carsonjon2 comments

It doesn’t say in the article, but there’s a good chance he pulled EVERYTHING down...thus exposing his teammate’s privates in front of others.

Ask yourself what would happen if someone did that at work....they’d be fired at least, arrested for assault at most.

He is simply suspended for a time. He should be kicked off the team permanently.

Osaka Prefectural Police say that if they catch the group violating laws and regulations, they will deal with them accordingly.

"If" they catch them??? So video of them committing the law breaking acts and their group's leader's own admission is not good enough evidence? SHM....

Wow! So many assumptions...

Furisode type kimono are still produced, owned, and worn by "regular" Japanese women today (the quotes because those women have above average wealth).

This is not necessarily clothes that belonged to a geisha house, and generally maiko and geisha did not own their own kimono as it can be massively expensive.

The kimono and obi shown here as auctioned by Bonhams are lot 45, and no detail is given about the previous owner or history.

Skilled artist, but I don't much care for anything that tries to enforce stereotypical physical traits of a certain peoples....but alas, this is Japan.

I still get asked "if you're American, why aren't your eyes blue and your hair blonde?" from time to time. sigh

While that looks beautiful and amazing, what's even more beautiful and amazing is those dolphins swimming freely with their un-slaughtered families in the open ocean.

I'm from San Diego and I'm happy that SeaWorld San Diego has ended their "Killer Whale" show, but more needs to be done to also end the dolphin shows. Sea World officially states that they get none of their animals from Japanese drive/hunts, but they have in the past and other marine parks (especially in Japan) still do.

The cold hard fact is that these animals are better off in the wild where they belong. One recent study is purporting to show that the immune systems of captive dolphins are more robust than those in the wild, but that's only one small part of their overall health. If a person was kept in a cage their entire life but given the finest medical care and kept alive till a ripe old age, one could argue that they are healthier in captivity, but no one in their right mind would chose captivity just for immune health alone.

https://awionline.org/content/wild-vs-captivity

I'll just add this...

SHAME on the Japanese police for referring this case for criminal prosecution in the first place.

If he chooses to never work again, I understand and accept it if he admits to conducting himself inappropriately professionally or personally by abusing his position of power over others.

But unless he’s convicted of a crime I don’t agree with erasing him from any work he’s completed.

Worse men (convicted killers) are forever immortalized on film, in music, and in other forms of art.

There are 3 pictures and none show the edges, and therefore the size of the tank.

No, gogogo, they’re not.

Yes, people are dying. That’s another story.

THIS story is about the fact that certain businesses are realizing higher demand due to the prolonged summer heat.

This story’s purpose is not to ignore or downplay the other fact that people are dying...

Of his numerous offenses, I think allowing or making his poor father live in the home with the corpse of his mother is one of the worst. Hopefully he wasn't aware of his condition or fate.

Pics can be seen by following this link, btw...

https://www.shine.com/en_us

I grew quite tired of hearing the term “great Japanese hope” in reference to this guy...

I’m half 「ハーフ」and on one hand I understand if they want a native Japanese as Yokozuna, but I’m sick of the open Japanese disdain for the foreigners who quite honestly make the sport of sumo interesting and appealing enough for a global stage.

Ganbatte Japan! Open your collective minds!

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned Monday as a “terrorist attack.” Wow this guy has to be careful of what he is asking for."

So for some reason you are equating "terrorist" with people of the Muslim faith. You have the right to thank for that.... but take a step back and look up the term. There is nothing inherent in the word to link it to Muslims exclusively. No matter the faith or ideals of the attackers, ANY act meant to terrorize ANY target or targets can be defined as a "terroist" one.

@ suzuran8061945wasurenagusa,

Dolphins are whales, albeit small ones, but they are still definitely whales.

So if you've seen generically labeled "whale meat", it can also be dolphin/porpoise meat.

Misleading article title...

Nothing shown in the CM will likely be considered "horrifying" by the average viewer/consumer. Dangerous? Sure.

The title of the article does say the "Filmmaker tries to rebut..." It doesn't say she succeeds or even does a half decent job.

Kudos to the clever journalist that named this article :)

Sometimes it's good to see boring "non-news" because it usually means there's nothing more horrible to report about.

I still say they should have aged the look of Chewie to match Solo's aging. Even if Wookies don't age as "fast" as humans, he shouldn't look the same age after "30 years" had passed.

LAcajun, Great Britain is not part of Europe....never have been, so they don't speak on behalf of anyone in places like Germany, Italy, Spain, or any other "European" country.

Great Britain encompasses England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales.

And yes, the British royals do in many ways still represent British citizens.

No one killed it, it was dying. No sense in letting it wither to a sad unusable condition in front of the eyes of all affected citizens.

I say this is a fine idea. The tree served as inspiration as long as it could, and now it'll continue to give something to the people in the form of additional donations.

I do wish everyone would just get over Kanye already....there are so many other worthy artists to discuss in this day and age, most are quietly creating art rather than worrying about who gets what award from which committee.

Video of her here:

http://topics-on-japan.blogspot.com/2014/11/who-is-rina-sasazaki.html?m=1

Wakarimasen,

A "looker"???

Have you googled the correct person???

Damn Papigiulio! That's rare! From when Fresh Prince tried to go hard in response to his critics....

Back to topic though, I'd like to see an image of the device.

@nandakandamanda,

NOUN bomb (plural bombs)

An explosive device used or intended as a weapon.

(source: wiktionary)

In other words the term "bomb" has a very general meaning and can be used to describe numerous devices.

Simple....just ban South Korea from the next Olympics for violating the rules. Poor sportsmanship has ZERO place at the Olympic games.

I would gladly stomp this man and crush every bone in his body. I will say it's because he didn't like me...I'll be sure he doesn't like me.