Life is hard for convenience store franchisees in Japan. The market is already saturated, with over 56,800 stores nationwide, and the ongoing labor shortage threatens the 24-hour model. Add the pandemic on top of everything else, and now franchisees are engaged in a war for survival. The slightest mistake can have serious consequences, such as ordering too much pineapple juice. That’s unfortunately what happened when a manager of a 7-Eleven in Tokyo’s Adachi Ward tried ordering eight cartons of pineapple juice and ended up ordering 81! The poor manager took to Twitter to plead for help, and ju...
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People studying in Japan often ask GaijinPot Study a very tricky question: is Japanese hard? If you ask Japanese people themselves, 68.5% will say はしい (Japanese is hard) in a heartbeat. Even native speakers admit to struggling, especially with written Japanese. Indeed, Twitter proved brought the matter up last Monday when the expression “police tantrum” (警察駄々) started trending. The hashtag confused users, who wondered what the heck it could mean, and by the end of the day, it became 話題 (the topic of conversation). Are police throwing tantrums?『警察駄々』 こんな感じかと思った! 30分クオリティ。 “‘Police tantrum’ Here...
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How many social media accounts do you have? One, two, or more? Do you have a rough idea of the total time you spend on social media in a day? In a week? If the thought of guessing a ballpark number makes you feel queasy, you know something’s not quite right.We’re obsessed with social media and we spend on average 144 minutes a day scrolling through angry posts, cat memes, and food pics on social media sites. That’s roughly 16.8 hours per week we could probably spend on something else like: sleeping, cooking, reading a book, or learning something new.Addicted to likesThe struggle is real. If yo...
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When we’re not at war with them, some of us don’t mind eating bugs. Edible insects are said to be the future of food, but not everyone is psychologically ready to add a new source of protein to their diet—no matter how sustainable it is. Especially when bugs are not officially on the menu. In the past weeks, the British brand MyProtein has been weathering a pretty bad storm in Japan, after countless customers reported finding insects crawling in their protein bars.Alternative protein【】のがいでされるマイプロテインのツイッターアカウント(@MyproteinJP)、にするツイートのみリプをしてするものに=“[Sad news] Accusations of crime are being posted ...
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