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Posted in: Tourists banned from private alleys in Kyoto's geisha district See in context

In one part of gion Japanese paparazzi or just Japanese blokes wait to take pictures of the maiko coming out of there houses going to work, will the council stop them ?

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Posted in: Osaka Prefecture eyes collecting fixed fee for inbound tourists from 2025 See in context

@mark,

Then visitors will plan to go somewhere else like China, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, Europe where they will be more than welcomed.

If you have ever been to Thailand, youl realise that Thailand is so blatant at robbing us falang, corrupt police demanding four times more than Thai nationals, museum charge way more than local residents, taxis over charge, ( if they can get away with it )

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Posted in: 13 years after meltdown, the head of Japan's nuclear cleanup is probing mysteries inside reactors See in context

We quite often hear , nuclear power is the way forward, it's cheap clean energy, the above article proves it's not cheap, and it's not clean.

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Posted in: Woman, parents indicted over beheading of man in Sapporo hotel See in context

A male naked body, in a entertainment area, ummm, could this be a case of a pimp goes to far and she kills him? Or a customer and he doesn't want to pay? And things go wrong, either way I don't think that I would want to be the police man that goes into that room

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Posted in: 21% of quake-hit Japan area hospital's nurses may quit amid crisis See in context

@kurispisu, it's not all down to the doctor to adapt and evolve, this is a government is and hospital management problem, doctors may come up with an initiative but it probably can't be implemented due to laws etc, these changes need to come from the top, doctors need to focus on the wellbeing of patients, to keep staff in any job is hard, what they need to do is make it attractive for staff to join, get training, give them the right pay, and even bonuses, to reward there hard work. If you don't do this they either won't join, or they leave,

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Posted in: Watch that melted during atomic blast over Hiroshima sells for more than $31,000 See in context

In the UK we have a TV programme called antiques roadshow it's where members of the public take items for appraisal to be filmed by expert, the expert listens to there story behind the item, one of the item cropped up some years ago, it was a broken bit of pottery, it was melted, the expert ask what I the story behind it, the owner said that his dad was one of the medics in the army that went into Hiroshima just after the end of the war, the expert valued this broken cup/saucer as worthless but priceless at the same time. The bit of pottery had melted with the heat, the expert said that you have to go over 1500 degrees Celsius before pottery melts, a very sobering thought.

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Posted in: Watch that melted during atomic blast over Hiroshima sells for more than $31,000 See in context

I hope, or would like to think that the new owner of the watch would permanently loan this watch to the Hiroshima peace museum, so we can all appreciate what it stands for, and remind up of that infamous day, and reflect, and learn, rather than sitting in a safe somewhere, or displayed as trophy item.

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Posted in: Rod Stewart banks $100 million for song catalog: report See in context

And ex wives and girlfriends

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Posted in: Rod Stewart banks $100 million for song catalog: report See in context

$100 million, that will come in handy to pay for all of his kids upkeep haha

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Posted in: Japan announces successful launch of next-generation H3 rocket See in context

I wonder if any one in Pyongyang is jumping up and down screaming and shouting " I want a pointy nose rocket!"

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Posted in: Mating game See in context

This is on my bucket list, it's to watch them and feed them in Hokkaido

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Posted in: Three men arrested after accidentally livestreaming their own crime for 90 minutes See in context

both men’s faces are so perfectly framed, hahaha, oh my lord, how stupid can you get? Now they can do a live stream from the inside of the cell that they should be in.

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Posted in: Japan to boost child allowances to tackle falling birthrate See in context

Here's a couple of sergetions,

1: stop working around the clock, go home and be with your spouse.

2: break the monopoly that schools have on school uniforms, the real price should be a small fraction of what they charge, each year it cost thousands to kit each child out.

3: stop charging for hospital visits, health care, hospital treatment, maternity care whilst having a child, ( from what I've been told you have to pay for it, I maybe wrong)

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Posted in: Parents arrested over fatal poisoning, drugging of 4-year-old daughter in Tokyo See in context

Some people are unfit to look after house plants, let alone children. Very sad.

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Posted in: 84-year-old man arrested for assaulting wife after argument over box of sweets See in context

Police said the man told them his wife got angry at him for buying a gift box of sweets for a friend without consulting her,

Is this a case of jealousy?

Does the elderly guy have a lover?

What he should of done is bought two boxes,

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Posted in: New York subway shooting kills one, wounds 5 after brawl erupts on train See in context

@ego, quite simple, there is always a clown who thinks that he or she is above the law, and since guns are ten a penny, this is going to happen.

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Posted in: World's biggest flying lab comes to Asia on air pollution mission See in context

In Thailand just after the sugar cane harvest, all of the farmers set fire to the stubble, it's not the best time to go to Thailand to live or visit, from what I understand the burning of fires and stubble is not allowed, but yet the practice carries on regardless with out any sort of fines or punishment or education. Then we start looking at Myanmar they are just as bad, all of the smoke drifts across the boarder, so sending in this plain is a bit daft and pointless tbh, the government needs to enforce rules that are already in place,

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Posted in: Dive final See in context

I think this is a very good picture, to get the lady in focus, in the right position, in frame, in a split second , with modern digital cameras it helps as you can blast away taking hundreds of pictures every two seconds, eventually one picture is just right, I wish Enamoto San all the best in the competition

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Posted in: From throwing soup to suing governments, there’s strategy to climate activism’s seeming chaos See in context

Also how about being charged with criminal damage ?

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Posted in: From throwing soup to suing governments, there’s strategy to climate activism’s seeming chaos See in context

I hope these morons get an invoice for cleaning up there mess.

Does the picture have a protective glass covering the front ?

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Posted in: Man arrested for attempted murder of high school girl in her home See in context

There is something seriously wrong with this guy, it's bad enough to break into a house, then steal objects, but also to stab a girl in the back, WTF? Did this guy just want here school clothes? Has he got a bizarre fetish?

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Posted in: Potentially dirty and broken used shinkansen food/beverage carts on sale in Japan for ¥100,000 See in context

Some times it's not that easy to get a drink on the platform, some times your late, in a rush, loads of suitcases to carry and pull, then the train pulls in, and you've got to get on etc, so it can be a bit awkward trying to do this even without juggling a hot drink, but once your on the train and it's a two hour journey your a bit stuffed if you want a drink or snack, even if you get to the next station there is no time to get off and back on before it leaves, I enjoyed having a drink on the train, as for the price and chance to own one of these carts, it's a canny but if marketing! I am sure they will be all sold. I wonder if the price includes delivery to the uk ?

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Posted in: Man sentenced to death for Kyoto Animation arson attack See in context

The article say he was initially charged with 5 murders, but in fact he murdered 30+ people was he charged with more murders afterwards? If not he should be, and also the attempted murder of X more people that were badly injured. Either way, sentencing him to the death penalty or life in prison won't bring back those innocence people.

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Posted in: Japanese journalist brings lonely #MeToo battle to Sundance See in context

What a lot of people dont understand is the not only is rape a physicle violation of someone, it causes massive mental trauma, ive known several woman and men that have been raped in carehomes and in private life, each and every single one does suffer from, violent mood swings, not being able to hold down a steady relationship with a partner, trust issues, alcohol problems, and loads more issues, most of them have bottled up these emotions and vented there anger out on the ones that they love the most, so this lady is standing up to the system, this is going to be an uphill battle, but it will be worth it, the police in the uk do treat these allegations very seriously, and its about time japan does to, and why should someone further up the political foodchain be exempt from charges? no, they should not, we need to trust these people, but if we cant, its bad, we all know about mr Epstien and his royal conections, there fore no one should be above the law.

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Posted in: 8 quake-hit cities, towns in Ishikawa Prefecture still without water; death toll 232 See in context

If Japan had a change of leadership in the next election, does anyone think that the new ruling party would be much quicker to respond to these consultant natural disasters? Could they be any worse? The response time from this government to this disasters reminds me of a one legged tortoise.

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Posted in: Man arrested for assaulting woman, trying to steal her underwear See in context

@tamanegi, yep, that old chestnut, I was drunk excuse, what a classy guy he is ( not ) some days words just fail me, if he was drunk, why doesn't someone at the cop shop make him take a breath test to see what amount of alcohol is in his blood stream,

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Posted in: U.S. military helicopters to deploy to Japan's earthquake-hit area See in context

@richard, I fully understand that there was,is international help ready and willing to volunteer, and send help and aid, my gripe is not with them but the Japanese government,

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Posted in: U.S. military helicopters to deploy to Japan's earthquake-hit area See in context

I am sorry but this is a shambles, two weeks, really? Two hours is more like it, why doesn't Japan have a warehouse full of compact generator's, a pile of electrical cables, tracked diggers like bob cats, and small diggers and lifting equipment, medical equipment, heaters, rescue apparatus, it's not as if it doesn't get used, it could be loaded onto Chinook helicopter with a short space of time,

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Posted in: Japan bankruptcies surge in 2023, topping 8,000 See in context

@ Bruce p, why should the government bail out poorly run, old imcompitant companies? .I've seen it countless times stacks if staff walking around doing nothing shuffling paper trying to look busy, staff sitting around because the boss hasn't gone home, business need to be efficient, and a lot are not,

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Posted in: Some schools reopen, garbage collection resumes in Japan's areas hardest hit by quake See in context

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government has been criticized for being slow in providing relief, and though road damages and poor access to the peninsula were also blamed, some experts say officials may have underestimated the severity of the quake damage in their initial analysis., yet Japan was offered assistance from close and far countries, yet the government turned there kind offer down, is this stubbornes or stupidity or pride? Or all three? Yet roads are blocked, were any helicopter used? Japan sits on several fault lines and they are no strangers to earth quakes, so why is Japan so poorly organised when it comes to these sort of disasters

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