Kaerimashita comments

London good. Tokyo ok but need satnav (who doesn't driving in this city?).

Paris awful.  New York pretty bad too.

Incentivise young Japanese to have more kids.  and incentivize them to take on more productive work than the part time and useless stuff so many of them seem to drift into.

So what?  Life in Tokyo feels just the same

The face )or should I say one face) of popular US culture.  Says a lot for the march of progress.  Hopefully this is one fad the Chinese don't embrace wholeheartedly.

Imagine a Corbyn led government!!!!!  Or even a Tory Government led by Boijo or one of the opther dissenting clowns!!

go with this deal and then hash out the details later.  Not like it isn't open to further amendment as time goes on.

Ceeeeez.  this turned nasty quickly.  Looks like they are out to destroy him and his reputation making the liklihood of separation from Renault easier.

Hehe.  I stayed in a "Toy Story" themed room in a labuho once.....

The printing presses continue to roll. JGB's continue to be issued so the BoJ can buy them.  what a mess.

The Japanese Tax Code?

Semper fi.  Seems like lots of accidents lately.

Build a few more statues.  And keep trotting these poor old folks out to ask for "atonement:.  time is running short.

Yes, partially true.  In my experience over 90% of whistleblowings are spurious or malicious or unfounded and  I have been involved in scores of these over the years.

Not very attractive outfit.

Remiss of him not to ensure tat all of his tax and other financial affairs were in order.  He must have some big shot accountant who does that for him.

Papa.  agree - why can't these be used for "research"??  although I guess freshness might be an issue,

Should just go ahead with this deal and then keep working on the details.  Not like the EU can enforce anything in the future nor like the UK can't make new proposals over time.

People have lunchtime naps at their desk at my office all the time.

When  I worked for a Japanese company in the UK we even had a row of chairs behind a long cupboard (kind of dark corridor arrangement) where folks went to take 30 winks.

Rubber bullets!!  Tear gas!!  Water cannons!! 

Defend the border!!  Build the Wall!!

Another NATO triumph.  The carnage across the middle East and the Stans will never end.

Maybe, but if he did have the company buy or pay rent on all these properties and didn't at least look into the tax consequences then he has no one to blame but himself

Rubbish.  This notion that "Japan" is "Tattoo averse" is ridiculous and sterotyped.  so many of my friends here have tattoos.  admittedly not the full arm or leg ones that are so popular in Europe and US, but still.

Idiotic thing to say.  Macron really is just a cipher.

Yeah, and now he is doing some lame cooking show with Martha Stewart.  How very street.

seems like a pretty random competition to me, but we do love our mascots.  Why didn't Fukuppi win?  Or Prince Pickles?  surely more of the zeitgeist right now.

Ridiculous all this apartheid of womens only and mens only and mums and kids only.  Plus highly inefficient use of the space.

Tragedy of the commons.  no they don't care about the fish enough to curb their greed.

GTR's all over the country will be coughing and spluttering in sympathy.

all other things being equal (e.g. no stock market crash) this makes Nissan a screaming buy.

Nice headline.  I am sure they can cut the cheese and compete with the best global products.  look at whisky as an example.

Why the need to always wear some garish "traditional" shirt or outfit when these things are held in Asian countries.  They don't wear lederhosen when held in Germany.  Or mu mu when in west African countries......