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Sanae Takaichi’s not-so-catchy remarks about everyone working like a horse did not go down well in a country notorious for its demanding work culture

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[–] MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 51 points 1 month ago
[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 49 points 1 month ago

that’s fucking depressing

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 48 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 47 points 1 month ago

One representative from a client wanted to be there for every small change we made. The guy slept so little, his cognitive functions stopped working correctly and he started giving nonsense answers. His manager had to put him in a cab and send him home with strict orders to sleep and not come back for 48 hours.

You don't want a person like that running a country. These are the types that accidentally start a war.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

Japan looks more and more like a death cult focused on staying busy as they die

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Shouldn't Japan's priority be 'sex, sex, sex' right now?

[–] Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago

Nah too busy causing more of the deranged work yourself to death mentality and widening the gap on wealth inequality more.

That'll get the folks to have more kids!

[–] Drekaridill@lemmy.wtf 9 points 1 month ago

"work, work, work, work, and work (that dick)"

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Japan will be the first industrialized nation to suffer depopulation. Been saying it will be interesting to see how they navigate the problem because sooner or later we'll all be faced with it.

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago
[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 month ago

True,especially their old problem (from what I heard)

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 13 points 1 month ago

Might be a Rihanna fan.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Conservatives are fucked in the head.

Wonder if Shinzo Abe's succesor is gonna get the doohickey treatment as well.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

At least it wasn't "golf, golf, golf, golf, and golf."

[–] Harvey656@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Hahaha slavery on a country wide scale! Work till you drop!

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Now Trump is pissed off because he was angling for the whole "Fight! Fight! Fight!" phrase that he engineered during a false assassination attempt.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone -1 points 1 month ago