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@sven. There was never any definitive connection between the "knocking" sounds and the submersible. It could have been anything around there. There was one sound, then another one a few hours after.

Finding that sound was compared to hearing a snare drum in a stadium full of cheering fans

So he was trying to join the GSDF because he was trying to get his hands on some ammunition? Maybe he was trying to pocket some and got caught? Another person who can't tell what is reality.

Reminds me of that guy who killed the ANA pilot in the cockpit because he wanted to take the controls of the plane and fly it under the rainbow bridge like he did in the flight simulator video game back in 1999

Nobody posting on here has to buy them. Good for the organizers that they offer a variety of options. There's always going to be someone to buy these. Cheap compared to that submersible ride to the Titanic for ¥35.5 million. I guess people get angry when they read these things because it reminds them that other people have more money than them

The video's already been out for 12 hours at least. The car behind the bus had a dash cam. Clearly shows the truck going straight into the side of the bus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biVYl7hwAm8

Obviously not suitable for the military when he can't take even any ounce of criticism. In the military more than any other organization, you have to accept that you are going to get orders or yelled at from superiors

I wonder if the people on here complaining about the head of beer are British? In Britain the beer is served much warmer, and barely has any head at all. Not acceptable in Japan or in the US. Of course nobody wants a half filled glass of foam, but two or three fingers worth is appropriate. Different beer, different style.

I wonder how many calories they burn every game? Definitely a good way to get a work out

Besides adding health insurance information to this stupid card, there are talks of incorporating drivers licenses to this, and for foreigners our ID cards.

For those of you saying you are going to avoid having this card, you're going to end up having to get it anyway. I totally agree, it's ridiculous.

How can we protect our "my number/new my number" if we have to carry it around with us as our ID, and rental car companies make photocopies of it when we rent a car!?

Diablo 4 for me now. I could never get into these fighters when I was younger at the arcade. Too many button and joystick combos to remember. My partner used to play Streetfighter, I used to play Qbert or pinball

Already a mess and the government wants us to put our health insurance information, drivers license, and for foreigners our ID cards on there too. Ridiculous

Well like any technology there are good and bad uses. Good uses of this are for example to allow mobility to people who are now paralyzed, a bad use would be a divide in society between those who have implants and those who don't. I'm not sure which would be a better group to be in

I made sure to go to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing because tickets were set unbelievably cheaper than those before and since. I went to 16 events, mostly finals. For example, my swimming final's tickets were about the equivalent of ¥5000 (face value), whereas for the 2020 Tokyo games they went on sale for ¥108,000. I saw finals in judo, track and field, volleyball, gymnastics, etc. Table tennis was impossible due to huge demand understandably

Calm down people! No matter what the reasoning for building these toilets, the problem was not with transgender people, it was with straight people, mainly due to prostitution.

Most of you wouldn't be able to recognize a transgender person in the first place. Many transgender people exist in our society and go to whichever toilet fits their identity without anyone knowing with no scene being made.

The main problem with these toilets from my own personal viewing experience, and from what I have read in Japanese media, was that straight women and men were mixing in the toilets. Because anyone can walk in, and there are so many stalls, it became a very convenient location for prostitutes to do their business. Men and women going into a stall for a quick one. Add to the fact that it's in Kabukicho and there you go

Regarding the website version, I found it quite helpful to plan an itinerary for my upcoming trip. I told it the exact dates I was going and the location and asked it to plan an itinerary for me. Of course I will make adjustments, but it was an excellent base for me to build on.

3 million bananas and 15,000 athletes. That's 200 bananas each! Wow that's a lot of bananas

Probably like the Luffy case previously, ringleader recruits idiots to commit the crime and the ringleader benefits. That guy is somewhere with the watches, meanwhile the idiot teens are in custody

People need to read a bit better. It never said that he paid ¥20,000 for a massage, it says he demanded money and she handed over ¥20,000. Stop insinuating it was something sexual.

The standard hourly price for a massage is ¥6000/hour. It's easy for a place to have ¥20,000 in cash. The legit place where I go has an average 4-5 customers at a time. My partner and I have a 2 hour foot and body massage each 1/month, that's ¥24,000 right there, though we usually pay with a credit card.

The benefits of cashless are clear for shops in this case

Activision hasn't been "saved", they wanted the deal to happen. This is due to heavy lobbying by Sony. We're talking about Sony's protectionism here

When Michael Jackson's things went on sale, Lady Gaga ended up buying dozens of items including thriller jacket, sequin glove etc. She keeps them in a temperature controlled facility with her own items. I wouldn't be surprised if she tried to get some of Freddie Mercury's outfits as well, particularly seeing where the profits are going

@3Rensho pitchers and catchers all use Pitchcom now. It can be set for various languages including Japanese, so there's no language problem on the field

There are lots of regional only passes that are still available. Some of them for foreign residents but most of them still for tourists only. These will not have price increases at the moment

@zizi. Paris not looking very nice at the moment, and the Olympics and corruption always go hand in hand no matter the location

Yesterday as I was out for a walk I saw the police, wearing helmets, had stopped a delivery guy, who was also wearing a helmet. Therefore I assume it was for something else, but as they were talking to him and I walked by, I counted six cyclists riding by without helmets including a young girl by herself. No cyclists were wearing a helmet

Well that's what makes this festival one of the more popular festivals in Japan, the danger. Just like that one in Nagano where they ride the giant log down the hill.

The participants know what they are getting themselves into. Hopefully every year nothing more than broken bones, but there are occasional deaths unfortunately from time to time

First of all the Gobi desert is in Mongolia and China, and Chinese cities suffer just as much if not more from yellow sand each year.

The Gobi desert is expanding in size every year due to climate change, deforestation and animal grazing. Since world leaders don't seem to be able to get anything done about climate change, it's just going to get worse and worse

As a lifelong Oakland fan I think I've given up on them this season already. Cheering for the Angels to finally make the playoffs

One of my relatives was lucky enough to have Sakamoto in the audience watching her performance. After the show he spoke with her and gave her his name card. He said they should collaborate in the future. Unfortunately she never had the chance. RIP

I don't know about this version, but long ago when the Mazda Miata came out, I tried it out but I had a very difficult time seeing through the windshield. Maybe I was too tall for the car

The last emperor soundtrack was the only soundtrack I ever bought. Sakamoto's tracks really touched my heart.

People who aren't regular company employees are not required to have annual physicals, therefore they may not get cancer screenings and discover cancer in its early stages.

My Japanese cousin was like that. As a housewife, she never went for physicals and ended up being diagnosed with terminal intestinal cancer in her late 50s before passing away a couple of years later.

Everyone 30+ should get regular checks for cancer, especially breast cancer for women, prostate and testicular cancer for men, and 40+ stomach and intestinal cancer for both.

This is why I took my opportunity during Covid to travel all around Japan. Went to all 4 main islands plus Okinawa over the 3 years. Visited 34/47 prefectures.

Everything is getting so crowded now again but remember we don't even have the Chinese tourists back in force yet. The Japanese government is targeting record numbers of tourists.

Great for those related to the tourism industry but not for those of us who just live here

He's a billionaire. Not as rich as he claims to be, but nevertheless capable of paying for his own legal defense. Shameful that he is scamming people to pay for him, and unbelievable that his supporters, many of whom are probably living paycheck to paycheck, still send him money.

As much as I dislike Trump, I feel sorry for his supporters who have been conned and used time and time again by this scammer