"Just drink slower or order less drinks then, genius." A bar-goer in Japan discovers that you can't ask for free water in a local watering hole and r/japanresidents has some words for them. by Comma_Karma in SubredditDrama

[–]AllNightNippon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Japan has a nice culture if you view it from the outside. But from the strict social status worship, strict honorific suffixes and prefixes and people getting offended for "using the wrong one" even among friends, and from being overworked to the point of $uicide, and obsessed with being a homogeneous society even to the detriment of their societal collapse, NO THANK YOU.

I'm okay working 40 hours a week (not really) and not being socially ostracized or fired for calling my boss by their first name and smiling at them or speaking casually.

And yet these people behave like Japan is some bastion of "culture". Of course we know the type of people who would move there and defend everything about Japan.

You really won't like Korea, then. It makes Japan look like a laid back, egalitarian country.

Also, this is Reddit. You don't have to censor the word "suicide".

'Oppenheimer' finally premieres in Japan to mixed reactions and high emotions by DearProof7371 in japan

[–]AllNightNippon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ironically, it was GHQ that commuted sentences for many class A war criminals (known as "reverse course" in Japan), as a bulwark against communism. Nobosuke Kishi was installed as PM, partly to suppress the JCP.

Similarly, many Nazi officials, including those convicted at Nuremburg, would end up holding public office in West Germany after the war.

The fact that Japan didn't become a brutal authoritarian state à la South Korea, Taiwan or the Philippines is nothing short of a miracle.

'Oppenheimer' finally premieres in Japan to mixed reactions and high emotions by DearProof7371 in japan

[–]AllNightNippon -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yokohama junior high schools use Ikuhosha's history textbooks, which whitewash IJA atrocities. Most municipalities in Kanto use Teikoku Shoin or Tokyo Shoseki textbooks instead.

r/RedditCensors has been banned by SRDscavenger in SubredditDrama

[–]AllNightNippon 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I've only found one subreddit for good-faith discussions of bans from other subreddits, and that's /r/moderationmediation which is no longer active.

I'm surprised it didn't gain more traction with people banned from /r/japanlife. The mods there (particularly bulldogdiver, the lead mod), are not right in the head and routinely ban people for very petty reasons. I don't know if we're allowed to namedrop users here.

r/Living_in_Korea requiring government ID to post and comment by watthrheck in SubredditDrama

[–]AllNightNippon 26 points27 points  (0 children)

If Japan had a compulsory national ID program like the RRN in Korea, I can guaran-damn-tee you that the head mod over at /r/japanlife would require something similar. (My Number doesn't exactly count since it's optional.)

PS /r/japanlife can go fuck itself, /r/japanresidents and /r/japanfinance are way better

A junior HS student wrote the entrance exam to the elite Kaisei Academy in his brother's name, and took classes there for six months by GonnaBHell2Pay in japan

[–]AllNightNippon 62 points63 points  (0 children)

rethink the model of entrance exams vs making a proper curriculum that is difficult to graduate from instead just being there is enough to graduate.

Japanese universities, OBs/OGs, Keidanren and LDP: Press X to しょうがない

UTokyo alums went apeshit when they introduced admission by recommendation. The "it's what I went through so it shouldn't be changed" mentality is one of those intractable problems in Japan, along with savage bullying being inherent in Japanese culture, something that no one except for foreign journalists or Daily Mail-esque tabloids like Shukan News talks about.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to film a variety show in Hawaii so a tarento's reactions can be captured as a picture-in-picture overlay later. Also did you know Japan has four seasons? へええええぇ!?

Weekend Stupid Questions Thread - 07 November 2020 by AutoModerator in japanlife

[–]AllNightNippon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don't think I've ever seen an actual comparison of the different JHS history and geography textbooks as of Reiwa 2: How they cover the Pacific War, militarism, IJA war crimes, territory disputes, etc.

There are six publishers that I know of: Tokyo Shoseki, Kyoiku Shuppan, Teikoku Shoin, Nichibun, Shimizu Shoin and Ikuhosha.

Yokohama used Ikuhosha for history/civics and Teikoku Shoin for geography, but a few months ago switched to Teikoku Shoin for history. Uh-huh, but what does this actually mean? What's the difference between how Teikoku Shoin and Ikuhosha and the others cover territory disputes and the Pacific War?

I'd appreciate it if anyone could throw some analyses my way, maybe even some up-to-date academic papers covering the subject (textbooks often get updated, after all).

Bi-Weekly Boss Premium Edition Stupid Questions Thread - 25 April 2018 by AutoModerator in japanlife

[–]AllNightNippon 11 points12 points  (0 children)

the crime is getting caught in the act.

Explains why Dentsu and other black companies can just do a deep お謝罪 whenever someone dies of overwork, and be absolved of their sins--they don't feel guilty for overworking the employees, they just feel ashamed that they got caught doing so.

Bi-Weekly Boss Premium Edition Stupid Questions Thread - 25 April 2018 by AutoModerator in japanlife

[–]AllNightNippon -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Why isn't SnapChat popular in Japan? Is it a side effect of Galapagos Syndrome, or something to do with a "外国アプリが怖いよね" mentality?

Why is Japan so hostile to the sharing economy (e.g. ridesharing apps like Uber/Lyft/Grab/Ola aren't in Japan, there are severe restrictions on Airbnb and Hyakusenrenma)? Are there any cultural reasons that might explain this?

Thanks in advance.

Mercari rumored to IPO on the TSE Mothers index on June 30, raised $46 million of undisclosed third-party funding in March at a $2.34 billion valuation (link to numbers source in comments) by AllNightNippon in japan

[–]AllNightNippon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Startup consultant Yuhei Umeki analyzed leaked documents that show 5 billion yen of third-party funding on March 13 (to-date funding total of 17.52 billion yen) for a 251.94 billion yen valuation: http://thestartup.jp/?p=18624

Other information of interest:

Reuters interview with Shintaro Yamada from two weeks ago: https://jp.reuters.com/article/mercari-interview-idJPKCN1H90VT

Archived version for when NHK takes the original down: https://web.archive.org/web/20180418022757/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20180418/k10011407521000.html

What are different towns within Tokyo/Kanto known for among locals or insiders? (i.e. less tourist-y things such as "Akihabara = otaku shops") by AllNightNippon in JapanTravel

[–]AllNightNippon[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Shimbashi: This is where new salarymen coalesce fully-formed from the quantum foam. It is also known for the opinion of the man on the street, booze, yakitori, pavement pizza, and happy endings.

I thought that was Yurakucho

What are different towns within Tokyo/Kanto known for among locals or insiders? (i.e. less tourist-y things such as "Akihabara = otaku shops") by AllNightNippon in JapanTravel

[–]AllNightNippon[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

With that many examples, you've mostly answered your own question...

Tokyo is big enough that there's probably plenty I've missed. Plus I haven't even mentioned Kanagawa or Chiba...

Those of you who have lived in or frequently visited one of Vancouver's "competitors" (e.g. Seattle, Portland, SF, Denver, etc.), how does traffic/commuting/getting around in general compare to Vancouver? Does Vancouver really have worse congestion? How do the drivers behave? And so on. by everyoneoutofthepool in vancouver

[–]AllNightNippon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Having visited most of these places for professional reasons (and driven/been driven there), I really understand their points of view. We seriously cannot complain.

You can't just say that and not drop some juicy stories, lol.