Juanito3001 comments

FYI , David Bowie was a Japanofile. He ven consider living in Nihon at one period of his life. He was very friendly with two Japanese American art dealers Kidd & Morimoto of my acquaintance and stayed in their Higashiyama Kyoto villa many times. Being a Japan art collector myself has influenced my life greatly and appears the lives of other creative individuals .

Sorry to make light of this but perhaps those 800,000 might practice warfare on each other with pea shooters.

Absolutely insane rhetoric. Who would ever in their right mind want to invade NK? Crazy Kim kids with their own nuclear weapons. Never a better reason today for Nihon and South Korea to put aside the old grudges.

Move forward. It is in the interest of both parties. Mutual security is paramount. Currently both nations are surrounded by potential adversaries. Buy JP/SK goods and services NOW, this should be the slogan for our two democratic nations. Support economic growth with cooperation and share a pint on Saint Patick's Day!

Move on from these historical issues. It is preventing two old bald neighbors from fighting over a comb. Got to stop the resentment. before Sino North Korean influence prevents a much need mutual defense pack. Given the recent Russian Bear attacks in Europe we can see this old Communist style playbook is latter-day current

Oh dear, upset Sino tummy! Guess Japan is the problem. Well, that's China's problem. Supporting the Kim kids with their own nuclear weapons should be something the Communist party needs to worry about after enabling NK madmen from day one. Japan is not a pushover, so CCP take your GI track medicine and chillout.

The good people of Japan need to remember that the Russian Bear will always be at their door.

Please settle your colonial WW2 issues with modern day Korea. If not the divide and conquer method will always be a tool of control. I learn something new every day on this forum. Kindly reference the 1glenn post; a revelation to split Nihon in two in 1945. I see Putin will continue play on his ethno-centric drama in the former iron curtain countries. He would love to push similar Sino latter-day influence regarding these perceived old racial issues among Asian neighbors. Pray for peace but do not stop holding Putin's Russian feet to the fire!

Oh Dear, this fellow might suggest separate living zones for those people he finds objectionable. Hopefully not the moral a ghetto or internment camp after what our history has shown us when dealing with this blatant discrimination. Yes, the sanctity of marriage must be upheld between a man and woman! However, given the divorce rate of better than 50% in most developed countries why not isolate those abandoning marriage until they can resolve upholding their sanctity issues. Stop allowing the newly married couples from leaving on foreign honeymoons given the recent increase of so-called "Narita Divorce!" Something has got to be done until we can find more scapegoats after exhausting the current list of undesirables in our greater kind world.

If the Russian bear was at his door, would he expect little red riding hood to arrive with assistance? This is the same Russia that stole Nihon territory post WW2. No doubt they would do it again. Ukraine is just a latter-day example of post-Soviet era intentions. Please keep an eye on them along with the dual Sino North Korea threat

Oh dear, looks like he drowned in his soup of arrogance and got caught up in the noodles of entitlement. Ramen for many is the only meal they can afford. Eat everyone Eat more reasonable bowls of Nihon ramen!

Oh, really. Perhaps the Russians might have done a better job with post WW2 reconstruction? They still refuse negotiations on land they stole. Please ask the captured Japanese POW's who nearly starved to death in Russian prisons about the treatment they endured. US is by far perfect but take your choice in the future as these Sino/Soviet sisters try to run the show. Then let up north tubby Kim the black sheep of this triple alliance and running dog of latter-day communism seek out revenge, revenge & reprisal for perceived Nihon WW2 sins

Does this mean that my New England and the Eastern Canadian Provinces referred to as TundaVille by those Californians' can now establish their own moral equivalent of OPEC. Leave it to the Japanese to find a possible sustainable solution. Cut off the energy black mail not only from the sources bit those who immortally take high distribution profits at the expense of hard-working populations worldwide. "GO JAPAN YOU CAN DO IT !"

Poor think must have been "pissed-off" about something. Well, this is the world we live-in so literally "take it out" and then urinate on the elderly. Wearing soiled Nappies for 6 months straight should be the punishment

Is always about money with some people? Dior created and Japanese ladies young and old looked very elegant wearing his designs. Tokyo still has some of the fashionable people on earth. Rejecting universal "street wear ala Ye" as today's statement for them. Sorry to miss this but I did catch the YSL exhibition many years ago in Montreal. Wearing art is what I think, after seeing these extraordinarily beautiful garments!!!

Look at his picture, what a sick puppy. Perhaps being pitched into the Lion cage at the Ueno Zoo might have ultimately satisfied his flesh-eating fantasy.

Police State on view.

Perhaps if they came clean on the origins and timeline of COVID this situation would not exist today. Co-habitation in Wuhan wet markets of feral bats and anything else that flies on the Sino diet except ICMB missiles from "Kimland". Everyone was afraid to confront the Middle Kingdom, but it is never too late for a Worldwide Class Action Suit. Millions are dead, Trillions spent, generation of children lacking years of education. Where are the reparations? Please ask Germany and the other former Axis nations who paid for their WW2 sins. We either get China on the same page of international law and health standards or stop trading with them today

Fascinating how the Kim Twins take it to a personal level with less than pleasing remarks and their beauty pageant looks. Before it was calling out "wolf face lantern jaw" Secretary of state John Kerry as an insult.

Back to kindergarten twins, but no playing with your nuclear weapons today. Furthermore, Americans can be their worst enemy by even acknowledging these criminals exist. At 78 myself I think "Sleepy Joe" looks good!

The "Kim Kids" are children with their own nuclear weapons. Probably got them as birthday gifts on "Great Leader Day" from Sino benefactors. It does appear Sissy could use a day of beauty in NK spa. However, no one applied for the job when her last hairdresser when missing after a bad curl job. All this is speculation but hard to ignore given what other mad dictators are doing these days. Pray for Peace & please pass the ammo!

Cannot imagine a more despicable act than Trump asking Putin for help. Desperate for power and a very dangerous personality. He would turn a dime if he could make 15 cents by selling out his own country and their allies. Queens NYC Mafia mentality without a once of empathy for the suffering in Ukraine or anywhere else!

Japan has about as much chance of getting these islands back as the Indian tribe that sold Manhattan Island NYC for $ 24.00 dollars. Russian thanked it's former USSR neighbors for assisting in the WW2 effort against fascism by enslaving them in a corrupt empire for decades. These are not nice people that only understand strength. So toughen-up Nihon and protect yourself from the likes of the Sino threat and the NK Kim twins. Kids with their own nuclear weapon. Pray for peace but please pass the ammunition. The Japanese deserve their security ! Gilleonan

Hey Aly, Care to expand on OOKKAAYY? Maybe a little sexist or I am being over analytical on St Patrick's Day.

Yes it makes sense if you are traveling to a foreign destination, one might encounter other forms of bedding. Futon is lovely in the Japanese ryokan setting. I slept in a hammock sometimes during my work in the Amazon.

Still have my woven floor sleeping mats from 15 years of living in the Pacific Islands. Many futon shops in my city are popular with students and those who are minimalists. Some futons are lighter in weight and can be easily stored after sleeping in a smaller living space. One of my favored futons was one that functioned as a two-seater couch. However, when laid flat on the floor it became a very lovely thick sleeping mattress. Another plus is your futon can be easily aired out. I see many in Japan outside balcony's. Sleep well, eat well, be well

Yes it makes sense if you are traveling to a foreign destination, one might encounter other forms of bedding. Futon is lovely in the Japanese ryokan setting. I slept in a hammock sometimes during my work in the Amazon.

Still have my woven floor sleeping mats from 15 years of living in the Pacific Islands. Many futon shops in my city are popular with students and those who are minimalists. Some futons are lighter in weight and can be easily stored after sleeping in a smaller living space. One of my favored futons was one that functioned as a two-seater couch. However, when laid flat on the floor it became a very lovely thick sleeping mattress. Another plus is your futon can be easily aired out. I see many in Japan outside balcony's. Sleep well, eat well, be well

Kalmychi, can't figure if your response is being sarcastic by quoting the tired old line "If you can't do the time don't do the crime". Hopefully we can all have a little empathy for his stupid actions. However, his pleading seemed genuine by placing blame on himself by accepting the consequences of dancing with devil drugs.

Pray for peace in this troubled world and let's get over this pandemic & not take another person's inventory

If this arrest was the result of his addiction hopefully, he has hit bottom. Most incarcerations in the US are drug related one way or another. Japanese are not the poster kids for moderating their mood enhancements. Alcohol is a drug and abused big time in Nihon. Pray for his recovery. It is more important than money or your career, Judgments aside we all have the propensity to make terrible mistakes but not everyone gets caught!

Rather shameful and not good news for correcting ethnocentric attitudes that still prevail in modern Japan! However, it appears the reputation of what we see today only echos pre-WW2 attitudes toward other Asians.

Education and assimilation go hand and hand. There needs to be a change in attitudes for Japan to survive the challenges of this multicultural century. Prejudices begin at the family level and expand to society in general

No respect for the elderly from this generation of thugs. Take the money but to kill this man was truly insane. They should be prosecuted and sent to an old folk's home where the residents can proceed with 1000 cuts

Will he bring Dennis Rodman with him? They are really the two "best of the best" in our American diplomatic circles. Putin could care less about anyone except Putin. Just another clown on the world stage who is a bully dictator. It is a pity Kimmy Kartrashian can't make it. She might talk about the Turkish Armenian genocide and Soviet persecution of her relatives under the former USSR. A great opportunity with all liars in the same room

Good, He looks like an interesting fellow. Not at all Kartrashian and perhaps only wears LLBean with high-top sneakers to work. Will he need a waterproof trench coat for this next adventure? I have a lovely Burberry one to lend. He must stop-over in Yap to exchange some yen for stone money a better store of wealth these days

All this stupid stuff for people to talk about when they should be happy for these two young people . I only want to second the John John Kennedy "Stratman" comment. Twice taken the New York law bar and failed as a native speaker. How many non-native Japanese speakers would pass the equivalent of this exam in Tokyo. Keep it light we are still in the pandemic mode. We need be celebrating good health and our future prosperity!

"Taro Kono he's our man if can't do it no one can". Should have been PM in the 1st place. As I mentioned in a previous post he has the look of a street fighter. Watch him get into his Joe Palloka suit and lay down the law . Speaking good English is a plus for his international politics . However he will need to use stern Japanese language to get it all under control in Nihon after "Sugar Suga" leaves office ! "Kono for King" "Terrific Taro" !