Jpnexpert

Japan might be the best country to live in: Safe, clean, beautiful cities. Incredible infrastructure. Amazing food. Freedom to enjoy life. A society with real class. Japan should also be the global hub for startups and R&D. I write about Japan—and how it can become even better.

It is an unnecessary rail project in many ways. Not sure how many people will use this expensive rail, especially when the existing excellent rail system is already there. In fact, a large percentage of people do not use the current Shinkansen even when trains are running nearly empty, simply because of the high prices. Many choose uncomfortable buses or cheap airlines to save money. If ticket prices were reduced to one-third or so, most people would travel by Shinkansen and many would travel more often, unlike now. That would revitalize many regional economies too. On most routes, trains run nearly empty much of the time, yet discounts are given to rich foreign tourists while poor Japanese people get no discounts.

🇯🇵 Japan is spending $67B to build a high-speed train that floats. The Chuo Shinkansen Maglev line will get you from Tokyo to Osaka faster than a flight will (door-to-door) at up to 375 mph. They have wheels like other trains do, but magnetic levitation lifts them off the track entirely, eliminating friction and noise simultaneously. The ultimate challenge lies in the terrain. Because the route cuts straight through the Japanese Alps, nearly 90% of the line will run deep underground. To make a train float, engineers first have to move mountains. Source: The B1M YT

Exactly, I have been saying the same thing for a very long time too. Japan is great at customer service, but it also needs to treat its low-paid workers better. Customers generally do not care whether the cashier at the convenience store sits at the register or checks their mobile phone, as long as they do what customers expect when needed.

マジでずっと言ってるけど スーパーやコンビニのレジ係が立ちっぱなしのおかげで 熟年女性に足腰の痛みが生じて治療の必要が出てくる つまり社会保険料の無駄使いになってる 社会リソースの節約と思って、全てのスーパーやコンビニでレジ係の椅子ありにしてほしい

@DaveSockxgames @politicalawake That’s a problem, and I don’t support that either. Furthermore, I do not support people of any religion publicly displaying religion and demanding religion-based rights, regardless of the religion.

@jpnexpert @politicalawake It definitely can attract the best immigrants. Unfortunately they're letting in some of the worst.

This is Kondo Atsushi He's a member of the advisory council for Immigration Services Agency. Kondo went viral for suggesting that the solution to problems caused by foreigners is to give them Japanese citizenship. He used Germany & Canada as a successful model to follow.

Not sure why you people think Japan can attract only bad immigrants. Because of the low wages, it is difficult to attract the smartest people, but it is still possible to attract good immigrants from many countries. If the wages are competitive and the work is challenging, most smart people would prefer to work in Japan. Unfortunately, that is not the situation right now.

@jpnexpert @politicalawake Everywhere Japanese go they make the world better. Everywhere the 3rd world immigrants go they bring crime and rot. I would gladly welcome Japanese immigrants over the factually low IQ immigrants we get from the Middle East

@FuegoWTruth @politicalawake Not sure who gave him job visa. It will be an isolated case. Maybe he became mentally unstable, perhaps due to work pressure or workplace bullying. There’s no shortage of mentally unstable people in Japan. It’s just that other countries won’t give such people job visa.

@jpnexpert @politicalawake Are the Japanese doing this anywhere in the world at high rates? I'll wait for your response. x.com/i/status/20585…

@FuegoWTruth @politicalawake Again, no need to give visas to such people. Who is forcing anyone to hire such people and give visas to them? There are enough good and smart people in most countries. Even Japan has lots of weird people and other countries won’t give job visas to them.

@jpnexpert @politicalawake It's called Sharia with the death penalty keeping people in line. You cannot compare Japan vs UAE just on the immigration process. The point you're avoiding is admitting 3rd world savages don't belong in Japan.

Again, you are missing the point. Japan can easily attract the smartest people from around the world if it offers competitive salaries, but instead it brings in low-end workers and extremely religious people. The main problem in the US and the West is giving voting rights and citizenship so broadly. That is the difference compared to the UAE. The UAE gives jobs to millions of people from poor countries and helps lift their families out of poverty. Those workers do not create major problems there, even in huge numbers. I am not saying Japan needs such workers, but even if it does bring them in, they can be easily controlled.

@jpnexpert @politicalawake 🤣🤣🤣 The UAE is literally a microcosm of an immigration example. The slave labor they bring in is your example to show that Japanese people don't act like savages. Smart guy👍🏼 The savages causing problems in Japan is a prime example that Multi-Culturalism is a myth.

@DJDeckardCain @FuegoWTruth @politicalawake Says a barely educated guy without even basic comprehension skills! Have you even attended school?

@FuegoWTruth @jpnexpert @politicalawake It’s a bot. It’s hard for them to understand basic logic.

@wuhokay @politicalawake Who is forcing anyone to give visa to unwanted people? The criteria can be clearly defined, right?

@jpnexpert @politicalawake Nations Welcome Japanese. Nations are rejecting low IQ degenerates. This is not "uncomfortable"

@DJDeckardCain @politicalawake You can give us clues, then!

@jpnexpert @politicalawake Look, a clueless liberal.

You have extremely low comprehension skills! The UAE has 10 times more immigrants than locals. Most of them are barely educated laborers from developing and third-world countries. Still, it is one of the safest and most orderly countries in the world. Maybe that is still too much for your small brain to comprehend!

@jpnexpert @politicalawake Your respond speaks absolutely nothing to my response. Stay on topic or shut the F up.

The US and the West did their part in pushing the bubble narrative, and Japanese people and politicians fell for it. Instead of advising Japan on the right measures, they misled it. Surprisingly, many still haven’t realized that it was a massive blunder. Even China did not fully understand it and they repeated the mistake partially. At that time, many countries wanted Japan to decline, and the bubble narrative conveniently aligned with their wishful thinking.

You’re clearly more knowledgeable than me on this, but it was the start of the USA bullying and keeping Japan below them in my opinion 😅 The immediate yen price appreciation caused world class Japanese companies to take in less profits and revenue. Instead of the USA bullying and targeting Japanese companies, they should have just improved their own technology and companies imho. The Japanese products were just simply far superior and better value than American products…… We are seeing this now with China, but USA can’t bully China like they did Japan ☝️

It’s well known why Japan’s global market share has crumbled over the past few decades. 😩 The USA cockblocked them and screwed them over time and time again because they were scared of their rising economic power. Thankfully the Chinese has learnt from this….. Any country tied to the US dollar is at the mercy of the USA: 1981 : Voluntary export restraints on Japanese cars, forcing Japan to cap car exports 1985 : Plaza Accords. A coordinated dollar depreciation sent the yen sharply higher making Japanese exports less competitive. 1985 to 1987 : Semiconductor trade war, Reagan pushed Japan to open its chip market and stop dumping leading to sanctions on Japan. 1989 : section 301 pressure on Japan, targeting Japanese supercomputers, satellites, wood products. 1995 : Clinton threatened 100% tariffs on auto cars and parts. Post 1995 : US continued Section 301 Super 301 WTO disputes and frameworks to press Japan on market access in autos, telecoms, medical devices and IT/Semiconductors. 2018 : ECRA export control reform act expanded us authority over exports of tech and equipment giving Washington indirect leverage over non US companies 2022 : US forced Japan to join its export control regime on advanced chip making equipment to China. 23 controls on semiconductor equipment affected Japanese firms Tokyo Electron, Nikon, Screen Holding, Advantest. The list is endless…..

No need to give visas to extremely religious people. Isn’t it easy to figure out? I don’t like anyone displaying their religion publicly and certainly don’t like anyone displaying religion in public places and asking for religious rights, regardless of the religion. Isn’t that easy to control?

@jpnexpert @politicalawake another uncomfortable truth is that Japanese citizens abroad actually behave better (respect for country and culture) than most of those other third world islamic immigrants who want to conquer you and change your country to suit them.

@PhilliusIam @politicalawake This is not a popular narrative. In fact, most people may not be aware of it. At least, I haven’t heard anyone saying it.

@jpnexpert @politicalawake Why is this uncomfortable?

The UAE has 10 times more immigrants than locals, yet it remains one of the safest countries in the world. The West and the US made the mistake of giving voting rights and citizenship to all kinds of immigrants and their relatives. Japan does not follow that model. Japan’s system is closer to the UAE’s, with very few people obtaining citizenship or voting rights.

@jpnexpert @politicalawake Japanese people don't act like savages when they are in other countries. See how I simplified it for you.

Does it matter? Which country’s people are supposedly tipping the democratic balance? Are you talking about tourists or laborers? The UAE has 10 times more immigrants than locals, yet it remains one of the safest countries in the world. The West and the US made the mistake of giving voting rights and citizenship to all kinds of immigrants and their relatives. Japan does not follow that model. Japan’s system is closer to the UAE’s, with very few people obtaining citizenship or voting rights.

@jpnexpert @politicalawake Are they all in the one country and tipping its demographic balance?

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Not at all. Investors are not stupid. Look at even Bitcoin. The issue was that they never imagined the government would make such a massive blunder. Banks around the world continue to provide 80–100% loans even in markets where prices have risen 30 times or more. That is considered normal and is happening globally. The difference is that most countries did not deliberately crash their own asset markets through extreme policy actions. China may have made a somewhat similar mistake to some extent, but very few others have done what Japan did.

@jpnexpert 지금 말하는 부가 레버리지가 아니고 순자산이었다면 문제 될게 있었을까? 금리인상과 대출 규제에 영향 받을 일이 없겠지? 그 모든것이 빚 부채로 쌓아올린 빚더미 모래성이었다는게 문제지. 그걸 부 라고 착각하는걸 못버린건가?

한국의 아파트는 이제 답이 없다. 지금 상태에서 한국이 할수 있는 선택은 딱 하나다. 금리 인상. 지금 상태에선 매물도 거둬들이고 버티고 하는데 경매는 사상 최대 수준임. 자발적으로는 절대로 해결이 안된다는 거다. 이건 일본이랑 똑같다. 20%-30% 인하해서 매물 내놓으면 팔려야 하지 않나? 아니, 절대로 안팔린다. 지금 수십억대 아파트 보유자 중 상당수는 10배 정도 오른 가격이다. 2021년 정도 부터 아파트를 매수한 사람들은 속이 타들어 갈 것이다. 하지만 그 당시 가격은 이미 대한민국 역사상 거품이 최고치인 상태에서 구입을 한 것이다. 일본도 똑 같은 상황을 겪었다. 결국 금리인상을 통해서 지금의 2배 3배 매물이 나오고 경매가 지금의 몇배로 나와야 해결이 될 것이다. 이건 어쩔 수 없는 상황. 정확하게 일본도 그런 상황이었고 그래서 대출을 규제하고 금리를 올린 것이지. 곧 피봇이 나올수 밖에 없는 상황. 아파트는 향후 5~6년은 지속적으로 떨어질 것이다. 왜? 살수가 없거든 지금의 임금 수준으로는 살 수가 없거든. 삼전 하닉은 가능할 지 모르지만. 또 하나 일본의 사례에서 찾아 볼 수 있는 특징을 한국에 대입해 보면, 강남에 3억 4억이면 살 수 있는 오피스텔이 찾아보면 있는데, 요즘에 부자들이 이런거 현금 주고 산다. 예전에는 대출받아서 사고 그랬지만, 요즘에는 대출도 작기 때문에.. 그리고 나홀로 가구의 증가로 이런 오피스텔의 수요가 급격히 늘어날 거다. 아파트는 앞으로 5년 하락하면 그 이후에 동력 같은 건 없다. 이미 한국은 인구 절벽 상태다. 수요가 급격히 떨어지고 있다는 것이다. 1인 ~2인 가구도 대출이 막히고 금리가 오르는데, 아파트를 살 이유가 없는거다. 혼자 사는데 돈 깔고 앉고, 매달 이자에 원금 대출 갚아가면서 산다? 요즘처럼 직장도 불안하고 취업도 힘든 시기에? 요즘 부자 동네도 강제 경매가 많다. 아파트 잘못 사면 평생 거지 꼴을 못면한다.