bearandrodent comments

Maybe Osaka is writing about Serena Williams? I really don't see any characteristics of "leadership, confidence, teamwork and resilience" from her.

How would you want her to be your nurse when you're in the hospital?

I’ll finish the quote. “But we’re gonna do it anyway.”

I’m curious to learn more about this. It sounds good on some levels (using renewables, less concrete, etc.) but what about weathering, seismic precautions, etc?

In general, governments are so disconnected with their constituents, so I would be very surprised if “climate change” is high on their to-do list. And even if it were, I don’t really have a high level of confidence that they are intellectually capable of any meaningful action, other than throwing money (your tax money, BTW), to create an illusion of taking “action “.

Although the passing of someone’s parents are always a very sad occasion, why is this particular one news? Anything so special about the circumstances?

I think I’ve seen this photo on JT 3 years running.

Behold, the masks are gone!

I went to international school many years ago, and my two kids graduated from international school ten years ago. As some of the posters mentioned, it really varies depending on the school. The quality of teaching varies and also will change over time. I thought it was a great experience to mingle with other students from a variety of different backgrounds (including Japanese, usually returning from overseas) which is hard to find in local schools, and not just in Japan. My class size was usually between 25-30 students but had upwards of 10 or more nationalities.

Actually, there used to be (might still be there) a real time power demand chart in the lobby of Tepco headquarters in Uchisaiwaicho. You can see l the electricity demand spike at dusk when the neon lights turn on.

What is really upsetting is that, in many countries including Japan, a significant % of gasoline and other fuels prices are taxes. At least give the citizens a break on that! That’s 100% controllable and would go a long way to help.

Fujitsu and NEC will be lining their pockets with pork to creat this point system. You can also bet on bugs and delays, which will come with an Olympic-style overrun that'll negate any possible merits of a point system.

Curious how much her “commission “ was.

I wouldn’t be going in the water at Kasai regardless of the outside temperature.

I wouldn’t want to know what the ingredients are (I probably wouldn’t be able to pronounce most of them either).

Thanks for the nice photo. I remember going clamming near Haneda in the early 1960s as a kid...

I hope they’re not going to take too much time debating whether something is an imminent attack or not.

I would not buy a condo in a really highly built up place like Tokyo or Osaka due to the high earthquake risk. It’s a matter of “when” as opposed to “if”. It would be a death trap with the police and fire brigades having to deal with literally thousands of other condos to rescue people and put out fires. Also, many of these condos have monthly maintenance fees so it isn’t like you just need to pay the mortgage.

That's a really really bad photo

Very curious as to what their passenger demand estimates are for this route. The article did not say how frequent these flights are, but I’m guessing maybe weekly as opposed to daily?

Beating a dead horse.

Looks unnaturally pink.

Why would anyone downvote @MountainVPN’s comments? Just imagine if it happened to your grandfather. A sad reflection on society.

This is a good example of why I don’t trust governments with my money. I bet if the funds were coming out of their own wallet, they would never do this. But hey, it’s other people’s money and no consequences if things hit the fan.

Almost 6000 yen for a bunch or cardboard boxes? Wouldn't it be much cheaper if you just bought the boxes, and made it look the photo?

I love the fragrance of these flowers. The end of the cold weather is just around the corner.

What could possibly go wrong?

China definitely had all the inside information to get a head start on this.

And who appointed Bach as the spokesperson? Xi?

Does it come with asbestos?