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"The Brain Is a Demilitarized Zone" — Lawsuit Service Prosecuting Overtime Orders as War Crimes Set to Go Public

"The Brain Is a Demilitarized Zone" — Lawsuit Service Prosecuting Overtime Orders as War Crimes Set to Go Public

"After-hours work messages violate the Geneva Conventions." A former military doctor's 'War Crime Prosecution Agency' now has a three-year waitlist. Late-night "please handle this by tomorrow" messages are treated as indiscriminate bombings of civilian brain facilities, with bosses being sued for violations of international humanitarian law. As the business world pushes back, claiming "the Japanese economy can't function without a little scorched-earth strategy," the number of middle managers commuting in bulletproof vests is surging.

Translations: JA
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"Going Paperless" Finally Reaches Fecal Tests. Company Mandates Mid-Air Catch for All Employees

"Going Paperless" Finally Reaches Fecal Tests. Company Mandates Mid-Air Catch for All Employees

A company's paperless initiative has finally reached the health checkup stool sample. A certain firm abolished the stool collection sheet entirely, citing "environmental consideration." All employees are now required to perform a "direct collection" by catching the specimen mid-air before it hits the water. Those who fail and let it splash down must pay for a retest out of pocket. As anguished screams echo from restrooms every morning, the CEO beams with pride, calling it "the ultimate SDGs."

Translations: JA
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs Designates Commuter Trains as 'Evacuation Advisory' Zones: 'Hide Your GPUs with Stacks of Cash'

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Designates Commuter Trains as 'Evacuation Advisory' Zones: 'Hide Your GPUs with Stacks of Cash'

The AI bubble has caused graphics card prices to skyrocket, turning the Yamanote Line into a 'conflict zone for high-level computing resources.' The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has instructed gaming PC owners to immediately cover their equipment with 'relatively low-value dummies' such as 'stacks of cash' or 'gold bars' to deceive robbers' eyes. They are urging maximum vigilance, warning that 'carrying a bare RTX 5090 is tantamount to walking naked on a battlefield.'

Translations: JA
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Executives Suspected of Disappearance Amid Bridge Crack Neglect: Company Claims "Not Fleeing, Just Emergency Mental Care with A5 Rank Wagyu Beef"

Executives Suspected of Disappearance Amid Bridge Crack Neglect: Company Claims "Not Fleeing, Just Emergency Mental Care with A5 Rank Wagyu Beef"

Executives of a construction company who disappeared from a site at risk of collapse held a press conference three days later with greasy faces. They justified their stay at a high-end yakiniku restaurant as "protein-focused replenishment to maintain high-level judgment," claiming "radio interference in the private underground room" caused the loss of contact. It was also revealed that they expensed 400,000 yen worth of additional special premium kalbi as "bridge pier reinforcement materials."

Translations: JA
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Sneeze Power Commercialized, Cedar Pollen Skyrockets to 'Green Oil'; Citizens Inhaling Pollen for Heat Overheat and Glow

Sneeze Power Commercialized, Cedar Pollen Skyrockets to 'Green Oil'; Citizens Inhaling Pollen for Heat Overheat and Glow

The 'Allergy Reactor', which converts the shock of sneezing into heat, saves the cold wave. However, accidents where body temperature reaches boiling point occur frequently as users inhale pollen directly in search of 'stronger warmth'. Investors buy up cedar forests, and severe hay fever patients become 'high-output bio-talent' with tripled annual incomes in this abnormal situation.

Translations: JA
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Leaving Work on Time is 'Lack of Heat': Government Designates Humans as Renewable Energy, Karoshi Becomes 'Honorable Complete Combustion'

Leaving Work on Time is 'Lack of Heat': Government Designates Humans as Renewable Energy, Karoshi Becomes 'Honorable Complete Combustion'

Preparing for the depletion of fossil fuels, the government officially recognized the 'guts' and 'labor heat' of the people as a new energy source on the 11th. Along with this, a combustion rank such as 'burnable waste' has been added to the insurance card classification of the My Number Card, and high-calorie corporate slaves are prioritized for assignment to thermal power plants. While an environmental tax is imposed on 'leaving work on time' as 'incomplete combustion', those who collapse from overwork are disposed of as 'cinders' (industrial waste), and bereaved families are granted a large amount of environmental protection points.

Translations: JA
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"Gross National Clumsiness" Adopted as Leading Economic Indicator; Noodle Factory Stock Soars on Investor Fat-Finger Errors

"Gross National Clumsiness" Adopted as Leading Economic Indicator; Noodle Factory Stock Soars on Investor Fat-Finger Errors

On the 17th, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare officially introduced the "National Clumsiness Index (NCI)," which aggregates knife cuts and missed appointments, as a leading economic indicator. As a result of visualizing the nation's brain fatigue, the index entered the danger zone immediately upon release. Traders, exhausted and intending to buy shares of a "bandage maker," collectively pressed the wrong order buttons, leading to the ironic result of a local noodle factory's stock price skyrocketing.

Translations: JA
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"Snow Shoveling" is Civil Engineering, "It's Cold" Posts are Weather Services — Government AI Suspends Millions of Pensions for "High Income"

"Snow Shoveling" is Civil Engineering, "It's Cold" Posts are Weather Services — Government AI Suspends Millions of Pensions for "High Income"

The fiscal reform AI "White Revenue," launched by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare on New Year's Day, has automatically classified home snow removal as "advanced infrastructure maintenance operations" and SNS snow photo posts as "real-time news reporting services." As a result, millions of elderly citizens nationwide have been deemed to have "undeclared professional income," triggering immediate suspension of their working elderly pensions. Enraged senior citizens' groups are now preparing to invoice the government for formal snow removal wages—including late-night and holiday premium pay.

Translations: JA
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