Archive for 'Politics'
Lessons on How NOT to Communicate with the Japanese Posted by eriko1 on May 26, 2021
Not a day is passed without hearing the Tokyo Olympics controversy (論争 ronsou). Approximately 70-80% of the Japanese residents oppose having the games this summer. People are so frustrated (ｲﾗｲﾗする irairasuru) that their voices have been ignored by the government. Approximately 400,000 people have signed a petition so far asking the government and IOC to cancel…
Slow Digitization in the Pandemic Japan Posted by eriko1 on Apr 24, 2021
When is your last time to send or receive something via fax? I would say it was well over 10 years ago? But the facsimile culture (文化 bunka) is very much alive in Japan. This Twitter tweet describes the core of the problem why Japan has been moving so slowly when it comes to the…