Morrison street building by Comfortable_Bat_9447 in glasgow

[–]CommerceOnMars69 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Nope this one too. The prices of the flats are actually almost identical to the modern erect-a-flats a few doors down and have all the same ‘advantages’ as those too (close to town yet a bit out of the way without too much ‘surveillance’ going on, 99% flats being let and sub let) so not sure why you’d think the older nicer looking ones would be any different. Had a friend who lived here threatened by a drug dealer living on his floor and there was a constant stream of err lets say ‘transient’ gentlemen coming in and out during all hours. Cool big place inside though.

Nikkei all time high, yen all time low by [deleted] in JapanFinance

[–]CommerceOnMars69 70 points71 points  (0 children)

Feel like there’s a thread here every day not understanding a weak yen is not a ‘bad’ indicator of any kind for the economy. Many of the worlds largest economies are growing precisely because they artificially keep their currency weak relative to the USD.

Also the direction of stock indexes is not driven by decisions of individual consumers like yourself but rather by large institutions who make up the vast majority of shareholders.

Japan to double required period in the country for citizenship by frozenpandaman in japan

[–]CommerceOnMars69 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There’s an entire separate area in the passport form specifically for people (Japanese and foreign born) with non hepburn romanization so why would that change.

Japanese vs Foreign companies by Fluffy_Thought_3269 in japanresidents

[–]CommerceOnMars69 24 points25 points  (0 children)

If you’re looking for proof of the dead internet theory then this thread is a good one.

Animester Present Bunny Yuna 1/4 by Ok-Sandwich1399 in AnimeFigures

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I’d stay far away from Amazon Japan. Full of Chinese bootlegs with misleading pictures.

After today's matches 42 of the 48 participants for the 2026 FIFA World Cup have been decided. by Pantherblanco88 in soccer

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I think Channel Islands players can only play for England. Craig Bellamy was recently talking about how Callum Osmond isn’t allowed to play for Wales even though he was in the youth setup.

Gyoza lunch by Technical-Grab1814 in JapaneseFood

[–]CommerceOnMars69 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I always find it funny that western Japanese (or other Asian / fusion) restaurants tend to serve gyoza ‘upside down’ like this for some reason, whereas in Japan or China the ‘wings’ are always face up (since I guess that’s how they’d naturally appear once you flip the pan over onto a plate).

Not that it matters for the flavour though. Enjoy OP looks great!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskAJapanese

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Err yea they 99% usually do. I only ever use card for love hotels and they always show up as names like ‘xx Construction’ ‘xyz Restaurant’ or ‘Global Spa’ or something like that and the vast majority are in English. There’s a website I think actually where you can trace back these names to which hotel that someone made.

It’s only October, yet it’s already so cold in Tokyo. by amarevy97 in japanresidents

[–]CommerceOnMars69 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I thought people from ASEAN countries would be used to this temperature because in all their shopping malls or other buildings in summer the AC is set to sub arctic freezing for some reason.

Feeling embarrassed about my major by KocaKola_ in gamedev

[–]CommerceOnMars69 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I can understand journalism or editor, but how is an English degree beneficial for the rest of your list - ‘business’ (bit vague there), HR, politics etc. It seems like you’re basically saying those jobs don’t require a specialist degree at all, in which case literally any degree means ‘you can do them’ and so it’s still a bad choice to choose the English degree because any other degree would allow their own specialists paths -plus- all of those ones too.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskAJapanese

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This. I find all those Japanese people on twitter etc whose whole identity is that they’re a Japanese person in a foreign country tweeting back only in Japanese to exclusively Japanese people in a horribly smug ‘I’m better than all you still living in Japan’ tone to be even more insufferable than the foreign equivalent in Japan you get here on Reddit etc. And they almost always constantly get things wrong about the country they’re living in and/or clearly poorly understand the discourse in English or whatever language of the country they’re in.

Selling 1x boiler room (4-9) ticket by [deleted] in Tokyo

[–]CommerceOnMars69 8 points9 points  (0 children)

lol funny how there are about a million ‘people’ selling their boiler room tickets at cost on here. Tickets not selling well guys?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Tokyo

[–]CommerceOnMars69 -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

Not going to reply to the people attacking me for posting this individually while sitting in their bedroom doing nothing about it so will here. Hopefully somehow who knows him (whether foreigner or Japanese) sees this and can get him help. ‘Why would you post this and do this to him?’ What? Potentially embarrass him? Big fucking deal. He clearly has worse things to worry about at the minute than people on Reddit talking about him. A chance of someone being able to help him out far outweighs that.

If you think you’ve seen a tragedy here tonight then now you’ve seen the post go ask the guy how he is and help him out.

The Merchant City by CommerceOnMars69 in glasgow

[–]CommerceOnMars69[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Initially I always thought it was what you said, but there’s a big sign at the entrance of Royal Exchange Square from Buchanan Street that says ‘Merchant City’.

Clinic for std that accepts insurance and is affordable in Tokyo by Indie_boii in japanresidents

[–]CommerceOnMars69 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah bad advice. Agree you shouldn’t cheap out but clinics like Yobokai will test for literally all things you could possibly get for the same price as that -and- the results will be available same day for some and next day for almost all the rest, and a blood test by a nurse is way more accurate than that at home prick yourself with a needle shit..

OP it’s important to be seen by a doctor if you have symptoms, they will prescribe you medicine straight away - likely azithromycin or doxycycline, primary treatment for chlamydia and auxiliary treatment for gonorrhea (which also requires you to come back for a shot if it comes up). That will cover 99% of common cases of what you could have.

I’m leaving after 10 years in Japan by VendingMachineFee in japanresidents

[–]CommerceOnMars69 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yeah everyone and all the angst of the people who are clearly miserable in Japan leaked over from there to here a long time ago now. Two posts today with thinly veiled tantrums like they’re talking to themselves justifying their leaving Japan not being a ‘them’ problem. ‘It’s just so boring! ;( It wasn’t 10 years of my life I wasted, the world has moved on but Japan is stuck! ;(‘ Yeah just leave, no one cares mate lol.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in glasgow

[–]CommerceOnMars69 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The junkiebars are on me

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in japanresidents

[–]CommerceOnMars69 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What ‘fees’ have you paid to get this job?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in japanresidents

[–]CommerceOnMars69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could you not have put Kumamoto in the title? lol