KevininHawaii comments

Ishihara wants to quit being governor, and start editing manga???

Well he couldn't really do WORSE, now could he???

He has already distinguished himself as a feeble minded racist governor. He has publicly offended more groups than I can tally.

I liked the former layout better.

If TEPCO, et al had had a better understanding of the situation, so much of this disaster would have been avoided.

They did not, and it was not.

The irony here is that the idiots who got us into this mess are the ones we are relying on to get us out of it... WE should demand someone else take over.

They WERE NOT THEN, and ARE NOT NOW up to the challenge.

I doubt that it will take hundreds of years for the next major earthquake.

This saga just won't end.

LOOK AT ME!!!! I WEAR SUIT, AND STUPID CAP!!!!!

do YOU SEE??? I AM FUNNY!!!! WE JAPANESE CAN RELAX TOO!!!!

GOJ manual for dealing with foreigners: Step 1: when you do not know what to do, put on silly cap. Step 2: refer to step 1.

the cap was the only tool available to him.

Yeah, this picture makes me think everything will be ok... sure.

This is horrible.

Despite Japanese claims that Japan is the 'older, wiser' culture, parts of Europe have a longer history of using nuclear power. Further, they have already had their nasty meltdown in the Ukraine.

Regarding nuclear power, Japan is just beginning to learn what most of Europe learned decades ago - it can be dangerous.

buy local. This is a good story.

Nothing is going to happen as long as Israel gets 4 billion USD annually in aid from the U.S.

Stop U.S. aid to Israel, and Israel will quickly find a solution to this situation. Necessity is the mother of invention.

Selective, arbitrary enforcement of laws is what makes Japan JAPAN.

It just wouldn't be the same if they applied the laws evenly to everyone.

Men who beat kids have something wrong inside them. Pity the abuser, as well as the victim. He needs help to learn other ways to release stress rather than exploding and taking it out on kids.

He is sick. I hope he gets help.

BurakuminDes - Japan exchange rate - the yen should get stronger, not weaker. The U.S. has printed so much new money in the last 2 years, I am surprised the exchange rate is as good as it is today.

Expect the U.S. Dollar to weaken. This is a natural result when a country (the U.S.) has that much debt, and increases its money supply this much.

Japan tourism and commerce cannot rely on the yen weakening - this is the new norm.

Tepco lied - and got caught lying. The government is incompetent - they couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag.

The above two items are ugly - the kind of ugly that doesn't wash off.

How do you regain trust? That is a long, hard journey. I do not expect tourists (especially Chinese) to start coming back in great numbers anytime soon.

This is what happens when everyone reads the same inbred textbooks K-12 - the result is that nobody has an original idea in times of crises.

throw away employees... brilliant! They will do the dangerous work, potentially be exposed to lots of radiation, and when the work is done, be laid off, and then fade away, presumably to die a horrible death.

Go TEPCO!

No medal. You should have shown better judgement, but instead, you read the entire article, start to finish.

this is no laughing matter - jibberish this complex could seriously damage your brain.

because they are out of control.

To cheat is French. To get caught is American. Maybe DSK is part American.

trump is an idiot.

There are JUST enough conspiracies that are TRUE, that even a far fetch plot makes you wonder... examples, you ask?

1) All U.S. aircraft carriers left pearl harbor on a 'mission' one day before the Japanese attack... I have never heard where they went, and why they were not escorted by other ships...

2) U.S. Navy ship "mistakenly" entered North Korean waters, prompting N. Korea to capture it, starting the Korean Conflict. Later proven to not be a mistake.

3) Vietnamese fishing boat "fires on" U.S. aircraft carrier, starting the Vietnam War... except that Secretary of Defense McNamara later admitted in his memoirs that he made it up, to give the U.S. a reason to put troops on the ground...

4) President Kennedy issues an executive order to allow him to print his own money - w/o asking the federal reserve to print them for him. 6 months later he is assassinated. President Johnson's first executive order is to recall all non-'federal reserve' notes, and destroy them. Oswald acted alone.

Dig deep enough into history, and you will often find that realty does not match the official story.

Some conspiracy theories are downright crazy, but others make a lot of sense.

Let's minimize speculation, and see what the trial unveils.

Let the sons sue for wrongful death.

It would provide good comedy relief.

2 funny.

I guess there is a little 'New Orleans' thug in all of us.... even Japanese people!

I really enjoyed those comments about how Japanese people were so much 'better' than the people in New Orleans after hurricane Katrina.

Maybe we're all just human after all...

None of you - I repeat - NONE OF YOU have ever met the people mentioned in this article. None of you know if they are/were nice to each other, or if one was 'abusive' to the other.

The FACT is that the mother has TAKEN the kids, and is denying the father ANY contact - that is cruel. Under the U.S. agreement, both patents had access to their kids. Under the current situation, only the mother gets to see her kids grow up...

What if he had the kids, and was denying access to the mother? Would you all still feel the same?

Who cares if he or she is imperfect? I think the most important people in this discussion are the kids. I doubt the kids care about their parents shortcomings. They most likely just want to see both their parents on a regular basis. Who are we to say otherwise?

1) Terminate their internet connection - to make them feel the need for human interaction. 2) Make them move out from their parents' house - so they have to shop for food, and cook for themselves.

problem solved!

Trump is a pompous, egotistical idiot.

That said, interest in his possible presidential run is indicative of the desperation of the American voter.

Reasons I think he MAY win: (if he runs...)

He is not a lawyer. Americans tired of lawyers. He is a successful business man. The U.S. Govt. currently has too many career politicians. Obama has not kept many of his campaign promises...

...But all we can do is wait and see.

What a terrible, negative article on JapanToday.com - This is WAY below your standard. Quoting Shukan Post.... with an article of this nature...disappointing, to say the least.

I thought this was a time for all to pull together, (as in not complain) and focus on the task at hand - I guess some Japanese people at Shukan Post (and JapanToday) don't want to wait - they want to nitpick now.

who, exactly, was calling foreigners who left "flyjin"? I never heard this term from my Japanese friends.

I suspect it was the other foreigners who chose to stay, deriding those who chose to leave. To expand, I sensed that the VOCAL foreigners who stayed felt that foreigners leaving Japan in time of crises would somehow make them (the foreigners who stayed) look bad...

I do not want to advocate in favor of mass suicide, but some people cannot handle their situations, stress, etc., and choose suicide. Who are we to say that this is wrong? We should each be allowed to choose our own way to die, if we want to...

I think intelligent people can agree that some traditions do not deserve to continue... maybe hunting dolphins should all become a thing of the past?

american bengoshi - celebrities are not just silent when they want to make money in JAPAN - they are silent ANYWHERE they think speaking out might affect their sales...

Despite all the syllables, sting did not really say much of significance...

porter got it right.

Also, take a moment to consider who the guide is targeting - average Japanese people??? Europeans and Americans, most likely.

Food is culture??? I thought it was just food... I like good food, try to avoid bad food...

Is there going to be a test later???