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Comment by paulcole | Hacker News Reader

I don't think they're ripping on people. It's a fair point that this makes the front page because people on HN love stories about Japan.

Try searching HN for titles with "Japan" in them vs. for example, nearly any African country.

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So weird that there’s more tech news from a country that has an enormous tech industry than from countries where people have to spend their time dealing with famine, tribal wars and preventable diseases.

HN in a nutshell lol.

Yes people are generally interested in Japan, it's an interesting place.

This story is also interesting because: Nestle is a huge company KitKat is very popular within and outside of Japan Changing the wrapping from plastic to paper, for this product, in this volume, is a big deal.

If this link was for a similarly large market, meaning its environmental impact was similar, I would read it and be impressed, regardless of where it's from.

Yes Japan is fetishised by westerners but this story would still be interesting without it being related to Japan.

My point is that if this link was for a similarly large market, you wouldn’t read it and be impressed because you wouldn’t find it on HN.

The article’s content is almost pointless. It’s the Japan connection that gives it a huge boost here.

Is that even an argument? HN is obsessed with Japan just because the search returns more results?

Maybe that's because Japan is more relevant when it comes to technology compared to African countries?

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