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This is what we have come to expect from a Prime Minister who allows a book called 'My Canadian Boyfriend' to be published with him making a heart symbol on the cover, just about sums it up really.....

Oh and the 'Canadians are nice' cliche is totally untrue, they've generally become as selfish and disrespectful of others as the rest of the World......

The agency has been run for 18 years by Philippe Blatter, a nephew of former FIFA president and IOC member Sepp Blatter. It was bought in 2015 by Chinese corporation Wanda.

Really? Surprised no one has commented on this..... ''

2300 out of the 8.2 million who have left because of the war. A token indeed.

The day after he urged China to 'act responsibly' on the World stage......

How about putting on more buses?

I was in Kyoto the last two weeks and it certainly seemed like there were 9.59 million Chinese tourists there then!

According to so many articles we read on here, China is hostile and aggressive and one could be forgiven for drawing the conclusion is only moments away and yet Japan is hosting parties to promote tourism from China. Have to agree with other posters this seems to be a real conflict of thinking

Photos would be nice

I am currently in Kyoto. The only significant group of people who are not wearing masks appear to be mainly. European. Personally I am glad that the vast majority of Japanese are continuing to mask. At this point its a personal choice and I don't see why anyone should be pushing people to not wear masks if they wish to continue doing so.

RIP, condolences to the family

RIP

All good reasons to never use nuclear power ever again. And they're extending the 60 year life of other reactors....... The mind boggles at the insanity of it all

Sven Asai

Huh? He attacked him with a knife!

Heartbreaking story. My deepest respect to you Sir

Press can't wait for WW3 to happen

I suppose there will be a hole in the ground that someone sits in

I have visited the Tokyo Memorial Hall mentioned in the article which specifically commemorates this event and the 1923 earthquake. There are lots of photos and artefacts on display and it is a very moving experience to visit. I don't quite follow the argument in favour of another specific memorial

We also had some record lows recently but it did vary between -32 and +10 in consequetive weeks!

Hope it makes more sense than the last book

Great news. Now we need a straight link to Tokyo station from Haneda that doesn't involve a change if there isn't already one, been three years since I was in Tokyo unfortunately

Does it matter

That 246 people died? Yes it does. The insensitivity of some comments on this topic never ceases to amaze me.

Good to see the infection numbers significantly decreasing but the deaths are still excruciatingly high. RIP to those deceased and condolences to their families.

The insensitivity of some comments on this topic continues to amaze me.

Hopefully not something new, or something of their own invention

Ah, I see going back to the article that a graphic has been inserted so scrap the last comment

Problem number 2 the catch phrase is way too long and westerners need to work at pronunciation of the last part. Problem number 3, after reading the article which is full of typical corporate self promoting rah-rah I still have no clue what they are trying to sell to who which after all must surely be the ultimate goal of any 'brand-raising' campaign. Finally the article goes on about the eye catching graphics by a well known English designer but doesn't shos anything. Which is a little odd to say the least.

As GBR48 commented JCB is a digger manufacturer in Europe in fact the term JCB is used for any type of digger like Hoover is used for any type of vacuum cleaner. That I see as problem no 1

Poor girl and her family. RIP

Canada should start by manufacturing more for itself instead of buying almost everything it needs from China - go in a typical store in Canada and try to find something that's not made in China. Like in the UK Canada has put itself in a precarious position by giving most of it's manufacturing away to China, fuelled by the lure of cheap labour to increase corporate profit. And why all these delegations at the taxpayers expense with first class travel, fancy hotels, expensive meals....... Haven't they heard of Teams and Zoom? Oh yes, the priveleges of upper level civil servants and the business community - how about some real level of moderation

Nishimura warned that democracies need to protect their industrial power and guard against the loss of technologies, particularly those that could be diverted to military use.

Isn't it a bit late to realize this. Britain and North America shipped most of their manufacturing to China starting in the Thatcherite era, closed shipyards, steel plants, mines and lots of other manufacturing. Try to find something in Canada or the UK which is actually made there, its almost impossible, noone seems to want to make anything anymore in the West and if they did the price would not be anything like competitive. You can't run an economy based on service industries and not leave yourselves exposed. They didn't see this coming?

Projected price point?

The callous nature of some of the comments on this article and the daily update reports continue to astound me. As has been stated often Covid seems to have highlighted the division of the population of those who are concerned for others and those that don't give a hoot.

Statistics are relatively easy to find (search Japan Covid deaths by age) and confirm that the 80 plus range are most at risk. But this shouldn't mean that everyone else should carry on with abandon, as someone commented above what if it were your grandparent or parent come to that. Statistics also show that Covid was a factor in about 10pc of deaths in Japan in 2022.

The elderly are a treasure and deserve respect and consideration as a basic minimum.