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Posted in: Chinese professor at Japanese university missing after visiting homeland See in context

People disappear in China, especially those who have foreign ties. Are they detained and being interrogated as espionage suspects or are they being trained in exchange for freedom to become spies when they return to their host countries?

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Posted in: Emperor worried about weak ties to British royals before 1998 visit: documents See in context

Britain still has to come to terms with its slave trading past and colonial exploitation.

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Posted in: Emperor worried about weak ties to British royals before 1998 visit: documents See in context

“Takes time to forget and forgive the atrocities committed in the emperor’s name.”

The war ended nearly 80 years ago. If that’s not long enough to forgive and forget, it would take a lot longer to forget what the Brits did in Asia and Africa for centuries.

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Posted in: Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine picks ex-admiral as chief priest See in context

What stirs controversy is articles like this, not appointing a former MSDF admiral as chief priest. The retired naval officer has a constitutional right to choose his occupation.

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Posted in: Putin warns again Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty threatened See in context

It’s been two years since the war started. I’m sure Ukrainians are prepared to accept the loss of Donbass as the price of peace. The alternative would be years of hopeless war and more civilian casualties.

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Posted in: Major Japanese companies offer large pay hikes, fueling hope of beating deflation See in context

The vast majority (95%) of Japanese are working for small and medium-sized companies. Pay hikes at big corporations won’t bring Japan out of deflation.

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Posted in: China nuclear plants released tritium above Fukushima level in 2022, document shows See in context

Now China will have to ban its own seafood products.

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Posted in: Japan sees China's military buildup as serious concern See in context

Japan is increasing its defense budget only in response to China’s alarming military buildup and territorial expansionism. Don’t get the cause and effect wrong.

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Posted in: Gonoi attends White House ceremony for women of courage award See in context

I couldn’t imagine her attending a formal ceremony in a chic dress or kimono. Unisex attires like a judo outfit best suit her.

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Posted in: Former Japan Self-Defense Forces member given U.S. award for her fight against sexual harassment See in context

I would have liked Ms Gonoi to have politely declined the award, saying there are a lot of brave Americans fighting injustice in the US and who deserve awards from their own government, so please mind your own business.

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Posted in: Michigan cop's mistake leads to $320,000 deal with Japanese man wrongly accused of drunken driving See in context

How much of the settlement money did Ryohei’s American lawyer receive as his legal fee?

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Posted in: Kishida to address U.S. Congress in April See in context

Will he be served a hamburger for lunch just like his predecessor, Suga?

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Posted in: Women take part in Japan's 1,250-year-old 'naked festival' for first time See in context

The women should have worn loincloths too to narrow the gender gap.

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Posted in: Soccer player Ito sues accusers for ¥200 mil over sexual assault claim See in context

Truth will come out in the end. Grown men in short pants running up and down the field kicking a ball is a sorry sight

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Posted in: Japan's ¥43 trillion defense spending plan still insufficient: experts See in context

Japan could have made a better use of its defense budget by deciding to develop its own cruise missiles rather than buying U.S-made Tomahawks designed decades ago.

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Posted in: SDF to soften hairstyle rules as recruit shortage worsens See in context

“LOL, there is a practical reason for short hair for combat troops. Can you think of some ?????”

Having long hair can be a disadvantage in a hand-to-hand combat when the enemy grabs you by the hair and thrust his bayonet into your abdomen. A Mohican might impress the enemy but even the JSDF wouldn’t allow that.

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Posted in: Japan announces successful launch of next-generation H3 rocket See in context

Now Japan has acquired a vehicle capable of delivering nuclear payloads to any target in any parts of the world. Bad news for Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un.

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Posted in: Japan to boost child allowances to tackle falling birthrate See in context

Expanding the child allowance coverage is a good move but increasing health insurance premiums to pay for is not. A lot of people still don’t know that countries like Japan, US and UK that issue their own currencies can never run out of money. The government can pay for the allowance increase simply by issuing government bonds rather than increasing burdens on tax-paying citizens.

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Posted in: Asian shares track Wall Street rally as Japan's Nikkei nears record high See in context

What goes up comes down. Investors, brace yourselves for a big crash.

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Posted in: Kim's powerful sister says N Korea, Japan can open 'new future' See in context

“moving on from the long-running matter of North Korea's kidnapping of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 1980s.”

There’s no moving on from the kidnapping issue until all the Japanese abductees are returned and accounted for. I fear that Kishida will readily accept Kim”s invitation and end up pledging massive aids to NK without getting a single abductee back.

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Posted in: Kishida pledges to tackle discrimination in rebuke of LDP lawmaker See in context

PM’s pledge to fight discrimination has little to do with Sugita’s past remarks. Just like when the LGBT law was passed, Kishida is a puppet acting out a script someone wrote.

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Posted in: More Japanese women buying Valentine's Day chocolates for themselves See in context

Eating too much sweets can be harmful. Watch your blood sugar levels.

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Posted in: Japan to pledge ¥15.8 bil for Ukraine's reconstruction See in context

Obviously the colonial masters ordered Kishida to clean up their mess and pay for the reconstruction of Ukraine because they have more important and lucrative matters to attend to in the Middle East. The money could be better spent to improve lives of Japanese people.

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Posted in: Dog that bit 12 people not vaccinated for rabies See in context

“Also, rabies is just like the flu, in fact it is the flu, and only old dogs and dogs with preexisting conditions are in any danger. Pure MSG fearmongering!

Where did you get the idea that rabies is just like the flu? There’s no cure for the disease and once symptoms appear the result is always the death.

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Posted in: Acclaimed Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa, who led the Boston Symphony Orchestra, dies at 88 See in context

“a seven coloured rainbow necklace hangs around his neck. I wonder what it signifies? Can another reader of Japan Today inform me?”

That’s the LGBTQ symbol colors surely?

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Posted in: Kishida pledges to provide Africa with support for food security See in context

Is the PM joking? With the food self sufficiency rate of less than 40 percent, Japan is in no position to care for other countries food security. In the event of food import disruptions or global crop failures, Japan will be the first country to starve.

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Posted in: Ukraine-born Miss Japan relinquishes crown after reported affair See in context

The beauty pageant’s organizers attempted to boost the popularity of this outdated event by bringing in new blood but it backfired. What the JT article didn’t mention is the fact that the plastic surgeon she was having an affair with was one of the judges of the contest.

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Posted in: Chinese ships warn Japan SDF planes to leave airspace near Senkakus See in context

I don’t understand why Japan has been keeping the disputed islands uninhabited when they could have built a military base there years ago. Think what would happen if some shipwrecked Chinese “fishermen” landed on the islands started living there?

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Posted in: Kishida grateful to N Korean leader for quake sympathy message See in context

It’s seems to me that Kishida is trying to use Kim’s message to boost his and LDP’s record low approval ratings, hoping for a breakthrough like a summit meeting with the Dear Leader.

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Posted in: Lunar night puts Japan's lander back to sleep See in context

It’s good to know that Japan’s space technology has survived the three decades of tight fiscal policy and no economic growth.

-6 ( +3 / -9 )

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