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Why not have Tokyo host a Winter Olympics?

Tokyo has all that new infrastructure created for the 2020/2021 games. Since the city did not get much benefit from those games, perhaps it should launch a “low-cost, for-profit bid.” If we can virtually guarantee a profit, I would support a bid. But only if a profit would be nearly certain.

Los Angeles is the only host city that realized a profit from the games, mostly because the required infrastructure already existed, according to “The Economics of Hosting the Olympic Games” by the Council on Foreign Relations.

What about the weather? Sochi was the warmest city to have hosted a Winter Olympic Games, with overnight low temperatures of 4 C on average in February, and average daytime highs of 10 C. Tokyo’s February low/high averages are 2 C and 11 C, respectively. Like in Sochi, skiing and other outdoor events could be placed at higher elevations outside the city — Nagano perhaps.

Why not have Tokyo host a Winter Olympics?

Tokyo has all that new infrastructure created for the 2020/2021 games. Since the city did not get much benefit from those games, perhaps it should launch a “low-cost, for-profit bid.” If we can virtually guarantee a profit, I would support a bid. But only if a profit would be nearly certain.

Los Angeles is the only host city that realized a profit from the games, mostly because the required infrastructure already existed, according to “The Economics of Hosting the Olympic Games” by the Council on Foreign Relations.

What about the weather? Sochi was the warmest city to have hosted a Winter Olympic Games, with overnight low temperatures of 4 C on average in February, and average daytime highs of 10 C. Tokyo’s February low/high averages are 2 C and 11 C, respectively. Like in Sochi, skiing and other outdoor events could be placed at higher elevations outside the city — Nagano perhaps.

The price was set between 7,000-9,000 yen.

A much cheaper and less invasive option for those with high sex drives and good communication with their partners might be a free period-tracking app, like Flo, to alert you of days when the chances of getting pregnant are high and low. Has worked well for me!

Larr Flint

WHAT WAS THE CARGO? 

WHAT THIS SHIP was CARRYING?

then you will get your answer why it was taken by Iranians. 

Of course the ship will be released after the CARGO will be looted.

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Desert Tortoise

Based on what I can find on maritime websites it was carrying cars and trucks from Korfez, Turkiye to Pipavav, India.

No cargo was on the vessel.

The apparent toxic culture inside Takarazuka Revue is one reason I don’t attend their shows.

@itsonlyrocknroll, @Peter Neil

So surprised to see these comments opposing political satire, which has been around for at least 2,400 years. The ancient Greek dramatist Aristophanes, sometimes called the father of comedy, satirized Athenian leaders and their conduct of the Peloponnesian War.

As @aaronagstring emphasizes, “People need to lighten-up.”

Hiroyuki Fujishiro, a professor at Hosei University who specializes in social media, said, "It is difficult to see through a shrewdly made fake video at times of emergency such as during war or natural disasters."

Professor Fujishiro, we’re not at war or suffering from the impact of a natural disaster.

@ Leo T

13 years is quite a bit for a crime like this

Really? And the guy below did not even have the rank and responsibility of a police officer.

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Apr 25, 2018

*A court sentenced on Wednesday a 29-year-old former reporter for public broadcaster NHK to 21 years in prison for raping three women.*

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/04/25/national/crime-legal/former-nhk-reporter-sentenced-21-years-prison-series-rapes/

Only 13 years!?

He not only raped these women but he also brutally attacked them with a knife and threatened to kill them. He abused the public trust accorded police officers.

A longer sentence would have been more just.

restricting the number of visitors by making the mountain only accessible by a yet-to-be-built tram system

And how much is that going to cost the taxpayers to build? — while the fees eventually charged are likely used to fund some newly created oversight organization headed by retired politicians and government ministers.

I support the proposed plan to preserve the vista of Yoyogi’s ginkgo-lined street, limit the height of buildings around those trees, and transition to three stadiums/grounds (from the current number of five), thus increasing open space and greenery percentage.

@Strangerland

… the stated reason was to get rid of the black market, …

Again, they could have gotten rid of the black market by simply legalizing it without imposing taxes. They basically used the black market fear to capture gullible suckers like you while creating an additional revenue stream for themselves.

Right now, there are two plans. I support Plan 2.

(1) Keep five adjacent stadiums/grounds in the Yoyogi area (two Jingu stadiums, a rugby stadium, a rubber-ball baseball ground, new National Stadium)

(2) Transition to three stadiums instead of five. This will increase open space from 21% to 44%, greenery percentage from 25% to 30%. Additionally, the vista of the ginkgo-lined street will be preserved for the formation of a shady green pedestrian space. Any buildings along the ginkgo-lined street will not exceed the height of the trees from any vantage point in order to preserve the scenic corridor of the stately ginkgo trees.

Yes, but their ALPS filtration system actually filtered out the other radiative isotopes, unlike the Japanese made Tepco ones.

False. It had been widely reported that TEPCO has been using an advanced liquid processing system (ALPS) and other equipment to remove the radioactive substances contained in the contaminated water to levels below the national regulatory standard.

However, radioactive tritium remains in the treated water. Tritium cannot be removed with existing technology.

Japan has allocated 80 billion yen to cope with such damage and help fishermen to carry on with their business. However, the funds are not destined for those in the seafood processing industry.

According to an article in Nikkei last month …

The overall catch of fish is only about 20% of what it was before the accident.

The government in fiscal 2021 established a fund of 30 billion yen ($207.6 million) to encourage the development of more sales channels for marine products. In addition to this, a 50 billion yen fund was set up in fiscal 2022 to support the development of fishing grounds and other activities.

… as they share concerns about China’s assertiveness in the Pacific …

Common threats/concerns always seem to bring people together, don’t they? But yes, it would have been more comforting if Japan and South Korea had chosen to become more cooperative without those threats/concerns.

Unfortunately it looks like Sweden were the stronger team

Why would that be “unfortunate.”

In fact, Sweden was the stronger team. Indeed, Sweden was the stronger team.

The most recent tiara, crafted for Aiko’s cousin Princess Kako in 2013, cost 27.93 million yen, and the 2010 piece made for then-princess Mako was 28.56 million yen, so if a tiara were to be made for Aiko, it likely would be of a similar cost.

Nice of the Imperial Household Agency to want to appear to be considerate of hard economic times. But wasn’t the economy worse in 2010 (Lehman Shock Recovery) and 2013 (Earthquake & Tsunami Recovery)?

Los Angeles is the only host city that realized a profit from the games, mostly because the required infrastructure already existed, according to “The Economics of Hosting the Olympic Games” by the Council on Foreign Relations.

Tokyo has all that new infrastructure created for the 2020/2021 games. Since the city did not get much benefit from those games, perhaps it should launch a “low-cost, for-profit bid.”

If we can virtually guarantee a profit, I would support a bid. But only if a profit would be nearly certain.

By abducting her 4-year-old son, Ms. Fukuhara has essentially abandoned her 7-year-old daughter in Taiwan. And I doubt she adequately thought this through to realize that consequence.

Fukuhara was basically raised to play table tennis. She always had a temper and didn’t handle stress well.

She was raised in an environment that tolerated her poor behavior, and she likely did not receive an education that stimulated introspection.

As a result, we now have a 34-year-old “adult” behaving badly.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has set tackling the declining births as one of his top policy goals and pledged to secure annual funding of about 3.5 trillion yen ($25.2 billion) over the next three years.

Experts say the proposed low-birth measures are mostly additional funding for existing ones and don’t address underlying problems.

If the experts are correct, that’s 3.5 trillion yen down the drain each of the next three years.

"The scarcity of female engineers is absolutely unnatural when you consider that women account for half of society," said Mitsubishi Heavy human resources official Minoru Taniura.

The scarcity of female engineers seems rather natural to me when, only 30 years ago, companies like Mitsubishi Heavy would not hire women for career-track jobs because those companies felt women were more likely to quit working after having children.

Taniura-san obviously doesn’t know the company history!

This ruling also implies that male bodied people should be permitted to use female area in the onsens.

Most women in Japan would likely not be comfortable in a hot spring with a naked unfamiliar transgender woman (born male).

Stupid kid, but he's a kid.

Exactly. And that is what we should keep in mind.

How many of us engaged in ridiculously moronic behavior as teens? That’s generally what teens do; they often behave poorly.

Answer: Education, mentoring, coaching

Very perceptive comment, @sakurasuki!

Just remember that person who carried that crime on July last year, he never at law enforcement list at all. He just remained quiet, until he really carried attack. 

On the other hand innocent lawful people that show their dissent will be subject for more scrutiny and being followed as if they are real criminal, even they don't have any intent at all.

Is Yoyogi best served by having five adjacent stadiums/grounds? I don’t think so.

The land currently has two Jingu stadiums, a rugby stadium, and a rubber-ball baseball ground located adjacent to the new National Stadium. Those “three stadiums + rubber-ball baseball ground” will become one stadium, bringing the area total to two. Open space will increase from 21% to 44%, greenery percentage will increase from 25% to 30%. And the vista of the ginkgo-lined street will be preserved for the formation of a shady green pedestrian space.

Sure, the wealthy users of the Gaien Tennis Club may not be happy for the temporary construction around them. But Tokyoites overall benefit.

Review the plan yourself: https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/english/topics/2023/documents/0206_01_01b.pdf

The decision came as Nissan tries**** to gain more independence from Renault, which currently holds an over 40 percent stake in the Japanese company.

The departure of Gupta, announced earlier this month, surprised many in the industry as he was seen as a candidate for future Nissan CEO. Infighting among its executives is said to be behind his decision to leave the company.

"Nissan is always plagued with scandals," said a 73-year-old shareholder from Tokyo who attended the annual meeting. "I wonder if its corporate governance is really functioning."

Gives credence to Ghosn’s claim of Nissan “weaponizing the legal system to change management.”

Pull-and-pray is what it is desigend for. 

Perhaps “oops” is what it’s designed for.

Title: Male nurse arrested

Police in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, have arrested a 25-year-old male nurse 

Why is the nurse’s gender of importance? If the nurse were not male, would it be mentioned?

…. reporting that a man was "brandishing a knife" inside a train …

This report was apparently exaggerated. The man was not holding or waving any knives in an aggressive or excited way, according to the report. So he likely wasn’t “brandishing” anything.