JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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gokai_wo_maneku
Let me just say that, as a USian, I agree with him on this point. But I would broaden this to say that it relates not only to ecology, but to everything else. Let me also emphasize, I do not agree with anything else he says.
Posted in: America is the most selfish country.
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gokai_wo_maneku
An "oiran", characterized by the very high geta, were prostitutes. Of course, this was before western influences gave the profession a bad name.
Posted in: Muscle musical 'Oiran' starts in Tokyo
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gokai_wo_maneku
That hardly seems like something to boast about. Why are they commiting crimes at all? Aren't they here to protect? What is the crime rate on base?
Posted in: The serious crime rate for U.S. service members off their bases is approximately half that of the Japanese population.
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gokai_wo_maneku
Come to think of it, falling office rents would be good for Tokyo in the long run. More companies would be able to and willing to set up in Tokyo. Or is that deflation?
Posted in: Tokyo facing a glut of office space
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gokai_wo_maneku
I doubt either one of them care what we think. They are both laughing their way to the bank.
Posted in: Becky
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gokai_wo_maneku
No, I did not say that Japan is doing things perfectly.
I forgot to address the issue at hand: declining office rents. That's because of massive overbuilding (ie., the 2011 problem). Japanese do two things very well: make things and build buildings. Building buildings is a carryover from the war, where everything had been bombed back to the stone ages (hence, the strong construction/politics relationship). As I look out over my balcony, I see no less than a dozen cranes building new skyscrapers.
However, there is no doubt Japan has lots of equity that US funds want to get their hands on. They complain about lots of things. Like, why are all the documents in Japanese? Why is everybody speaking Japanese? Get a grip. Japan doesn't have to do anything it doesn't want to. Markets are not a charity event. Just because the US wants to sell its assets to anyone with money (including Japanes) doesn't mean Japan has to reciprocate if it doesn't want to. That is a Junior high soccer pitch sense of fairness. Not reality.
Posted in: Tokyo facing a glut of office space
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gokai_wo_maneku
Congratulations Libertas on gathering snippets from English newspapers and connecting the dots. Now, let's learn to read Japanese and get more dots to connect. Before foreign critics liked to point our Japan's irrationsl use of capital. Then when they decide to cut off subsidies to unnecessary companies and communities, they observe that Japan is dying. Foreign critics like the local scenery I guess. It is so "Japanesque" compared to the big city.
If you could read Japanese, you would know that if Japan needed foreign capital, it would let it in. It has lots of capital. Why do you think foreigners are trying so hard to get in (Steel Partners?). They are salivating at the wealth they could be taking home. Congratulations to Japan, that unlike the US, keeps control at home. You just have to learn to look below the surface, like they have.
Posted in: Tokyo facing a glut of office space