Posted in: Convenience store manager arrested for filming up skirt of customer See in context
a female customer in her 40s.
Gross, bro.
Don't you have any 25-year old customers?
Just sayin'.
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Posted in: Chinese professor at Japanese university missing after visiting homeland See in context
Maybe he'd been recruited by the Japanese intelligence service and he got found out (likely due to a fellow Chinese 'loyal subject' at the university, as BeerDeliveryGuy accurately put it.
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Posted in: Russians head to polls in election set to extend Putin's rule See in context
Russia will never be a free country. There's just something about the Russian people that they expect and almost desire to be under the heel of a boot.
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Posted in: Biden opposes plan to sell U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel, citing need for 'American steel workers' See in context
Steel production is crucial to national security. Foreigners should NOT own our steel companies. FULL STOP.
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Posted in: Niseko in Hokkaido to introduce lodging tax of up to ¥2,000 a night See in context
Funny how desperately Japan wanted all these foreign tourists, but now when they finally show up they’re ready to stick it up their ass.
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Posted in: 2 dead in Hokkaido avalanche identified as New Zealanders See in context
Were they carrying beacons, probes, and shovels?
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Posted in: Hiroshima grapples with 'Oppenheimer' Oscars success See in context
I think I might’ve found a solution here: Don’t watch the f****n’ movie.
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Posted in: Rocket launch by private Japanese firm Space One postponed See in context
Oh my, this sure seems to have worked some of you up into a tizzy, hasn’t it!
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Posted in: Man arrested for stalking after breaking into home of ex-girlfriend in Hokkaido See in context
Sounds like a real winner.
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Posted in: 13 caught in avalanches in Nagano, Tottori; 2 missing See in context
Beacons probes and shovels, dudes
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Posted in: Trump is not isolationist, former U.S. envoy to Japan believes See in context
If Trump wins, the DNC will have no one to blame but themselves, and the rest of us will have no one else to blame but the DNC. They had FOUR YEARS to straighten out the mess they're now in and they completely blew it. Now we've got a guy who can barely string two sentences together, has trouble making sense even when he does , and can't find his way off a stage. It's like Weekend at Bernie's over here.
I'm curious what the Biden campaign's excuse is going to be when they refuse to let Biden go on a debate stage with Trump, knowing it would be a total bloodbath and ruin their chances if winning.
I'm guessing it's going to be something like: "We aren't going to legitimize a racist transphobic sexist by sharing a stage with him..."
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Posted in: Joy, envy in Japan as baseball star Ohtani speaks more about marriage See in context
If I was that dude, I'd be playing the hell out of the field and I'd delay marriage for about 6 years.
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Posted in: Mother gets 2 years in prison over death of 3-year-old daughter See in context
Some men seem to really have the mammalian instinct to destroy the offspring of the competitor. Grizzly bears do that to ensure the propagation of their own genes over those of another male.
Unfortunately, many women accept it and actually go along with it. Gotta stand by your man and all that stuff I guess, but on steroids.
I hope this terrible woman rots away in prison for the rest of her ..... 2 years.
May her daughter's soul be in a place of unconditional love.
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Posted in: Number of births in Japan hits record low in 2023 See in context
"...and we'll die on this sword before we'll ever allow any meaningful immigration! 天皇陛下万歳 !!"
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Posted in: Elderly driver hits 2 pedestrians, killing one, near Nara temple See in context
Why do they always arrest people for accidents?
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Posted in: Watch that melted during atomic blast over Hiroshima sells for more than $31,000 See in context
I wouldn't want to have an object that carries so much karma in my house.
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Posted in: Women take part in Japan's 1,250-year-old 'naked festival' for first time See in context
Dammit!
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Posted in: Japan's 'naked men' festival succumbs to aging population See in context
This is going to have a very negative effect on local businesses.
For years, the naked man festival has been a very popular with foreign tourists, particularly groups of gay men from the US. They spent a lot of many at local hotels, restaurants, antique shops, and bath houses. Without the festival, the local area really loses out.
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Posted in: Japan, now world's No. 4 economy, on steep road to reverse low growth See in context
Compensation in Japan (especially for women) is laughable and has been for a long time.
When we moved from Japan to the US 15 years ago, my wife took the same exact job (dental assistant) she had in Japan. Her pay here in the US was literally 3.5 times higher. Instantly.
Another shocker I heard recently: An academic friend was at a conference in San Diego. The Japanese attendees were given a per diem stipend of $130 from their university. That's it. That was supposed to pay for a hotel room, dinner, and Uber or whatever. In California. Yeah how's that workin' out for ya
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Posted in: Japan refuses to grant visa to ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee now author See in context
Go plot to blow up a subway station in somebody else’s country instead.
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Posted in: Japan defense minister meets Okinawa governor over U.S. base transfer See in context
There are several significant Okinawan islands that are much closer to Taiwan than they are to the main Japanese archipelago. And we all know who thinks they own islands in the vicinity of Taiwan.
Perhaps the governor ought to be reminded that if he wants his prefecture to indefinitely retain its current configuration, he might be best off having it protected by a friendly power that is taken very seriously and treated with wary respect by Japan's foes.
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Posted in: SDF to soften hairstyle rules as recruit shortage worsens See in context
Good move. They need anyone they can get.
In a boneheaded move in the opposite direction, the NYPD commissioner recently announced no more beards for officers. Great idea when you're down thousands of officers and nobody wants to sign up.
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Posted in: Yakuza member selling soda arrested for extorting money from ninja spreading flyers in Asakusa See in context
Why do older Yakuza dudes always wear those gay glasses?
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Posted in: Parents arrested over fatal poisoning, drugging of 4-year-old daughter in Tokyo See in context
A couple lengths of rope and a good, strong tree branch about 3 meters off the ground are warranted here.
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Posted in: Domino’s Pizza apologizes over viral video of employee touching dough after picking his nose See in context
The pizza dough in the footage was not used in any product. It was later thrown out.
Oh it was, huh? Says who? You just took their word for it and wrote it with authority, huh.
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Posted in: Daihatsu partly resumes domestic output after safety test scandal See in context
"Safe" is probably the last thing that comes to mind just looking at anything Daihatsu makes.
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Posted in: Many Japanese outside major urban areas do not engage with foreigners: survey See in context
Some Japanese kid was hiding out in some bushes near my buddy's house years ago and shot me with a slingshot. I made him give it to me and take me to his nearby house.
His father was quite surprised when an American showed up at his front door with a slingshot in hand and his sulking son behind him!
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Posted in: Many Japanese outside major urban areas do not engage with foreigners: survey See in context
Asked whether they want a higher percentage of foreigners in their community, 54.5 percent said they do not...
....which is just about the same percentage of Western foreigners who don't want Western foreigners living near them in Japan.
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Posted in: Police officer sent to prosecutors for stealing items from two women he was dating See in context
He's certainly gonna be "having trouble making ends meet" now with his new job working at the ¥100 shop...
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Posted in: N Korean leader Kim vows to 'put an end' to South if attacked See in context
That fat slob says this crap every day, between bites of donuts.
How is this even news?
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Posted in: Trump unable to post $464 mil bond in New York civil case: lawyers
Posted in: Trump unable to post $464 mil bond in New York civil case: lawyers
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