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Posted in: What's that bar band playing 'Jumpin' Jack Flash?' Oh, it's the Rolling Stones See in context

Mick looks 80 anyway - even with that “hair”(?)

Wonder how he’d look without it.

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Posted in: University student arrested for punching girlfriend in the face See in context

I wonder, if a woman punched a man in the face and broke his cheek bone would it get a news headline?

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Posted in: Bodies of 4 elderly hikers found near mountain trail in Tochigi Prefecture See in context

What other activities would you suggest at that “honorable age”?

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Posted in: Johnny's to change name to SMILE-UP.; create new firm to manage performers See in context

Do you know when you see silly English mistakes in Japan on shops or advertising? This is of the same mentality. They could easily have gotten the help of any native English speaker - you know, anyone walking down the street - and hire their help. But they are old, xenophobic, nationalist Japanese businessmen who obviously can’t speak English. So this is all they could stupidly think up. Really insulting to the Japanese public to assume they’ll fall for such simple-mindedness.

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Posted in: Japanese gov't plans to seek court order to dissolve Unification Church See in context

Which religions would be okay in Japan? I mean, aside from direct involvement with political leaders.

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Posted in: Petition filed against felling thousands of trees in historic Tokyo park area See in context

Nihon Tora

Thanks for the stats on green space, with Tokyo a lowly 7.4% green space. Even that much was likely due to international pressure to green up, being a major world city. Tokyo used to be much worse decades ago. And grim as things are, still better than Osaka. Wonder about Osaka’s stats on green space. Maybe 2-3%?

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Posted in: Controversial U.S. livestreamer 'Johnny Somali' arrested in Osaka See in context

Reading these comments on here is like reading one comment over and over. This is like the hate bait stories that appear regularly. Why bother yourselves about him? That’s just giving him publicity and then more people will look at his videos. Ignore him.

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Posted in: For filmmakers, ‘Oppenheimer’s’ $900 mil-plus haul is an important moment for Hollywood and theaters See in context

Is the reason it’s not playing in Japan:

1) too sensitive an issue yet for a country that was the victim of Oppenheimer’s creation?

or

2) would not be a box-office success here - mainly for reasons related to #1 above?

In either case, that does not make Japan’s position on the film look very good. I’m in full awareness over the horror of the bombs. But the fact, as I understand it, is there was a race among nations to develop the bomb. Japan was in that race as well, but was too slow and non-committal. This is a movie about the person who made that historically terrible achievement. One should be able to view that objectively.

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Posted in: Man arrested for assaulting taxi driver, stealing taxi after refusing to pay fare See in context

By the way, a lot of people in Japan are surprised when they are told that in other countries you can be arrested for public displays of your drunkenness. Gee.

Oh, I get it. I guess they think a salaryman should be given the right to make life miserable for others because of their slave-like dedication to the workplace. Gotcha.

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Posted in: Japan warns of excessive currency moves; says all options on table See in context

It seems controlled for now. But is this like a cork bottle waiting to pop? Or, are there factors to prevent that from happening over time.

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Posted in: Japan warns of excessive currency moves; says all options on table See in context

Well, what exactly can they do anyway? Does “intervention” mean buying up yen with dollars? How long would that work?

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Posted in: Swarms of tourists causing crisis for Mount Fuji See in context

Just checked temperature difference between Tokyo at Mt. Fuji summit.

At 9:00 AM today, Tokyo is 30C ( 86F). On the Mt. Fuji summit, it’s 9C ( 48F). That’s a big difference. But for a lot of western tourists, they don’t care. They like shorts and T-shirts anyway. But use JMA ( Japan Meteorological) site. Don’t depend on some daffy ( “at this time of year in” blah blah) international weather site.

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Posted in: Swarms of tourists causing crisis for Mount Fuji See in context

Excuse my ignorance on the subject.

”Bullet-climbing”. You mean people climb in the dark night hours to get to the top before sunrise? Do they camp or something at the fifth station, or - OMG - go right from the bottom to the top?

Western travellers: For many, if there’s a mountain they just gotta climb it. Even if much more beautiful from a distance, they don’t care.

I don’t want to sound like a pessimist, but if people on here know of altercations between “foreigners” and Japanese, I’d like to hear of them. Just interested. Must be quite a few by now.

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Posted in: Japan's synthesized singing sensation Hatsune Miku turns 16 See in context

It’s nice to be enthusiastic about things, but Japan’s fascination with the idea of “things” being better than humans is kind of scary ( as well as philosophically shallow).

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Posted in: Rapper Eminem tells Ramaswamy to drop the mic, quit playing songs See in context

Get ready for the thinly veiled, seething racism of the left to come out in force in the coming days, weeks, months.

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Posted in: Sandwich chain Subway to be sold to fast-food investor Roark Capital See in context

No, my “what the hell” frustration indicates “where’d they go?” Since everybody I knew liked them, strange that with their long term popularity they’d fade away.

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Posted in: Sandwich chain Subway to be sold to fast-food investor Roark Capital See in context

gcFD1

I don’t know how long you’ve been in Japan -maybe not very long. Subway has (had?) been a decades long fixture here. Hence my question inviting theories. I know about Google Maps etc, mate.

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Posted in: White man fatally shoots 3 Black people at Florida store, then kills himself See in context

I just checked CNN to see if they are headlining this incident. But they aren’t. And CNN usually likes to fan the flames when there’s a racial incident. But nothing at the moment. However, JT seems very interested in this, even if crimes in American cities are usually ignored by them.

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Posted in: Sandwich chain Subway to be sold to fast-food investor Roark Capital See in context

Thanks, posters, for ignoring my simple question.

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Posted in: Apple unexpectedly supports Right to Repair Act See in context

Just as a tip, watch out with Apple AirPods. It’s not a repair-by-parts item. If you start getting static on them, it’s toast. Have to get new ones full price or shop cheap alternatives online.

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Posted in: Sandwich chain Subway to be sold to fast-food investor Roark Capital See in context

What the hell has happened to all the Subways I used to enjoy here in Japan? Really hard to find them now, in Kansai at least.

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Posted in: Progress toward parity for women on movie screens has stalled, report finds See in context

Hito Bito

Re: parity. That’s right, exactly.

Also, if people really want to have parity in movies, just cast more women as murderous villains in action movies. How about that?

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Posted in: Trains, flights canceled as typhoon rips across western Japan See in context

“Another storm in a teacup”

Re: “Elaborate please” comment.

To elaborate for the commenter, I’d assume they mean another hyped up typhoon event, the likes of which have almost never amounted to much over the past 60 years. There were a couple scary ones about five years ago, one of which caused big problems for Kansai International Airport, but no comparison to those old time Japan. Basically, typhoons in modern day Japan are hugely over-hyped, and are something to get excited about for people who need something to get excited about.

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Posted in: Western, central Japan brace as typhoon expected to make landfall Tuesday See in context

I’m happy to see the typhoon increasingly be called by its name, Lan. All over the world, typhoons, hurricanes, cyclones ( same storm ) are named. As far as I know, only Japan has this dry number system, like a science laboratory. No surprise.

Yes, I remember Typhoon Jebi in 2018, I believe ( referred to as 20 in Japan that year). That was very rough in Kansai. Hope that doesn’t happen again.

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Posted in: Japanese TV issues heatstroke alert, says to avoid exercise, but keeps showing high school baseball game See in context

The rabid fanaticism of fight for Japan without complaint until you drop - as in the extreme case, suffering people in WW2 - continues in some form yet today in sports and in work - especially in the pressure on youth.

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Posted in: Canadian rapper sentenced to 10 years in prison in Megan Thee Stallion shooting See in context

This article is about a guy getting 10 years for the shooting. It’s his picture that should be shown along side hers. Why the absence? ….Well?

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Posted in: Robbie Robertson, lead guitarist and songwriter of The Band, dies at 80 See in context

Robbie Robertson’s name very underrated. I mean very. Even in his home country, Canada, underrated. Worked and created with the Band and Bob Dylan so well. In on all projects. Clever and artistically poignant songwriter at the same time.

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Posted in: Man arrested for stabbing, slashing 2 workers at Tokyo convenience store See in context

“What are his motives?”

Being crazy and angry. Okay?

People feel so much better if there’s a motive. Because if the world is crazy, then they feel crazy. Sorry to disappoint you.

Guy probably reading the news about other angry stabbings and decided that fits his situation. And that’s all.

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Posted in: From Killer Mike to Fat Joe, hip-hop stars talk about how first rap song resonated with them See in context

Musical traditions are destroyed by rap and hiphop -except for diehard collectors - because they get no airplay anymore. You get hiphop as the backing music in family restaurants and shopping malls now. It’s everywhere. No variety.

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Posted in: More Japanese regions brace for storms as Typhoon Khanun heads west See in context

falseflagsteve

Maybe, but maybe closer to Kanto. Don’t give up yet.

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