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As long as the restrooms are not old Edo style.

Possible solution: Require incoming tourists to register a credit card with a tracking app that warns them about and automatically fines them when they choose to enter restricted areas. 

Wow. Big Brother in action. George Orwell would recongize that system.

Not that unusual. Many thefts from businesses are actually done by the employees. Amazing how much stuff can just walk out the door.

Umebosh--I like almost all Japanese foods, but first time I tried  umeboshui, I thought it was terrible. Many years later, I have not changed my opinion.

Last thing I need in life is more salty foods.

Lot of fuss over a slice of cheese. I get the strong feeling that her complaint, while justified, was not conducted in a civil manner.

What a joke this guy has become..a true one trick pony.

> YrralToday  07:37 am JST

UK is a shell of themselves,they never really recovered from the US war of Independence

In Victorian times they had the largest empire the world has ever seen. I would call that a nice recovery.

The Beefeaters need new uniforms. Why do they do they still have ER on them? Should be CR.

I realize comparing countries may not be the best methodology, but in my home country the standard cheesburger is the equivalent of 315 yen including tax. Big Mac 653 yen.

Japan looks like a bargain.

140 yen to 200 is a 70% jump!

No it is not. Better pull out that calcularor one more time. 42.85 % is more like it.

please watch the weather news. Some places in Hokkaido are minus seven degrees and this fare is probably 4-5km.

I have walked longer than that in conditions much colder. -7C is not very cold assuming you dress for it.

Because news comes from everywhere on the planet vs many years ago when that did not happen.

Monitor 100 places for a year. One should have a once in a century event. Monitor 1,000 places and one will have once in a thousand year even each year.

There are hundreds of thousands of weather sites in the world (at least)

I happened to be reading this article when my wife walked into the room. For fun I asked her if one of our son's wanted her to walking into an onsen or sento and start secretly filming would she be willing to do it?

The look on her face was classic. Obviously a no, and who would even dream up such a request.

Can you boys explain where in the world any of these disastrous measures proved a success?

Compare death rate from COVID in USA vs Canada which had stricter measures. Add to that the USA likes to tout their health care--didn't help.

I played one year of Junior High Football,

Please. Junior football is nothing like the way it is played at the Pro Level.

I had read once that Japanese had no concept of sin. Was this correct or not?

I know there is 罪, but that is really not the same thing.

And Lennon had a lot of opinions on war for a man who never served in the military.

Are you actually suggesting that a peace activist must serve in the military to be taken seriously? So only current or ex-military types are to be listened to?

Gotta say I have never accidentally kicked the drivers seat in a car.

Why use grams for a liquid. Use ml..

Dollars to doughnuts it was drug related.

It was not.

This person who did that was in his 70's with an apparent vendetta against the condominium association and felt that an electrical room under his condot was improperly built and that the electric signals from it caused him harm, etc.

His social postings have many religious references and it would appear he suffered from mental illness over an extended period of time.

Hefty fine in order. As in pay for the aircraft's diversion

Terrible penalty kicks from Japan.

All 3 that missed were the same kick, along the ground to the left.

Thud.

There is a small town in Ontario Canda called Swastika.

Per Wiki:  The gold mine and town were named after the Sanskrit good-luck symbol Swastika.

Creepy in so many ways

Petulato is not happy? Perhaps he can give up his paycheque then?

And a same-sex marriage is impossible by the definition of marriage.

Your definition, but not mine

So many things in this world have been opposed by people reluctant to change---votes for women, ending slavery, even flying was considered unnatural by some

Shibuya take note and do something to prevent such tragedies.

> Fighto me to read the riot act to energy corporations and cap the prices they are permitted to charge to much lower levels. If they don't comply - nationalize them

Has not worked very well in Venzuala, Cuba , Zibmabwe to name a few.

Over 1700 hotel rooms? That's a huge hotel.