Arrrgh-Type comments

If you'd have told me before the season that Ohtani was going to get 50 HRs and 50 SBs, I would have told you that you were nuts. But really, nothing is out of reach of this guy. Could win the Cy Young and lead the league in homers in the same season? I'm not going to bet against him.

We are members of this program. Signed up at my child's birth (literally at the hospital) and get a book mailed to our home every month free of charge. Always a fun day when one shows up in the mail for the kid. Dolly's a saint if you ask me.

The automakers have no one to blame but themselves. They've been busy killing off affordable, simple, entry level vehicles in place of oversized but highly profitable SUVs and trucks. Ford stopped making passenger cars altogether, Chevy killed off the Spark and Sonic, and even Honda stopped selling the Fit in the US. Good luck finding something "cheap and cheerful" on most carmaker lots these days. Shocklingly, not all consumers are willing to take out a 5 or 6 year loan on an $80k pickup.

This would be an outrage, except that everyone knows Cannon is in the bag for Trump (and most likely eyeing a future potential Supreme Court Seat). I guess we'll just have to settle for a total disgrace to her profession, then.

Not mentioned all at here, but Vance is extremely close to Silicon Valley VC money which has taken a hard right turn in the last few years (in particular the Theil/Musk/ Andreessen axis, who espouse some incredibly repulsive views).

Trump choosing Vance probably opened the money spigot from these guys, if it wasn't open already. Either that, or Vance was a condition for their massive support. Either way, this angle shouldn't be overlooked.

Yes. Everyone in Japan is overworked.

"Inconvenient to access by public transportation"? You mean, to three prefectures which all have existing direct Shinkansen service?

Look, if somebody wants to sell brutally expensive flights to well-heeled foreigners, that's one thing, but they'll have to come up with a better rationale than that.

No. As pointed out by others on this thread, moaning and groaning about political correctness has been going for a long time (I remember it being it a big deal in the early 90s, but perhaps my memory is faulty). Omehow despite that, I'm pretty sure there's been lots of funny comedy in the past several decades.

People get caught up in the cult of personality around Musk, but Tesla the company itself is in serious trouble. The Model S platform is over a decade old by now, Model 3 and Y are facing increasingly strong competition at the lower end of the market, the new Roadster is nowhere to be seen, the CyberTruck has been an engineering disaster, Semis barely exist, and they no longer have exclusive control of their charging network.

Not quite sure where the company is going from here. If you've got stock, sell.

I was able to see a Dr. Yellow stopped at one of the intermediate stations on the Sanyo Shinkansen several years ago. You'd think it was a rock star, everyone was taking pictures. Definitely a neat sight.

Agreed with puregaijin above. We could only wish that say, the nuclear watchdog agency took their jobs this seriously.

There's incredible stormchaser video on YouTube of the tornado hitting a wind turbine and absolutely shredding it. When you think about how large, strong, and heavy those turbines must be, and then consider that level of force impacting a town, it's a terrifying thing to consider.

Similar to the previous comment, I remember when it was a big deal if you could get a Sharp TV from the Kameyama plant- Sharp would even put stickers on the front of the TV proudly displaying this fact. Looks like those days have come and gone.

Well, what era of myths are we talking about here? Japan was supposed to end up as the #1 economy in the world for a long time, and every other country needed to follow suit or fall behind, as JT readers surely know.

Anyways, calling out "Washington experts" is one of the oldest tricks in the book, and it's even more rich coming from an experienced political operator such as Emanuel.

News articles like this won't help with local residents' increasing distaste for tourists throngs. It's gotta be tough to see tourists splashing dough left and right while your own purchasing power seemingly decreases day by day where you live.

And fair or not, a lot of Japanese people will not be happy with their country being compared to a low-cost, high-volume tourist destination like Thailand or Bali. With these exchange rates, though, it's almost creeping in that direction.

An icon and an inspiration, gone too soon. Sadly, like many elite athletes, it seems that he was unwilling or unable to conceive a world where he did not continue to complete at the highest level.

How about a little creativity during your trip to Japan, folks? There are thousands of interesting things to in this country that aren't just repeats of what you see on social media.

All drinks, including beer, taste better from a glass. Even Gatorade, which ages ago was sold in glass bottles, tasted better.

Whiting's previous "Tokyo Underworld" which covered similar ground was highly entertaining and informative, so this one should also be worth a shot.

All of this linguistic tap dancing from some of America's supposedly brightest legal minds just serves to obscure the obvious. If Trump doesn't face consequences or legal jeopardy from his election denialism and attempted coup, of course he'll try it again, and again, and as many times as necessary. Hacks like Alito and Thomas are all but counting on this, but they have to maintain the appearance of whatever dignity the court has left, so we get this ridiculous song and dance.

(Note that no one is legitimately expecting Biden to take any of these extreme actions that are supposedly being debated as immune from prosecution. If there was any thought Biden would actually do any of this stuff, the conversation on the court would be completely different.)

Sounds like somebody (or more likely two somebodies) have got some explaining to do.

Folks, I'm not surprised to see blowback to my comment, so let me state my case. Charlotte Douglas is a major hub for American, JAL's alliance partner, that would allow for quick transfer on AA all over the east coast of the US. CLT carries millions of more passengers per year than Logan (or IAH, or SFO, or Newark, or SeaTac, for that matter), so it's not some tiny airport. North Carolina is now top 10 in US population, Charlotte and Raleigh are reguarly among the fastest-growing cities in the US, and it has the aforementioned nation-leading investment ties with Japan. No, no one is going to confuse it with Hawaii, but there's very strong non-tourist business reasons to do so.

All of that investment and employment, and still there's no direct commercial flights to Japan from North Carolina. Kishida might want to work on that when he gets back home; if JAL can support a 787 route to Boston, it should be feasible to route one through Charlotte too.

Well, at least they got some barbeque out of the deal. However, it's not mentioned if it's Eastern NC style or Western NC style. This is critical information, AP!

Sounds like something fairly convenient that should have already existed anyway?

Asiaman, you make a good point. The factory site is located in a small town that's probably not used to high-profile diplomatic visits. Actually, we should say the closest population center will be Greensboro, which is a city in its own right. If Kishida is smart, he'll also stop by HondaJet which is located at Greensboro's Piedmont Triad Airport.

This article's a bit in the thin side. As already pointed out, famiclones are nothing new, and a strong market for used stuff in Japan isn't exactly breaking news. Still, if this continued interest means that a lot of these classics are standing the test of time and will be enjoyed by future generations, then I'm all for it.

American shows their priorities here. They're trying to squeeze out additional profit without doing anything that would meaningfully improve their service or otherwise add value to the customer. The baggage service is fundamentally unchanged, and having to go to certain sites for reservations will only decrease customer's choices and buying power.

As someone who's stuck flying out of one of American's largest hubs, it'd be greatly appreciated if they could improve the cleanliness of their aircraft and improve the overall quality of their product. But it's much better for them to find ways to increase profit margins without having to make any significant investments.

I used to stop at a fair number of Service Areas/Parking Areas/Michi no Ekis in suburban and inaka-type places... seems like there were always a handful of vans similar to the one shown above, parked with the windows completely covered. Naively, I figured these folks were just travelers or campers, but looking back a lot of those cars were people in these kinds of situations.

That's a sharp-looking piece of equipment right there.

As always, you'd be smart to not believe a single word that comes out of this man's mouth. Looks like plenty of folks here have taken the bait.