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> Town officials in Hakodate urged local people not to consume the stranded fish amid reports that some were gathering quantities to sell or eat. A sign of the
by alephnan 3y ago
> Town officials in Hakodate urged local people not to consume the stranded fish amid reports that some were gathering quantities to sell or eat.
A sign of the times compared to Japan’s days of excess peaking in the 80s. If you talk to older Japanese people, those who were in their 20s-30s during the 80s, it’s pretty common to hear about them visiting or even living in LA and NYC. Nowadays, only a third of Japanese people even have passports and Japan ranks lower in English literacy then developing countries like Vietnam.
- nextworddev 3y agoStill 3rd biggest economy in the world
- alephnan 3y agoYou’re saying this as if I am condescending on Japanese people. Something tells me the people negatively reacting to my comment are those who armchair worship the idea of Japan and its cultural exports, then put Japan on a golden pedestal. Americas the #1 economy, doesn’t mean the bottom rung of society is doing well or that it’s a desirable place to live. The economic ranking is irrelevant here. I actually live here and my plight is with the working class people who are struggling to get by.
- nojvek 3y agoAmerica is now the #2 economy. In PPP, China is now the largest economy.
- nextworddev 3y agoNah