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tpstokyo1Today 09:25 am JST

the IOC always gets what they want and cities left holding the bag. Always gifts plus the luxury suite for Bach during his stay at almost $50 USD a night.

I think you missed at least one zero off that figure...

deanzaZZRToday 07:13 am JST

These are odd gifts if this is a true statement. I'm confident IOC officials prefer cash.

Something to tuck the brown envelopes into a little more discretely.

And yes, we already know that bribes were and are widespread in connection with the Olympics

What about not drinking sake? That'd undoubtedly be good for the memory. I don't think I'll ever see the day where that is studied, and comes to be.

health studies with one exclusive focus are always going to be part of a biased agenda.

Didn't know the wasabi lobby was so powerful- maybe sales are down.

And as kurisupisu adroitly pointed out, most wasabi you buy in Japan is not real wasabi, just horseradish with food colouring.

wallaceToday 05:01 pm JST

Ireland by race. Ireland has a majority of “White Irish,” as 94.1% of the population.

UK by race. 82% of people in England and Wales are white.

France by race. 85% of French are white.

Germany by race. 86% of Germans are white.

Sorry Wallace, I agree with most of what you've been saying, but 'Race' would a very narrow view of what it takes to actually be, say, English Welsh or German- Colour too. What 'Colour' are, for example, Algerians?

Racists use that as a marker to justify ridiculously events such as this one in Dublin-Linking the stabbing of children to immigration concerns. Doesn't really matter to the victims.

Ethnicity is far a more productive way of looking at societies in this day and age.

charitable consideration- I'm sure he is not in need of the money at all.

A quarter of the sale total will go to the British Red Cross and other charities.

Big fan of the man, and his instantly recognisable and unique style.

Have to say though, expected a little more charitabl

ThubanToday 04:55 pm JST

No more sweeping this under the rug.

So who exactly is sweeping what under the rug?

RIP Matthew Perry- I'm sure your honesty about your life helped more than a few to face up to their problems.

PaustovskyToday 12:34 pm JST

   Of course you have. I guess it's just that no one else has or it would be common knowledge.

It is common knowledge. If you were a woman you would know.

Is it as common as the knowledge that it's safe to assume all sexual allegations are against women only?

opheliajadefeldtToday 11:48 am JST

I am a woman and the very last police force I would ever go to if a rape happened to me is the Met Police. I have read so many disgusting stories about too many of their officers abusing women it is almost beyond belief. Yet their hierarchy have known about it for years and done nothing, which does not surprise me, that seems common practice in most police forces.h

Yeah, I'm sure the likes of the Police in, say Russia, China, the Arabic world or the Indian sub-continent, just to name a few examples, would be much better at handling this kind of sensitive issue.

The power of hyperbole. Read 'Stories'? Well they must all undoubtedly be true- All there in black and white.

@2020hindsights

Watch the documentary and see how he raped a woman and then, at 30, groomed a 16 year old.

I did.

Channel 4 moved away from 'Independent' broadcasting a long time ago- 'Dispatches' used to be a good newsworthy investigative programme, until Channel 4 decided to tread the commercial path à la 'The Sun'.

You see, you are doing the same thing 'See how'- See? There was visual evidence of Brand?

Too many people nowdays are happy to get led along the pre-decided path without substantiation.

I'll wait, thank you, rather than rely on the tabloid journalism to dish out what my opinion should be.

IF he is guilty, let the law decide- Then and only then if it were shown to be true beyond doubt, an apt punishment should be decided.

Trial by media has to stop.

Well what a surprise- Youtube have jumped on the possibly 'Trumped' up charges bandwagon against Brand.

I don't like the guy much, never have, but this smacks of a pre-ordained systematized witch-hunt.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66851698

@ sunfunbun

Madman across the water is sublime.

I think Tiny Dancer is so many people's favourite Elton and Bernie song, even though it wasn't such a big hit in the US, and failed to chart the first time around in the UK in'71.

One of those rare albums without any hint of a misstep.

wallaceSep. 4  12:15 pm JST

Soka Gakkai is the official English title.

https://www.sokaglobal.org/

At last someone gets their name right.

I'm certainly no fan, though I do know a few members, but if you are going to vehemently criticise them, it would be great help if you actually got the name right.

Ping AnToday  06:22 pm JST

Very cheap. You can find these kinds of devices in all primary schools at South East Asia. Buy at Taobao @USD1 or USD2.

Sales pitch for China, eh?

nosukeToday  04:07 pm JST

Name a country that isn’t more hotter and humid than Japan and isn’t suffering from heat strokes

India, Bangladesh, Pakistan to name but a few- There are so many countries suffering from much higher heatwaves than Japan.

Only the other day I noticed in Osaka Minatomachi they removed (Cut down) all the trees, about 15 I think, for a new building project.

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Wow, somebody votes me down for pointing out obvious ungreen policies- You must be proud of your secret internet identity.

Derek GrebeToWhicday  12:50 pm JST

Here's a suggestion:

How about not cutting shade-giving trees back to skeletal stalks every summer, and letting this nature thing "we Japanese" love so much cool the concrete streets down?

You'd save a fortune on not hiring teams of 8 blokes to stand around each tree, encouraging passers-by to walk around the foliage carnage with magic pointing sticks.

Why can't we just have a little shade?

Which is what they're doing in most European countries-they're trying to make their cities greener.

Sadly, in Japan it seems to be the opposite.

Only the other day I noticed in Osaka Minatomachi they removed (Cut down) all the trees, about 15 I think, for a new building project.

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YubaruToday  08:27 am JST

You still dont understand the difference and meaning of "necessary" vs "unnecessary" when it comes to these jackets and working in the heat and humidity of summer

Necessary? The world has managed completely well before these popped up.

Lived in South India too, where the temperature gets up to 50 degrees, and nobody uses or needs those jackets.

YubaruToday  07:35 am JST

That's a bit of a cash-in for uneccesary goods.

This is ONLY said by someone who works or spends their entire day in an air conditioned environment and is totally ignorant of what it's like to work outside, or in a hot environment like a warehouse.

Those jackets are 100% necessary, particularly in the semi-tropical sun and heat and humidity of Okinawa, and they are worn by nearly all constructions workers now a days, and other people who work in environments where heat stroke is a real threat!.

￥5,000 is actually a decent price for the jackets here, as many will run over ￥10,000

I would suggest learning about the necessity or not, before commenting, as it really makes you look ignorant otherwise!

Many of these items have been around at LEAST a decade or more as well, and you are just learning about it now.

I actually don't use air conditioning- So your assumption is wrong.

Grew up in Hong Kong, so I'm fully aware of the issues of humidity.

￥５０００?

That's a bit of a cash-in for uneccesary goods.

finally richToday  10:26 am JST

Besides apparently no one here speaks Korean so their opinion of "k-pop" is invalid.

And you do, I'm sure...

Having lived in South Korea, I always felt K- Pop, (Look, I even remembered to capitalize it) kind of made J-Pop positively look like a roots revival.

New Zealand, as a nuclear- free nation...

Wonder what 'Price' this decision came at for Japan- Can't see the IAEA or UN dipping their hands in their pockets.

@Concerned Citizen

Aahh- Having children: The 'Rose-tinted glasses' view: 'No matter what the cost'- You can add 'and to whom' to that, too, if people were to continue to be that irresponsible and self-seeking- There really are no guaranteed returns for society's investment, which many seem to brandish as supporting evidence.

Glad to see the Japanese are finally waking up to the realization that the pitiful levels of assistance that are available now, will almost certainly dwindle to risible levels in the not too distant future.

Sounds fun, doesn't it.

SpeedToday  10:36 am JST

So you have a grown man along with his buddies going to another grown man's house after drinking at a pub. The host grabs you there and kisses your neck to see if you're into that and this ends up in court?

Nice synopsis- I think you already answered your own question.

You should work in the movies, but obviously anyone doing so would need to watch their own back... like this guy seems to be.

@JeffLee

They'll probably be ballooning to pay the greying members of the population who'll undoubtedly be doing the 'Security'.

deanzaZZRToday  08:27 am JST

China's moon missions have all been successful 

And China's statistics are always so forthright, honest and open to scrutiny...

At least these guys have been very been upfront about the failure, which should help them gain support for future attempts.

The only version of 'Janken' these guys know how to play would only have 'Rock, Scissors'.

Guess who's perpetually 'Rock'.

Michael MachidaApr. 18  09:56 am JST

A government that cannot take its head out of it's A$ to understand what it's doing to the citizens.

Sadly, I think they are all too aware of what they are doing to the citizens.

kurisupisuToday  07:13 pm JST

The resort is targeting 520 billion yen of revenue annually, mostly from the gaming business…

…

Revenue?

Is that what it is called?

Taking money from those that can ill afford to lose it…

Raking in would be closer to the truth, I think.

Also did some nice keyboards for Public Image Ltd. on 'Rise' (or 'Single') with John Lydon, AKA Johnny Rotten of 'The sex pistols'