@nipponbynumbers@YahooNewsTopics Favorability coincides with Japan’s competitiveness versus Korea. Japan seems pretty harmless today as its real industries left are tourism, arts and entertainment.
@reformedsinner@theepicmap Not really. Japan is increasingly importing a lot of Indian immigrants b/c the JPY is so weak that Korean, Chinese and even Vietnamese migrant labor no longer finds it worthwhile.
@mitocx5@ShuseiNishi The problem is the youth will not be given the opportunity as Japan’s elderly demographic means politics favor the old and financial spending is disproportionately must be spent on carrying their dead weight instead of the new potential growth and development.
@BoringMClub@MartinR66803484@KobeissiLetter Older generation of nuclear power plants maybe but the newest generation are built with a lot more passive safety measures so even if there is a power outage unlike Fukushima which had both its main power and back up system experience power outage.
@Greatness17144@zubiqo@unusual_whales It’s also because German labor is the even more expensive than in the US and stupid energy policy making manufacturing uneconomical.
@yifever@qquinnsworth Japan cares more about perfection NOT efficiency. They spending hundreds hours ensure something that’s a B grade is A+ instead. China focuses on making Bs b/c time, effort and cost is optimized for ROI.
@MKalwasinski Meanwhile in the US, nominal value has increased mostly because global GDP is measured in USD but real value has actually decreased with gold now outperforming financial assets including the stock market the past few decades.
@ArZsw0kbrsmLFup@xiaocongcong88 It’s a trade off between the state or society. Freedom to do whatever is legal but more heavy handed state or less restrictive government but having to deal with lots of social taboos and traditions governing how you speak or act with others.
@ArZsw0kbrsmLFup@xiaocongcong88 Law and Order are enforced in cultures either via society or the state. Japan and Korea lean heavily on societal norms and expectations to instill civil behavior. China is different, people are a lot more laid back and don’t really care what you do so long as it’s legal.