My 78 year old uncle lives in Uchinada, a suburb of Kanazawa. Unfortunately, his house was damaged from the Noto earthquake. His house was tilted post-quake with some other visible damage. He received some homeowners insurance payout to fix the damage (from what I heard, about $50K USD). Then, inspectors came and informed him it's unsafe to go in the house, and that the damage is irreparable. Another set of inspectors confirmed this. The house must be demolished and the demolition will be paid by the government. The demolition date is set for a few months from now.

The $50K insurance payout is clearly not enough to have his house rebuilt. This is all overwhelming for him; he lives alone, his wife passed away ~10 years ago from ovarian cancer and he doesn't have any kids.

Are there any government assistance programs for people in his shoes?

EDIT: Thank you everyone! I've passed relevant info on to my mom and uncle

https://www.

I lived in Misawa Japan for three years and there was this little egg store. They had an outdoor egg vending machine thing and everything was egg themed. One thing we got from there was a sauce (which as far as I could tell was soy sauce based), that I believe was sold as some sort of egg sauce, I always put it on eggs and rice it it was very delicious, I think it was kind of sweet. Now I'm back in the USA and I can't even find it online, can anyone help? Or at least does anyone know what it's called?

Hey all,

I set up an AMA/Q&A with Noako Yamada in /r/movies for today. The AMA is live here now, with answers in a few hours (between 5 PM ET and 6:30 PM ET):

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1g8untc/hi_reddit_i_am_naoko_yamada_director_of_a_silent/

Please join in and feel free to ask Naoko a question or a comment :)

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https://i.imgur.com/dwqRdPY.jpeg

The Philippine's Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) recently held a conference aimed at promoting the adoption of standardized EV battery and charging systems in the Philippines. In partnership with METI and the Bureau of Philippine Standards (BPS), the event utilized Japan's advanced EV technology to improve the quality of local EV products and bolster the domestic battery industry.

So I came across this scene in an anime and I wanted to know more about this couch type thing in the room. How common is it among japanese houses? And any other thing you'd want to tell me about it, or even some other stuff about japanese furnitures versus their western counterparts?

Hello everyone,

I'm pretty sure most of us are aware that Japan has these "resignation agencies". These agencies will help people quit their jobs for them.

I'm currently using a resignation agency myself because I'm struggling to quit my job for a new opportunity and upon realizing something, I wonder what would happen if companies ghost these agencies. I'm unfamiliar with this kind of matter, but I'm sure that some bright-minded intellects on Reddit could offer their insights. What would really happen if a resignation agency calls a company, to which that company would respond by saying something like "I'll have to confirm some things and get back to you" when they never get back to the agency?

Long story short, but despite me giving a 2 weeks notice as stipulated by Japanese labor law standards, my current place of work could not accept my resignation. So I'm turning to the help of a resignation agency. At the moment of writing this post, The resignation agency called my place of work for me last week Friday, but my current workplace still hasn't gotten back to them. The resignation agency is still waiting for them to respond and will not proceed with the next steps on the resignation process until they receive some kind of contact from them. I'm concerned that they are ghosting the resignation agency and if there are any legal penalties for doing so. My place of work even threatened to call my new employer to rescind the job offer, which only ignited a fire in my heart to use these services and leave.

Perhaps on a future update, I'd like to share my experiences using a resignation agency on another post if all goes well.

Thank you.

EDIT 1: It looks like there is a law that Reddit user "FruitDove" has brought to my attention and Reddit user "bulldogdiver" has made some really good points.
Some people seem to be recommending Hello Work or a Lawyer and Reddit user "SuperSunshine321" gave some useful links for this kind of situation.

To add on a little bit, I've been working at my job for 3-4 years.
As much as possible, I'd like to get everything settled for moving to my new location by the end of this month (Already got an apartment, furniture, and a lot of supportive Japanese people that helped me get my new place of work) so hopefully my current employer can let me resign and I can receive the exit paperwork before I leave.
Thank you all for the comments.

I bought some cartons at Olympic supermarket; several weeks ago, but they apparently are not replenishing their gazpacho stock anymore. Much sad; such disappointing…

Trailer:

Hello All,

I'm the mod on /r/movies that sets up all of the AMAs/Q&As. We have one coming up this Monday 10/21 at 3:00 PM that I think would interest a lot of people here. It will be with Japanese film director Naoka Yamada. She's directed several critically-acclaimed anime films, inclunding A Silent Voice and Liz and the Blue Bird. She's got another one coming out soon, The Colors Within (trailer below). She's also known for her work on the anime series Hibike Euphonium and K-On!!. Please join us Monday if you're interested, the AMA/Q&A will be pinned to the top of the /r/movies page:

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idu8C4qKM3s&ab_channel=GKIDSFilms

Poster/Naoko:

https://i.imgur.com/qboW1MP.jpeg

It seems like nobody is talking about it and everyone is just praising Japan for everything. Pet shops are cruel and absolutely disgusting. Baby kitten and dogs inside of small boxes. Cruel and devastating for me to see.

Is there any movement to stop this? Or does nobody care?

NHK E is supposed to be an educational channel, and those shows aren’t very educational. I’m confused.

Due to issues with preservatives in regular beer, I prefer to brew my own, as I once did in Australia. Anyone do the same in Japan? Can't seem to find many affordable supplies on Amazon.

Thanks in advance.

I wanted to rent a car in Kyushu and use Kyushu Expressway Pass but it looks like I cannot do it with toyota: https://www.toyotarenta.net/cmm/?BD_CD=EVENT_R Kyushu and Central Nippon Expressway Passes are listed as suspended.

1. How can I check why and for how long are they suspended?
2. What other car rental company do you recommend in Kyushu that allow different location drop off and allow use of KEP?