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Great news for Yuki. He should have been in the senior RB car from the start of the season. Lawson had shown nothing to suggest he was good enough, while Yuki is getting better all the time.

With a Honda engine behind him, on Honda's own track, and in his home GP...watch Yuki fly! He will take the fight up to Verstappen all the way this season.

Good on Japan. Hopefully this intake will help the lives and health of as many Gazans as possible who are suffering.

Fake news about Hamas "atrocities " on Oct 7 still given traction on many forums.

Atrocities were committed on October 7 2023, and many young people were slaughtered. This has been acknowledged by pretty much everyone, including the UN. Whitewashing history does not make it fact.

Winning the Cup this time may be optimistic but the absolute minimum must be the Quarter Finals. From there, anything can happen. With the millions of Japanese kids coming through, hungry for their nation to be successful, Japan could be regularly beating the top European teams within 10 years.

He can call on more Europe-based players than ever, with 11 appearing in this season's UEFA Champions League.

That's definitely a big point. Experience in the biggest games in football will give confidence.

Why do the most "religious" often come across as the most illogical, intolerant and perpetually angry?

I guess their "religions" aren't working well for them.

Good news. Now, make sure any new offshoot groups that pop up are banned also.

Monitor ALL members and ex-members going forward. Hopefully soneone can put all their names and addresses online for the protection of the general public.

Give them nothing.

The Taliban bans ALL girls over 12 from attending school. Girls and women are banned from playing in ALL sporting teams. Females are second, maybe third class citizens- they are essentially on the level of dogs.

The Taliban scum should never have even been permitted into Japan in the first place. They despise girls and women - which is why the free world despises them.

Yet another violent, cowardly individual (definitely not fit to be called a "man") has murdered a woman for selfish reasons no doubt. A shame individuals like this cannot be locked away before they commit these violent crimes.

Rest in Peace to the poor woman.

The Indonesian journalist has questioned the lack of prayer space at the expo venue

"Worship is indispensable for Muslims, and it is disappointing that (creating adequate prayer space) was not taken into consideration,"

Indonesian people, like this journalist, are very welcome to stay home. I'm sure they'd find all manner of other things in Japanese culture they'd disagree with, from people's attire, to the food, alcoholic beverages everywhere, and many others. They likely would have an unpleasant time.

Good for Japan. If anyone really did need these "prayer rooms", they can compromise and pray elsewhere ie their hotel room. It's really not that complicated.

Travelling overseas is always about making some compromise with things like customs, foods, clothing, use of language etc. If any prospective visitors disagree, they are most welcome to stay home where these things are all perfect for them.

Swap the struggling Kiwi Lawson out of the Red Bull and put Yuki Tsunoda into the senior team. He will take the challenge right up to Max in the same car.

Hard to understand how Red Bull didn't start the season with Yuki in the senior team.

Great news. Next unite the two Koreas.

You really think the criminal Kim absolute monarchy are going to give up their complete power, and allow democracy ie the people actually vote for who governs them? What would be in it for them - apart from criminal charges and life imprisonment?

Violent and cowardly loser.

I hope she divorces him and leaves him with nothing.

RIP, big George. After Ali, definitely one of the all time heavyweight greats. Coming back to win the world title in his mid-40s showed how great he was.

Good (but very belated) decision.

This is a matter for free Taiwan and Japan. Iwasaki's appointment solidifies the co-operation between Japan and Taiwan. He can give very knowledgeable insights as to how the two nations can work together to defend free Taiwan from the CCP.

China can just zip it. None of their business.

They need to get with the program and make the Mir Payment System - a Russian developed alternative to other western controlled cards - operational, to unlock the full tourist potential. Currently over 10 have it and it will expand rapidly soon as the carve-up proceeds, and as a sanction-proof multi-polar world takes shape.

LOL @ "Mir Payment System"!

What could possibly go wrong with trusting a Russian online payment system?

Most would sooner trust giving a Nigerian Prince their account details.

> If they refuse anyone on the basis of their race or nationality, that violates the 14th Amendment of Japan's Constitution and is ILLEGAL.

LOL. Sure.

Since when do Russians or their supporters believe in Rule of Law?

Their fascist leader is wanted by the ICC for war crimes. Fascist Russia ILLEGALLY invaded a sovereign nation, killing countless children and civilians.

Russians care nothing about Rule of Law. Some Japanese will refuse to do business with them.

Japanese businesses reserve the right to refuse service to Russian customers.

Those kimono are not exactly flattering.

Ugh.

Rest in Peace to the 27 victims of these evil terrorists, who killed without feeling nor remorse over many years. Hundreds of victims are still "living" with permanent disabilities rendering them unable to work or function normally in society. Thousands more lives were destroyed.

The scum in the rebranded cults should be monitored 24/7 for the rest of their lives. Communities they live in have a right to know who they are, as do all the workplaces they happen to work in.

Only five years for brutally killing the person who did absolutely everything for this violent creep for 43 years?

Despicable. I hope he expires in prison.

Rest in Peace to the poor mother.

Two young stars — 19-year-old Rintaro Sasaki and 18-year-old Shotaro Morii — have moved directly to American baseball, bypassing NPB restrictions and unwritten societal norms of playing first in Japan. Sasaki is a freshman at Stanford, while Morii has a minor league contract with the Athletics.

With even Japanese teenagers now going against tradition and signing on to play college ball in the States, I'm afraid it appears Japanese baseball has become a feeder system for the MLB - if it wasn't already.

I for one would not begrudge any of these players taking the money on the table in the US and setting themselves up for life. The money in the MLB is insane.

At least the dolphin fancier/activist Ric O'Barry heeded the advice when he was warned off Japan. He caused trouble for the locals in Wakayama around 20 years back during their annual traditional dolphin hunts, and old Ric wisely heeded their warnings to stay well away - for his own safety.

Ric hasn't messed with Japan since. Watson should follow suit.

Watson should come back to Japan, have his day in court, and clear his name if he really believes he is innocent.

I bet he doesn't try and bully the Icelandic whalers as he did with Japanese. Icelanders, Danes, Faroese etc will not be as kind to him as Japanese. They don't mess around.

¥4000 ($26) is very cheap. They could make it a 20,000 yen fee and it still wouldn't deter foreign tourists who have Fuji on their bucket lists.

Keeping a low cap on hikers is possibly the best way to protect the mountain.

Very unfortunate, very disappointing, but I guess it's just a compromise. Just like having Taiwan compete at the Olympics under a made-up name. It's still Taiwan.

Apart from the totalitarians, the world sees Taiwan as an independent, progressive, free nation, with their own culture, passports, foreign policy, international sporting teams, currency, and democratic elections.

Asahara's death has "done nothing to weaken their faith, the way Jesus in Christianity is immortalized", she said.

Japanese authorities say Aleph members routinely chant allegiance to their demised master and wear special headgear said to be imbued with his brain waves.

Extremely worrying.

These dangerous death cult members - and all their affiliates - absolutely must be tracked, monitored, filmed and followed for the rest of their lives. They can never be trusted not to commit another act of mass terrorism.

It is very good that evil and remorseless Tomomitsu, Asahara and the others were hung - but their type is still out there.

56 is a very long time between drinks! Hats off to The Magpies and their outstanding gaffer Eddie Howe. Fully deserved. Legend Alan Shearer will be delighted.

Unlikely they will have to wait another 56 years to bring silverware to St. James' Park!

The CCP supporters are clearly outraged over this plan. Which means it must be a good idea.

If Communist China, fascist Russia and North Korea can have long range weapons - many of which are trained on Japan - Japan absolutely must, too. Of course the Japan haters will always argue against Japan's right.

You don't just "move on" from being the victim of a mass terrorist attack. The mental (and in many cases physical) damage often remains for life.

These thousands of victims deserve every bit of support and sympathy they can get. As do all sufferers of PTSD.