David Brent comments

No smoke without fire.

Or you could just, you know, have companies raise wages to a decent level, and stop with this 250,000 per month utter nonsense.

One of the very few Japanese actors who can actually act.

Many of them go to the dentists every 3 months

You don’t go to the dentist every three months? Ewww.

It seems pretty obvious that it's too dangerous to pay outside when there's a thunderstorm.

You'd think, but this is the same country that has kids playing sports outside in 38c summer heat.

so nice example of japanese engrish.

Huh? It's not even "Engrish".

Just imagine how many more would go bankrupt if they were forced to pay a living wage to all their employees.

About time this utter cretin gets his comeuppance.

He’s a fool to take on this role.

Remember Michael Woodford?

Good! One less card to carry.

Good. Stop the constant pandering.

Imagine how backward the US players must have considered Japan to be when they saw a smoking area at a sports facility.

A foreigner would be an idiot to become CEO of a Japanese company. Remember Michael Woodford?!

My goodness, they managed to take a photo containing only white people in the UK?!

Lammy has to be the most dense Foreign Secretary in the history of the UK.

“End-stage capitalism dystopia repackaged as a heartwarming story”. Imagine still working at 108.

Hey, good luck to him! If I had the chance to live in luxury, sponging off the taxpayer, getting to play-study about dragonflies, I'd take it with open hands.

The race to the bottom continues.

In my area of Japan, almost all the ALTs are from Nepal and the Phillipines.

It's weird to here kids pronouncing "Thursday" as "Tursday", just like a Nepali. Of course, the schools couldn't care less; they just want to farm out English "teaching" to the lowest bidder.

I work in an all Japanese workplace, and I have asked my male coworkers (blue and white collar) about this issue over the years. The majority of them cheat on their wives. I asked how they would feel about their wives cheating on them; "Couldn't care less" was the polite version of their response.

It seems once wedding vows are said, and the first kid comes along, cheating is the norm here.

Big deal. Stop with the nanny state crap.

It's awful how many Japanese just have a chained up dog in the garden. No wonder the poor thing starts barking.

Another “end-stage capitalism horror episode repackaged as a quirky and heartwarming story”.

We all know the poor truck driver is dead, but because of silly Japanese law, he can only be pronounced dead by a doctor. Someone could be lying on the floor, with no head, and completely exsanguinated, but Japanese media would still not report them as dead because a doctor hasn't checked for a heart beat or pupil reflex.

Bid-rigging is normal practice in Japan. I see it all the time in my job.

Imagine how much worse things are in Japan’s billion dollar AV industry.

While the documentary has been shown around the world, it has not been released in Japan.

Typical. Just shows how mature the Japanese are when it comes to owning up to all the horrible things about Japan.

No doubt they'll get a juicy government bail-out or interest-free loan.

Trebles all round.

and why the co-pilot didn't challenge his decision.

A common issue for Korean and Japanese airlines due to a steep cockpit gradient. Heaven forbid someone junior calls out their "senpai"!

What did he make? Cod roe on pizza? A sandwich (white bread, naturally!) filled with soba noodles? Perhaps some fried chicken?

The smoking rate is very low in Japan.

Are you having a laugh?