Alan Bogglesworth comments

This country really needs to confront mental health sooner or later. Everyday I read the news lately it's just one tragic story after another, "man runs over wife and kills her", "man stabs teenagers at Mcdonalds" and now this, it's really out of hand.

Very exiting development.

Been hearing about this “story” for a while now haven’t we.

very sad, get used to unprecedented, thanks previous governments for doing nothing

The guy has lost his mind. Wow. He isn’t fit for president.

What is there to see in other counties, crime , substance abuse and crap food?

Stay in the safety of the sacred lands. Work hard, do overtime, get nowhere financially, obey, drink alcohol , provided by a conglomerate and please make babies. Arigatou

Why aren't they also considering plant-based alternatives?

Because it’s the 1950s in Japan?

Not entirely a criticism, just the way it is.

Japan, getting more boring by the day

I wonder what was the goal with all that foreigners-eating-all-the rice BS. Anyone knows what is the (sneaky) end goal there?

The government trying to avoid responsibility for its mistakes.

Has it right. Vienna, Rome, and New Zealand have all begun to charge money for tourists

The Japanese economy would suffer massively without tourism. The tourists are a benefit and they provide Japan with income. Don’t you remember Abenomics and his plan to make this country a service based economy ? This attitude that seems to be growing as if tourists are some type of problems isn’t good for Japan’s image.

Japan was dying to get people to come here after Covid now they are complaining about them

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> MocheakeSep. 11  05:34 pm JST

Don't start complaining about revenue now. This is what you wanted - less people.

Sorry but this is just facts. There was a lot of anxiety about tourism and all the money lost on the Olympics preparation.

Setup a service based economy but when the tourist come , aren’t prepared for it , do not know how to adapt and then do silly things like suggest higher prices for foreigners or erect barriers so people can’t see Mt Fuji or blame tourists for “the rice shortage”.

Worried about trash ? Here’s an idea, install some bins on the street like 99% of the rest of the developed world.

Why is this type of thing so common in Japan ? Too much burden on kids?

Could this be chalked up to panic rice buying ?

Because they don’t have guns ?

…before the takeover. People are just worried about the name.

I think Matsumoto is better anyway

Starting to get Bali vibes. People in Japan are getting so pour we have to price segregate now. I remember when the idea of visiting Japan was scary as a foreigner because it was so expensive any Japanese people were “well off”

Simple fix, rename the company to “East Asian Steel Concern” or something and no one would bat an eyelid.

Upside: having a leader whose thought processes would hopefully actually be based in the present time (as opposed to the Showa period where some of those old crusties still appear to live),

Downside: Yet another "dynasty" PM.

In other words, his mind is in the showa era. Plenty of 20 years olds minds are in the Showa era.

At what point to the crops give up from the heat ? Not going to be fun when that happens.

Nice to see the gentlemen in the photo wearing a shirt. But black ? What is it with Japanese and dark colors in summer ? If you’re in the sun, wear white, loose, breathable clothes. Less bugs, less chance of suzunibachi attack, etc. I saw a grandma in the fields recently. She had a quilted shirt on, tracksuit pants, black, and black boots ? You’re going to be hot in that , even in 1979.

Making religion fun again.

Next time , shoot it down.

more wonderful climate change side effects

This is Japan at its finest. We all know we can do better.

And how many swimming pools will close at the end of August?

With kids back at school it is good for elderly to go to the pools in September.

First of all the water quality will be much cleaner with less sunscreen and hair etc. Then there is the social aspect of elderly enjoying sometime together as well as the physical benefits to their health of walking and/or swimming in the water.

If the government made a “keep cool Grandma & Grandpa” campaign for September it would be booming… once they can convince the pools to stay open in 30c weather.

Yeah, the weather in September is always beautiful for swimming, I don't understand this either. Kids don't care if the water is a bit cooler, they have fun regardless.

Definitely doesn't feel like Autumn

In Fukushima, definitely feeling like autumn, cooler days, cold mornings, it's much cooler than last few weeks.

It won’t. They predicted massive snowfall last year. Didn’t happen. Still dirty about hat omens I don’t forget.

Don’t bother

It wouldn’t matter if he got found with child porn on his computer, no one is going to vote out the LDP anyway

Japanese eyes mega typhoon

I never understood why some countries that elect/select old people to be in government, the USA and Japan are at the top of the list. Surely it's better to elect politicians in their mid to late forties that potentially have younger families to keep them grounded in the now rather than the past. And have experience and understanding of technologies.

Not to mention, some energy