I mostly like the screen in my Nissan (but it’s a 2018ish one for the Japanese domestic market). The buttons for heat, etc. are still separate but, annoyingly, are flush with the panel and I have to take my eyes off the road to do anything (unlike my old '80s and '90s car where I could adjust anything by feel).
Japan is an insular society that discourages talking out against your superiors in the work environment
Since I see this come up a lot, I will say that this part is changing. Not everywhere and it’s still delicate, but it’s not like it used to be.
I want to buy an EV (unless things in Japan get worse and I have to move around the world again), but I’m not holding out hope that it will be a Japanese domestic one. It sure as hell won’t be a tesla. I’m not sure that will leave a lot when it comes time to buy. However not buying anything domestic leads to all sorts of issues when it comes to maintenance, service, and repairs.
For that, we’d need younger, educated, critical thinkers to actually vote. Usually, the three of those factors don’t exist together. I think voter turnout for youth is still like 50% or less. I know the populist far-right party got some votes recently for being good at social media, different, and offering simple solutions (most of which were “foreigner bad!”), but it didn’t seem to translate as much in the last election making it seem like more of a protest vote if anything.
I mostly like the screen in my Nissan (but it’s a 2018ish one for the Japanese domestic market). The buttons for heat, etc. are still separate but, annoyingly, are flush with the panel and I have to take my eyes off the road to do anything (unlike my old '80s and '90s car where I could adjust anything by feel).
Since I see this come up a lot, I will say that this part is changing. Not everywhere and it’s still delicate, but it’s not like it used to be.
I want to buy an EV (unless things in Japan get worse and I have to move around the world again), but I’m not holding out hope that it will be a Japanese domestic one. It sure as hell won’t be a tesla. I’m not sure that will leave a lot when it comes time to buy. However not buying anything domestic leads to all sorts of issues when it comes to maintenance, service, and repairs.
I’m so glad, because it kills me to see Japan go so far downhill socially and economically. Tokyo should be the NYC of the far east.
For that, we’d need younger, educated, critical thinkers to actually vote. Usually, the three of those factors don’t exist together. I think voter turnout for youth is still like 50% or less. I know the populist far-right party got some votes recently for being good at social media, different, and offering simple solutions (most of which were “foreigner bad!”), but it didn’t seem to translate as much in the last election making it seem like more of a protest vote if anything.