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pried open in a nearby grove

how poetic. These impoverished civil servants break my heart.

I'll be negotiating hard with them tomorrow...

Indeed, Marcelito. JICA is a vehicle for corporate welfare, little else.

A start, I guess. Does it have teeth?

Yeah. Poorer countries shouldn't be allowed to have nice things.

Like asthma, cardiovascular illnesses and cancer?

The bottom line is that the carriers operate as a cartel, just like the breweries and every other yokonarabi industry.

Japan does have anti-cartel legislation... as window-dressing.

Because it has no teeth, many Japanese companies struggle to compete overseas with:

ア　companies that can't indulge in cartel behaviour, and therefore compete on value (not necessarily price)

イ　companies used to strict consumer protections, rather than strict corporate protections

ウ　companies whose customers understand and demand value-for-money

So Prime Minister, for the sake of Japan Inc., give the law teeth, police it, and hold chief execs responsible.

Out of sight, out of mind for our waste.

Shame on us for consuming so much.

So these wing nuts can threaten voters, then?

A nation flushes, and none-too-soon.

The mobile phone carriers here really do take the pith, and customer service levels suck.

one of the reasons the one trillion euro UK-EU trading relationship is so important

Fog in the Channel, Continent cut off.

Faxes in Japan were the information superhighway of their time, when the rest of us were sending letters.

The fact that they're as tough as a Toyota Hilux means loads of households still use and trust them, no WiFi needed.

Why are UK and EU still arguing over Brexit?

Because, ultimately, Boris cares only about Boris.

My orange kitty Donald would love this.

More fisting!

I hope the guy was breathalysed. Stiff custodial sentence, please.

I'm a cyclist, a train rider and a motorist.

If this guy did (what he was doing on the video) near me, I'd be tempted to have words.

The only problem I see is, most youth suicides are spontaneous and not planned

How can you know that? Not judging, just curious.

Scandalously irresponsible. Someone call the head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force!

Putin, who has praised Trump in the past for saying he wanted TrumpTowerMoscow.com

fixed

He can't set off fireworks like Abe

More hieroglyphics than pyrotechnics.

Change everything but your wife and kids

¥54m is a lot of cash in three years.

I'm Taylor Swift, by the way.

Bucking the trend - an interesting business model for (whisper it) contracting economies.

I do hope his volunteers are screened, trained, monitored and supported themselves.

For your children's sake, flush Trump.

Will they wear 'recruit suits' for the interview?

Sounds like this poor woman needs residential care.

This is a start, but are just babysitters included, or are all other occupations (home tutors, etc., etc.) too? Is the sex offending limited to paedophilia or all flavours in scope?

Great precedent, though. Don't make it 中途半端。

Japan, time to grow a pair and sign the Treaty.

Time for Greggs to hit Japan!

Why not? They'd need a joint venture to make it work.

Perhaps something like Yamazaki's Vie de France?

Ohhhh, sausage rolls and HP!