Posted in: Child suicides in Japan hit record high of 527 in 2024 See in context
Sad that all the records being broken about children are negative.
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Posted in: China expanding visa-free entry to more countries, including Japan See in context
Good news, for all the modernization of the process it is still really complicated and if you have bad timing you have to apply together with thousands trying to go back for some holiday
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Posted in: Kitaguchi wins women's javelin throw gold See in context
Didn't expect this, congratulations!
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Posted in: China and Russia increasing military collaboration, Japan foreign minister warns See in context
@daito hak
Just shut up!
Easy way to see who will try to make a wrong statement, begins with demanding the other side to shut up.
Those idiots managed to put Russia in the arms of China instead of making them an ally of us.
The one that did that was Putin, he needed no extra help.
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Posted in: Japan, S Korea to link radar systems to track N Korean missiles See in context
I am worried this will just begin now and it was not already done.
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Posted in: Japan to raise hydrogen supply sixfold by 2040 to promote renewables See in context
When comes to green energy nothing could be further from the truth, especially when it comes to green hydrogen and green ammonia, the latter could become a useful fuel alongside or even mixed with green hydrogen.
I read last month about ammonia and how it supposedly is a much better option than hydrogen, unfortunately the text was directed to chemists so I got lost in the middle.
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Posted in: Japan sees sharp rise in drunken driving cases linked to e-scooters See in context
New vehicles come with people using them while drunk, not exactly a surprise.
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Posted in: Genetic twist: Medieval plague may have molded our immunity See in context
How are indigenous people from the New World about this? There have never been a decimating epidemic of plague in the American continent as it happened in Europe, then there should be a lower incidence of autoimmune diseases for people with this genetic background, right?
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Posted in: Japan saw fewer than 400,000 births in Jan-June period See in context
And will see even less in the future, have you seen how difficult is to get a place to live where a family can be raised? how difficult is to get a leave to take care of it without hurting your prospects in your work?
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Posted in: New U.S. study helps demystify COVID brain fog See in context
Damage to these cells can cause leakage of proteins, bleeding and clots, which elevates the risk of stroke.
Sounds familiar.
That is because this is a common complication of COVID-19, it happens all around the body, so it is natural to see it also in the brain.
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Posted in: Tokyo reports 2,772 coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 16,808 See in context
July 4, 2021
Tokyo 518
Nationwide 1485
The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in Tokyo is 51, up one from Saturday, health officials said. The nationwide figure was 496, down five from Saturday.
July 4, 2022
The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in Tokyo is six, up one from Sunday, health officials said. The nationwide figure is 62, up one from Sunday.
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Posted in: University applicants today are prone to prefer easier-to-attend schools. Operators apparently hope to attract more applicants by responding to the need. See in context
There are 704 universities in Japan. About 30 are worth attending
If you take the cost of attending one of those 30 and see the international university rankings it is even better to get a passing grade in an english test and just go to one much better overseas that will cost the same with dorm and other expenses included.
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Posted in: No bartender required: Premixed Jack and Coke going on sale See in context
@ buffalo
I believe these have been available in Australia for well over 25 years.
An old friend of mine is addicted to those cans, apparently is not the same if you make it yourself or something, I will have to tell him to come to Japan to try the local mix.
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Posted in: With ‘Jurassic World 3,’ dinosaurs rule again at North American box office See in context
I liked the first movie a lot, but things went down quickly from the second.
I would love to see another movie about dinosaurs that has nothing to do with Jurassic Park, but the market has been saturated with so many movies of this franchise.
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Posted in: Country star Toby Keith discloses stomach cancer diagnosis See in context
Not really a country fan, but being a family member of a patient that died of stomach cancer I can understand he is having a really bad time right now, surgeries and treatment are gruesome, life can become a living hell for years and I saw patients that refused treatment and instead choose to have a shorter but more fulfilling life with medical support because of this.
@ painkiller
Ignore above posts if you want to see how actual medical authorities give survival rates for this type of cancer.
What I am missing? you just wrong the same thing about survival but on more words. This is the same that our family was told so there is nothing to ignore about anybody's comments. At the beginning we thought it was a phase I but during the surgery other tumors were found so we clearly understood the chances were against survival.
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Posted in: Tarantino receives honorary degree from Israeli university See in context
So, what is this doctorate of? science, history, arts?
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Posted in: Amber Heard says she doesn't blame jury in Depp libel case See in context
This thing is getting way too much attention. The only thing that I got is that both seem like horrible people to live with, so maybe that is something good that came out of the trial.
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Posted in: Japan passes bill to make online insults punishable by jail time See in context
Meh, this is going to end the same as all other laws and regulations that are not enforced except as an excuse in some exceptions, according to the Japanese law it is illegal to sell indecent materials and we all know how well this is working.
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Posted in: Trees aren't a climate change cure-all See in context
The sea is a much more important factor to slow down climate change, the bad news are that it is also very fragile and can turn into a factor that accelerates it.
Trees are important for their local ecology, but for the climate in general the seas are the main star.
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Posted in: GOP directs culture war fury toward green investing trend See in context
The world is changing a little for the better, but dinosaurs are still trying to pull everything back in time, it is not going to work because now the effects of ecologic irresponsibility are clear and people are realizing something has to be done now.
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Posted in: Global pollution kills 9 million people a year, study finds See in context
Pollution is the big neglected problem of the whole world, maybe because it is very expensive to do something about it, maybe because rich people can have the luxury of living in less polluted places, but 9 million lives every year is a steep price to pay to keep a lifestyle.
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Posted in: Sandstorms pose serious risk to human health See in context
If you feel fear from a well balanced article that simply makes information accessible and easy to understand then the problem is not the article nor the site that lets people read it but yourself. People will call fear mongering to anything they don't want to hear, even if nobody ever feel any fear from reading it.
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Posted in: Climate change may increase risk of new infectious diseases See in context
It is very easy to understand how the pandemic is related to climate change and human activity that makes it worse, it should not be necessary to tell people that worse changes will make other viruses easier to jump to human society.
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Posted in: It’s easy to make reservations to get a shot at places provided by local governments, so a lot of people seem to have switched venues from worksites. See in context
Quick appointment at the usual pediatrician without problem, not even needed to enter a cancellation waiting list.
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Posted in: The sex of your cells matters when it comes to heart disease See in context
Why is this so difficult to understand? cells are the ones that can be defined using only biology, people don't
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Posted in: Japanese parents weigh pros, cons of having their children vaccinated See in context
@kurispis
I have posted this before and the adjuvants used are common knowledge.
For personal reasons I had to research use of adjuvants for the vaccines used in Japan, fortunately none is used:
https://en.adioscorona.org/questions-reponses/2021-02-17-adjuvants-vaccins-arn-covid.html
If your problem with the vaccines are the adjuvants then you have no problem with the COVID vaccines used in Japan.
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Posted in: 2 children killed, 3 injured after being hit by truck driven by drunk man See in context
Just saw yesterday the news about one truck driver being sentenced to death, and today another one killing children. It is like a horror deja vu.
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Posted in: UK's chief medical adviser manhandled on street See in context
Thugs that think violence makes them right should be caught and punished to make an example, you can disagree as much as you want about important things like how the pandemic is fought, but that is not an excuse to behave violently.
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Posted in: For readers whose children are doing classes online or had to do them online because of the pandemic, what was the impression you got from your kids about online classes? See in context
I was not present but according to my wife the thing were done quite nicely even if chaotic because of the age of the kids. It even convinced her to enrole him in an online arts class that we were considering for some time. It is obviously not the same and the regular classes are no longer online, but they are useful.
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Posted in: Mother arrested on suspicion of killing 7-month-old daughter by suffocating her See in context
The only one to blame here is the murderer. Having a less-than-cooperative husband is a separate matter and can be dealt with without snuffing out your kids.
I did not read the comment as blaming the husband for the crime, just that it is not easy for people with mental health problems to appear normal and happy, and not noticing it do not mean the husband was not attentive.
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Posted in: China complains to Japan about 'negative' China references in Japan, US communique
As interpreted by a federal judge, correct. Like I said, Trump ultimately prevail in this
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Posted in: Japan, U.S. eye defense chiefs' meeting in Japan in late March
russia's invasion of Ukraine and China's belligerence in the Senkakus, Taiwan, and SCS are real.
Posted in: China complains to Japan about 'negative' China references in Japan, US communique