Hello Kitty 321 comments

Why Noda? The opposition would have remained in power for much longer and actually been able to accomplish something if Noda hadn’t called for a snap election.

I thought this attempt was about Ukraine. It is not the Democrats who are talking about ending the war quickly, which would probably mean Ukraine lost territory.

"Japan without fish is like Japan without Zen"

Perhaps in the coastal areas, but in the central regions it is a comparatively recent thing (apart from heavily salted and dried fish)

The EU has been denying Turkey's entry since it first applied in 1987. It is hardly surprising that they have decided to give up and join the alternative.

@Mr. Kipling

Not everybody can afford to save and invest.

Perhaps a bit of training would not go amiss.

@ Underworld

It brings us back to the question posed on this site two days ago: "How concerned are you that some of the news you are reading online might be disinformation?" You believe American propaganda, others choose not to. Who is to say which is true, although we do know that the U.S. has been trying to overthrow the government of Venezuela ever since their coup attempt against Chavez failed.

@Bellflower

[Assassination] became such public knowledge that in 1976 President Ford signed an executive order forbidding it.

So I suppose you want us to believe that Bin Laden died of surprise when a bunch of Americans came around for tea one day.

Looking at the picture, it is lucky they are not being judged for their calligraphy!

@robert maes

"Not worried at all, just acknowledging the fact and never trusting anything online before its checked by reliable sources."

And what constitutes 'reliable sources?' There is no such thing, everybody has an agenda.

@Faraday

"Allowing terrorrist live in a country will only destroy that country one day"

Do you mean the descendants of the Stern Gang and other terrorists who took over the country in 1948 or the Palestinian resistance fighters?

"Humans cause methane emissions by burning fossil fuels, engaging in large-scale agriculture and filling up landfills."

And also by blowing up people's pipelines. The wanton destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline released a further 388,000 tonnes of methane into the atmosphere.

TEPCO tell us we have to use less power as not all their nuclear power stations are on line but we learned the other day that the company uses all the solar power that is being produced to mine Bitcoins, not to power people's homes. I daresay that is what they want the wind turbines for too.

The use of long-range missiles to strike the heart of Russia could easily lead to the use of tactical nukes, after all, what is the use of a deterrent if it does not deter.

One person's news is another person's misinformation.

Two days ago we had the headline, 'Kono calls for U.S. assurances to deter nuclear ambitions,' so this is hardly unexpected. Japanese escalation, N. Korean response.

@ Gene HennighToday

"The answer is not more guns, the answer is fewer guns."

No, the answer is not more guns, it is no guns.

Like Wallace, living in Japan for my entire life I have never had the right or the opportunity to vote anywhere.

I have two houses so when I die, the neighbors will just assume I am in the other house and it will be a long time before they find me unless the dog makes a fuss.

We have a world heritage site in our town (in Japan) and locals can enter for free while all other tourists have to pay.

Do they work in Japan? They are invariably empty and have no contact with the community at all (at least where I live).

When I came to Japan, people worked a six-day week, the economy was booming and the country became no. 2 in the world. American complained that this represented an unfair trade advantage, forcing the Japanese government to change to a five-day week and destroying the economy. Goodness only knows what will happen with a four-day week.

"For instance, after 9/11, the U.S. military refocused away from its Cold War emphasis on preparing for combat against a powerful nation – the Soviet Union – and toward fighting small terrorist and insurgent groups instead."

Hadn't anybody told them that the Soviet Union had ceased to exist ten years earlier?

The Rome Statute provides for exemptions when arresting someone would “breach a treaty obligation” with another country or violate the “diplomatic immunity of person “

@BurningBush

I think you will find that they call it that because it is slow in moving, not because the winds are slow.

All this fuss over a mere 2 minutes.

Interesting headline. Next tin N. korea holds a missile test perhaps the headline should read ‘North Korea Tests Missiles to Counter U.S. Threat’

The aggressor has also called upon the West to continue its support, despite Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinians.

Israeli Foreign Minister, Israel Katz, has said his country expects not only the United States but also its allies, including Britain and France, to assist in offensive operations against Iran, in the event of a direct conflict.

@browny1

actually, as people drive on the left in Japan you should look right, then left, then right again.

No street numbering? Japan doesn’t even have street names!