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Posted in: Tokyo world athletics party can make up for Olympic lock-out, says CEO See in context

What a waste of taxpayers money for hosting such events! Only foolish cities go above and beyond in trying to become the host city for such events.

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Posted in: Trump says Israel would hand over Gaza after fighting; no U.S. troops needed See in context

I hope that President Trump succeeds in his plan to move all the Palestinian people out of Gaza. That will be a deserving slap on the face of all the Arab Americans who voted for him ( Trump got 46 - 48% of Arab votes in certain swing states compared to 34-36% for Harris )! The Arab people need to learn that their idiotic actions have destructive consequences and Trump will teach them a lesson!

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Posted in: Man acquitted of 1966 murders seeks over ¥200 mil in compensation See in context

Everyone from the prosecutors office to the police department who were involved in the fabricated evidence should be the ones paying the man. Most of them must be retired and on the pension so deduct money from their pension, seize their assets and sell those to get miney and then give it to Mr.Hakamata!

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Posted in: SBI Shinsei Bank to pay back ¥100 billion in gov't bailout funds See in context

Foreigners using this bank should be very careful since they have stopped the English operator assistance phone call services and have started cancelling some other popular English services. It seems like they are going backwards and looking at the declining Japanese population the banks actions doesn’t make sense. They should be increasing the English services to gain more foreign customers instead of reducing those. To make matters worse for this bank is the fact that most Japanese people won’t even become customers with this bank since their go to banks are Mizuho, MUFG or SMBC. Japan post bank is a good option for most people these days since it’s upcoming, stable and secure.

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Posted in: Climate change cooks up Japanese 'cabbage shock' See in context

The high price of cabbage is mainly in Tokyo and neighboring areas. Most ( not all ) farmers haven’t raised the price of cabbage that they sell but it’s the supermarket and all the mid handlers who have increased the prices. If you go to country side and buy directly from road side farmers you can still get a full big sized cabbage in under 150¥! Just bought 2 big cabbages from a road side farmer ( each costing 120¥ ) while driving back from Yamagata to Tokyo yesterday!

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Posted in: Fuji TV probing alleged role in sex scandal of Japan TV host Nakai See in context

Just another day in the pathetic Japanese entertainment industry!

It’s good to see the American shareholder “Dalton Investments LLC “ directly calling out Fuji TV management by saying

"The uproar created by Mr Masahiro Nakai...reflects not only a problem in the entertainment industry generally, but, specifically, it exposes serious flaws in your corporate governance,

The management of Fuji TV is just a bunch of old men who think it’s still the 1950’s and they can get away with anything!!!

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Posted in: Japan, Philippines plan to convey to Trump need for U.S. engagement in Asia See in context

China to convey to Russia and North Korea for the need of a joint Chinese Russian North Korea presences in the Asia region!

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Posted in: Participate or keep it quiet? Recent sing-alongs tap into larger discussion on moviegoing etiquette See in context

That’s precisely the reason many people prefer to stay home and stream from the comfort of their own sofa and watch in peace without having to deal with idiots around them!

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Posted in: Japan ruling party lawmaker urges China to lift seafood import ban See in context

If it was the other way around and China were the ones dumping nuclear waste into the sea then Japan would have been the first ones to ban all seafood from that region…. Japan and its supporters are hypocrites!

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Posted in: 8 face charges after employee at girls bar dies from excessive alcohol consumption See in context

The bar called an ambulance about an hour after the woman collapsed.

The owners and staff would have known that the women had taken in alcohol excessively and it would definitely lead to alcohol poisoning! Yet they did nothing at all to assist her! Then it took the ‘ wonderful ‘ Japanese police over 2 years to refer the case to the ‘ wonderful ‘ Japanese prosecutors and I’m sure the Japanese prosecutors won’t bring charges against any of these offenders. The offenders will just walk away free… just another usual day in Japan!

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Posted in: Companies urged to end 'maternity harassment' of technical interns See in context

Foreigners shouldn’t go to Japan for work if they think the Japanese companies have strict rules in place. They go there knowing everything about the so called technical internship programs and then whine about it 24/7!

The sad part of it all is that the customer service in Japan is deteriorating due to too many part time foreigners working who are not following the proper training provided to them by Japanese managers and instead try to treat customers the same terrible way that they do back on their own country! A few foreigners adapt so well to Japanese style but most foreigners are just not good suitable for Japanese working style and Japanese work culture!

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Posted in: Record number of Japan ramen eateries went bankrupt in 2024 See in context

its surprising that most of these restaurants collapse despite running at full capacity almost everyday. Most are full of customers from opening time to closing time yet they collapse. This is purely due to the fact that these restaurants owners have poor ability to operate a restaurant business…nothing more and nothing less!

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Posted in: 7 Chinese arrested in Japan for fraudulent Apple laptop purchases See in context

The prices of the products sold by Apple Inc in itself is a much bigger crime!

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Posted in: Jimmy Carter's funeral brings together all 5 past and present U.S. presidents See in context

Trump being Trump in the photo! Everyone putting their hand on the heart except for Trump who is the least bit bothered. He was probably thinking that he should be seated right in the front all by himself on a chair designed for kings and dictators!

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Posted in: Häagen-Dazs Japan fukubukuro lucky bag filled with…ice creams from 2023 See in context

Ice creams in Japan generally don’t come with a use-by-date, as they can be eaten for an indefinite period…

This in itself is so unhealthy! Eating old stock ice cream is just a no no! Japan is so wonderful when it comes to snacks and variety but as for ice creams having no information about the manufacturing date and no expiry date is just pathetic!!!

I remember meeting a few Japanese tourist in Australia and New Zealand who were complaining at some ice cream shops that the ice cream on display was old since its manufacturing date was like 6 months ago. Yet, these same Japanese people happily buy ice cream without any complains in Japan which is almost 2 years old as far as manufacturing dates are concerned!

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Posted in: Honda and Nissan agree to begin merger talks See in context

Nissan is a parasite which infects and causes collapse of everything it touches!

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Posted in: South Korean parliament votes to impeach President Yoon See in context

Yoon was great for Japanese-Korean relations. 

No he wasn’t! He was only good if you look at it from the Japanese side. He looked like a puppet of the Japanese Government. He acted like he was way way below the Japanese PM every time they met. The majority of South Koreans were grinding their teeth at his actions and even the younger generation started to hate him. He made pleasing the Japanese Government his priority instead of safeguarding the interests of the South Koreans!

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Posted in: South Korean President Yoon vows to 'fight to the end' See in context

Yoon was more focused on satisfying the Japanese Government rather than prioritizing the Korean people! Time and again whenever he visited Japan ( or met the Japanese delegation elsewhere ), he seemed too eager to please them like a puppet and acted like he was far beneath them. Even the younger generation had started to dislike that behavior and then came the luxury bag scandal done by his wife followed by the martial law mess! South Koreans deserve better than Yoon!

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Posted in: Trump to ring New York Stock Exchange bell as Time set to name him Person of the Year See in context

Person of the year indeed! Being a convicted felon and being chosen by majority of the Americans by conning them required a lot of talent and speaks volume of how imbecile Americans are!

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Posted in: U.S. defense chief observes drills with Japan, Australia See in context

Waste of taxpayers money! There is a transition phases after the US Presidential Elections so these officials from the current Administration who would all be replaced shouldn’t waste taxpayers money on these unnecessary events and foreign trips!

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Posted in: 2 JAL pilots consume alcohol before flight, causing 3-hour delay See in context

Pilots hold the lives of so many people and there should be a ban on alcohol consumption for them if they are scheduled to fly within 48 hours at the very least! They don’t like it then they should get into another profession where they can report to work drunk!

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Posted in: Wary Europe eyes Syria with hope -- and fear See in context

People talk about the thousands of people suffering under Assad but they fail to realize that these people were harboring the terrorist and Assad had no choice but to give them harsh punishment and the rough treatment! Now the fall of Assad regime will give rise to the terrorist groups and they will export these terrorist to western countries to carry out terrorism attacks! Assad’s treatment of the people was fully justified because that’s the only way you can win against terrorism! Human rights violations should not be mentioned when it comes to dealing with these terrorist because they aren’t human at all!

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Posted in: Trump says he will block Nippon Steel from taking over U.S. Steel See in context

Sit back and watch the downfall of the American economy and American companies collapsing as soon as Trump starts to implement his irrational and irresponsible policies. The same independent voters who thought that Trump will help them with lowering the cost of living will be the ones who will start complaining and whining soon! Americans fail to realize that the prices of everything will never return to what they were a few years ago and are just imbeciles for thinking Trump will bring back those old prices. It’s never going to happen! The rich will keep getting richer, the middle class and low income earners will suffer hardship like never before and all the while Trump will make billions by accommodating all foreign delegations who visit The US for official purposes at his properties.

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Posted in: Mount Fuji convenience store becomes 'lawless zone' as tourists hurl abuse at security guards See in context

If the authorities are so hell bent on stopping tourist from going there and taking photographs then they can simply ask the transportation companies to stop taking tourist there. Most of these tourist go there in hired buses and that can easily be stopped. But in reality the government knows that this is a small issue and its just the locals there who are making it a big issue! If it was that big of an issue then surely by now police would have been given the directive to close off the area!

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Posted in: 7-Eleven owner considers going private to avoid foreign buyout: reports See in context

Some people commenting here opposing the takeover clearly don’t understand the mess 7 eleven is in. Individual owners of 7/11 stores are doing their best to keep the services high but that won’t last long. The company as a whole have been reporting losses for the past 2 years and as things are will collapse without warning! Sharp Inc experienced something similar a few years ago and were lucky that the TAIWANESE COMPANY bought it just in time for it to survive! If the 7/11 financial situation wasn’t this bad then in the first place there would never have been a takeover proposal being entertained.

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Posted in: Gov't eyes ¥30,000 cash handouts to stimulate Japan's economy See in context

30,000¥ to less than 1% to stimulate the economy… I wonder what they are smoking up there!!!

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Posted in: Man breaks into Kawasaki house, flees after finding resident at home See in context

@WoodyLee…

Totally agree with you!

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Posted in: Ex-Olympus CEO illegal drugs case referred to prosecutors See in context

@Mickelicious

Is the guy still in Japan. If I were him, I'd have got out …

Totally agree with you. If he hasn’t been able to get out until now then he better start preparing for his arrests and many weeks in jail without legal charges actually being laid and then after charges are filed, many more months ( even years ) in prison while his case is in trail.

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Posted in: Ex-Olympus CEO illegal drugs case referred to prosecutors See in context

@Mike_Oxlong

It's the confession-based system. Physical evidence is not prioritized. Whispers and rumors trump facts at hand. A little bird told me.

Comment of the day! Great choice of words… lol !

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Posted in: LA Dodgers celebrate World Series victory with parade and stadium celebration See in context

The way Dodgers started the season I would have never guessed they will be crowned champions!

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