nukkuheddo comments

If she had filed a law-suit - and then decided to have an abortion - would not the participating medical staff be required to test the DNA of the fetus? If she decided not to have an abortion but suffered a miscarriage - wouldn't the participating medical staff be required to test the DNA of the fetus?

I'm not making a judgement about it - I'm sure this is not the 1st time such things have happened - surely there are laws for this kind of thing - indeed - perhaps in the case of a miscarriage or abortion - perhaps the DNA of the fetus should be mapped and stored for some duration (though 3 years doesn't seem economically viable)

it's interesting as an academic exercise - but I'm not sure I understand the point. There are plenty of beautiful real Japanese women. Not really gonna get the birthrate up with virtual beautiful women.

Could Japan and Canada enter some kind of trade agreement where Japan sends the typhoons hitting Japan to Canada to drench the forest fires?...

It should be born in mind that it's unfortunate that these forests are burning - but likely these same forests have absorbed a hell of a lot of CO2 from the atmosphere...this is nature...not politics...

Don't believe anyone has ever died over anything RW has said or done.

Don't believe RW is or has ever been investigated for corruption (or his wife for that matter)...

Judge a tree by it's fruits - not it's opinions

I think Roger Waters has become uncomfortably dumb

But I'd rather have a Roger Waters in this world than a Vladimir Putin or Benjamin Netanyahu

Wow...

95 comments about: Japan declines to comment on Macron's objection to NATO's Tokyo office

Sweden has every right to be in NATO...it's a vibrant democracy...it's got strong liberal-social ideals - and - this is important - a vast spectrum if ideals - and they manage that - they have been near to the threat of the USSR and now Russia for decades - they have some of the top private companies in the world - Ericsson, TetraPak, ABB, SKF, SAAB (who make state-of-the-art fighter planes)...

Their Neighbo[u]r Finland equally excellent -

I lived in Sverige for a few years - all my peers had to do military service - they hated it at the time but they love to talk about afterwards...

Perhaps that's a good idea for we western democratic countries to re-institute - compulsive military service - as opposed to paying off student loans or whatever - give them credits - I know all the cry foul folks will whine...but the world was a better place when the innovative and strong were the power-houses of the world...

could be worse - could be in another country where it's expensive, not clean, never runs on time...

How much trouble would young terrorized Palestinian girls get in if they posted photos of themselves with the caption, "I am Anne Frank"?

Has to be done - think about it - on the UN security council you have a country that willfully invaded a neighbo[u]r....violation of the tenants of the UN...their [senior] partner threatens invasion of another democracy - Mao and Stalin are no longer here...but their doctrines are clearly followed in their homelands...Of course Japan would join G7 nations' sanctions - Japan has proven (since the war's end) to have been a very responsible world citizen - Even helping with debt re-structuring for 3rd world countries bent-over the table by China SPECIFICALLY to extract consessions/control...if you're gonna gripe about effect - gripe about the cause for that effect ALSO...

Hats off to Zelenskyy...the world could use more leaders with that kind of commitment/resolve...standing up to tyranny...way to go Z-Man

in the 4 years Orange-kun was in office - the Rep's voted to up the debt ceiling 3 times - not a quarrel....a cool 1trillion in tax breaks for the richest 1%...280 pages of the 320 pages McCarthy submitted as gimmes to the petroleum industry....Reps know their lord and master

The article talks about disliking the opponent more than your "preferred" candidate - but may I just ask a simple objective question - how is Orange-kun not in violation of his oath of office? the Jan 6th debacle - inciting a mob - Sex lawsuits (before he was president - sure enough) - Trove of government documents - denial of a year of subpoenas...if any of us did any of that - we'd be wearing an orange suit

When Trump was in the WH...the Reps in the Senate upped the debt ceiling 3 (three) times without a single complaint...Now Biden - not being a Rep...has to negotiate a strategically designed mine-field - difficult to negotiate - by the Rep Senate...it is what it is...of the 320 pages of McCarthy's "demands" for a debt ceiling increase...some 280 pages are for the petroleum Oil & Gas lobby to get their bonuses - they need out of the deal...bought-and-paid-for - Rep's being obliged to the the Oil Lobby...Just read it

The shyster declared bankruptcy 7 times - everything about the guy is on display for folks to see his understanding of accountability - why don't folks see it?

Un wise saber rattling...I'm sure the whole exercise was under US surveillance and is undergoing analysis both strategic/tactical and logistic - sorta like playing your hand before necessary -

The Russians are getting their asses handed to them in an aysmmetic war without a sea involved...

pretty dumb...

Taiwan is a democratic country...It doesn't have vast natural resources - it has earth quakes -

Foolish pride on the part of the main-land and if acted on would likely destroy China as a country economically The sanction on Russia would be a joke compare to what would happen to China

There's plenty of visual material at the kombini...why make a crime outa a fettish?

Don't get it at all - by the rational of more guns - would the world be safer if more countries had nuclear weapons?...to me it's the same argument

I never wanted to have kids...then I had one...

Best experience of my life - you get to be a kiddo with your kiddo...the joy of discovery...I had my son relatively late in life (40)...and spoiled him rotten...but damn did we have a lot of fun...

I would come home from work - his mother was - "go take care of our kiddo"...I need some space...we'd go play...one day...playing hide-and-seek - I hid in the same place...2 times per interval...so he got used to looking for me...then I didn't...then I did...when he found me...in the same place - he had this big smile on his face - he got it - he understood the trick I'd played on him...my kiddo has a sense of humor...

You can't put a price on such an experience...

I think even if the world is going to hell...I'd like to think I've played a small part in making a young man's life enjoyable...

That is enough for me...

Bang on the money theFu

If you don't threaten your neighbours - they don't arm up - even AI can predict this

The Senkakus are Japan

After the Senkakus - what would their next claim be?

Certainly they have more work to do at home than advancing their imaginary frontier...

Authoritarian governments seem to rise at the early part of each century - why is that?

I came to Japan 20 years ago - you would never hear of such things then - my favorite thing about Japan when I 1st came here was how civilized and polite everyone seemed to be...this is very unfortunate...the shame these (insert word) have inflicted on their families...

Little dogs yapping...eventually the big dogs have no choice - big dogs don't yap...they bark once and that's it...

Awful...tears...poor little kiddo...

China warns every country about everything...

Aly Rustom - more like a spy balloon than a kite...

Japan is democracy - China is not - hence the ultimatum sounding threat -

They don't have compromise in their attitude toward their own people...

why would they have a different attitude to the peoples of other countries?

Wow - this is really one of the best articles I have read in a very long time -

Thank you JT for publishing it -

What an incredibly refreshing article.

I have never heard of Clifford - but will look him up -

Sort of peculiar - on the one hand - AI and data science is in the zeitgeist and obviously attention to defining outliers which might sway a result - sort of applying some sort of "standard" to valuable data

But by contrast information absorbed my millions of folks is largely biased and not fact checked (eg: cable news is not governed by FCC rules - basically can say anything their legal department isn't afraid of)

The irony here of course - is perhaps AI is more I than we are

I agree that actors should likely keep their mouths shut - they're actors - they pretend to be who they are portraying -

"It would boost the power of politicians over the court system, with Netanyahu saying it is the way to restore the balance between the branches of government."

imagine a politician (being investigated on corruption charges - shouldn't they all?)..saying something as absurd as "it is a way to restore balance between the branches of government"

And one single soul believing it?

With the unfortunate experience of Palestinians, the completely dysfunctional Israeli government and now this - does Israel still have the gall to describe themselves as "the only democracy in the middle east"?

Good - Nazi Germany got a bloody nose when it tried to cross the Channel - why do tryrants hate democracies so much?...this is something that as a planet - we need to overcome...

Democracies are not a threat - just because the UN agreed with the Philippines that China had not historical right to claim their territory - doesn't make it a threat - it makes it a rules based world - if you can't abide by a rules based world - please resign your seat at the UNSC

Thank you

Peter14 - that is correct - NATO did not expand eastward towards Russia - counties under Russia's brutal control begged to become part of NATO - that salient point needs to be understood and the argument taken out of the equation - these countries WANTED TO JOIN NATO DUE TO THEIR EXPERIENCES UNDER THE BRUTAL CONTROL OF MOSCOW - don't mention it again - HISTORICAL FACT