Angus McGillicuddy comments

I come here to read the news, but the new design forces me to scroll down an entire page to get to the first stories. Serious accessibility & usability flaw.

@sensei258 — once would have sufficed, if the J-government didn't insist it never happened and try to erase this stuff from the history books and public memory.

@sensei258 — You mean, rather than recognition from the Japanese government that denies it ever happened and tries to erase it from the history books?

I think the Japanese language really does need a male version of the nasty word busu.

"Busu" is used for males, too.

@Michael Martin: You mean Commonwealth nations would never let their monarch abdicate? "Herpaderp" to you, too, Mr Martin.

@Harry_Gatto: Has Niigata (or Japan) been going without power fo the last five years?

To be honest, after I'd been in Japan only a couple of years, I came to despise how sweet American chocolate was—absolutely can't eat it any more.

Define "one day".

earning when to use “wa vs. ga” or “ni vs. de” is more difficult than learning kanji? What kind of joke is this? Anyone who tells you "all you have to do is memorize" kanji has no idea what they're talking about.

Can't copyright a chord sequence, and it's only the opening chord sequence that's similar. This is very different from the case of "Dazed and Confused", which was straight-up plagiarism.

"popular Chinese animations"? Can we grammar?

@Aly Rustom: Where on earth did you study economics? If domestic goods were cheaper, they'd sell better in a strong economy as well.

Loaded question. The simple answer is "yes, of course", but who could trust Abe to rewrite it?

How is it not illegal to publish people's private emails (or LINE messages or whatever)?

@The Godfather: "practise" is the verb-form spelling of "practice" in all non-US varieties of English.

Watanabe Mutsuhiro was unrepetent—he admitted to his extensive and pointless abuses, but refused to acknowledge that what he did was wrong. He only escaped judgement as a war criminal by going into hiding. A cowardly monster.

This is actually a "thing"? I seriously doubt anyone but fans of "Eien no Zero" even care. Just ignore the Netouyo.

@nandakandamanda: Huh?

Not in federal elections, but perhaps in municipal ones. Having said that, giving the vote to non-citizens is extremely rare anywhere in the world. Japan's disallowing dual citizenship perhaps gives some credence to the idea of residents voting in non-federal elections.

Lots of people rewriting history here: The Allies did not declare war on Nazi Germany to save the Jews.

It all depends on context---what a stupid question.

The Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Canada's constitution) makes it clear: voting rights are based on citizenship, not residency. The federal government makes descisions and passes laws that affect my status overseas, and the relationss between Canada and my country of residence—besides that, they own my passport.

@nakanoguy The people didn't vote for him---only a small percentage of the voting population did.

@Steven Knight: If discrepancies were found in Chinese textbooks, are you saying that would let Japan of the hook?

Amazing. Not one time does the article name the sport being played.

There's nothing wrong with the last sentence. There was a metre-high (waist-high?) fence around the cliff where the observation deck, and she fell over it (or jumped, whichever suits your imagiation).