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@Yubaru: you're saying this is a case of "beauty fades but dumb is forever"?

He's so thoughtful to remove his shoes. Don't want to get the compartment dirty!

Interesting how the Japanese woman is usually older than the male foreigner in the people interviewed.

So this is what "Bieber fever" means.

With all the stomach abuse she performs I won't be surprised if she ends up with stomach cancer or colon cancer later in life. I hope not though.

Would this be caused by alcohol consumption or smoking? Usually cancers of the mouth and throat are caused by alcohol or tobacco.

I can see some TV screens are going to be broken by people forgetting you're holding a phone and not a real dart.

since last year's disaster, she did not want to be away from Japan

Hey, that's Ayumi Hamasaki's line!

Hmm, keep the 250,000 euros and get extradited to CR or flee the country and avoid a possible death sentence and command the $10 mil that SS has in its coffers...hard decision that.

Best wishes for a safe descent.

This is a silly prediction. In the next 1000 years a lot can change, and Japan won't just idly sit by as the population dwindles. Also they don't seem to have incorporated things like half-Japanese and quarter-Japanese people into their population model.

In Australia that commercial couldn't run, it would be considered child pornography given that some members are under 18.

"vituperation": according to Google's ngram viewer, this word had its heyday back in the 1830's.

This guy needs to stay on sick leave. For a long time.

"vainglory" - when will Japan rise above 1950s English?

I'm surprised anyone would use her as a mistress, if you've seen how ordinary she looks.

"HOTEL Love songs" or "Love HOTEL songs"?

This story is a year old, notice they say "April 2011" and not "April 2012". I remember the news the first time around and it was shocking.

400 Australians die from illicit drug use. How many people die from alcohol intake? It might be higher than you think. How many families have been affected by alcoholism? How many people die from cigarettes? Alcohol and cigarettes are government-backed drugs, but quite unhealthy. Marijuana is no big deal.

China's eternal gift to Japan.

Wait til the new generation of young train drivers arrive. They'll have grown up using the cell phones while walking and cycling, so using them while driving trains won't be anything new.

Remember, correlation does not equal cause. There could be other factors that are the real culprits.

@some14some: nice wordplay!

New slogan: "We need you alive to buy our new albums!"

Sack Ishihara - he's too old and not lucid. For a governor of Tokyo to say this is unforgivable. China should reduce diplomatic ties even further.

Headline 16 years later: "20-y.o. Chinese man kills parents, self".

Where were the grandparents at the time? Why weren't they keeping an eye on the kids? Were they eating mikan in the kotatsu?

Colonel Sanders would be proud.

They should rename it the "Metabolic Monstrosity".

Spoonerisms will soon be common product names

Do not look at laser with remaining eye