B. Jay comments

Asahi super dry of course but ichiban shibori Kirin is also good.

Ms Osawa shouldn't have agreed to meet this loser alone and she definitely shouldn't have hopped into a rental car with him. Even if she wanted to meet, it should have been in a public place with someone else with her. May her soul rest in peace. The man is a pathetic act and very selfish individual. Already married with kids, you don't indulge in this stupid act and leave your kids fatherless.

Is this also a bilateral issue? What's special about business travellers that other travellers like holidaymakers don't have or do have? The virus does not discriminate, and why should business travel between China and Japan OK but not between Korea and Japan? Illogical thinking.

Only a fool doesn't change course when he is sinking in the polls. The first law of holes " stop digging when you are in a deep hole".

Libel is not a criminal offence so why did the police arrest this man? If the woman feels aggrieved by the statement made by the man, she can file a civil suit against him The police doesn't come in. This man has not committed a crime.

Mat be that candidate stinks that's why the fly settled on his head. I mean this metaphorically.

I have no doubts he will recover not because he is resilient as Boris Johnson says but because as President of the United States, he will receive the best possible medical attention. The question remains whether Trump will learn anything from this. You bet only a visit to the ICU like it happened to Bojo in April would make Trump learn something. if he gets better with only mild symptoms, he would just dismiss it as only sniffles.

If this was suicide, it is very selfish in her part given that she has an infant child born this January. Did she ever think of the impact this will have on her children? Awful.

Uncle Reiwa....hmmmm

It means Ishiba will have to wait one year longer. Sugar will serve only the remaining term of Abe before being kicked out in a larger leadership vote in October 2021.

What does Trump know about Japanese history?

Suga will win but only serve out the remaining term of Abe before exiting in October 2021 for public favorite Ishiba.

Ishiba will become PM in October 2021 after Suga has served out the remaining term of Abe.

Whoever wins the next election will only serve out the remaining term of Abe. He ( and it is most likely he) will be booted out at the end of Abe's term for a new leader.

Ishiba Shigeru San is the best among the lot but I am afraid he won't win because the LDP Diet members don't like him. I am OK with whoever emerges winner so long as it is not Aso. The next PM will be gone before the end of 2021 back to the revolving door.

Ishiba is my man

Ulcerative colitis or not, Japan deserves a new PM. Abe has spent all his political capital, there's none left. He needs to step down and resign from the Diet so he can have a good rest.

Please NOT Aso, please. Anyone but Aso. I think Ishiba is the best choice but he lacks support among LDP kingmakers. Ishiba is the mist popular candidate among the public and among grassroots LDP chapters around the country but LDP lawmakers hate him.

When the going gets tough, Abe gets sick.

Abe must step down or step up to the plate to govern. He is missing in action.

This guy is only interested in the record as " the longest serving Japanese PM " . That's all.

Politically toxic PM Abe, born with a silver, error, sorry, gold spoon in his mouth.

This guy has been poisoned many times in the past but he survived each one. He will survive this one too. Putin is the devil incarnate. The latest in the story is he has been airlifted to a specialist hospital in Western Europe.

When the going gets tough, Abe gets sick.

Don't blame this on the pandemic...... The imperial household agency is reportedly against any marriage plans because of the guy's family's alleged money problems.

Is Carlos Ghosn safe?

On day 6 of the Olympics, a false 7.5 magnitude earthquake alarm for Tokyo. That would have sent 10,000 athletes and officials scrambling for safety. Imagine in the middle of a race. It turns out be false alarm. Embarrassing.

Japan wants them extradited but Japan will never extradite it'd own citizens.

Kono must self isolate for 14days.