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@japan_nobunaga Awesome! If only the US would start mining what we have in abundance, you would be supplied with everything you need as a beloved ally, however, greenies (EPA, Greenpeace, etc) fight mining these necessary resources at every turn!

🚨 Japan just changed everything. For decades, the world said Japan has no resources. Japan said nothing. Japan went to work. 🔧 🌊 February 2026. 🚢 Deep-sea ship Chikyu descends into the Pacific. ⬇️ 6,000 meters down. 600 atmospheres of pressure. 💎 Rare earth mud, pulled from the abyss. One country produces nearly 70% of the world's rare earths. One country tightened export controls on 7 critical elements last year. One island nation just answered. 🇯🇵 The "resource-poor" nation is becoming a resource power. The map of the 21st century is being redrawn. ⚡ The sun is rising again. 🌅

Yeah, that's fair with the Ishmaelites and something I'll have to study more, but, I'm spit balling here, but likely the Arabs that were Jewish or Christian might have some traces there, but Islamic Arabs probably very little. Either way, Islam is a demonic religion born of Satan's lies.

@bitzsc @Nicky_Zwan_ @levi9_9_2025 @higureshuuen That's the biggest issiue. > Bible’s framework Some Arab groups are linked to Ishmael, but it does not explicitly say all Arab. > Islamic tradition, Muhammad is traced back to Ishmael. Arabs are often divided

日本人のキリスト教感がどうか？ 日本人は自分に害のない信仰なら「たくさんいる神様の一人」ぐらいの感覚で受け入れちゃうと思う。 現に、キリスト教信仰してない日本人も、結婚式場のバイトの神父に愛を誓っちゃうし、クリスマスも祝っちゃう。 でも深く信仰はしてない。 ふわっと付き合ってる。

Yup, sharing only works if they're even slightly interested, but honestly most "outreach" happens after building a real relationship with someone and just sharing life together (because life gets hard for everyone), not harping at a stranger who doesn't want to hear it. Also, cults that pretend to be Christians like Jehovah's Witnesses that go knocking door to door bug us too!

@bitzsc @higureshuuen あなたの「信仰を強制しない」という考えは理解します。 同様に、「伝える自由」があるのと同じ だけ、「聞かない自由」も尊重されるべ きだと思います。

@hotahotasa45082 McDonald's doesn't have real burgers anyways, so it's more we get pissed that they suck so bad for the price when I can go to a restaurant for only slightly more money and get a WAY better burger!

アメリカ人が日本でのハンバーガーの品質を知ったら、街中で暴動が起きるらしい とりあえず日本のマクドナルドのハンバーガーを見てよ🍔 (写真2枚目)

I don't think this is weird and my family never did it though because baths didn't fit us! I bathe my children and am 6'5" (~196cm) and haven't comfortably fit in a bath since I was like 13! My parents are also extremely tall and don't fit in baths either! Basically, things aren't made for that here, but also nothing fits adults in my family!

アルジェリア人「日本人の間には、両親が子供たちと裸で入浴するという奇妙な習慣があります」 日本では当たり前だし、親子の家族風呂は絶対に必要です 日本て奇妙な風習の国でしょ。絶対に移住しない事をお勧めします ※アルジェリアは国民の99%がイスラム教徒

Sounds bad, but 10k yen to an American traveling there is less than many of our fines here in the states, but I also think an American tourist is probably not the actual problem... Still, it makes me sad that people don't respect the place you're traveling to when you're a guest. If you don't know the rules or are unsure, ask, don't just do!

To those considering moving to Japan, let me be honest with you. Recently, Kyoto residents put up a sign in Gion: "No tourists allowed. Fine: ¥10,000." It wasn't the first. Geisha chased through narrow streets, private homes entered without permission, trash left at sacred sites. The quiet streets we've protected for centuries are losing their silence, one corner at a time. If you cannot respect personal space, please don't come. If you cannot ask before entering, please don't come. If you cannot carry your trash home, please don't come. This is a sincere request from us. If you come to Japan, you will be unhappy, and so will we.

@tanpukunokami @My_name_is_L69 You write better than most kids in highschool and middle school today... After all, literacy in America is declining such that learners in other countries are actually better able to communicate in English than native speakers especially when it comes to writing!

@My_name_is_L69 読んでくれてありがとう 下手くそな英語で伝わったか心配です

You won't believe this, but in Japan, one phrase does the work of like seven English greetings. It's "otsukaresama." Literally, it means something like "you must be tired." Almost no one uses it that way anymore. You answer a colleague's phone. "Otsukaresama desu." You start a work email. "Otsukaresama desu." You pass someone in the hallway. "Otsukaresama." A meeting ends. "Otsukaresama deshita." You finish a workout with friends. "Otsukare." You leave the office at 7 PM. "Otsukaresama deshita." You text a friend after a long day. "Otsukare." Same word. Hello, goodbye, thank you, good job, are you okay, see you tomorrow, nice work today. The original meaning has worn off. Linguists have actually studied this. What's left is hard to translate. It's closer to: I see you. I see your day. We're in this together. Japanese people say it dozens of times a day. So when someone tells you "otsukaresama," they're not really saying you look tired. They're just letting you know they noticed you.

@tuuu28283 Wouldn't even be a bother here in Wisconsin, brother! Some in the cities might not accept it, but everyone else would be fine.

アメリカの兄弟達 急に知らない日本人に Hey brother, can I ask you something? と言われたら嫌な気する？それとも兄弟呼びは誰に言われても嫌な気にならない？？

@tanpukunokami I love gari. Not just for the palate cleansing, but it's tasty! I often finish it even if I don't need it when my sushi is done.

That sliced ginger they always give you at sushi places. Remember it? It's called gari — fresh ginger pickled in sweet vinegar. Today people eat it between bites to reset their palate. More people love it than you'd think. But in the Edo era, sushi couldn't exist without it. Back then, sushi was street food. Eaten by hand. Raw fish, bare fingers. No napkins. No soap. No hand sanitizer. So what did they do? They used gari. The vinegar disinfected their fingers. The moisture kept rice from sticking. The ginger killed bacteria from raw fish. That sliced ginger isn't a side dish. It's Edo-era wisdom, sitting on the corner of your plate.

@dokidoki1969 @pirooooon3 I will say that at least from where I'm from (Wisconsin), our general mindset is quite similar where we don't want to cause problems. Midwest nice is a well-known thing for a reason!

@pirooooon3 予め日本の文化や習慣を勉強して合わせようとしてくれている外国人観光客は大歓迎です。① 他国まで来て、自国にいるのと同じ快適さや思考を要求する観光客は来ないでほしい。自分の国で楽しんでいれば良い。

@Jadestormchase Stay safe and have fun! One of my friends during meteorological school was a storm chaser and it was fun watching his stuff when he did! The US is an amazing place for some crazy storms and even crazier people, so you should fit right in!

アメリカの人へ これからストームチェイスのためにアメリカへ行きます

@tanpukunokami @Drowlord101 Protect that with your entire being!

@Drowlord101 50年前のアメリカは本当に子供が自由に一人で歩ける時代だったんですね。 今は安全面で大きく変わってしまったという実感、痛いほど伝わってきます。 日本では今も子供が安心して一人で出かけられる文化が残っているのが、本当に貴重だなと思います。 共有してくれてありがとう！

I was walking to school alone at 5 in 1995. Now, my school was within sight of the end of the road we lived on, but it was still not a close walk especially for a 5 year old. We used to let kids roam and "be home when the streetlights come on" but abductions became too common on cities, but rural areas are still more laid back and kids adventuring is still common.

Netflix has a show called Old Enough! Toddlers running errands. Alone. Westerners watch it like a horror film. Japanese people watch it like a Tuesday. In Japan, kids as young as 6 ride trains alone to school. The country isn’t careless — it’s built for them. Crossing guards. Volunteer patrols. Drivers who actually stop. That’s not luck. That’s design.

@threenotes_jp My area is probably the safest suburb of Milwaukee, so yeah, absolutely, but things aren't very close so waking at night is mostly for exercise.

海外のみんなへ。 あなたの国で、 夜に1人で歩いてても安全ですか？ 日本はかなり安全な方だと思います。

@learning_yohei If this is said when they walk in the door, it's a greeting and "I'm fine, thank you" is the typically response, but it is said from their chair/stool then you have a completely different answer. It's all about context 🤣

日本からこんにちは🇯🇵👋 アメリカ人に質問があります🇺🇸🙋 もし、アメリカ人の医者に、「ハウアーユー？」って聞かれたら、なんて答えればいいの？「アイム、ファイン、サンキュー.」でいいの？😳

@mogemaro0099 @V7NnRqa0uZbvFqZ That was my thinking! That is not a beautiful black woman at all while Elves are known for being very beautiful...

@V7NnRqa0uZbvFqZ 黒塗りだけならまだしもなんでこんなブッサイクにするんや😠

海外の絵師がフリーレンを黒人化して、日本のファンにブチ切れられている件について。 この手の黒塗り、昔なら日本人も大して気にしなかったんだろうけど。 「私の黒人化は多様性。あなたのは人種差別よ」みたいな事を言って来る奴があんまり多かったから、キレ返すようになったんだと思うよ。

I'd say that national median feels right because you have places where the cost of living is very low and others that are very high. My wife and I (before I lost my job) were approaching 200000 per year (~30 million yen) and with our family of now 6, it still would be l be hard some months.

アメリカの兄弟達 聞きづらいことなので 答えたくない方は答えなくて大丈夫です！ 兄弟達のお給料事情が知りたくて！ Grokにアメリカの年収聞いたら1000万円（6.5万〜7万ドル）くらいって言われたんですが本当？？ ちなみに僕は、アメリカの年収の半分の年収です！🤦 本業とUbereatsの配達員もしています🙃 こう見えて仕事たくさんしてます！🤭 Xに投げ銭システムあるなら兄弟達に投げ銭お願いしたいくらいです（冗談だよ！）

@Sowho_0 This is extremely interesting since there's only a couple of English dialects that aren't understandable to other English speakers, but all the main spoken ones are understandable between us all.

日本をもっと深く理解しようとしている外国人として、私はある興味深いことに気づきました。これまでただの「日本語」だと思っていたものは、実はもっと複雑だということです。 以前は、日本はほぼ「単一言語」の国だと思っていました…でも学べば学ぶほど、そうではないと感じています。 関西弁、東北弁、九州の方言、そして沖縄語やアイヌ語のような言語まで含めると、外からではなかなか気づかれない層があるように感じます。 そこで純粋に気になっています： – 方言の中には、日本人同士でも理解が難しいほど違うものはありますか？ – 状況によって標準語に切り替えたりしますか？ – 若い世代はこれらの方言を維持しているのでしょうか、それとも徐々に消えつつありますか？ – 沖縄のような場所では、日常生活で地域の言語はどのくらい使われていますか？ あまり語られない日本の一面があるように感じます。ぜひ実際の経験を聞かせてください。

My argument, as a Christian, is that Christ didn't teach forcing our beliefs on others (that's also a very Jewish thing as well) just that we should tell you what we believe and why and acceptance is up to you. If you don't choose Christianity, we'll be sad, but I firmly believe true belief cannot be forced. Also: "A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still"

@higureshuuen 『ふわっと付き合ってる』って表現、めちゃくちゃしっくりきますね。ガチすぎず、でも排除もせず、なんとなく良いとこ取りしたり表面を舐めたりして楽しむ距離感が日本人にはちょうどいいですね。 ベースが八百万の神々だから。押し付けられてキリスト教を全てとしろって言われたら反発する。

@KYuriel @higureshuuen My argument would be that with the protestant reformation that it brought the church back to its roots in Jesus and His words instead of whatever priests interpreted it as.

@higureshuuen キリスト教は長い時間と世代を重ねて、教義に対する解釈を変えるなど柔軟な発想が生まれたけど、イスラムにはそれが存在しない。