yokohamarides comments

Uniqlo jeans are horrible in this regard. They fade and fall apart very quickly.

Japan's budget for 2023 provides a record 6.8 trillion yen ($50 billion) in defense spending, up 20% from 2022.

moderator - this IS related

Fascist, from a long line of fascists, says what?

I KNOW you don't understand GPS technology either as it is called Intelligent Speed Assistance Technology or ISAT, that is used in conjunction with GPS. 

So if you are going to make assumptions about something or someone, get your information correct first!

You’re right - and like I said, there is no reason not to put it in every motor vehicle. It will save lives.

https://www.ccjdigital.com/technology/article/15303962/esmart-speed-limiter-controls-speeds-based-on-location

The central bank expects core consumer prices, a key gauge of inflation, will overshoot 2 percent in fiscal 2023, though they are forecast to slow in the next two years.

what is this forecast based on?

Yubaru - I suppose you’re too old to understand GPS technology?

Not especially advanced technology already exists to keep speeds under the limit of whatever road a driver is on. This would save countless lives.

Those walker just think that if they are don't care about surrounding, other will. Unfortunately that's not true, that even cost their lives

Victim blaming is disgusting.

There is really no good reason for speed limiters to not come installed in every passenger car sold.

Of those who died or were injured when riding a bicycle, 12.2 percent were wearing helmets, up 2.1 percentage points from the same period a year before and the highest level since comparable data became available 

I hope the the families of the victims can find some consolation in the knowledge that their loved ones had been wearing a helmet when they were killed by a car or truck.

To strengthen measures to prevent accidents, bicyclists across all age groups have been urged to wear a helmet from April this year.

How would wearing a helmet prevent accidents? - unless it leads to fewer people cycling, and that's probably what we are seeing here as well. Not improved safety through anything effective like protected bike lanes or speed/red light sensors/cameras to enforce infractions by far more dangerous drivers in cars and trucks, but only measure designed to dissuade people from riding bikes.

“Let the students chime in with their own opinions, even in Japanese.”

Good luck with that.

The scheme will be called Kempeitai.

From what I hear the trucking industry here is now scraping the bottom of the barrel for drivers. People have no interest in doing it. I’ve been told the industry is putting pressure on the government to allow special visas for foreign drivers.

Fascist court says what?

Plant more shade trees and I might think about it.

Wow. This is actually one of those moments in life that should be relished and savored.

You do know that China sent a spy balloon OVER the United States, right?

You do know the threat difference between a probably blown off course hunk of metal that may or may not have been used for spying, and warships and warplanes, right ?

It also follows a May 26 incident in which a Chinese fighter jet carried out what the United States called an "unnecessarily aggressive" maneuver near an American military plane over the South China Sea in international airspace.

An American military plane over the South China Sea isn't an "unnecessarily aggressive" maneuver?

No? It's international waters you say?

How about a Chinese fighter jet off the Hawaiian Islands or the coast of California?

The US is clearly trying to provoke China here. I'm American. It's wrong.

Why are we in Ukraine?

https://harpers.org/archive/2023/06/why-are-we-in-ukraine/

Washington’s establishment/policymakers behind them and Japan's ultra-rightists are all part of the same gang, I think.

Have been for a long time.

Another turn of the ratchet towards WW3.

Police said Ogino has admitted to the charge and quoted him as saying he didn’t see the woman.

Because he was looking at his smartphone.

What a country.

Did they include anything about they history of why they were bombed ?

I’m sure the souls of the thousands of civilians - including innocent children, rest more comfortably knowing there was a “why” for their deaths.

US hegemonic rules based order.

From what I understand, people are upset with the “Japan’s choice” part of the headline, which might give the false impression that the majority of Japanese people support increased military spending and assertiveness.

The driver was probably using a smartphone. I see it so often when I ride past drivers on my bicycle in heavy traffic. They can’t keep the car in the lane - startles them when I bang on the door to get their attention.

The term "Japan hand," however, is not always welcome as a way to describe the role. Calling the phrase "uncomfortable," a Japanese diplomat said it sounds "as if the United States is manipulating Japan."

Yeah it's definitely not like Japan is a vassal state of the US or anything.

Criminally incompetent gov’t study finds only 3,065 homeless people in Japan

Fixed it.