diagonalslip comments

rules-based, "free and open"

rules-based AND free and open.... quite a juggling act required

as a sort of corollary tale..... some years back I was seated outside a café in Paris, and a maybe univsersity-age couple came along, gave the place rhe once-over, then stood in front of but aw few metres away from, the door. waiters zoomed in and out, and took no notice of them. after a while I took pity and went over to the couple and explained (much surprise at Japanese coming out of my mouth) that no-one would show them where to sit, and that they should just sit wherever they wanted.

rainydayToday  06:30 pm JST

Had to put my foot down on that one though.

tricky situation, the FIL and all, so.... good for you! (and your son)

don't have a car, or kids, but am astounded by the number of unbuckled, even unseated, kids in cars....

in my experience 'they' mostly can't accurately predict what the weather's going to be tomorrow.

SOP (and not only in Japan)..... run away, to take responsibility.

I have worked with a couple of trans females. I support their lifestyle, but no amount of hormone therapy can hide the fact they still look like geezers in dresses.

except for those who don't, and then you don't know .......

 The trans females I know are beautiful and take great care to give their external appearance to fit their internal one.

how do you know they are "trans" then?

CaptDingleheimerToday  10:53 am JST

That's pretty cool. Creative and simple. Not like when they wrap the Arc de Triomphe in bunch of toilet paper.

a touch reductive I feel..... whether or not you like the Christo / Jeanne Claude projects, they are considerably creative and complex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiFANXmrltw

how many millions of cc transactions take place every day, year in year out, without problem.... sees to me to be more the point.

why suspend the exercise I wonder..... disrupt everyone and everything rather than just hoick him out of the vehicle and into clink?

so now I have to pay for the goods and do the checkout stuff myself? no thanx.

The psychiatric evaluation will last until February 2024.

I always wonder how they know exactly evaluation will take.... doesn't strike me as an exact science situation situation.

that should keep them safe. and nary a zebra n sight!

....yet, according to yesterday's article, "Kishida says he is determined to lead world toward cooperation, not division".

Peter Neil Today  06:34 am JST

excellent summation Peter, and the perfect analogy. ( a phenomenon I noticed when driving a minicab in London 50 years ago, and which had a powerful impact on me )

The cost will be split among the three parties....

the public, the public, and the business community....

danToday  10:09 am JST

Overrated.

that's an understatement, I'd say....

Application Deadline: The application deadline is Nov. 13.

*Applicants will be contacted by Nov. 15 with the selection results.

Only foreigners living in Japan are eligible to apply.

Applicants must have a business in Japan.

Applications from businesses related to organized crime groups will be declined.

At the Expo, selected applicants can promote their products/services, or interview job–seekers and gather contacts if they are looking to hire.

Selected applicants will have a table with their name’s company in a shared booth with fellow entrepreneurs.

Businesses not selected as exhibitors will have their business promoted in the Expo company directory.

that'll be nice.... i can use nana-man.

NotThe OneToday  04:04 pm JST

Zaphod beat me to it like your were watching me type on the screen in real time.

17 minutes ahead of you actually....

He was sentenced to 15 years in prison and would have been released in 2020. But his sentence was extended by three years under a recent law that allowed the continued detention of prisoners convicted or terrorism offenses who a judge ruled posed an unacceptable risk to the community if released.

...so after an additional 3 years in prison he's sudden;y 'safe'? more weirdness and nonsense.....

if it's a "law", how can it be unconstitutional. or.... if it's unconstitutional, how come it was made a 'law'. weird. not to mention nonsensical.

Noooo..... surely not! would never have dreamt it! but then, I'm not a paediatrician.

so many meetings and summits and etc and etc.... yet things are a mess, so I guess meetings aren't all that effective? sheesh! still, must be nice jaunting about in private jets, VIP treatment, a nice suite at The Mark....

so they have funds in Japan? or what?

used to donate regularly as I am AB neg. , which flows through the tubes of only about 0.05 % of the J population. so... not in great demand, but also, very small supply, so they are always 'advertising' for donors. however, when I hit 70 they told me I'm "too old", even though I'm healthier than most people half my age....

size of those carts says it all....

so Rahm Emanuel is making an early start in his run for election as Prez in 4 years time....

The Tokyo District Court ruled on Friday that Kozo Iizuka, 92, a former chief of the now-defunct Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, pay around 140 million yen to bereaved family members.

and

Iizuka’s compulsory vehicle liability insurance will pay the compensation

rainydayToday  12:25 pm JST

Could this news be any sadder?

just have a look at 'the news' every day....