nandakandamanda comments

Kyūshū yes, but principally Shikoku.

@tora, yes, there is a big one booked for Tokyo, but that is another plate, and another story.

The big one here, the coming Nankai Trough quake mentioned in the article, is estimated to kill at least 350,000 people along the coasts of Kyushu, Shikoku and southwest Honshu.

Some real news at last! Lucky it missed everyone, although it passed right through two storeys.

Agreed. In this case the kid had probably heard complaints for years from his elders and betters about the preacher and his bigoted kooky views, and in a hot-headed moment decided to go and do something about it. I too would not call this terrorism, but use of a knife in Islam does have symbolic meaning, so religious extremism and aggravated assault here might be a better description.

Quote from the article just in case anyone didn't read it:

"...a video circulating of the alleged attacker pinned to the ground, his face obscured, with a voice speaking in Arabic "if they didn't insult my prophet, I wouldn't have come here"...

What he allegedly said was a little longer, but we get the idea from this quote.

Well, as long as the 872 fuel rod assemblies can all be unloaded again if local consent is not actually granted...

My father took my brother and me to see these cherry blossoms by the Potomac in the 1950s. He loved them. The Statue of Abraham Lincoln also remains clearly etched in my memory from that day.

A tea bowl？Probably too heavy to comfortably drink anything from.

Not reading from prompt cards, his speech was memorized, sure, but it was well-paced, easy to understand, on-target and powerful, as RK13 says above. Congratulations, Mr Kishida!

10 million is the price that Takashimaya had on it, but that probably contains several million prospective profit for them. I was surprised that no news sites showed what the actual object itself looks like.

Putin opened a can of worms, and even after two years, he has no way of closing it. Much more pain to come, for both sides.

Didn't the script require him to point the gun at someone?

What is this? Are they making some kind of stand or statement?

Well, as long as Russia and China inter alia have agreed to join and abide by this, fine. The effort needs to be worldwide to get lock-in.

Well, this was unexpected for me, but the potential is there and I really hope he nails it.

One of those signs above says "US and China hands off Philippines!"

Congratulations on the scientists predicting this event correctly! Hoping people did not stare at it for the full four minutes, as that would negate much of the benefit of the recommended dark glasses.

Good subject to be aware of. Thanks.

Storm at sea?

Avoid sneakers with your suit.

No squeaky pencils then? Just the music of tinnitus. :-)

Sounds OK to me.

Should have used a water butt.

Quote: "The Suzuka track was built by Honda and is still run by the Japanese car builder. It's set southwest of Nagoya, Japan's fourth largest city, in a center of heavy industry."

No, it's set mainly in the countryside. The race was fascinating in the midfield behind the Red Bulls, with tons of overtaking, and the end was thrilling. Both Sainz and Perez have been driving recently like their pants are on fire.

Just listening to radio communications between drivers and engineers today at Suzuka, some of the foreign drivers spoke pretty poor English, which was made even more incomprehensible by the noise and static.

It's musical chairs though. Raw talent will break through sure, given a smattering of luck, but it needs a raft of others factors for a seat to actually come together for you. Tsunoda has a prime seat in a Red Bull; all he has to do now is show maturity and consistency.

Quote: “So it’s hard to communicate well, and tell what you want specifically from the car — setup, for example. These things will take a little bit of time.”

You also need to understand, in incredibly noisy conditions, what they are asking you to go out and do each lap.

You can drive fast and look like an idiot if you are not doing the rght thing.

Quote: "With the country fully open and seemingly everyone fulfilling their travel bucket list by heading to the Land of the Rising Sun, popular tourist spots, like Kyoto, are getting pretty crowded. While you could visit beautiful yet out-of-the-way, less popular destinations instead..."

Commentators here were saying last year that the sharp price increase for the Japan Rail ticket will push people to confine themselves to the same places and no longer venture further afield.

First and last photos above are beautiful, though.

The headline gives cats a bad name. Can't it be rephrased?

Me too. (Looking forward to the race.)

Must not forget to give thanks to the Honda engines in the four Red Bulls.

Ferrari look to be on a roll, and MacLaren are snapping at their heels.

Sadly I will be busy entertaining at the time, though. )-:

@mountainpear. Yes, I told a close friend about it and he actually knew of the guy.

"Belongs to the 'Y'", he said, "a dangerous guy". But it was the positive way he mentioned North Korea that remains in my mind.

Which of the seven reactors are they discussing? Cleansed and whitewashed article for public consumption. Difficult to know how to comment with so little content.

Someone was actually able to gain entry without a pass, facilitated by staff, but later the fact got found out. That is reported above as: "Since January 2021, a defective intruder detection system and other security shortcomings were discovered at the plant, ..."