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Posted in: Most convenient hot spring in Japan? Might be this one that’s attached to a train station platform See in context

Shockingly expensive! The target market is urban guests arriving from Tokyo (3 hours distant) but out of reach for local customers...

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Posted in: This rustic dish of baked beans and smoked sausages is packed with deep, aromatic flavors See in context

Where is the rice?

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Posted in: 'Cancer' of billion-dollar cyberscam industry spreading globally: U.N. - UN See in context

"...If It Sound Too Good To Be True It probably ISN'T."

In actual fact, the quote is incorrect...

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Posted in: Mount Fuji climbers to be required to wear proper clothing See in context

"I once spent two weeks hiking through the Rockies with only Tevas..."

Who is 'Tevas'?

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Posted in: Man charged with murder over McDonald's stabbings to undergo 2nd psychiatric test See in context

"Jailhouse justice" is an American anachronism which does not exist in Japan.

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Posted in: 24,000 drivers scrupulously submit payment offers after expressway collection system breaks See in context

"With the system unable to read driver’s(sic) cards..."

Correction: Since both 'drivers' and 'cards' are plural, the apostrophe must be placed AFTER the antecedent:

"With the system unable to read drivers' cards..."

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Posted in: 24,000 drivers scrupulously submit payment offers after expressway collection system breaks See in context

"However, even though NEXCO Central waved(sic) cars..."

Cars cannot be waved; in actuality they are WAIVED.

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Posted in: 39-year-old acquaintance arrested over murder of woman in Tokushima apartment See in context

"Must have been truly remorseful…."

That is most doubtful. Probably unremorseful.

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Posted in: Osaka Expo opens for 6-month event focused on sustainable society See in context

"...waste of taxpayers' money and time."

Poor spelling and punctuation have been corrected for you...

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Posted in: Japan coalition partner hints at consumption tax cut See in context

Did you eat 8 cans of black beans? What was the tax rate?

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Posted in: Father arrested after 6-year-old son dies in fall from forklift See in context

"Police said Masaru Iwai was driving a one-seater when his son Nagi fell from the seat onto the road."

The forklift was not equipped to carry a passenger; Police will charge the driver with negligence. Some agricultural vehicles, such as large tractors, combines, etc. do in fact have a second seat with seatbelt in order to safely carry a passenger...

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Posted in: What is the shortest period of time you had a job before quitting and why did you quit? See in context

One day on the job: I worked in a factory producing sailboards. No-one spoke to me (no English); did not have any lunch; no public transport (therefore had to walk nearly one hour each way); no safety measures in a dangerous, dirty workplace using highly toxic chemicals such as resins and epoxy; and finally the last straw...I was never paid!

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Posted in: 7-Eleven Japan adding fresh-brewed tea machines to 2,000 stores, but is their tea any good? See in context

Is green tea available?

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Posted in: Japan startup to sell stair-climbing electric wheelchair in 2026 See in context

Very good!

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Posted in: 3 dead, 3 rescued after ambulance helicopter crashes in sea in southwestern Japan See in context

From the website Aviation Safety Network: "Three of six occupants, a pilot, a mechanic and a nurse were found on the floats and rescued three hours later. The other three occupants, a patient, her family member and a doctor were found in the cabin, but they were confirmed dead on arrival at the Fukuoka Wajiro Hospital."

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Posted in: Yakuza membership hits record low amid rise of anonymous groups See in context

"[Do] you mean they can count how many yakuza members there are but they can't arrest them?"

Yes, that is correct. 'Yakuza' is not an illegal occupation.

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Posted in: Japan warns consumers about safety of bicycle helmets sold online See in context

"They were helmets in Japan??"

Yes, there are.

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Posted in: Trump launches tariffs, saying global trade has 'looted, pillaged, raped, plundered' U.S. economy See in context

Yrral Today | 06:57 am JST

"Foreigner do not have to pay sale[SIC] taxes on goods in America"

Hi, Backwards Larry! Tariffs have nothing to do with value-added sales taxes! You are welcome!

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Posted in: Bird's eye See in context

Wonderful photograph!

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Posted in: Where's my car? Toyota buyers face long waits due to hybrid boom See in context

"So, tell us the cars you **would purchase. (So as we can shoot them down in flames.)"**

Thank you for your engagement, Fighto! I would buy a Suzuki Wagon R.

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Posted in: Body found in closet identified as missing Tokyo high school girl See in context

"The agency has also been encouraging parents to supervise internet use by their children and calling for the creation of household rules..."

Impossible. The cat has been let out of the bag...

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Posted in: Where's my car? Toyota buyers face long waits due to hybrid boom See in context

'A Toyota Rav 4 Hybrid, which is assembled in Canada, is seen on display at the Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto, Canada, on Feb 25.' Image: REUTERS/Carlos Osorio

Will I purchase this ugly green car? No, of course not. Will you?

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Posted in: Chewing gum releases microplastics into mouth: researchers See in context

"I remember not being able to afford chewing gum. We would steal tar off of the trucks retarring the roads, and chew on that."

'You were lucky! We used to dream of chewing road tar! We were so poor that we had to live in a rubbish tip. We had to eat 'alf a handful of freezing-cold gravel, worked twenty-four hours a day down at the mill for four-pence every six years, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep with his belt!' (THE FOUR YORKSHIREMEN - Monty Python)

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Posted in: Osaka Prefecture bans seniors from talking on the phone while using ATMs See in context

¥100 Yen Store Daiso Corporate Philosophy – Mission:

Continue to provide fun and abundance with free thinking

Pursue excitement with "Wow! I didn't know they had this at Daiso!"

I didn't know they had something like this!

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Posted in: Blue fans See in context

What is the fans' source of illumination....keitai?

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Posted in: Man acquitted of 1966 murders gets more than ¥217 million compensation See in context

"$1.4 million dollars is not that huge."

Is that not huge in Australian dollars or New Zealand dollars?

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Posted in: New high-alcohol version of Japan’s low-alcohol canned cocktails on the way See in context

"That would bring the alcohol content down closer to what you get in a can of Horoyoi, but it would still be 3.5 percent alcohol, a little over 15 percent stronger than the regular Horoyoi."

Arithmetic calculations are incorrect...

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Posted in: In latest blow to Tesla, regulators recall nearly all Cybertrucks See in context

"At least the wheel haven’t fallen off lol….."

What about the nut holding the wheel?

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Posted in: 30 years after deadly Tokyo subway gas attack, survivors and victims' families still seeking closure See in context

"X-Day" was the name chosen by the media for the police raid on No. 6 Satian and the other buildings within the Aum Shinrikyo compound...Asahara himself was hiding inside a false ceiling in a compartment under the floor; a policeman looked upwards and thought: 'That looks strange, what's that?'

I can well remember watching the scene unfold on live television as well...thanks to JT poster 'Xamo' for bringing back those memories!

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Posted in: Shohei Ohtani merchandise is prompting long lines -- even in the rain -- in Tokyo See in context

John-San: that Fighters uniform must be worth a lot!

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