HollisBrown comments

Wow. This is exactly the reason I’m still reluctant to give my MyNumber to any one - I have absolutely no faith that the people holding my details will act in good faith.

It’s interesting that he has been charged by French prosecutors, yet he’s still able to make public statements by holding press conferences to protest his innocence.

He was probably peering down the tracks trying to work out why the train wasn’t coming despite having just heard the platform announcement... only for the train to actually be coming the other way and hit him from behind.

Dear Japan,

It’s 2019. Get with the times.

Many thanks.

They are certainly being taken advantage of - most people can see that.

They are sexualised, forced to work very long hours with very few holidays, and have contracts with clauses stating they must not have boyfriends (and god know what else).

I’m pretty sure a large number of them are mentally unwell.

@DudeInJapan

That is very interesting information. I hope a serious news agency picks up on it and investigates further.

Can’t that female member of staff just give the information?

I agree with Alex Einz - when are the arrests coming?

Move to Canada and then see how often you want to visit Japan.

and have trust in their legal system

Then you don't properly understand their legal system.

The criminal justice system has a conviction rate that exceeds 99%.

That statistic on its own should cause you to question their practices and methods.

Ghosn is effectively being held hostage. It is beyond belief that a developed country could treat someone in this way for alleged non-violent offenses.

Japanese authorities literally turn a blind eye to companies run by Yakuza. I'm sure if investigators looked hard enough, half of Kabukicho would get closed down.

Oh and don't mention the overt corruption / discrimination of medical schools extrance exams fixing. Where else is this kind of thing yet to be uncovered?

The PM making sure his mates and acquaintances get discounted land deals and OKs to open vet schools.

The TEPCO fiasco.

Japan is one messed up country.

Of course he did nothing wrong - he's Japanese, and he's working for the government.

Just like Abe did nothing wrong with the vet school and the sale of public land to the school in Osaka.

Nothing to see here.

458 kilometers per charge, as measured under Japanese regulations

So taking into account the recent scandals regarding fuel efficiency and stating figures in brochures that come from perfect tests conducted in wind tunnel conditions etc. it's safe to say that the new Leaf actually does less than the stated 458 km per charge.

Try making it with real bacon, real cheese, and real parmesan and it may at least be edible.

Adding any sauce to simple mochi will no doubt elevate it beyond its natural blandness.

Is that a carpet, and why are they wearing shoes inside?

One little problem and the wheels fall off.

Better to fix the little problems than actually have the wheels fall off.

If he is that passionate about the future of Japanese society and the effects of more foreigners diluting Japanese culture, maybe he'd like to explain why he uses "Yes Takasu" as his commercial slogan rather than "Hai Takasu".

Fantastic!

Sumo grand champions who assault lower-ranked wrestlers will be forced to retire

I'd suggest they should be prosecuted if they have assaulted someone.

Yeah, because it was the glass bottles that caused that kei truck to be overturned on Halloween wasn't it...

The next 'logical' step, following an incident of a teacher shooting loads of students, will be calls for students to carry guns to protect themselves from teachers.

This is America. Land of the 'free'.

I can't understand why nobody has been instantly arrested following these revelations.

Its practical uses are limited to simple tasks like baby monitoring or watching over the house via a camera that users can access through a mobile app while they are out.

This is, in my opinion, a very dangerous product description.

How long before we hear stories of parents going out shopping or playing pachinko and leaving the baby at home under the watchful eye of LOVOT?

How do birthdays work?

I presume someone born on May 1st will be born in ‘OO 1’...

but if someone is born on April 30th will that be ‘Heisei 31’ or ‘OO 1’ ?

I suppose what I’m asking is will 2019 officially have 2 Japanese years?

No matter how long I stare at the picture, the last thing I’m seeing is ‘Tokyo Skytree’ and the progression of women’s issues.

A good start.

Now, what about all the biscuits individually wrapped in plastic, sitting in a plastic tray, wrapped in more plastic?

I appreciate the technological feat, but what a shame that real people can't be doing this job.

For the sheer audacity of pleading not guilty coupled with the lawyer’s approach to defending his actions, I’d up the punishment to 30 years.

Holding without bail, and preventing the two in custody from speaking publicly - for what appears to be a technicality, if even that - is a disgrace.

The main ‘crime’ seems to be that Ghosn didn’t report remuneration that he hasn’t received. Who is at a loss here? He’s been fired now, so he probably won’t be receiving that money.

If he has avoided paying tax on some remuneration he hasn’t yet received then just make him pay the tax with a fine.

It would seem to me that there might be a whole lot of company presidents and CEOs in Japan that may be on similar remuneration schemes. Indict them all.

We all know that the main issue here isn’t Ghosn’s remuneration though.

This is great reporting.

One reason why these problems continue to happen is that the quality of journalism, and investigative journalism in particular, is so poor in Japan. It's so important for journalists to find out this kind of information, report it to the masses, and ask the difficult questions to people in power.