Post #2096233
2026-04-28 12:28 UTC
@SydneyJim @phocks @MelissaBearTrix This is plain untrue. Japan has serious problems with its social system that parallel those in Germany, and there are many people in Japan who are effectively "working poor", and who live in tiny rooms that are effectively slums.
Check out the documentary "Japan: A Story of Love And Hate" from 2008.
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@SydneyJim@mastodon.social 2026-04-28 12:48
@promovicz @phocks @MelissaBearTrix Living in “tiny rooms” has been a norm in Japan since WWII. I didn’t say there were no “poor Japanese.” There are no “slums” that fit the English definition of the word in Japan. I lived & worked in Japan for ten years & visit with my Japanese family every year. I’m quite sure I have a grasp of how Japanese society is functioning at any given time.