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Posted in: Madonna post blocked by Instagram for false virus video See in context

starpunkJuly 31  12:06 pm JST Madonna has spent the last 30+ years or so getting notoriety for her body construction, porno, lip-synching shows, and big dumb sex. Music?

She is now in her 60s and still acts like she is 20-something. And she's been more style, image over substance. Her Famous fifteen Minutes in the Limelight are approaching an end and she knows it. This is another attention grab attempt.

Ya. We get it. You don't like Madonna. But her ". . . fifteen Minutes (sic) in the limelight . . . " has been more than 15 years.

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Posted in: Jagger, Stipe sign letter demanding campaign song consent See in context

This has always seemed like a pretty obvious copyright/use infringement

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Posted in: Madonna post blocked by Instagram for false virus video See in context

BungleJuly 30  11:46 am JST The tech sector is populated with upper-middle class bien-pensant liberals who think precisely that of the great unwashed.

Oh, ya. That Mark Zuckerberg is a real lib. Jeff Bezos? Suspected socialist. Elon Musk? Secret champion of the ACLU, SPLC and PAWs.

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Posted in: Naomi Watanabe slays Lady Gaga in 'Rain On Me' parody video See in context

Pukey2July 30  03:31 pm JST I wish I had her confidence!

If you were being paid to look like that, even you would have confidence.

Thing is, though, they really aren't paid that well. All the entertainment firms run their acts like the contract players during the "Golden Age" of Hollywood - you are often obligated to do things you don't want to for little or no pay. Worse, though, all of Japan's entertainment firms are connected to the yakuza making things all the more unsavory and dicey. Then you have the whole kohai-sempai dynamic woven in.

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Posted in: Enjoy a 'Chili & Cool' summer at Park Hyatt Tokyo See in context

Still my favourite hotel in Tokyo.

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Posted in: Gold hurtles to record peaks as dollar loses value See in context

Of course the best thing about gold is how fungible it is! Gold ownership - the only thing stupider that cryptocurrency.

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Posted in: JW Marriott opens hotel in Nara See in context

Almost a boutique hotel by Marriott standards.

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Posted in: Nightlife sector urges gov't to be more realistic in anti-virus steps See in context

"Neither the central government nor the Tokyo metropolitan government are making efforts to come up with a fundamental solution (as in virus countermeasures)," Kaori Koga, representative director of the Nightlife Business Association, told a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan.

Here's an idea - close it down until there are zero new cases of CoVid 19 and/or there is a vaccine?

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Posted in: Japanese designer invents Spidey-style wrist gadget which shoots plastic shopping bags See in context

Stupid bit of "technology." Japan, you're supposed to be moving away from your addiction to plastic!

Remember that series of books from a while back of "unuseless" inventions? We have an addition.

https://www.amazon.com/101-Unuseless-Japanese-Inventions-Chindogu/dp/0393313697

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Posted in: Competition between streaming services heats up in Japan See in context

Tokyo-mJuly 17  09:41 am JST The TV in Japan is so awful, I'm really glad we have Netflix. The only problem is, I'm now running out of things to watch and wish Netflix in Japan had more international shows. Best of all would be if the BBC could hurry up and make a global BBC TV streaming service, but I don't suppose that will happen any time soon.

We have Britbox in the States. Maybe someone will pick it up for distribution in Japan. That being said, a lot Amazon Prime and Netflix original material is produced in the UK.

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Posted in: Mystery as Argentine sailors infected with virus after 35 days at sea See in context

that personJuly 14  10:58 pm JST ****supplies were only brought in from the port of Ushuaia

The virus was on the supplies

Unlikely. The virus doesn't survive that long on hard or solid surfaces.

"The new coronavirus "does not spread easily" from touching surfaces or objects, according to updated wording on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) website."

https://www.livescience.com/cdc-coronavirus-surfaces-update.html

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Posted in: Mystery as Argentine sailors infected with virus after 35 days at sea See in context

False negative test or to prior to departure. None of the tests used are 100% accurate.

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Posted in: Tokyo coronavirus cases hit record daily high of 224; 80% in their 20s, 30s See in context

80% in their 20s, 30s

This is only the case because they aren't testing the elderly that have likely died of CoVid.

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Posted in: Japan battered by more heavy rain, floods; at least 58 dead See in context

This is only going to get worse as global warming progresses. And they think it's a good idea to hold the Olympics in Japan in July and August. Sheesh.

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Posted in: In the United States, when the economy gets bad, people get laid off one after the other, and the unemployment rate shoots up. But for Japanese employers, laying people off is difficult both psychologically and practically. See in context

MarkJune 24  09:02 pm JST Japan system is some what Socialism, while the U.S. is Capitalism. so Laying of socialist workers is NOT an option.

You're funny.

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Posted in: In the United States, when the economy gets bad, people get laid off one after the other, and the unemployment rate shoots up. But for Japanese employers, laying people off is difficult both psychologically and practically. See in context

RecklessJune 24  11:06 am JST Comparing apples to oranges. My understanding is that only a minority of Japanese even have full-time protected jobs and the rest are dispatch or part-time and probably not included in the number.

Different topic but same dishonesty. The supposed superior performance of Japanese school children on standardized test is inflated by the fact that you can legally leave school in Japan at age 15. In many countries, these are counted as drop-outs and their numbers are reflected in HS graduation rates. The absence of these students in the Japanese school system helps boost the testing performance and HS graduation rate.

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Posted in: Tokyo lifts all restrictions on businesses, including live music venues, nightclubs See in context

Bernard MarxJune 19  04:53 pm JST

It was all overblown anyways, as the data now show us.

Actually, the data shows nothing because very little testing was done.

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Posted in: Tokyo lifts all restrictions on businesses, including live music venues, nightclubs See in context

Why are there no spectators for baseball but clubs and restaurants can be fully open?

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Posted in: Fire breaks out on cruise ship docked in Yokohama See in context

Well, if that isn't just a bit suspicious.

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Posted in: Beijing locks areas down as new virus outbreak gathers pace See in context

KaerimashitaJune 15  03:25 pm JST There is now significant evidence that lockdowns do little to assist in managing the virus. 

Source? Just the opposite is true. It's been widely demonstrated that lock downs and quarantines are the only effective measures at this point, particularly with geographically large nations.

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Posted in: 20 sumo wrestlers rescue drowning woman in Tokyo See in context

3RENSHOToday  07:55 am JST The woman did not fall into the river by accident -- it was a deliberate suicide attempt. Why was this fact omitted from the article?

If so, she wasn't serious about it as inhaling water would have killed her almost instantly. Perhaps she had second thoughts?

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Posted in: Japan pushes homegrown vaccines for coronavirus to secure supply See in context

JeffLeeJune 3  06:39 pm JST Japan's enthusiasm for globalization is fading fast. The only shortages I remember in Japan are butter and toilet paper - both of which are supplied almost entirely thru domestic supply chains.

Japan has a low level of food security thanks, in part, to a backwards, 19th Century agricultral system, no natural resources and imports more than half of its material goods. Japan lives or dies with globalized trade.

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Posted in: Japan to look at building a common infrastructure for digital yen payments See in context

JapantimeToday  07:52 am JST The article is not about debit or credit cards. It’s referring to digital currency used on smart phones. 

Anything that is computerized is digital. It doesn't matter whether it's an app on a phone or a card with a chip.

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Posted in: Japan to look at building a common infrastructure for digital yen payments See in context

MarkXToday  07:26 am JST But here we are in 2020, and with many of these cashless payments, you still have to go to a kiosk or ATM type machine to "charge" the card. Not convenient at all.

It was really bad 30 years ago with cash machines at most banks closed early in the evening and weren't open at all at the weekend.

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Posted in: Facebook in turmoil over refusal to police Trump's posts See in context

He has to go as he's ruining a perfectly good communication platform, but with majority ownership, he can't be removed by the board.

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Posted in: Japan to look at building a common infrastructure for digital yen payments See in context

This has been done already throughout the rest of the World. They are called debit and credit cards. Welcome to the last 3rd of the 20th Century.

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Posted in: How the coronavirus is changing working styles in Japan See in context

The coronavirus pandemic has opened people's eyes in Japan to the possibility of new working styles where working from home, staggered work hours, and even four-day workweeks could become the norm.

Don't anyone hold his or her breath.

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Posted in: 2 Yomiuri Giants players test positive for coronavirus See in context

doggarJune 3  07:44 pm JST carpslidy are you a doctor?

Doesn't need to be. Age and health related mortality are fairly universal with CoVid. There have been undoubtedly hundreds of millions of people worldwide who have encountered the virus and either did not become ill or became only mildly ill. So, yes, young athletes have only a minimal chance of being affected by the virus.

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Posted in: Japan pushes homegrown vaccines for coronavirus to secure supply See in context

TomJune 3  04:47 pm JST Last year, the flu season hit particularly hard because Japan's vaccine program hit the wrong strain.

If Japan was hit hard by the flu last year it has almost nothing to do with the vaccine and the fact that relatively few Japanese get vaccinated.

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Posted in: Japan pushes homegrown vaccines for coronavirus to secure supply See in context

The only problem with this is that Japan doesn't have a proven vaccine and is less likely to develop one without collaboration. However, if Japan does choose to collaborate, it needs to steer clear of working with China.

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