Nagoyajin comments

He is likely to be a failure. It’s the fate of all British players who play overseas - and that definitely includes all national teams!

Japanese players leave their locker rooms clean after using them. The fans, even when disappointed after the loss, clean up the stands. That’s pure class.

You can be sure that all other teams and their fans don’t follow this. In fact, the losers will be trashing the locker room while their fans brawl outside. No prizes for guessing which countries have no class.

Articles like this and the many YouTube videos illustrating the horrid behavior of passengers makes me happy to live in Japan. Here most people don’t object to sitting next to a stranger they don’t like (often racists or orthodox believers who refuse to sit next to the opposite sex) or have problems following instructions on seatbelts, masks, etc. Civilization always wins.

If you can afford to buy in, the central Tokyo is the best place to retire in. As you age you need more convenient access to shopping, medical facilities and entertainment. Tokyo not only has more of these than anywhere else but also has the public transport system to give you ready access. Who needs a car? (Who needs more elderly drivers?)

Not content with enforcing their views on everyone else through current abortion and book bans, American Christians may take inspiration from Iran to try to make blasphemy illegal too.

Tucker Carlson, Trump, Hannity, Bill O’Reilly as “good Christians” will undoubtedly lead the charge.

I am simply stunned that someone could conclude that this cult could result from conformity or lack of “proper” education.

In the enlightened west we have a country which voted against its own best interests (Brexit), and another which produces hundreds of cults from Scientology to Charles Manson, believes guns keep them safe even as regular mass shootings prove otherwise, but regards masks & vaccinations as dangerous.

If this is the result of superior critical thinking, I would definitely prefer to be dumb.

I know exactly how Kishida’s secretary, Arai, feels since I don’t want to live next to a bigot such as him either. Gay neighbors, however, would not be a problem.

I am not surprised. After eating in Tokyo for 2 years my wife and I were surprised to find the baguettes and croissants we ate in Paris, Lyon and Nice last year were not even close to Tokyo’s in either taste or quality. And they are cheaper here too! A deserved win.

So let me see if I have this right. Christians are told to “turn the other cheek” but they actually support gun ownership more than other Americans - despite living in a “divinely inspired” country and having the most powerful force in the universe, God, on their side.

So either they don’t really believe in god existing and need to hedge their bets, or they just don’t follow the Bible, which means they are not true Christians.

Yawn. The top sport headline in JT was English soccer news… wasn’t Norwegian equestrian or Indonesian hockey news available? British soccer, once again, demonstrated its relatively pathetic place in international standards at the recent WC. Have their fans forgotten already?

FYI Tenured assoc prof. Last winter bonus received ¥2.4 million. But I appreciate that it’s not representative of most jobs without tenure which do not offer bonuses.

There is no one perfect place to live. When we had a young family the suburbs were the place to be. Big house and garden, safe environment for kids and access to good schools.

But now we are retired, life in downtown Tokyo is far, far better. Shops, restaurants, hospitals, international travel - everything is far more accessible and abundant. And live in the right place, such as parts of Shibuya or Shinjuku and you will enjoy more trees than I ever saw living in suburban Osaka, Nagoya and Kyoto.

It comes down to “when” you live as well as “where” you live.

The failure of England to beat the US was one of the biggest misses.

Yes but it can only be regarded as a failure if England were ever expected to win. Their fans, since 1966, have painfully learned that their teams have been entirely disappointing. Perhaps many were relieved by the draw.

Can anyone tell me why this happens so often in soccer - having violent (& racist) fans - in so many countries on different continents?

It doesn’t happen with other sports with rabid fans like MLB, NFL, NBA, rugby or cricket.

A young player with a bright future. But even he with his youth, speed and size advantages was no match for Leo Messi. The GOAT.

Sandy Hook demonstrates that America is truly broken. Parents, devastated by the loss of their innocent children, then become abused and threatened by the idiotic believers of Alex Jones and his ridiculous conspiracies. Victimized twice.

After becoming filthy rich, Jones is now declaring bankruptcy because he admits to his lies. Lesson for Americans: lie to get rich, don’t worry about the human cost, you can always cry poor later.

Inoue won, yet again. Butler after talking so very bravely - pre-fight - that he wasn’t scared of Inoue, spent the whole fight backpedaling with his guard up. Famous last words.

This article misses the real intention for banning premarital sex. Gay and lesbian marriage is outlawed in Indonesia, therefore, from now on all gay sex is illegal. Welcome to the Bronze Age, again.

My half dozen years of retirement have been the opposite of this article. I am loving my golden years.

There is plenty of money to spend because we saved and invested for several decades. We moved from the suburbs to the middle of Tokyo, next to dozens of doctors, gyms, supermarkets, transportation options, restaurants, bars and vast greenery. How could there be any free time now with so much to do?

And we miss work like we miss having toothaches.

Soccer is such a weird game. Scores are so low that a team can be dominant for most of the match, like Germany or Spain playing Japan, but still lose. Japan, Australia are to progress but Germany and Belgium are eliminated? Wow!

Terrific win for Japan, especially for coming from behind like that. Sasuga!

But it’s also sad that the German team didn’t perform as well given their courage shown by protesting the host country’s record of poor human rights. Kudos to them for taking a stand.

It is not just filling overhead lockers with too many bags but also with overly large bags. When flying back to Tokyo from Europe in May, a young woman was really struggling to get her suitcase up into the locker. I was foolish enough to volunteer to do it for her and later regretted it as it could easily have damaged my back. The cabin luggage maximum weight was 12kgs per passenger. Her bag was about 3 times that.

It looks good so I tried it last week. Ordinary. No lobster flavor and not a vegetable in sight.

I much prefer the regular KFC chicken fillet burger which has at least has lettuce and mayo.

China wants you to believe that their government is saving their people from coronavirus by locking them up. They never admit that they caused the pandemic to begin with, vaccinated Chinese with the useless Sinovac, and now cannot open up which would expose their myth. A couple of posters above believe Chinese propaganda but Xi is scared but viruses do not listen!

Chinese GDP per capital now is a miserly $12,500. And that’s going down as the lockdown continues and wealthy Chinese immigrate to the west in droves.

Maybe you forgot about atheists Stalin, Mao Tse Tung and Pol Pot and thier carnage and abuse? So should parents teaching their children atheism be also considered child abuse?

@Concerned Citizen. Unfortunately for you, your argument has been demonstrated to be either shallow or knowingly dishonest.

The problem for your argument is this: Ask yourself how many times did Stalin, Mao or Pol Pot kill in the name of atheism. Zero. They killed millions yes, but for reasons of power and vengeance.

Then ask yourself how many have been killed directly in the name of god? The Crusades, Northern Ireland, 9/11, the Rohingya genocide, etc. So your god must be either totally inept or evil.

It is great to see Japan starting to do something about a serious problem - religion in society. All religions get a free pass on taxes, influence politics with their money and organized voting blocs, and even create political parties like Komeito or the many Christian democratic parties in Europe. And they impose their values on nonbelievers also - they can’t have abortions and insist everyone else can’t either.

Other countries should follow the Japanese lead and start limiting religion in society.

@Coulda been

Morrison is blamed for this farce because as leader of the Liberal party, the star staffer (read Australian newspapers if you don’t believe me) raped a colleague, (both Liberal party members). The victim feared for her job if she went forward with the rape allegations - not exactly an exemplary workplace. Since coming forward other women have claimed they were also assaulted by the same creep you say is innocent. Numerous women have also complained about workplace misogyny and harassment in Morrison’s parliament - which he has since apologized for. That’s why I blame him. Not for the rape but for the poor leadership.

And you accuse me of “procrastinating”?? Perhaps you should refer to a dictionary when using words over two syllables.

This trial comes to us courtesy of former PM Scott Morrison. He considers himself a good Christian but somehow was not sure what to do when a up and coming party star made out with an unconscious female staffer inside Parliament House. He also lied numerous times and undercut his colleagues by taking joint portfolios without ever informing them or the public. And he is a fan of Trump, another great Christian. With recent leaders like this no wonder the country is now in trouble.

“they must beat God”. It sounds an impossible task but his invisibility, the brazen hypocrisy of each and every religion, and his total lack of action, compassion and concern for mankind would suggest otherwise. But he desires tax free status for churches, subjugates women, cares more about who we sleep with than the slavery he condones? Better conclusion: he is simply not there. There’s no one to beat.

The wrong man got sent off - as is often the case. He was to get the ball but had his hair yanked viciously. He had every right to be angry.