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   Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Monday, 15-Jul-2024 13:40:08 JST Minoru Saba

   "[Japan's] Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry has proposed [transporting] goods on median strips or through underground tunnels along expressways"
   "According to a survey of construction companies...a system linking Tokyo and Osaka would cost up to ¥3.7 trillion"
   https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/business/economy/20240623-193996/

   🔸Why reinvent the wheel when you get to spend trillions reinventing railroads😬
   #Japan #WhiteElephant #infrastructure

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     Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Monday, 15-Jul-2024 14:22:13 JST Minoru Saba

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     🔸Meanwhile:
     "Japanese govt on Dec. 19 [2023] unveiled the overall cost of hosting the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, putting infrastructure development at some ¥9.7 trillion (approx. $67.5 billion)"
     🔸That's about ¥78,295 ($489) per person living in #Japan
     https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20231220/p2a/00m/0na/002000c

     🔸It's puzzling why people keep voting in the guys who keep dipping into taxpayers' wallets to push White Elephant projects. Old habits are hard to kick?
     #Japan #WhiteElephant