chatanista comments

some of you are angry when Russians attacking,same time you are angry when Russians declare ceasifre...how to please you

Yeah, those cold war shoulder chips are hard to shake off.

And now fascists are Russian.

They are not, that is nonsense.

The US vice president is an idiot.

No he isn't , be is intelligent and capable. Just because one disagrees with JD political views does not mean such gutter insults are in any way accurate. You can do better than that.

Most of the above comments are pretty spot on. Keep them coming.

Let's see whether the yen exchange rate strengthening will mean that the peak has passed or not. Especially since it weakend again over the past couple of weeks.

why would non Japanese be encouraging Japan to antagonize Trump and go to the back of the line where the deal gets worse?

Because a good many of those who keep telling Japan to do this and keep whining about Trump here daily either don't care much about Japan and what happens to it, hence encouraging it to go against 47 and hurt it's economic interests or don't even live here at all and are just posting from the US. In some cases , both of these apply. That simple.

Still, will be interesting to see what the Japanese negotiators can get from Trump administration. Dont think we can expect much.

Lucky no injuries from the falling part.

Underworld

That is just another word for defeat everyone knows that. It is unfortunate but there is no need to pretend it is otherwise...........Except that a withdrawal means that your forces leave intact. Russia have been eager to sell it as a rout, which it wasn't.

But Ukraine forces did not leave Kursk intact. Unfortunate but they suffered huge losses and were defeated, pretending otherwise is not helpful.

True, Russians have not taken Pokrovsk, but they continue seizing other villages along the frontline and advancing............At a snail's pace and losing many troops in the process.

Sure, but as many here said that Putin does not care for loosing troops and Ukraine is loosing many troops in the process too. Their manpower pool is a lot smaller than Russia.

Having to send troops to Europe to fight a war is to the detriment of US national security,

Why, there is no public support or reason for US sending troops to fight in Europe. This conflict will end at a negotiation table.

It didn't end in failure, it ended in a strategic withdrawal.

That is just another word for defeat everyone knows that. It is unfortunate but there is no need to pretend it is otherwise.

No. They don't. What is happening to Pokrovsk? Supposedly about to fall in August 2024. Russian troops have been stalled outside Pokrovsk for 8 months.

True, Russians have not taken Pokrovsk, but they continue seizing other villages along the frontline and advancing.

This conflict needs to end at a negotiating table soon, the terrible loss of life can not continue.

Sure, but Putin doesn't want peace, so unless he is pressured, this war will keep going.

Good that after meeting Zelensky in Rome Trump is pivoting towards more sanctions pressure on Moscow then, isnt it.

One take: A flurry of polls in recent days from NBC, CNN, New York Times/Siena, ABC News and Fox News, among others, each reveal the same theme: Voters perceive Trump to be falling short on his core campaign promise to strengthen the economy. The president’s helter-skelter rollout of tariffs in early April sent global markets into shock.

There is no doubt about that. Who knows what the next 100 days will be like.

Trump in the honeymoon period. Sounds like he couldn’t get it up and soiled the bed on his honeymoon.

One of the classiest comments to date . Keep that kind of language up, it seems to align well with the recent JT standards.

Everyone is free to feel as they like about Trump but posts like "not getting it up and soiling his bed" are below gutter level. Call me old fashioned.

There was an article on JT yesterday about Russia retaking Kursk from Ukraine. Was the article not accurate?

I'm pretty sure that Kursk is part of Russia, not Ukraine...

I'm pretty sure that Kursk operation was part of the Ukraine war, wasn't it? It was celebrated by the Kyiv side as its most successful operation but unfortunately it has ended in failure and tens of thousands of Ukrainian casualties. Sadly, most of their best soldiers from their elite units were lost in that operation. Russia continues to take Ukrainian villages and towns along the contact line weekly if not daily. Ukraine's biggest problem is running out of manpower. This conflict needs to end at a negotiating table soon, the terrible loss of life can not continue.

The needs of US national security are not up to whims of US manchildren.

Good that there are no manchildren in US government.

Russia haven't made any meaningful progress in Ukraine for months. losses are high, and vehicle stock is running out.

There was an article on JT yesterday about Russia retaking Kursk from Ukraine. Was the article not accurate?

Tens of thousands of Ukraine's best soldiers fell in Kursk and for what. Temporary PR media headlines. What a waste. No amount of gaslighting will change the fact this was a big military failure. It is time for this war to end.

It is a temporary tax cut which should be made permanent. Many countries exempt food. Hope Opposition does well in the election so they can push LDP for more concessions like this. LDP would never do it by themselves if they hold a strong majority.

The Chinese carmakers are growing at phenomenal speed.

From estimated 80 billion loss to 750 billion? Seems the previous Japanese management was a little ' innacurate with their prediction figures. Lets pin this on the newbie CEO Espinosa, the foreigner has been running the joint for almost a month now.

Meanwhile drivers typing away on their phones, running red lights and having little kids jumping or standing up on seats, sometimes even sitting on driver parents lap continues unabated. But ah, those cyclists.

Nothing wrong with having to prove you are a citizen in order to vote in the US election. It is common sense. If we don't prove we are citizens in Japan we can't vote either. Why are Democrats so afraid of it and have to try so hard to block it if they have nothing to hide? This should be supported by both Reps and Dems.

What if it were a rainbow pride hat?

Indeed, wonder how the conservative Japanese politicians would react to that.

 Tokyo Guy

If a Japanese negotiator, diplomat, etc. were to have visited the White House and worn a hat or similar which had democratic overtones, half the people commenting on this article would be howling for that person to be thrown into an internment camp.

No, they would not.

JayToday  07:08 am JST

If a HAT is enough to send you into hysterical convulsions, sorry, you’re emotionally fragile beyond parody

That's exactly right.

Aly RustomToday  07:58 am JST

Akazawa should probably change his name to Asakisa

That's pretty funny I have to say, thumbs up.

*I'veSeenFootageToday  07:02 am JS The cap IS a political message. And that message is: "I am a fascist".*

So now Japan's chief negotiator Akazawa is a fascist" according to Trump haters. Talk about next level gaslighting. Poor guy most likely just wanted a happy memento snap with DJT and put on a cap handed to him. No need to get hysterical about "fascism".

Can anyone explain with Trump approval sliding, why are the Democrats so impotent and unable to capitalize on it ? They should be soaring sky high. Why is their approval in the gutter -27%?

Mexico has more chance of getting California.

Pretty much how it is. Russia will obviously not Crimea go and Ukraine counter offensive to retake it last summer has failed. Those are the facts.

Russia's national security is at stake.

Russian national security has never been at stake. That is the height of Kremlin propaganda. US and European national security is at stake.

Proposing that Ukraine which is on Russia's door step is not relevant to their national security while at the same time saying it is relevant to the national security of the US which is thousands of miles away is the height of gaslighting.

What I don't get is that despite all this Democrats are wallowing at a miserable 27% approval.

Not a smart move by Zelensky to scuttle the peace talks.

Hervé L'EisaToday  07:51 am JST

IF the J-govt were actually interested in improving the quality of life for the citizenry (they clearly are NOT!), then they would REDUCE THE TAXES, a direct benefit to the people.

This!

 A larger volume of imports, however, could depress rice prices and hurt producers' incomes.

What tripe, how about the hurt of Japanese consumers being taken for a ride by the rice hoarding speculators? Why are all Japanese consumers asked to suffer for the rice farmers and JA cartel? Govt may as well temporarily increase the farmers subsidies ( to keep inaka loyal to LDP which is what it was always about ) and allow substantially more imports in to wash out the price speculators.

XCAndthebandToday  12:55 pm JST

Give me a break. All the religious Christian zealots love to play the victim.

"All the religious Christian zealots"? That sounds very anti Christian bias like.

wallaceToday  11:47 am JST

Jesus was the first true socialist

Yes, in a sense, you are right.

lincolnmanToday  11:28 am JST

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi hosted the opening meeting of an "anti-Christian bias" task force Tuesday, as the government pressed federal workers to inform on work colleagues engaging in discriminatory behavior.

Fascism, pure and simple...remember Hitler started off by demonizing the Jews..

No need for this hysteria. US govt is not fascist. This is about eliminating" bias.