Japan is just like any other shithole. Every type of scammer, loser, druggy, murderer, pedo, etc., etc. exists here. Japan is not special. Japan is not a perfect society. Anything but, I’m afraid. Live here long enough and you will see your rose-tinted glass melt away...

People do live like that in Tokyo. Actually a documentary about it floating around out there. Some have a choice, some do it just to be able to live in Tokyo. People are still brainwashed into thinking Tokyo is some dream mecca. Kinda sad.

Lucky! First thing I do when I visit the Philippines is stop at Jollibee at the airport. I’ll be living there next year though, so I’ll have all the Jollibee I want! My jealousy will not last forever!!

Philippines has pretty much every American fast food restaurant. Not to mention Jollibee. Not American, but omg Jollibee. I could totally go for some spaghetti and chicken joy right now....

That raised my eyebrow as well.

That raised my eyebrow as well.

Same BS that is going on with the mini NES in the US is going on with the mini-famicom here in Japan. Just can’t find it.

You find one? I’ve been everywhere except Yodobashi Camera and I’ve yet to find one.

Not to be pedantic but in the examples you used, refugees would be the correct terminology. Immigrants choose freely to leave with both countries in agreement. Refugees are forced to leave their country, in some manner.

Thanks for the reply. It’s as bad as I thought it seems. Worse even.

I really would like to know what happened to Konami. It basically imploded from some of the worst business decisions I’ve seen in the gaming industry in a long time.

Age test. We are old.

1000% agreed. My wife has a Honda Life, I have a Toyota Hi-Lux Surf. The Life is good for short trips to run errands and that’s it. They are small, uncomfortable, powerless death boxes. Have a child? Don’t even consider a kei-car. If it wasn’t for my Surf, we’d go crazy.

I think it’s fair to say these stereotypes are usually enforced by those who never actually lived in, or even visited Japan extensively enough to notice that Japan is just another country with slobs and trash and problems just like anywhere else. All you have to do is drive down any heavily traveled road in Japan to…

Don't forget Moonies diapers!

*yawn*

2 people bullshitting, actually!

They were absolutely real people. These are real graves, at an actual shrine. Been there.

BF and CM are not national holidays....

I no longer have excuses when people ask me wtf is wrong with Americans. (Trump questions. Gun questions. Americans fear of universal healthcare. Etc.) Not just to Japanese either, but other expats here as well. I just say I’ve been gone too long, and no longer understand what’s going on. Which isn’t far from the…

Golden Week is ridiculous. Besides the silly schedule; work today, Tuesday-Thursday off, back to work Friday, Saturday and Sunday off...it's really in your best interest to just stay home. Wife and I are, of course. But it's certainly amusing to see people think it's a requirement to push through crowds, get stuck in…