Duck70 comments

It depends on what line of business you are in. I would want to have the name of the uniformed officer asking me questions, the doctor I was consulting, but in espionage or soap land, well maybe not.

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The picture shows Standard Chartered bank which now has nothing to do with Standard bank of South Africa.

As with all countries, the ones which the domestic media choose to give coverage to.

18 years here and have never been stopped, but have been to the cop shop three times to report my bicycle had been stolen.

Yes, GW! That's critical, you have to pay into the Ponzi first.

Nintendo didn't do anything. Niantic created the game. Nintendo's genius is simply having the characters which they can get others (like DeNA) to monetise for them. the comparison with SONY is spurious. Investors have made the same mistake pricing it as an ailing tech company. Nintendo have a stable of priceless brands. How much money would you need to create another Mario, Pikachu?

Nothing about how bad junior high school lunches in Osaka became after privatization.

It's probably just me, but the company logo looks very suspect.

A lot of the comments are bang on, especially@ smithinjapan talking about balance.

It's equally unhealthy to take minimalism to extremes as it is to fill your place with stuff. Like being anorexic about possessions.

He treated other guests too. Share the love, especially when it is free.

Sloppy wording. Raising offspring simply means to provide food, water, shelter. All animals do this. Bringing up children is a more complex issue.

I'm no fan of his, but I think he is probably referring to the elderly affluent who have it all in postal savings.

These people who worry about inheritance tax are doing it wrong. They should have spent the money on educating their offspring. You can't tax an education, an experience, or other intangibles.

“The service itself doesn’t make money for Daiwa

Oh, come on! Mr Hosoda, your nose is getting longer by the second.

It's a shame that Dr Nabuchi, though something in his field, cannot find it in himself to be someone to all his patients.

As a motorcycle rider in Japan myself, I don't like the way this has been reported/translated. The car wasn't hit by a bike, it was the other way round. If the driver of the car was turning right, the motorcyclist had the right of way. The driver of the car was either careless, or worse.

@ elbow room, Is it a halo or a noose?

I think I could predict what people resident in Japan would say in reply to the question "would YOU be prepared to pay more for your daily necessities so that the Japanese government can be trust more?"

Must have taken "the authorities" a long time to think up such a witty name.

It may be a beautiful place to go and have a conference in, but avoid at New Year unless you enjoy the crowds.

The Queen and Phil may be two different people, but they do (reputedly) think of the family as "The Firm."

It was an indiscriminate leak of personal financial information.

If any laws were broken then wouldn't it be fair to try them in a court of law, or is trial by media fairer?

I think Ogun Alarcin highlighted a really simple but important word: RESPECT. I think some people really love their partner despite cheating, but I think the respect is missing.

Personally I don't care for what society thinks, the most important thing is for whether individuals are happy with the way they want to live.

What was the outcome really? Both parties to the marriage realised that they had made a mistake and were fortunate enough to be able to end it quickly instead of wasting a lifetime together. Becky got a taste of life post work, and an education in who your real friends are.

Cameron would have done well following Khan in avoiding pork, at least during his time at university.

I live in hope with Moonraker on the Stilton.

I don't profess to know much about tech, but with respect to sf2k, people used to believe Amazon was a site to buy books, ,Google did search and Nintendo was a manufacturer of playing cards.

Am I right in thinking that if he buys 483M of stock, transfers it into an offshore company and then sells within 5 years of being in Japan, he legally won't be liable for tax on the gain in Japan?

The biggest gangster doesn't want anyone cutting in on its turf.

So she has made a controversial statement and backed it up with specific reasons as to why she holds that opinion. I'd say most people her age going through the state education system in Japan would not be able to do this.