Meiyouwenti comments

Most wild animals die once they are past their reproductive age. Humans are animals too. Don’t expect passionate sex of your partner after you’ve had a child or two.

“Lobbying the United States for an exemption?” Why not talk about imposing retaliatory counter tariffs on imports from the US and hit where Trump hurts most. That’s what normal countries do.

What’s at issue is how evidence submitted to court should be used outside court. Ms Itoh could have consulted with her former lawyer before releasing it in her film,

It’s cold in Paris in February but I think these sumo wrestlers wouldn’t feel much cold because they have thick subcutaneous fat.

Send your kids to Japanese schools.

“Can we please discuss this kind of thing without it descending into racism against Chinese people.”

Pointing out the fact that many Chinese tourists visit Kyoto during their lunar New Year holidays is not racism.

The days of incompetent foreign-born executives earning exorbitant salaries are gone for good. Keep wasting your money, Kelly.

Those footballers play for money. Verbal abuse and slander from ticket paying fans are part of their job.

I’m sure Kato will abolish the tariffs on rice if the US scraps generous subsidies to the US farmers.

“Daimyo to the Emperor”

Or rather, Daimyo to the Shogun.

Judging from the suspect’s name, Vincent Yat Sum Yeung, he’s originally from Hong Kong or some other Cantonese speaking part of China.

“Friday's data showed Vietnamese, Chinese and Filipinos were the top three nationalities in Japan's foreign labor force.”

i wonder how it is that a growing number of people from the world’s second largest economy, China, are coming to Japan, the world’s fourth largest, to work at minimal wage jobs, or worse, as technical trainees.

Good. Quite appropriate response to the rude and intrusive suggestion from the UN committee. Mind your own business, UN, and don’t meddle with someone else’s domestic affairs.

If Muslims find it difficult to live in Japan because of lack of graves, then they should consider going back to their home countries where their remains will be buried in accordance with their religion. Multiculturalism means respecting each culture’s way of life. It doesn’t mean imposing yours on others.

In China, women have kept their surnames after marriage for more than two millenniums and yet no one thinks China is the champion of gender equality.

Next month, the government will officially announce that Japan’s economy had a negative growth rate for the fiscal 2024. Rate hikes in times of negative economic growth mean weaker consumption and more bankruptcies (both corporate and personal). A lot of people will have difficulty paying back their mortgage loans and end up homeless. The BOJ governor Ueda should be sacked immediately.

A bullet in the back of the head is the normal way of execution in China. Some provinces use lethal injection these days.

Iwoto Island? That’s “Iwo Island Island.” It’s like saying Todaiji Temple. Personally I prefer the previous name, Iwo-jima.

Funachaki is a very unusual surname. Anyone know how it is written?

“Japanese do not handle criticism well, as evidenced by the number of down votes for those calling out Japan's inhumane treatment of prisoners, yet none have the courage to make a comment to support it.”

How do you know those downvotes are from Japanese?

He’s already out of prison. Time flies. I think Ghosn should cover the former Green Beret’s $500,000 debt. He’s enjoying his life in exile thanks to the Taylors.

She attacked students she wasn’t acquainted with, instead of the ones who allegedly bullied her and made her feel “belittled.” It’s not clear yet whether she had really been subjected to bullying but even so it doesn’t justify a hammer attack. Playing victim as an excuse is part of the Korean national character.

What kind of sanctions would Japan and the EU be imposing on the US if Trump invaded and annexed Greenland?

I want the people of Okinawa to know that not all U.S. servicemen stationed there are rapists. There are some who are not.

The Hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) should realize that, as the only country that experienced nuclear attacks, Japan has the right to possess its own nuclear weapons to protect its citizens from future nuclear attacks by rogue nuclear powers.

Spending for the increased defense budget for the fiscal 2024 began in April last year. And where’s the money coming from? By issuing government bonds of course. No need for raising taxes to pay for the defense budget.

In this case, the son didn’t have time to collect his mother’s next pension payment in February this year.

Long life isn’t something you can celebrate if you’re bedridden with tubes attached all over your body.

There’s a fine line between religion and business. It’s often difficult to tell where one ends and the other begins.

Most people I know send their New Year’s greetings by LINE. I can’t even remember the last time I sent any New Year postcards. The custom of exchanging cards is rapidly disappearing and no one will be doing so in ten years time.