JonathanJo comments

59-hour day and an 88-day week

Blimey. That's a long week. If there's ever a Japan outpost on Mercury, you can be sure they will still need to work a lot of overtime.

Next step, a robot that can send and receive faxes.

Trust Donald to embarrass Abe. Took a long while for this to be made public though.

Legroom and seat width matter more to me than what's on the entertainment system.

By this logic, would a kidney donor be liable to pay the recipient?

staying in the air ...

Now you're just irritating me. Asteroids have NO atmosphere!

...staying in the air...

This made my day!!

It's so nice to read Japan Today's articles on Brexit. This is the second one in a row that doesn't use the word "warn" once. Most British press reports can't get past the first paragraph without someone warning of impending disaster. They've left me "warn out" (worn out).

Behold the do-it-yourself colonoscopy tube  Photo: AFP

I'd rather not!

Newspapers. I remember them: made out of paper with ink printed on it. Contained news that you knew would always be truthful and unbiased. ;)

I'm glad to see they can spell. Compare their plane with Cathay Pacific's:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-45572275

As mascots go, they certainly hit the spot.

Not many WOMEN on the stage.

Anything that reduces the amount of screen time I have must be worth tr

A lot of millenials probably won't know what a telephone box is.

No, Saving Mr Banks was the prequel

And when the research is complete, it can be eaten.

Major carrier All Nippon Airways, electronics company NEC Corp and more than a dozen other companies and academic experts hope to have a road map for the plan ready by the year's end.

Roads? Where they're going they don't need Roads.

By 2025 more than half of all current workplace tasks will be performed by machines as opposed to 29 percent today

If a machine is doing something, then I would say that is no longer a task. Would you for example say that the clothes washing maching is doing the job of a human? To someone from the early 20th century, yes it is, but not today. My point is that saying 29 percent of workplace tasks are performed by machines today is an entirely baseless statistic.

If some of the panels were to be opaque, then it could also be used as a sun-shade.

And when they've graduated from university, explain how to convert between grams, ounces, cups, tablespoons etc.

At least it's not been called soylent green.

Horrible that unassisted wheelchair users should face the danger of rail crossings.

I hope she wins many more trophies in the years to come. A lovely lady who deserves the rewards for her skill, hard work and graciousness.

I think the window seats are noisiest, but still like to sit there for the chance of taking photos. My idea of hell though is the passenger in front deciding to fully recline.

I hope these latest two are suffering nothing more than regular food poisoning.

Interesting photo with the posture copying. Not sure who copied whom or whether it's just difficult to sit any other way in those high-arm chairs.

After today's race I would like to see Perez kicked out of F1. Abominable behaviour, twice.

A lot of young Londoners who would like to get their foot on the property ladder wouldn't mind a significant drop in house prices. Mark Carney has predicted this will happen with a no-deal Brexit. If 'generation rent' believe him, they might be more inclined to vote 'leave' in a second referendum.

Let's not forget storm surges also. Many sea-walls don't look high enough for something like this month's Florence and Mangkhut storms.