Also there are exclusions. You can get travel insurance that doesn't cover adventure sports and then crack your skull open on a tree while snowboarding.

I'm not sure if the travel insurance thing would even fix this problem. It still requires the patient to pay up front and then claim from their insurance. I'm sure most of these bills are quite small, so it's either cheap asses or people with cash flow issues.

Interesting to see them using Gen AI images in the article. Not something we'd do as you start to question the whole article. In this case, pretty sure it's just the images though

At 3 million yen a night, the cost of the imperial suite would cover most peoples rent for a year.

Ah, should have read the details. It's a renovation of the Yasaka Kaikan

Reminds me of a client we work with who insist that we use a certain file transfer tool (not winny) that costs 2,000yen/month so they can send us files. I asked them to send a USB drive in a letterpack instead

Weird headline

The living beyond our means narrative has always been bullshit. Look where NZ stacks up.

Abe Shinzo always seemed keen on the appeasement approach with Putin for trying to get the Northern islands back. I guess she's continuing that.

Thanks for the tips.

Btw, I'm not a reactive anti-vegan weirdo. I'm pescatarian so always interested in finding animal free alternatives

I'm not familiar with any brands. I've bought some vegan shred from the supermarket and put it on a pizza, but the taste and texture were closer to melted plastic than cheese.

Is it good? I've never had a good vegan cheese.