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Another victim of the autotranslate feature (xcancel.com)
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Former Japanese television presenter and YouTuber Kanon Aoki has warned that X’s automatic translation tool is damaging Japan’s international reputation as a polite and harmonious society.

She explains that the feature now exposes blunt or negative online comments from some Japanese users to global audiences, revealing opinions on topics like tourism and cultural norms that were previously hidden by language barriers.

Via @FujiNews_

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[–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Honestly a lot of my Japanese friends are mostly just disengaged with politics. Its considered taboo to discuss with people so its hard to convert people among friends until you know they're ok with it . Even when they want to talk about it, I have several friends who have told me its refreshing to be able to discuss Japanese politics with someone because it's so ...almost cringe to talk about it normally. Couple that with a government that seemingly never enacts meaningful change and participation and education is waaaaaay down.

I have a couple friends who voted for Takaiichi and all of them just gave superficial reasons like that shes "cool". Online is different from reality always.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, you are right. I should do well to remember that.

    I have also heard (albeit superficially) that the opposition parties basically offer very little or seems to get caught in positions or scandals that basically dwindles any meaningful support combined with unfortunate idealist messages that seems cringe to most people. It's just stuck in a deadlock so I assume most people just go with whatever until something materially change.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Yeah opposition parties have been really rough. A vast majority of them are conservative with only 1-2 ones that could even be called reformist liberal. Japan has the oldest unmodified constitution in the world. It's constitution was also modeled after America's and it's a prime example of why adding more parties doesn't fix anything. It's such a gridlock and even with the recent election getting a majority with one party, which has rarely happened, it's unlikely to actually result in any meaningful change like constitutional amendments. Japan is really built for "status quo"

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