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1 year

Japan scraps U.S. meeting after Washington demands more defense spending

www.asahi.com
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    Japan scraps U.S. meeting after Washington demands more defense spending--FT | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
    www.asahi.com
    WASHINGTON--Japan has canceled a regular high-level meeting with its key ally the United States after the Trump administration demanded it spend more on defense, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
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    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1 year

      Japan should just hold back Nintendo and Sony videos games, systems, and games licensed for those systems. Americans would lose their shit.

        • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
          1 year

          April 9

          https://globalnews.ca/news/11123627/nintendo-pause-switch-2-pre-orders-tariffs-gaming/

          April 12

          https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-electronics-retaliatory-tariffs-exemption-1.7508923

            • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1 year

              Exactly. People got super pissed when they realized they couldn’t order the S2. That made a lot of headlines.

              You can currently buy the Nintendo switch 2 with relative ease in the US, but Japan could make that much harder.

              • surjomukhi@lemmygrad.ml
                1 year

                Nintendo diplomacy

              • macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world
                1 year

                No, no I wouldn’t. PC gaming all the way and never sony.

                  • Hawke@lemmy.world
                    1 year

                    Yeah but enough people would.

                    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
                      1 year

                      In the US, Nintendo sold 1 switch for every 2.25 people. Japan could frustrate a lot of American parents during Christmas if they wanted to.

                      As I recall, consoles still eat up more of the US gaming market than PCs. And mobile gaming is still the fattest slice of the pie.

                    • HurlingDurling@lemm.eeEnglish
                      1 year

                      Republicans want to control what games we play so this would make it easy for them

                      • Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
                        1 year

                        You think gamers are gonna get off the couch?

                      • davel@lemmy.mlEnglish
                        1 year

                        sicko yes

                        • snekerpimp@lemmy.world
                          1 year

                          More defense spending? They can’t even afford rice

                          • Zerush@lemmy.ml
                            1 year

                            Same as Spain. Trump: You must spend 5% in defense, Sanchez: we have enough with 2%, money for social system, health and education is more important.

                            • Jimbabwe@lemmy.world
                              1 year

                              Art of the deal

                              • veganbtw@lemmy.mldeleted by creator
                                1 year

                                NATO is a military defense spending contract lol, Japan was able to walk away but Europe is going to lose their social safety nets to protect against a made up Russian menace, oops.

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