Old Sausage comments

And what do you expect? Big Tech has as many faces as everything else. One face is the voracious endeavors for profit, the other is the wonderful things it provides for humanity.

Who can foresee the results before they present themselves?

Humans, naturally, tend to focus on the negative aspects of everything, a genetic legacy imprinted in their DNA.

There is no solution because the problem is a personal and very partial perception. I entice you to think about this.

The immediatism of this type of news is also a characteristic of Japanese police reporting and investigation. Also in courts, this immediatism is appalling. I wonder what is the root of this kind of view.

What can I comment, that the mother is a monster, that the son is also a monster? That the mother is the only guilty part in this crime?

I don't know what to think, but my sadness is deep.

Insects and mammals undergo similar population cycles.

Why should humans be an exception?

Mother Nature is indifferent to our financial status, living conditions, or societal norms. Many countries are currently experiencing a population reduction.

When a species reaches a certain number of individuals, its population begins to decline.

In nature, including our financial activities, permanent growth is a fallacy.

Any attempt to counteract this cycle is likely futile.

So, I invite you to laugh—bwahaha ha—and savor your ice cream with joy.

"..... who fail to present reasonable grounds ....." Isn't survival a reasonable ground?

For all to know, there is no mystery. The "mystery meat" that Nissin has recently marketed in Japan is a freeze-dried food consisting of minced pork and vegetables. It's a combination of pork and soybeans mixed with a vegetable extract, then freeze-dried. Nissin has been transparent about its composition when asked directly.

Reprimand!? I laugh again.

In my understanding, there is no division between psychological triggers and physiological triggers. One is the other and vice versa. A chemical change in the brain produces a psychological effect, and a psychological effect triggers a physiological effect.

People who are joyful and envy the marriage of anyone, do not have any idea what marriage is or feels. The hardships involved in harmonizing two different human beings under the same roof or cell are tremendous.

I forgot to say that in the brain, no structure corresponds to a self or "I". In folk's terms: Nobody is home!

There is a piece of neurological data that is not correct. There are no "One hundred billion brain cells" They are approximately 86 billion, and the entire body of a 70kg person is 140 billion approx.

In Japan, police made more than 5,000 arrests for clandestine photography in 2023, a record number and about three times the cases in 2010. Plus the cases that are not reported or when unnoticed, I add.

I believe that a comment should include some reliable information. I used AI to search the web for statistics on crime during the last 20 years in Japan. I can't believe it, but here they are for your consideration.

"• The number of violent crimes, such as bodily injury, assault, intimidation, and extortion, has dropped from 260,204 in 2002 to 88,707 in 2022," I repeat, I can't believe it.

Before the creation of Israel in 1948, the land it now occupies was part of the Ottoman Empire, which controlled it until the end of the First World War. Afterwards, it became a British mandate called Palestine, where mainly Arab Muslims and Christians, and a minority of Jews, lived.

The Jews began to migrate to Palestine in the late 19th century, driven by the Zionist movement, which sought to establish a Jewish national home in the land of their ancestors.

This caused tensions and conflicts with the Arab Palestinians, who opposed the Zionist plan. In 1947, the UN proposed to divide Palestine into two states, one Jewish and one Arab, but the Arabs rejected it. The following year, the Jews declared the independence of Israel, which triggered a war with the neighboring Arab countries. Israel won the war and occupied more territory than it was entitled to according to the UN, while some 700,000 Palestinians became refugees. Since then, the conflict between Israel and Palestine has continued, with several wars, failed peace negotiations, and violence. The Palestinians claim their right to have their own state in at least part of historical Palestine, while Israel defends its security and its existence as a Jewish state. Some of the main obstacles to peace are the status of Jerusalem, the Israeli settlements in the West Bank, the blockade of Gaza, and the fate of the Palestinian refugees.

The article mentions "measures against gambling addiction.".

Well, let's see then what is "gambling addiction", and the factors involved.

There are many factors that can contribute to gambling addiction, such as:

• Biological factors. Some people may have a genetic predisposition or a brain chemistry that makes them more vulnerable to gambling addiction. For example, some people may have lower levels of serotonin, a neurotransmitter that regulates mood, impulse control, and reward. Gambling can stimulate the release of dopamine, another neurotransmitter that creates a sense of pleasure and satisfaction.

• Psychological factors. Some people may have mental health disorders, personality traits, or cognitive biases that increase their risk of gambling addiction. For example, some people may have depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, or obsessive-compulsive disorder, which can affect their mood, judgment, and impulse control. Some people may also have a high need for achievement, excitement, or escape, or a distorted perception of probability, skill, or luck.

• Environmental factors. Some people may be influenced by the social, cultural, or situational factors that encourage or facilitate gambling. For example, some people may have easy access to gambling venues or online platforms, or be exposed to gambling advertising or peer pressure. Some people may also face stressful or traumatic life events, such as financial problems, relationship issues, or loss, that trigger or exacerbate their gambling behavior.

What possible measures can be used to control this very complex behavior? It sounds to me like a ridiculous enterprise!

Local objections had never been of concern when the issue at stake was beyond the grasp, in the sense of knowledge and information, of the people concerned. The infinite "behind the scenes" transactions, that we commoners have not the slightest idea about. I have some knowledge of medicine, and when the doctor told me that it was necessary for an open-heart operation to save my life, I didn't object, even when the doctor told me that there was the possibility I could never wake up. It happens that, I TRUSTED the doctor. That was the only difference that stopped me from objecting or protesting. The politicians, through their history of corruption, ignorance, mismanagement, and aloofness, are in no position to deserve trust.

Mark Twain, said, "Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason".

I don´t want to survive in a world after a nuclear attack.

I had the opportunity to know him personally, and the only thing I remember of him is the impression I had that he had a very high opinion of himself, more than anyone else I had met in my life.

Alcohol can affect memory and cause blackouts, which are periods of amnesia where people forget what they did or said while drinking. I have experienced this with some former friends who were alcoholics. They often denied or forgot the hurtful things they did or said to me when they were drunk. I decided to end our friendship after several heated arguments. Alcohol interferes with how the brain forms and stores new memories, making it difficult for alcoholics to remember their own actions. This is not an excuse for any criminal behavior, but just my personal observation of how alcohol affects memory.

"Japanese consumers eating more local fish from waters off Fukushima"

During my 43 years living in Japan, I have never seen fish sold, or cooked that had a label of orgine. Have things changed?

Mr. Prime Minister your intentions are coming from a person that had never read history. Good luck with your utopia.

My guess, without any proof whatsoever, is that the monk is suffering from a mental illness.

Social establishments like marriage and others would never stop basic animal feelings; the core of our beings. What the mind thinks or believes, is a tenuous barrier to the assaults of reproductive hormones since the human race appeared on earth. Hence we humans are so many.

I read one month ago one volume of the two-volume book written by him, and cannot remember the title. This is my opinion of his writing.

Instead of apologies and compensation in this order, be honest and say compensation, and apologies if you ever wish.

And the list of dangerous drugs will continue growing and growing. Humanity and other animals have been drugging themselves for ages, and this will continue. Laws and regulations may provide some deterrents but animal nature cannot be stopped. Few people accept that we are evolved monkeys.

Good industrial-grade earplugs would have cost him a fraction of that amount, avoided the cruelty, and spared the lives of 13 feathered souls.

In the dim understanding of this dirty old man ¨bodily fluid¨ appeared as an imaginary picture of the guy ejaculating into the exhaust pipe of the car. Euphemisms are getting tough to understand.

Hakuo Yanagisawa was the health minister of Japan from 2006 to 2008, under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

In January 2007, Yanagisawa sparked a controversy when he described women as "birth-giving machines" and urged them to have more children to address Japan's declining population.

Whatever goes up goes down, laws of nature.

Humanity as a whole has reached the point of too much, too many.

There is no human planning that can defeat Mother Nature.

As an individual who cannot change the state of affairs, I just laugh folks, just laugh, as a hero laughs in the face of the executioner.

To have a visual image, I made a calculation of how many 10,000 Yen notes are 41 trillion Yen laid on how many Tokyo Domes.

The area would be equivalent to about 1,066 Tokyo Domes!

YuriOtani

No, South Korea has not canceled the 1965 agreement. The 1965 agreement, formally known as the Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea, established diplomatic and consular relations between the two countries and settled the issues of property and claims arising from Japan's colonial rule over Korea.