James comments

17 years old is not considered as boy anymore..

Here in Japan it is...

There are so many kids left to their own devices from elementary school and this is because no babysitting services in Japan

business opportunity?

Brilliant move. He cant be involved in any scandals if he is overseas spending taxpayers money.

Even though corporal punishment was banned in 1947 it wasn't until 2020 that corporal punishment of children

was banned.. hard to break the cycle when you received the same (if not worse) when you were a child.

I assure you being hit with a shortened hose pipe sliced in half was far worse... a belt sounds like a luxury.

/I guess the fundamental question should be: “Were the two women too drunk to consent to these sexual acts?”

wait a minute... something wrong with this statement.

Are you saying if your too drunk the things you do shouldn't be counted?

like say I was too drunk and don't remember?

This would be cause enough to question many criminal offenses committed by too drunk people.

Problem is, the software that is being used for programs for studying math and kanji is absolutely crap. It amounts to nothing more than a paper worksheet on a computer, which is even worse than a regular paper worksheet because the kids need to use their finger or a graphic pen to write, and the system is full of glitches. So teachers are probably thinking what's the point. Personally, I can't. see it.

Not sure what school your kid goes to but mine uses an ipad which is supplied by the central government under the GIGA school program..

I went in to a toyota dealer the other day to look at a couple vehicles I was going to buy one.. a rude arrogant salesman turned me off so they lost out on a sale to Honda.

Some 84.9 percent said LDP lawmakers who failed to report income from fundraising parties should explain what they used the funds for

There is a different two tier taxation system for oligarchs. Like the legal system.

Of course the rules were written by them for them. This is what happens when you have a government made up of people who have inherited their positions of power over multiple generations.

Kishida says gov't will do 'everything possible' to boost household income

Notice he didn't say whose household... think he means members of parliament. He promises his colleagues he will help find a different slush fund to boost their income.

Of course "they" won't. Kishida doesn't decide on your wage. Your employer does. Unhappy? Complain about your employer, not the prime minister.

He certainly does decide on what you get. And he does that by setting the minimum wage which was set on 1st April 2023 at 961 yen per hour. If he set it to 1500 yen per hour with a goal of increasing it to 2500 yen by 2025... then most people would actually see a wage increase.

That this guy remains in office is both remarkable and upsetting. I guess bottomline is that it doesn't matter much which LDP elder is put in the PM's Office.

Well he has until September before the next LDP leadership internal elections take place. And LDP have until October 2025 before the next general election. So unless he stands down he stays at least until September.

To me he seems fairly stubborn and dimwitted and probably thinks the calls for him to resign are just facetious and patronizing not an actual call to literally resign. To be frank LDP doesn't actually have anybody better to replace him. If they do it will likely be just another out of touch, eccentric old git who inherited their position.

Something smells fishy... so at least two or 3 smaller factions disband, new larger faction forms? and then Kishida will become head of the a new largest faction? with none of the baggage the other factions have?

How much did Uni Qlo pay Disney for the rights to produce a bag using their character?

Although the bag in question as linked by OssanAmerica doesn't actually have any characters on it.

However if it was saying Mary Poppins or using some characters they wouldn't need to provide Disney anything as Mary Poppins is from 1926 and already actually in the public domain.

Look at the bag in question.

Thanks..

Bag looks like a standard waist bag. Not sure if copyright would cover anything on it they look blank.

As far as I understand you cannot copyright the shape of the bag, for that I imagine you would need a patent on the design of the bag. Making it a patent violation not a copyright violation.

The controller noted the coast guard gets the departure priority, and the pilot said he was moving to the stop line.

I don't know much about aviation, but I would have assumed he (pilot of the the coast guard aircraft) would have informed ATC that he had arrived at the stop line and was awaiting permission to depart?

Something seems off to me hopefully the black box from the coast guard aircraft will be recovered intact. and we can hear any missing communications.

I am guessing it conveniently wont be.

They did the job they have been trained to do well done. I hope they and the passengers will get some counseling, must have been traumatic, specially knowing that the plane they were on killed 5 people. And the fact they were within minutes of being causalities themselves. My Condolences to the families of the 5 that gave their lives to help the victims of the earthquake.

I guess Japan should increase it's presence near the Senkaku islets as well, perhaps some building would bolster Japans claims on the island, Maybe just a big flag?

Since war is inevitable and officially they are still in a state of war. I reckon it is better to strike preemptively and take out any and all satellites making it harder for them to prepare and use information that those satellites could provide. South Korea should set up way more missile defense systems and ballistic defense systems and make an iron dome such as Israel has.

but if they dont continue their investiations it will just give time to those LDP being investigated to destroy any evidence.

They have already had plenty of time to destroy any evidence. Prosecutors should have done searches last month when the whistle blower blew his whistle.

Anybody else notice the discrepancies in the two photos? the top photo appears to be of a young girl with blood on her face yet the lower image shows the same girl/woman next to a man?

Can't be done over video conference? Just an excuse for a holiday paid by the people. Waste of more tax payers money. Scandalous...

I wonder if Cohen made his pitch before or after dinner.

Maybe during? you like that steak son, come play for us you can have steak like that whenever you want it.

I know this is old but only noticed it today.

What does the motive matter?

It matters to learn from mistakes made to help prevent such occurrences from happening in the future.

There is no reason to stab someone because of an argument or any other reason, except self defense

Verbal assault is still assault but not treated as such here in Japan. Some could argue that that was self defense against verbal abuse.

@Olive

after the girl and boy started arguing

Not victim blaming..

Isn't it time to start testing the 3 ABMD japan has out yet? I am sure with all the testing Russia has done against the missile defense systems in Ukraine there isn't any new info NK could get from having their missiles expunged. Might also be good practice for Japanese coast guard and make sure it works, also they could use up some of the older ordinance before they go bad...

@Gene Hennigh

I had an LDP lamp once and it was great

Your thinking of LED...

prosecution is difficult as it requires proof of a specific instruction to an accountant to not report the money transfer.

Of course they wouldn't have been doing it if they thought they could be prosecuted...

What do you expect 70 years running the country writing the laws another fine example is the three year Statute of limitations on bribery.

Kishida's solution: RAISE TAXES!

You forgot URGE pay rises

I guess If Kishida wants the largest faction to back him as party leader he needs to let Hirokazu Matsuno continue. See where the real power lays bend the knee Kishida ...

The most burning question is motive. Which is entirely missing. What did the boy do or say to incite such an act of violence?

Probably the same thing all boys that age say... something stupid and inappropriate.

The real question is how long has it been going on and has she just been standing on it or has she voiced it out and just been ignored. Japan schools really needs to adopt a no bulling policy and start suspending students who do it.

Not really surprised are we?

Finally seems they have caught Kishida with his hand in the cookie jar.

The Liberal Democratic Party faction, formerly led by slain Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

And don't forget Kishida was also led that same faction. Wonder why they omitted his name maybe looking to scapegoat Abe ???

Sorry Jay but you are incorrect.

Aside from tiny smatterings of it in Europe, American football never had been and never will be a sport taken seriously outside of the US

As of September 2023 there are 74 participating countries of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) which is way more than a tiny smattering. Which is more than a third of the 195 countries in the world today

Fair enough....and how about Israel? Designing a Society for Our Lives in Gaza?

Little bit different situations one is a land grab (Russia) while the other is a fight against a terrorist organization (Hamas) that has taken civilians as hostages.