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He's come along way from starring in Ringu. I think he's a good actor, he speaks English well, and more importantly for acting, his pronunciation is clear. However, he plays the role of a samurai often. We know he can play that role in his sleep so Id like to see him in different roles using English. He is the top Japanese actor for western films and is much better than the others in terms of acting and English ability. Beat Takeshi??! He was unfortunately in the live action version of Ghost in the Shell and all his lines were in Japanese because his English is so poor. He was cringe worthy.

Nibek32Today  04:06 pm JST

Recreational marijuana has had a bad impact on American society, so it makes sense to be skeptical of following this trend.

There are plenty of jobs out there, but Americans have just become too entitled and lazy to do basic jobs. They prefer to stay home eating snacks and watching tik tok videos.

Outside of medical use, the only results of legalization have been negative.

All hearsay and opinion with no scientific or statistical evidence. Legislation has pretty much eliminated the criminal trade and associated criminal activities while generating huge revenue through taxes for governments. There's now quality control as well. More likely that legal alcohol and cigarettes causes more health and social issues.

Gene HennighToday  09:05 am JST

Westerners want their marijuana, so Japan should make it legal. I agree that the punishment is way out of line but, uh, seems like different cultures don't always match up with each other. Don't visit or live in Japan. If you want a J then go where they are legal. Ta da!

I'd argue that there's nothing cultural about it all as Japan merely adopted the US' policy on pot from the 1920's & 30's which itself was racially based. Pot wasn't illegal in Japan back then.

I think the Dodgers have around 16 games left in the regular season so it's entirely possible for Otani to set a MLB record for 50/50. He also has a chance to beat out Judge who's been stuck on 51 HRs for a while.

If they want to return to their coffeehouse roots, stop selling so many sweets, things with sugar, and focus on coffee.

DanteKHToday  06:12 pm JST

Not sure I would trust a 10 years old with my life, let's all be honest here.

She's supervised by a licensed adult. No way any restaurant allows a 10yrs old even if licensed to prepare blowfish by themselves. That toxin is deadly and there's no antidote.

So Live Nation/Ticketmaster are essentially scalpers....scalping their own tickets based upon the bogus premise of 'changing market conditions'. So if demand plummets, they'll suddenly lower the price for tickets?

At least they're communicating...LOL!

Fighto!Today  06:45 pm JST

You could say the same about the Stones, Metallica, U2 and the rest who continue to embark on enormous money making tours.

Good on the Gallagher lads for getting back together, wish I could be there for one of the gigs! Definitely, Maybe is one of the best albums of the 90s.

The Stones are filthy rich. They don't need the money. Jagger's estate has a value of $600mil. Keith around $500mil. I don't know about Metallica but I imagine that U2 aren't exactly struggling.

The Stones have been around since the 60's and have released over 30 albums. Oasis...just 7.

I can only speak about Chiba which has a considerable amount of rice farmers. What I did notice is that: the majority are over 50yrs old, their farming land is small so so is the yield/profit, and no young people are rice farmers.

Farming is a tough job and I don't see young people willing to work that hard outside for such small income. Therefore, most rice farmers receive government subsidies through organizations like JA. Rice farmers either have to merge or corporations need to take over rice farming and modernize to increase the scale.

Japan can easily import more rice to cover the gap but there's pride involved. Continuing to give subsidies to rice farmers who can't make profit and will soon stop working because of their age is a dead end. Expand, modernize, and import seem the only options.

No harm, no foul. Putin is a midget warmonger and Clooney an arrogant hypocrite. For a while, Clooney was actually a decent actor. Now he's a Nestle, one of the worst corporations, spokesman. Nespresso pods which he promotes aren't even recyclable and they used child labour to harvest coffee beans in Northern Africa. But hey....Clooney cares more about........his tainted money.

People are really stupid if they think Couche Tard will make any major changes to 7-11 especially in Japan. They're the pinnacle of convenience stores. If anything they would be smart to use the purchase to make Circle K and Couche Tard better.

Way before my time but if you're into cinema, some of his films are almost mandatory watching most notably Purple Noon. Didn't watch a lot of his films but really liked Le Samourai and La Piscine. His death seemingly denotes the end of era in French cinema. There are many but for me, it was him and Catherine Deneuve that symbolized French cinema. RIP.

WasabiToday  04:56 pm JST

The article didn't mention this important point.... Japan lost the war.

Yes, it is necessary because nobody knows this.

Not mentioning the millions of people Japan is responsible for murdering means they don't want to be reminded that they lost especially when they act like victims. They clearly need to be reminded.

*In his speech, *Kishida did not mention Japan's wartime aggression in Asia, following the precedent set by his immediate predecessors, Yoshihide Suga and Shinzo Abe.

Before Abe, who took the prime minister's post for the second time in 2012, Japanese leaders had consistently mentioned the country's aggression and expressed remorse at the ceremony.

Japanese government no longer mentions the millions of people killed in other countries by Japan in their war of aggression. Zero accountability or remorse.

Fighto!Today  08:59 am JST

Well it seems to work pretty well for Japan - one of the lowest murder rates in the world.

For the most heinous of crimes, the worst of the worst - the terrorist attacks we saw in Japan in the 90s, murders of children, mass murders - the perpetrator has forfeited their rights to be (expensively) kept alive. They are never mourned nor missed.

The low murder rate in Japan is more likely due to culture and demographics not the fear of being executed. Many murderers and serial killers have some type of mental illness. Knowing that they can be executed is hardly going to stop them. They don't care. In fact, they may want to be executed in some cases. Either way, it's not going to deter them.

Statistically it's been shown that capital punishment doesn't deter, prevent, or lower murder rates.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/evidence-does-not-support-the-use-of-the-death-penalty/

bass4funkToday  11:16 am JST

Thank you, the lady from Montreal should know this as a musician, not sure what is wrong with her, I can think of a few things, but I digress, she can voice her opposition, but to decide whether Trump can play it or not is not up to her.

She's not from Montreal, did voice her opinion, and never said he can't play it. How about checking the facts and reading properly. LOL!

There is no evidence that immigrants and migrants are responsible for more crime.

https://fullfact.org/immigration/eu-immigrant-workers-uk-five-things-we-learned-today/

No evidence that migration has reduced the training of UK-born workers

No evidence that migration has reduced the quality of healthcare

No evidence that migration has reduced parental choice in schools or the educational attainment of UK-born children

No evidence that migration has any effect on crime rates in England and Wales

No evidence that migration has reduced the average level of subjective well-being in the UK

No evidence that people are less satisfied with their neighbourhoods than in the past

No evidence of higher or lower prosperity being associated with a higher or lower population

No evidence that migrants are more likely to be working under a zero hours contract than the UK born, nor is there evidence that they more likely to switch industries between two given quarters

No evidence of migrants having preferential access to social housing

No doubt that you may have certain immigrant or migrant individuals or groups that commit crime. Of course you do but there's no evidence they have made crime worse or commit crimes at a higher rate than the general population. They just get more exposure. Someone makes a video of a migrant or immigrant being a jerk or committing a crime, it gets posted on social media, and suddenly the usual suspects they represent all immigrants and migrants when they're a small minority. It's mob behavior.

lostrune2Today  06:24 pm JST

That's why people like how Deadpool just take it in stride and take advantage of it for his own ends! Lol

More like every Marvel movie since Endgame has been crap so even a mediocre one is considered gold. LOL.

The multiverse concept is just an excuse for poor writing and story development. It's a deus ex machina. Any character can be brought back to life and be made any way the writers want. Any situation can be reversed or rectified. There are no consequences for any actions. When you have an answer for everything, there is no longer any impact, meaning, or value to what occurs in the movie. They'll just resurrect them in the next movie via the multiverse.

I've never seen such a close 100m race. Amazing.

JapantimeToday  01:17 pm JST

The runner from Japan was so close to making the final. They will be hard to beat in the relay with him. Also Japan has done very well in these Olympics considering their population is much smaller than many countries.

You clearly don't know what the current population of Japan is. Take a look at the medals chart on the main page. There are only 2 countries with a larger population than Japan. All the rest have much smaller populations than Japan.

You can only sing Back in the Saddle and Draw the Line so many times before they kill your vocal cords. Loved them as hard rock band before they went the pop music route. Everything post Pump is quite soft. But after years of limited popularity, very happy for them to get more mainstream commercial success. Over 50yrs of concerts and tours. They certainly paid their dues. Joe Perry and Brad Whitford have their own bands so I'm sure they'll keep busy without Tyler.

Mentality of a 10yrs old but he's 24.

wallaceToday  07:03 am JST

Schools are closed for the summer.

They are but some kids still go to school especially for club activities (bukatsu) which continue through the summer.

Not only classrooms but most school gyms have no air conditioning. My son plays volleyball in what's essentially a sauna but they say it 'builds' character and toughness. Maybe it does... If he doesn't get heat stroke.

Lynch mobs are alive and well even today. How stupid and depressing.

OssanAmericaToday  07:16 am JST

That Japanese tourists are frequently targeted by petty theft in France is well known. But hitting an Olympic team takes the cake.

Oh give me a break. Petty thieves don't know the difference between Japanese, Chinese, Koreans, etc. All they see are Asians.

This is definitely an inside job. Like hotels, these rooms need a safe but sounds like France is on the cheap.

JimizoToday  09:42 am JST

Got to hand it to Disney.

Successful. They certainly haven’t gone broke.

They won't go broke because their other divisions like theme parks are still profitable but since the article is about their films, if you'd stay on topic you'd realize that both their Marvel and Star Wars divisions have produced financial failure after failure because of their flawed strategy. Bringing back RDJr was a desperation move they had to make because they had sunk so low and couldn't handle to continue losing money.

SendaiGirlToday  11:05 am JST

Who is Babe Ruth? Why should I care?

You posted so you do care. Why not look him up on the internet.

Well some blame a woman's clothes, 'I couldn't control myself because of her seductive clothes' so we shouldn't be surprised that some blame a 12yrs old girl for being raped even after the perp said that he didn't know she was under 13yrs old implying that 13yrs is the age of consent....for him. Sick people.