Jayel comments

the other man struck him, opening a cut near his left eye

I'm British just like the assailant. People pay for plastic bags in the UK as well. He was stealing and committed assault. Throw him in jail I say and let him stew in the Japanese penal system until he can act like an adult who belongs in society.

What an amazing adventure that must be. The sights he must have seen. Before I read the article I thought it might be about リヤカーマン but he is over 70 years old now.

Japanese money printers go brr... causing the yen to fall further. Reduce consumption tax on food for Gods sake.

an 84-year-old woman jumped the curb

That wreckage looks like she tried to fly it into the curb.

Older drivers do in fact have to take an examination after 70 and a cognitive test after 75. The only problem is that it is when they need to renew their license, which could be at 5 year intervals. The test should be held more frequently for sure.

http://www.adsa.or.jp/license/koureisha.html

I feel sorry for these families being used to bolster support for the LDP. It's disgusting.

a sudden drop in stop and frisks and show me your residence card to Western looking foreigners. Bad for the inbound tourist image.

Nothing will change in this respect. Foreigners living in Japan are legally obliged to show either a passport or residence card unless they have special permanent residence. The police are well within their rights to ask for your proof of stay over here.

All the above comments make me realize that even in 2024 people still don't understand what Bitcoin is. Bitcoin has a finite number, unlike fiat. Bitcoin is decentralized, unlike other crypto. It's value has increased 180% in a year, unlike the yen.

Blaming Bitcoin for this hack is like blaming the dollar when a bank leaves its vault door open for anyone to steal it.

Go ahead and wrap this in "The Message" and see how it bombs.

Another man on July 30 called out to a person whom he believed was a relative walking along a footpath to a rice field, but it turned out to be a "gorilla-type monster."

How rude!

civil servants being inducted into the prefectural government were intelligent people, "unlike those who sell vegetables."

By his own words, he has actually proved the opposite.

provided they are under the management of a local taxi company

There's always a middle man in Japan.

One of the organizers, Tetsuya Kawabata, later sought to defend the event by saying that the presence of the "go-go dancers" were intended to ensure "diversity".

Haha, you couldn't make this up. These old cronies in the government just have to go.

Nails hammered into a wall, how novel.

A firefighter, no matter their nationality, should be able to do every task expected of them. This is just a nonsensical outdated policy.

Both those houses around 300万 in Hyogo look fine. You could probably haggle them down on the price too. I'd even go so far as to say the one built in 1997 is a bargain. Although it may not have adequate parking. In contrast, the Tokyo condos have no appeal to me at all. If you can work at home, you should probably move to the countryside.

perverting the course of justice

In other words, not conforming to CCP doctrine (i.e. you will be assimilated or suffer)

There already is a digital currency, it's called Bitcoin. Only it can't be controlled by the incompetents in government.

I certainly don't go to the movies to watch a film about Napoleon, only to see that it is a film about his predilection for slavery. I go to see the French and British armies fight it out with muskets and cannon. For that there are books. Thankfully the writer of this column does not make movies, while Ridley Scott is a well-known director of movies that make money.

I'm just so tired of people whining about history and how famous figures were evil, wrong, racist...take your pick. Remember that great men are almost always bad men.

The pressure is coming from players demanding wider representation

It's not about what players are demanding, it's about Rockstar trying to increase their player base to include the "woke" inclined so that they can squeeze the game for more profit. Meanwhile, they alienate the people who have been playing their games for years. Sadly this trend has leaked over from movies and TV, and now infects games just to placate the minority.

Looks like Kim's finally discovered Google Maps.

There already is an anti-obesity drug, it's called exercise.

I feel sad for Hong Kong as a British national. It's just awful what the CCP has done to it. But it's a lesson into what is to come unless we stop the expansion of this evil empire. What an amazing country China could have been if it weren't for the plague brought down on it by the red army.

and no one ever knows except the victim and the perpetrator

Well, a motorbike has a traceable license plate. Would you prefer camera face recognition technology on trains?

I agree with many here. Cut consumption tax on food is a no-brainer to help struggling people.

Middle-aged woman or not, she moves extremely well. It beats running around the park to keep fit and healthy.

Just watched this. Damn what a beast with the leg lace.

I used to watch Suzuki in Pancrase. He was a beast. All train rides need to come with this type of exhibition!

I live in Nagoya and there are a large number of crows in my area. They eat the fruit from my trees so I used a net, they always harass garbage put out by neighbours who don't cover it correctly, and caw loudly at dawn so I just wear ear plugs. Basically, they are a nuisance but I'd never go and poison them. I observed one yesterday on a neighbours roof. It was breaking open a snail on a metal section of the roof.

Despite their noise in the morning, they are far more bearable than the torturing sound of cicada.

Saw the video of the collision. The truck crossed the center line on a bend. The bend was not severe as well. Either the truck was speeding or the driver was distracted. It was 100% the truck. I ride a motorcycle here and a truck coming into my lane from the other lane would be a nightmare.

"I killed her because I wanted to," the suspect was quoted

Well its the rope for him unless his father pulls some strings. (no pun intended)

On a side note, how the hell did he get a hunting rifle? Those things are like gold bars over here.