More than 90% of disadvantaged households in Japan are struggling to put food on the table for their children, according to a recent survey. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/17/japan/society/japan-financially-strained-households/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #ngo #poverty #hunger #children #inflation #savethechildrenjapan
A breathtaking piece of property in the heart of Tokyo has become the ultimate souvenir for wealthy foreign nationals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/17/markets/foreign-property-buyers-tokyo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #expats #tokyo #realestate #housing #china #inflation
The Bank of Japan is set to sit tight and hold the policy rate at 0.5% at its meeting this week even as inflation remains high. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/17/markets/boj-preview-september-2025-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #boj #us #tariffs #usjapanrelations #inflation #japaneseeconomy
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan have agreed to set up a panel to discuss a refundable tax credit program aimed at helping low- and middle-income earners. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/17/japan/politics/ldp-cdp-agree-on-refundable-tax-credit-panel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #cdp #taxes #inflation
Agaric Tech Collective
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Today in Labor History September 16, 1945: 43,000 oil workers went on strike in 20 states. During WWII, most of the major unions collaborated with the U.S. war effort by enforcing labor “discipline” and preventing strikes. In exchange, the U.S. government supported closed shop policies under which employers at unionized companies agreed to hire only union members. While the closed shop gave unions more power within a particular company, the no-strike policy made that power virtually meaningless. When the war ended, inflation soared and veterans flooded the labor market. As a result, frustrated workers began a series of wildcat strikes. Many grew into national, union-supported strikes. In November 1945, 225,000 UAW members went on strike. In January 1946, 174,000 electric workers struck. That same month, 750,000 steel workers joined them. Then, in April, the coal strike began. 250,000 railroad workers struck in May. In total, 4.3 million workers went on strike. It was the closest the U.S. came to a national General Strike in the 20th century. And in December 1946, Oakland, California did have a General Strike, the last in U.S. history. Overall, it was the largest strike wave in U.S. history. In 1947, Congress responded to the strike wave by enacting the Taft-Hartley Act, restricting the powers and activities of labor unions and banning the General Strike. The act is still in force today and one the main reasons there hasn’t been a General Strike in the U.S. since 1945.
#workingclass #LaborHistory#GeneralStrike #oakland #oilworkers #union #strike #strikewave #worldwartwo #tafthartley #uaw #coal #railroads #inflation #steel #wildcat
Today in Labor History September 16, 1945: 43,000 oil workers went on strike in 20 states. During WWII, most of the major unions collaborated with the U.S. war effort by enforcing labor “discipline” and preventing strikes. In exchange, the U.S. government supported closed shop policies under which employers at unionized companies agreed to hire only union members. While the closed shop gave unions more power within a particular company, the no-strike policy made that power virtually meaningless. When the war ended, inflation soared and veterans flooded the labor market. As a result, frustrated workers began a series of wildcat strikes. Many grew into national, union-supported strikes. In November 1945, 225,000 UAW members went on strike. In January 1946, 174,000 electric workers struck. That same month, 750,000 steel workers joined them. Then, in April, the coal strike began. 250,000 railroad workers struck in May. In total, 4.3 million workers went on strike. It was the closest the U.S. came to a national General Strike in the 20th century. And in December 1946, Oakland, California did have a General Strike, the last in U.S. history. Overall, it was the largest strike wave in U.S. history. In 1947, Congress responded to the strike wave by enacting the Taft-Hartley Act, restricting the powers and activities of labor unions and banning the General Strike. The act is still in force today and one the main reasons there hasn’t been a General Strike in the U.S. since 1945.
#workingclass #LaborHistory#GeneralStrike #oakland #oilworkers #union #strike #strikewave #worldwartwo #tafthartley #uaw #coal #railroads #inflation #steel #wildcat
"Despite promising to stop inflation on day one, working- and middle-class Americans are still being squeezed financially as Trump cuts taxes for the wealthy and massive corporations. …
All of what we’re seeing from the Trump administration is a choice to put corporations ahead of caretakers, the wealthy ahead of workers, and the bosses ahead of the busboys."
#Trump #economy #tariffs#Republicans#BigBeautifulBill #jobs #manufacturing #inflation
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The average price per 5 kilograms of rice sold at some 1,000 supermarkets in Japan last week topped ¥4,000 for the first time since early June, the agriculture ministry has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/13/japan/rice-prices-rebound/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #inflation #shijirokoizumi
Orix’s real estate investment unit has raised the target size of one of its funds by 33%, reflecting rebounding Japanese institutional investor demand for property market deals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/12/orix-property-fund-boost/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #orix #realestate #inflation
A rate increase in Japan is less likely following Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's resignation as political uncertainty ties the Bank of Japan's hands. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/11/economy/shiba-resignation-boj/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #us #tariffs #usjapanrelations #inflation #japaneseeconomy
Condominium associations, which typically have held money for building repairs in bank accounts, have started to invest in bonds to keep pace with inflation amid rising repair costs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/11/condo-associations-buying-bonds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #inflation #housing #bonds
The Bank of Japan should raise its benchmark rate to support the yen and curb inflation, Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker and former minister Kono Taro has said, as uncertainty clouds the outlook for economic policy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/09/economy/kono-boj-inflation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #tarokono #boj #ldp #inflation #us #tariffs
After three decades of falling prices, Japanese consumers are facing a new phenomenon known in other parts of the world as shrinkflation. To cope, they're turning to price-tracking sites. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/09/economy/hidden-inflation-japan-price-tracking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #inflation #consumerspending
Japan's gross domestic product grew at an annualized pace of 2.2% last quarter, the Cabinet Office said Monday in revised report that confirmed consumer spending is gaining momentum. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/08/economy/gross-domestic-product-grew-22-last-quarter/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #gdp #economicindicators #japaneseeconomy #inflation
Alex Akselrod
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And bosses now demanding that their employees pay up to $8,000/yr or more for these costs.
Single payer now!
https://www.ft.com/content/9af0c46d-4665-49ae-b153-15ce7d65ca55
And bosses now demanding that their employees pay up to $8,000/yr or more for these costs.
Single payer now!
https://www.ft.com/content/9af0c46d-4665-49ae-b153-15ce7d65ca55
Japan’s top conveyor-belt sushi chain, Sushiro, is leaning on profits from its rapid overseas expansion to take a bite out of surging rice costs at home. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/01/companies/japan-suhi-chain-overseas-expansion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #inflation #sushi #restaurants #rice #sushiro
hi frogzone hear! im still alive
i realise everyone has probably forgotten me and with think, who is this spammer, but after 9 months without fediverse, I figured that i better login to explain myself.
Basically near the start of the year two things happened at the same time to make it impossible to access fedi. Anyway Im enabling #javascript in a browser now to tell you this but i NEVER enable javascript in this browser normally and will probably disable it again, hopefully not for 9 months but this #distrohop is a BIG one, more like a distro-leap! @nimda it would really help if the #BloatFE interface was available over #i2p. @silverpil is there anyway to force a non-js experience, using a specific uri combo? FYI ive been recommending #mitra more in the meatspace lately, so heads up you may be getting more traffic??? or not.... lol
@gabriel i LOVED ur interview on #corbettReport, it is disconcerting to see his non-acknowledgment of your interest in #fediverse. He has known about fedi for a long time and probably should have known better than to pump S.S. (i mean sCRubstack), anyway sorry to hear u were set upon by S.S. drones. I've been meaning to inform u that your libresolutionsnetork.i2p site is broken, it redirects to gabe.i2p, so i may be missing out on insights. i was enjoying your updates on ur health drive but havnt been able to keep upto date lately.
The recent #openSource orgs sign onto the #unitedNations pact is super creepy. The last clause, ie. to do the bidding of the United Nations makes me a bit squeemish, just because we all saw covid, right? Even the other clauses about "diversity and inclusion" a nasty, and seem to require developers identify themselves, meaning no more anonymous contributions? i expect better from the #libreoffice folks that to sign onto something like this (i already knew #gnome were heading down a nasty path by their locked-down communication channels). My feeling is this is a result of the engineered #inflation ( #covid / #nft / #moneylaundering) crises means people are grasping at straws to maintain their income and status, forcing developers to accept ridiculous contracts. i dont know. Maybe im talking out a nether orifice. If i hear that everyone is plotting forks of LibreOffice and GNOME, it wouldnt surprise me.
I'm also interested in what appears to be the lawfare-based extortion of archive.org, not able to research it lately. I bet a billion bitcoins (that will never exist, because bitcoin is capped at 21 million) that #archiveDotOrg no longer accept #bitcoin donations. AMIRIGHT? (i dunno again I might be wrong, i literally have not checked, lol but seriously they are partnering with the US government to be a repo of govt documents??? now???)
The word of the day is '#SUSPECT'
... and remember everyone, #iran is to blame for ALL OF IT. including of cause the genocide that almost everyone on fedi knew was a #genocide almost 2 years ago. Why would it take 2 years for people on corporate media pratforms to work this out.... INSERT THINKING EMOJI
anyway there is so much to talk about and i will not be able to do it now. and will not be checking messages, because my connection is REALLY, REALLY, REALLY bad now. and i'll be here forever and die. so this is just a i'm still alive, just working thru technical coincidental problems.
love you all, and hopefully i can be online proper, in the near future.
Yogthos
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"Trump's 50% #tariff on #India kicks in as Modi urges self-reliance."
#CNBC
#SquawkBox
#Republicans
#tariffs
#inflation
#recession
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ykznn158qo
"Trump's 50% #tariff on #India kicks in as Modi urges self-reliance."
#CNBC
#SquawkBox
#Republicans
#tariffs
#inflation
#recession
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ykznn158qo