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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://toad.social/users/minorusaba/statuses/112788827750118323">Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Monday, 15-Jul-2024 14:22:13 JST</a><a href="https://toad.social/@minorusaba" title="minorusaba@toad.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/139443-48-20230930221108.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Minoru Saba" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Minoru Saba</a><div><a href="https://toad.social/@minorusaba/112788662293040148" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>🔸Meanwhile:<br>"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)"<br>🔸That's about ¥78,295 ($489) per person living in <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Japan" rel="tag">#Japan</a><br><a href="https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20231220/p2a/00m/0na/002000c" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20231220/p2a/00m/0na/002000c</a></p><p>🔸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?<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Japan" rel="tag">#Japan</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteElephant" rel="tag">#WhiteElephant</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3376570#notice-6644813">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-07-15T14:22:13+09:00" title="Monday, 15-Jul-2024 14:22:13 JST">Monday, 15-Jul-2024 14:22:13 JST</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://toad.social/@minorusaba/112788827750118323" rel="external" title="Sent from toad.social via ActivityPub">toad.social</a></span></span><a href="https://toad.social/@minorusaba/112788827750118323">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: cdn.mainichi.jp</div><h5><a href="https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20231220/p2a/00m/0na/002000c">Osaka expo infrastructure development to cost $67.5 billion: gov't - The Mainichi</a></h5><div> from <span>https://www.facebook.com/themainichi/</span></div></header><div>TOKYO -- The Japanese government on Dec. 19 unveiled the overall cost of hosting the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, putting infrastructure developmen</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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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
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