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Posted in: Man arrested for scouting Japanese woman to be prostitute in U.S. See in context

Jacobo

@ Mr Kipling,

However, this is soft crime.

I would have thought "hard" crime.

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Posted in: Missing truck cabin located in sewer pipe near Saitama sinkhole See in context

WoodyLee

The first 2 hours were the most critical and precious moments to save the driver life and were missed because there were NO HEROS around and lack of preparations for such events.

All What was needed is a cable / cables hocked to the truck to lock it in place and prevent it from sinking further at first

The cab of the truck was completely covered so hooking a cable on the the frame at the rear would have been pointless as the forces will have ripped the cab of the chassis , which it did anyway. I am quite confident the emergency services did everything they could have to save this guy without the further loss of life.

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Posted in: Missing truck cabin located in sewer pipe near Saitama sinkhole See in context

quercetum

Saitama Gov Motohiro Ono told reporters that rescuers will attempt to remove the truck cabin after installing a temporary bypass pipe, but the process could take about three months.

Take your sweet old time.

Can you do it any faster? If yes give them a call.

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Posted in: 2-week search ends for trapped driver inside sinkhole in Saitama See in context

Bobby Franks

Frustrating to see such bungled rescue efforts.

How do you know they were bungled? Perhaps they should have called you? A professional in this field?

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Posted in: Ex-lawmaker gets suspended sentence for raping junior high school girl See in context

Does this case now not set a president for the next rapists lawyer to use to set him free? Not sure how the law works in Japan but in other countries this outcome could be used in other cases.

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Posted in: Former Diamond Princess passengers mark 5 years since COVID outbreak See in context

Japantime

This ship started the pandemic in Japan. I remember this news. Japan had very few cases until this ship came back from overseas with the virus.

You do not know that for sure but regardless if r not you are correct covid was always going to find its way to Japan so not a lot of use pointing the finger of blame.

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Posted in: Former Diamond Princess passengers mark 5 years since COVID outbreak See in context

sakurasukiToday 

It's also mark Japan's slow response during time of Covid crisis

Japan handled covid a LOT better than other countries.

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Posted in: More than 60 feared dead after jet collides with Black Hawk helicopter near Washington airport See in context

USNinJapan2

Wallace

There's no way yet to tell conclusively which aircraft flew into which aircraft from the only video that's been made public. It only looks like the helo flew into the airliner because of the camera vantage point. Offset the camera 90 degrees to either side and it would look just as much as if the airliner had flown into the helo.

The Airliner was on final approach so it will have been right where is was supposed to be. I think it is very clear who flew into who but as yet we can not point the finger on who was in the wrong. It will either be the Helicopter Pilot or the Control tower.

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Posted in: Child suicides in Japan hit record high of 527 in 2024 See in context

I know this story is about young suicides which is very sad but the general percentage of all suicides in Japan is actually lower than Australia and NZ.

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Posted in: Man arrested in Osaka for allegedly sexually assaulting junior high school girl at hotel See in context

owzer

That’s awful! What website did they meet on??

Why would you have a need to know that?

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Posted in: Births in Japan likely to fall below 700,000 for 1st time in 2024 See in context

Surely the govt is not surprised by this. After all, it is them that is causing it. Who would ever want to attempt to have a family and still succeed in Japan.

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Posted in: 24-year-old woman arrested for burying baby girl in snow after giving birth at home See in context

Once again no support available to people in this situation. There should be a phone number for parents to call and the baby is picked up and taken away no questions asked. But, more important in Japan to spend money on weapons .

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Posted in: Woman arrested over fatal stabbing of 64-year-old husband See in context

DanteKH

This what happens when couples marry out of interest, not love, and they only live with eachother for mutual benefit. Instead of divorcing, they prefer to stay together out of interest, until the bubble pops up and those kind of things happens.

And how would you know thats what the case is?

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Posted in: Japan's tourism boom prices out business travelers See in context

Abe234

Alongfortheride

Pukey2

Some people are down-voting everyone here simply because we have one or two legitimate complaints.

People are down voting this story as 80% of the people reading it are either foreigners living in Japan or tourists.

I disagree. They’re downvoting it maybe because they are being forced to pay extra for something they should have access too but we’re being squeezed out by greedy companies.

I think the Japanese are also upset at paying extra for basic nothing extra.

And how many of the 126 million Japanese are reading this english news site?

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Posted in: Japan's tourism boom prices out business travelers See in context

Pukey2

Some people are down-voting everyone here simply because we have one or two legitimate complaints.

People are down voting this story as 80% of the people reading it are either foreigners living in Japan or tourists.

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Posted in: Japan to give $2 mil in aid to California for wildfire relief See in context

So the people leaving negative comments saying it was the wrong thing to do. I assume the next time there is a major event in Japan like an Earthquake and Tsunami you do not want the USA Military to help out?

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Posted in: Japan reports 70 mil COVID cases, 130,000 deaths in 5 years since outbreak See in context

TaiwanIsNotChina

Here you go, "Global South" was exactly the same as most other countries.

https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/new-zealand

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Posted in: Japan reports 70 mil COVID cases, 130,000 deaths in 5 years since outbreak See in context

TaiwanIsNotChina

Yes, the global south countries were not as heavily impacted by Covid.

Global South? If you are referring to Australia and New Zealand you are very wrong! NZ's lockdowns destroyed their economy when it was in control by a PM who had no idea what she was doing.

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Posted in: JR Central to test pet-friendly shinkansen car See in context

GuruMick

No need for pets to be out of the carrier in my opinion....most train trips are over in a couple hours.

What if you own a St Bernard?

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Posted in: JR Central to test pet-friendly shinkansen car See in context

YeahRight

No, thanks. They got rid of smoking cars decades ago. Why do they want to bring back smelly, nasty cars again? Not to mention the number of people who are allergic to dogs. Hard pass.

Perhaps read the story properly. "The company also plans to ensure the cars are not used for general passenger services after the trial, Niwa added."

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Posted in: Over 9.63 mil calls made to 110 from Jan-Nov in 2024 See in context

Don't wait for the police who will never come.... if its a dangerous situation take matters in to hand and do what you need to do

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Posted in: Increased defense spending pledge taxes Japan's strained coffers See in context

JeffLee

@Along

"Jpn govt...you are damaging businesses with your taxes"

I have no idea of what you're talking about. Japanese "businesses" have been seeing the highest profits in their history. The stock market is one of the world's hottest. And the govt cut corporate taxes while hiking taxes on consumers.

Ok, so please explain to me why the past 2 years I have paid just under 70% in total taxes to the govt from my business. You think that is acceptable?

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Posted in: Increased defense spending pledge taxes Japan's strained coffers See in context

Cigarettes price up yes, Gambling taxes up yes. But also LOWER the income tax but raise consumption tax, that way tourists can help with tax revenue.

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Posted in: Increased defense spending pledge taxes Japan's strained coffers See in context

A senior ruling party official stressed a belief that it is possible to meet the 1 trillion yen target as "corporate tax revenues are surpassing forecasts." Whether those revenues are sustainable, however, remains uncertain as tax hikes are unpalatable and may prove politically damaging.

And this is all they are worried about?! I think Jpn govt you should be more concerned on how you are damaging businesses with your taxes.

This military spending is a total waste of money to give someone and ego boost.

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Posted in: Japanese woman, world's recognized oldest person, dies at 116 See in context

...but the country is facing a worsening demographic crisis as its expanding elderly population leads to soaring medical and welfare costs, with a shrinking labor force to pay for it.

So stop spending money on military weapons you don't need and can not afford and put some money into taking care of your own elderly!

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Posted in: Driver runs down two New Zealand police officers, killing one See in context

GuruMick

Meth on anyone's radar ?

Your on the right path yes I think. Just a few minutes prior there was some people arrested byt other Police for using drugs in a nearby toilet block.

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Posted in: A fearful New Year in temporary homes for Noto Peninsula residents one year after quake See in context

kohakuebisu

I see having an earthquakeproof house as a self-reliance issue. 

I just want to point out to anyone thinking this way there is no such thing as an "Earthquake Proof House". I myself lived through a major earthquake in 2011 and can assure you even brand new homes were damaged beyond repair.

A modern house is designed to stay upright in a way you can get out safely, thats all. Yes there are ways you can spend money on older houses fixing large shelves to walls and fixing oil tanks to structures but what happens if that structure itself falls down?

So yes its a good idea to spend some money on older houses "helping" in a major earthquake but please don't think that it will stop any damage in the event of a big shake, it won't.

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Posted in: A fearful New Year in temporary homes for Noto Peninsula residents one year after quake See in context

Even in the world's fourth biggest economy, reconstruction has been slow, with only a quarter of Wajima's heavily damaged buildings demolished so far.

But if the government want new military trucks etc they will have them within a month.

This earthquake is complete proof the Japanese Government does not car 1 bit about its own people.

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Posted in: 3 children fatally beaten at home; mother tries to hang herself See in context

collegepark30349

Horrible news.

Mental illness or not, there is never, ever any justification to harm your children.

Unfortunately, for her there was. She wanted to kill herself, but then thought, "Who will take care of my children? No one will ever love them and take care of them like I do." The only logical action, for her, was to kill them as well so they wouldn't suffer without her. I'm not trying to justify it, just explain it. It's twisted and tragic, but unfortnately all too common.

OR, she did have intentions to kill them & then thought about the trouble she ws in & rather than face it thought take the cowards way out. Just another option here.

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Posted in: 80% of female inmates in Japan convicted on theft, drug charges See in context

I have mentioned this before and I seem to always get down voted but why is the govt spending trillions of yen on military weapons it does not need when that money can go to the elderly who worked for 60 years paying the taxes that they are now wasting on said weapons when they could use it to return the support and take care of them.

It is very clear in this story a vast majority of these crimes were committed not out of greed or dishonestly but out of desperation.

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