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I can't show you a specific legislation that says "you cannot hold workers liable for your losses", but the proposition seems a bit absurd to me because that just seems like unlimi…

I live in Japan and while also not a lawyer I've had experiences with the labor bureau - this is totally false, and even explicitly stated in the Labor Standards Act: "Article 5: A…

The "paper version" is still required - the RFID is authenticated with information from the passport. The idea is at a border the passport itself will be scanned, OCR'd (from the d…

I'm not sure when this post was originally written, but at a quick glance I can see some mentioned stores/restaurants that have since unfortunately shut down (like Deus Ex Machina …

Until they start doing this to you :) https://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/rj0a19/made_...

Try Japanese business banking - where you have to pick an OS and stick with it when registering (with a paper form), and must use either the ESR release of Firefox or Internet Expl…

This is one thing the Japanese banking system actually handles pretty well. When you send money, you enter the bank name, branch and account number and it will give you the reading…

Credit scores are not a thing in Japan. Unless you already have a significant amount of debt, a shaky payment history or other risky factory they will give you the card.

It’s insecure too :) https://blog.innerht.ml/google-yolo/

I moved from primarily using a MacBook Pro to an iMac Pro a few months ago, and have struggled to find a non-awkward FIDO U2F key due to the ports being on the back. I'm really loo…

I've been living in Japan for about 6 months and recently I've felt a very aggressive local push to get people to use these barcode payment apps. For example I recall in January Pa…