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281. Deposit from social security(18kview/14res) Question 2024/01/05 12:01
282. first shrine visit of New Year(14kview/21res) Problem / Need advice 2024/01/04 15:08
283. You can see it in Kohaku LA this year ?.(18kview/21res) Question 2024/01/04 15:03
284. Happy New Year!(1kview/4res) Free talk 2024/01/02 09:14
285. Let us know what you think about Green Card!(27kview/28res) Visa related 2023/12/31 15:17
286. Kura Sushi(127kview/71res) Free talk 2023/12/29 08:17
287. What is the hardest word to pronounciate in Englis...(19kview/22res) Free talk 2023/12/23 13:38
288. It's already been about 4 years since then.(247kview/81res) Free talk 2023/12/21 22:15
289. resale(6kview/8res) Free talk 2023/12/19 17:59
290. What can you tell me about life insurance?(2kview/5res) Question 2023/12/10 15:22
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Deposit from social security

Question
#1
  • mine
  • mail
  • 2023/10/29 13:19

I just checked my bank account and found a direct deposit of

a small but totally unexpected amount of money, in addition to the benefits I normally receive, one week later.

Has anyone had this experience ?

Thank you very much.

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#9
  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2023/10/30 (Mon) 10:36
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If I go back to Japan and go through the procedures at the pension section of the U.S. Consulate in Japan
will I be able to receive my U.S. pension in time for the next month?

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#11
  • 老後は日本
  • 2023/10/30 (Mon) 15:28
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Heisei no Kodo Oji

Thanks for the information. I was worried that if they withdraw completely to Japan, I don't think they will come back to the US mainland, except for Hawaii and Guam, due to the long flights.

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#12
  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2023/10/31 (Tue) 08:02
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If you go back to Japan and open a dollar account in Japan, the amount you are getting in the US will be transferred directly to your account.
Also, it is said that if you receive a Japanese pension, the amount you receive in the US will fluctuate.

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#13
  • カゼヒキ太郎
  • 2023/11/01 (Wed) 19:55
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A friend of mine in Japan who receives a US pension is pleased with the recent depreciation of the yen.
The amount is totally different. And the US pension plan will surely increase in amount every year.

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#14
  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2024/01/05 (Fri) 08:29
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The SS pension transferred in January 2024 was transferred at a slightly higher amount.

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first shrine visit of New Year

Problem / Need advice
#1
  • 明日香
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  • 2023/12/29 19:48

Now that Corona has settled down, I am thinking of going for my first visit in a while this year. Is it safe around Little Tokyo these days ? If anyone knows, please let me know.

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#15
  • 明けましておめでとうございます
  • 2024/01/02 (Tue) 13:35
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Parking costs $20.

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#16
  • 調べないから損をする
  • 2024/01/02 (Tue) 16:48
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By bus or train, one way $ 1.75

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#17
  • 明けましておめでとうございます
  • 2024/01/02 (Tue) 17:20
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I would like to hear from users of the new subway station at the corner of 1st and Alameda in Little Tokyo.

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#18
  • ハットリハン象
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  • 2024/01/02 (Tue) 18:35
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> If you go by bus or train, one way $ 1.75

There are no buses or trains where I live in the countryside...

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#21
  • ガセネタ太郎
  • 2024/01/04 (Thu) 09:14
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I think it's in the back part of PV where you can't live without a car ? by the ocean or in the countryside.

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You can see it in Kohaku LA this year ?.

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#1
  • 年末紅白
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  • 2023/12/29 16:15

Last year I was able to watch it online only as an NHK subscriber.

Will it be shown on LA local TV here again this year ?

( We do not wish your opinion about Kohaku. )

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#12
  • 紅白
  • 2024/01/01 (Mon) 22:19
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#I don't need to live in the US and be immersed in Japan.


We do not wish to receive any comments not related to Kohaku.

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#15
  • 紅子
  • 2024/01/02 (Tue) 14:07
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For many years, my grandmother used to celebrate joyous occasions with Mikawaya's Kohaku Manju, but
she complains that she hasn't seen it recently. Have they stopped selling them already ??

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#16
  • ゲゲゲ
  • 2024/01/02 (Tue) 18:24
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Los Angeles Mikawaya is no more.

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#20
  • うん ダサっ
  • 2024/01/04 (Thu) 11:54
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Hiromi Goh is my guess ? You're so different.

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#22

> I turned it off when I saw Hiromi Go


Maybe I turned it off because I didn't want to see Konarou's face.

I am one of them.

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Happy New Year!

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#1
  • 2024/01/01 00:09

Mr. Showa-no-Ototsuan

Thank you very much for your kindness and support during the last year.
Thank you very much for donating 25 iphones

1 unit $ 25 for 429 is over 10,000 dollars.
In Japanese yen, it would be more than 1.5 million yen.

Happy New Year!

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Let us know what you think about Green Card!

Visa related
#1
  • Maiko
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  • 2023/11/24 22:10

① Unmarried children of citizens over 21
② Unmarried children of permanent residents under 21

Which do you think will take less time to get a green card ?
I have done a lot of research but I am still not sure. Please help me.

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#18
  • いやいや
  • 2023/12/01 (Fri) 10:37
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It is not a slander, but a complaint about a misguided statement.

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#21
  • 断捨離
  • 2023/12/01 (Fri) 19:50
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There is currently a group like this on Facebook, where Japanese people with various experiences in the U.S. participate as members, and I often see this kind of consultation.
If there is not enough information, why don't you post it here as well?

There are 12,661 members, so you will be able to see more people than if you post here, and there may be others who have had similar experiences.
You can post anonymously.

Japanese in the US ( Members - 12,661 )
https://www.facebook.com/groups/637768156431069

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#22
  • カスタマーサービス
  • 2023/12/01 (Fri) 22:20
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You may have a similar experience. From a man's point of view, it is like an old Chinese farming village story that if you get a wife from Asia, her adult children will come along and live with you. Therefore, if you are going to ask questions in a group, it would be better to have a Chinese or Filipino group with many years of expertise.

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#26
  • spiderman
  • 2023/12/04 (Mon) 23:36
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Here's from Maiko, the skipper, but without a message, everyone's story is off.

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#28

たぶん、市民権保持者の未成年者のほうだと思います。アメリカ人の案件が先だと思います。永住権は、あくまでも外国人だし。。。。

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Kura Sushi

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#1
  • sushi
  • mail
  • 2023/11/30 10:36

I would like to try Kura Sushi at 182 Street in Torrance, but

what about the price ? ( All You Can Eat, it is not a flat rate )?

It would be helpful to know.

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#63
  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2023/12/27 (Wed) 10:46
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I think the sales person who comes to the office saw the system there, and
if this is the case, it will still grow, and he brokered it through the sales sales sales connection.

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#64
  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2023/12/27 (Wed) 11:15
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Panda ・ Inn ・ Express was established in 1983 when a Glendale Galleria manager
approached the management of Panda ・ Inn ・ Express to convert it into a fast food restaurant and open
Panda Express fast food restaurant. was born,
which led to the expansion of the fast food chain of Chinese restaurants.

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#67
  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2023/12/28 (Thu) 08:29
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パンダ・イン・エキスプレスレストランを方向転換して
グレンデールギャラリアにオープンした、ファストフードの
パンダ・エキスプレスと考えられないのだろうか。
読解力が不足しているようだ。

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#68
  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2023/12/28 (Thu) 09:04
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Glendale Galleria manager approached
Panda ・ Inn ・ Express ・ restaurant to convert it into a
fast food restaurant and open

Panda Express at the Glendale Galleria in 1983. Fast food restaurant was born.

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#72

> "Once you pick up your luggage at Haneda Airport and go through customs, there is an ANA counter where you can leave your luggage"

I have also seen people who arrive at Terminal 3 and go through "immigration/customs" and then find another ANA counter where they can leave their luggage. I have also seen people who are connecting domestic flights checking their luggage there. I realized that if I checked my baggage here, they would take it to Terminals 1 and 2. Last year, I took a bus between terminals and saw a Chinese couple loading several large luggage onto the bus. I wonder if they didn't know about the above means. Or were they just moving to the 1st/2nd for free? In my case, it was only Carry-On Luggage and I was staying at the First Cabin mentioned above that night, so I checked in there after taking the bus. However, the First Cabin only allows you to enter after some time in the afternoon, so I had to check in my luggage only.

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What is the hardest word to pronounciate in English

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#1
  • mail
  • 2023/12/07 16:06

For me "literally"

#18
  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2023/12/18 (Mon) 10:49
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I remember a singer from Los Angeles named Blue Sky Boulevard sang it.

#19
  • 昭和のおとっつぁん・妻
  • 2023/12/18 (Mon) 13:30
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I am sorry that my husband's Japanese seems to be getting more and more suspect lately, perhaps due to his age.
Let me correct it.
False ) A singer from Los Angeles named "Blue Sky Boulevard" sang this song.
Correct ) A singer from Los Angeles sang a song called "Blue Sky Boulevard", right?

#20
  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2023/12/18 (Mon) 14:16
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I'm LGBTQ, so I'm a Showa Otto ・ I don't have a wife.
You can still live in peace.

#22
  • ロン
  • 2023/12/18 (Mon) 23:12
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Peace, three colors, dora 2
O-Man, 12,000 points.

#23
  • アナ
  • 2023/12/23 (Sat) 13:38
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"Tokyo Patent Permit Office"

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It's already been about 4 years since then.

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#1
  • 研修医
  • mail
  • 2023/11/24 07:32

Heart disease is really on the rise these days. Everyone please be careful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLkOkJzRrkw

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#52
  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2023/12/05 (Tue) 07:11
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49 would like to take advantage of the popularity of the Showa Otto.

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#53
  • spidermen
  • 2023/12/06 (Wed) 00:45
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I want to be ayakatta, I want to be ayakatta.
I want to be popular in the Showa era.

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#56
  • spiderman
  • 2023/12/06 (Wed) 09:23
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I can't believe I'm writing to you

Dad,

spiderman, you notice I'm not spiderman?

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#61
  • spiderman
  • 2023/12/07 (Thu) 16:31
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>#60 spiderman
Who is 56 <

This is good.
Quien eres tu?
Who the heck are you?
Get lost!

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#81
  • 来た来た
  • 2023/12/21 (Thu) 17:34
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JN.1 Corona Mutant Strain Rages in China, 10 Times More Deadly than Alpha Strain; Number of Infections Instantly Zero
This will wipe out the anti-vaccine, thank goodness!

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resale

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#1
  • 転売
  • mail
  • 2023/12/14 18:51

Do you know of any moving companies that resell them?
I hear about them a lot and I've heard they can be bought cheap
anyone who knows please !

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#3
  • れ?
  • 2023/12/15 (Fri) 07:26
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Moving, resale, cheap. I'm guessing
iPhone or headphones.

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#4
  • 照和のおとっつぁん
  • 2023/12/15 (Fri) 15:27
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So, Showa Otouta is a mover and reseller ?
So, the iPhone and headphones you got as a gift are also resale items ??

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#6
  • 珍保 立夫
  • 2023/12/16 (Sat) 16:50
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Recently, many people write sentences like this !
Do they think that what they think in their head can be understood without writing ?

> Do you know of any moving companies that resell?

Essentially,
"Do you know of a place that takes unwanted goods from movers and sells them ??" is the sentence that correctly asks the question.

A straightforward interpretation of this post would read that the movers are illegally reselling
someone else's belongings to someone else during the moving process.

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#7

1 Mr.

Maybe it's done by that company in Japan. A friend of mine has had it turned around at a discount.

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#9
  • 70台前半
  • 2023/12/19 (Tue) 17:59
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Furniture Store Princess

https://losangeles.vivinavi.com/tg/page/_wid_f15902f8fa7081cb86e90d951065b98888ae092324

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What can you tell me about life insurance?

Question
#1
  • Yori
  • mail
  • 2023/12/05 16:24

Do you all have life insurance in the US ?
If so, which company do you have it with ?

I just realized that I don't have enough coverage for mogge if something happens.
I am thinking of somewhere to make up the shortfall.

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#2
  • 2023/12/05 (Tue) 20:54
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If you want to go in, Term Life is the way to go, not Whole Life.
There's no doubt about it.

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#3
  • Yori
  • 2023/12/08 (Fri) 21:51
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Thank you very much.
Term Life is cheaper. Is there any other reason ?
?

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#4
  • それよりETF
  • 2023/12/09 (Sat) 16:18
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If you were single, you wouldn't need life insurance.

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#5
  • Yori
  • 2023/12/10 (Sun) 03:30
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I am not single. I have children.
If I were single, I might not want it.

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#6
  • spiderman
  • 2023/12/10 (Sun) 15:22
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The nice thing about Whole life is that you can keep the initial coverage forever. For example, when you cover 25 years, $ 600 per year, that's the same price when your husband turns 60.

What I like about Term Life is that it is cheaper at first because it has a fixed term. For example, it covers the first 10 years and may be cheaper than $ 600 per year. But when you need the next 10 years, it will be more expensive because your husband is 10 years older.

But after 10 years, the amount of mortgage will decrease and you can buy a cheaper Term life.

I suggest you to balance your requirements well and buy.

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