Brian Wheway comments

Japan should look else where for products, I dont know exactly what Japan imports from the USA that cant be purchased from Europe or the asian markets, this would hurt the USA export markets, and not really affect the Japanese markets, and consumers.

What rent or rates does Japan get from the USA air and military bases ? I have a feeling its about to go up

There is no mention of long term forign residents, like retired people

Now that he's attacked a female nurse, will he get any help in the future? Can nurses refuse to go to such patients? If he's paying for help, I suggest that he gets two male nurses in future.

You would think that the police would be great full of any help that they got, especially when it leads to keeping crime figures low.

How much is the financial so far just to get to this stage? And what is the budget per year for cleaning up the mess?

Kurisupisu, it's not that simple, if your a manufacturer in x country, quite often the it's specialised and sensitive, it will be difficult to close the plant, dismiss the trained staff, dismantle the equipment, put it in a container and ship it to the USA, then set the whole plant up, and train the staff etc, the cost of this is horrendous, would you invest all of the time, finance, hassle to do this and have the thought that your plant is out of opporation for months, bare in mind that Mr Trump might be only in power for 4 years, or would you carry on as normal making money and no hassle, and the extra import costs are just passed onto the end consumer.

In the UK they claim food prices have gone up 10% or so, but in reality quite a lot has gone up by 100 to 200% so yes food prices are a major contribution to inflation figures, so they should be taken into consideration, but is this not manipulating the figures so they don't look so bad?

A lot of countries are hitting back, Canada has removed all of the alcohol products from the shelves and products, and anything that is sold to the USA has higher costs, what junk does Japan buy from the USA? What ever is imported slap it with huge import tax, any ( only ) American tourists that visit Japan charge them with a $50 per person administration fee for entering Japan,

May be they should take a look at water wastage in general, like broken pipes, more economic toilets, they need to take a look at the bigger picture, when cleaning your teeth, turn off the tap, and how about collecting rain water for plants and fountains, in Europe they have two supplies one every clean water for drinking and two poor quality water for toilets etc, the rain water can be used for toilets as well, some hotels have onsen on the upper floors, how about capturing the overspill water from the showers and onsen baths to use for flushing the toilet, if each person could save 1,2,3 ltrs of water a day, that's a lot of water

There are plenty of car accidents every day, ok so he didn't report it, I can't see why he should had over his phone for possibly investigation, and then they discover nude pics, were the nude pictures from the inside the car? If someone has had an accident, just fill out the forms, I don't get it, unless there is something extra that we don't know about

I bet he's now a ex boyfriend! This a very good reason why Japan should have a sex offender register , although this is not a sex offence, it's a crime against a child. I wonder if he was bullied as a child? I t makes me think , he thinks it's ok to carry on with this appalling behavior.

At this point in time it only an a alligation, ifWhat on earth possessed the ( hopefully former) director of the school to do this? This clown should not be allowed to be anywhere near children in a teaching capacity what so ever.

I am amazed at the depth of depravity that people lower them selfs too,

Not for me thank you, the next question is does Japan have assisted dieing? May be someone who is terminally ill, doesn't want robotic help, if these robot become common in the care homes, I won't mention that I am constipated! Lord knows what would happen!

@mocheake, his 30 year sentence at his tender age of 66, that is a life sentence really, he's not going to be out until he's 96 years old

That's one job I don't fancy at any price, army bomb disposal, full respect to them.

Tokyoliving, he does not deserve the gallows that is to quick, he needs to understand the term suffering, pain, anguish, trauma, physical abuse, isolation, humiliation, and some more stuff.

Assaulting 10 little kids! What a sicko, the best place for this monster is in a deep quarry in the far north of Hokkaido, let him break rocks for the rest of his miserable life, any money earned from breaking tonnes of rock with a sledge hammer, should go to his victims for compassion, I've met several woman over the years that were raped, they all have lots of mental health issues, they all have trust problems, most have had divorces due to anger issues, I've no time or sympathy for him, but with children he's wrecked there inside, they might not be able to grow up and have children of there own, and they have a life sentence of there own , especially dealing with deep phycological issues.

Although hotels and services have hiked up there prices, I hope they pass the benefits on to the staff, or will the boss just line his or her own pockets?

I wonder what variety the apple are, is it a common variety or are they one of the varieties that are not so common, if it's one of the latter variants may be we should go out of our way to collect some cutting off the tree and preserve them, also these apple trees are getting on a bit now has he replanted with new ones over the years? If these trees have been badly damaged it might shock them, so potentially quite a lot will surcome to disease, infection, and rot. As for deicing chemicals, I wouldn't recommend anything like that, you don't want to alter the pH or alkaline of the soil, especially if it's salt based, trees and salt don't mix.

His defense team argued that he should not face a charge of attempted murder, as he did not expect the bomb to cause injuries.

I am sorry but this is one of the weakest defenses I've ever heard, I don't think there is a person on this planet that would gree with the defence team, that a pipe bomb won't cause injury, there is a bit of a hint in the title, " bomb" that's what bombs do, is explode, kill, maim. He knew exactly what he was aiming and trying to do.

Scumbag, I hope the cops catch him. Poor lady must be traumatized

Why would any one invade a dust bowl country? I think LFB is a bit paranoid

What happens to people with failing health problems at 65, and they have had enough of working? Will they loose out on pension rights if they step down? Will the co medical care stop? Why can't they officially retire at 65, how about his as a suggestion, still remain on the Co books as an advisor, this way the retirees can come and go as they feel fit to do so, yet still give vital skills and information that he co requires

Don't forget that the sun is at a all time high for sun spots, this activity affects the weather as well,

He made a pipe bomb, simple, why would you make one? The only reason you make one is to maim, injure, kill, if his intention was to scare, try a fire cracker, I am convinced of his intention was to injure the PM.

Oh my goodness, Mr T has certainly kicked over a hornets nest, not only has he annoyed the Mexicans, Canadians, Europe, and now China on the surface I can see what he's doing, but, has anyone told him about the potential repercussions, not only trade, tariffs, trust, working relations, let's see how this affects the financial markets

Oh my Lord what has Mr T started? All I can see is tit for tat retaliations, who will win? I don't think over all that there will be any one winner, the major looser will be the general public who will suffer the most, it's certainly going to raise inflation and the price of goods, if anything it's going to cause a lot of companies to close, it depends on when these tariffs take place, I am convinced that some companies have already agreed and signed contracts to provide goods at a set price, now these goods will jump up in price, so does the company absorb the rising costs? Can they? What about contractual agreements? Will this lead to court cases where goods were not delivered at the agreed price?

Poor journalism from JN this morning! Tut Tut! The new article never told us what karat the gold is 9, 14, or 22 karat gold it's so important