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1. チャノさん (japananon@mitra.anon-kenkai.com)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Dec-2023 17:06:18 JST チャノさん

   According to public polling, 2023's official "Kanji Of The Year" is 税 (“zei”), which means taxes.

   ...not gonna lie, that's kind of funny.

   • チャガタイくん@喜多川海夢推し and pilinsin like this.
   • チャノさん (japananon@mitra.anon-kenkai.com)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Dec-2023 17:16:21 JST チャノさん

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     • Mark

     @Mark I remember when the conbinis played that game of "10% if you eat in-store, 8% if you carry out" and people just lied for a 2% discount and there was nothing they could do about it. Good times.

   • Mark (mark@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Dec-2023 17:16:22 JST Mark

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     @japananon After all these years I still am not used to the VAT on everything. And now it's 10% ffs.
     "Back in my days a 100 yen shop was really at 100 yen"
   • Jens_Rasmussen (jens_rasmussen@gleasonator.com)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Dec-2023 22:54:50 JST Jens_Rasmussen

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     @japananon Have taxes been a big subject in Japan this year?
   • チャノさん (japananon@mitra.anon-kenkai.com)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Dec-2023 22:54:50 JST チャノさん

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     • Jens_Rasmussen

     @Jens_Rasmussen JGov is poised to jack up income tax to (attempt to) fill a yawning budget chasm, right around the same time inflation & stagnant wages are cutting into family budgets. Prime Minister's popularity polls are in the toilet over it. So taxes are definitely on peoples' minds.

   • Jens_Rasmussen (jens_rasmussen@gleasonator.com)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Dec-2023 23:12:40 JST Jens_Rasmussen

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     @japananon Is there such a thing as a popular Japanese prime minister?
   • チャノさん (japananon@mitra.anon-kenkai.com)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Dec-2023 23:12:40 JST チャノさん

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     • Jens_Rasmussen

     @Jens_Rasmussen Even by that standard, Kishida might be lowering the bar. His party may ask him to step down before the next general election on the grounds that he's ballot box poison.

     Of course, if he doles out some helicopter money to the public & calls a snap election, he might buy himself a few years.