BertieWooster comments

Agree with Mu-da-san. I went to a Starbucks a few days ago because a business client wanted to meet there. The coffee is terrible. The sandwiches and doughnuts were tiny and looked as if they had been in the showcase for a couple of days. And it's all very expensive.

A board director in charge of broadcasting information in various languages, including English and Chinese, has resigned to take responsibility for the incident, effective the same day.

That's not taking responsibility. That's running away from the situation.

Wow! They've got this "psychiatric evaluation" down to two months now! It used to be three! Has there been some breakthrough in the pseudoscience?

The topic of this article, unless I am very much mistaken is the defrauding of someone on a social networking site. He was apparently swindled out of some 280 million yen. This kind of scamming is not uncommon on social network sites. I recently had an experience on Facebook. I would like to post this here because it is a warning to others who might be scammed.

I was contacted by and had quite a long chat on FB with an individual who assured me was Elon Musk. He called me on Messenger and looked about to speak when the video suddenly cut off. I asked him to call again and he did. Strange, I thought, he made exactly the same head movement! He offered to give me a Tesla free and make me an executive in his company. He said that a little investment from me would bring me in roughly $20,000 a day.

I told him that I had no money to invest and didn't need a Tesla. Since then I have heard nothing from him.

This actually happened. It was very well done. I could easily have been fooled by it.

I find it really weird that one of the sponsors is Coca Cola! What a complete misfit for a sports venue!

You really must be joking! No peach in Japan anywhere matches Italian or Israeli peaches. ¥15,000 for three!

Meantime, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said the U.S. will provide $250 million more in weapons to Ukraine, including air defense munitions and artillery.

Why doesn't the US just join the fray and do an Iraq on Russia? They may as well.

The vast majority of those who carry out school shootings and similar events have had or are in the middle of some kind of mental "therapy." This points up the total inability of the "psych" profession to do anything about it. Reading articles about the situation online shows that they are not even sure whether this kind of crime is an insanity or not. There are many well meaning mental health professionals. It's a pity they don't have any real technology or know how to deal with the situation.

Lower production. That will solve Japan's economic woes! NOT!

Much as I love this country, the attitude that "I mustn't get involved" and turning a blind eye is not something to love. Other people MUST have been aware of this. Enough people to subdue him at any rate. He is not likely to be very strong. Probably a coward.

If the title of this article is "Whaling: Why the practice will not go away" the rest of the article is off-topic!

As I keep saying, there is something very wrong with the police in this country.

I cannot understand why Yasukuni is there in the first place!

This garbage could be free and I wouldn't buy it.

There is something very wrong with the police in this country.

Well, as I've never surfed in my life and, at my age, have no inclination to start, I'm relieved to find that I can continue to enjoy natto with no unwanted side effects.

Ketamine, nasty stuff.

It's a bit like Trump vs Biden except there are more of them. And yes, I do realise that Biden stepped down. What I mean to say is that there isn't a lot of choice. They are all tarred with the same brush.

Police in Fukuoka City have arrested a 16-year-old high school girl on suspicion of assaulting a 47-year-old bus driver.

Again, this weird translation. Surely, “she was arrested and charged with (accused of) assault.”

Avoid!

Hurray! Take the rest of the LDP with you!

No addresses?

It's just like Japan, then.

The banchi/chome system doesn't work.

The whole "justice" system needs reworking. Forced confessions. No lawyer present. Interrogations should be recorded and lawyer consultation allowed.

Well, there you go, Tom Cruise did his stunt. It went well, I think. And the world didn't collapse. So what was the fuss about?

It's amazing to me how so many people who know absolutely nothing about it have such strong opinions of Scientology. They usually just cut and paste any bad news they can find. All this knee jerk stuff and it's just about an actor, Tom Cruise, who just happens to be a Scientologist possibly making an appearance at the finale of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Sorry, Yubaru-sensei,

I should have written (sarcasm) to make it clearer.

Bertie

Bonuses?

What is this?

Profit sharing?

How can a civil servant get a bonus?

OK. Health concerns:

“A single 330ml can of cola can contain up to 35 grams of sugar – which means you're consuming up to nine teaspoons of sugar.”

The "sugar free" drinks are more dangerous than the sugar ones.

Coca Cola is one of the worlds worst companies:

“Since the 1990s Coca-Cola has been accused of unethical behavior in a number of areas, including product safety, anti-competitiveness, racial discrimination, channel stuffing, distributor conflicts, intimidation of union workers, pollution, depletion of natural resources, and health concerns.”

Maybe that's why the Olympics organisers love Coca Cola so much. "Birds of a feather."

"I was drunk and don't remember anything about it.”

 I see. He's a politician then.