He probably got a boost from the mushroom he carries around.

Come to Japan but avoid the big cities. Check out our smaller prefectures instead. It's not as glitzy as Tokyo, Osaka, or Kyoto, but there will be less crowds and beautiful nature.

How. Don't government agencies have twitter accounts? Why don't they just move it to an instance thats run by themselves?

If anything it'll encourage/empower his base to mimic him.

The one thing I'm worried about is the idiots who think Trump and his goons' policies are sound and they are succeeding. We have those in Japan and they seem to be getting louder every day.

Remember when we used to talk to the producers of the used panties?

American tomatoes would probably be smeared in e coli. Be careful out there my US friends.

Could someone explain what's happening to a non-american? I was under the impression that this Madmani gentleman had already won the mayoral race. Are they having another election for something else??

Methinks you are romanticizing a culture you don’t live in by only seeing the positives you like.

That's kind of an insulting assumption as I'm Japanese and live in Japan. So while I may have a biased opinion, I wouldn't say it's romantisizing.

In fact, I'd say you're the one that seems to be making assumptions based on snippets of our culture that you see on the internet. The weird vending machines that sell letters from your pretend grandma to used panties aren't found everywhere you go — they're in specific locations for the novelty.

Also having regular vending machines for drinks and food doesn't exactly contradict my point. The vending machines are more for the customers' convenience. They're not installed specifically for removing human contact. Yes, we lose human contact as a result, but it's a tradeoff to better serve customers whereas most companies that deploy AI support agents probably do so to save a buck.

Sorry about the rant.

It might actually be China. All the robots I see here are the one with the cat face and I'm pretty sure that's where they come from. We don have remote control robot cafes where people with physical/mental disabilities to serve you using avatar bots which is cool!

As a Japanese person, I find it really cringey when people speak like anime, but I do my best to applaud their efforts because no matter how silly it may sound, they appreciate my culture enough to want to learn.

If he's still alive he hasn't changed enough imo.