Japanese Govt Asks US Govt to Stop Using Mario, Pokemono, Naruto Meme Postings

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ronsor•about 2 hours ago

Somehow I have a feeling this administration is not going to stop.

londons_explore•about 2 hours ago

Couldn't the real copyright owner just sue the US government and get a payout?

The fact this doesn't seem to be happening suggests that perhaps the copyright owner doesn't care?

robgibbons•about 2 hours ago

This is a very Western-centric way of thinking. The Japanese are culturally oriented toward "saving face" rather than directly confronting things like this. It's very likely that Nintendo approached their own government with private complaints, and the government is handling it diplomatically, rather than Nintendo causing more drama for their company (and country) by immediately suing the US government.

Matl•about 1 hour ago

Nintendo specifically is known to sue first, ask questions later. They just like to shake down the little guys, like their own fans.

ronsor•about 1 hour ago

Nintendo's model relies on the target not fighting back. Suing the US government is unwise for that reason.

yongjik•about 1 hour ago

That's a very Orientalistic interpretation of what we have, where a Japanese company is understandably afraid of a batshit crazy leader of the world's most powerful nation with a history of exceptionalism and ignoring international laws, so like any other good capitalist organization, they want to solve it through a "gentlemen's agreement" rather than attacking the emperor and risk hurting shareholder values.

halJordan•7 minutes ago

And this is its own stereotyped vision coming from, well i don't even know what you're allowed to call it these days but i guess it controls the progressive left now?

beloch•about 1 hour ago

1. Trump doesn't care if he costs U.S. taxpayers money. He'd only care if he was personally sued.

2. A foreign party using U.S. courts to sue the U.S. government has always been a dicey proposition. Some parties are more "equal" than others under U.S. law.

3. The current U.S. regime is petty enough to slap retaliatory tariff's on all of Japan (thereby making Americans pay extra for Japanese goods).

Really, there are no carrots or sticks that work on Trump right now. Americans have not yet had their Magna Carta moment.

gambiting•about 2 hours ago

Or the copyright owner recognises that suing the current administration in court is going to risk other negative consequences and those are not worth the risk. Or perhaps it's just that taking the US government to court is going to cost a lot of money and take years, so "just asking" is the first step.

SpicyLemonZest•about 1 hour ago

Or the copyright owner understands that Donald Trump is a crazed dictator who will try to ruin their company if they publicly oppose him.

politician•about 1 hour ago

> Donald Trump is a crazed dictator

Did you feel a dopamine release when you submitted this comment? Honest question.

collingreen•about 1 hour ago

Are you trying to imply something about the poster? If so you should just directly say it.

You can follow the Trump train or not but at this point I hope it's clear that plenty of people see the lawlessness, open corruption, constant lies, blaming everyone else, and blatant disregard for the constitution as dictator like.

Happy to hear your polite take on why that's ok or misunderstood but asking people if they like posting what they post to try to imply some sort of superiority is blah.

SpicyLemonZest•about 1 hour ago

I felt a sense of deep sadness that a dictator has seized power in my country. I'm sorry that you're unable to face reality, and I hope when he's gone you'll be able to fully process what's been happening. Those of us who have to take actions in the world don't have the luxury of pretending that the regime in the White House is normal.

johnnyanmac•34 minutes ago

>Did you feel a dopamine release

Quite the opposite. I feel more tired and drained and the current system that hasn't even pretended to put on a mask. As well at at the base continuing to defend them and try to gaslight me as if this is all business as usual.

comrade1234•about 2 hours ago

I'm not sure if you get this in the news in the USA but trump and his administration are pretty much constantly mocked and made fun of in the press - at least here in Europe. It's just constant legitimate mockery about specific incidents - most recent I saw was the press trying to figure out if trump actually understands the meaning of the word "decapitate" as he used it in a nonsensical way a couple of days ago.

Oh, I bring this up because of the picture they used in this article.

_--__--__•about 2 hours ago

Metaphoric use of 'decapitation' referring to an organization or state is normal and idiomatic in American English, especially if you spend a lot of time talking to people with military backgrounds. There's plenty of other stuff going on right now that's actually worth criticism.

dadadad100•about 1 hour ago

Decimate is the one that gets me. That word does not mean what he thinks it means

bombcar•about 1 hour ago

Decimate is like Checkmate but even BIGLY.

0xdeadbeefbabe•about 2 hours ago

A market for a usage beat reporter actually exists?

kube-system•about 2 hours ago

Most Americans are not exposed to many foreign news outlets unless they seek it out. But we have our own share of media doing the same. The bigger issue is that people tend to subscribe to echo-chamber opinion-news outlets.

dpoloncsak•about 2 hours ago

As an American, I'm only aware because James Acaster started some deep-seeded obsession with British panel shows, and they'll tear into him in a few of the more political ones like 8 Out of 10 Cats

cdrnsf•about 1 hour ago

We're aware. Trump's razor, if you will, is that given an array of choices the one that is maximally stupid and cruel will be chosen.

officeplant•about 1 hour ago

Given even some Americans mock him constantly I would hope the rest of the world does too.

Just another day in our clown ass country.

cwnyth•about 1 hour ago

When I was in Tokyo a couple years ago, I saw a legit pro-Trump march. The world is more varied than you think.

drstewart•about 1 hour ago

So your press spends more time trying to be part time comedy shows than reporting real news? Ouch, I'm sorry.

perching_aix•about 1 hour ago

Also you: completely fell for the US vs EU inflammatory propaganda of the last two years.

Yeah, good thing you only read the realest news, and only interact with the most honest voices in the most earnest manner.

I'm sure if you open most European news publications, then by volume most of the articles will be about how Trump is a goofball (at all times), just like how the parent comment apparently claims. There is no way they simply meant that whenever he is in the news, it's usually not because he was being a respectable fella, and is thus being represented accordingly.

There's a point beyond which it becomes a bit too difficult to believe just innocent gullability, compared to intentionally fanning the flames. I wonder which one applies to you?

SpicyLemonZest•about 1 hour ago

I think perhaps you don't recognize how strong freedom of the press is in the US? We get a lot of articles mocking Trump and making fun of him. There was an entire saga over the past month where he tried and failed to renovate a pool, which was very funny until he started arresting people for noticing that the pool coating failed. As I've said before, a lot of American humor about Trump has to be tempered with the knowledge that his goons are going to start shooting people when he loses the 2028 election.

johnnyanmac•29 minutes ago

They might even start shooting after 2026 at this rate.

But it's a bit more mixed for international awareness. The press isn't suppressed here, but that's not for the lack of trying. There's also a lot of whitewashing of Trump's actions in American media because they are afraid of retaliation. We crossed the Onion territory quite a while ago and people just shrug it off.

jscomino•about 2 hours ago

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Permik•about 2 hours ago

I think it's more nuanced than that. Obviously countries have differences on how aligned the people and the press are, but there's also the aspect of how highly educated the people are.

FWIW, I feel like the press in Finland doesn't try to "win" points by pointing out the humiliation and the utter failure of the current state of affairs in the US, because that point is plainly obvious, but the reporting more closely reflects the forces and agenda going on under the surface.

The embarrassment stuff is more for the coffee-table chitchat and having a collective sigh of relief with your co-workers that we're not so intimately close to the whole mess there.

insane_dreamer•about 1 hour ago

true. we the people mock him more than the press does.

hilariously•about 2 hours ago

You think we are not constantly mocking trump, his entire administration, and everything his group of jack booted fascists are doing?

Boy do you need to visit some other bars!

Razengan•about 1 hour ago

This is what starts World War III

johnnyanmac•27 minutes ago

LT. Surge was truly prescient in his time. He wasn't talking about WWII.

iAMkenough•about 2 hours ago

Next up: U.S. Govt Asks Iran Govt to Stop Posting LEGO Meme Videos

EdwardDiego•about 2 hours ago

That would be the Danish who'd do that, if you're looking to make an equivalent statement, no?

mohamedkoubaa•about 1 hour ago

The Greenland thing is definitely happening isn't it