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Simply shift the domestic rice to human consumption and the imported rice to Moo the cow and Cluck the chicken, they won't notice and everyone will be happy except the grifters.

Japan consumes approximately 6.6 million tons of rice a year, meaning the 350,000-ton export target would be equivalent to around half a month's domestic consumption.

Japan imports about 350,000 tons of rice from the US, tariff free, anything above that is tariffed at 400%. They did this in response to a World Trade Org. agreement in the early '90s. This is about a half months domestic consumption. Something seems off in the current rice shortage. So who is pocketing the profit?

Note to self.......

Don't build Military Arms Factories in highly populated cities.

Hopefully, parents learn about the dangers by hearing about this and arrange safer methods for after school care.

I like the alternative scenario better.... Identify and root out the perpetrators before they act.

It means N is looking for someone else to pull them out of the dinosaur cesspool just to get thrown under the bus when things are rosy again.

The U.S. news site Axios reported last month that the ambassador was considering running for chairman of the Democratic National Committee next year.

Bringing his "Chicago experience" and cronies along no doubt. This Dude has had shady dealings in every post he has held.

No one is blaming these teenage boys who have been molested. They should be performing independently or through another company, not the rebadged company of paedophile enablers.

They bear a degree of responsibility. At some point they were old enough to speak out, instead they continued to take the money and turn a blind eye while other kids were trapped in the system by perverted predators.

The military presence on Okinawa is what keeps the Okinawa government in power. Okinawa's huge southern neighbor keeps funneling money into political parties, newspapers and television to ensure the people are fed a steady diet of misinformation and hyped drum beats. Okinawa has a political machine in place that rivels any third world dictator and is more than willing to disfranchise the population in order to stay in power.

The one thing to ponder when all your money is in the bank is this...... you don't actually have a penny and the bank only has a digital quark that represents your money. I keep enough "walking around money" in a debit card account to enjoy the day to day convenience of that card. If you have all your money in a bank, you don't really have any money if the SHTF.

The IOC operates with the brown envelope in the forefront of consideration.

Hopefully the government steps in to control their sale.

No... just no. You need to rely on your own accountability and common sense, of which there is way too little of in todays society. Everyone relies on some agency to protect them from their selves, a and take no responsibility for less than intelligent acts. These kids learned a life lesson that they will remember.

It's really regrettable that the Tamaki bloc lost the election.

It's really regrettable what the Tamaki bloc have done to Okinawa. Another poster pointed out the economic woes of Okinawa and its continued last place in prefectural statics. Tamaki spends an enormous amount of money traveling around the world, tugging on world leader's coattail for attention. Meanwhile the schools, basic services and infrastructure languish and rot. It appears that some of the people are seeing past the constant barrage of propaganda from TV and newspapers about the evil military and the "burden" it causes. The Tamaki bloc has always been about staying in power no matter the cost to the Okinawa people. It started with Gov. Ota and has ramped up to fanatical levels when Onaga was gov and secured outside financing for the machine. Tamaki is just following in his predecessor's footsteps.

More tourists....Thank the stars that regulation and covid tanked the Airb&b flareup around our neighborhood. There were two that popped up around my house and there was nothing but trouble from them. Parking issues, noise, trash, cigarette butts over the neighbor's fence, and the list goes on. The "guests" would wander around at night and enter yards, sit in outdoor furniture and were rude if confronted.

Lets not forget the greed and arrogance of the IOC.....

Came home from work last Friday and there was a car with a わ number plate sitting square in the middle of my driveway, not a person in sight. It turns out that a tourist had parked there to walk around to look for a house that was selling pottery. I know this because I parked behind them and locked my car. So many people go on tours and leave their brains at home...........

Greed!

If China did indeed invade Taiwan, it wouldn’t be a proxy war, but an all-fronts all-out war involving more countries than the Global War on Terror.

There is nothing to be gained defending Taiwan. The United States would throw Taiwan to the wolf, just like it did when it was called Formosa.

Sounds good if the coin is going in your pocket, but if you are a resident in one of these areas it sucks. Prices are higher, traffic is a nightmare, shortages of veggies and staples as they are siphoned off to hotels and If you live on Okinawa, residents are faced with the very possibility of water rationing. I can just about guarantee the hotels will scam the system to ensure Joe Tourist can soak in the tub with the hot water running to maintain temperature.

Nissan is an unethical company, just ask Carlos.

Numbers increasing?? Two whales in two years, one last January and one this January does not sound like an epidemic.

If you apply normal Japanese media rationale.... If it's not happening in Tokyo it does not matter.

He thinks his jokes are funny.... or at least he laughs at them.

Too much time and emphasis spent on how fruit and vegetables look and not how they taste. Looking pretty is not cheap as another poster pointed out. I don't know how much these grapes cost, never bought any and don't intend to do so. We always buy the fruit and veggies that are no "suitable" for the supermarket because they do not conform to the shape and color of the ideal, photo book display stereotype appearance. These less than perfect fruit and veggies save us a lot of money and IMHO taste just as good. Anyone up for a 40000 yen melon?

.... Its hard to find competent people to cook your books ....

The church is a religion of peace. It's just a small number of adherents who don't represent everyone there.

And no one noticed the amassing of 6 to 10 billion surplus yen by these adherents? A church or cult of willing participants that couldn't control this "small number of adherents? A few billion yen spent and we will have a rinse and repeat.

Crime pays.............. well!

Try relocating a US base near Tokyo and see what happens!

You would make a fine reporter for Mainstream news outlets. Cherry picking facts and spinning those to support your hatred for the US military. There are three military bases within a stones throw of Tokyo: Yokosuka, Yokota and Atsugi. The the Okinawa Governor and the party block/machine that ensures he gets reelected is funded by outside interests further south that have a lot to gain if the American presence on Okinawa is reduced. When and if, Taiwan falls, Okinawa is next to be assimilated. As the Borg would say, resistance is futile!

That front façade looks like it was copied directly from a 2021 Escalade. For a 170K, a bit more effort in styling would have been appropriate.

At a press conference in Rankoshi, Mitsui Oil President Hidenori Harada stated that the Hokkaido government has instructed the company to cease dumping water outside the site. However, it is expected to take approximately two weeks to construct a pipeline that will redirect the accumulated water to a well about 1 kilometer away.

If that well connects to the water table........... Just sayin.....

@wallace,

Ok, gotta be specific to be terrific