Shane

Matcha drinker. Potter. Recovering translator.

[Shane @ShaneJ614]

@oliverbeige @jemenger @naval @balajis @MarikaKatanuma
Hi, I’m an American living in Japan. This is my on-the-ground report of Japan’s corona situation—what the rest of the world can learn from Japan, and what Japan needs to still be concerned about.

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@phil2178 Must not have been around during the Jason Dufner years.

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@justalexoki You're becoming human.

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@lost_nomad__ You'd probably need to ask China to build it for you.

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@S1apSh0es This is every Japanese suburb.

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@4vmrv For one thing, doors open on different sides depending on the station, so having two rows in the middle blocking the ability to get from one side to the other is a nonstarter.

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@todayyearsold It's slowly killing Americans.

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@SilentSt0rmX Niku no Hi (Meat Day) on the 29th (NI - 2; KU - 9) of the month.

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@chadmumm Original Torrey North was so fun to play though as a resident.

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@ThatEricAlper Shooting.

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In the 90s I used to arrive every day at the then modest-sized Shibuya Station blissfully unaware that there was a massive, massive expansion project underway right beneath my feet.

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Japan builds infrastructure while operating it. Most countries can't even build it from scratch. Difference?

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@Noahpinion You must not be familiar with Yahoo Japan.

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@tonarino_masaru I love Japan. I live here. But can we just stop this nonsense once and for all?

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@MWPutters Change that to Red and you might be on to something.

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@zhao_dashuai I've been in this country for 15 years, know many Japanese, and have never met one who practices intermittent fasting.

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@gaiaslastlaugh There are many highly fluent non-native speakers of Japanese. The number of these that can also read & write at an equivalent level is much, much smaller.

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@jedwill You do know that she's fully bilingual, right?

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@XenoftheRath It's worth noting that this same ex-sumo wrester, who was a top-division rikishi when he was active, was soundly defeated by an actual heavyweight MMA fighter not long ago.

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@lifeisnthatsad Rice is loaded with sugar.

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@z1papq There are many excellent English-native Japanese speakers out there. Like learning any other language, just takes focus, dedication, and lots of practice. The spoken language is actually quite straightforward. The written language is another story.

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@LouiseWeebe A Man. A Plan. A Canal. Panama.