Neil McDonald comments

Osaka needs some clean and new hostels.

Mc should sell gyudon

Colombia, Ivory Coast and Greece is a pretty good group for Japan. I hope they can get to at least the 1/4 Finals.

Most have been a fun cm to be an extra on.

Like Ishikawa Ryo, he as much an advertising model as a sportsman

The leaflets were most likely dropped by small weather balloons. S. Korea also use this technique to leaflet bomb propaganda.

One of the more watchable shows on daytime tv. I always enjoyed it when they had foreign guests on who looked bewildered.

Is this designed for people who are too lazy to reach into their pocket and take out their phone? Who needs a smart watch that will most likely run out of battery and leave you wondering what time it is?

The government are wasting so much time and money on this issue, there are more important things to do.

I was just in Beijing and didn't see a single HIS or other tour group anywhere.

Superhotel offer a unique experience and breakfast is included

The Ika Odori (Squid Dance) in Hakodate on August 2nd and 3rd is a great event. Do the squid dance to help local fishermen get a bountiful catch for the coming season.

Nobody will use Apple Maps after the colossal cock up it was at launch.

How about Gillian Anderson?

Thanks for the information about mobile phone contracts in the USA, very useful for all of us here in Japan.**

Most Japanese teachers I work with would struggle to get a decent score in TOEFL. It should be required to study abroad for 3-6 months for all teachers of Junior High and High School English.

Was this article sponsored by JT? Japan has some incredibly lax smoking laws compared to the EU, Australia and most US states. Cigarette are very cheap and heavily advertised here too.

This movie was not entertaining and had huge plot holes. I'm glad I went to see it on a discount day and only wasted 1000円. It was insultingly bad.

Magazines and DVDs of school children in bikinis is ok but art is obscene?

It's the real thing. I hope that with inflation, wages also will increase. I don't know how people working baito on 800円 can have a reasonable quality of life.

Torikizoku also offer very large glasses of about 700ml of kirin tanrei (not real beer but close enough) for 280円 and their Gin & Tonic uses Beefeater gin. You can have a cheap night out as long as you don't mind eating chicken and chicken offal all night.

There used to be a place in Gotanda that sold nama beer for 50円. The food was also quite cheap so even if we ate and drank our fill the bill usually came out at less than 2000円. I always wondered how that place made a profit.

Mitsubishi are totally to blame, their generator leaked radioactive steam

Watch as the LDP sweep to victory in an election with a turnout of 40% or less.

Nice idea if it helps people who can't usually socialise to get away from their PCs to go out and meet people.

Japanese culture is the biggest obstacle - they fear being embarrassed, don't express their true feelings and generally are ignorant of foreign culture and customs.

You don't need any ID for domestic flights in Japan.

So who are the candidates?

If I had a family and was living in Osaka I would recommend moving to Hyogo or Shiga. Things will only get w

This was a terrible 3-D cash in, none of the scares of the originals.