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Don’t make hasty decisions thinking you might miss the bus. It would take years before EV cars replace conventional or hybrid cars. Thai people ought to be cautious. Chinese EV’s have a tendency to start burning.

Ukraine’s war against Russia cannot be won. There’s no way Zelensky could recover the eastern provinces and Crimea from Russians. It’s time to pull out of the lost cause and mend ties with the resource-rich nuclear power.

I pray for Ohtani that the Dodgers will not file for bankruptcy before the ten years is up.

It’s a case of stealing seedlings and taking them out of Japan without permission. The Japanese Muscat growers forgot to get patent protection for their fruit.

@JeffLee

The fact that “the bomb was originally developed to use against Germany” is well known in Japan. It was agreed between Roosevelt and Churchill, months before Germany’s surrender, that the bomb should be used against the Japanese 

https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/key-documents/hyde-park-aide-memoire/

A ban on non-industrial diamonds from Russia? The G7 countries are clearly running out of sanction options. No matter how much money you pour into Ukraine, you can’t defeat Russia, which is self sufficient in food and energy.

“the fax machine still has plenty of life here”

It’s good to have alternatives. When one thing fails, you can still fall back on something else.

Japan doesn't deserve such an honor. What about China and the U.S., the two biggest CO2 emitting countries? The J gov should politely decline the award.

Japan will have to start thinking very seriously about acquiring nukes to protect itself from nuclear armed rogue neighbors. You’re naive if you believe the US will ever go to war with China for Japan.

More nuclear power generation means less dependence on imported oil. The declaration will help enhance Japan’s national security.

This seems to be something wrong with police and immigration officers in Aichi prefecture, though part of my sympathy goes to the eight police officers under investigation. Imagine having to deal with a violent criminal suspect who refuses to eat. Their superiors should have checked on the detained man’s condition and sent him to hospital.

“So very honored that us humble common-folk are given the privilege of continuing to fund the extravagant lifestyle of this family with our hard-earned tax payments”

Don’t worry. The Imperial Household Agency is funded and financed by issuing government bonds. Your hard-earned tax money is not used to support the family.

Did Koike actually graduate from Cairo University top of her class as she claims or is she just faking her academic credentials? That’s one question everyone wants to know the answer of.

Not North Korea. They have better rocket technology.

“overseas organ transplants for Japan residents”

Were the recipients foreign nationals living in Japan? If so print their nationalities.

“Dear Japan, stop being Asia's US concubine..”

Japan has been under US military occupation since the end of WW2. You can’t say no to your colonial master.

“ I am one who personally supports the US and its military personnel going back home to their families”

If only the US allowed Japan to have effective nuclear deterrence against those rogue dictatorships, all US military personnel would be able to go back home to their families.

And South Korea’s Supreme Court will most likely dismiss the high court’s decision. Koreans don’t know when to give up or how to give up. Keep wasting your time.

@sakurasuki

“Does suspended sentence included in that proposal?“

You are found guilty whether your sentence is suspended or not. Pedophiles given suspended sentences should also be included in the sex offenders register.

She was sentenced to an indefinite term in prison. There’s no such thing as life imprisonment in Japan.

The image many Japanese used to have of the Vietnamese was that of hardworking, diligent, honest and and brave (they fought against the Imperial China for centuries and recently the Communist China). The image has been completely shattered.

The Health Ministry should also introduce a mandatory pre-entry screening for syphilis, the incidence of which has been alarmingly on the rise in recent years.

Full recovery of inbound tourism is good news but it still accounts for less than one percent of the GDP. And welcoming more tourists means places will be packed. It’s not something the majority of Japanese people can celebrate.

“Meanwhile US occupation forces are still here after WW2.”

The US military still controls Japan’s airspace traffic and radio frequencies. Hardly an independent country .

@almakukac

Don’t jump to your own conclusion. Maybe the woman was a kleptomaniac and stole the food just for the thrill of it.

It’s a move in the right direction. AI-based agri-robots could eventually replace technical trainees from China and Vietnam and end the modern slave labor.

Don’t let your imagination run riot.. They were just conducting a tsunami evacuation drill.

“Look at it from their point of view!”

If you look at it from Japan’s point of view, the country is only responding to the alarming military buildup and territorial assertiveness of China and Russia.

@ TaiwanIsNotChina

“Except no one died there, apparently?”

Would you like to be incarcerated in the Minidoka camp for four years if you wouldn’t die?

No mention in the article of how she killed herself. An overdose? RIP

Just abolish the consumption tax. That would amount to a 10 percent wage-hike for every consumer.