Do the hustle comments

A female PM in Japan? There’s more chance of a unicorn being the next PM

Oh, come on! Sharks have 200 million years of evolution and a sixth sense. They do not mistake surfers for seals. The attacks are are territorial and/or interfering with its hunting. Sharks do not hunt and eat humans. Even in this attack the surfer was only bitten once on the arm. It’s just that a shark bite causes so much tissue damage most victims die of blood loss before they can receive first aid. I had a 4m great white shark swim right underneath me surfing off Philip Island near Melbourne. There is a large seal colony there. The shark was not interested in me. He knew I was there long before I saw him. He wanted a seal. It just confirms that sharks do not mistake humans for seals. It was the luckiest day of my life.

The vaccination rate of 40% is misleading. The cities effected by the current outbreak have single dose vaccinations in the 60-70% range. The national figure includes areas with no infections and no need for vaccine. Australia is 30 times bigger than Japan with a sixth of the population.

Loser! He was only put in the position as a scapegoat.

Kishida is coming out with some big promises. I remember Abe doing the same thing. They were all hollow, as I expect Kishida’s to be.

Police quoted Ono as saying he didn’t really intend to steal the gun

Nah, he just wanted a bit of attention and a year or two in the emperor’s hotel.

The numbers seem to have stabilized. Still high but stable. Get in and get your shots people. They won’t stop you catching it, but they’ll keep you out of the ICU.

Flip the switch and beat her to death. Anger management is a real problem in Japan. How many times have we read, “i lost my temper.”?

He killed her for 20 bucks! That’s just so wrong!

That’s one way to get her attention, I suppose? Is she gonna go out with him now?

I bet he didn’t expect to be dead by the end of the day when he woke up this morning.

But……but…… what about social distancing? If one person in that crowd has the virus, hundreds have it now.

It’s not a crime! It’s culture!

The national limit of 100 per month is still utterly ridiculous!

No worries! There are always plenty of staff at train stations to carry wheelchairs up the stairs.

Meanwhile, the Japanese government said Tuesday it will buy marine products as an emergency step to support fishermen

And give it away to schools to feed to the kids. Awesome!

Japan is still relying on the vaccine to pull them out of the crap. The vaccine does not stop the spread of the virus. It only means fewer people will end up in the ICU on a respirator. It’s gonna be a long haul for Japan.

Sending kids to the Paralympics would be a great learning experience for them. Living with Covid will also be a learning experience for them.

Monty - More and more people are vaccinated and therefore they want to go out.

The vaccine does not stop the spread of the virus. It only means you are less likely to end up in the ICU on a respirator. Those who are vaccinated have got consider those who are not vaccinated.

What Covid control? 5,000 cases daily, remember?

They are going to have to get used to it. Japans inaction toward the spread of the virus has created a runaway pandemic that is going to take months, possibly years to control. The vaccine does not stop the spread of the virus. It only lessens the effects.

Mark - NO LOCKDOWNS! It didn't work for other nations, it destroyed the local economies especially small businesses and it caused severe stress on the people effected. More Vaccination is the only path forward

With 25,000 new cases nationally a lockdown is too late. It’s likely to be 50,000 cases within a week. Once again Japan is playing catch up with the virus and the rest of the world.

Well, this is to be expected when you let the virus run to 5,000 new cases every day. Perhaps, just perhaps, they have focused more on the virus than the Olympics. Perhaps!

The Japanese hospitals were in a bad way long before Covid.

As harsh as it sounds, all the women should get out of Kabul and leave it to these misogynistic morons.

GdTokyo - I am fully vaccinated and it takes full effect on the 21st. I was planning a trip to Fukuoka this weekend, but my wife and I decided that even though we are protected, it sets a not so great example to take a non-essential trip during an SOE, so we are going to put it off.

Being vaccinated does not mean you are protected. You ‘might’ be protected from the more serious symptoms, but you can still contract and spread the virus. The vaccine is not a silver bullet. Stay home!

Wakarimasen - As always lockdowns and masks are doing the trick. We should never ever give them up to stop the whole world dying of Covid.

They are doing the trick. It’s just the few imbeciles who are disregarding the restrictions and spreading the virus. I live 90 minutes north of Sydney. We had no cases until a fortnight ago when a pair of twits from western Sydney thought it would be a good idea to jump on a train and go bar hopping. Now, we have over 50 cases and the whole city is in lockdown.

633 new cases in NSW today, 90% of which are in Sydney. How many cases in Tokyo today? 4,500? Bwahaha!

Change laws to enforce penalties? I’ll believe that when I see it. Australia has increased fines for lockdown breakers to $3,000. There was an illegal wedding in Sydney the other day and they gave out $350,000 in fines.

What! No quasi?

It’s pretty obvious that the virus control measures taken under the SOE are not working with new cases hovering around 5,000 in Tokyo. Could be time to increase the restrictions coz whatever they are doing is not working.

He told police he killed his parents because he was worn out from looking after them.

This is a way too familiar scenario in Japan.

Olympic hooligans! Send them all home!

As of 5pm today the whole of NSW is going into lockdown with stay at home orders statewide. No unnecessary travel, only one person from each household permitted to go shopping and no visitors.