I’m not sure they have interest to make that change
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India’s GDP overtakes Japan’s
Tokyo women’s fertility drops below 1–Okinawa ken are the chadette baby havers at 1.54
Taiwanese tourists cause meiwaku in Fukushima
Tourist numbers to fall in July due to fear of “The future I Saw” manga predicting a mega quake?
Koizumi-jr the savior of the common man–brings rice back to 2000JPY
TBB to start selling things for sats from June 10th?
B: Bitcoin (~60 mins)
anything interesting announced at Bitcoin Las Vegas?
Advancements in Bitcoin Layer 2
Jack Dorsey’s Push for Bitcoin as a Medium of Exchange:
High-Profile Keynote Speeches
Pakistan buying mining
NYC bitbonds
Saylor won’t provide proof of reserves
Dash will be made happy and there is nothing he can do about it
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B: Japan
Real wages fall 0.5%. 3rd consecutive year of falls.
3rd generation Korean sues hotel over requirement to show passport on check in.
Foreigners taking advantage of easy process to acquire Japan drivers license.
Brown/Yellow rice spotted at sushi chain.
Yoshinoya pivots to ramen.
Bitcoin inflooencers again Tweeting about Japan financial health
“Orange Wednesday” as Metaplanet trading halted for second consecutive day.
B: Bitcoin (~60 mins)
is lighting still a thing?
https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1923225678603784674?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign
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Burn
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B: Japan
LDP considers doubling the issuance of stockpiled rice as prices remain high.
LDP mulls upfront payments for health insurance for foreigners.
LDP launches special committee to look into “迷惑行為” of foreigners.
Scope of industries under the Specified Skilled Worker visa for foreigners to be expanded again.
Japan, Korea introduce bilateral express immigration lines for one another’s citizens in their respective airports.
Japanese novel “Butter” wins plaudits overseas.
Fuji Oil pioneers chocolate bars… not containing any chocolate.
Fukushima sake maker 金水晶酒造 to sell rights to sake using NFTs.
B: Bitcoin (~60 mins)
Are Bitcoin treasury companies this cycles shitcoins?
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B: Japan
Golden Week comes to an end.
Marked reduction in domestic tourism this GW.
Government raises target of tourists to 60M by 2030.
Osaka Expo visitor numbers disappoint.
MyNumber watch: banks & mobile carriers will require either MyNumber card or drivers license (which is merging with MyNumber card) from 2026, for online
Online brokers to require 2FA from this June.
Taisei Corporation pays out 1million JPY to staff being relocated to try to prevent people quitting.
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B: Japan
Tokyo CPI up 3.4%, accelerates. Rice up 93.8%. Beer up 6.7%. Cat food up 37%
Number of Mulsims living in Japan increases dramatically. (350,000 as of 2023)
30% of University students projected to be non Japanese by 2055
Latest creepy tourist LARP is to pay to “attend Japanese school for a day”.
B: Bitcoin (~60 mins)
Mallers joins the titans
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B: Japan
“Butsukari Otoko” a growing problem?
More bad tourist behavior–entitled white women on trains, YouTubers playing loud music on the Yamanote.
Government considers increasing US rice imports as part of tariff negotiations.
BYD targeting the Japan Kei Car market. Tesla sales up 56% in the first quarter of the year.
Economic Revitalization Minister Ryosei Akazawa wears a "MAGA" cap presented to him by Orange Ceaser.
B: Bitcoin (~60 mins)
has bitcoin accomplished anything
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B: Japan
Population declines by 800k in 2024. Foreign population grows 10% to 3.7M
Komeito calls for stimmy to be paid in MyNumber points.
IIJ leak emails of 4million users.
AWS outage hits AU Pay, PayPay
Japan issues cease and desist order against Google
Sony Playstation to increase price in Europe and Australia
Lightning Marche happening at Yotsuya TBB Saturday 26th from noon.
B: Bitcoin (~60 mins)
Does this impact the Bitcoin thesis
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B: Japan
Government releases emergency rice supplies as prices continue to climb.
20M JPY / year salary the new 10M JPY?
Government considers 40,000-50,000JPY stimmy checks to deal with Trump tariffs.
Ishiba calls Orange Ceaser over tariffs
George Glass confirmed as new ambassador to Japan
Ishiba spotted buying lighters sporting his own face.
B: Bitcoin (~60 mins)
Bitcoin on square terminals
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B: Japan
Japan Inc. vaccine failure
USAID like grift scandal in Japan being ignored by the MSM?
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth calls a vital partner in the struggle with China, plans to ramp up military operations in the country.
Nikkei in correction territory, tariffs.
Price increases on 4000 items from April. Electricity and gas up.
Boots on the ground reporting–conveyor belt sushi up 3.5X in 20 years.
Gold tax treatment in Japan
Boomer American arrested in Japan for carrying a gun
Moumuri, job quitting service, sees double the business in April
B: Bitcoin (~60 mins)
Bit bonds
https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/bitcoin-enhanced-treasury-bonds-an-idea-whose-time-has-come
https://x.com/btcprague/status/1906964756650426401?s=
Bitcoin is really not *that* different from shitcoins. It was just the first, and had an ethical release in the spirit of free and open source software and cypher punk culture. But the grift around it is similar to shitcoins.
Because ultimately people see it as a way to get rich and so start to worship it in the same way heathens would worship the sun as the perceived source of their sustenance and well being.
All this meming--the confession booths and golden calves and the rest of it--are just people desperate, greedy, and afraid, hoping to keep the "buzz" alive in an effort to placate the orange "god" and make the number go up again or at least stop it going down due to his "anger".
People want to feel like they can do something to make the green candles manifest. It's the same thing the NFTs and meme coiners are doing. Trying to stoke some intangible buzz/vibe "fire" to manifest the green candle. At least with the shitcoiners many of them know it's just a game. So many in Bitcoin actually believe their own bullshit. What is this nonsense going to fix? When humans are so totally depraved, how much is a distributed ledger with a fixed and transparent issuance really going to help? A little, maybe. And maybe people who adopt early deserve to get a little rich. But you have to have clear eyes and full hearts about the fact that all this could be meaningless. It really could go to zero. It's not a deity to be feared/worshiped. It's mostly bullshit. I mean, maybe there is something serious here. I think there is. But the depraved and wicked creature that is man will find an infinite number of ways to corrupt and ruin it.
Good money is a good start. But we need a whole lot more building on top of that solid monetary foundation. And it's going to be a painful transition, I think. We need more self sacrifice, less self aggrandization. May the conference circuit disappear off the face of the earth for all eternity. And more than anything may we get back to the Bible in the west and put our hopes in Christ alone.
Bring the pain
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B: Japan
Metaplanet adds Eric Trump to board of directors.
Semi private rooms to be introduced to Shinkansen by 2026.
Number of people age 20 to 39 in Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima fell by ~25% between 2010 and 2024.
CGT on Bitcoin to be lowered to ~20%? (Boost from 02zx Ramen Outpost 101)
Daily withdrawal limits to be set for ATMs/bank transfers to “protect seniors”?
Themeatguy data leak
Foreigner card to be combined with MyNumber card in 2026.
B: Bitcoin (~60 mins)
GameStop will bitcoin help them?
https://x.com/gamestop/status/1904628096705454308?s=46
GameStop plans to offer $1.3B in 0.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2030 in a private offering.
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B: Japan
Trannies spotted in the wild
Ishiba embroiled in some silly scandal giving out gift vouchers to young party members.
Japan’s labor ministry boasts about the growing average wage in Japan–a whopping 25k USD/ year.
Japan to place restrictions on foreigners buying farmland from April.
Pentagon removes iconic Iwo Jima flag raising photo due to concerns it violates Trump’s anti DEI EO.
Hong Kong Shitcoiners OSL, USDC major Circle come to Japan
B: Bitcoin (~60 mins)
Bitcoin financing
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B: Japan
Inflooencers tweeting about rising JGB yields
More price rises in Japan: McDonalds, Sukiya, Showa Sangyo Cooking oil
Trump accuses Japan of putting 700% tariffs on rice, is fact checked by the Nikkei
Seven Eleven, Bitflyer, form group dedicated to fighting financial crime 一般社団法人金融犯罪対策協会
Japanese anime taking off in India. New Shin-chan movie to be set in India.
Washington, San Fran, Toronto, New York, Amsterdam see large increase in rats due to global warming; Tokyo, Louisville Kentucky and New Orleans actually see a decrease.
ROXX to provide AI service to assist hiring managers rate candidates.
B: Bitcoin (~53 mins)
Trump bitcoin executive order
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B: Japan
Elbridge Colby says Japan should be spending more on defence.
Trump accuses Japan of currency manipulation.
Curtis Yarvin profiled in the Nikkei
Seven Eleven Japan appoints American Steve Dacus as CEO
Japan to increase “tourist tax”
Mercari to launch a phone service
Nikkei claims 68% now support revising the constitution.
Bitcoin futures coming to Japan?
SBI VC trade to allow purchase of USDC
B: Bitcoin (~57 mins)
white house crypto summit
guest list
https://x.com/simplybitcointv/status/1897371684388397476?s=46
Bitcoin vs crypto
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