Posted in: Study trips, livestreamed fish: Fukushima's charm campaign See in context
@Roy your comment is not well received just like the tritium.
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Posted in: Japan's tallest skyscraper, at 330 meters, completed in Tokyo See in context
Another monstrosity!!
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Posted in: Ex-U.S. security adviser concerned over Japan app market expansion See in context
USA just want a monopoly on it that's all.
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Posted in: Number of food items in Japan seeing price hikes so far in 2023 tops 29,000 See in context
@ Dave Fair well said that man!!
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Posted in: 'The Full Monty' returns 25 years on, with its politics laid bare See in context
It got a terrible review in the press in the U.K.
Hard pass.
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Posted in: Japan seeks regional tourism shake-up as demand exposes staff shortages See in context
@divinda yes I agree they just want throw more of our tax away .
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Posted in: Japan to consider delaying defense spending tax increase to 2025 or beyond See in context
Just scrap the tax increase and reduce the consumption tax on basic food items for goodness sake !!
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Posted in: Student in Tokyo arrested for giving illegal haircuts to thousands See in context
Sacre bleu !
Haircuts on the cheap !
Probably get deported or imprisoned unlike the folks who were arrested for the Olympics scandal who got a slap on the wrist for embezzlement and bid rigging .
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Posted in: Major Japanese firms expect FY2023 net profit to rise 4% to record high See in context
And the workers are seeing very little if no pay increase and minimal if not zero bonus increase if they lucky enough to get one.
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Posted in: Japan faces headwinds in drawing foreign workers despite visa change See in context
Paying ¥950 an hour isn't exactly a great a great draw !!
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Posted in: Japan calls for power saving from Tokyo households, industries during summer See in context
Geothermal energy has been completely neglected and overlooked here !!
A massive source of clean energy untapped.
The LDP are grossly incompetent!!!!
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Posted in: Former execs of stuffed toy maker convicted in Tokyo Olympic bribery case See in context
@obladi the public as usual coz the elite corrupt fat cats certainly are not.
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Posted in: Japanese get trained in smiles as masks slowly come off See in context
¥7,700 an hour.....
Couldn't make this up !!
It's just unbelievable that people need smile lessons and they are willing to 'pay through the teeth' for it as they say.
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Posted in: Apple is expected to unveil a sleek, pricey headset. Is it the device VR has been looking for? See in context
@Aly Rustom
Absolutely disagree.
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Posted in: Ex-lawmaker GaaSyy arrested upon return to Japan See in context
Trumped up charges.
LDP don't like criticism.
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Posted in: With oil prices slumping, OPEC+ producers weigh more production cuts See in context
Slumping ? I don't think so !!
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Posted in: Japanese government promises expressways will be free by the year 2115 See in context
Why don't they just say it will never be free.
At least that would be the truth.
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Posted in: Japanese government promises expressways will be free by the year 2115 See in context
Couldn't make this up !!! The LDP is just having a laugh at us !
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Posted in: Huge price hike for Japan Rail Pass triggers huge drop in foreign travelers who’ll buy it See in context
Hard "pass".
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Posted in: Kishida rules out tax hikes to fund more childcare spending See in context
Ponzi schemes for corrupt LDP cronies.
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Posted in: Canada will keep training Ukrainian soldiers, maybe pilots: Trudeau See in context
He is awful just awful.
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Posted in: Japan’s newest vending machine absorbs CO2 from the environment See in context
Hilarious greenwashing nonsense!
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Posted in: Major Japanese firms offer 3.91% pay hike; sharpest rise in 31 years See in context
This is a joke !
3.91 % !!
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Posted in: Japan looks to raise ¥3 trillion annually for childcare policy: report See in context
Agree with all of the above !
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Posted in: Kishida, Biden agree to step up advanced technology cooperation See in context
Two useless old cronies
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Posted in: In her own words: A Hiroshima bomb survivor learns English to tell her story See in context
@Asiaman7
No, using nuclear weapons on innocent people is never justified.
You are wrong.
It is never acceptable to use nuclear weapons.
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Posted in: Britain, Japan to reach new defense, technology agreement See in context
Sunak is desperate!
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Posted in: U.S. debt standoff overshadows G7 finance leaders' meeting See in context
All a political pantomime.
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Posted in: With mask wearing having become the norm, people have had fewer opportunities to smile, and more and more people have developed a complex about it. See in context
Smiling lessons...omg .
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Posted in: Kishida marks 78th anniversary of World War II end without mentioning Japan's wartime aggression
The provision of fresh fruit juice is very healthy and appealing . . . not a spectre . . .…
Posted in: The phantom juice only available from vending machines at JR East train stations
Posted in: Trains, flights canceled as typhoon makes landfall over western Japan
Posted in: Attendance and ticket records keep growing at 2023 Women's World Cup