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Who needs a watch these days? Clocks are everywhere I go. My phone shows the time and it's always on display on my laptop. Wristwatches are just expensive accessories. I haven't worn a watch for over 30 years and have never missed it.

Perhaps he had something else to hide that would bring a greater penalty than the traffic stop.

Why does no one say that it's a really crap piece of sculpture?

Not the Yamante line

@Smithinjapan I refer to my previous comment. If you stand next to the track then you have already crossed a barrier. It isn't the

I've been using this line for over 20yrs. The station is next to mine. It's absolutely all fenced off. Some areas have quite large areas between the barriers and the tracks. I suspect they mean that there was no barrier between the kid and the track which suggests he had already decided to trespass in a restricted area.

@John-San Strange reading of it. Couldn't the fact that two school friends were with the perp indicate they were actually the bullies and were up for it and celebrating? Not enough info and could be read either way. BTW. Why not give yourself the handle Sama rather than San...much cooler Japanese name.

Does the "Nationwide tally" include the almost 250 tested positive among US forces personnel based in Okinawa?

HTF can you possibly have "post traumatic stress disorder" prior to anything. Post means after. Prior means before. The first paragraph makes no sense whatsoever

@Cricky Not normal Nippon Kaigi

Found guilty. Convicted and sentenced. Immediately released on bail pending appeal. Proves no such thing as hostage justice in Japan...for some!

We all make mistakes when younger. We learn and move on. Comedy especially challenges boundaries. And doesn't neccesarily reflect true thinking. Could be irony or parody. But Mori's statement just last year exposed his real thinking! Why was he a guest at the opening ceremony? All window dressing. And bonus let's get a 'half' to light the flame. More window dressing

Wake up and smell the arrogance from this guy. Agree with previous posters. Too long in charge...for a gaijin!

Overburdening Sense of privelege

Can anyone else see a pattern here? Malfiance, colusion, nepotism, and straight up illegality and expecting to get away with dishonesty. It's endemic globally. An over mburdening

SAY NO TO NOTO?

Health care workers are a precious resource. Politicians aren't

If somebody has already started a fire endangering many innocent people then runs at you with a knife, and you have already fired a warning shot. What's to debate? Feel for the officer. J police can be annoying pedantic at times. But very rarely use lethal force

Money lender means one thing in most countries including Japan. When you need a legit loan talk to the bank. He was a sleazy piece of crap that won't be missed. Seems his marriage choices meet the same profile

I hope with her inevitable passing we can at last finally rid ourselves of one of the most outdated anachronisms of the 21st century. Likewise the Chrysanthemum Throne.

So prosecute them for fraud. Simple!

I suspect unemployed is often use as a euphemism for no apparent visible means of support (yakuza). Not many unemployed can afford to go drinking all night.

Don't get why this is National news. It's become a regular almost weekly occurrence on my train line going in to Tokyo.

The same is true of the WHO As in WTF Too little too late.

Is anyone surprised? Transparency isn't a Chinese thing.

Please pass me the sick bucket

@kuruki

not years and years

milleniums and milleniums

The never ending story.

where are the coriums TEPCO?

tons of melted fuel still "missing"

In most north European countries it's free.

WTF?