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The original Shogun series was something that captivated the attention of the whole family in my childhood home.

The new one was similar. I watched it with my parents, who were nostalgic about the first one.

Could not get the kids interested yet, but that’s probably because they are not from the TV generation.

stickman1760

No offense, but please go somewhere else.

This sounds like great advice for you.

The people who want to leave China but prefer Japan over US are exactly the ones I want to meet. After all, we would have something in common and its exactly this that Japan needs to flourish in the future.

The fact that the child did not die was thanks only to the mother. I don’t care if the man was intoxicated. He did something that is completely outside the realm of human behavior.And, I don’t care how much remorse he was able to demonstrate in court. I predict this monster is going to hurt more people.

I just love this story. Especially in an age when many kids seem to be glued to their phones.

I once did a part time job that involved teaching English to a senior police officer. At one point he started showing me porn on his computer like it was the most normal thing in the world. I say this because I believe there are many men who simply have no concept of women as fellow human beings. They are just something to ogle.

Personally, I appreciate Yoon’s attempt to strengthen ties with Japan.

It looks like Harris, Trump and even Kono are going to politicize the acquisition of U.S. Steel. I doubt that any of them will care about the issue after their respective elections.

I think they should not try to do this during the U.S. presidential election. The United Steelworkers oppose the deal because it does not preserve "legacy obligations", including benefits for retired workers. Biden and Harris need the support of the unions, so they have opposed the deal. Nippon Steel should wait until after the election to negotiate.

Well, it’s definitely impressive that he was able to fool so many people. But execution is only part of what makes a painting great. The ability to envision a new painting is what sets the masters apart.

Gosh, there are some pretty strong views on this issue here!

As an outside observer, I feel like the anti-Japan attitude has lessened in the last couple of years.

I really do hope so. Korea and Japan are very close culturally and should find common ground.

I am pretty sure that, for Watson, no press is bad press. I will say this for the man, he’s doing what he wants to do in life. This is more than most of us can say.

On days where I have left my icoca card at home I realize how impossible and weird it is to buy tickets with cash

China pushes rivals' limits in regional disputes

You could almost say that is their policy in a nutshell. If you ask a person living in Beijing, they will tell you they feel surrounded by the U.S. If you ask a person living in Japan, China is expanding into sovereign territory. Both perspectives are true.

A 2022 study showed that employees accomplishes the same amount in a four day work week as in a five day work week https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/bcnews/nation-world-society/sociology/-study-pilots-four-day-work-week.html.

So, if you are an employer, I think the math speaks for itself. Three days off could make quite a difference.

I don’t want to say anything is inevitable, but an AI, drone arms race seems very much unavoidable. On the positive side it will create a lot of jobs.

This is one of the most complex and significant problems facing Japan, USA and China. All three countries have extremely good positions in the world economy. But the future will depend on technology. China caught up with the U.S., passing Japan, in scientific output. I think the US and Japan are right to slam the breaks on Chinese chip access and manufacturing. The future of warfare is drones, computers, AI and other technology that we can’t even imagine yet.

Every year the same story. It’s gotta be the same people stealing. I mean, how else would you fence over 2,000 pieces of fruit?

Yes, Yokoyama was personally at fault. But there is also a culture of drinking to abandon in this country that is really problematic. I wonder if maybe the sober life is just one of so much “gaman” and arbitrary rules that the drunken mind goes wild.

Maybe “forced to work” is code for “cooperating with the prosecution”.

time to get RICO on these parasites

Nikki, Nikki, Nikki. You’re in the wrong party.

Someone please guide them to the countryside, where they are wanted and not just the same old tourist traps, were the locals are getting fed up.

we can do this

these days, one hardly speaks to the cashier, except possibly to ask for a bag.

It's just, tap tap tap and you're out.

Definitely doesn't feel like Autumn

I don’t get why he told the convenie guy instead of just going to the koban. Did he know him?

PS: I hope the victim considers a new line of work.

I love Japan, but I hate Yasukuni Shrine and all that it symbolizes. It’s been said a thousand times but the Germans refuted their evil ways. Japan not so much.

Thank God JT was here to report this incident. We must all take appropriate action.

Well, you guys said exactly what I was going to say: probably the little girls were just bouncing around without seatbelts or child seats. We have all seen this a million times. I even had to fight with my own in-laws to use them when my kids were small.

Apparently, there is no Ralph Nader in Japan.

This one was the kicker for me

The park should have prohibited the man from entering the haunted house because he had been drinking

Nice try there buddy

Everyone wants a ceasefire except Hamas and Netanyahu. Might it be time for some new elections?

I'm interested to see how many votes a non-ossan like Kamikawa can get. So tired of the same old Showa-era men.