Nagoya Chris comments

Another complete waste of time. How are get they going to be able to enforce this?

This is just pathetic. What an increasingly repugnant and repressive place global society is becoming.

Poor, poor child. May he rest in peace.

Condolences to his family.

Crimes like this seem to a be most regular occurrence in Japan.

Once again, the conservative bashers can't wait to post their nonsense.

@ Ricky Sanchez

The entrance ceremonies are a wonderful part of breaking new recruits into the world of work. What you do in America is of no consequence here. This is Japan. Why oh why oh why do Americans, perhaps more than any other nationality of people, tend to assume that the American way is best.

@Michael Machida I used to carry Bitcoin too, until I absent-mindedly left it on a train seat. Note to readers : do not carry Bitcoin if you are a real estate agent.

@drlucifer lol !!!

@Peter14 No, it isn't rubbish. Clearly, the majority of people who watch porn don't go into to commit violent crimes but pornography itself is violent. Would any parent want their own daughter or son to make pornography? I highly doubt it. That is why I have never used pornography because of the insidiousness of it all. You might want to ask yourself why you need porn.

Ooh, that's a relief. Where would we be without the infinite wisdom of Mr. Bach?

Olympic presidents, politicians, business leaders and the crony hangers-on, all of them venal to the core. I do my absolute best to keep away from such people and the organisations or institutions that they represent. It isn't always easy but I do try.

Pornography actually leads to violence and murder, rather than sex crimes such as rape. May this poor woman rest in peace. It is terrifying to think that this vile 'man' once worked with children.

Everybody wants to be right but I think it is more important to be kind. Whatever our feelings about the outcome of this, let's try to remember the poor young woman who took her own life and her family who must be devastated by this. Abusing people online can be just as hurtful as doing it to them face to face.

She is quite interesting as a writer but this whole feminist trope is clichéd beyond belief. It has been done to death and there is nothing more to be done. Women should have equality with men and they do have it. Of course, one will always be able to come up with some anecdotal 'evidence' of a female being turned down for a job or being spoken to in a patronising manner but that happens to almost everybody from time to time.

Churchill was right when he said that the fascists of the future will call themselves anti-fascist (assuming it is a real quote) .

Tokyo Disneyland has clearly ignored the wishes of the majority and capitulated to the aggressive insanity of the far left bigots. Tokyo Disneyland is now on my list of places to avoid as I only recognise two sexes, male and female, and whilst I understand that there are those who don't feel that way about themselves, I make the educated guess that they are very few in number and that it is completely unnecessary to change our language pronouns, are terms of address and our toilet arrangements.

@Antiquesaving

Yes, when it involves a Japanese citizen it takes on a different dynamic.

@Strangerland

That is correct but one has to wonder how even citizens can change things. As a Briton, I have seen many protests and demonstrations against government policy (the Iraq war being one example) but ultimately to no effect. That is not to say that ordinary citizens shouldn't try to bring about change when confronted with something that they consider to be unjust, of course they should, but one is left to contemplate what good any of it does.

JeffLee

Unfortunately, economic and fiscal policy can never be, almost by definition, an exact science. Whoever calls the shots is irrelevant; sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

Pukey2

Your comment proves my point. What is culturally acceptable to some is unacceptable to others. So, anything is permissible as long as it is acceptable to oneself and anyone who happens to disagree must be bigoted or prejudiced.

Ah, plus ça change!

Antiquesaving

I am sorry for your friends but rules are rules. I am a supporter of LGBT rights, women's rights, animal rights etc but I am also a supporter of countries determining their own laws and rules. Non-Japanese, myself included, don't have an automatic right to move here and change things just because we want to.

I don't care about the UN, the UN is not Japan. And I didn't mention child marriage, I mentioned polygamy.

What about allowing a sovereign nation to uphold its own traditional values? If you say it is ok, fine, but you must also say that it is ok for people hailing from places where polygamy (for example) is allowed to be allowed to immigrate here with all of their spouses.

Even during the boom years, Japan's economy was always precariously poised. No underlying assets, no commodities of her own, this country has only ever been wealthy on paper. The enormous debt that we are reading and hearing about is also only on paper. Japan is a paper country and will always be economically fragile.

@Jefflee I think you have missed the point of the article.

'Stabbed in the back'...... I cannot think of anything more cowardly. They should throw the key away.

Coming soon : LGBTQ and non-binary puppets on Sesame Street.

Stop the world, I want to get off!

Utterly ridiculous and such a shame. No matter how far the liberal wokies push their pathetic agenda, there are only two genders; male and female.

Biden is already proving himself to be an ineffectual president, devoid of leadership and completely out of his depth.

Having visited California early last year I saw first hand the damage caused by Democratic liberal policy.

@Northernlife

Actually, people are well within their rights to castigate others who are potentially putting the health of others at risk. Please don't make comparisons between here and America. The USA is far from being a barometer of acceptable and decent behaviour.

@ P.Smith

Nobody is claiming that 'some' Japanese people don't wear masks. However, it does seem that a disproportionately greater percentage of non-Japanese seem to think that it is ok to not wear one.