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Posted in: Kyoto eyes raising city lodging tax to up to 10,000 yen per night See in context

Thank goodness for Japan's frequent train system. See Kyodo for the day and get a hotel outside Kyoto at night.

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Posted in: Record number of teachers in Japan took mental illness leave in FY2023 See in context

The best thing has happened to schooling in Japan: Marriages now are increasingly either having only one child or none. The pressure of the past is now far less than the generation before. I suspect that with more time away from work mental heath will increase. It won't perfect but it will be a lot saner.

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Posted in: 'Not paying any dating expenses at all' listed as domestic violence by Japanese gov't agency See in context

I fact The Gender Equality Bureau is right on in a general way good as long as it does not get out of hand.

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Posted in: South Korean President Yoon apologizes for martial law ahead of impeachment vote See in context

Coupe de etate. Excuse the typo.

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Posted in: South Korean President Yoon apologizes for martial law ahead of impeachment vote See in context

"[Yoon] said the decision was born of desperation." I agree with the above writer's statement comparing the Yoon coupe de estate and the Trump coupe after Trump lost the presidential election. Americans died in Trump's attempted coupe. In South Korea everyone seemed to kiss and make up. Importantly, South Korea organized to stop the coupe--in contrast there was not even a bloody nose.

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Posted in: South Korean ruling party demands Yoon step down See in context

It is likely that Yoon is out of his mind. Stay tuned.

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Posted in: South Korean lawmakers call to impeach President Yoon after back-track on martial law See in context

Yoon's coup fortunately was virtually stillborn. But it is a chilling reminder that democracy is endangered in South Korea.

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Posted in: Death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan upheld in Vietnam's largest fraud case See in context

Lan "was also found guilty of siphoning off $18 billion obtained through fraud and for using companies controlled by her to illegally transfer more than $4.5 billion in and out of Vietnam between 2012 and 2022."

Amazing. Just imagine Lan's brain how and useful it would be working for the guys.

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Posted in: Japan to hold first memorial for 'all workers' at Sado gold mines but blurs WWII atrocity See in context

The brutality of mines has been downplayed. That is a fact. Live with it.

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Posted in: Japan reaches its lowest-ever ranking on Education First’s 2024 English Proficiency Index See in context

The problem forcing perfection on language learners. Make English meaningful first. To hell mistakes. They are easily fixed.

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Posted in: Japan reaches its lowest-ever ranking on Education First’s 2024 English Proficiency Index See in context

I had free rein as a university English teacher. I taught Literature and writing in English and had great time. You explain that.

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Posted in: Japan school absenteeism hits record 340,000 in FY2023, up for 11th year See in context

Unfortunately, education has been a means to an end. Japan has made schooling as gaining future material stuff. Bullying is a major factor in avoiding school, plus the tedium of school work. This is not new. What is new is that now more students are dropping study, The drop in the child population. Students don't have the need to study--or think they do. The know they'll get by in ways that would scandalise past generations,

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Posted in: One dead, 3 injured after car driven by 84-year-old woman hits them on Kagoshima sidewalk See in context

A few years ago an old lady bumped into our car. The driver turned out to be an old lady fiddling with her dog. Fortunately, the driving was slow and we only got bump. It could have been worse. Yet, I shutter still about what could have happened. Lots of drivers of all ages view the car as a living room.

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Posted in: Ishiba's snap election gamble could backfire on Sunday See in context

A Bunraku performance would put the LDP to shame.

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Posted in: Do you believe there are still Japanese abductees alive in North Korea? See in context

IIt is very likely.

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Posted in: S Korean wartime forced labor plaintiff receives gov't compensation See in context

"....but it was the South Korean government which insisted that it would handle individual compensation to its citizens and then received the whole amount of grants on behalf of the victims" Name the South Korean government at the time.

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Posted in: Ishiba to consider visiting U.S. to meet president-elect: report See in context

Well, the future PM could take a Washington D.C. tourist bus. He'd get lots of attention.

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Posted in: Ishiba opts for pragmatic diplomacy; no talk of Asian NATO See in context

Quote: "A blatantly false statement. It's a wonder anyone would print such rubbish." It is within the possibility until it is yours. Then the costs and anxieties begin. The costs and the anxieties. Both more of overruns than anyone anticipated.

Ever wanted a Rolls Royce? You could likely buy one. But the cost overruns would be horrendous. Thus, analogous with nations.

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Posted in: Georgia high school student, 14, shoots and kills 2 students, 2 teachers, and wounds 9 See in context

The gun lobby takes school victims again .The Second Amendment should either be modified or crossed out altogether.

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Posted in: Kishida urges party debate on amending pacifist Constitution See in context

Do away with the pacifist clause and Japan will sooner or later find itself at war.

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Posted in: Americans are 'getting whacked' by too many laws and regulations, Justice Gorsuch says in a new book See in context

What this really means: "The 56-year-old justice was the first of three Supreme Court nominees of then-President Donald Trump, and they have combined to entrench a conservative majority that has overturned Roe v. Wade, ended affirmative action in college admissions, expanded gun rights and clipped environmental regulations aimed at climate change, as well as air and water pollution more generally." This a curtailment of human rights and freedoms . Get with it Americans before all our rights are killed off fpr being accused of being too many.

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Posted in: Biden and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on issues in rare contest between two presidents See in context

Here is the defining moment in this long and thorough article.

*Drill, baby drill." Global warming is causing havoc with severe weather. Trump would make it worse.

As he would with everything. Trump's concern is tp make people.miserable. Check it out.

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Posted in: Top court rules Unification Church no-refund document invalid See in context

Tragically, it took the collective sense of Japan to see the obvious: The Moonies were and are monsters. Don't presume yourself safe from them. The holy knocks on the door may happen any moment.

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Posted in: Bubble bursts for France's far-right as voters bar it from power See in context

What is clear is that voters rejected the far right. So much for the not so for the popular front, so-called. .

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Posted in: Only 8% of religious group followers' kids back gov't remedy steps See in context

Pain created by the Universal Life Church may last generations.

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Posted in: Kishida pledges travel aid program 6 months after Ishikawa quake See in context

"In Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, Kishida told reporters that the central government is preparing to introduce a project involving a 70 percent discount for visitors to the Noto area, the epicenter of the New Year's Day disaster.." Note: Furthermore, "Since March, the Kishida administration has implemented a tourism subsidy program for prefectures affected by the earthquake, offering discounts of up to half off hotel prices to boost the travel industry in the Hokuriku region of central Japan."

This is May. What has been done? What has been done? Little. Very little of enthusiasm you saw of the LDP bash.

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Posted in: U.S. Supreme Court rules Trump has immunity for official, not private acts See in context

Quote: "The justices, in a 6-3 ruling authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, threw out a lower court's decision that had rejected Trump's claim of immunity from federal criminal charges involving his efforts to undo his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden. The six conservative justices were in the majority, while its three liberal members dissented."

Consider this. What Trump caused was an insurrection. This will likely lead to further post-Trumpian baby rattles which cause more death and destruction.

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Posted in: Far-right wins first round in France election, as run-off horse-trading begins See in context

I too had encounters with far right zeno-phoones. While mainly being creepy they have been non-violent. How long this will be is anyone's guess. Meanwhile, I am avoiding France.

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Posted in: Japanese photographer spotlights WWII Native American code talkers See in context

This is worth remembering. "Navajo Nation, the Native American reservation of the Navajo people, spans three states, including parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. A sovereign nation with its own government, its capital is based in Window Rock, Arizona."

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Posted in: Ohtani's disgraced ex-interpreter cut from school textbook See in context

Mizuhara had an addiction. It was to wealth. It included gambling, This was his downfall. He from his addiction as one might become addicted smoking and alcohol. Mizuhara is a sick. man, who can recover.

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