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Posted in: Legal hurdles keep high-profile rape victim's film off Japan screens See in context

Ito's former lawyer and others who represented her in the high-profile case have said the 35-year-old broke a pledge to protect sources by using unauthorized security footage and audio in her film "Black Box Diaries" -- criticizing her for not getting approval from the parties involved to use the content.

If there's a legal issue of course the theatres won't be inclined to show the movie

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Posted in: Top climate scientist declares 2-degree C climate goal 'dead' See in context

Anyway still not hearing much about carbon capture.

Even if we achieve net zero right now we still have to lessen what's already existing don't we?

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Posted in: Top climate scientist declares 2-degree C climate goal 'dead' See in context

No budget for it unfortunately.

We have to spend as much as we can on buying and/or developing weapons because that's what our designated enemies are doing too

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Posted in: Gov't to expedite release of rice reserves amid surging prices See in context

Shouldn't use the word expedite now, way too late

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Posted in: Chelsea star Sam Kerr's 'stupid and white' remark was 'hostile': prosecutors See in context

said Kerr was an "exemplary role model

Hahahaha

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Posted in: Tourist arrested in Japan for striking convenience store clerk over 3-yen bag altercation See in context

Today 10:57 am JST

ian

> So how much should one steal before the clerk makes a fuss?

> The self-checkout is in Japanese and he is a foreign who may not have fully understood. The clerk should have chalked it up to a simple mistake, not an intentional crime.

> Have you lived your life 100% crimeless? Get back to me asap.

So how much Wallace?

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Posted in: Tourist arrested in Japan for striking convenience store clerk over 3-yen bag altercation See in context

wallace

Today 09:58 am JST

ian

> The clerk made an unnecessary fuss over a ¥3 bag.

> Yeah should have made a fuss only when he stole a more expensive item or pointed a gun at his head

> Please try to keep it in perspective. A ¥3 crime is not a major one, like pointing a gun, as you have suggested. It wasn't worth the clerk's time to confront the shopper after he had already spent money in the store.

So how much should one steal before the clerk makes a fuss?

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Posted in: Tourist arrested in Japan for striking convenience store clerk over 3-yen bag altercation See in context

WoodyLee

Today 09:06 am JST

Bags Use to be FREE the clerk should have kept that in mind.

He did. Used to be. Now isn't.

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Posted in: Tourist arrested in Japan for striking convenience store clerk over 3-yen bag altercation See in context

wallace

Today 09:09 am JST

The clerk made an unnecessary fuss over a ¥3 bag.

Yeah should have made a fuss only when he stole a more expensive item or pointed a gun at his head

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Posted in: Gov't considers same-day tickets for Osaka Expo amid slow pre-sales See in context

government will consider introducing same-day tickets for the World Exposition in Osaka from April, despite an earlier decision not to do so to avoid long queues at the venue.

There are ways to mitigate. make tickets available in other places, online already available, packaged it with the train tickets etc

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Posted in: About half of Americans approve of using weight-loss drugs to treat obesity, AP-NORC poll finds See in context

Sell them junk food then sell them drugs so they can shovel in more junk food

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Posted in: About half of Americans approve of using weight-loss drugs to treat obesity, AP-NORC poll finds See in context

Will the insurance companies budge?

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Posted in: About half of Americans approve of using weight-loss drugs to treat obesity, AP-NORC poll finds See in context

Successful market study big market

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Posted in: Japanese court upholds conviction of American who helped former Nissan chief hide income See in context

Kelly, who received a 6-month sentence suspended for three years and was allowed to return to Tennessee,

Another suspended sentence, these Japanese are really harsh

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Posted in: Ex-lawmaker gets suspended sentence for raping junior high school girl See in context

Pibosigfredo the Second

Today 05:15 pm JST

ianToday 05:03 pm JST

> Garthgoyle

> Today 03:59 pm JST

> So it's totally fine to rape a minor in Japan so long you apologize after the incident. Holy... ! This is crazy.

> I hope these news make it to the international stage and show the world what Japan is really like.*

> In your country, like in mine, they probably don't apologize , just pay

> .

> .

> Name one developed country that has fines instead of prison sentences for rape.

Haha you thought of that one so you do it

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Posted in: China hits back with tariffs on U.S. goods See in context

If tariff is passed on to consumers then it's like levying additional tax to consumers whenever they buy the tariffed products.

US consumers will probably be more affected because US imports a lot more than China.

The govt would earn more however

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Posted in: Ex-lawmaker gets suspended sentence for raping junior high school girl See in context

Garthgoyle

Today 03:59 pm JST

So it's totally fine to rape a minor in Japan so long you apologize after the incident. Holy... ! This is crazy.

> I hope these news make it to the international stage and show the world what Japan is really like.

In your country, like in mine, they probably don't apologize , just pay

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Posted in: Ex-lawmaker gets suspended sentence for raping junior high school girl See in context

People with money and power always getting off lightly or totally.

Still plea bargain better than out of court settlement dropping the case outright.

He has a conviction can he still run for public ofc?

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Posted in: Homegrown vegetables, cheap substitutes: Japanese get creative to fight soaring food prices See in context

Namahage

Today 03:45 pm JST

Must be a fair few JA fans on here, judging by the downvotes!

Who/what are JA fans?

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Posted in: Japan's jobless rate in 2024 falls to 2.5% See in context

shogun36

Today 12:10 am JST

The job availability ratio indicates that there were 125 job openings for every 100 job seekers

> Definitely a misleading stat.

> That's definitely not true for some industires.

The ratio is an average

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Posted in: Independently funded jet's sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel See in context

Any new such service will likely face the same hurdles as the Concorde, which flew over the Atlantic and was barred from many overland routes because of the sonic booms it caused.

Why not fly it to just below the speed of sound

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Posted in: Homegrown vegetables, cheap substitutes: Japanese get creative to fight soaring food prices See in context

she had also taken to re-growing leek in a glass of water using the usually discarded root base.

You can obviously save doing little practical things like this

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Posted in: Japan to halt funding for U.N. women's rights panel over call to end male-only imperial succession See in context

Of course.

Doesnt seem right to fund a panel meddling in your affairs

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Posted in: Ukraine man pleads not guilty to charges of smuggling 113 kg of drugs See in context

Abe234

Today 09:12 pm JST

Mr KiplingToday 02:53 pm JST

> Abe234...

> Would it not have made better sense to get this shipped directly to Poland then?

> Not if your plan was to smuggle 113kg of drugs into Japan!

> Exactly! That's why his whole story smells of NOT AN EXCEDINGLY GOOD CAKE sir. lol

He said he planned to repair the polishing machine first before shipping to poland

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Posted in: Ukraine man pleads not guilty to charges of smuggling 113 kg of drugs See in context

GuruMick

Today 07:45 pm JST

Obviously not an independent "player "

> Cops could have substituted the drugs and see where that leads.

> Nobody not connected could sell an ounce of meth, let alone 100 plus keys.

> Dumb Police maybe don't want to know.

The police let him transport the drugs from airport to toyama

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Posted in: Ukraine man pleads not guilty to charges of smuggling 113 kg of drugs See in context

Very resourceful and enterprising individual.

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Posted in: Ukraine man pleads not guilty to charges of smuggling 113 kg of drugs See in context

Alan Harrison

Today 09:08 am JST

Surely Interpol need to investigate this before the defendant is indicted. Japanese law at it's best, yet again.

Why is it needed for interpol to investigate this before Japan indicts him?

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Posted in: Osaka bans street smoking ahead of World Expo See in context

Mimpe Jones 24

Today 07:11 pm JST

I was in a cafe today with people smoking near me.

Yes compliance and enforcement always big problems

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Posted in: Osaka bans street smoking ahead of World Expo See in context

factchecker

Today 06:01 pm JST

Complete nonsense. Be better off spending money on garbage bins and ash trays instead of those muppets they will send round to harrass people

Encourage smoking instead?

Haha does anything make sense to you?

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