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Come on, guys! Wages at major companies are going up so much that people might make ¥3000 more a month than before! That should cover the cost of one or two diapers, right?

Oh no! They might have to show it in Japan AFTER ALL??

Fighto!: "How about providing infrastructure, hospitals, medicine, agricultural capabilities and FOOD for your people first, little Rocket Man? You know, the things all responsible governments are supposed to do."

Oh! You're talking about North Korea! I thought you were talking about Japan maybe providing for social security, infrastructure, understaffed hospitals, agricultural capabilities (instead of subsidizing farmers who don't want to work in a nation 60% reliant on imports), and FOOD that is going up in costs every single day while wages are not, and staff are decreasing due to the aging population! My bad. Instead, while we are paying through the teeth in taxes in Japan, that is all going towards... oops... more missiles. Or at least, more planes and guns, while the government tells us there is not enough for food and they have to increase taxes. Take a look in the mirror, my friend.

They should learn ALL history, from Pearl Harbor to incarceration, to the bombings that caused Japan’s surrender.

Good. I’m tired of the pity-party for these sick murderers. Now, give her 20 years, please. Not just 2 if anything.

It'll be a variation on streaming, like streaming directly into VR goggles and a sensory suit, and/or some way to beam directly into the brain. But, it would still be streaming.

This is SO Japan!

I wish this guy were in charge when it came to actually ratifying a ban on nuclear weapons instead of the current leaders saying we need them for protection.

Again?

Like their former coach said -- they are too focussed on TV commercials and not on the game.

"We are against the war in Ukraine, and we are absolutely sickened by the nuclear testing done on the atomic bombing anniversary, but come on! We can still do business, right??"

A "nadeshiko" meaning "caressable child", but referring more to the nostalgia of a demur woman with idealized traits, perceived to be increasingly rare, like the "nadeshiko" who waited for their samurai masters to come home -- Samurai Japan, the men's team? The name should not be allowed, to be honest, as it is insulting.

But, they sure are playing well, as they have in the past. The one thing I love about the Women's World Cup more than the men's is how level the playing field is. Contrast that with the men's and you see what I mean... especially watching teams wait to see whom they are matched with in the first round and some screaming with joy while others cringe and curse. With the women... could be Japan wins again this year, could be someone else. It's almost never repeated.

But they still won't stop doing business with Russia.

Hogwash. It's falling because the current centenarians had VERY different lifestyles. I know an old man in Okinawa who has seen a grandchild die of heart disease, very mind the grandchild's father died as well some time ago. Many in Okinawa barely walk anywhere and insist on driving, eat more fast food than in a lot of prefectures, etc. That's only one example. There's also the stress of overwork, poor diet (not aforementioned fast food alone), poor sleeping patterns, toxic stress of everyday life and living costs, etc. I have said for decades it won't be long before Japan sinks to where the rest of the developed world is. With costs continuing to rise, taxes going up, and no young people coming in to fill in the void that will be left by the aging population, it'll drop even further.

Nope. Still seems a lot less than it used to be, and FAR less than what the government still wants -- unless you're the Kyoto mayor, then you just want the money but not the people.

Right... that's the way it SHOULD work, but instead companies that cannot keep up will seek government protection, be granted money and foreign companies that are far more advanced will be barred to protect the locals. Then the companies that cannot compete will get regular subsidies to keep afloat while tariffs on other companies' products are so high we are forced to buy local.

"No Japan release date has been announced for "Oppenheimer", which chronicles the creation of the atomic bomb. The film has been criticised for largely ignoring the weapon's destruction in Japan towards the end of World War Two, obliterating two major cities and accounting for more than 200,000 deaths."

Surprise, surprise. If it doesn't paint Japan in a good light (and Japan is painted in it) a movie won't see the light of day here for some time, despite Academy Awards or profits, etc. People railed about Indiana Jones 4 -- not because it was garbage, but because the opening scene "made light of nuclear bombs and it is not funny!". How They See Us on Netflix was almost blocked in Japan due to one officer in the interrogation of one of boys saying, "I'll go Nagasaki on your backside" (I paraphrased the last word). Outrage all around, but any other culture's sensitivities and it becomes deer-in-headlight here and complaints about backlash. "Hamada doing blackface? What's wrong with that? We don't see that as a racial issue," etc.

Lighten up. Let people who want to see the movie see it, or the fame it gets while Japan shuns it will show all the more how things in the movie were probably right.

Dolphins finally starting to get their revenge. :) Mind you, a little nip here and there doesn't make up for a massive slaughter.

Good old Japan. "Welcome to Japan! So sorry, but we don't sell the cards anymore. Please understand and use cash only, and thank you for buying the recentry increased JR Pass! We appreciate it. JR Is a major nationwide company, well... split into different JR companies. You can use regular cash to go to Osaka and buy an ICOCA card, if you like (bow bow)".

Anyway, enjoy the show, but don't complain about the Covid rates after.

wtfjapan: "LOL youve never been to Sydney Harbor New years fireworks, puts this to shame"

I have, and you're right. The bursts of Coat-Hanger Bridge alone send shockwaves.

And anyway, no less than three colleagues have come down with Covid this week, two of whom attended Tenjin Festival in Osaka. The reason, among gossipers? increased foreign tourism, of course.

Join enkai or be jailed. Or join and be jailed.

Of COURSE they said it did... elections coming up. Then it'll be less of a threat as defense spending increases amazingly... then as Kishida thinks of dissolving Parliament it'll be a threat again.

Nope.

She had a lot of trouble, and she really let it get to her in the latter half of her too short life, but she has left us with some music that to this day will haunt, move, and make you love. "Nothing Compares 2 U" is still a fantastic song.

I am glad they put this pic of an innocent child playing in what will very soon be waters so contaminated with nuclear waste he will be dead by adulthood, or at least he won't be able to have kids himself... or at least, not kids with normal genes. Sorry if that hurts, but it's true.

And so the count begins on the complete neglect of swimming areas and rivers here.

Gotta love the afterthought here. Like this is something completely new. Release or be about to release the water and, "Oh, you know... there might be some backlash!"

Twitter is dead. Let's face it.

Nihon: "Easy to say as a man. aye."

Not easy to say as a human being at all, actually. "The parents didn't know!" which means that only the girl and possibly her baby-daddy and some friends did, which means absolute neglect. She may have only buried the corpse but make no mistake, she killed the baby first. She could have gotten help, even though there may not be enough of it here, especially for someone so young. She still could have tried, though.