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The IOC, JOC or LDP etc. don't get to decide what the outcome for this muppet will be. The public decide that. So yeah keep tweeting, retweeting, and clicking on links like this (cuz that's what the media likes and what keeps them covering certain stories). Keep up that pressure till he resigns which will send a message to the LDP and society in general that certain things will no longer be tolerated. btw - Love what @wick_22 tweeted :-)

This is old news already. EU has now changed it's position: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55865539

It's a step in the right direction so proportional credit where it's due I guess...

As an aside, no vaccine is 100% effective and it take 2 jabs weeks apart which most people haven't yet rcvd' (abroad of course) so getting tired of hearing how some people who had the first jab still passed away from C19.

It's inevitable that some people who are vaccinated are still going to fall ill (again, because no vaccine is 100% effective) and some of them, sadly, will pass away.

Not saying there won't be long term side effects (Google: 'Norway vaccine narcolepsy' to see how things can take a slightly unexpected turn) but some people need to get a better handle on what a vaccine does and doesn't do to help stop the spread of misinformation.

anti-COVID-19 vaccines

Who writes this stuff at Kyodo News? Guess I'lI see if I can get an anti-anti-COVID-19 vaccine when it's ready...

No. Prioritize vaccines for medical workers, essential employees, elderly, teachers, then general population. Athletes from abroad don’t get to jump the line and thereby risk a Japanese tax payer (i.e. someone essentially paying for the vaccine and patiently waiting their turn) getting infected for the sake of these unwanted and overpriced Olympics.

@ vanityofvanities/bo

Seems select non-Japanese are also eligible for 'seikatsu hogo'.

Source (scroll down to 'who can apply'): https://jn8.jp/en/life_list/2599/

Is 'seikatsu hogo' different from the financial support one can get from Hello Work?

@Jonathan Prin

All those people came to take advantage of the country, not flee persecution.

If you were to pick up a history book and read up on; the Sykes–Picot Agreement, the Halabja chemical attack, suppression of Kurds by the Turkish, Iraqi and Syrian states, the US encouarging the Kurds to rise up against Saddam at the end of the 1st Gulf War only for the US not to support them as promised resulting in them getting massacred. Read up on the Kurds being the only force from that part of the world being able to stand up to, and defeat ISIS, to which we all still owe them a debt of gratitude (!) for Trump to then pull the carpet out from under them much to the disbelief/opposition of senior US commanders. Read up on the torture the Turkish state inflicts upon the Kurds not to mention the suppression of their culture and (until recent years) their language. Hey, might as well read up Hasankeyf while you're at it.

After reading up on these things (and there's plenty more out there!) I'd be curious to know whether you still think 'All those people came to take advantage of the country, not flee persecution.'.

@MATEJ

Good point and wondered the same. I’m guessing it’s because the Kurds from Syria/Iraq have semi-autonomy so there are less of them seeking refuge abroad.

In response to the surge in infections across Japan, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's administration said

the PM had recently enjoyed a steak dinner in the company of fellow geriatrics, contrary to guidelines and common sense, for someone meant to be showing leadership.

@oyatoi

Results in the case of celebrities yes but non-celebrities were inconclusive.

General reporting of suicide did not appear to be associated with suicide although associations for certain types of reporting cannot be excluded.

Either way good link thanks for sharing.

From your source:

The best available intervention at the population level to deal with the harmful effects of media reports is guidelines for responsible reporting. These guidelines should be more widely implemented and promoted, especially when reporting on deaths of celebrities by suicide.

@ Michael Craig

If you’re asking jpn_guy to be respectful then, with all due respect to you, you’re entirely missing the point of his post.

He’s quite rightly asking JT to exercise some journalistic integrity and adhere to established journalistic practices with regard to articles of this type. (Apologies if you’re on board with this and I misunderstood your post.)

If you are having suicidal thoughts or you suspect anyone you know is, help is available.

TELL is dedicated to providing effective support and counseling services to Japan's international community and its increasing mental health needs. TELL's contact info (https://telljp.com Tel:03-5774-0992).

For Japan, call Yorisoi Hotline at 0120279338 (toll-free). Press 2 after the recorded message for consultation in English, Chinese, Korean, Tagalog, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese, Nepali, or Indonesian. The service in these languages is also available on Facebook messenger.

Emergency service in Japan: 119

...30 beds equipped with ventilators. It plans to add 30 more beds in the future.

60 beds in total when this has been on the horizon for months. Lost for words.....

@CrashTestDummy

Intensive care beds data is what needs to be looked at. Japan sits low among OECD members but the average is skewed due to high numbers in Germany, Austria and the U.S. (!).

Source: https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/en/data-insights/intensive-care-beds-capacity

@ Robert Maes

'Medical staff have left the hospital after being forced to work long hours and in areas that are not their expertise.' [Source: http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13985445]

'not their area of expertise' is especially key here. Not saying what they did is right or wrong (who am I to judge?) but additional facts shed a different light on what occurred so I'm not sure 'desertion' is the correct term for people quitting their jobs because of inadequate training and working hours.

Cops here can’t stop people from not wearing seat belts, little kids standing up between the front seats in moving cars, cars not stopping at pedestrian crossings, vehicles not signaling a turn but they got time for this??

beat and strangled Yoko Furukawa, a clothing store, around 3 p.m. 

Above needs fixing. Thank you.

@P. Smith

My apologies! I stand corrected. I should read more carefully. Thanks for setting me straight.

@P. Smith

Absentee ballots that were incorrectly marked (e.g. lacking a signature) and that need to be ‘cured’ (i.e. fixed) have up until 17:00 on Friday 11/6 to be resubmitted in GA which could boost Biden’s lead there (and hopefully avoid the 0.5% for a recount).

{Source: https://apnews.com/article/georgia-ballot-count-elections-2020-91afafe6251b498cb306508763aa64dc and retweeted by AOC 21 hours ago as of this posting}.

Point being that the call to Trump supporters in PA to return their absentee ballots is probably a similar thing that the Dems. are asking their supporters to do in GA as many people don’t know about the 17:00 11/6 deadline for ‘cured’ absentee ballots.

Trump himself probably isn’t aware of this (no surprises there....) when he said what he said about efforts to vote after the 3rd.

Maybe, just maybe, 2020 won’t be all bad after all....

@saitamaboy

I have a lot of redeeming to do but not here and def not on this subject ;)

 We all know that it's called the bionic, the bomb, the puff, the blow, the black, the herb, the sensie, the chronic, the sweet Mary Jane, the sh!t, Ganja, split, reefa, the bad, the buddha, the home grown, the ill, the maui-maui, the method, pot, lethal turbo, tie, shake, skunk, stress, whacky, weed, glaze, the boot, dimebag, Scooby Doo, bob, bogey, back yard boogie. But what is the other terms for it?

Yeah I’m a huge fan.

Pure comedy genius!

If you are having suicidal thoughts, help is available.

TELL is dedicated to providing effective support and counseling services to Japan's international community and its increasing mental health needs. TELL's contact info (https://telljp.com Tel:03-5774-0992).

*For Japan, call Yorisoi Hotline at 0120279338 (toll-free). Press 2 after the recorded message for consultation in English, Chinese, Korean, Tagalog, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese, Nepali, or Indonesian. The service in these languages is also available on Facebook messenger.*

Emergency service in Japan: 119

You can’t even call cannabis a ‘drug’ anymore. It’s illogical that’s it hasn’t been made legal or at least decriminalized in most, if not all, countries by now.

No, I’m not saying it doesn’t have its downsides (because it does imho) but for it to make headlines anywhere is laughable in this day and age.

Interesting how there’s no mention of this ‘incident’ in his Japanese language Wikipedia entry unlike in the English language one. 

And the Japanese entry is ‘locked’ so it can’t be edited. 

I’ll let you draw your own conclusions as to why this is....

Feel free to play ‘spot the difference.’ :

Japanese entry:

https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/飯塚幸三

English entry:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kozo_Iizuka

RIP.

Every other English language report that I've seen about this has at least included TELL's contact info (https://telljp.com Tel:03-5774-0992). STressful times so please take care all and don't be shy to get help if needed. We all need support at times. Myself included.

Typical of Kyodo news's amateur reporting not to include it and shame on JapanToday for not doing so either in their rush to get the news out.

@ oldman_13

Got a peer reviewed source from a reputable medical publication with this latest research to share?

Just copy and paste the URL in. Easily done.

@ Burning Bush

Yeah maybe but seeing as this article is about Japan's #s and there was no lockdown in Japan I'm not sure how your comment relates.

With the exception of the one woman Abe is walking past the only other women in the photo are standing at the back looking like the back office support staff they probably are. Now why doesn't that surprise me?

Anyone of them is probably smarter and more tuned in to the lives of everyday people than the muppets up front.

Another 10 years and Japan will wonder why countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia will have surpassed them in GDP.

@Goodlucktoyou

destroy other peoples human rights

’destroy’ is a bit melodramatic don’t you think?

He had the right not to agree to the terms of carriage and ahem ‘destroyed’ a lot of other people’s rights to feel safer when they fly.