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I think this article was written a while back when gasoline was 117/litre.

I agree with seriously looking into the physical side of your relationship and whether or not you are using it as a weapon in a carrot and stick way? Its often said unfairly that familiarity breeds contempt and that a wedding cake reduces a woman's libido by a large percentage. I'm not sure if you knew about his nature before you tied the knot and whether or not you want to have a family? As you are probably aware, a man can commit no shame outside of his home/house and this does involve extra curricular activities. Some Japanese spouses severely limit the husbands expenditure and allowance to 1000Yen a day which makes health delivery games very difficult.

I think people are quite bored and frustrated at home and often want something to do. For most Fashion Hotels you need a car and people think driving is quite safe for social distancing. I have noticed the cheaper rooms sell out very quickly and many people do stay overnight, as after 10pm the rates are quite reasonable. Many hotels also day rates for procreative activities.Another factor is that many young women have now entered the Health Delivery business after losing part time jobs. Social media makes it easy to hook up with them and negotiate fees online.

No doubt the father had been berated at work or scolded for some micromanagement issue. Its often the case that they come home angry and take it out someone else. Passing the anger along the chain. In the West we could kick the cat or dog. Im glad the child had the courage to tell the police and hope other kids being abused get the message.

It must have been very difficult for the Father to do as it was Fathers Day. Japan is very good at self policing and maybe a 100% of Japanese Dads would have done the same!!

Isn't it about time they got some rubber stamps,sniffer dogs,passport readers and trained some more robotic immigration officers to show you images of drugs and ask if you smoke them or have any in your bag and then make Itami and Kobe true International Airports? A lot more convenient and nearer Osaka,Kobe and Kyoto. Itami is still called Osaka International Airport and has the sign up from yesteryear. OK the locals moan about the noise. Modern jets are much quieter. Give all the locals free double or triple glazing to shut em up.With the Rugby World Cup next year and then the Olympics, back up plans must be in place.

It would seem someone had an axe to grind over the yellow puddles in rest rooms?

If you go to 2nd Street, Book Off, Tsutaya and other recycle shops they will look at old phone and offer you a price depending on its specs and condition. Of course you can put it on E-BAY and post it overseas. Be careful with the iPhones 4/5 in Japan. Softbank and Au and others put a hardware lock on them which can be difficult and time consuming to get released.

The process of getting a wallet back with contents is a lot more complex than explained here. The owner must first locate the finder and get a release document signed and also pay a sum from 10-15% of the contents before the police will release the wallet. Of course what is also not widely known is that the item and contents is yours to keep if not claimed within 6 months.

How long is it going to be before an intern or trainee working for TEPCO accidentally leaves a valve on allowing a huge contaminated spillage into the Pacific Ocean. Of course when they do find out after they reassure us all that the intern/trainee has been fired, so everything is OK.

Surely this is not for another 5-6 weeks? Its still seems like Summer here in Osaka with air conditioners on full blast.

It would be very interesting to find out what gear they had on and were carrying. These guys sound like they were quite experienced and had possible outdoor survival skills. I hope they didn't camp in a tent with heaters going?

Too bad Cynthia wasn't here when Charisma Man was around, not that he would have been interested in comforting her!!! Most gaijin women seem to last around 1yr to 18 months and usually say sayonara after disastrous attempted conjugations with local men or loneliness kicks in.

2 of the 4 government sanctioned Holidays are on the weekend making it a 50PC less Golden Week this year. Anyhow lets hope its gets everyone spending and not saving to help Abenomics.

A great article and very illuminating. Some of the words do honour their original inventors like Hotchkiss-stapler and Roentogen-X Rays. Winka for indicator got me for a long time along with Klaxon for horn and handle for steering wheel.

It reminds me of the old joke-You can always tell when a politician is lying-their lips move!!! Of course he doesn't want hyperinflation, as the last PM who stoked it up between the wars was assassinated by the military.

Sharp does need saving and that's why Samsung have been allowed to buy 3PC stake in it.

Lets hope they decide to open all the branches throughout Japan that they closed down all of a sudden when exchange rates altered.

A very sad story and one that will haunt the parents and the driver for their future lives. The drivers of today have too many distractions while driving,TV,movies,Navis,Mobile phones,GPS,SMS etc. I do hope he had a dashboard cam that was working and will possibly apportion blame,although its probably 99pc the drivers fault in this case.

Wow. I wonder where I can buy some iPS cells to rejuvenate my ailing and aging body parts.

Very few people in Japan would even be aware of these devices as the Japanese believe them to be called a hotchkiss, after their original name and inventor. They would have to be marketed as hotchkissless hotchkisses!!! Quite a mouthfull.

Vulcanologists and seismologists had been predicting this for the last few days so it was not unexpected and the warning signs had been detected.

Please tell me where you can play squash in Japan?

Its been Number 1 for a while in the UK and even the Prime Minister and Lord Mayor of London have been dancing to it. I think the Japanese cannot see that it has elements of parody,self mocking and irony in it which they probably dont understand.PSY has been on US TV and his English is very good which is also probably annoying to the Japanese. The song is about an area of Seoul called Gangnam and the rappers/dudes who come from that area of which Psy is one.

Dont throw out the special sunglasses as you can use them again for the transit across the sun of Venus on June 6th.This will last for around 6 hours and will be visible from Japan.

You forgot to mention the cup noodles museum in Ikeda,Osaka.Home of the original.Its free to wander around but they do charge a small amount to make some original cup noodles to your own recipe.You can also decorate the cup with paints.Kids love it.Very busy on a rainy day.

The Peach in Peach Aviation is actually an acronym. Pan - Asian,Energetic,Affordable,Cute and cool,Happy. Wow. Lets hope they dont follow in the footsteps of Peach Air,a UK charter airline that only lasted 2 years. Apprently 1090 applied for 90 jobs as in flight attendants.

The ad did say up to 50MPG. Up to can mean from 1to 50 inclusive.

Its probable that most of the cars were fitted with on board video cameras that records a history of travel for possible insurance claims or accidents.No doubt these will quickly be viewed by the police unless the drivers quickly took the SD cards out?

The problem, as I see it, is that the owners keep the imported steering wheel on the left so it looks cool and sophisticated as a foreign import.They would find overtaking very difficult in this situation unless they have had externsive training in driving these sorts of vehicles.Its about time Japan stopped Foreign imports of these kinds of cars unless the owner agrees to change the steering to comply with Japanese roads.