Be nice if people actually voted instead of just bitched about it on the internet. Elections last year were shockingly poorly attended, which is why we are in this mess.

Says the person not living in Japan and paying Japanese taxes, I presume. Nobody here supports this shit.

I’ve found Japanese people tend to assume all East Asians are Japanese no matter how they dress. My former boss was Chinese and looked nothing like a typical Japanese person yet people always spoke to him in Japanese, which he did not understand. Kind of funny.

I think you need to calibrate your ability to read emotions - she was definitely NOT cold, you could tell she cared about her old friend. That wasn’t an “OK, see ya!” bright smile, either.

Ah, I misunderstood you. Yes.

Strange how people don’t like armed members of a foreign army in their country, isn’t it?

Not all Palestinians are Muslims, not all Israelis are Jews.

Clearly the opinion of someone who has never traveled anywhere.

I watched a couple doing DDR, perfectly, with their backs to the screen. Impressive.

These aren’t the same people killing themselves....?

My parents bought an ex-rental car when I was a kid. It was a great idea to save some money!

Not in the US, but I pay about $750 a year for full coverage on my sports car in the Tokyo area. Insurance is pretty cheap - though the mandatory portion of the car insurance is included in the annual car tax, which is about $330 for my car.

Insurance companies care about where the car is parked, not where your driver’s license and bills say you live. Be careful!

“Historically atrocious” - still better than the Cubbies.

I saw the trailer in the theater and thought it looked fine. I’d rather there be a great story and good action rather than fret about effects that to be honest are perfectly acceptable.

But again, why should a Japanese consumer buy it? What’s the appeal?

Well, it’s NOT backwards compatible yet, right? I mean it will eventually be, and maybe that will affect sales later, but I don’t think many are going to buy a console in June in the hopes they can play their old games in 6 months. Maybe. I’m certainly not (^0^)

Agreed. What has Xbox One done to differentiate itself in the Japanese marketplace? Why should a consumer choose that console over a PS4 or WiiU (especially now that WiiU is actually getting some compelling exclusives)? That happened with the 360 - Idolmaster was a console mover, lots of Shmups came out for the 360 -…

Sounds great, I hope many do. The problem is there’s not a whole lot of incentive for publishers to do so if they want customers to buy new products instead of play their old ones.

The only country I can think of that has a stronger nationalistic approach with their wears (now not limited to consoles) is North Korea.