SapperJon comments

I would never knowingly eat beef from the USA as it's full of growth hormones and anti-biotics. It is totally banned within Europe including the UK. Now if it says meat reared in Japan I would find that safe to eat!

Here in England we're so glad he lives in the USA as he's not wanted here, what with his constant whinging and whining about the British way of life and history.

An political science graduate and an Argentinian that has no nuclear industry of merit and yet he's raised to the top of the IAEA because he's a diplomat. I hope he's got a good team of scientists working below him.

Over the years because the amount of people smoking has declined the smell becomes an irritant, I always hold my breath as I pass a smoker.

UK minimum wage for over 23 years of age is £10.42 an hour , that's 1823 yen an hour but I suspect the cost of living is higher in the UK. It's quality of life that really maters and happiness. The average working week is around 40 hours with a government minimum paid holiday entitlement of 5.6 weeks.

I love that I can't use English everywhere and things can sometimes be a challenge, but that is part of the fun of traveling. Now days of course your mobile phone is your friend with speaking and written translation Apps available. Wi-Fi is not a problem if you plan ahead and buy a data only sim card which is delivered to your home address. As for rubbish I either deposit at the same chain of convivence store that I purchased it at you take it back to our hotel.

The one thing I always try to do is be polite and not cause offence.

France is a member of NATO but not a precipitant in any military exercises, don't forget President Bush called them, "Cheese eating surrender monkey's", they always try to protect their own country by doing their invaders bidding.

A NATO office in Japan will enable the Japanese to have an oversight on how it works for mutual protection.

Please keep having these weird foods in Japan it's what makes visiting so much fun. All pizza's pretty much taste the same especially American pizza pie type which doesn't compare to a 90 second oven baked Italian pizza. But this one is a pass by me.

Facebook changed it's name to Meta because of all the legal problems they were having at the time and the damage done to the Facebook reputation so they changed to Meta to reset their image.

Looking backwards at history doesn't help with the future but lessons need to be learnt. No mention is ever made here about the reasons for the dropping of the bomb. I do agree there was no need to drop a second one. More time should have been given for the full impact of the first bomb to be analysed by the leaders in Japan.

After having paid 12% of my salary to cover National Insurance which cover all benefits, health costs and old age pension. I receive approximately 165,000 Yen a month and my wife receives the same amount and of course we still get free health care till we die. The UK has one of the lowest pension rates in Europe.

Japanese sweets are an acquired taste for the western palate, although I do like the reduced sweet taste given many of the sweet products in Japan

I've worked a 40 hour week over 4 days for 17 years and it has been a great advantage and also healthier. I've been able to book dental and medical appointments when I've been off along with deliveries and gas boiler maintenance. As my wife still works 5 days a week it has also given me the benefit of some me time!

There are cons though, mostly down to training commitment's as half the workforce has Monday's and the rest of us Friday's so sometimes you have to swap your days off, but it's rare you have to do this.

Tipping is dying out in UK as everyone has the minimum wage or the higher living wage. Tipping is mostly confined to the better restaurants and some of them have a service charge already included in bill. Also as cash is dying out if you give an electronic tip there's a good chance the workers will not receive it.

The USA should pay their servers a proper wage.

Cherry blossom is beautiful no matter the age of a tree. All those pieces of wood supporting a tree detracts from it beauty. Let nature take it's course and replant several tree to replace it.

I have noticed in Japan that it's quite normal to support and prop up old trees when I see tree's like this it is not natural and spoils the overall effect. If you want old tree's plant Yew that live for thousands of years or even European or Mediterranean oak

He is a very brave and courageous man and must go on living so that his memories of his family lives on. I salute you sir.

The low level of water in Venice is nothing to do with low rain fall or global warming as the Venice lagoon is open to the Mediterranean ocean. Of course if global warming was true the ocean's would actually be higher!

Here in the UK baby formula is not allowed to be advertised only follow on milk used when weaning your baby.

Coming from a country that prides itself on the varieties of it's cheeses in the UK. I would have loved to taste the best of Japan's cheese.

Would they be able to match the Queen of the worlds cheeses, namely Stilton. I really hope they can.

The answer is stop battery driven vehicles and instead concentrate on Hydrogen powered cars. No mining should be allowed on the seabed.

Do they still do mass testing in Japan? If not where do they get these large numbers from.

Not for me I'm afraid, I like to live life and enjoy the experiences that brings.

In the UK edition of the Daily Mail it's the same picture but with a rabbit sculpture instead of the flowers, maybe its to inform us westerners that its the year of the rabbit.

The English Christmas cake is still made masses of dried fruits including glace cherries and ocassionaly a few nuts topped with marzipan ( and almond sweet paste) and if factory made fondant white icing if home made it would be a harder covering made into peaks with Christmas decorations like artificial Christmas trees snowmen and father Christmas.

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Never buy frozen mass produced Yorkshire puddings they taste of nothing. I make a couple of batches at home and then freeze them ready for popping in the oven for a few minutes to heat up and get a crispy crust but while still having a soggy bottom. Obviously they are called Yorkshire puddings as they have a heavenly taste and as everybody know Yorkshire is Gods own county.

Politician's the world over seem to have corruption in their core and spend all their time in a bubble all looking inward. They bend the rules or break them without thinking of the consequences. Uk's recent Partygate fiasco the country was on lockdown but the prime minster had a party for himself advisors and civil servants, meanwhile I couldn't celebrate Christmas or see my grandchildren

Do the Japanese celebrate the American thanksgiving or do they have similar festival to England which is called Harvest Festival held on different days according to local tradition. A service is held in church on a Sunday normally in September but it is slowly dying out. Maybe because of the UK's high immigrant population.

I think the UK governments app cost more of taxpayers money. Only people who didn't want to work and still be paid used.

Our government authorities announced 2 million people had Covid yesterday in UK but life has returned to normal in the UK no masks no social distancing. However I don't believe this figure as that would mean 104 million people have had Covid over the last 12 months when the UK population is about 66 million maybe be its a vaccination drive as just over half the people entitled to a booster have taken it up. Myself and my wife had both the Covid booster and flu vaccinations.

Krispy Kream in the UK are so sweet and not popular either and so expensive for an over sweet tough to eat donut. My favourite is a icing sugar dusted jam donut. https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpassionspoon.com%2Fjelly-doughnuts%2F&psig=AOvVaw0LFbvIZpipt-cbEd6VgjiC&ust=1668509686519000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CA8QjRxqFwoTCNCa-o7BrfsCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE