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Actor Hideki Takahashi (82) revealed at a press conference on the 14th for his new drama that he’s struggling to keep up with digitalization, saying he refuses to enter stores that don’t accept cash and that he’s “suffered through this so many times.” The remark came during a promotional event for a medical drama themed around digital reform, but on 5ch’s “Geinou/Sports News+” board, the discussion spread from doubts over whether cash-free stores actually exist, to questions of why he doesn’t just use a card, to comparisons with China’s rule mandating that stores accept cash.
82-Year-Old Hideki Takahashi Won’t Enter Cash-Free Stores: “I’ve Suffered Through This So Many Times…”
Actor Hideki Takahashi (82) appeared on the 14th in Tokyo at a press conference announcing the production of the TV Asahi Thursday drama “Analog Nurse — What the Heck Is Digital, Anyway?!” (premiering on the 22nd, airing Thursdays at 9:00 PM). He revealed that he’s unable to keep pace with an increasingly digital world.
Written by Miho Nakazono and brought to you by the team behind “Doctor-X” and “The Travel Nurse,” this series serves as the culmination of a trilogy. It’s a “new-era medical revolution drama” in which Akari Nasuda, “the strongest freelance nurse,” uses all five senses to expose the blind spots of the digital age through analog power, in a medical world being pushed toward digital reform.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here
What people said
Seriously, what kind of store even refuses cash?
The owner just doesn't trust their own staff.
That's because the place is crawling with counterfeit bills.
Haha, waiting for an "Echigo Seika moment"? (the rice-cake maker famous for refusing cashless payment) Not gonna happen.
A local independent sandwich shop near me went cash-free and lost customers.
Didn't Rakuten Stadium make all purchases electronic-payment only?
He's probably the type the bank comes begging to make him a card.
I'm not asking you to name the bar, but at least tell us what prefecture and city lol
Japanese banknotes use special washi paper made from materials like mitsumata shrub and Manila hemp, plus cutting-edge features (3D holograms, black watermarks, deep intaglio printing, etc.), making them extremely hard to counterfeit by global standards.
Maybe he runs a tab and has an assistant bring cash over later.
I wish he'd get more taiga drama roles. Just because he's with the agency that also manages Sandwich Man doesn't mean he has to stick to variety shows lol
He's probably got some next-level card for buying condos — not something he'd pull out at a cheap local restaurant. And cash-free places all have that same vibe: trendy on the surface but kind of sketchy and cheap.
Apparently Dr. Takasu (the famous cosmetic surgery clinic director) used his no-limit credit card to spend a few hundred yen on Pokémon GO, and it got flagged as suspicious and frozen.
The restaurants in that new commercial complex by Kannai Station in Yokohama are mobile-order only, no cash accepted. Also, some university cafeterias don't take cash either — like the one at Chuo University's Faculty of Law in Myogadani.
Those are the go-to spots for self-proclaimed "progressive" members of the Cash-Haters Club.
Windows 96???
Background and Key Points of the Discussion
In Japan too, the number of cashless-only stores has been rising, driven by reasons like streamlining accounting and guarding against robbery — but there’s no law that regulates the act of refusing to accept cash itself, which is a different premise from China’s system, which legally mandates that cash be accepted. On the thread, the discussion centered less on whether Takahashi’s comments were accurate and more on speculation like “someone at his level surely has a credit card,” along with the general impression that cash-free stores tend to just look trendy on the surface. The debate remained split without any real resolution. The thread also didn’t dig deeply into the fact that Japanese banknotes are considered extremely difficult to counterfeit thanks to their washi paper and multiple layers of hologram technology — meaning Japan’s circumstances are fundamentally different from those of countries said to have rushed into cashless systems specifically as an anti-counterfeiting measure.
*This article was compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Entertainment] 82-Year-Old Hideki Takahashi Won’t Enter Cash-Free Stores: “I’ve Suffered Through This So Many Times…”.”
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