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I was ID’d by the police today while walking home from my local railway station. The policewoman was polite and talked about checks happening at the moment because of the election. Fortunately, soon after I was stopped, an old lady approached and asked the policewoman for help and I just walked off ...

For years, I’ve just used the standard weather app on my iPhone but it’s so unreliable these days.

Where do you get your weather forecasts from in Japan?

Weathernews
Tenki.jp
Yahoo weather
Etc

Which ones do you like and find are reliable?

Thanks

My second and final direct debit payment for 2023-2024 was taken yesterday and my record has already been updated to reflect this.

I see several neighbours covering their outside air con units with reflective sheets. Why are they doing this? Is it to protect the unit from the sun? Does it aid cooling in the summer? Does it help reduce electricity costs? One of my outside units is in the direct sun on the south side. Should I fo...

Received my postal vote today.

There’s no window on envelope B!

Have seen one Twitter user in Japan saying they have received their postal vote. Has anyone received theirs?

Am I right in thinking we have to pay the postage? Will everyone be sending it normal airmail or is registered post better?

I have not requested a vote this time - mostly because I see almost no difference between the policies of Starmer’s Labour or Sunak’s Tories. Plus the election is a foregone conclusion…. It’s better to be registered and then not vote than to not be registered and wish at the last minute you had bee...

Not a huge uptick in overseas Brits registering to vote seemingly…

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ar ... k-election

Wonder how many of the 200,000 are readers of this forum!

Max wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2024 5:47 am I periodically think about looking into making NI back payments, but from people's experiences relayed to the Forum, I really wonder if I can be bovvered with all the hassle. Shame to leave money on the table though.

Simply put, it’s worth the hassle.

Have a brown leather wallet. I’m very much a cash person so usually have around 20,000 in it. Only use my credit card in a shop a handful of times a year. Have three bank cards, driving licence, health insurance card, zairyu card, work emergency card, two point cards, commuter pass, house key. And I...