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daydrinkingchickadee@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 3 months ago

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

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

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daydrinkingchickadee@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 3 months ago
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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
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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.
  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

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

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      3 months ago

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

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        3 months ago

        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.

      • Hawke@lemmy.world
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        Yeah but enough people would.

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      3 months ago

      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

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        3 months ago

        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.

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      3 months ago

      You think gamers are gonna get off the couch?

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