Garigarikun comments

Why do people continue to think they have a "right" to visit Japan, or any ither country for that matter. Japan is a sovereign nation and they can make their own laws for the safety and benefit of their people.

Unfortunately, there is an undercurrent of xenophobia but that is how it is.

Many in Japan do want the borders to open up. It will happen in time. Those that want to travel to Japan should have patience. And in the meantime, realize Japan is currently exoeriencing its highest rates of coronavirus ever, and enacting tighter coronavirus-related restrictions all over the country. Be safe.

Not only did they lose, but according to the picture it looks like they got teabagged too!

WTF. Punishment should be 10 months with same rations she was giving her little girl. The other two kids were probably eating healthy at school while the baby suffered at home with a mom definitely not capable of providing for her children.

Won't the shuttlecock just fly eternally into space on the first hit?

No. He will be inside the space station. It will go straight until it hits something. There is no gravity (well, at least no feeling of gravity) so the shuttlecock will go straight rather than arc down. But there is air inside the station so the shuttlecock feathers should keep it from tumbling.

Love how this article is completely focused on the 7 bags of rice and only mentions the 11 bottles of whiskey as almost an afterthought.

I'm sure they have a credible source of intel. Aside from collaborating closely with Western countries, Japan also has its own quite capable intelligence gathering abilities.

That being said, for some reason the first thing that popped into my mind when reading this was that article about how the Taliban in Afghanistan was reaching out to Japan to try and establish relations. I hope they aren't the source!

Unmanned ships are already out there on the seas. The technology is not so complicated. And these kinds of dull jobs like spending weeks navigating through the water at 15 kts are perfect for autonomous tech.

Security is a real concern. But that can be easily solved with a small (manned) security force on each ship.

By the way... I don"t know why the article thought it was a good idea to include a bunch of moronic comments.

Invasion of China by Japanese culture?!?

More like theft of Japanese culture by China!

Why would someone call 110 and then come at them with a saw. So bizarre. If he was going to brandish the saw, it would seem he would have a better chance doing that before calling the police.

Oh please. A naked baby didn't sell Nirvana's records, their music did. This dude needs to grow a pair and make something of his life.

So why did he run off with no money? Maybe the store clerk was actually vietnamese and called him on his bluff.

In addition to the hat and mask, there is another article on this that says he was dry when found and he was also wearing glasses. It is very unlikely he actually swam from the disputed island.

TikTok? Somebody please shoot me now.

Dude went through a lot of trouble to steal a few bucks from a discount store. Must be embarrassing for him to be caught doing that. He should have at least taken his ploy somewhere else for a bigger score.

The more innovation the better. There are always going to be advantages or disadvantages to different types of clothing or gear. Innovation gives athetes options so they can choose what works best for them. Do you really think basketball players should go back to wearing old school converse? Innovation has created basketball shoes that provide better performance and safety for the players.

Almost didn't see Ms. Biden there. She is trying to blend in with the flower arrangement.

collided with the window of a nearby residence. 

Umm...sounds like the guy was drunk and decided to use his drone to peep in his neighbor's window. I wonder how old she was.

A lot of people criticizing the government on this issue. There are definitely a lot of issues both at the national and prefectural level, but I think they are doing much better now.

At the beginning of the vaccine program there were all kinds of issues with elderly not showing up or being double booked. They had lots of left over shots that weren't getting used, but they still didn't open it up to the younger age groups.

Now the problem is people are eligible but they don't have enough doses. Better than having stockpiles of doses that they can't get out to the population.

Bullying is a despicable act, and should never be tolerated. Sadly, it is all too common in grade schools in Japan. Any kid that is different from the others can count on being picked on at some point. I wish society could find a way to address this, and have less young Oyamada-sans out there.

But is ruining this guy's career over something that happened decades ago really the best way to solve it?