Bernard Marx comments

Putin thinks he can get away with it.

Putin KNOWS he can get away with it. FTFY.

Good to see decades of English education in Japan has paid off!

Hope the scousers lose.

I hope they cancel it tomorrow.

I'm sure the girl had no idea what she was doing was wrong. LOL!

The pet industry in Japan is disgusting. Also, many pets here are kept in horrible conditions.

Of course not.

This "government" will crash the economy. Terrible.

Cancel the stupid Olympics and use the money to pay people to stay home. If not, I ain’t staying home! Can’t afford to.

It’s not a real lockdown, like the UK. It’s pathetic. Business as usual.

I like a laugh as much as the next person, but this joke of a PM is not funny!

Where's the trombone jingle when you need it?

A small restaurant that on average makes 30,000yen a day getting 60,000yen a day won't even have to open.

It's almost like they want the restaurants not to open, eh?

We either go proper lockdown or just live with the virus. It’s so ちゅうとはんば. (Half-arsed)

You mean ちゅうとはんぱ?

Phew! Good to know absolutely nothing will be changing then!

Doesn't affect me. I still have to come into work everyday regardless. I would happily stay home, but I don't get paid if I do so, so no choice. The mortgage won't pay itself.

Hmm, I wonder why he of all people would be keen on keeping bars open?

And another ¥100,000 one time payment wouldn't change anything.

Speak for yourself, moneybags. Will do wonders for me.

Considering how Covid takes out the obese much more quickly than those of a healthy weight, this can't be good.

Well we all know this number is laughably low. Multiply that by about 10 and we're closer to the truth.

Glad to see a lady over there! Japan is slowly changing!

She'll be reprimanded later!

...and the Mediterranean Sea.

I really like their non-alcoholic beer.

I don't think this works....

Thank Douglas MacArthur for that one

Indeed. Good job too, given Japan's past actions.

I refuse to stay home unless I get paid to do so. Many of us don't have the luxury of being able to "work" from home.

People get paid for overtime in Japan?! Huh?!

Hardly a "Heat" style robbery!

And what about those of us who don't have millions in the bank and cannot "work" from home? Screw us, eh? This is all so ridiculous. A lockdown is pure stupidity.

Should help with the weekly groceries!