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Vivinavi Los AngelesThe wisdom and power of Japanese people living abroad will make Japan a better society.
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- ILOVEJAPAN
- 2022/05/19 13:15
As you have lived in the U.S. for a longer period of time, don't you start to see the good and bad aspects of Japan, and the aspects that need to be corrected?
If I had not come to the U.S., I would not have noticed that some things are common knowledge in the U.S. I am not an American fanatic by any means.
I have seen and know a lot of the "messiness" and bad aspects of America. However, there are many reasonable and good aspects. The purpose of this topic is to discuss everyday examples, and to get the word out and spread from this place to Japan.
My dream is that some local government in Japan will discover this topic and start working with the topics discussed in the topic and say, "Let's create a model city ! that is different from what Japan has been used to.
The topics are limited to topics related to Japan.
Politics, economy, weak police force, corona problem, injection problem, working style, internet diffusion, stocks, virtual currency, English education, prices, land prices, earthquake, defense problem, lack of credit card diffusion, lack of my number diffusion, health insurance, retirement benefits, tax evasion friendly society, criminal friendly Self-Defense Forces are paid too little, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc. ? Let's discuss anything else.This text has been translated by auto-translation. There may be a slight difference between the original text and the translation. (Original Language: 日本語)
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- 質
- 2022/05/19 (Thu) 16:12
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The quality is high in Japan in every area. The food, the products, the service.
If it weren't for the bad influence of the US, it would be number one in the world by now.This text has been translated by auto-translation. There may be a slight difference between the original text and the translation. (Original Language: 日本語)
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- 。。。
- 2022/05/19 (Thu) 20:46
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futility
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- 倍金萬
- 2022/05/20 (Fri) 09:29
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I am already a U.S. citizen, so I have a very different way of thinking from Topix.
To be clear, I don't care how Japan is compared to here or where it is changing.
If I had to say something, I would say that I go to Japan once a year to "seek a nostalgic Japan" and "feel the nature and climate unique to Japan". I have not been able to do so for the past few years, and I am getting frustrated.The only thing that bothers me when I travel to Japan is that credit cards are not widely accepted. People who are in Japan and proud to be Japanese say out loud that Japan is a "very safe country" and no one cares if you have multiple 10,000 yen bills in your wallet sticking out of the back pocket of your pants, and that you won't get robbed.
However, as a long time resident here, I never carry $100 bills and pay for all my purchases with credit cards. I am so accustomed to this that when I travel to Japan, I am inconvenienced by the fact that I cannot pay by credit card everywhere. The best example is the fact that most cases of purchasing Suica and tickets on JR and private railways do not take cards. I've heard that recently there are more and more ticket machines that accept credit cards, but that seems to be mainly at terminal stations in big cities, and if you go even a little bit to the countryside, you are required to pay with cash in almost all of them.
Ikenne, I think I went a little too narrow...
Well, I guess we are both "frogs in the well" as superpowers, so we can't afford to have "big differences" or "disappointments".
"Make Japan a better society. Let's make the "society" we live in better than that.This text has been translated by auto-translation. There may be a slight difference between the original text and the translation. (Original Language: 日本語)
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- 倍金萬
- 2022/05/20 (Fri) 10:54
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> Mobile Suica
Mobile Suica is also known as "Osaifu-Keitai", right?
Mobile phones available in the U.S. do not have "mobile wallet" function.
Japanese "Osaifu-Keitai" has a chip called FeliCa, which is unique to Japan, and
cell phones with FeliCa chips are not available in the US at all.
This is a stupid idea.This text has been translated by auto-translation. There may be a slight difference between the original text and the translation. (Original Language: 日本語)
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- 倍金萬
- 2022/05/20 (Fri) 11:00
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I have Google Pay on my phone and I can pay at stores with it, but
I can't pay in Japan because it doesn't have a FeliCa chip.
Even iPhones available here do not have a FeliCa chip.This text has been translated by auto-translation. There may be a slight difference between the original text and the translation. (Original Language: 日本語)
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- ILOVEJAPAN
- 2022/05/20 (Fri) 11:56
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Thank you all for your prompt and varied comments.
On the topic from me, the issue of the erroneous transfer of 46.3 million yen in Corona benefits.There were many things that surprised me when I saw the News. The information data of the town residents was input into a floppy disk by the person in charge of the town office. The supervisor did not check it, but took the floppy disk to a nearby bank and handed it to the bank and made a verbal request, saying, "Please send the money as it is put in this floppy disk. The bank remitted the money with that information. After receiving 46.3 million yen by mistake, the 24-year-old man moved the money to another location, where it was neatly spent.
I was astonished to learn that they still have this way of doing business, and that they are still doing it.
If there had been
a hundred steps to prevent the receiving bank from immediately withdrawing a large deposit ( for example, a 7-day hold ) even if the floppy data was wrong and the money was misdirected, it might have turned out differently.
In this one example, if you are a US resident, you would have to change to this kind of system. I think everyone would immediately realize that.
Japan is a developed country, however, I see areas where we have not progressed at all in these areas for decades, and where there is no power to change it.
What do you think ?This text has been translated by auto-translation. There may be a slight difference between the original text and the translation. (Original Language: 日本語)
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- ni
- 2022/05/21 (Sat) 14:15
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Japan's biggest no-no is probably its education system.
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- 倍金萬
- 2022/05/22 (Sun) 09:03
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Oya, Oya,
Oh, say ・ Fumihiro Jyosuke ・ is you.
I have not the slightest gratitude for you.
> Why don't you just charge your Suica card with your credit card and use it
Around 2015, you could buy and charge Suica cards at JR Midori-no madoguchi with your credit card, but a few years after that Midori-no madoguchi ・ both Suica card vending machines only accept cash.
I don't know what is happening now, but did you charge your Suica card with a credit card recently?This text has been translated by auto-translation. There may be a slight difference between the original text and the translation. (Original Language: 日本語)
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- JJ
- 2022/05/23 (Mon) 20:13
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In Japan, there are still so many stores where cards are not accepted. I guess it is a manual question, but I don't think it is necessary. There are still many people who do not have a credit card, and even if they have a card, many of them put it away in their wardrobe, saying, "If I use my card, my debt will increase and I will be in big trouble !.
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- 倍金萬
- 2022/05/24 (Tue) 09:45
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> Did you mean to make one payment ?
Sure, sure, I didn't understand what you were saying at the beginning either.
Isn't there a system in Japan where you can pay the amount you want to pay on the settlement date of your card on your own?
I have all my credit cards, utilities, and cell phone payments set to Auto Pay and automatically
deducted from my bank account automatically.
> I mean, it's a cell phone
> Even Marukai is mobile over here
Do they think it's so cool to pay by cell phone?
I used to use Google Pay a lot when it started, but it was a hassle to take out my phone and turn it on every time I wanted to pay.
Now it's one action - just take out your credit card and tap it. Especially at Costco gas stations, I just tap my credit card first and do nothing else.
> You can use it right away, then ask questions. Please speak Japanese....This text has been translated by auto-translation. There may be a slight difference between the original text and the translation. (Original Language: 日本語)
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- 倍金萬
- 2022/06/02 (Thu) 08:11
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Also, in Japan, when you use a debit card with credit card functions, you have to put in your PIN, but the card terminal asks you to put in your PIN even if it is a pure credit card.
I gave up on card payment once because of this. I have to ask my PIN from the credit card company before I go to Japan next time...
Sorry for derailing the thread, Topix.This text has been translated by auto-translation. There may be a slight difference between the original text and the translation. (Original Language: 日本語)
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- 田舎君
- 2022/06/02 (Thu) 09:58
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In Japan, many stores do not allow returns, so shoppers are cautious.
In the U.S., it became a hot topic when a youtuber revealed that returned luxury bags are cut to shreds by store employees and thrown away in garbage bags.I know there are many circumstances, but it is better to be able to return it. This text has been translated by auto-translation. There may be a slight difference between the original text and the translation. (Original Language: 日本語)
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- ないない
- 2022/06/02 (Thu) 10:30
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↑ I'm kidding, that's a laugh.
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> #47 double money ten thousand
If you say you don't have a PIN, you can just sign it.This text has been translated by auto-translation. There may be a slight difference between the original text and the translation. (Original Language: 日本語)
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Totally agree with #17
that needs to change from there, everything is what they want it to be.This text has been translated by auto-translation. There may be a slight difference between the original text and the translation. (Original Language: 日本語)
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- 倍金萬
- 2022/06/04 (Sat) 09:10
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> If you tell them you don't have a PIN, they can just sign it
I see, that's a way to do it.
But when I experienced it, I gave up because I thought the purchase would not be completed without the PIN.
In any case, I was surprised at the difference between the Japanese system and ours, since we don't require a PIN for purchases made with a credit card here.
Next time I go to Japan, I will contact my VISA card company to get a PIN in advance.This text has been translated by auto-translation. There may be a slight difference between the original text and the translation. (Original Language: 日本語)
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#52 Double Money Million
You need a pin to withdraw money from a bank ATM ?
You also need a pin to cash out at a grocery store
?
Or maybe you leave it to your wife ?.This text has been translated by auto-translation. There may be a slight difference between the original text and the translation. (Original Language: 日本語)
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- ni
- 2022/06/04 (Sat) 16:52
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In the Showa period, many of you were probably taught by your Jikyogumi teachers that the Emperor was a war criminal and that a national anthem that honors him was immoral. Also, weren't they told to read the Asahi Shimbun's Tenseijingo? And then, we are led to the "Yutori" education, which is a horrible story.
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- 倍金萬
- 2022/06/05 (Sun) 09:21
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Gonko,
> You need a pin to withdraw money from a bank ATM ?
When traveling in Japan, many guest houses and stores only accept cash. However, in Japan, there is no need to pay cash at all and I have not paid cash recently. When I pay for car wash by credit card, I ask them to add the Tip to the amount of the car wash fee, and then I get the amount in cash and give it to them as a Tip.
Even so, I still keep a few $ 20, $ 5, and $ 1 bills in my wallet just in case.
Ah, there was one. I've been to a small Mexican restaurant that only takes cash, so I pay cash there. So when I go there, I check my wallet before I go out because I am worried.This text has been translated by auto-translation. There may be a slight difference between the original text and the translation. (Original Language: 日本語)
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