Beardo comments

How do so many of these crackpots get voted in in the United States? Does any other country have so many openly weird politicians pandering to oddballs like this?

How is this not already a thing?

From experience we've learned that doctors won't test children unless they have severe symptoms or they're known to have spent time with someone who has tested positive. Doctors won't test adults unless a close contact has tested positive. Pharmacies have few to no tests available, and won't give you them if you have ANY symptoms. Instead, they tell you to go to a doctor, who, as I said above, won't test you unless a close contact has tested positive.

Without a positive test we have to go to work. We can't rest at home because then we waste our annual leave. If we test positive we don't use our annual leave.

Iijmio was down for several hours last weekend, too. Also on the Docomo network. Data worked but couldn't make calls. Had to use Skype!

Does this court in Tokyo have jurisdiction over North Korea?

Dying at home isn't what I understand "recuperate" to mean.

So in his tiny mind, winners are all rabid right-wing nationalists? He should be in a padded cell for his own safety, not to mention the rest of the world being safe from hearing his demented ramblings.

Good luck with that. Obon's coming, people are tired of half-hearted restrictions and a shambolic vaccine roll-out. Expect some high numbers over the next few weeks :o(

I wonder how many of these new hires could actually survive on the pay from these seasonal / restaurant / retail jobs?

What on earth makes them think that Japan cares in the least about press freedom?

She must be, what, 75 years old? Maybe time to relax and enjoy her golden years rather than being remembered for the shambles of Tokyo 2020?

"...likely an undercount, given the scarcity of testing..."

Pot, kettle, etc.

Another solution to a problem that doesn't really exist.

If you're not capable of drinking from cans, maybe you shouldn't be out by yourself, and you certainly shouldn't be left around sharp objects.

From June? Really? Absolutely nobody believes this.

Over 65s here who called the same day they received their cards were told "End of August...." and there are, as we all know, a lot of over 65s here....

Expect the vaccination of the athletes to be finished just in time for the 2024 olympics....

Pathetic slap on the wrists for the other clubs as well.

The coverage is laughably bad and entirely Japan-centric, so I think I'll pass.

My in-laws received postcards and tried to make appointments the same day. They were told August. So clearly (as if anyone thought otherwise) the over 65s will not all be vaccinated by the end of July.

"...sluggish vaccination rollout"

Sluggish seems to sound too fast. How about glacial?

@Yukijin I have to admit, it did make me think of Blinky, the 3-eyed fish from The Simpsons!!

So the experts say there's a 4th wave, and Suga says "I don't see a big wave (of infections) nationwide." Who to believe, who to believe.....

@R.T. Free speech doesn't mean there are no consequences when you say something stupid.

This is a lot more than "beating up" another kid. This a shocking assault.

How do you say, "Tip of the iceberg" in Japanese?