Japanese people love to fax. It's their favourite thing apart from soy beans. Recently the minister Taro Kono tried to get the ministries to stop sending faxes. Then he tried to run for LDP lead… (View Post)

Well this is the thing, it's a structure that the government can change, and the government can always exert pressure by threatening to change it. If you wanted to make a structure under general… (View Post)

I don't really see how general taxation gives the government any more power than a license to levy the tax yourself at a level set by the government. (View Post)

Yup, Japan has something similar in that you're legally required to get a TV license if you have a TV (and arguably also an internet connection or a phone) although there's no enforcement m… (View Post)

Disagree, it's an excellent distraction. It's an emotive culture-war type thing, which is why we're talking about it. It fascinates the media because they love talking about themselves… (View Post)