in Japan. All of us grew up watching news of car-jacking, break-ins, looting, shop-lifting, drug-dealing, violence...of Brazilian-nationals. It became so bad Japanese Government had to pay Brazilian-workers in Japan so that they would return to Brazil. There was even a Brazilian murder in Osaka last year too. And overwhelming violence and crimes by US military personnel in Japan is Brown and Black. So they built their own reputation.
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  4494. English has nothing to do with any of it. Assad speaks English, so does Kim.
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  4495.  @Kawayoporu  You're correct there is no formal registry for Japanese Descendants. There is also no legal definition on how many generations or what percentage of blood qualify as Japanese Descendants. So it is a guessing game. Japan's Foreign Ministry (MOFA) guesstimates total 3.6 million NIKKEI-JIN world-wide, of which 2.1 million are living in Central and South America. Breakdown of estimate: Brazil 1.9 million; US 1.33 million; Peru 100,000; Canada 88,000; Argentina 65,000; Australia 57,000; Mexico 20,000; Bolivia 14,000; Paraguay 10,000; Chile 3,000; Colombia; 2,000; Cuba 1,200; Venezuela 820; DR 800; Uruguay 460. As for who should be counted as a Nikkei-Jin is a difficult question. 3rd Gen (SANSEI) can be minimum 1/4 Japanese by blood, but 4th Gen (YONSEI) can be minimum 1/8. 5th Generation can be minimum 1/16, so where to draw the line is not clear. What often happened in Hawaii was that some Japanese Descendants inter-married with Hawaiians, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, and White settlers in the past few decades...so they now can identify as any of their ancestors.
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  4496.  @lionedheart  Actually, each year there are 3 times more international marriages involving Japanese men and foreign women (than Japanese woman and foreign men).
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  4497. Toyota's operating profit margin in North America is the lowest in all regions. Compared to global 12%, the operating profit margin in North American segment was around 3% in FY 2023, and Toyota lost money in FY2022 in North America. So the greed you're experiencing is mostly the fault of American dealers, which is beyond Toyota's control.
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  4498. Affluent Chinese want reliability. They'll never buy cheap Chinese products.
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  4499. This is how indigenous people farmed in Africa, Asia, and Americas before Europeans came and messed everything up. It's the real traditional farming.
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  4500. Japanese, European, and American automakers can make cheap cars if they use cheaper materials, components, and labor like the Chinese. Whether that is good for American consumers and workers is a different matter. Cheaper Chinese electronics have replaced higher-grade Japanese ones for a few decades. The price you pay for a cheaper product is always quality.
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  4501. My experience is that you'll be treated better than Japanese-Americans. Skin tone won't matter, but social class, personality, and flexibility will. I've worked with a few people from the UK. Those from top universities in the UK are one of the most fluent in Japanese language and culture. They have much easier time than the Americans in Japan, possibly because they're well-educated or more culturally similar to Japan. They don't come off as unsophisticated in their mannerism, speech, or attitude. Even the way they criticize or ridicule (in English) are somewhat similar to Japanese behavior.
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  4502.  @vitwild323  Frankly, I don't think looking more Japanese or looking more White is the deciding factor. The famous/popular Yokozuna Taiho was half-Ukrainian, Murofushi Koji is half-Romanian, Tamaki Denny and Onoda Kimi are half-American, Masai Maya is half-Mexican, Takigawa Christel is half-French, Shirota Yu is half-Spaniard, Haruka Christine is half-Swiss...there are plenty of half-Japanese people who are successful in Japan. So the real question is why are some half-Japanese people accepted into Japanese society, but some are not. And the answer is not appearance.
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  4503. Toyota actually lost money in North American business in FY2022. In other words, Toyota was selling their cars way too low in North America relative to their cost base. They now manufacture most of their cars for US market in North America, so Toyota is also exposed to inflationary pressure in the US. A huge portion of increased Toyota profit is coming from USD/JPY currency fluctuation. Due to pandemic policies and war, everything is more expensive from shipping, steel, labor cost, components, semiconductors etc.
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  4504. For their safety, I hope they don't go to protests or express their opinions. If you're truly unhappy with your government, overthrow it or just leave for good. Putin and his entourage will never be influenced by any protests. They are true believers of Might is Right. They are seasoned hardliners based on decades of training, indoctrination, and grievances towards the West. They truly believe they are patriots carrying on the legacy of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union. No amount of protests will impact their decisions. If you're not in a position to remove them from power, you should be protecting yourself by leaving Russia for good.
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  4505. Why do we need an American retiring in Japan. No thank you.
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  4506. Good luck turning Myanmar into Somalia or Afghanistan.
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  4507. Ironic cause there are so many Japanese soldiers resting in national military cemeteries of Vietnam, Indonesia, Burma, who fought and died trying to overthrow the European rulers.
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  4508. You guys are so warm you even kill each other.
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  4509. Still better than being called Golden Pig...
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  4510. Didn't Australia kill off most of the indigenous population?
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  4511. Russians just retreated to fortify their defensive positions. Nothing to be cheering about. It only means it's going to be much harder for Ukrainian troops.
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  4512. Sanctions don't work on Iran, considering the last few decades.
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  4513.  @strongestnattyever-videos2247  You really believe that Shohei pays for his own bills. Ippei is his personal assistant taking care of payments.
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  4514. If he's not a Japanese citizen, by default he's a foreigner in Japan.
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  4515. They're produced in the US.
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  4516. Are you certain it's a good move? I was under the impression UN and US/France were in West Africa to assist in fighting Islamic fundamentalists.
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  4517. Obviously Russians abandoned the area because it didn't match their military priorities. Since Crimean annexation and subsequent isolation by Ukraine, the primary Russian concern has always been how to defend Crimea as well as how to supply Crimea with water, food, weapons, and other necessities.
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  4518. Japanese automakers (and society in general) are not convinced in a full EV solution because we have regions with extremely cold winters that can fall to minus 40 Celsius. Lithium-Ion batteries were developed by Japanese electronic companies (initially for products such as laptops) so Japanese companies are fully aware of its limitations. The more fundamental problem that Japan and many other countries have is that we still rely on fossil-fuel to generate electricity. So transitioning to EV doesn't help us unless we can generate and store clean electricity. Japanese government/industry is gradually attempting to shift towards Hydrogen platforms from automobiles to steel production. But we still face the same original problem because we cannot produce clean hydrogen without clean electricity. Another problem we will have to deal with in the future is gasoline/diesel capacity, since they are diluted byproducts and not the main purpose of oil. We have no solution on what to do with the end product if we don't use it as gasoline/diesel.
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  4519. N95 is not a common mask.
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  4520. ​ @DarDarBinks1986 Solar is unreliable as a main power source. And China and Russia can generate their own power, so the primary demand would be domestic.
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  4521. Great for ratings
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  4522. Have you not heard of Yokozuna TAIHO? What about SHIROTA Yu, TAKAHASHI Ran, or MUROFUSHI Koji. We've had athletes like SAKAI Gotoku on our national team. Let's face it, she didn't fit Japanese beauty standards.
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  4523. Summed up Russian history for the past 500 years. Ukrainians should know best as Ukrainian Cossacks served as the vanguards of Imperial Russia.
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  4524. I wouldn't buy a BEV, but if you're going to buy one, please make sure to check the battery supplier. You're buying batteries on wheels. There is a reason why Toyota hybrids and early Tesla models only use highest-quality Panasonic batteries. It is for reliability and longevity of the batteries. And I think second-hand rebuilt batteries are extremely dangerous. I understand why some people cannot afford the OEM battery supplied from the manufacture, however, nobody knows what type of cells are being used in the rebuilt batteries. It's a fire hazard to say the least. (Whether a laptop or smartphone, make sure to check the battery supplier. Since 70-80% of the battery production cost is materials, cheaper batteries only means lower quality materials, less quality control, etc, which is why you see higher frequency of thermal runaways in Chinese and Korean BEVs. These days, Tesla also uses Chinese and Korean batteries depending on production location or model.)
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  4525.  @ThuongNguyen-rb5kr  Toyota has a good credit rating because those "debts" are not really debts. They are not debts for manufacturing cars, rather it's coming from the financing business. Simply put, when a car loan is approved to a customer, Toyota's financial subsidiary "borrows" the money from capital market so they can "lend" to their customers. Thus, the more vehicles sales, the "debt" size will increase.
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  4526.  @renelopez8227  I think native speakers will be able to sense that they didn't grow up in Japan because of their very slight accent, facial expression, or body language. Regardless of ancestry, people who grow up in Japan share certain conversational styles and social mannerism. That said, it would be enormously difficult to identify a Japanese accent by country (unless one speaks the language of that country.) Honestly, I have no idea what an Argentine accent in Spanish is like. I've heard Argentine-Spanish has a strong Italian influence due to migration history, but again I have no idea how Italians sounds when speaking Spanish.
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  4527. How are you supposed to see a Sinicization campaign that's been going on for decades.
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  4528. How many times did the US try to assassinate Castro?
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  4529. Japanese national security perspective is the exact opposite. In the 20th century alone, Japan has formed three military alliances with the UK, Germany, and US (as well as maintained good relations with both the Ottoman Empire and Persian Empire) all for the same common enemy...Russia/Soviet Union. In fact, Russia has been the primary threat/concern for Japan since the 18th century. Annexation of Korea, War with Russian Empire, Manchukuo...all activities were directed to keep Russians as far away from Japan as possible.
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  4530. Early Tesla models only used high-quality Japanese Panasonic batteries. But newer models also use Chinese batteries depending on production location.
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  4531. That's what IS-K is doing right now. The Pashtuns are hopeless. They want to live in the 7th century, let them. I just feel sorry for the Hazara people who are systematically being killed by the Pashtuns.
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  4532. iran-Iraq War lasted a decade and claimed 1 mn casualties on both sides.
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  4533. URRS?
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  4534.  @xoseoa  It makes me happy that you're fluent in Japanese and proud of your heritage. The more time you spend in Japan, the more local you'll become (whether you like it or not). The opposite happens too, when Japanese nationals live outside of Japan they start to change/adapt. Everything from choice of clothing, hairstyle, mannerism, make-up, facial gestures, body language, food preference...all those small things start to slowly diverge. Your current assumption is that your physical appearance is why you're initially treated like an "outsider." (Being assumed you're an "insider," without being able to speak Japanese is tough too.) While I have no idea how Japanese/Western you may look, I have a strong suspicion that locals are judging from the other stuff. Eventually, you'll end up just like the rest of us. You'll be able to identify resident/visitor by how they walk, behave, dress, talk, etc. I actually think it's rather presumptuous to assume that you'll be able to fit right into Japan without having ever lived in Japan. This process of cultural assimilation (i.e. "Japanization") will take a few years minimum. This is a common struggle for children of Japanese nationals who've spent their entire lives abroad. Perhaps you know of these people. While not every one of them has a typical Japanese appearance, none of them will get the "outsider" treatment because most of them have been in Japan for a very long time. For example, Arashi Rina is half-Iranian, Michibata-sisters are half-Argentine, Haraka Christine is half-Swiss, Takigawa Christel is half-French, and Becky is half-British...and they carry themselves with Japanese aesthetics and beauty standards. After some time in Japan, you'll know what I mean. I'm sorry that you're living in a sauna like the rest of us. I always recommend spring/autumn for visiting Japan.
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  4535.  @LoLYouSayWhat  Muslims and Christians will forever be seen as alien influences and foreign agents in Burmese lands. You underestimate the disgust, mistrust, and contempt the locals have for them. And it doesn't make sense that a Palestinian Jew from 2,000 years ago will be protecting the people of Myanmar.
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  4536. From what I see, many Russian expats are helping Ukrainian refugees. (It could be providing/finding housing, employment, education, recreation, or small donations.) Some Russian expats have marched against and protested the war, in front of the Russian Embassies. However, that has put some of them and their families back home at serious risk. We also know that one needs to be rich and powerful to have any kind of meaningful voice in Russia. I don't even believe that Russian embassy staff support the current military campaign. It's a little surprising that some Ukrainians failed to understand how Russian elites view the world. Soviet Union leadership was full of Ukrainians, and many Ukrainians have studied/worked in Russia, so how has it become so difficult to understand Russian geo-political concerns, only after 30 years of post-Soviet independence/divergence. The war is not some megalomaniac invading for new territories, it was ultimately a failure of diplomacy. For the sake of reducing the risk of another world war, both Belarus and Ukraine need to be a buffer zone between NATO and Russia, even if it's superficial.
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  4537. Politicians are only a mirror and product of local society. Education, infrastructure, social welfare, healthcare, law and order, or national defense...without tax revenue, something has to be sacrificed.
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  4538.  @ALxdCr4ftPlays  There is only limited production of BZ4x, or nearly 1,000 units per month are being manufactured in Japan. Those sold in China are manufactured in a Joint-Venture in China. Those sold in Japan, Europe, Southeast Asia, and North America are manufactured in Japan. I don't know why there are no BZ4x sold in Australia and New Zealand. Hyundai, KIA, GM, Ford, NIO, Xpeng...almost everybody is losing money with each EV sale. BYD and Tesla are one of the few who make money on EVs. Thus, there is no financial rush for Toyota to introduce EVs, especially when they are at full production capacity trying to meet strong customer demand of their vehicles. Retooling of factories will take years to complete. Also, Toyota and Idemitsu have been jointly developing Solid-State Batteries for nearly 10 years. Toyota has already said it will use giga-casting for its new EV platform which will be introduced to the market by 2027. EV production is completely different from other cars. You need software development, different types of equipment and suppliers, and production process is very different. The differentiation among numerous EV models will be coming from the quality of batteries, as batteries are the most expensive component in EVs. There is no rush for Toyota to introduce EVs in large numbers until they are confident with their new batteries.
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  4539. 元は税金だけどね。
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  4540. I had no idea kids get hooked so early in their lives. I feel so out of touch.
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  4541. Does he even understand why the Russians are invading his country?
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  4542. Americans migrated from somewhere.
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  4543. The next war...already?
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  4544. ​ @misakamisaka7203 It really depends on your line of work. Most international students who graduated from Japanese universities will have N1. Many students who have studied Japanese or Japan Studies in the former Soviet Union, Mongolia, Taiwan, South Korea, or the UK achieve N2 by the time they graduate. In terms of living in Japan, N2 will be more than enough to get by for daily life. However, if your work requires you to read and write at a professional level, N1 will not be sufficient either. (N1 is about junior/senior high school level fluency for a native speaker.) When you have to read and write business proposals, contracts, manuals, or administrative documents...it's actually not an easy task for native speakers too. Each field has unique technical jargon and qualifications that need to be specifically studied and understood.
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  4545. It's not about weapons or vulnerability. Occupying foreign territory and coping with counter-insurgency is beyond difficult for any military. If the objective was annihilation, that is a different story. Militaries are not trained/equipped to occupy, they are trained to destroy.
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  4546. We have many children of foreign nationals who were raised and educated in Japan. It would be difficult for international school kids to keep up with native people, to say the least.
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  4547. 物価・人件費が違う。ロシア軍の正規兵の給料と同程度。
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  4548. ウクライナ東部から日本への避難民には、ロシア→第3国→日本・・・の人もいる。
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  4549. ​ @davidl.7317 Crimea is for Crimean Tatars. It's neither Ukrainian nor Russian.
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  4550. Catholic Church was instrumental in the colonization of Latin America, systematically exterminating the indigenous people, language, culture, history, and beliefs.
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  4551. Since the invasion, I just see endless disinformation, propaganda, and spinning from both sides. After all, they were trained in the same way by the same people.
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  4552. It's called the Miyawaki method.
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  4553. Nobody forced you to do this. But again, Germanic speakers aren't actually from Germany or France...so your ancestors also migrated to these lands.
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  4554. ​ @gpl992 Ainu was predominantly Jomon in terms of genetics. All modern Japanese carry varying degree of Jomon DNA, but Ainu people used to have the highest admixture. Descendants of Jomon people living in Karafuto, Chishima, and Hokkaido mixed with seasonally migrating Okhotsk people and created a unique fusion language/culture. Archeological studies indicate a unique Ainu culture starts to emerge from 13th or 14th century.
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  4555.  @ThSF-V  Party of God
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  4556. Ukraine will continue to be dependent on Russian natural gas regardless of the outcome. Whoever wins will only be controlling rubble.
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  4557. That happens in a lot of media youtube channels.
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  4558. Yet, they are used in airplanes.
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  4559. Designers are conflicted between the cars that they want to build and the cars that sell. My favorite car is the RX-8.
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  4560.  @nakachinjah7240  Of course. They are combatants.
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  4561. Are those real fires or were they set on fire?
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  4562. ​ @sanchezz4387 The locations that were searched by navy and coast guard ships and planes would imply that nothing appeared on military radar in those outposts. That said, wreckage washing up in certain islands would also imply that initial search grid was too south or east.
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  4563. So Albanians need asylum from their government?
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  4564. Japan signed alliances with the UK, Germany, and later the US for the same reason. Russia/Soviet Union.
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  4565. Syria is a no go zone for most countries, especially the territory controlled by the Jihadists.
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  4566. Afghan guerrillas were fighting Soviet regulars with US-supplied and Saudi-funded weapons in the 1980s, so they're not that primitive. And most the internal problems in Afghanistan dates back to that era. Rise of Taliban, Afghan civil war, etc were unforeseen consequences.
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  4567. Give them COVID
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  4568. 意思疎通なんて無理だし必要ない。
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  4569. The conviction rate is not 100% and it's not even the police's decision to indict or not. The conviction rate is high because Japanese prosecutors only go after crimes which they're sure they can prove in court. Otherwise, it's a fishing expedition and a waste of time and tax money.
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  4570. ​ @carlwaltjen5340 That is the reason why a 25 year old imported Japanese Domestic Market car still functions. It's the rigorous preventive maintenance and strict government vehicle inspection standards in Japan, which needs to be passed every two years to be allowed on roads. And commercial trucks are inspected every few months. Unfortunately, many American customers don't take care of their cars. They're too busy with latest infotainment, interior designs or gimmicks instead of the actual mechanics. They wait until there is a problem, or they just sell the car with a problem to the next owner who suffers the consequences. A lot of car-related problems could be avoided if they just did regular maintenance.
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  4571. スペインは干ばつで悩まされてたから、見方によってはプラスちゃうの。
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  4572. Tear gas, water canons, rubber bullets...what's the difference. Peru has been suffering for centuries since Spaniards royally screwed their land.
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  4573. Nissan sold 3.3 million vehicles world-wide in 2024. They have popular hybrid models like the Qashqai and Juke in Europe. The Armada is known as the Patrol outside of North America and is renowned for its reliability.
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  4574. Argentina is so bankrupt I don't think they can afford a private jet, limo or Champaign. Well, they could if the IMF lent them more money.
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  4575. It's called "Tatemae" in Japanese. There are two types of foreigners in Japan. Those who learn Japanese and can adapt and assimilate will be welcome. Those who don't will only be perceived as guests. When the guests outstay their welcome, they'll be shown the door.
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  4576. That's similar to how I studied English as a foreign language. Your comment reminded me that I used to read novels from Tom Clancy in both English and Japanese, and watched Americans movies and TV shows in both English and Japanese voice-over during highschool and university...just to improve my English. I also used to listen to FEN radio everyday. And I also studied in the US for a few years. Yet, it still takes 3x longer to read/write in English compared to my native tongue, and I need a dictionary every now and then. Many people mistakenly claim they're fluent in a foreign language. They think being able to order in a restaurant is "fluency." Unless you can read/write in that language on a professional level, you're not literate or fluent. After so many years of studying and using English everyday for work...I think I can communicate only about 60-70% of what I can compared to my native tongue (Japanese). The problem is most people can only accurately communicate about 70% of their thoughts in the native tongue. Which means if you multiply the two...that would be my English fluency.
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  4577.  @mad-mullah3117  Those are not real wars, just counter-insurgencies against crazy people. Imagine a country that can throw away 10 million lives when they fully mobilize.
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  4578. ​ @brookwhiteman9810 Look up Vietnam war again, especially Vietnamese casualties.
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  4579. Just a bit of color from Japan's side. Unlike in Europe, the "Cold War" never ended in East Asia. Neither Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan, China, nor Russia once believed in idiotic illusions like a "peace dividend." In 20th century, Japan signed alliances with first the UK, Germany, and later the US to counter-balance the Russian/Soviet threat. In fact, the War with Qing Dynasty in 1894, War with Imperial Russia in 1904, annexation of the Korean peninsula in 1910, supporting the Chinese Revolution in 1911, and establishing Manchukuo in 1931...were all for the purpose of keeping the Russians/Soviets out of both Manchuria and Korean peninsula (i.e. as far away from Japan as possible). All of this is triggered when Imperial Russia continued its expansion path and seized Outer Manchuria from the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the 1860s. One can even argue that the Meiji era modernization/industrialization drive in the late 19th century was also triggered by this seismic event that completely changed the security landscape of East Asia. In the diplomatic front, Japanese government has always attempted to maintain favorable relations with traditional adversaries of Russia, be it the Persians, Ottomans, Poles, etc. After WWII, 1/3 of all Japanese military assets have always been stationed in the northern island of Hokkaido, which is the closest to Soviet Union/Russia. The most common annual large scale military exercises has been to transport various troops from other islands to Hokkaido and train there. Ground units in Hokkaido are even issued specifically-designed "tracked" military equipment which is different from units of other regions. And Japanese intelligence have always monitored all ships/planes in the region, and counter-intelligence units carefully monitor Soviet/Russian activities within Japan. (A number of Russian diplomats were "requested" to leave Japan after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.) Given that the war with Soviet Union and Japan has never technically/legally ended (and the fact they're still occupying Japanese territory), visa policy on Russian citizens is still one of the most tightest. There are nearly 3.8 million foreign nationals residing in Japan, yet only 11,840 of them are Russian citizens, despite Russia being the nearest foreign country. Above is the main difference with Germany. Japan is not adapting to "new" realities. The Russian threat has always been the predominant threat to Japan for the past 200 years or so. They were always imperialists. Actually, the fact that a German media would perceive the situation in Japan is "re-arming" itself show how little it understands Russia or Japan. Indeed, Japanese government is increasing the defense budget to deal with increased threats from Russia. No, this isn't the first time.
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  4580. 大陸から持ち込まれた天然痘の猛威・・・産物とも言える。
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  4581. It's a false narrative to blame a single person, regime, or country. It's been going on for centuries from the UK to Russia for centuries.
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  4582. 中国との貿易ではドル抜きになってるはず。SWIFT除外はドル決済網の外で経済活動をするということ。アメリカは（FRBの反対を押し切って）ドル決済を武器に使ったので、基軸通貨としての位置づけが今後は徐々に弱くなる。
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  4583. Iran was a democracy in the 1950s. The CIA didn't approve so they installed a pro-US dictator.
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  4584. TOYOTA has its own Solid State batteries. Tie-up with BYD is for cheap products for Chinese market.
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  4585.  @robertwoodhouse-bm7kt  Toyota isn't a battery maker, but it has co-developing Solid State batteries for a nearly a decade. They don't like selling half-baked products like Chinese companies. Japanese media has already announced the models will be coming out in 2027.
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  4586. No. Everything from language, grammar, and DNA is different.
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  4587. 地方政治は閉鎖的なので昔からエグイ。デマ、偽ビラ、偽電話、脅迫・・・
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  4588. It's not luck nor a personal preference of the PM of Japan. Support for Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees is closely linked to Chinese aspirations towards invading Taiwan. If you cannot understand that, you're basically clueless in Asian geopolitics. And India maintains close relations with Russia to counterbalance China. Russian diplomats in Japan speak near-native Japanese, including their ambassadors. During the initial invasion, the previous Russian Ambassador was on Japanese TV almost everyday explaining Russia's position to the Japanese public. Their understanding of Japan is at par or even superior to diplomats from South Korea, Taiwan, China, and Mongolia. In fact, Imperial Russia started teaching East Asian languages, culture, and history in the 1820s, even before they seized Outer Manchuria (aka Russian Far East) from the Qing Dynasty in the 1860s. To date, those who have studied Japanese and Japan-related subjects in former Soviet universities are one of the most fluent in language, history, culture, society, etc. And they train experts for every neighboring country, which is why they are so effective, admired, and feared. Japan signed three alliances in the 20th century with the UK, Germany, and later the US to deter Russian/Soviet advancement into East Asia. And we've fought multiple wars with Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union. For that reason, 1/3 of all Japanese military assets are still located adjacent to Russian territory. Both sides are mindful that an unnecessary escalation can easily result in a real war, which is why both sides keep it contained. It's why Japan doesn't get overly involved in military affairs between Ukraine and Russia.
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  4589. ​ @takashi553 Anyone who has studied Japanese can tell that you're not fluent. In grammar, it's called ハ行転呼. It's one of the known exceptions in Japanese writing. I have no idea why you would respond in Japanese either.
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  4590. It's difficult to convey, but he looks and acts a little off for a Japanese. He also dresses as if he's a sexual minority. Perhaps it's just Latin fashion.
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  4591. 『反体制派』の実権を握ってるのは危なすぎて誰も関わりたくない連中。
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  4592. Japanese automakers were manufacturing in the US from 1980s.
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  4593. When will Aussies learn? This is just one incident out of a million things they do in and to Australia. It's a reflection of how the Chinese perceive Australia, a mineral and energy colony that cannot survive without the Chinese market. Chinese have been disliked and discriminated in Japan and South Korea for many reasons. The biggest one is their behavior and conduct. They are not known to have good manners and civility.
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  4594. When politicians lose touch with voters, they lose elections. It's that simple. So the question is why are they so out of touch? It's not an unique issue to the US as most incumbent parties and candidates have been losing elections in developed countries.
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  4595. While we can understand the Israeli angle, It's a terrible idea to get involved. This is in essence a conflict between Armenians and Turkified Armenians. Genetic research indicates similarity with ancient Jews too.
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  4596.  @finukk  戦勝国の利権と習ったけど・・・
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  4597.  @NVRAMboi  Please don't blame Toyota or Nissan or Honda. US dealerships are independently owned by AMERICANS. Japanese automakers sell to AMERICAN dealerships, who then sell to their customers. In Japan (and perhaps some countries like Australia), the dealership is owned by the automaker itself. So the price of the vehicle is set by the automaker and not the dealer.
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  4598. 閣内で引き続き行革担当やワクチン担当ではなく、広報本部長とはね。河野もそんな閑職を良く受けたね。そして自民党の総務会長が今やどうでもよいポストなのも良く分かった。総務会長にどんな権限があるのか知らないけど、一昔前は重鎮が就くポストのイメージがあった。
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  4599. 東京大空襲とか沖縄戦とか原爆とか・・・色々な事例はあると思うけど。
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  4600. Because they consider Ukraine joining EU/NATO as an existential threat to Russia. It's no different from the US blocking Russian missiles in Cuba.
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  4601.  @joeb4294  I stand corrected. Based on CPI inflation calculator from US Bureau of Labor Statistics, US$ 20,000 in 2020 is equivalent to US$ 37,000 in 2024.
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  4602. Do you honestly believe we ask our friends and colleagues grandmother's place of origin? Indeed native fluency in language, culture, mannerism, mindset as well as identity is crucial for being Japanese...as is surname. Nobody in Japan would ever treat SAWAJIRI Erika as a foreigner. In case you don't know, her mother is French Algerian.
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  4603. There are only 163 hydrogen stations in Japan, so obviously hydrogen cars are not for the current mass-market. They are researching, developing, and perfecting hydrogen technology looking 20 years ahead. (Hybrid research started in the 1980s and they were finally able to introduce a product in Japan in the late 1990s, and they lost money in Prius for the first 10 years.) 1/4 of all Toyota global sales are from North America. They know the North American market inside out, as they both manufacture and finance in North America. Toyota designs and manufactures cars tailored for each market, so a Camry sold in the US is not the same as the one sold in Japan. They have specific models for emerging markets such as Thailand, and they sell different configurations in colder/snowy Northern Japan. In the past, they have even decide locations of their factories based on who the elected officials were. They do know the US market quite well.
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  4604. Every media story is somebody's propaganda. What they talk about, when they do it, who they interview, and how much air time on a particular story...all reflect somebody's perspective. Each group you ask in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Columbia, Venezuela, Ukraine, or Russia...you have a different reason for fighting. Turkey wants to eliminate terrorist acts by Kurdish separatists. Yet that is "oppression and occupation" from a Kurd's perspective. You can say the same about the Uyghurs.
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  4605. It's never too late learn and improve. It's a powerful feeling to visit your extended family or stand on the very lands where your ancestors having been living for thousands of years, if not longer.
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  4606. Actually, no. US Marines are mostly in Okinawa and Iwakuni. There are few units in the JSDF that do amphibious operations but that's a tiny portion in the overall scheme. No country can defend itself with just marines.
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  4607. EVs don't make money.
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  4608. I agree. Lithium-Ion batteries were perfected by Japanese companies for portable electronics such as laptops, cellphones, walkmans, etc. Technological challenge was to make them lighter, smaller, and more powerful for those portable electronics. They were never designed for extreme outdoor temperatures, nor for external shocks like collisions. Early Model S Tesla exclusively used high-grade Panasonic 18650 Lithium-Ion battery cells for reliability and durability. Laptops batteries generally have 6-10 cells, but Model S use a few thousand cells per vehicle. Lithium-Ion were never meant for cars, and even Panasonic was shocked with what Tesla was doing. This was back in 2010.
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  4609. Arctic dogs don't need a house.
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  4610. I highly doubt the US caused anything. The Northern tribes and Taliban were fighting from the 1990s. Different warlords, factions, ethnic groups were fighting for supremacy amongst each other. Before the US invasion, Taliban was in control. So we're just going back to pre-invasion situation. In short, 20 years and over USD1tn, the US wasn't able to impact Afghanistan.
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  4611. US companies should be banned from Japan too.
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  4612.  @bobfaam5215  Actually, most people in Russia are partial descendants of Russified indigenous people.
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  4613.  @baeber  Just so you know, there was a guy from Finland who served in Japan's Upper House in the 1990s. An Uyghur/Uzbek lady was elected in Chiba prefecture in the Lower House in the last election. ARAI Shokei was a famous government official and politician with Korean heritage. They are all naturalized Japanese citizens, which is the only legal definition we use to define who is Japanese and who is not.
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  4614. Blamed the flight attendant?
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  4615. Diplomatic negotiations is what ends wars. Usually, a military stalemate helps facilitate negotiations for a cease-fire. It just has to run its course.
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  4616. 国内法の位置づけ。正式な戦争になると使えるリソースが増える。でも国際法に引っかかる。
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  4617. If staying is a burden for the on-going war effort, perhaps residents should evacuate to safer places or countries.
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  4618. This is how Europeans tried to colonize. Find an excuse, go to war.
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  4619. God doesn't support a specific nation.
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  4620. Actually majority are half-Japanese and half-Asian. The next group would be half-European/White. Half-black is extremely rare combination. We have a lot of famous half-Japanese celebrities and politicians. Current governor of Okinawa is half-American. Yokozuna Taiho was half-Ukranian born in Karafuto.
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  4621. WHO...what a useless organization. Since they completely dropped the ball with COVID, now they sound the alarm for everything.
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  4622. Actually, BYD sells more plug-in hybrids than BEVs. It's a myth.
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  4623. We have the exact same problem with Kurdish asylum seekers in Japan. They are extremely violent, disrespectful of Japanese laws and norms, and frankly hated by everyone in Japan. I have never witnessed such a small group of people being hated by everyone from politicians, left-leaning media, and shop owners in Japan. A group of them stormed into a ER hospital to take revenge on another Kurdish group, and the riot police had to be deployed which resulted in ER hospital to close down. Sexual assaults, theft, car jacks, break-ins, and they even started a street fight with Turks in front of the Turkish Embassy in Tokyo. I know Swedes meant well and had honorable reasons for their lenient refugee policy, but this is why Japan rejects 99% of asylum applications. As one politician said, we cannot integrate these people.
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  4624. ​ @hitmusicworldwide When the Japanese were trying to push the Russians and Europeans out of Asia, the indigenous people of Americas were proud to be White Man's BIH. They cannot even speak their own languages and have no connection with their ancestors, which is why nobody respects them.
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  4625. ​ @jamessmithers4456 He's just a thief hiding in Lebanon. There is an arrest warrant from French authorities too. And obviously Nissan has no need for Renault.
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  4626. ​ @007thday The gangs control the ports, so drug payment in weapons, cars, gasoline, electronics or even food, I suspect.
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  4627.  @ChickensAndGardening  US has one of the highest labor costs in the world, and EV development increasingly requires many electronic and software engineers, so I don't think there is much room to lower costs than current levels. For instance, Toyota's North American Operating Profit margin for FY2023 was less than 3%, compared to global 12%. In other words, the only way Toyota can lower MSRP for their cars is to compromise on quality of their workers and components. It seems that Chinese automakers are able to do so because Chinese consumers don't prioritize quality and reliability unlike customers in Japan, US, or Europe. (In contrast, wealthy people in developing countries enormously value quality.) This is why foreign automakers struggle in China. They're not willing to sacrifice their quality and reputation to sell their cars. Currently, most automakers are losing money for each EV sale. Tesla makes money because they've been able to depreciate their capital investments and selling their cars at a premium (to relatively affluent customers). Most Chinese EV makers are also losing money. It's only a handful of Chinese automakers that are making money. And BYD isn't just a EV company. They are able to make money in hybrids and batteries. So poor quality and battery supply chain is why BYD can sell a car US$10,000. It's enormously difficult to copy that model for foreign automakers.
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  4628. Innocent? They were working for the British to colonize Burma. They suppressed and oppressed Burmese in their independence movements for the past two centuries. They also have been killing Burmese soldiers in their so called separatist movement for decades.
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  4629. Your mindset is why you were rejected. People who cannot read a Japanese newspaper, business proposal, or contract are illiterate and pretty much useless in a professional setting in Japan unless they have unique skills valued by Japanese society. Frankly, the pretty ones usually don't marry foreigners. It's also why many of the half-Japanese celebrities in Japan have Japanese fathers.
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  4630.  @types9194  実は不景気の時ほど軍備増強（≒政府支出）は経済対策にはなります。GPSやネット、コンピューターや無線、ダイナマイトも元々は軍事予算から出来た技術。今でこそボーイングもエアバスも民間機で炭素繊維を大量に使うけど、最初に採用したのは日本で再設計されたF-2戦闘機だったはず。今では世界的に民間造船所で一般的に使うブロック工法も、元々は戦時中で急ピッチで建造が必要になった日本独自の方法だった。
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  4631. Where is the state? Why would any nation allow gangs to hold so much power?
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  4632. He's just a conscript. Just like many of the US POWs captured in Vietnam.
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  4633. Type 64 and 89 both came with bipods. So you're not wrong in the reason. But again, what's shown in this video is a proto-type for press release. Not even the Japanese press know what kind of configuration will be standard issue. First batch of rifles have been budgeted but no reports on fielding yet. We know the first units will be the amphibious units.
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  4634. Yes, but Japanese government takes away your Japanese citizenship.
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  4635. Yeah right. It was Goldman Sachs who coined the term BRICs as an investment theme.
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  4636. Hillary Clinton must be so proud.
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  4637. 20% is the key in Japanese accounting. They're related but not a subsidiary. They cooperate but they are also independent of each other.
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  4638. Once so advanced, now in rumbles thanks to Islam.
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  4639. Media is propaganda by default. It's somebody's perspective and priority.
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  4640. Houthis spokesman is like an SNL character.
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  4641. 停戦合意に辿り着けても戦争が終わらない可能性が高い。
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  4642. If you hate Taliban so much, why aren't Afghans in Afghanistan fighting?
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  4643.  @dangrass  In case you don't know, we're all living on borrowed time.
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  4644. Current EVs are heavy. Not just tires, it has consequences on traffic accidents, bridges, highways, etc. Like batteries in smartphones and laptops, they do lose charging power after years. And most countries burn fossil fuel to generate electricity, and some have grid issues. I don't know why some people thought rapid electrification was realistic.
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  4645.  @kng128  Do you understand what you're saying? Currently, 20% of all electricity in the US comes from burning coal. More EVs means, we need to burn more coal to meet the electricity demand. Rather than focusing on EVs, the financial resources need to be directed towards how to produce cleaner energy. Without clean energy, electrification only has negative impact on the environment.
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  4646. They should go to Muslim countries.
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  4647. It doesn't have GPS or internet connection.
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  4648. That's BS.
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  4649. Poland invading Ukraine, seriously? People talk, they have the internet, Russians can't be that naive.
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  4650. Best Small Army...
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  4651. That's a rather meaningless assumption, and it has nothing to do with why Toyota, Honda, BMW, etc are continuing hydrogen research. R&D is continued because oil and natural gas will be phased out later this century from industry/economy. We desperately need alternative energy sources. It's why you see Toyota researching hydrogen engines, ammonium engines, fuel cells, etc. In Japan, you can find Toyota's hydrogen fuel cell system already being tested in public buses. They also are developing trains with fuel-cells to replace current diesel/gas engine trains on non-electrified tracks from the 2030s. (The train is called HYBARI and is built by Toyota, Hitachi and JR East.) Source for hydrogen will be diverse and depends on location. Japan is trying to utilize methane due to its abundance. Many countries are already struggling with their electric grid, and they're aware that BEVs will never fully be able to replace existing cars, trucks, etc. And it's not just about transportation sector. Steel companies are experimenting with replacing coal with hydrogen. From what I can tell, only a handful of countries like Japan and Germany understand the need for hydrogen.
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  4652. Do you accept bribes...well, how you think media gets access?
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  4653. A counter-terrorism facility seized by terrorists is funny if it weren't so embarrassing. For whatever reason, Pakistan failed to comprehend the effects from a NATO withdrawal and collapse of the Afghan regime.
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  4654. Another Syria?
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  4655. The Taiwanese Diplomatic Compound in Tokyo is treated the same as any other Embassy. So yeah, don't worry.
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  4656. Given that most Chinese EV companies are either losing money, going bankrupt, or dumping their products overseas at a loss...there is way too much capacity. How much level of over-capacity is up to debate as production is for foreign markets as well.
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  4657. Myanmar isn't forcing them to return to Myanmar, so why are you criticizing Myanmar for forced repatriation?
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  4658. US wants to resupply Hamas?
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  4659. Language ability has nothing to do with intelligence. Even an idiot can speak his/her native tongue.
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  4660. Karens were the oppressors killing the Burmese for British interests since the 19th century. How tables have turned.
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  4661. National Socialists despised the Soviet Union and feared the rising popularity in Communist ideology among intellectuals, so I'm not convinced it's similar to last century. I can understand being against uncontrolled migration but I don't know why they would be so sympathetic to Russia. It's the same with Trump.
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  4662. アホvsアカ
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  4663.  @Drownedinblood US withdrawal in the 1990s created a power-vacuum, which the Chinese exploited. It wouldn't have happened if the Philippines were able to replace the US presence. Unfortunately, the Philippines doesn't have the military might to control the neighboring seas, which is the most important international trading route for Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and China. We all know that US base presence is not good in terms of crime and rape and all other baggage. But it's the devil they know, and slighter better than the Chinese.
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  4664. Except they used to be one country. Ukrainians were the vanguards of the Russian Empire, killing many people in Caucasus, Siberia, and Far East. They were exceptionally brutal in WWII. They were also the most influential faction in Soviet leadership after Stalin. Now, all of sudden they're playing the victim card saying they were always occupied by Russian, which is just not accurate history. Russian Far East is full of people with Ukrainian ancestry.
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  4665. We've been doing that for the past 30 years. In hindsight, it did more harm than good. While there are successful Nikkei-Brazilians raised and educated in Japan who have become public teachers, lawyers, doctors, there were also many Nikkei-Brazilians who failed to learn Japanese and cannot survive outside of their ethnic ghetto. It's usually the Brazilian husband of Japanese Descendants who commit the most violent crimes, and they've created a really bad image of Brazilians among Japanese people.
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  4666. That's how the Russian government sees Russians too.
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  4667. Many countries are working on hydrogen-powered steel plants, public buses, and trains to move away from reliance on fossil fuel. Japan and Europe are all in. Australia is finding ways to manufacture hydrogen for exports. I don't know about other countries.
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  4668. Defense contracts, employment, votes.
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  4669.  @alexanderl9985  The Ukrainian civil war won't be going on for 8 years, if all the people were pro-Ukraine and anti-Russia. It's a fact that some residents of Mariupol have fled to Russia. According to the UN, Russia has took in about 350,000 refugees from Ukraine thus far. In some Russian-speaking territories within Eastern Ukraine, they really fear and hate Ukrainian Forces who've been attacking them since 2014.
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  4670.  @zakthescout  I have no idea what to make of these videos from Donbass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANNhDKGjNK8&t=751s
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  4671. LNG deals take years of planning and negotiations, especially as they are long-term contracts. Japan mainly procures LNG from Middle-east, Southeast Asia, and Australia...and have always wanted additional regional diversification. After Russia invaded Ukraine, as well as shipping routes in Middle-east destabilized, there have been a number of projects being pursued in North America.
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  4672. I'm not German so I'm curious. Why would a 15 year old German teenager travel to Syria to seek Islamic utopia? What kind of education system allows that kind of independent border-line crazy thinking? It's not summer camp. A teenager can sense the dangerous area even in one's own neighborhood. So who in the right mind goes to Syria? Even today, governments and NGOs understand the risks in certain parts of northeast Syria controlled by Jihadist organizations. We can't send relief efforts like to Turkey because the danger is real.
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  4673. They hate South Korea.
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  4674. Crimean Tatars were exiled by both Russians and Ukrainians from their own land. Don't be so naive.
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  4675. Wasting bullets for the camera, as always.
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  4676. His cousin is mixed. She appears in his YouTube channel.
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  4677. What's China got to do with Argentina?
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  4678. Which one is VHS?
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  4679. I doubt one can get elected criticizing Israel in the United States. The power of pro-israel media, church, and lobby groups label you as anti-semitic or neo-nazis if you do.
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  4680. ​ @ms-jl6dl The difference is you can easily add gasoline or diesel if you run out. Battery range is not what you want to be worried about when you're evacuating from hurricanes, forest fires, floods, or war. That said, the reason why Japan uses ChaDeMo is because it was designed to be bi-directional in case electricity grid fails in natural disasters. EVs are meant to be used as a temporary external power source. So they can be useful in certain situations. It's just that they don't match the lifestyle and driving habits of many people.
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  4681. US successfully destabilized Cuba, Venezuela, and Central America...that's why.
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  4682. ​ @samguest8165 If the majority of consumers only wanted BEVs, automakers will making more of them. The reality is there is a very long waiting list for Toyota vehicles. Some customers are waiting for months for their hybrid cars to be delivered to their local dealer. And Toyota is the largest automaker in terms of cars sold, and nearly half Toyota vehicles are hybrids, which should be enough to indicate where the market demand is.
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  4683. Tell that to the Iraqis and Afghans.
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  4684. The current leaf is 2nd generation introduced in 2017. Japanese media reports say that Leaf may be updated in 2026. But as they have Sakura and Ariya, there is not much need for it. The leaf is not particularly profitable car for Nissan, which is why they don't update like other models.
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  4685. That is the case in most countries with mandatory military service. A military can function if it has good officers and NCOs.
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  4686. 日本が欧米同士の争いに巻き込まれてどないするよ。欧米企業が撤退してので、ロシア資源に投資する絶好の機会。少なくとも中国企業は手ぐすね引いて待ってる。
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  4687. I suspect they had contact with or arrived from "Sunda" during the last ice age.
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  4688. Propaganda machine?
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  4689. Curious how Russians could be unprepared, as they've been preparing for a Ukrainian counter-offensive since last fall. SF raids are effective for specific targets/purposes, but I don't think it can't alter the outcome. For that, something more daring and drastic needs to take place.
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  4690. I wonder what the real bill is for Kenya.
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  4691. It's why almost all Japanese automakers have record profits but almost all Chinese automakers are losing money.
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  4692. Early Tesla models were using Panasonic batteries which is why they have a long life. But nobody really knows the durability of newer EVs. Replacing electronic components can be more challenging than replacing mechanical components. In the past, NASA purposely used matured components and software to minimize malfunctions. Airplanes generally follow this principle and are biased against new software and electronics. They use them in diagnostic applications but not for operating the plane.
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  4693. Given Chinese business practices, I wonder whether Chinese Airlines really follow maintenance schedules and protocols. I'm almost certain that Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, ANA, or JAL will never skip any process in their maintenance or training of mechanics.
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  4694. ネオコンは名前の通り保守。バイデンを政治的に保守や右派と分類する人はいないでしょ。右派からはバイデン政権の軍事音痴や弱腰を攻撃されてる。
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  4695. They cane and whip people in Indonesia. Is this a joke?
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  4696. 本国が白と言えば白、黒と言えば黒と伝えるのが外交官。それが出来ない人は外交官になれない。
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  4697. ​ @samoday2992 If English people shouldn't own land in Scotland, how can they own land in the Americas, Australia, NZ, South Africa, etc?
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  4698. Contracts, inheritances, divorces, patents, property sales, investments...not everything is political.
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  4699. VW is so toast in 1H2024 they had €158bn in revenue, €10.1bn in operating profits, and sold 4.3 million vehicles.
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  4700. Many of the VW sold in China are manufactured in China because of the forced Joint-Venture scheme. VW has 90,000 employees and 39 plants in China. I don't know how to place tariffs on Chinese manufactured cars. And if VW sales go down, many Chinese employees will lose their jobs.
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  4701. Nobody knows what the future may look like as it's dependent on many factors such as technological breakthroughs. For example, Toyota started their Hybrid research in the 1970s because Japan suffered enormously from the last Oil Crisis. But they had to wait until the 1990s for rechargeable battery technology to mature for Toyota to design and build the first Prius. Most automakers and consumers thought it was an interesting yet odd experimental concept car. And it was until about 10 years ago. In 2024, around 40-50% of new car sales of Toyota and Honda are now hybrids. Technology is very difficult to predict. It has to be scalable and affordable for mass production and adoption. It also has to be idiot-proof for safety reasons. Who knows, we may have some thing more convenient and affordable in a decade or two.
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  4702. Russian air defence is no joke.
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  4703. I appreciate the fact she's pronouncing Japanese words correctly.
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  4704. ​ @FSVR54 Where do you think the no foreigners in some establishments in South Korea derived from? It's from decades of bad behavior of US military and other expats. It's complicated.
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  4705. ​ @jianyang6281 Tesla's Shanghai plant exports to Australian and European markets, but I think all Tesla sold in North America are manufactured in the US.
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  4706. The "wishful thinking" must be why Nissan makes money but most Chinese companies lose money selling EVs.
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  4707. Russian air-defense capabilities are really good, so an F-14/15/16 (or planes from that generation) will be at serious risk against latest Surface-to-Air missiles. If it were a NATO plane invading Russian-dominated airspace, other capabilities such as electronic-jammers and AWACS will accompany the fighter-jets.
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  4708. That is a rare commodity in our world today.
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  4709. They are mostly families of Ukrainians already living in Japan.
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  4710. ロシアのネット工作員も暇なのね。コメント書くより、SNSに偏った動画上げたりするんじゃない？ウクライナに関しては、誰の話を聞くかで真逆の回答になるから複雑。ウクライナ政府・西側メディアは基本的に、ロシア参戦は国際法違反で悪という立場。ウクライナ東部に住む親ロシア・分離派やロシア国内の愛国・民族主義者からすれば、ウクライナのロシア系住民を見殺しにする方が悪という認識。部外者の自分には、どっちもどっち・・・に聞こえる
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  4711.  @misomar7193  @yosehu-kim His channel name is "脱北者が語る北朝鮮"
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  4712. These are historically Crimean Tatar lands. While Ukrainians and Russians worked together to invade and take land from Crimean Tatars, and deportation lasted until the 1970s, now they're just fighting each other to "renegotiate" the demarcation of the Ukrainian/Russian borders.
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  4713.  @petitwhite6366  I'm not Turkish nor an expert on disaster relief. But even I can tell the Turkish government was not fast enough in its response, despite realizing the scale of the disaster. Too many areas had no help in the beginning. Civilians with no training/equipment were digging with survivors their own bare hands. Frankly, I was surprised why it wasn't the Turkish military that spearheaded the Search and Rescue and disaster relief efforts. They should be first in and last out, since militaries are designed to operate in areas where there is limited water, electricity, transportation, communication, or food.
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  4714. Nobody in Japan understands the term "Rearming." What does that entail, nuclear weapons?
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  4715. もしかしてロシア語のコロナと英語の"coronation"は語源が一緒なんでしょうね。
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  4716. Putting lightly-equipped airborne units in front of Russian firepower, doesn't seem like a logical thing to do. Perhaps I'm missing something.
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  4717.  @nikutubo  一部だけ。
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  4718. Had they stayed Buddhists or maintained Tengrism, most countries in East Asia would've been able to help them more. But Uyghurs were forced to adopt a middle-eastern Arab/Iranic religion and culture by Muslim invaders from Central Asia. While Uyghurs still use a corrupted variant of Turkic, they don't to appear to maintain Turkic cultural lineage from the times they ruled the Mongolian steppe. The Muslim invasion and influence made them disconnected and isolated from their neighbors in East Asia, which is a real tragedy because Uyghurs descend from real Turks. But it's really difficult to connect with Uyghurs because their identity, culture, or religion is no longer East Asian.
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  4719. No point in manufacturing in Thailand anymore if that is the case.
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  4720. ​ @luispolar8153 What kind of experience did you have in Japan? I have met many Nikkei-Peruvians who are assimilated culturally and integrated socially in Japan. They have professional careers in Japan because most of them have received Japanese education in Peru or in Japan. Actually, we don't judge by nationality or ancestry. We judge people by education, upbringing, social-class, civility, mannerism, mindset, skills, and behavior. As such, to imply that all Nikkei-Peruvians will be treated in the same manner in Japan demnostrates your lack of understanding of Japanese society. We understand perfectly that are there are both good and bad Peruvians. And only foreigners like to talk about Yakuza. Japanese police prefer to not do what US, Colombia or Mexico has done with organized crime. They know exactly all the members and where everyone lives, and they wish to keep it that way. They do not wish to see a power vacuum which only creates fighting and violence. Italy takes the same approach as Japan for the same reason.
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  4721. It's not really unique to Japan. We all live in our small bubbles.
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  4722. In those countries, there are still refugees from the Afghan civil wars in the 1990s. Tajikistan is one of poorest countries in the world. All of the countries absolutely hate extremists.
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  4723. Ukrainians were the foot soldiers of the Russian Empire and were the ones looting, raping, and killing off the natives of Caucasus, Siberia, Central Asia, and Far East. And they're given lands that they invaded as rewards. The irony is many of their descendants now identity as Russian, and are sent to Ukraine to fight. And many "Ukrainians" are descendants of those who migrated from all over the Russian Empire and Soviet Union. Both of them are fighting over Crimean Tatar lands that they invaded together. History is simply funny.
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  4724. I suppose it's only a margin of error for a country with a billion folks.
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  4725. It's an eight year civil war, and whether pro-Europe, pro-Russia, or no-preference...all of them are technically still Ukrainians nationals. We shouldn't be arming/assisting either side. What we should be doing is forcing dialogue rather than prolong the war.
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  4726. The USD will be valued less as foreign reserves and for trade/settlement currencies as time goes by, eroding its current international standing. That's the reason why the FRB has historically been against using SWIFT as a weapon. Biden and his inner circle still don't comprehend the longer time impact to the USD. Already China and Russia are increasingly relying less on USD for trade. Some Gulf countries will be using foreign currencies for oil settlements. Foreign countries owning/trading less USD means, they will have less appetite for USD-denominated bonds in the future.
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  4727. Many countries issue "safeguards" of Chinese products all the time, because Chinese purposely flood the market with their overcapacity.
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  4728. We already have too many foreigners in Japan. I think we should just charge more for entering Japan to discourage foreign tourists.
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  4729. Kurds do most of the fighting on the ground with ISIS only to get attacked by Turkey from behind...what an evil world.
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  4730. They have money, oil, gas, etc. But don't have access to USD banking system. This is not a real default. Just a technicality.
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  4731. そもそも政府専用機は80年代の日米貿易摩擦への対策としてボーイング製を導入。元より政治的な産物。かつて河野外務大臣が言ってたけど、本当に助かるのは直行便の無い都市に行くための小型機。
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  4732. Ukraine is burning through ammunition, particularly 155mm rounds. The amount Ukraine requires in one month is equivalent to how much the US manufactures each year. The US has asked many of its allies for munitions but there wasn't enough stockpile. Hence the decision.
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  4733. Ironically, it's easier to shoot down expensive missiles and aircrafts than cheap Iranian drones that are difficult to detect by radar.
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  4734. There is a translation issue, since "Japanese" can mean both ethnicity and nationality. In the most narrow definition, when we say 日本人, it refers to people with Japanese citizenship. So we don't call Nikkei-Brazilians, Peruvians, Americans, Canadians, Colombians, Mexicans, Bolivians, Argentine...as 日本人. Rather, we use 日系人, and we differentiate them with Japanese citizens who live overseas, who are referred to as "邦人" by the Japanese government and media. Children of Japanese nationals who were born/raised overseas are not considered foreigners, provided that they receive Japanese education. But even if both of your parents were from Japan, if you don't have Japanese citizenship, you're legally a foreign-national (or 外国人) in Japan. And in Japanese media and government, it's common practice for names of Nikkei-jin to be written in Katakana instead of Kanji. This rule also applies to those who have emigrated abroad and lost Japanese citizenship. (Japanese citizenship is automatically revoked when that person obtains a foreign citizenship.) In terms of ancestry, there is no doubt you are Japanese. But having Japanese ancestry is not the same as being 日本人 in the Japanese language. For most people in Japan, being "Japanese" means sharing a language, culture, values, norms, history, and identity. As such, if you're fluent in Japanese language and culture, it would be impossible for a Japanese person to consider you as a fellow Japanese. There are many Nikkei-Jin who adapt to Japan and naturalize to Japanese citizenship too.
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  4735. Rich countries pay for UN operations. UN pays poor countries per soldier, around 1000-1500 USD per month, for participation in UN peacekeeping operations. Bangladesh pockets the salary difference and uses the UN money to run their country. That's why most UN peacekeepers are soldiers and police officers are deployed from poor countries in South Asia and Africa.
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  4736. That debt is for car loans. Automakers borrow money from the financial market to lend to customers, and charge interest rate differences.
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  4737. Japanese social customs only apply to Japanese people. These people are from foreign countries.
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  4738. Sony makes money elsewhere. Unlike in the past, TVs are a low margin business.
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  4739. I don't know how Tesla engineers view these things, but in the past many cars were designed to absorb or offset the shock during a crash. A hard shell isn't necessarily good for the passengers. Think of a football helmet.
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  4740. Next time you see Kurdish settlements getting attacked by Turkish forces, you should remember what you wrote. Because of the actions by Turkish forces, Kurds are fleeing and applying for political asylum all over the world. And it is a massive headache for everybody.
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  4741.  @toddvandagrifft84  It depends on the cultural upbringing. We have politicians, celebrities, or athletes who are half-Japanese. I doubt anybody in Japan would consider Onoda Kimi, Takahashi Ran, or Darvish Yu to be foreigners. That's because they are culturally Japanese and have received Japanese formal education like the rest of us. But if you attend international school and spend most of your time in an expat bubble, there is little in common with the rest of the population. The most popular Yokozuna in the post-war ear was TAIHO and he was half-Ukrainian born on Karafuto. He had to relocate/retreat from Karafuto as the Soviets invaded after WWII. Everybody in Japan knew his family story, and nobody ever treated him as an outsider or foreigner. Why? Because he was 100% culturally Japanese. More accurately, he was more culturally Japanese than most Japanese.
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  4742. That's a tricky concept. Some regions of Eastern Ukraine would prefer to be either independent from Ukraine (or join Russia), hence the civil war. I presume some natives of North/South America would prefer to have their own nation as well.
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  4743. Manning occupied territories is most likely their role. Artillery is what likely decides the outcome, unless you're street fighting in an urban area.
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  4744. Perhaps the Afghan commandos need a little more firepower to push back the Taliban.
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  4745.  Win Everything  I think that's like half of the governments of the world.
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  4746. Not everything is about Russia/Ukraine. They've been conducting periodic military exercises by the border region for some time. It's to send a message to the Taliban and IS-K in and around the country. The amount of fear that neighboring countries of Afghanistan have on radical Islamist groups cannot be overstated. Tajikistan went through a brutal civil war and had a senior military commander join ISIS, and there is a large Tajik minority in Afghanistan, so their concern is very real.
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  4747. If Mexico was natives, most European colonialists and their descendants would have to leave.
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  4748. たしかに国民は不快感
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  4749. Tourists are fine. We barely encounter them in our daily lives.
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  4750.  @AdstarAPAD  Your timeline is unrealistic. Silver that was mined in this region was nearly extinct in the 1820s when Bolivia and most of Latin America gained independence. Japan's war with the Republic of China for control over Manchuria started in the late 1930s. The Chinese Civil War and Communist Revolution was in the late 1940s, and many people died from chaotic policies during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution period from the late 1950s to mid-1970s.
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  4751. Japanese and Chinese have communicated in writing for 2000 years. But I was actually impressed by the fact that Portuguese merchants and a Ming scholar can communicate directly.
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  4752. I don't know if it's a hype but many automakers are developing hydrogen technology. Aside from Toyota, BMW, Honda, and Volvo trucks also have products.
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  4753.  @nfzeta128  That's the main difference. Car people only look at cars, but usage of hydrogen is about the entire industry. It's being pursued as a mean to transition away from oil, coal, or natural gas. Steel companies are developing ways to produce steel with hydrogen. Hydrogen fuel cell buses, trucks, and trains are being developed by many countries. HYBARI is a project that is being tested in Japan. It's using Toyota's fuel-cell technology on trains. Japan and EU are cooperating and competing in hydrogen research because both sides see it as the next energy source after coal in 19th and oil & natural gas in 20th century. For geo-political and economic reasons, they also wish to be less dependent on fossil fuel imports. The convenience of hydrogen is that there are many way to produce it. Japan is looking at methane hydrate which can be converted into hydrogen and ammonium. (It's why Toyota also has an ammonium engine R&D project.)
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  4754.  @lucadellasciucca967 If you can generate cheap and clean electricity, perhaps. But most major countries are heavily dependent on fossil fuel for their electricity. (Germany, US, Australia, or Japan is about 60-70% fossil fuel for their energy mix.) Thus, accommodating BEVs is a massive challenge when we already know electricity demand is increasing from growing numbers of data centers and AI usage. Public buses in Japan are adopting hydrogen fuel-cell. A few companies including Toyota/Hino are developing Semi-trucks for the North American. Volvo is testing hydrogen trucks in Europe. Hyundai has hydrogen buses in South Korea. Germany has started hydrogen train service. And Sweden has started steel production using hydrogen instead of traditional coking coal.
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  4755. ​ @lucadellasciucca967 That's your opinion. And many countries don't agree with you.
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  4756.  @nfzeta128  It's still future technology. Hence the name MIRAI or "future" in Japanese language for Toyota's hydrogen fuel-cell concept car for enthusiasts. It's being developed for post-hybrid era, or more like 2040s and beyond. Japanese companies developed and commercialized rechargeable Lithium-Ion batteries in the 1980s and 1990s for portable electronics, such as laptops, walkmans, and cellphones. So they know the convenience and limitations of batteries, because they perfected them. Toyota started hybrid research in the 1970s during the last Oil Crisis. They only were able to start developing the Prius from 1992 after being confident in the advances in rechargeable batteries. Toyota's hybrids are safe, reliable, and affordable because of decades of research. And now, half of FY2024 cars sold by Toyota globally will be hybrids. And hydrogen R&D will for the post-hybrid era. Toyota has been co-researching Solid-State Batteries with Idemitsu for nearly 10 years. Toyota's main BEV products will available with Solid-State Batteries from 2027/2028. I honestly don't know why some people are so short-sighted, and cannot see what automakers are doing. They're not gamblers, they never place all their eggs in one basket. They simply follow customer trends and market conditions.
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  4757. And I was under the impression Honduras was the murder capital. I suppose it's all relative.
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  4758. Perhaps he's secretly tasked to spread a more accurate and balanced representation of DPRK.
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  4759. ​ @anthonyta3369 Canada doesn't face any real military threats unless the Russians plan to cross the North Pole or Americans invade North. So why should Canada spend more on defense?
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  4760. American ship named HMS? France no longer recognizes US independence?
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  4761. In a crisis situation, communicating intent and being transparent about is the critical to avoid miscommunication. Misreading your opponent are frequent reasons for wars.
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  4762. They've most likely studied abroad, or attended International/American schools in Japan. The highschool kid seems to be mixed and has an Aussie-like accent, which is rather strange in Okayama prefecture.
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  4763. I genuinely wonder how long the design life is for battery plants, or how frequently do we need to change batteries.
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  4764. In large parts of the world "ethnic groups" were inventions of the colonizers. We know people frequently migrated and inter-married and the concept of ethnicity was not really an important dividing point. It was common for trading ports/hubs to have people from all over the world with all sorts of religions/rituals. During European colonial periods, however, ethnic differences were defined, labeled, and intentionally promoted/accentuated for the purpose of dividing and conquering locals. Creation or even fabrication of a "national identity" is also driven by political motives, to create and maintain national unity. So you can see absurd wars between/among people who speak the same language, follow the same religion, or even share similar genetic admixture.
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  4765. Ocean Viking...indeed.
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  4766. We all need Russia.
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  4767. Ukraine is one of the poorest in Europe, yet Ukrainians are cultured and educated because the former Soviet Union treasured and heavily invested in higher education.
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  4768. You may want to travel the world.
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  4769. You guys killed off most of the indigenous people and stuck the rest in a reservation and destroyed their language, religion and culture...so there is no culture.
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  4770.  @2pkjs1351  I don't know about Euro-centric, but she didn't fit Japanese beauty standards, which is why her career in Japan never took off. And before anyone talks about skin-tone, there is a half-Japanese, half-Bengali model/actress that was successful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxuvtd1jTQw
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  4771.  @ajjudge7983  It's more complex than just being half or not. It really depends on many many factors. Majority of international marriages in Japan are with people from neighboring countries, or with Nikkei-Peruvians and Brazilians living in Japan, so they usually blend right in. It becomes more complicated when the father is a non-Asian foreigner, because the Japanese government didn't grant citizenship to children of foreign fathers until 1985 (unless they were orphans or children of single-mothers). Since family registration, inheritance, and surname generally follow paternal lineage...it would be near impossible to be identified as "Japanese" in Japan (or outside of Japan) without a Japanese surname. It's similar with Japanese Descendants as well. In Japanese media and government vocab, people like Daniel Inoue, Norman Mineta, or Erik Shinseki would always be referred as a Nikkei-jin (i.e Japanese Descendant), but Adm./Amb Harry Harris would be written as "mother is/was Japanese." And we do have a lot of famous people who are half-Japanese. I think the most popular one right now is TAKAHASHI Ran on men's volleyball national team.
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  4772.  @HaiRune  Toyota's US$14bn investment in North Carolina is a battery factory. The facility is officially "Toyota Battery Manufacturing, North Carolina (TBMNC)," and they will supply batteries for hybrids and plug-in hybrids (and eventually BEVs) to all North American plants in the future. Given that 40-50% of Toyota's new car sales in North America is now hybrids, and Toyota struggles to keep up with customer interests for hybrids, there is no reason why the battery plant should be pushed back. Based on Toyota's official announcement, low-level initial shipment is scheduled for April 2025. (The full completion of the facility is scheduled for around 2030.)
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  4773. ​ @HaiRune Toyota doesn't have a dedicated BEV plant anywhere in the world. North Carolina is a BATTERY factory not a car factory. Toyota Tsuho assists Toyota operations worldwide, including Toyota's new battery facility in North Carolina. Toyota Tsuho is a subsidiary of Toyota Group, so they don't operate independently from Toyota.
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  4774. 日本語の能力試験を最低条件にしてください。
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  4775. There are more international marriages with Japanese men than women.
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  4776. Illegal weed shouldn't be a priority. More importantly, money Laundering via on-line games is a sophisticated setup. I doubt it's something a local sheriff/police department can investigate on its own, which suggests that there is a larger (federal) entity doing the real work. The sheriffs are picking people up.
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  4777. DNA tests say that Ainu have the highest Jomon admixture (Haplogroup D). Around 40% of modern Japanese male lineage is Haplogroup D. Apparently, the Jomon and Tibetans/Himalayan diverged around 20,000 years ago.
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  4778. Ukrainian Cossacks were never known to responsible or humane.
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  4779. ​ @PeterPeter-pr2hi The Avars were one of the many East Eurasian Turkic people who migrated from South Siberia and Mongolia, which is the homeland of Turkic people. Magyars were also from Ural or Siberia, and they migrated through the Eurasian steppe ruled by various Turkic clans. Given that there are many proto-Turkic words in the Magyar language, there must have been significant linguistic and cultural contact lasting for centuries. We know that waves of Turkic clans were constantly pushed out westward by other Turkic clans, or from Northern Han Chinese or from Mongolic clans. The reason for Magyar migration is unknown, but we can expect that Magyars absorbed the Avars who ruled Hungary/Romania before their arrival in 9th century. It takes centuries to migrate, so for Huns to arrive in 5th century or for Avars to arrive in 6th century, they left their homeland centuries ago. Turkic and Mongolic clans had a unique marital system, as they would use marriages to build and maintain alliances.
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  4780. I really think Ukraine can use some anti-tank and anti-air weapons right now.
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  4781. You cannot blame automakers for trying to meet the incredibly tough environmental regulations. They need to cut weight in every possible manner to meet fuel efficiency standards.
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  4782.  @jondoe9548  Karen were British puppets helping the colonization of Burma. They were suppressing the Burmese during various revolts to overthrow British rule. When the Japanese created the Free Burmese Army to kick out the British from Burma, the Burmese again chose to fight the Karen tribes. Suffice it to say, Karen are not friends of Burma.
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  4783.  @dyn.srtran  Where did you learn history? Japanese emigration to Hawaii started from late 19th century and continued throughout 20th century. "Nissei" that served in the US military during WWII is a Japanese word meaning 2nd generation.
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  4784. Toyota was doing more strict certification than the government.
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  4785. Poverty porn.
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  4786. German Union.
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  4787.  @i6power30  South Africa had rolling blackouts due to their weak electric grid, stemming from corruption and mismanagement. California had to ask residents not to charge their Battery-Electric Vehicles during a heat wave, again due to lack of electricity. NZ recently had to import coal to keep the power on. Australia still generates half of its electricity by burning coal. Nothing about electricity infrastructure is easy or cheap. It's so fragile, it's a massive headache for everybody.
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  4788.  @i6power30  And most countries have 60-70% of fossil fuel in their energy mix, just to meet current electricity demand. Even China is building new coal plants to charge their growing fleet of Battery-Electric Vehicles.
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  4789. To some degree we all are. Being brainwashed unknowingly...some call it education.
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  4790. Get out of Afghanistan while there are still international flights.
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  4791.  @didierpuzenat7280  In contrast, many people in North America are ditching BEVs because it doesn't suit their lifestyles. It's one of the reasons why used BEVs have very little resale value. They depreciate much more than ICE and Hybrids because not many people want used BEVs. And many automakers are all pulling back on BEV investments, output, and targets because the overall demand much weaker than they expected. I don't know how it is in Europe, but in North America sales of hybrids are much stronger than BEVs.
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  4792.  @Марина-ь1г8й  I honestly don't have the ability to differentiate somebody from Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, or Russia just from physical appearance. And my point is there is no easily identifiable "Ukrainian genetics" because of all the previous migrations since ancient times. It's a cultural, linguistic, or political classification, but not a genetic one. That said, many people living in Siberia and Russian Far East are descendants of those who migrated from all over the Russian Empire and Soviet Union, due to past relocation incentives and political resettlement policies. And a significant ratio of Russian-nationals working/living in Japan are from Siberia and Russian Far East. I cannot prove it but I strongly suspect that the image of "Russian beauty" originates from Japanese exposure to the people in that region. We were also in Manchuria and unfortunately in Siberia too...but that's an entirely different story.
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  4793. Afghans don't need external help. They are perfectly capable of destroying themselves.
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  4794. 日本の国籍法は血統主義なので、二重国籍を法律的に認めてしまうと、海外に移住した日本人の子孫も何世代にも渡り日本国籍を保有できることになります。日本出身者の子供なら（家の中で日本語を話す機会や日本語学校に通う機会があるため）日本社会に適応できると思います。頭を悩ますのは、完全に外国で育った3世以降の日本国籍をどうすべきか。 日本としては日系人コミュニティとの接点を強化すべきだと思います。一方で、日本語・日本文化に接したことがない法律上の『日本国籍保持者』を大量に作ると、それはそれで別の問題にもなります。英国のようにBritish National Overseasという旧植民地・海外領土のためのパスポートがありますが、日本国籍とは別に、日系人専用用の戸籍＆パスポートを導入するのも一つの方法だとも思います。
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  4795. Distraction/Diversion...for what though.
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  4796. Lebanon receives international aid from other countries and UN agencies to take care of Syrian refugees, but it's unfair to ask an economically-struggling country to cope with so many refugees. Whether in Lebanon, Turkey, or Jordan...the sheer scale is just beyond their ability.
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  4797. It would be near impossible for one elected official to change national security policy. Modifications in national security policy are based on changing realities surrounding the nation with overwhelming agreement and consensus from national security policy experts, at least in Japan. Frankly, South Korea is not even in the picture right now. Most security experts don't believe South Korea has the stomach to go against China for historical reasons. Koreans have been subjugated by the almost every dynasty in China since ancient times. It's not in their cultural norm to fight the Chinese.
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  4798.  @amjedali5164  Not all profits are repatriated as they are often reinvested locally, especially in factory upgrades. Local profits, if there are any, are paid in dividends to the parent company, which I presume is taxed in Canada as well. And they pay corporate tax, and employees pay income/consumption tax in Canada. But if they were replaced by subsidized Chinese imports, loss of employment and tax revenue in Canada will be a natural result. More importantly, Canada will no longer have any influence over the auto-industry and its direction. How much strategic and economic value that holds depends on who you ask. Canada will just be dependent upon foreign companies deciding what to sell in Canada. Manufacturing generally creates a stable middle-class and society, compared to service-sector that tends to polarize between the rich and power. Again, how much social stability is worth in Canada highly depends on who you ask.
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  4799. Why did you leave out Guam?
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  4800. Without Wagner's tenacity, Russian forces may not be able to hold the line.
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  4801. Most militaries were based on conscription until the end of the cold war. Some nations still maintain it.
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  4802. I doubt most countries would maintain diplomatic relations with Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. All foreign nationals in major cities should be starting their evacuation while there still are international flights.
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  4803. Actually they do. The factory automation (or robots) used in Chinese factories are mostly Japanese and German equipment. The equipment to manufacture semiconductors that are used in electronics are again coming from Japanese, American, or European companies. The high-end materials and components are also coming from abroad.
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  4804. People will remember what Iran and Belarus did for Russia, for a very long time.
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  4805. The same thing can be said for many Russian cities.
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  4806. More people will likely die from the flu than the corona virus, which is a common cold virus.
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  4807. ​ @arturohull14161 We do see a clear behavioral and mindset difference with foreigners who are accepted by Japanese society and those who get rejected. You're not wrong about cultural compatibility. The more traditional, socially conservative, responsible, and educated segment will feel comfortable living in Japan, since their behavior mannerism tend to align with Japanese preferences. So it's not a surprise that some people from Eastern Europe and Russia find it far easier to assimilate and integrate with Japan than liberal/woke people from Western Europe, Australia, or North America. Frankly, we find some Americans to be loud, disturbing, and disgusting with their behavior and mindset. And Americans are seen as quiet, introverted, and reserved in some Latin American countries, which should tell you how Latinos will feel or be perceived in Japan. But we have see Italians and French who have mastered Japanese language, culture, and mannerism and have integrated with Japan.
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  4808. アイアンドームはイスラエルが開発した防空装備ちゃう？ロシアには多くのユダヤ人が住んでおり、イスラエルは対ロシア制裁に積極的ではない。当然ながらAzovを毛嫌いしてる。支援物資がアゾフに渡っていなかをイスラエルのメディアは気にして調べてる。
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  4809. This was super informative and interesting. Thank you.
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  4810.  @zoransarin5411  Firstly, financing or car loans is done by automakers borrowing money from the capital markets and lending to customers. That's the "debt" on Toyota's balance sheet, which is why Toyota has a strong credit rating. Secondly, Toyota can make EVs, but they don't want to make them, especially when Toyota's production capacity is maxed out from a strong demand in hybrids. There is a very long waiting list for pre-existing orders. The biggest complaint from Toyota's labor union in Japan wasn't lack of pay. Toyota's pay hike was more than the labor union requested from Toyota management. Their main request was to produce less cars, which Toyota agreed to do. Almost every EV maker in China is losing money (aside from BYD and a few others), so there is really no reason why Toyota needs to join the dog race in China. And BYD batteries will suffice for the Chinese market. Obviously, Toyota will be using different batteries for other markets.
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  4811.  @zoransarin5411  Nobody is making good inexpensive BEVs. Every EV makers is losing money in China, and the only way to survive a price war is to use cheaper and cheaper materials and components. It's why Toyota doesn't waste money making cheap BEVs for the Chinese market. Frankly, making cars that lose money is a waste precious production capacity. Currently Toyota cannot meet the strong demand, some customers in North America are waiting for months. Some customers are waiting 12 months for their hybrids. While Toyota had record sales and profits, most Chinese EV makers won't be around in a few years.
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  4812. We don't know much about South America in general, to be honest. And when they appear in the news, it's usually about drugs, crimes, prison fighting, riots, or natural disasters. It's very dangerous place for Japanese tourists and businessmen. What we also know is the many crimes and violence committed in Japan by Brazilians, Peruvians, Colombians in Japan. Sadly, I don't think the younger generations in Japan know much about Peruvian politics and President Fujimori. We remember vividly when our Embassy was invaded by Peruvians.
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  4813. I still am confused. These are regions once controlled and devoloped by the Russian Empire and Soviet Union. Compared to the smooth "little green men" in Crimea and Donbass in 2014, how could Russian forces be struggling so much in areas right by the Russian border?
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  4814. ロシア軍が全兵力でウクライナ攻めたら、ウクライナ人は全滅するでしょ。
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  4815. poverty porn
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  4816. Based on Toyota's internal cost estimates, the unit production costs increases about US$2,000 for hybrids, and US$5,000 for BEVs. So they can offer relatively affordable hybrids, but BEVs will always be more expensive. Tesla's estimated production cost is about US$37,000 per vehicle, and their sales are dependent upon government incentives which lowers the sales price by US$5,000-10,000 per vehicle depending on country/location. Chinese automakers are selling BEVs in the US$10,000-20,000 price range...but almost all of them are losing money even with Chinese government incentives. Batteries and software development are still expensive. The more usage of semiconductors, cameras, sensors, and automation...it goes without saying the more expensive the car will be.
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  4817. We can judge for ourselves.
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  4818. Foreign nationals get to vote in the US?
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  4819. Is this the Belt and Bankrupt initiative?
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  4820. US intervention in Latin American countries had disastrous effects over the past few centuries.
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  4821. I don't think automakers can make money selling BEVs at US$18,000. The battery alone should cost US$7,000-10,000 depending on size. Obviously, materials, electric motors, interiors, infotech, software, and labor costs money too. Tesla's unit production cost is estimated around US$37,000 per vehicle. Chinese companies may be able to manufacture 30% cheaper due to lower wages, government assistance, and vertical integration of the supply-chain. So I suspect around US$25,000-ish should be the break-even sales price for many Chinese BEV companies.
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  4822. 経済制裁は自爆攻撃。こっちも一緒に巻き込まれる。穀物価格やら瓦斯代や電気代は既に結構高く、内外の年金生活者や低所得層にはモロ効いてる。
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  4823.  @montaedean2211  Out of 3.2 million foreign nationals, there are about 200,000 Brazilian-nationals living in Japan. Most of them are Japanese Descendants (i.e. children, grandchildren, or great-grandchildren of Japanese emigrants) and their spouses. There is a special visa for Japanese Descendants which allows them live/work in Japan. And Brazil has the largest Japanese diaspora. Male lineage of Japanese emigrants used to be able to inherit Japanese citizenship. (Which is why the former President of Peru was legally a natural-born Japanese citizen.) But after dual-citizenship was banned for children born after 1985, the Descendant Visa scheme was created so that children, grandchildren of Japanese emigrants and their families can relocate to Japan.
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  4824. The money mostly flows back to US defense contractors, which goes to US employment, income and corporate tax revenue.
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  4825. They finally were able to escape from Renault management.
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  4826. It's pretty bad in certain areas with foreigners. Chinese and Koreans have terrible manners, there is a South Asian drug dealer in my neighborhood park.
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  4827. アメリカからの禁油に対し、経済制裁は国家存続に影響する実質的の戦争行為として日本は認識した。それで対米開戦は避けられないという結論になり、真珠湾攻撃に繋がった。薬が輸入出来なくても人は死ぬ。貧困や雇用喪失や物価高騰でも人は死ぬ。死ぬまでの時間軸が違うだけ。
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  4828. Ukraine borrows money from Russia to buy its natural gas. War or no war, they still need Russia.
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  4829. 「傭兵」のイメージは古いかも。イラク・アフガニスタン戦争では派遣部隊の約半分ほどがPMC（民間軍事会社）所属だった時期がある。当時は戦争のアウトソーシングとして非難されることも多かったが、それが世界的な流れなのかも。輸送・警備・兵站・食事・建設・民間支援・通訳・地雷処理・・・PMCの仕事は多岐にわたっていた。
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  4830. That's why Japan adopted ChaDeMo. For bidirectional usage. Unfortunately, Europe and North America didn't agree.
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  4831. Identity is a really difficult yet fascinating topic. And ethnicity as we know today is a modern social and political construct developed in Europe. To date, there are German enclaves in Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela, Mexico or in North America. The Amish and Mennonites have Swiss, German or Russian ancestry depending on definition. For whatever reason Amish language was mistakenly known as Pennsylvania Dutch. Many successful American companies have German names because Germans immigrants are one of the largest groups in the US. Omsk in Siberia is where Stalin relocated many of the Prussian/German migrants. They're now proud Russians and are drafted to fight in Ukraine for Russia. The French are Latinized Franks or Germanic people. The English are descendants of Germanic migrants as are most of Nordic. And Rus are mixed Germanic Swedish Vikings mixed with Baltic locals. They too can be Germanic people depending on definition. So defining German is easier said than done.
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  4832. Hey, at least she wasn't sent to a concentration camp.
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  4833. Wouldn't you be nervous if you were a POW and interviewed?
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  4834. The Taliban movement has been supported military and financially by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and extremists like Bin Laden since the 1990s. The international community attempted to help the relatively modest Afghans after 9.11 but that turned out to be a massive waste of time and resources. Whether they use a white flag (= Taliban) or black flag (=IS) or different banner next time around, it won't change anything because they are Pashtuns. This is an ethnic war. The Pashtuns intend to annihilate the Hazara minority and the northern/urban Tajiks. In other words, Afghanistan was never destined to be one country. The North-South ethnic and cultural division is so deep, neither side can win over or unify the entire nation. It will continue to be a failed state for the time being.
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  4835. The medical staff and their families can only endure so much. Soon they'll be leaving too, I suspect.
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  4836. Where?
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  4837. Depends on your native tongue. Mongol, Korean, Turkic, Hungarian, Finn, or Estonian speakers have grammatical similarities. Ethnic Mongols/Koreans from China will be near-native in 2 years. And Slavic/Russian and Romance/Latin language speakers find Japanese pronunciation to be intuitive. We've witnessed some Ukrainian refugees without any prior Japanese skills reaching N2-JLPT in just 2 years. We've also have seen Georgian Sumo Wrestlers speaking near native Japanese.
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  4838. Chinese automakers are selling at a loss.
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  4839. If I were a refugee, I would like to be somewhere warm with nice beaches.
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  4840. If Malaysian Airlines cannot secure repair parts, how are Russian airlines operating their Boeing and Airbus airplanes?
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  4841. Japanese society is strongly against dual citizenship. She emigrated to a foreign country, and your mother is no longer a Japanese citizen, so of course she would be treated like any other foreign national.
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  4842. It really depends. Conversation is easy once you know how to read and write. And you're useless in or for Japan if you cannot read a Japanese newspaper or write business reports in Japanese.
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  4843. Many people living in Eastern Ukraine consider Ukrainian forces to be the invader. In their eyes he was working for the devil. Foreigners getting involved in a separatist civil war is a terrible idea.
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  4844.  @Miandros101  Don't you know that Australia used to ban immigrants from Asia?
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  4845. Did the Puritans come to America legally?
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  4846. 私達って誰のことでしょ？
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  4847. 林大臣の衆院転出で追い出された河村もしくは二階派の身内ちゃうか？
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  4848.  @olivka7560  Unfortunately, there are many Tatars in Russia who cannot speak Tatar/Turkic. But they are still very proud of their Tatar culture, heritage, and roots. While language is an integral component of cultural identity and distinction, one doesn't automatically become "English" just by learning the English language.
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  4849. Japanese make record profits when they're asleep.
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  4850. The economic success of Taiwan and South Korea has deep roots in the reforms/modernization in KOSEKI system, taxation, land ownership, mandatory and higher-education system, infrastructure, agriculture, laws and judicial system, healthcare, government institutions, and even cultural indoctrination from Japanese administration. Japan introduced/forced the exact same structure, system, and policies that worked in Japan. As such, it was almost natural and easy for Taiwan and South Korea to emulate Japan's post-WWII economic model. (The South Korean and Taiwanese elites after WWII were mostly educated in Japanese academic institutions.) Conversely, Japan occupied the Philippines for 3 years but there wasn't any time to implement any meaningful reforms. As such, the Philippines got stuck with what they've inherited from the Spanish and American colonial times. It's exactly why the Philippines carries similar social, political, and economic issues to many of the Latin American countries. Crimes, Drugs, Guns, Inequality, Corruption, teenage pregnancy...it's like a mirror image.
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  4851. Whether Russian crime organizations or Central American gangs...it has meaning. It's certainly not a fashion item. And the wrong tattoos can end your life.
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  4852. GM has no obligation to sell cars that lose money. The more they sell BEVs, the less profitable they become. Aside from a few companies like Tesla, almost every automaker is losing money with each BEV sales, whether it's GM, Ford, Mercedes, VW, Hyundai, or most Chinese BEV companies. Even some charging companies are losing money and going bankrupt, so I don't know how sustainable the BEV market is going forward.
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  4853.  @rozonoemi9374  I doubt BEV sales will increase in the US even if there were Chinese BEVs. It's an issue with safety, reliability, range, charging, and lifestyle. And if the Big 3 were ever in trouble, American tax payers will be bailing them out (again).
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  4854.  @rozonoemi9374  I just look at real sales numbers. 1Q 2024, BEV was 7.1% of total sales. 268,000 BEV sales, compared to total 3.8 million new cars sold in the US market. BEV sales grew by 2% YoY, and total market grew 5% YoY.
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  4855. That's why so many Africans are in Haiti.
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  4856. Regulate and tax the underground economy.
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  4857.  @doggies.will.be.doggies  Or they don't have the orders yet to launch a full scale attack.
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  4858. Old English is corrupted Old German. Vikings from the Danelaw period (who spoke Northern Germanic) were still able to communicate with Old English Anglo-Saxons. They were same languages that diverged, particularly after Norman Conquest when French/Latin vocabulary was heavily introduced. Most Germanic languages are defined as Category 1 in language difficulty, or easiest to learn for a native-English speaker in the State Department classification, while Japanese is Category 5. The reverse holds true too.
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  4859.  @sharoneicher4131  Acceptance in Japan entirely depends on the person, education, upbringing, mindset, mannerism, etc. And an American perspective is rather useless for Japan, as your country was founded as a European transplant colony by eradicating the indigenous people, you mostly inherited British language/culture/customs/religion/education/history, and most of your ancestors are foreigners/immigrants in the past few centuries. In contrast, the first people who settled in Japan are from 40,000-50,000 years ago.
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  4860. I recall watching PLA leaders like Yasser Arafat on US media during the 1990s. I also remember Hamas and Hezbollah interviews from the same time period. Perhaps everything changed after 9.11. These days nobody seems to have any control over anything.
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  4861. ​ @kaihusravnajmiddinov5413 Actually, Turkic is a Northeast Asian language and culture, with close similarities with Mongolic, Manchu, and Koreanic. Turkic clans historically dominated the Mongolian steppe, which is why most of the Turkic tombs and inscriptions are found in South Siberia and Mongolia. That said, it's difficult to define Tajik ancestry from a single source. Some do have partial East Asian Turkic ancestry, since Turkic people have been living in the Fergana Valley since the Han Dynasty, or 2,000 years ago. Turkic records defined a Tajik by a lifestyle, rather than ancestry. Tajiks were people who lived in oasis cities often speaking the literary Farsi language used for administration, serving as merchants and tax officials.
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  4862. I'm sure that worked well with Pakistan or Iran or North Korea for that matter.
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  4863. You're too funny.
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  4864.  @tombanks8012  I was under the impression that even during the Cold War, Cuban American voters tend to vote Republican due to tougher policies towards Cuban regime.
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  4865. Afghans have been fighting among themselves forever.
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  4866. Germans are unreliable.
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  4867. They didn't do it for money. Their loyalty is with China.
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  4868. Many of them went to South America.
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  4869. From the ancient Chinese capitals (such as Xian a.k.a. Changan 長安) to the various oasis cities in Tarim Basin along the northern/southern mountain ranges to Central Asia...it's quite fascinating to see the ancient silk road passage. There are so many products and ideas that have gone through these regions in both directions, especially through this valley. Everything from Buddhism, tea, gun powder, spices...and of course Chinese silk.
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  4870. IOC = Bioterrorists
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  4871. China's "New Energy Vehicle" stats includes Plug-in-Hybrids. As for pure BEVs, it's about 25% of new car sales in China, and the sales are heavily concentrated in large urban centers with good infrastructure. If you go to more traditional/rural regions, it's a completely different picture.
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  4872. Taiwan legitimacy issues always is confusing. The island of Taiwan became part of Empire of Japan in 1895, which is before Modern China or ROC was formed after the Revolution. ROC never administered Taiwan because it was part of Japan. So in that regards, Taiwan doesn't legally or historically belong to either ROC or PRC. Obviously, Taiwan is an independent political entity from Japan with its own laws, government, and territory. But if that is the case, ROC doesn't have legitimacy administering Taiwan. So I'm confused.
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  4873. Japanese rule is the only reason why South Korea and Taiwan are prosperous.
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  4874. It's never been about Ukrainians or their will. Russians have been fighting for centuries to gain access to the Black Sea. The region wasn't even historic Ukrainian territory to begin with. It's Crimean Tatar territory that both Russians and Ukrainians invaded.
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  4875. US automakers have to pay US salaries. And Chinese carmakers use really cheap components. If US automakers compromised on quality and safety like the Chinese, they would be constantly recalling their vehicles. Chinese cars are cheap for a reason.
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  4876. Many countries no longer have diplomats in Damascus. We don't even have direct communication with the Syrian government. We can't send disaster efforts without the invitation and consent from Damascus. Rebel-controlled territories are too dangerous and off-limits.
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  4877. ​ @beyheter They're rich because they copied Japan.
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  4878. Nobody is shy. We just don't care to share our views and opinions to complete strangers.
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  4879. We have enough foreigners already.
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  4880. Not just his hair, the entire country is stuck in the past. His libertarian rhetoric even sounds like Chicago School policies used in Chile from that era.
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  4881. Honda missing the boat is why it has record profits. The automakers who jumped on the bandwagon are losing billions each year in BEVs and are rapidly changing course. Half of all Honda and Toyota sales are now hybrids.
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  4882. I believe the best method is still to have both parents talk to the children in their own languages...only in their respective languages, because it's really tragic if your children cannot communicate directly with all of their grandparents, cousins, uncles/aunts, etc. If there is a Japanese school in your neighborhood, please make sure they attend it on Saturdays. It will impact their future. The focus is always about expanding the possibilities of your children's future. Building a foundation of both French and Japanese when they're young, so that when they actually start studying it will be easier to master. Naturally, fluency in language is just an entry-level problem, because the real challenge will be how to make them bi-cultural, so they will be completely accepted as natives in both French and Japanese societies. The brutal reality is you're neither useful to France nor Japan, if you're not perfectly fluent in both languages and cultures. So a fully-French person who has studied Japanese in highschool and university is more valuable to both France and Japan, than a Half-Japanese/French person who only knows one language. I cannot speak for the "identity" issue because this will depend on where your children grow up. Growing up Half-French Half-Japanese in Japan is a very different experience from growing in France or even third-country like Singapore or the UK. As you're probably aware, there are many Half-French celebrities in Japan.
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  4883. In that case, the alliance will end. That will massively affect the geopolitics of that region.
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  4884.  @mickjoebills  Nobody knows whether modern BEVs will last 15 years. The uncertainty is why it's so difficult to accurately price or chart a depreciation curve of a used BEV. Indeed software can be updated like OS, but the bottle-neck will always be with the hardware. Even if it physically lasts, would you want to be using an old computer/smartphone for 15 years? It just becomes easier to replace every 5 to 7 years so.
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  4885. I really believe your family should seek professional legal advice in Japan, especially because our Consulates/Embassies aren't given much legal power compared to government agencies in Japan. They're just a branch office of a branch office. Japan follows "Jus Sanguinis" citizenship rules, so hypothetically speaking, if you didn't obtain NZ citizenship and solely remained a British citizen, then your son would still be a dual-UK & Japan citizen, because he's still a minor. I must say I didn't know too that when you and your son obtained NZ citizenship, your son automatically relinquished Japanese citizenship. Your wife should check again with government agencies in Japan about his "KOSEKI." If he's still in the family registration, legally he's still a citizen. But the fact that Japanese Embassy/Consulate won't issue him a Japanese passport hints that he's no longer in the family KOSEKI. With proper legal advice, your son may be able to recover his Japanese citizenship because he's a minor, assuming that your wife is still a citizen. (A child of Japanese citizen, who is a minor, may have fighting chance. )
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  4886.  @terryj50  In this case, obtaining a new citizenship--the NZ passport--was interpreted as emigration (or relinquishing Japanese citizenship) by the Japanese Embassy/Consulate in NZ. It's very different from a normal birthright dual-citizenship situation.
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  4887.  @terryj50  I can only guess why. Either the Japanese Consulate in HK doesn't know or doesn't care. That's because nobody in Japan would assume that Japanese citizens would give up Japanese citizenship to become a Chinese-HK citizen. In other words, Chinese-HK citizenship is not considered anything meaningful from the government's perspective. So it's not the same as NZ, Australia, Canada, US, Brazil, Peru, etc where Japanese have emigrated in the past.
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  4888.  @terryj50  This is not about right or wrong, it's just how it is. The Citizenship law was changed in 1984 to ban dual-citizenship, so you can understand how Japanese society and government views it. There were two politicians who failed to renounce dual-citizenship, ONODA Kimi (US) and RENHO (Taiwan/ROC), and it became a serious political scandal about 10 years ago. Frankly for many Japanese nationals (regardless of where they're living), our citizenship, ethnicity, identity, language, culture, and rights and responsibilities are nearly synonymous. They are very much intertwined. So in our minds you're either Japanese or you are not. And this harsh membership rule applies to children and grandchildren of Japanese emigrants too. But we do have politicians who are naturalized citizens. There is an ethnic Uyghur lady who recently got elected in the Lower House. There used to be a guy from Finland who was an Upper House member. There were/are politicians who are naturalized ethnic Koreans who were born/raised in Japan too. But they're all Japanese citizens, which is the only definition the government uses to identify who is Japanese (and who is not).
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  4889. @KenJaime Japanese Embassy/Consulate (operated by 外務省 or Ministry of Foreign Affairs) doesn't have legal authority to decide who's a citizen or not. They contact Ministry of Justice (法務省) to confirm latest KOSEKI (戸籍) information, which is the single most important database that includes names of all Japanese citizens and their family tree. (It's how the Japanese government can identify Japanese Descendants as it maintains KOSEKI records on all 1st Generation Japanese Emigrants.) Passports are only issued to citizens. As such, refusal of issuing or renewing passports by the Embassy/Consulate strongly implies that Ministry of Justice does not recognize that applicant as a citizen (i.e. he/she is no longer in Japan's KOSEKI.) Unlike natural-born dual citizenship, acquiring a new foreign citizenship after birth is viewed as emigration. Article 11-13 of Japanese Citizenship Law (国籍法) clearly stipulates that Japanese citizenship will be terminated after such action. However, special legal avenues exist for former Japanese citizens to "naturalize" to Japanese citizenship. There are 行政書士 or Immigration Lawyers who handle these affairs. In this specific case, many will find enormous sympathy because the decision wasn't made by the Japanese parent, and the kid is a minor and didn't choose for himself. (As long as he's a minor, and If explained correctly to the Ministry of Justice in Tokyo, they may be able to cancel the termination of Japanese citizenship.) Japanese Citizenship Law (国籍法): Termination of Citizenship（国籍の喪失） 第十一条 　日本国民は、自己の志望によつて外国の国籍を取得したときは、日本の国籍を失う。 ２ 　外国の国籍を有する日本国民は、その外国の法令によりその国の国籍を選択したときは、日本の国籍を失う。 第十二条 　出生により外国の国籍を取得した日本国民で国外で生まれたものは、戸籍法 （昭和二十二年法律第二百二十四号）の定めるところにより日本の国籍を留保する意思を表示しなければ、その出生の時にさかのぼつて日本の国籍を失う。 第十三条 　外国の国籍を有する日本国民は、法務大臣に届け出ることによつて、日本の国籍を離脱することができる。 ２ 　前項の規定による届出をした者は、その届出の時に日本の国籍を失う。
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  4890. 日本語出来る人なら賛成。
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  4891. We already have a lot of problems with Vietnamese and Chinese criminal syndicates in Japan. Lately, we've been suffering from the intolerable Kurds. People want them out of Japan for good.
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  4892. It's for California state law compliance. Toyota would be in massive trouble if their EVs became suddenly popular, as most companies lose money with their EV sales. Think why Toyota only manufactures less than 200,000 BEvs andd 10,000 hydrogen fuelcell when they sell a little over 10 million vehicles worldwide.
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  4893. Perhaps they should be spending more on their electric grid instead of nuclear weapons.
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  4894. Thank all your generous neighbors for providing weapons and combatants.
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  4895. There is such a thing called rotation, troop replacement, and logistics/support even in the Russian military. The initial force size deployed to Ukraine was around 150,000 soldiers. In order to constantly maintain 150,000 force size in an active war zone, you can guesstimate the required total force size from Tooth-to-Tail ratio. I don't know Russian military doctrine to know the correct ratio, but usually it's few times of that of troop size in theater.
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  4896. ウクライナがNATOやEU加盟を阻止するためにロシアが侵攻したのかと思ってました。NATO軍からしても本音はウクライナ＆ベラルーシにはロシアとの緩衝地帯を担ってほしいはず。ウクライナがNATOに加盟したら、ロシア国境に展開しないといけないので、偶発的なリスクが高まるのでNATO主要国は反対するはず。
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  4897. 左遷されて売国行為に走ったら待ってるのは暗殺。
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  4898. During and immediately after the Soviet Union, we called the country name of Georgia with a Russified pronunciation. It was pronounced with a hard G and not a J-sound. So I can see why the name didn't register with your teacher. The Georgian government spent many years around the world trying to be recognized/called by its rightful Georgian pronunciation.
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  4899. Most Ukrainians wish to be near Ukraine because they plan on returning home once everything is safer. In fact some refugees have already started returning back to Ukraine. Additionally, they are not "refugees" from Japan's perspective. They are family members of Ukrainians already residing in Japan.
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  4900. Central Asia to Russia to some parts in Eastern Europe...they all have varying degree of Eurasian genetic mixture, since people have migrating in all directions for thousands of years. But they are in their countries and cultures. I find it confusing that half-Japanese kids who are not raised in Japan, never received formal Japanese education, and aren't fluent in Japanese language and culture...somehow expect that they will be treated the same as locals. Does an Italian American assume he/she will be viewed as an Italian in Italy? How can you be Japanese if you don't the share the language, culture, norms, history, mannerism, and identity with the rest of population. And yes, we have had many famous half-Japanese celebrities, politicians, athletes, etc.
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  4901. 1,000 a day or 30,000 casualties a month is unrealistic and unsustainable...even for Russia.
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  4902. You must be mistaken. Middle-east is disgustingly dirty.
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  4903.  @peoplearemessedup  If this goes on for months, many Ukrainian farmers won't be able to plant their crops. That would not only be problematic for Ukraine but also the world because so many countries depend on Ukrainian (and Russian) wheat. By the way, during the cold war era, there was very scary US war scenario of destroying Ukrainian farmlands to starve the Soviet Union.
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  4904.  @FastPaull  It's the lack of discipline and control that worries me about arming random civilians.
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  4905. The Rus are a comical TRIO.
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  4906. Toyota only manufactures 10,000 hydrogen fuel cell cars every year, because they are concept cars for enthusiasts. They have no intention of manufacturing or selling it in large volume. It's technology that is being researched, developed, and perfected for the future, as was the case with Prius project 30 years ago. It's why the hydrogen fuel-cell concept car was named MIRAI or "future" in Japanese. And only a handful of companies make money selling EVs. Almost every automaker (including the Chinese EV makers) lose money in EV sales. Given that Toyota's factories have been pushed to the limits meeting customer demand, it makes sense to be behind. There is no point in selling cars that lose money.
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  4907. India is a joke.
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  4908. Religion of Pieces.
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  4909. To be fair, this is my image of India.
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  4910. Firstly, Aegis system is sold to Japan but the vessels are manufactured domestically. Secondly, the Japanese Navy has been participating in RIMPAC exercises around Hawaii since 1980s.
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  4911. I honestly don't know how hydrogen is viewed in Australia or Europe. Hydrogen in Japan is viewed by industry, government, and academia as one of the next generation energy sources, following coal in 19th century and oil & natural gas in 20th century. Hydrogen technology is closely linked with the usage of abundant methane. While Toyota's hydrogen concept car "MIRAI" is famous, hydrogen transition is not about cars per se, although public buses in Japan have been slowly adopting and testing Toyota's hydrogen system. And hydrogen-fueled trains known as "HYBARI" are being tested by JR East, Hitachi, and Toyota to be operational by around 2030. They plan to replace the non-electrified tracks that currently use diesel-fueled trains. The shift towards hydrogen technology is about slowly transitioning away from an economy and lifestyle dependent upon oil and natural gas. Toyota named the car "MIRAI (未来)" or "Future" in Japanese language, because it is technology that is being researched and developed for the coming decades. It's not something that anybody expects to be mainstream in the coming years. And 70% of Japanese electricity is generated by burning fossil fuel, so EVs doesn't solve anything (except for countries like Iceland and Norway that is 100% geothermal and hydro). In fact, if there were to be EV shift in Japan, we'll have to buy more natural gas from Australia, Southeast Asia, and Middle-east and burn it. FYI, both China and the US still rely on coal for their electricity mix, so we never understood why they're so eager to rapidly electrify their cars. And half of Australian electricity is generated by burning coal. So more EVs results in burning more coal.
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  4912. Street names such as 13 and 18 are local brotherly gangs formed in LA (initially to protect themselves from Black gangs) by refugees of US-sponsored civil wars in Central America. They were imported back into Central America after mass deportation. Interestingly, Belize has Blood and Crips, again exported from the US.
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  4913. Most asylum seekers are economic migrants, regardless of point of origin.
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  4914. Recent cars don't have the same problem.
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  4915. I've never been to Yokosuka for that reason. I always thought Yokosuka was uncivilized and dangerous because of US military presence and all the baggage it brings.
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  4916.  @minatovids1  You must be new to Japanese politics. Please stop saying Japanese people wanted so and so. It was an LDP election to choose their new president. Only party members of LDP and their elected officials voted. The vote was very close for party members, while there was only like 20 vote difference among Members of Parliament. And no, LDP won't be losing the next lower house election whether it's Ishiba or Takaichi. Ishiba-san has said on numerous occasions that his views and policies on national security are similar to Abe-san. (In fact, Abe-san asked Ishiba-san in the past to be his Defense Minister.) The primary difference was in fiscal/monetary policy. Takaichi-san believes in Abe-san's economic policies, while Ishiba-san has said he'll be following Kishida-san's policies. The market was closely following the election. When Takaichi-san was leading the USD/JPY reached around 146. When Ishiban-san won the LDP presidency, the JPY immediately strengthened and Nikkei futures sold off. Ishiba-san has said he wants to raise taxes to maintain fiscal austerity.
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  4917. When police have to hide their faces from criminals, things are not good. Police are just another gang.
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  4918.  @jogana6909  If you own a EV and that company went out of business...how are you going to get any repair parts or software updates?
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  4919. For us, it's not about whether you're half or not, it's about how you're raised. The famous Yokozuna TAIHO was half-Ukrainian, Gold Medalist MUROFUSHI Koji is half-Romanian, DARVISH Yu is half-Iranian, and Governor of Okinawa TAMAKI Denny is half-American. There are many half/mixed people who are successful and well-respected in Japan. And nobody would consider them to be foreigners or outsiders because they were raised in Japan, educated in Japan, and behave/think like the rest of us. (We also have naturalized politicians who have no Japanese heritage like ARIFYA Eli who is half-Uyghur and half-Uzbek...but again she has Japanese mannerism and identity because she went to Japanese school in Japan.) Conversely, even if both of your parents are from Japan...if you were not raised in Japan or attended Japanese school overseas, you will not be considered ethnically Japanese by most people, because the language/culture fluency is missing. In a way, we can sense who is Japanese and who is not from mannerism, behavior, mindset, etc. The way we talk, walk, sit, laugh...everything is different.
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  4920. It's for hybrids. The technical challenge for hybrids to maximize fuel efficiency is to figure out ways to compensate for added battery weight. Meaning, they have to reduce the weight of the engine (and possibly the frame through mega/giga-casting). Thus, many automakers are developing next generation engines which are smaller, lighter, and more powerful.
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  4921. I was wondering about that. It looked more like summer camp than rebels. People who actually live in the jungle (whether in Colombia, Philippines, Burma, or Thailand)...have a certain jungle look. Look at their gear...they look too new/clean.
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  4922. BEV is still less than 10% of new car sales in North America, and less than 15% in Europe. It just doesn't make financially to focus on a small portion of the market.
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  4923. If the message was to Russians...why is it in English?
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  4924.  @borisyaz  Given that Russian or pro-Russian forces controlled Crimea and parts of Donbass already before the invasion, additional Ukrainian losses (or Russian gains) are not that great in terms of territory. Russia currently controls 20% of Ukrainian territory, which is similar ratio to Russian gains in Georgia. Obviously, Russian air-defense capability is one of the best in the world. Ukraine doesn't have air-superiority in the Russian controlled areas, which actually has been an issue for Ukraine since 2014. As long as this doesn't change, there is no easy way to push out Russian ground forces. Over 90% of the causalities on both sides are coming from artillery, drones, and missiles. It has clearly become a war of attrition, so the question is who blinks first. Until the appetite for fighting diminishes on both sides, there will continue to be war. In terms of morale, Ukrainians are definitely stronger and more committed because they're defending their land from a foreign invasion.
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  4925. And they complain they have a famine.
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  4926. This may sound harsh for people in Haiti. Law and order can only be provided by local forces who know the people. When Haitians are asking for protection from fellow Haitians, how do you honestly think the outside world can tell who is who? You're asking us to police a foreign country. We don't speak your language, know your culture or terrain. We don't have information on criminal records or affiliation. We can't tell who controls which neighborhood, or who in the Haitian police is reliable. If you take the position that the Haitian police is just another gang, the Haitian government is asking foreign countries to eliminate their competition. Frankly, how can the Haitian government be so incompetent that they are unable to police their own capital?
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  4927. OJ
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  4928.  @fungo6631  I never understood why the country needed to break up.
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  4929.  @stuart5811  Japan didn't occupy Vietnam or directly administer it. French administrators were still running French Indochina, just like nothing happened. Japanese Forces only crossed through French Indochina into British and Dutch territories. Actually, there are quite a few Japanese who have fought and died for post-WWII independence wars of Indonesia, Vietnam, Burma, Malaysia, etc. They are honored in their respective national military cemeteries. In the case of Indonesia, some of them stayed and became Indonesian citizens.
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  4930. Venezuelans look pretty Black to me. Not Black enough?
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  4931. If African countries are so incompetent and can't take care of their own, they were better off as European colonies.
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  4932. Azov members in Mariupol are cornered into an underground nuclear shelter. They can probably survive for a few months.
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  4933.  @prezentoappr1171  It's KUDARA (百済). The mother of the 50th Emperor KANMU (recorded as 高野新笠) was from a low-born family with no political influence, which is why Emperor KANMU was endorsed as Emperor by the aristocrats who held all the political power. Records hint that her family is a descendant of KUDARA refugees, particularly from 武寧王, who fled to Japan some time during 6th or 7th century when the Tang Dynasty and SHIRAGI (新羅) invaded them. However, nobody know whether it's glorification of a low-born mother or historically accurate. Japan sent countless military forces during 4th to 7th century to protect the Japonic rice farmers who lived on the southern and south-western parts of the Korean peninsula from numerous Koreanic invasions because they shared the same language, culture, and religion as people in Japan. The horse-riding Proto-Koreanic speakers came from Manchuria and share Haplogroup C (which is about 20-25% of modern South Korean males), while the rice-farming Japonic people who lived in southern parts of the Korean peninsula generally have Haplogroup O1b2 (which is about 30% of modern South Korean males). Haplogroup C is the common genetic marker of Manchus, Mongols, Kazakhs, as well as some Siberian Turkic speakers. Haplogroup O1b2 is known as Yayoi people in Japan, and they make up about 40% of modern Japanese males. Yayoi people started arriving in Japanese Isle and southern parts of Korean peninsula around 3,000 years ago. Haplogroup O1 is shared by indigenous people of Taiwan, some Austronesian speakers of the Philippines, and some people in Southeast Asia and Southern China. Japanese scholars have been trying to pinpoint the origin of the Yayoi or Haplogroup O1b2 people for decades....but we still don't know for certain where they came from. The reason is genetic, archaeological, and anthropological evidence contradict each other. Just looking at clothing, culture, cuisine, architecture, customs, or tradition...some suggest Yangtze Delta region, other suggest further south.
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  4934. @toappr1171 KANMU (桓武天皇) is the 50th Emperor in late 8th century. The capital was moved from Nara to Kyoto during his reign. Carbon-dating of Imperial tombs in Nara basin indicate that earlier Emperors were in power at least from 3rd century. In Japanese history classes, the 10th Emperor SUJIN (崇神天皇), 12th Emperor KEIKOU (景行天皇), his son YAMATO-TAKERU (日本武尊 or 倭健命), his son 14th Emperor CHUAI (仲哀天皇), his wife Empress JINGU (神功皇后), 15th Emperor OUJIN (応神天皇), and 16th Emperor NINTOKU (仁徳天皇) are the main ones that frequently appear in exams. The 16th Emperor's tomb in Osaka is one of the largest in the world, and its surrounding areas are a world heritage site. The other Emperors that are commonly alluded to in Japanese history classes would be 21st Emperor YURYAKU (雄略天皇) and 26th Emperor KEITAI (継体天皇).
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  4935.  @prezentoappr1171  KOFUN (古墳) is a Japanese word, it literally Old Tomb. Since you're not Japanese, I wrote tomb for your benefit.
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  4936. ​ @prezentoappr1171 I don't know what era of literature you study or how it is taught abroad, but when we study ancient Japanese literature in schools in Japan, the main educational objective is to learn the history of Japanese language, culture, and society. It's because we cannot understand literature without knowing the cultural, political, and historical context of when it was written.
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  4937. US weapons are sold to Saudi Arabia because it has served US employment, corporate profits, share prices, tax revenue, votes, campaign donations, trade balances...in addition to US geopolitical interests. If the US stops weapon sales, Saudi Arabia will just buy it from the French, Russians, Germans, British, Chinese, etc.
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  4938. None of this mentioned in Japanese media. And hydrogen research is for the future.
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  4939. They print money, US money.
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  4940.  @yulusleonard985  For the Chinese market.
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  4941.  @thechloromancer3310  In 20 years times, I suspect that there will be better technology than BEVs which are just glorified golf-carts.
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  4942. NATO = US and her allies. The only time NATO's collective security clause has been invoked was by the US after 9/11.
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  4943. Global Colding...
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  4944. Honda doesn't sell the same Accord in China, North America, and Japan. Size, spec, design, interior, colour, engine are all different.
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  4945.  @freddyromariovasquezcairo2250  You clearly don't know Chinese or Japanese. Nobody would the language is similar. And the Kanji is not the same either.
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  4946. How are you gonna win over the pro-Russians residents in Eastern Ukraine?
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  4947. It's hard to believe Russian soldiers talk about this on the phone with relatives. They know from experience that cellphones are being intercepted by NATO.
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  4948. They're Germans. They're always grim. VW's operating earnings in 1H in 2024 was €10bn. There is only one automaker that can make more money than VW in the entire world.
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  4949. I honestly don't know how they pass European safety regulations.
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  4950. Chinese meth labs are in Shan State.
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  4951. I honestly fail to understand why the majority of Afghans have no desire to protect themselves from Taliban rule. I understand the current Afghan government is less than ideal , but do Afghans really want to be ruled by the Taliban?
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  4952. It depends on the upbringing and education. Our Member of Parliament from Okayama ONODA Kimi and Governor of Okinawa TAMAKI Deny is half-American. Murata Renho is half-Taiwanese. Sports Agency Director MUROFUSHI Koji is half-Romanian. The most popular athlete right now is TAKAHASHI Ran who is half-German. One of the most famous actresses in Japan SAWAJIRI Erika was half-French. And we have naturalized citizens who serve as politicians. It's really upbringing, education, and contribution.
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  4953. I agree. Japan is different from other countries because Japan is still technically/legally not at peace with the Soviet Union and its successor the Russian Federation. One wrong move by either side can slide back into a state of war.
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  4954. The two are close allies, which makes them both enemies in the mind of people fighting the Pakistani regime.
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  4955. The bond is fiction. It was unrealistic for sea travel from India or Sri Lanka to modern-day South Korea. And the southern parts of the peninsula were linguistically, culturally, and archaeologically Japonic in ancient times. The name "阿踰陀国" is all we know, if it's true at all.
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  4956. Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam: Why are you here?
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  4957. Japanese KOSEKI system goes back over 100 years.
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  4958. Nissan only sold around 600,000 LEAF world-wide in the first 10 years. They did upgrade the model in 2017 and there are articles in Japanese media saying there might be a refresh in 2025/26 season. Bu it wasn't a money-making vehicle for Nissan. And Japanese suppliers were already hated Nissan too for Ghosn era policies, so Nissan was ostracized and didn't the receive the priority or support it needed to make upgrades. Nissan is still paying for the mistakes during the Renault/Ghosn era decisions.
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  4959. Yeah, we see no point in sell cars that lose money.
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  4960.  @rogerphelps9939  Almost every Chinese automaker is still losing money with BEVs. Reportedly, only 1 or 2 companies in China are making money selling BEVs. Which means most of them won't survive the next few years. BYD makes most of their profits in selling batteries and plug-ins hybrids. In fact, almost every automaker in the world outside of Tesla loses money selling BEVs. (And Tesla wants to be an AI, robot, and robo-taxi company, not a pure automaker.) Even if it is the future direction, which I'm not so convinced due to its technical limitations, there is no rush to go into mass-manufacturing products that lose money. And companies like Ford, VW, GM, Mercedes, or Stellantis who invested heavily BEVs are quickly pivoting towards hybrids because that is what's currently selling in Europe and North America. Automakers need to manufacture cars that sell in today's market, not the future.
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  4961. ​ @RickBerg-b9k It takes years if not decades of extensive experience and repetition with various models to reach this level. I would want Toyota's design team to listen to his feedback. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they watch his videos too.
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  4962.  @インターネッチョおじさん  NATOっ米軍とその取り巻きなのに、なぜNATOを支持するんだよ？
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  4963.  @MM-dm4xj  It was mostly Convert or Die. From Iran to Afghanistan to Tarim Basin to North Africa...they are still paying for the Muslim Invasion. Gandhara in Afghanistan and Northern Pakistan was once prosperous and advanced when it was Buddhist. Muslim invasion and forced conversion turned everything and everybody into shit. They were never able to recover from the ideological and religious damages.
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  4964. 北条家：ガンダムに負けました・・・
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  4965. Chinese Damino...
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  4966.  @hedera1332  This may come as a surprise that many Japanese parents--particularly the mothers--appreciate the fact that some dorms are like that. You're talking about college dorms designed for 18 years old, who leave their homes for their first time. Some parents would feel worried sending their daughters off to big cities without any oversight. At 26, you're already mature enough to live on your own, so perhaps you may wish to look at shared houses. Frankly, unless you're fluent in Japanese or have a friend who can help you, everything from rental contracts to getting utilities will be a hassle. I'm sure your academic institution can explain your options for off-campus housing.
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  4967. Fake accents aren't necessary, you know.
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  4968. I have no doubt it's important for ASEAN members, but for non-ASEAN countries, it's not important at all.
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  4969.  @vlhc4642  Toyota's labor union wanted less domestic production as they were stretched to the max in their capacity in FY2023. Thus, Toyota had to cut Japanese production from 15,500 vehicles per day to around 14,500 for FY2024. We're talking about a company that sells 11 million vehicles globally, and manufactures around 3 million vehicles in Japan. As such, looking at export data is useless.
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  4970.  @vlhc4642  Toyota is the largest automaker in Japan, as its production is about 1/3 of all domestic car production. Toyota's capacity is annually 3.3 million units, Honda and Nissan is about 0.7 million units respectively. People in Japanese auto industry just look at Toyota data and extrapolate industry trends. Current domestic production capacity is about annual 8 million units across 8 companies, and it's been stable for some time. Most automakers set up overseas factories in the 1980s and 1990s when the JPY was very strong. So comparing export data doesn't have much significance.
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  4971. Don't believe what people say in front of cameras. They're not stupid nor are they naive. They're fully aware that certain organizations in the Russian government check these videos too. They know exactly what the politically correct answer is.
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  4972. This is one the side-effects of colonization. If you force language, culture, values, and religion on Africa, what did you think was going to happen?
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  4973. 危機を創出して、対話に持ち込む・・・どっかの半島で聞いたような話ですね。ロシアと中東産油国の財政は原油・天然ガス価格が上がれば上がるほど潤う。どう転んでも儲ける商人。
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  4974. You're right. Chinese products are just inferior copies of Japan.
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  4975. If you live in the mountains of these regions, you'll understand. Feeding babies is not easy.
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  4976. It's lower spec because you cannot pay North American prices.
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  4977.  @pattynellis7347  Europeans just came. No indigenous person wanted them.
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  4978. An appointment for 2032?
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  4979. How do you know they speak "perfect Japanese" cuz you won't be native without formal education. And if you cannot read or write, you're illiterate in Japan. The Half-Veneuzealan dude in this video isn't speaking "perfect Japanese" either. He's good enough, but not native. As for the "Japon" surname, there were DNA tests. They have no Japanese genetic ancestry, so nobody really knows who they are. Most likely descendants of merchants or something who went to Japan in the 16th century. As far as we know, there were no Japanese living in Spain in the 17th century. And a Japanese person will be using his/her own surname.
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  4980. 制裁で逆ギレ。日本も石油の輸入を止められ、失うものが無くなり、真珠湾に繋がった。
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  4981. Crimea is historically not Russian. It belonged to the Crimean Tatars.
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  4982. 撃墜せいよ
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  4983. Japanese citizenship won't mean much if they cannot speak Japanese.
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  4984. They'll be dead in the battlefield anyway. Prosecution is a waste of tax money.
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  4985. Rest of the world is the only reason Ukraine is still in the fight. If you wish to volunteer in Ukraine, nobody is stopping you.
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  4986. At the request of the UNHCR, the Japanese Air Force cargo planes were scheduled to deliver Ukrainian refugees basic supplies, medicine, etc. To the surprise Japan, the Indian government refused Japanese planes to refuel in India. Being neutral is one thing. Denying supplies to refugees is just evil. That is the official position of India.
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  4987. 欧州の表現はGhetto.
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  4988. Information warfare. It's been like that since forever.
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  4989. I fear there are more humans that this planet can sustain...
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  4990.  @boycott-Msnbc  I don't know much about Dominica. But I often watch in amaze about the former French colonies in Africa. They seem to be stuck in a vicious cycle of ethnic conflict, civil war, coup d'État, or dictatorship. This recent assassination in Haiti appears to be another case of political usurping, isn't it?
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  4991. That is not the Chinese history that I learned. There were so many competing dynasties in the same era, it was not easy to memorize them. And they often use the same name...but again I am not Chinese. So every time I see 魏, I always have to think which one/era.
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  4992. What happens to flooded EVs? Can they survive or does the flooding impact the batteries, semiconductors, and computer system?
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  4993. In East Asia, he's just BLACK.
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  4994. In case you don't know, Japanese pioneered the lithium-ion battery. So Japanese companies know both benefits and limitations of these batteries.
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  4995. Germany is worried about what happens after the war, I presume. German businesses don't want Germany getting dragged in this conflict more than current level because they worry need natural gas from Russia and access to the Russian market after the war. Imagine if Ukraine used German long-range missiles to attack Moscow or St. Petersburg? What's the fall out going to be. I don't think Ukrainians will be eager to be friends with Iran...any time soon.
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  4996. Takes two sides to sign a treaty.
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  4997.  @ぬるぽ-t6k  大きな建物を破壊せず、どうやって都市を攻略するの？
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  4998. イギリス首相が訪問してた。ロシア軍はキエフ周辺の部隊を東部に移動させてから、相対的には安全になった。なお、英国と米国は訪問前に事前にロシアに攻撃されないように、裏でロシア政府と調整してるはず。シリアでも米軍とロシア軍が互いに衝突しないよう裏で調整してた。
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  4999. China is responsible for 1/3 of all global CO2 emissions. China relies heavily on fossil fuel as do many countries with electricity. Charging battery-electric vehicles by burning coal, oil, or natural gas doesn't really help.
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  5000. Frankly, I'm more worried when Russia loses the war. There are far worse choices than Putin.
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  5001. I want all tourists visa to be mandatory from all countries. And just issue 5 year multiple re-entry tourist visa for those who are suited for Japan. I find it disgusting that there are more foreigners than Japanese in some places.
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  5002. Just curious. Were the first Puritans legal immigrants? Or did they just come over and take land from the indigenous populations.
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  5003. 二重国籍を禁止するために国籍法を過去に改正した。日系3世ぐらいになると、日本語・日本文化に触れる機会も少なく、日本人として扱うのは限りなく難しい。血統主義を採用してる以上、二重国籍を持った人の子供も日本国籍を得る事ができる。そういう人々に日本国籍を付与する事のデメリットもあるので、おそらく日本社会は認めないと思う。一方で、イギリスのようにBritish National Overseasのような別の日系人専用の戸籍・パスポートを創るのは一つの解決法ではある。
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  5004.  @sharper68  Wind and solar are unpredictable, in a sense that it doesn't generate electricity when the demand is there in specific seasons and times of day. Thus, we do need to be able to store electricity, but that's also an expensive endeavor under current battery technology. And nothing is a one-time investment. Solar panels and wind turbines need to be maintained and replaced, so do batteries.
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  5005. Too much religion is poison, it seems.
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  5006. Why are they mutually exclusive?
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  5007. ​ @PunditKING Taiwan has a lot of support from the world.
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  5008. They don't enforce peace. Their job is to monitor both sides on the ground and report back to UNSC. Once war breaks out, their orders are to evacuate as soon as possible. They're not there at the border to engage with either side.
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  5009. Haiti is a failed state. For reasons unknown, they are unable to govern themselves.
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  5010. Militaries are trained to fight. They are not trained in policing or nation-building in foreign countries. I blame political leaders for not understanding the limitations and capabilities.
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  5011. The country that wins will be ruling over ruble and minefields. Whichever side the locals support, it will take decades to rebuild the cities, social fabric, and production. Ironically, it may just be cheaper to abandon the land.
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  5012. It's not a civil war.
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  5013. If they weren't vetoed, I suspect more migrants would choose to enter Bulgaria and Romania and become additional burdens.
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  5014. Most Americans wouldn't be able to find the Tarim Basin on a map.
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  5015. And what about the Ukrainians in Donbass who no longer want to be part of Ukraine? It's a civil war with Russian intervention.
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  5016. In Japanese politics, it means that he as a Digital Minister is not authorized to discuss diplomatic and military policy of the nation, because he is not in charge of those areas. It's like Defense Minister discussing environmental policy to the media, or Agriculture Minister discussing defense policy. As a minister, those are grounds to be fired.
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  5017. BEVs don't make money for automakers. In fact, almost every major automaker loses money for each BEV sales.
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  5018. Reverse migration is the unintended consequence or end product of colonization. It's not a bad thing if you can attract skilled workers and integrate them. Unfortunately, social, economic, or cultural integration is not as easy as some people want it to be.
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  5019.  @guidancethroughgaia  That's the part that makes little sense from a Japanese perspective. The population of Korean peninsula was around 13mn in 1910. During Japanese administration, it expanded to 25 million by 1942. This was due to Japanese policies to modernize agricultural infrastructure, introduction of modern medicine/vaccination programs and mandatory education, building hospitals, universities, railways, ports, etc, etc. But the reality was overwhelming majority of police officers, teachers, administrators, local politicians in Korea...were Koreans. Why? Because you need deep understanding of Korean language, culture, history, geography, etc to teach and govern Koreans. There were 912,583 Japanese in Korean peninsula in 1944, but there were 3 million Koreans living in Japan proper at that time. It's simply inconceivable that less than 1 million Japanese living in the Korean peninsula can have complete control of all aspects of Korean society. That would be impossible. In 1944 the Japanese army recruited 4,044 volunteer soldiers from the Korean peninsula. 254,273 Koreans applied for the position. Many of Korean soldiers serving in the Japanese military later become officers and non-commissioned officers of ROK military after its independence. In fact, most of the institutions, education, and legal system built by Japan, as well as the Koreans working in them (i.e. teachers, police officers, administrators, professors, politicians, prosecutors, judges, etc) just became part of the South/North Korean governments.
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  5020. We don't wish to waste our tax money on foreigners.
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  5021. I don't know about other countries but Japan blocked almost foreigners from entering (except for those with student and work visas)
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  5022. Hydrogen is far beyond cars. It's about the entire economy/industry phasing out oil and natural gas. Hydrogen is being researched in every field from steel production to railways to automobiles to planes. BEVs is just coal/nat-gas powered golf carts with unnecessarily expensive software. It doesn't solve our fundamental problem as most countries rely on fossil fuel to generate electricity.
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  5023. Please let all your Japanese Descendant friends who want to come to Japan to absorb as much Japanese language/culture before they are arrive in Japan. We have a massive skill shortage in IT, hospitality/tourism, medicine/health-care, logistics/transportation ...and if they're fluent in Japanese language and are skilled professionally, they'll be making a lot of money. Sadly, too many Nikkei-Brazilians end up in entry-level positions in factories because they lack language, education, or professional skills.
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  5024. ​ @Jun31719 That's just currency fluctuation. You need to see the numbers in local currency for any economy.
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  5025. Local perception was the opposite. The perception was that the US-backed government was a corrupt incompetent puppet regime without any legitimacy while Taliban represented the people, especially the interests of the Pashtuns. A regime cannot stand without local support. It's been an ethnic war as well.
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  5026. Stop pretending to be Japanese. Unlike foreigners, we know Shohei from high school. He has no interest in money. And he's not like Ippei who was raised in the US and picked up American habits.
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  5027. Some of the regions in Central America have been devastated by drought, coffee prices, fungus, violence, hurricane, etc. Their migration is about staying alive.
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  5028.  @chrisfox9263  That is the whole point of the EV pullback. EV demand isn't there, which is why many automakers are scaling back on EV investments. Too many automakers like Ford, GM, VW, etc misread the transition pace. North America is the most important car market for any automaker, and EV marketshare is less than 10%. Meaning automakers need to build cars to satisfy 90% of consumers.
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  5029. ​ @paulc6766 It's not the most important market for Toyota because the price of average vehicles in China are significantly lower compared to North America. And the forced Joint-Venture structure by the Chinese government means that profits and losses are shared by Chinese State-owned Enterprises. The reality is automakers don't make profits in a market in which US$ 15,000-25,000 is the main price range. It's also why most Chinese automakers lose money in China when they sell BEVs. And China is an extremely complicated market because foreign apps and software are restricted, which means certain infotainment systems have to be specifically designed for the Chinese market.
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  5030. Nah, he's just on winter vacation.
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  5031. Ukrainians should go home to. Both Russians and Ukrainians are fighting over land that historically belongs to the Crimean Tatars.
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  5032.  @bikinggal1  Historical texts written in 3rd Century China, record that it was common for Japanese at the time to have tattoos on their faces and bodies. Tattoos showed affiliation, region, or status. They also were believed to protect them from the demons in the sea when they go fishing. By the way, there are some scholars in Japan who believe that Japan and Polynesian culture have shared roots.
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  5033. Contrary to many activists, democracy is not a cure for everything. As long as whoever is in charge runs an efficient and effective government, it won't matter who it is.
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  5034. So much irony in fleeing to a country that you invaded.
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  5035. It's a government plane that is used by cabinet ministers, gov officials, and media. They had room so they let Ukrainians who needed a ride to Japan on board.
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  5036. It's a free ticket on a government plane with limited seats. The plane for the gov officials and media.
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  5037. I'm sure you're aware that every military has all sorts/levels of training courses. These soldiers will undoubtedly receive additional training with their units (which have their own set of customs, tactics, gear depending on their MOS). Think of it as the Ukrainian military outsourcing some of the training steps and functions to foreign countries. It's never a disadvantage to receive additional training on marksmanship, urban assault, first-aid, etc.
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  5038.  @nippolitica  We've heard about cases during the pandemic in which dual citizens weren't allowed to enter Japan unless they give up their Japanese or foreign citizenship. Some embassies leveraged the restriction to enforce the ban. Just because the law is not always enforced, it doesn't mean it's legal. Not getting caught does not make it legal, at least in Japanese legal framework. And it's a very specific case for children of international marriages or children of Japanese citizens who were born in Jus Soli countries and had eligibility for natural born dual-citizenship. If they're living in Japan, it's unlikely they'll have any issues. But if they're living abroad, embassies/consulates will easily know who has a local visa or not. The government is not a fan of approving Japanese citizenship to those who can read/write Japanese. The very reason why dual-citizenship was banned in 1984 was because male lineage of Japanese Descendants were allowed to maintain Japanese citizenship. It's actually why the former President of Peru was a natural-born Japanese citizen. His name was registered in his family's KOSEKI at the Embassy/Consulate at birth. Since Japan only adopts Jus Sanguinis citizenship rules, children of Japanese emigrants were considered Japanese citizens. However, when it became the grandchildren's generation, many of them were no longer fluent in Japanese language, culture or norms to be considered Japanese citizens. Instead, the Japanese government created a special Descendant Visa for children and grandchildren of Japanese emigrants (and their families) so they can live and work in Japan indefinitely. And if a Japanese citizen emigrates abroad and acquires a new citizenship, he/she will automatically lose Japanese citizenship. The government will go back and erase them from the KOSEKI to the date that they gained foreign citizenship. In Japan, losing Japanese citizenship means you're no longer considered as Japanese.
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  5039.  @faustoferrari4303  We still remember it. It was Baton Rouge in Louisiana.
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  5040. ハンドル名が好きです。
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  5041.  @Motivational-Mango  I beg to differ. It really depends on the cultural upbringing and education. We have half-Japanese politicians, athletes, celebrities, etc...but they're treated Japanese because they share Japanese language, culture, mannerism, and identity. Some Japanese people are also really sensitive with labeling and identity. They fear that "hafu" implies that they're not real Japanese or won't be full members of Japanese society. Some people like "double," others like "mixed." Interestingly we never use "hybrids." The reason why Japanese media tend to use "hafu" instead of "mixed" is because historically it had the same connotation as a "pure breed" vs "mixed-breed or mutt." These days people tend to avoid using "Mixed-breed" or "Mixed-blood" because it sounds derogatory, but "Thoroughbred" is still used in every-day Japanese language to mean "pure" outside of the context of horse-breeding. And things got increasingly more complicated after Citizenship laws changed in 1985 because children of foreign fathers were also issued Japanese citizenship. Before that only children of Japanese fathers were legally and socially Japanese, while children of foreign fathers were legally foreigners (unless they come from single mother families). The classification was clear and simple; they were foreign-nationals with Japanese mothers. But when legal boundaries were revised, I think media/society started using "half" to refer to the half/mixed kids with Japanese citizenship. To be honest, I don't remember Japanese kids with Taiwanese, Korean, or Chinese mothers to referred as "mixed blood." So I think it only referred to as biracial kids.
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  5042. Corona Village.
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  5043. Considering 20% inflation in the past 5 years, the price sounds reasonable.
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  5044. They listen to feedback. But Toyota cannot build enough cars relative to demand. They sold nearly 10 million cars in 2014. Toyota manufactures 3 million vehicles in Japan, and the rest are assembled in North America, Thailand, China, Europe, etc. It's not just about capacity of its factories. It's about availability of semiconductors, components, workers, etc.
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  5045. Tiktok has instructions.
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  5046. Let them be. Let Africans take care of Africa. Europeans have done enough damage throughout the world.
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  5047. Toyota is an extremely conservative company even for Japanese standards, and they plan in decades. Prius project lost money for Toyota for the first 10 years when they introduced it in the Japanese market in the late 1990s. In other words, research started in the 1980s and 1990s is reflected in today's various hybrid models. Toyota named the hydrogen concept car for enthusiasts as "MIRAI (未来)" which literally means "future" in Japanese. MIRAI is not a car sold to make profits or for the mass market, as Toyota only manufacture around 10,000 units per year (compared to the 10 million cars they sell world wide). The hydrogen technology Toyota has been working on is now being adopted for public buses in Japan. Additionally, Toyota, Hitachi, and JR East are currently testing a hydrogen-fueled train called HYBARI to be operational for non-electric railways for around 2030. The R&D is based on the view that 19th century was coal-powered, 20th was petroleum-powered, and 21st century will be hydrogen-powered. Currently many countries are attempting to produce steel using Hydrogen because they have the same idea. It's an industrial revolution or technology transition that will slowly take place over the next few decades. That is why Toyota and other companies are invested in the technology. (There are many countries that burn fossil fuel to generate electricity, so EVs is not a solution to anything.)
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  5048. Actually, 2/3 of Japanese cars are manufactured outside of Japan.
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  5049. Actually they are different from the rest of the world. In rebel-held territories, there is no host government to coordinate efforts. There is no legal status or protection, no transparency or accountability. We don't have any diplomatic functions to protect, evacuate, or communicate with our Search and Rescue teams, in case of kidnapping, terrorism, or crime. Ultimately, nobody has the stomach to expose our rescue teams to Islamic extremists. It's too dangerous and unpredictable. If you want to help these people, you should go yourself. Most countries have travel advisories against visiting rebel regions, I presume. However, know that nobody will come and get you if regime forces and Russian military conduct military operations.
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  5050. Starving Crimeans from essential daily goods was a tactical error in the first place. Dealing with food and supply shortages in Crimea was the entire point of the bridge. And the population is 90% ethnic Russian. Ukraine destroyed their lifeline so now they will never wish to be part of Ukraine again.
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  5051.  @Vykandar  Completely untrue. Those were war crimes. The United States and Japan were negotiating terms long before the nuclear attacks.
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  5052. The DNA tests on the Avars were quite interesting. It explains why the Hungarian language is from Siberia.
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  5053. In most countries, armed militants would be designated as terrorists. Myanmar has been in armed ethnic conflict since British occupation. Those who have fought for the British and help colonize and suppress Burma/Myanmar are the ones still fighting. There is nothing brave about ugly ethnic wars. The rebels have funded their wars with opium, much like with the Taliban in Afghanistan. Now some political dissidents have joined the groups that are deemed enemies of the state. Regardless of who runs the country, the state cannot be tolerant to separatist armed rebels. This won't end well.
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  5054. No point in doing that. South Korea already received compensation in 1965. They're just cozing up because North Korea is acting weird (again). Next administration we'll just see South Korea going back to its default mode. It's part of Korean culture to lie, steal, and cheat. They can't help it, it's in their nature.
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  5055. Actually no. BYD sells more plug in hybrids than BEVs. Chinese New Energy Vehicles stats include plug-in hybrids.
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  5056. EVs are batteries on wheels, so the quality and price difference of EVs mostly comes from batteries. Tesla initially used only high-grade Japanese batteries which is why they tend to last longer. As for South Korean and Chinese EVs, it really depends on the batch from their Korean and Chinese suppliers.
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  5057. Suffice it to say, there are entire clans dedicated to protect the sacred areas. They've been doing so for the past 700 years. Historically, they were charged to quietly eliminate people who entered without permission.
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  5058. It's not about political system. Russia can't tolerate Ukraine joining NATO. Ironically, most NATO members don't want direct borders with Russia too.
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  5059. The irony is some of the Afghans are descendants of real Turks from Northeast and Central Asia. So the fake ones calling themselves Turks are keeping out the real ones.
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  5060.  @jamesmorrow1646  Of course people would have died. It's a civil war. More than 14,000 people have died from both sides.
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  5061. So many arrogant people telling her who she should or shouldn't date. That's so funny. Japanese girls will always tell you that they're fat, they want to get skinnier, and they want to try the latest popular sweets. Don't argue with them, just deal with it.
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  5062.  @PUNSHIBAROT  Thanks for the context. I really don't know much about regional differences within India, so I was surprised to hear that an entire school can be vegetarian/vegan. Is it a religious rule, or is it a ethnic-cultural thing? Buddhist monks in Japan were traditionally Vegetarian too, and we do have SHOUJIN-RYORI. But I think only real monks practice it now.
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  5063. Not up to current world affairs but is somebody trying to invade Iran?
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  5064. The children of the elite class become diplomats and hackers, etc. They need English.
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  5065. I never understood the logic of the press. Everywhere and nowhere is "strategic" in a land war, especially when artillery, drones, and missiles are being heavily used from a distance.
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  5066. European countries don't have the will or capability to help Ukraine by themselves. NATO is essentially US forces with small contingent of European assistance. Obviously if the United States doesn't send troops, there is no NATO. Biden has said no troops will be deployed to Ukraine from the beginning. For many years, the US has urged Europeans to increase defense spending. Most of them ignored US requests. Germany, France, and the UK no longer have a large force size that can put up a fight with Russia. They all shrank their militaries after the Cold War. They all misread their own security environment.
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  5067.  @cew-g6h You are underestimating military hardware and infrastructure. Who will be medivacing them when wounded? What about communication or intelligence? Fighting a war against Russian forces is not the same as sending an armed militia. You need heavy and expensive equipment, and years of training.
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  5068.  @saltysleigh7838  Eventually. The 2014 conflict has been studied by military analysts around the world. I recall an incident when two Ukrainians battalions were destroyed within 15 minutes by Russian artillery in the night. It's not the Russian tanks or the jets that are the main threat to Ukraine. It's the Russian artillery that needs to be dealt with in order to break the siege.
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  5069.  @saltysleigh7838 I live in country that has been at war with Russia before. For obvious reasons, we study every aspect of the Russian military inside out. Russian military has been modernized in the past decade, mainly through massive funds procured by weapon sales to China. Anybody with any knowledge on the state of Russian military will not be underestimating their capability. By the way, it's always been said the the king of ground warfare is artillery. It's been like that since Napoleon.
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  5070. In a different sense, I think that has been the strategy for US/European nations too. If you can lure all the extreme ones to Iraq/Syria, the world be relatively safe for the time being.
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  5071. Sub-titles would be better.
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  5072.  @johnbattle7518  Being born in Japan doesn't matter. In some cases being a child of a Japanese national doesn't make somebody automatically Japanese. It's the same way we see Nikkei community overseas. People mean different things by saying, being Japanese. Some are talking about ancestry, others language/culture, yet some others refer to citizenship. For example OSAKA Naomi and MIYAMOTO Ariana have Japanese citizenship, which by law makes them Japanese nationals. They have Japanese names too, which is an important point to be considered Japanese. Yet, are they "Japanese"...that's a deeper question. OSAKA Naomi barely speaks Japanese and she doesn't identify as a Japanese, whereas MIYAMOTO Ariana's first language is Japanese and she considers herself Japanese.
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  5073. Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Lebanon...I think people in those countries think you're one of lucky ones.
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  5074. French Foreign Legion, Ghurkas from Nepal, Indians in British colonial forces, Germanic warriors in Rome, or Turkic warriors in Eastern Roman Empire...it's been common throughout human history. The majority of Mongol Army in Central Asia and Europe was Turkic clans from European/Mongolia steppe. And Tang Dynasty had a few famous Turkic generals too.
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  5075. This car had a Chinese battery.
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  5076. POW camps were manned Koreans.
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  5077. The Land Cruiser I grew up watching were tough survival vehicles that could last in desert roads in Africa and Middle-East. It was named the "Land Cruiser" because the original model was designed for a military procurement project back in the 1950s. (Toyota still makes a "mega cruiser" for military and law enforcement in Japan). I don't like what Toyota did with this as it's now an urban SUV for city folks. A Land Cruiser should always be extra-durable and redundant so it can survive the arctic circle or the Sahara desert.
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  5078. ​ @elgris453 Colombia is not small, nor is it a third world country. It receives enormous amount of US military aid each year too. Colombia cannot say no because many Colombians fled to Venezuela in the past. There was a time when Venezuela was booming in the past.
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  5079. In our minds places like Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Bali/Indonesia, Guam, and Hawaii are those "tropical paradise."
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  5080.  @yemen5742  It's the other way around. Taking in 3.6 million refugees is beyond any country's ability, even the wealthy ones. Most countries would have closed its borders long before due to fiscal, political, internal security, or medical concerns. And Turkey isn't the only country that supported crazy fundamentalist Sunni rebels in Syria. When Christian and Kurdish militias prefer the authoritarian Syrian regime over the rebels, you can tell how bad things were in Syria.
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  5081. The evil union?
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  5082. They would be better off in Muslim countries.
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  5083. Can we just stay on the sidelines?
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  5084. It's well-known in East Asia that Buddhism was transmitted via this region, because Gandhara Buddhist Art was highly revered across East Asia. Gandhara region and Tarim Basin was mostly Buddhist until the Muslim invasion and forced conversion. East Iranic/Sogdian Silk-road merchants introduced early Buddhism to China during 1st-3rd century. This region was enormously prosperous and civilized back then, especially as it was at the crossroads of the spice trade among India, China, Persia (and by extension Roman Empire). It's a real tragedy.
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  5085. I fear God has left earth a long time ago...
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  5086. Does "True Aussies" referto the Aboriginal people or the British convicts who were exiled to Australia?
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  5087. They are the 3rd or 4th largest automaker in the world in terms of number of sales. And their HQ is in Europe. Obviously, they have tremendous relevance and clout when it comes to European policy.
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  5088. Nobody wants Arabs.
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  5089. Russia isolated itself from international trade, investments, etc. Do you think sanctions can be lifted even if there is a seize fire? Nobody is winning. The only question is who's losing more.
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  5090. When Europeans pay attention, it leads to world wars.
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  5091. Haitians can only fix Haiti. The contrast with DR is so interesting.
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  5092.  @lerunya17  Thank you. That is quite interesting. I mistakenly assumed from observing the women's clothing, headscarf, and rugs, which looked somewhat similar to Tatar/Turkic culture (as well as little bit of Iranian.)
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  5093. I saw the joint news conference, and I didn't hear any of what you mentioned. Their press conference was about building more efficient engines for hybrids. It had nothing to do with BEVs or hydrogen fuel cells. Multipath strategy means to have all sorts of lineups for diverse customers. Toyota sells in 170 countries, and most do not want an EV. Unlike you, automakers know that customer preference is diverse and one size doesn't fit all.
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  5094. ​ @bengt_axle Automakers have to make cars that sell today, not 10 years for now. The reason why VW, Mercedes, Volvo, Stellantis, GM, or Ford are all saying that BEV demand is weak is because they're comparing current sales trends with their internal projections and production capacity. I honestly don't know if they really believed that BEVs are going to replace ICE vehicles in a short period, or they were only saying what policymakers and investors wanted to hear. Regardless, they had unrealistic expectations which is why all of them are pulling back on BEV investments. In North America, sales of hybrids are clearly outperforming BEVs despite government incentives. The fact that subsidies are needed for a BEV is a good indication that organic demand is weak. And I highly doubt it's about charging infrastructure. It's about lifestyle.
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  5095.  @中野内宏美  R U sure? The most famous Yokozuna TAIHO was half-Ukrainian. The Gold medalist MUROFUSHI Koji is half-Romanian. Politicians such as ONODA Kimi (Upper House MP) and TAMAKI Denny (Governor of Okinawa) are half-American. The MIYABE-sisters on the current Japanese Women's Volley Ball national team are half-Nigerian. This may be very difficult to understand but people aren't judged primarily by skin-color or appearances in Japan. They are judged and treated differently by mannerism, educational/vocational background, and social/cultural norms. So even if both of your parents are from Japan and you spent your entire childhood outside of Japan (and even if you have Japanese citizenship)...there is a very high barrier in terms of language, culture, and norms to be accepted into Japanese society. This is why Japanese nationals overseas will make their kids go to Japanese schools, at least on Saturdays. And if you are half-Japanese and don't speak Japanese at all, or descendants of Japanese emigrants, you'll be treated like a foreigner...because you're culturally/socially are from a foreign country. (But people with Japanese ancestry will always get favorable visa treatment.)
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  5096. It seems the invasion/annexation of the territories of Crimean Khaganate is the source of all problems. Russians and Ukrainians are fighting over land that traditionally was inhabited by the Crimean Tatars. If I understand correctly, in addition to the Tatars that remain in Crimea, there are Tatar descendants in Southern Moldova and Black Sea region of Romania. In the past 400 years or so, the Russian Empire fought twelve wars with Ottoman Turkey to occupy the Black Sea region and northwestern Caucasus. Russian obsession with this strategic land (and access to the Black Sea) is beyond anybody's imagination. Ironically, it was the Ukrainians who were the vanguards of the Russian Empire doing much of the killing and raping of the Crimean Tatars and Circassians. (Stalin during Soviet era also forcefully deported all Crimean Tatars. ) I presume Ukrainians learn the same history as Russians do about the ethno-genesis of Russians, the expansion of the Russian Empire, and the role the Ukrainian Cossacks played in it. It was naive of them to think that the Russians won't come back for the land they've been thirsting for the past 400 years. It was even insanity to break away from the Russian sphere and wish to join NATO.
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  5097. Islamic State?
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  5098. 各国とも大半の志願兵も戦闘経験無いから、戦闘能力と募兵方法は直線的には関係が無い。イスラエル軍を見れば分かると思うが、訓練・装備の予算であったり国防意識の方が重要。帝国陸軍の場合、太平洋戦争の末期以外は甲乙種で徴兵検査に合格出来たのは二割ぐらいで上澄みだけが入隊したから、皮肉な見方をすれば全員志願者の現在の自衛隊よりも個々の能力は高かった。 選抜徴兵制や皆兵制の狙いは、平時に多くの人を纏まった期間に集中訓練させておき、戦時に備えて大規模な予備兵士の集団を維持すること。2014年の戦争以降、ウクライナは男子徴兵制を導入してる。イスラエルや北欧などの選抜徴兵制や皆兵制の国は、兵役期間のあとには長期の予備役義務とセット。
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  5099. North Korea relies on food aid from the UN. They'll starve to death if they start a war.
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  5100. We don't give Permanent Visa automatically to anybody. The rare legal exception is Special Permanent Residency for descendants of migrants from Taiwan and Korean peninsula prior to their independence. We have a Descendant Visa for children and grandchildren of Japanese citizen. And Permanent Visa can be revoked for crime, failure of tax payments, etc.
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  5101.  @punkin314  Again, nothing is automatic. Just because you were eligible doesn't mean all off-springs of Japanese citizens are eligible for a Permanent Visa. And we don't call it EIJYUKEN in Japan. We say EIJYU-KYOKA, meaning it can be stripped any time.
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  5102. US$27,000 in 2024 money is equivalent to US$22,000 in 2019. Nissan has been pricing their cars too cheaply in North America for years. Since Nissan's US dealerships are fairly incompetent, they've been offered so much incentives, which nearly wiped out Nissan's profits in Apr-Jun 2024 quarter. While US inflation increased by 20% in the past 5 years, Nissan hasn't raised their cars enough to keep up with increasingly expensive labor, components, materials, infotainment, sensors, cameras, software, etc. To be honest, it's still a few thousand dollars lower than where it should be.
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  5103. If I understand correctly, 5.56mm rifles were intentionally provided/adopted not because its superior. It was for in case when some of the Afghan soldiers surrender/defect to the Taliban, they would have supply issues and run out of bullets. That and for military contracts, I presume.
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  5104. Russia chose war
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  5105. FYI, Turkey did deploy hundreds of troops to Afghanistan as part of NATO. Even after ISAF ended, Turkey was one of the last countries that stayed in Afghanistan until Taliban took control. If I recall correctly, In NATO Turkish forces are the second largest in size after the United States because of their mandatory military service. I suspect Turkey is kept in NATO because it controls access to the Black Sea.
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  5106. What's the point of any investigation when Korean culture and norms is the real reason why this occurred.
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  5107.  user-uv5hx  That was my opinion too. The only thing Japanese about Ippei is his name. He was raised/educated in the US.
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  5108. If I recall correctly, US Congress has had restrictions on weapons sales to the Lebanese military. They suspect that weapons/equipment provided to Lebanese military will end up in the hands of you know who. Lebanese military is under-trained, under-funded, dysfunctional, and ineffective. In contrast, reportedly Iran commits about US$1bn per year to its proxies.
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  5109. War of attrition. Resistance is noble yet costly. There won't be a Ukraine left to defend if most of your citizens perish in a urban guerrilla war. Find an acceptable compromise and save as many Ukrainians as you can.
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  5110. What's the shame on providing a free plane ride on a government plane that had extra room. It's highly irregular for anybody outside government officials and media to be given permission on a government plane on a diplomatic mission. The plane is almost exclusively for the Cabinet Ministers, Imperial Family, etc.
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  5111. ウクライナのために戦うのはウクライナ人だけ。フィランドは550万人、スウェーデン1000万人程度の小国。東京都の方が多い。
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  5112. Funny that nobody in Asia thinks that way of China.
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  5113. Manchu were one of southern tribes of Jurchen (女真 or 女直), so it's not a stretch to argue that Jurchen is almost the same language as Manchu. That said, there were numerous Jurchen tribes living across Inner and Outer Manchuria. There are ample texts of Manchu, because they kept a lot of written records after the Qing dynasty, but virtually none for the northern tribes.
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  5114. It was an unauthorized runway incursion by the Coast Guard plane, which the Haneda Tower failed to notice, as well as the landing JAL A350 pilots. The Coast Guard plane was told by Tower they were Number #1, but waited for take-off clearance at the wrong location (i.e. on the runway) for 70 seconds. It's a collision but circumstances are somewhat different. It was during the News Years Holidays, so it's possible that ATC was overwhelmed. Coast Guard read back of instructions was correct. JAL's superb training of flight attendants saved all the passengers. Reportedly, the intracom was destroyed by the fire so coordination wasn't easy. Actually, JAL has never forgotten or forgave Boeing after JAL123.
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  5115. No need to struggle with identity. Identity is not how others think of you, rather it's something what you think of yourself. Japan needs more people like you. People who appreciate and respect Japan will always be welcome by Japanese people. (Donald Keene was a prime example. He was more knowledgeable about Japanese literature than 99.9% of Japanese.)
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  5116. ​ @VIVENCIAS22 This is an incredibly tragic and sad story. I am not from Peru so I don't know anything about Peruvian citizenship, society, or political landscape. All I know is what I saw on the news, which is a massive social and economic disconnect. From a foreign perspective, many Peruvians look like they have partial indigenous ancestry, so it's not easy to understand the political and social divisions. And I have no idea how Japanese Descendants fit into Peruvian political landscape. All I recall is Peruvians attacking Japanese Embassy and taking hostages. As for President Fujimori's Japanese citizenship, dual citizenship was legal for people who were born before 1985, granted the parents filed proper paperwork at the Japanese Embassy/Consulate. He is registered in the Japanese KOSEKI system, meaning he is a natural-born citizen. We don't use Jus Soli citizenship rule, so location of birth is irrelevant for us.
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  5117. That's the story of the Americas.
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  5118.  @chappy3125 If you look at the prices of consumers electronic, they've become commodities. Korean and Chinese goods are designed to break and be replaced in a few years. They have no ability to innovate but make cheaper versions of the original. It's a razor-thin margin and high volume business, and difficult to differentiate, which is why many Japanese companies don't wish to get involved in race to the bottom-type products. But Japanese companies make money in factory automation, materials, equipment, high-end components, etc. If you open up a Chinese-drone supplied to Russia used in Ukraine....they're using Japanese COTS components. Thus, electronics industry isn't really about the brand/logo of the final product.
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  5119. ロシアとの関係を徹底的に壊したら、領土交渉は二度と出来ない。北海道の漁業関係者は拿捕されて、嫌がらせ。ロシアからのエネルギー輸入が途絶えると経済を圧迫。欧米としていっしょに強硬制裁しても日本は何も得られない。 中国は漁夫の利を狙って撤退した欧米企業の事業を買い叩く。それこそが国益の追求。
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  5120. Japanese companies don't sell BEVs in China in large numbers. Most sales are hybrids or traditional ICE.
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  5121. When everybody is fighting everybody and so many foreign militaries striking everything from the air, I would leave too.
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  5122. 「国連軍」が派遣されたのは朝鮮戦争が最初で最後だったはず。
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  5123. I wonder how the RR engine will perform for Emirates. I do recall Tim Clark alluding to the difference between GE and RR in maintenance requirements, especially as its hub cannot escape the desert climate and sandy weather. I was under the impression GE engines are performing better for their A380s.
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  5124. Oh please, these are towns built during the Russian Empire and Soviet Union.
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  5125. China is no longer a profitable market due to the price wars. In such a situation, you're better off losing market share than selling cars at a loss. As such, various foreign automakers have been reducing production capacity in China.
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  5126. Yes, yes...please don't come to Japan. Chinese tourists are annoying for everybody.
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  5127. You're still young, so you'll have plenty of opportunities to change course. If you wish to start a corporate career, check out the CFN "Career Forum," which is how many bilingual students find jobs. And if you're serious about building a life in Japan, make sure you have N1 fluency because it'll help you in everything from job-hunting to financial transactions to Permanent Visa. As you've probably heard, we have skill shortages in certain industries, namely in IT and tourism/hospitality. One positive aspect of new hires in Japan is that companies don't seek specific academic backgrounds.
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  5128. I've no idea where this video came from. We don't trust anybody. We already had 5 wars with whomever was ruling China. They will never be liked or trusted in Japan.
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  5129. European interpretation appears to be different.
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  5130. Toyota lost money in North America in FY2022. In FY2023, the Operating Profit Margin for North American segment was about 3%, compared to global 12%. In other words, US production and staff cost is way too expensive compared to the vehicles sales price, and American-owned dealerships take too much profit margins from Toyota. At the current USD/JPY currency level, it would make more financial sense to manufacture in Japan. But Toyota is maxed out in production capacity in Japan at 15,000 cars per day or 3 million vehicles per year. Toyota global sales in FY2023 was close to 11 million vehicles. The logical choice would to be expand in Mexico. But all the US tech companies are also re-shoring to Mexico from China, and Toyota has been having supply issues with its Mexican assembly plants, as workers of their component companies frequently switch jobs for a marginally higher pay.
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  5131.  @Lypiatt  Global automakers operate very differently. A Corolla sold in North America is not the same product sold in China, Europe, or Japan. Meaning, they tailor-make, brand, and price depending on the region. (Outside of Japan, I believe Japanese cars for the Japanese market are known as JDM.) Toyota has been researching hybrids since the oil crisis in the 1970s, and it started developing them in 1992 following better rechargeable battery technology, and finally introduced the first Prius in 1997. Thus, Toyota has nothing to buy or learn from BYD in terms of hybrid technology. And Toyota exclusively uses highest-grade Panasonic batteries in their hybrids for safety, reliability, and longevity (as did all early Tesla models.) Chinese auto-market is unique since the Chinese government forced foreign-automakers to form a 50:50 Joint-Ventures with Chinese firms. Toyota has been operating in China under two JVs known as 広汽豊田 (GAC) and 一汽豊田 (TFTM). But for BEV production and sales for the Chinese market, Toyota chose BYD as their production partner. They will be producing cheaper cars using lower quality Chinese design components, materials, and batteries exclusively for the Chinese market. The other two existing JVs will continue to serve the affluent Chinese consumers who don't fancy cheap Chinese-designed vehicles. Most BEV makers in China won't be in business in a few years. They are selling cars in China in the US$10,000-20,000 price range. The Chinese market is very different one from the rest of the world, where most Chinese automakers lose money selling cars. They're only surviving due to government support. Ironically, the 50:50 JV scheme with Chinese State-Owned-Enterprises is shielding foreign automakers from profits/losses. Which is also why you don't see foreign automakers getting dragged into a ridiculous BEV price war. Foreign automakers will let the Chinese do the bidding for them. Among the major Chinese players, only Li Auto and BYD seem to have made profits in 2023. And half of BYD sales is from plug-in hybrids. Meaning most of their profits are coming from batteries and plug-in hybrids, rather than pure BEVs. From a business perspective, foreign automakers would rather leave China, or let locals design/produce cars using their logo, rather then selling cars at a loss.
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  5132. Your knowledge of Japanese history and poetry is impressive. Nara is the cultural birthplace of Japan.
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  5133. Actually, it's probably financially wise to receive it in Russian currency when it's weak.
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  5134. When the history of this era is written...I don't think anybody would be remembering Biden.
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  5135. It's tragically comical seeing Russians and Ukrainians fighting over land they took from the Crimean Tatars. Neither side will win this war.
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  5136. ​ @jimmiekarlsson4458 Japan has fought multiple wars with Imperial Russia and Soviet Union, and it has signed alliances with the UK, Germany, and the US in the 20th century just to deter the Russian/Soviet expansion into Asia. To date, 1/3 of all Japanese military assets are still stationed adjacent to Russia. Our assessment of the Russians are completely opposite from yours. The Russian strength is not its strategy, tactics, equipment, or its training. Russian strength has always been their ability and willing to sacrifice and endure. Soviet Union sacrificed 10 million people in WWII, which is higher than Germany or Japan. They shot Soviet soldiers from behind who were retreating without any hesitation, like they did in Donbass. Frankly, Russians are the only ones who scare us. Not only are they insanely perfectionists, those who studied Japanese in former Soviet Union universities understand Japanese far better than most foreign-nationals. Russian diplomats and Ambassadors in Japan are near-native Japanese speakers. We would strongly recommend to never underestimate the Russians as they are insanely tenacious, incredibly intelligent, and extremely diligent. One look at Russian classical music, ballet, literature, or architecture should tell you what kind of people they are.
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  5137. Actually, that's a uniquely Chinese things. In Europe, North America, or Japan...most people prefer quality and reliability over fancy tech that cannot be trusted.
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  5138. I honestly don't believe the reason/excuse for the invasion was so important in the minds of Russian leadership. Most Russians understand that they can't let Ukraine join NATO. The Donbass region that Russia currently occupies/controls isn't that important other than being a buffer zone for Crimean peninsula.
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  5139. 70% of Japanese electricity is generated by burning fossil fuel. What's the point of an EV transition if you just to need to import more natural gas and burn it?
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  5140. ​ @zenden9 Toyota has reliable hybrid technology because they've perfected it for decades. But China market is a different from Japan, North America, and Europe. Chinese customers don't value safety, reliability, or quality. Chinese automakers are selling cars at 10,000 USD. No reputable foreign company can offer that price range unless they sacrifice quality of materials and components. Toyota will never sell BYD stuff outside of China.
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  5141.  @markapplejohn4376  It's called autoloans. Automakers borrow money to lend to consumers.
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  5142. ​ @markapplejohn4376 Car loans.
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  5143. Your segment?
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  5144. Russians look so desperate, it's rather embarrassing.
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  5145. Central Asian Muslims invaded and forced an Arab religion on them. They were thriving when they were Buddhists, much like Afghanistan. They're still suffering from events from over a thousand years ago.
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  5146. How naive can they be? Pakistan is where all the extreme ones are from.
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  5147.  @Michael-Has-Opinions  Don't worry. Germany and EU will never let VW fail. They (like many other automakers) overestimated EV demand and invested too much in a product/technology that doesn't make financial contributions to the firm.
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  5148. It's no longer a "civil war" when both Russian and NATO got involved. Considering how some post-Soviet nations have fought each other--such as Armenia vs Azerbaijan, Tajikistan vs Kyrgyzstan, or Georgia vs Russia--to redefine borders, it could be understood as an extension of post-Soviet disintegration. When Yugoslavia collapsed, the war was immediate. In the case of Soviet Union, it's still playing out. The real tragedy and irony is that Russians and Ukrainians are killing each other over land that historically belonged to the Crimean Tatars.
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  5149. You do know it's like a 15 minute flight for fighter planes from the nearest airbase.
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  5150. Uyghurs and Hazara are descendants of real Turks and Mongols. Sadly Turkey has deported both of them in the past.
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  5151.  @Pemmont107  It was never majority Ukrainian. The rightful owners are Crimean Tatars.
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  5152. Toyota doesn't market anything as they're not trying to sell MIRAI. Toyota has been maxed out in their car production capacity and cannot keep up with demand, so some people are waiting months for delivery in hybrids. Toyota makes 10,000 hydrogen vehicles each year. It's a concept car for enthusiasts that is being researched, tested, and perfected for future decades, just like the Prius was 30 years ago. (It's why the car is named "MIRAI" or Future in Japanese.) Japan's interest in hydrogen economy is not solely about cars. It's about shifting away from reliance on coal, oil, and natural gas in everything from electricity generation, heating, transportation, and steal production. And Toyota's hydrogen fuel cell system is already being tested in public buses and trains in Japan. There are many technological hurdles, and the only way to overcome them is countless iterations of testing. That is what Toyota and many other like-minded companies are doing. From what we know, the Germans and South Koreans are testing similar technology as they understand the implications of hydrogen. They are also testing hydrogen buses, trucks, trains, steal plants, etc.
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  5153. I remember a time when any type of logging was portrayed as evil by environmental activists. It was even anti-environment to build access roads in the forest. Throughout human history, most of the timber for self-made homes, woodcraft, or wood-charcoal was from collecting dead and fallen trees, because they were dry and easier to work on.
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  5154.  @typxxilps  Chairman isn't retirement for Japanese companies. Actually, we already have hydrogen buses in Tokyo for years using Toyota's technology. And now JR East is testing it with public trains with projects such as HYBARI. Japanese government wishes to introduce hydrogen with steel production as well. Whatever happens in foreign countries, Japan's shift to hydrogen is on track. The reason is, EV makes no sense, as we need to import and burn more natural gas to generate electricity.
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  5155.  @apple123and  Why Fujian? The primary port Japanese diplomatic missions used during Tang Dynasty was 寧波 (Ningbo). And ONYOMI (音読み) for Japanese KANJI has both 呉音 (Go-On) and 漢音 (KAN-ON) pronunciation. Japanese 漢音 pronunciation has some similarity with Wu Dialect, Fujian, Cantonese, or Hakka dialects because they also retain certain Middle-Chinese pronunciation from Sui and Tang era. Northern Chinese court pronunciation was significantly altered after 4th century when it was invaded by the Mongolic Xianbei (鮮卑) clans. The ruling class of Northern Wei (北魏), Northern Zhou (北周), Sui (隋) and Tang (唐) Dynasties eventually Sinicized and they started referring to their new pronunciation as 漢音, and referred to old Chinese pronunciation up to 3rd century as 呉音. Following this practice, Japanese KANJI pronunciation before diplomatic contact with Sui and Tang Dynasties (in late 6th and early 7th century) is still referred to as 呉音 in Japan. It's mostly observed in Old Buddhist-related words and texts. Japan did maintain diplomatic and trade contact with Southern Chinese dynasties in 5th and 6th century because Northern China was no longer considered Chinese. But Japanese KANJI mostly follows 漢音 pronunciation (i.e. Sui & Tang Dynasty era court pronunciation.) Northern Chinese "Mandarin" pronunciation goes through many more phases of phonetic/linguistic transformation with conquests by Mongolic Khitan (契丹 or 遼), Jurchen Jin (金), the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, and Manchu Qing Dynasties. Which is why some KANJI is pronounced completely differently in modern Mandarin and Japanese. In fact, that is the main reason why we pronounce 漢字 as KANJI with a K. In a similar manner, KAGAN (可汗) was initially pronounced with a K, especially by Turkic speakers. Many regions still pronounce the K in KHAN. But Mongols no longer pronounce the K.
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  5156.  @MrJimWinter  Reasons don't matter. If interpreted as an act of war, European nations get sucked into this conflict and suddenly becomes their war. How many soldiers are they willing to sacrifice for the sake of Ukraine.
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  5157. They're not ahead by any means. All the technology is copied from Japan, US, Europe, etc. What they do really well is mass produce with government incentives, and cut corners which lowers the unit cost.
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  5158. I know many foreigners with N1 level fluency. Social acceptance and integration is entirely based on ones's personality, mannerism, mindset, skill-set, education, etc. Being fluent in a language is only a bare minimum to survive in any society. I have a friend with whom I went to highschool and university. She's ethnically Russian & Ukrainian and was educated in Japan. Her parents speak to her in Russian, but she speaks to her parents in Japanese, as she's a native speaker. She'll always be accepted in Japan because she understands Japanese language, culture, history, traditions, customs, mindset, and mannerism, etc....like any other local. Her parents both teach at university in Japan, and her entire family is now naturalized Japanese citizens. I suspect the primary reason why you're rejected by Japanese people has very little to do with your Japanese fluency. It's how you carry yourself, dress, talk, walk, sit, eat, and think. In case you don't know, we've always had naturalized citizen serving as elected officials. They're not native speakers. But they have assimilated culturally and integrated socially, which is why people are comfortable enough to vote for them.
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  5159. Reuniting Muslims is code for Islamic State?
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  5160.  @rheinme  You have no idea about anything.
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  5161. Recruitment of criminals is nothing new, nor is it unique to Russia.
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  5162. Militaries fight battles but it's up to political leadership to start and end wars.
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  5163.  @GNNを研究している中国人です  どこで歴史を勉強したの？倭・大倭・大和・日本・・・訓読みは全て『やまと』。
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  5164. Is the US going to give back land to indigenous people? Driving out or extermination of locals is textbook colonization.
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  5165.  @k9killer221  It's not about bragging rights. She didn't want to be hacked by the Chinese government.
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  5166. I'm sure that's how indigenous people felt when they saw the Europeans.
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  5167. It's because your mother was a War Bride and knew Japanese society will never view children of foreign fathers and war brides/trophies as Japanese. They were not even given Japanese citizenship.
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  5168. China counts hybrids as new energy vehicles. And most Chinese automakers are losing money selling BEVs. Foreign automakers will rather lose marketshare than sell at a loss. They manufacture in China in a forced Joint Venture structure, so they'll only be firing Chinese workers. The JV means profits and losses are shared.
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  5169. Indian reservations?
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  5170. Nothing to do with making a difference. That boat has sailed a long time ago. I assume a small garrison will be left in case the embassy and other US personal need to evacuated from Kabul.
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  5171. Japan signed three alliances in the 20th century, all for the same enemy.
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  5172.  @DOI_ARTS  Western weapons won't matter. Defending cities is really hard if Russians start attacking like in Chechnya and Syria.
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  5173. Why sell a car that loses money?
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  5174. It's not personal info. Her mother was a singer and stage name is SHUNKAY. Based on Japanese wikipedia, her mother is 3rd generation Zainichi Korean, graduate of pro-North Korean school in Tokyo, and her family registry is PUSAN/BUSAN. Frankly, if her mother weren't a Zainichi Korean, she wouldn't be allowed to live in Japan.
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  5175. I must be missing something. If people flee from the city, won't that just spread COVID to other parts of country?
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  5176.  @kingwolfboss6144 I don't know how citizenship works for international adoptions, but if you're born in Japan to Japanese parents...of course you're Japanese. (There is a reason why have special visa schemes for biological children of Japanese citizens and Japanese Descendants.) That said, the difficulty in connecting with Japan will always be language and culture, especially when you're raised outside of Japan.
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  5177. ミサイルや空爆は戦闘員と市民なんて区別出来ない。
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  5178. 結果によって地政学が大きく変化するから、得られるものがデカイ。ウクライナは欧州でロシアに次いで大きな国土。しかもウクライナとロシアで世界の小麦輸出の3割ぐらいを担ってるから、どうなるかで今後の影響は大きい。ウクライナがEU/NATO側につくとロシアの死活問題。
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  5179. Jordan had a port?
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  5180. Condemnations and Sanctions won't work.
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  5181. The many Tatar familes who fled to Japan after the Russian revolution were the first Muslims. They were hard working secular people who were mindful about integrating with Japanese society. They were respectful to Japanese laws, cultures, and customs, so they well liked. People who can't integrate will be hated by any society.
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  5182. @@homie3461 I don't think you can NOT be Japanese just because one is "hafu." If people in Okayama considered ONODA Kimi to NOT be Japanese, I doubt they would've vote for her. Same with the current Governor of Okinawa, TAMAKI-san.
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  5183. @@homie3461 We only approve 1,000 nationalizations each year, and majority applicants are Permanent Residents, Spouses & Children of Japanese nationals, Japanese Descendants, or foreign children who were raised and educated in Japan. But I do understand what you're saying about nationality vs ethnicity. Multi-culturalism will never be tolerated in Japan. I know that the only foreigners who will ever be accepted in Japanese society are those who are willing adapt to Japanese language, culture, norms, behaviors, mindset, mannerism, aesthetics...in other words, become part of Japan. Those who can not or will not assimilate culturally and integrate socially will be alienated and isolated, so that they will leave Japan. That said, I got the impression that the last kid is struggling with something other than ethnic/racial identity. Seriously, how many Japanese men will dress like that? If I had to guess he's a different type of minority.
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  5184. In the UK automakers are penalized for selling ICE vehicles. In 2024, I think it was like 20% that had to be Zero Emission vehicles. So automakers are rationing ICE and hybrids sales to hit the BEV quota. Don't blame Honda for this policy, blame your own government.
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  5185. No building codes?
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  5186. Persia/Iran was so much more prosperous then. Islam changed everything in many places.
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  5187. Japan formed three security alliances in the 20th century, first with the UK, Germany, and later the US...all for the same hypothetical threat--i.e. Russia and later Soviet Union--that has been intimidating Japan since 18th/19th century. All Japanese diplomats and military officers were fully aware that when Japan had to fight a war with the Russian Empire in 1904, Japan didn't have the money to finance the war, and nobody would lend Japan money. It was only the Jewish financial institutions in Europe that courageously took on the risk of underwriting Japanese War Bonds. The uprooting, persecution, and expulsion of Jews under the Russian Empire were so horrific and traumatic, Jewish banks in Europe took on the risk, knowing fully that there was a high probability they may not recover their investments. That's why whenever there was an opportunity to help the Jews, Japanese diplomats and military officers would lend a hand. The Jews who came through Japan were fully protected and supported by the Japanese people. Japanese security alliance with Nazi Germany was only about how to deal with the Soviet threat.
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  5188. And I don't think you realize that the world has always been this way.
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  5189.  @wiiagzia9450  Just so you know, nothing is free. It's either paid out of pocket, through medical insurance, or tax money. In the case of Japan, generally it's 30% out of pocket, and 70% of medical insurance coverage.
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  5190. They're not fighting for a democratic future. They're separatists fighting for secession.
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  5191. The reason why Ukrainian forces cannot hold on to Mariupol is simple. It's because they don't have the support of the residents. In fact the residents call them terrorists and want them gone for good.
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  5192.  @Willxdiana  There is no clear definition of language vs dialect. And there is a historical reason why Cantonese is mutually unintelligible with Northern Chinese. Language, culture, genetics...there is a lot of diversity within China.
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  5193. I remember those era and I don't believe Kodak has ever said such a thing. Kodak had many innovative technological research and plenty of talent. But the trend in Wall Street at the time was to focus resources on the core business to maximize ROE, so they were pressured to spin-off or abandon most of their experimental technology fields. Conversely, Fujifilm ignored Wall Street and kept investing in research for medical equipment, digital camera, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, industrial film, etc. Basically, opinions of pundits and investors are utterly useless.
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  5194. The reality is nobody in Japan cares of what foreign media thinks of Japan. Why? Because Japan exists for Japanese people. And most foreign media cannot even read Japanese, so they will never understand Japan. The only foreigners that matter are the ones who live in Japan, fluent in Japanese language and culture, and part of Japanese society. Most of them will have been granted Permanent Visa or Japanese citizenship. The rest are simply extended visitors.
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  5195. 従軍記者はウクライナ側のメッセージ・観点を世界に伝えための装置。ウクライナへの支持・支援・同情を維持するための番組になれば、ウクライナ軍にとっても有益。この手の報道を見て献金してくれたら作戦通り。情報・宣伝作戦の一つ。
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  5196. @ypetty6887 That's super interesting. If I recall my history classes, many Japanese merchants and mercenaries were active in both the Philippines and Siam/Thailand during that era, until at least the Tokugawa Shogunate monopolized international trade in 17th century. Manila was historically one of the most vibrant trading hubs in Asia, so merchants from Japan, Southern China, Europe, and all across Southeast Asia were present, trading everything from silk, pottery, spice, weapons, books, art and jewelry. (I reckon it's why Manila has one of the oldest "Chinatown" in the world.) Pottery imported from the Philippines in 16th century were known in Japan as ルソン壺 (呂宋壺 or "Luzon Vase"). If I'm not mistaken, Davao also had a sizable Japanese immigrant community in early 20th century.
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  5197.  cuddles1767  I have never properly studied Filipino history, but I recall learning about TAKAYAMA Ukon (高山右近). When Christianity was banned and Spanish & Portuguese were no longer allowed into Japan, due to slave trades and other negative impact, many converted Japanese Christians were exiled to the Philippines. (True story, there was a Japanese slave who emancipated himself in Argentina in 1590s. He was captured by the Spanish/Portuguese and taken to Argentina. ) To be historically accurate, Japanese diaspora goes as far back as history records it. In 8th century, ABE-no-NAKAMARO (阿倍仲麻呂) was serving in the Tang Dynasty. He later was appointed by the Tang Dynasty to be the Ambassador/Governor of Northern Vietnam. Between 4th and 7th centuries, countless Japanese military expeditions were sent to defend the Japonic rice farmers in the southern/south-western regions of the Korean peninsula (against the ongoing migration/invasion from north by 高句麗 who originate from Manchuria.) Japanese style tombs from that era are mostly located in 全羅道. And before that period, we know Northern Kyushu and Southern Korean peninsula were in the same linguistic, cultural, economic, and political sphere based on archaeology and historical texts from China, Korea, and Japan. Many of the topographic and country names in Southern Korean peninsula were Japonic. (The proto-Koreanic speakers originate from somewhere in Manchuria and later migrated to the Korean peninsula.) Some of these people were able to flee to Japan in 4th-7th centuries, most were absorbed into the Koreanic culture. These people have Y-DNA Haplogroup O1b2, and they make up about 25-30% of modern South Koreans males.
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  5198. ​ cuddles1767 What's a pagpag? And I'm not Filipino. What I wrote is how Japanese history is taught in Japan. Yes, Japonic/Japanese were living in and travelling to Korean peninsula, China, Taiwan since ancient times. The entire city of Busan developed around a Japanese trading post set up in 17th century. But it's also true there were many Japanese living in Thailand and the Philippines in the 16th century, while Japanese immigration to the Americas only starts from late 19th century. I see no reason to refute the claim that Japanese diaspora in the Philippines is much older than that of the Americas.
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  5199. Nobody wants Muslim refugees, evee Muslim countries. It's a massive security risk.
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  5200. That's an interesting hypothesis. Ainu are a mixture of Jomon and Okhotsk people, and since the skull was found in Inner Manchuria, the Homo Longis could've been living throughout the region.
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  5201.  @olepetersen3554  Denmark is nearly 100% wind powered, like Iceland's geothermal, and Norway's hydro power, isn'? If your electricity is cheap and clean, it makes sense. You're truly blessed because many countries have 60-70% fossil fuel in their energy mix. And for countries that already have high electricity bills, going electric isn't cheaper than gasoline. Adding BEVs in the fleet, in addition to growing electricity demand from data-centers and usage of AI, inadvertently results in more demand to burn fossil fuel. Whether in the US, China, or Australia, many countries still burn coal to meet existing electricity demand.
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  5202. Were real Turks already in the Middle-East during the Crusades? Or were they Turkified Iranians, in other words Turkmen?
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  5203.  @D96Fan  We know that carriages pulled by cows were used during the Heian Era (8th to 12th century). In contrast Samurais preferred to ride horses themselves. https://www.iz2.or.jp/gisha/shurui.html
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  5204. Crossing the river is quite scary if there were to be a Russian counter-counter-offensive.
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  5205. Do you understand the implications? Imagine an EU-like system in South America, where the narcos, organized criminal groups, and left-wing guerrillas from Colombia, Peru, Venezuela or Brazil will be freely moving around Chile.
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  5206. I don't know what triggered you but there are plenty of European wives living in Japan too. And I don't believe that all Italians are loud, energetic, and outgoing social extroverts.
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  5207. How do you launder money by buying a big house?
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  5208. Like Gaza?
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  5209. そりゃロシアでは一部スーパーから物は消えるし、外国企業は撤退し、海外送金は困難になり、ハイパーインフレで市民生活にモロ効いてる。だけど問題の次元が違う。ウクライナ東部のロシア系住民は生き残るために戦ってる。彼らを支援しウクライナ軍・民兵組織から守ってあげるのも一つの正義。内戦は善悪の構図や国際法の枠組みでは語れない。ましてや移動の自由のあった元々が一つの国。
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  5210. This isn't a Subaru problem.
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  5211. I was under the impression many Orthodox Churches celebrate Christmas in January.
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  5212. That is how the UN was designed from its inception. No member country has agreed ever on handing over parts of sovereignty to the UN.
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  5213. I don't know if it's "white people" but I do see your point. There are safe and dangerous/shady areas in every city.
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  5214.  @parihumai7466  There used to be a research on Japanese emigrants on why 1st generation and 2nd/3rd generation have different faces, even though they were all genetically fully Japanese. Or more bluntly, why don't 2nd/3rd generation look like people in Japan. The conclusion was that the primary language impacts facial expressions, muscles, etc...and changes the face. I presume it's also why we tend to find people with phonetic overlap to be more elegant and attractive when they speak Japanese. The other component is obviously mannerism. We don't speak with our hands like in some cultures. Apparently, the eyes and eyebrows matter more, which is one of the reasons suspected why people in Japan have no issue with masks. In contrast, apparently, people in western countries can cover their eyes but require to see the mouth/lips for communication.
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  5215. Who ya gonna call?
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  5216. I don't recall any large scale protests when NATO was bombing Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Serbia, etc. These people just hate the Jewish Lobby.
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  5217. What happened to our favorite lawyer?
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  5218. Self-inflicted wound
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  5219. What lesson would that be? No other country in the entire world has the resources and political will to spend 20 years, thousands of their soldiers lives, and trillions of dollars to support a non-taliban Afghan regime. The US was the last resort, and now the US seemingly has also given up in helping the Afghans. Afghanistan is truly on their own now. I wish them luck.
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  5220. ​ @nguyep4 Toyota doesn't promote or bet on a specific technology. They research to prepare for various industry developments like a portfolio. Many companies research Hydrogen Fuel Cell technology because there will be a market in certain segments. Japan has already started using Hydrogen Fuel Cell public buses, and is currently testing Hydrogen fuel-cell powered trains, which all use Toyota's hydrogen technology. In the US, the trucking and long-range bus industry knows BEVs do not fit their business model so many companies including Toyota are developing Hydrogen Fuel Cell semi-trucks. Toyota only has the capacity to manufacture 10,000 MIRAI per year. It's not a car sold for profits or in large numbers because it's a concept car for enthusiasts, or a proof of concept vehicle. But the experience of MIRAI spills over into development of HYBARI trains, buses and semi-trucks.
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  5221. 数十年後には日本の国益になるから。民族紛争や独立運動はイギリス植民地政策の影響なので、ずっと続く。
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  5222. Nissan global sales in 2024 has been fairly stable. I wouldn't know anything about American-owned dealers.
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  5223. How is that a Lithuanian Defense Minister can clearly understand the implications of Ukraine War on China/Taiwan, while the American leadership cannot?
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  5224. Putin: Biden had balls?
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  5225. I presume Israel developed an extended network of local assets over the decades. They must have people inner-circles in Lebanon, Iran, etc.
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  5226. This was educational. I never thought about factory utilization for each type of vehicle.
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