ListenTheTruth comments

Am here and chilling on Miyako Jima. Nice and quiet. Plenty of friendly locals. Life is good!

Ah, yes, "the foreigner" comments that are not seen as racist but by any other assessment, standard absolutely are. Same as the sexist language you hear.

Remember TEPCO, so the government, actually stated any nuclear isotopes from the explosions were "not their's once they'd left the facility" !! "Not our fault. Not our responsibility", is their mantra. Disgusting.

The system cheats women out of places at university (Tokyo Medical School anyone?) so, seems "fair". I feel for this young woman, here, that's it, she is brushed and tarred, for life -- as a cheat. No second chance in Japan.

If North Korea isn't following international protocols of warning of missile tests -- never mind ignoring the UN -- seems like a fine opportunity to assess Japan's anti-missile systems.

Go Tonga. We're thinking of you.

Even if the vehicle is on fire?

What's wrong with the legal system? It's a patriarchy. As is Japan.

Excellent. Stop the waste and build homes anew with old!

AGAIN. Beyond belief! You bunch of selfish, inconsiderate, me, me, me idiots: THAT is the USMC.

Look at all the freedom! Freedom to NOT wear a mask. Freedom to NOT get vaccinated. Freedom to choose oak, beech or pine.

300,000 JPY isn't really going to make a dent on the C19 deficit in our household but every little helps, much better that no part of it is in vouchers. All the "to make the vouchers" money would go to the usual cronies.

Yes, but it's not enough, make them listen and don't send anyone.

Good grief, some debris was flung 30,000 ft into the air. Incredible energy released. Be safe and KEEP safe the people of Kentucky and other States affected.

The international political environment will miss Mother Merkel. A lot of times she was the only adult in the room. Remember when that vertically challenged fella let dogs into the meeting room knowing how terrified she is of dogs... but she handled it so well. As she did most things.

@Yang, some interesting stuff there, I think they are not quite done, but they are certainly becoming a very vulnerable piece of equipment on as you wrote modern battlefields. They are difficult to move around, deploy, maintain and use. They are going the way of the Dreadnought class battleships. Advanced weaponry is looking at making autonomous, or remotely controlled systems to reduce the need for protection, and thereby increase speed and firepower. MBT will be a thing of the past.

For which country do we locate the most earthquakes? Japan. The whole country is in a very active seismic area, and they have the densest seismic network in the world, so they are able to record many earthquakes.

The UK govt of the moment is pathetic.

@elecfixer: Who subsidies the subsidy? QED. UK93 is BANG on with their point.

Goats don't graze. Sheep do. Goats are good for clearing scrub, but as a substitute for mowing? No.

Well, this began 2015, remember? A woman was killed on the bullet train when a man killed himself by "fire suicide", she was on a peace pilgrimage.

A s o strikes again! Foot in mouth disease.

The support and setting up of the LDP is the longest and most successful CIA operation ever. (Not difficult with their track record TBH).

Beautiful.

Hurrah, no luddite! Suits us here in Japan!

Again.

The Rokkasho is nearly full, with over 2,900 tons of high-level waste already waiting to be reprocessed. Imagine those cooling pools cracking, losing their water.

With fusion energy all but assured, we wont need the horrors of fission any more.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58252784

It IS when not if.

Secretly provide arms to the Afghan mujahideen -- stinger missiles -- and you reap what you sow. The line through 9-11, then on to this disgraceful abandonment of a nation delivers a US made humanitarian disaster that can be traced to that very decision. Operation Cyclone, 1979 to 1989, the CIA operation that just keeps on giving.

@Daniel: That is not correct. Juniperus communis, is used to flavor alcohol to in turn become "gin".