Posted in: 16-year-old boy arrested for attempting to strangle mother to death See in context
We are all products of our environment. Nobody, not even animals, can escape the circumstances in which they grew up. A baby comes as a new book, and the first to write something in it is their parents and later society at large. The input of the parents conforms to the basis of a personality or character. I do not condone the behavior of this 16-year-old, but to be fair, we need to consider the circumstances in which he grew up. We are all made up of infinite biological and educational circumstances.
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Posted in: Man grabbed by wild monkey, chased for hundreds of meters while jogging See in context
The monkey issue is not an isolated event. If you care to do some private statistics, perhaps you'll notice that the level of violence on the entire planet is increasing, together with climate change. Bears in Japan also show this trend. Birds in South America that are not birds of prey also show unusually violent behaviors.
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Posted in: The ideal cushion for 'lazy people' See in context
Why lazy people? Why not say for people who know how to live a comfortable life? Lazy is an adjective created by workaholics who envy such a life and avoid karoshi.
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Posted in: Quake in Tibet kills at least 126 See in context
At present Tibet is not an independent country, it has been a "semi-autonomous" province of China, since 1950. Tibet is not recognized as an independent country by any government.
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Posted in: 49-year-old woman arrested over stabbing at Kobe subway station See in context
Mental illness is rampant all over the world.
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Posted in: ChatGPT search opens to all users in challenge to Google See in context
I asked CGPT if the contents of this article were true, and it answered:
"No, that's not quite accurate. I don't have the ability to search the web in real time, like Google or other search engines.
My responses are based on the information I was trained on up until my knowledge cutoff in October 2023. This means I can provide information, answer questions, and generate responses based on that training, but I can't access current data, browse websites, or pull in live updates.
If you're looking for the most up-to-date information, I recommend using a search engine like Google or visiting the website directly.
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Posted in: Japanese researchers test pioneering drug to regrow teeth See in context
I exchanged the information with my dentist, who researched it. He came back saying that even when the procedure is promising, humans still have a very long way to go to grow teeth.
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Posted in: Japanese, South Koreans at bottom of global love life survey See in context
There are always countless reasons behind human behavior that are not immediately apparent.
We tend to focus on what we know, see, and hear—relying on memory-based statistics and subjective impressions.
A testament to this complexity is the inability of any government to fully control or influence the sexual behavior of populations.
Simplistic statements, such as attributing low birth rates in Japan and South Korea to cultural traits like emotional restraint, overlook deeper factors.
One consistent reason behind low birth rates, however, is survival. When survival is uncertain, all animals, including humans, naturally reduce reproductive activities.
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Posted in: Police inspector arrested for allegedly groping woman on street See in context
The animal under the uniform of any profession cannot be hidden or tamed by education, social norms, or threat of punishment, sooner or later, depending on external and internal circumstances, it will show its real nature.
Note: The American Museum of Natural History and many academic institutions, such as those involved in biological and anthropological research, also classify humans as animals based on our biological characteristics and evolutionary history.
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Posted in: Sexual, economic and demographic problems besetting 'Reiwa families' See in context
A Zen master reading the article commented: "It is what it is, things are as they are". Judgments increase stress in any situation, struggling with a mind clouded by complaints and blame cannot find a solution. The path to a less emotional approach is not easy but can be attained. Count your breaths, and you'll achieve clarity of mind.
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Posted in: 35-year-old man arrested for kicking 7-year-old stepdaughter, causing internal organ damage See in context
Humanity has lost awareness of its animal and biological foundations. Lions kill the step cubs. Some species of primates also mistreat offspring that are not biologically theirs. Civilization, education, morals, ethics, etc. are a thin varnish. We are wild beasts. Look at the wars, slavery, and all the disorders of this world, nothing more than manifestations of our beastly base. This stepfather is a lowly creature whose "education" was overrun by his ape nature. I am not condoning his behavior, I loathe it, but as history has shown, punishment does little or nothing to reform.
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Posted in: Kishida tells 11 leadership hopefuls to remake LDP via election campaign See in context
The LDP cannot be repaired because it is not broken. It was created or assembled from the corrupt layers of politics.
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Posted in: 15-year-old boy arrested for knife attack near Hakata Station in Fukuoka See in context
This is my wild guess, but everyone is speculating and guessing here, so I don't feel bad about posting my opinion. The boy wanted to enter the yaks, and they ordered him to stab someone to prove his worth.
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Posted in: Couple in their 80s, daughter stabbed to death at home in Shizuoka Prefecture See in context
The following information was provided by AI:
Your impression that stabbings and other violent crimes in Japan have increased recently is supported by data. According to the National Police Agency, 2023 saw a significant increase in criminal offenses, marking the second consecutive year of rising crime rates. The total number of recognized criminal offenses rose by 17% compared to the previous year. Notably, serious crimes, stabbings, including murders and sexual assaults, increased by nearly 30%.
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Posted in: Starbucks Japan releases a Matcha Brulee Latte at supermarkets and convenience stores See in context
Because I haven't tasted the product, only in my imagination, the combination of matcha and sweetness does not appeal to me. Puah!
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Posted in: Studio Ghibli releases 'The Boy and the Heron' netsuke bells in Japan See in context
Netsuke made of plastics, how incredibly avant-garde, elegant, creative, and refined Japanese are. (Sarc.)
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Posted in: Japanese scientists make robot face 'smile' with living skin See in context
If you knew the basics of neurology, you would know that the difference between a living tissue-covered robot, and you are minimal, that the creepiness of humans is much more scary than that of a robot.
Study facts, your assumptions about yourself are wrong, they do not coincide with medical science findings.
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Posted in: Inflexible rules, miscommunication at root of automakers' test woes See in context
This lack of communication that these carmakers and the government pervades all of Japanese society. Including at a personal level, husband and wife.
In my 44 years living in Japan, I have noticed that it is necessary for a big scandal, for the Japanese to change their way of thinking. The Japanese culture is based on a fear of making mistakes and sticks blindly to rules that have until this particular moment proven safe and effective. The Japanese culture in general suffers from a rigidity akin to a mummy, it is stiff, and can't cope or adapt to changing environments.
I remember when the first Shacho named me the General Manager, of the company. Please, heed this advice: "The Japanese need to be kicked in the arse with logic and reason. Don't forget this, please."
Education is at fault for this state of affairs, parental education, formal education, and societal conditioning. Nothing easy to change.
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Posted in: Ex-chief public prosecutor in Osaka arrested for allegedly raping colleague See in context
Titles and decorations, high studies and social positions, just masks of the animal.
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Posted in: Japanese lawmakers want gov't to look into UFOs See in context
Oh, these are very practical, down-to-earth news.
A man desperately looking all around to try to find his own eyes to see.
Very practical idea, especially geared to solve all the excruciating problems that many people are experiencing in their lives. Congratulations Japan.
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Posted in: 15-year-old girl dies after falling from walkway at mall in Aichi Prefecture See in context
As everybody assumes, projects, supposes, etc. I feel in the right to ask in public, accident??
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Posted in: Japan on alert for unseasonal swarm of stink bugs that feed on fruit See in context
There is a plethora of methods to deal with this kind of invasion.
• Agricultural Practices
• Chemical Controls
• Biological Controls
• Physical Barriers
• Pheromone Traps
The big problem comes when it is necessary to eliminate the Stink Bugs sucking the life of the big fruit called Japan.
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Posted in: Japanese firms offer highest pay hike in 32 years in spring wage talks See in context
"Japanese firms offer the highest pay hike in 32 years in spring wage talks."
I am a teacher of little kids and used to make difficult things easy to understand for the cherubim.
There was a once flourishing oasis until 34 years of drought made it difficult not to live, but to survive. The owners of the water sources gathered, forced by the thirst of the sands. And they decided to take a dropper and pour 2 drops of water on the dunes. Satisfied with the ritual, they continued with business as usual.
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Posted in: Man arrested for putting girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter in washing machine See in context
garypen, I understand your impeccable logic. But as I cannot push repeatedly the counter of approval, I am writing this comment. It may be possible that JT writers have already a pre-written text to save time for writing their articles about crime. Or that they use a preprogrammed bot to write the stories. Who knows! Anyway, I appreciate your logic, something extremely rare in the world.
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Posted in: SDF officer denies shoplifting at drugstore, saying ‘I just forgot to pay’ See in context
How could we possibly and truly assess the frame of mind of this SDF officer?
All these comments, as usual in the comment section of JT, are pure speculation.
Humanity thrives on baseless assumptions, speculations, conjectures, and many others, used as a means to fend off the anxiety of not knowing the future, which is a baseless absurdity, a projection of their imagination.
And not only that, they transport and superpose their anxieties and delirious imaginations, to any other topic that is not even related to themselves. A common human tendency to fill gaps in knowledge with speculation and assumption, often without basis or relevance to the subject at hand. See, the effect of this conduct in the news? No? Humanity is like a blind walking in a pitch-dark room.
Bwahahaha! Bwahahaha!
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Posted in: If you’ve tried meditating but can’t sit still, here’s how — and why — to try again See in context
Moonraker, it seems the meditation you're practicing may not align with your intrinsic nature. Persisting with a method that doesn't resonate with you is like relentlessly hitting your ego against an unyielding wall.
I'm not in a position to prescribe a specific meditation technique for you, as I'm not acquainted with your personal history or disposition.
Perhaps it's time for you to craft your own meditation practice, one that transcends the clichéd notions often associated with it.
From my experience, I can share this: meditation is not about pursuing a target or fulfilling a benchmark. It's a practice to be engaged in for its own sake, relished without the pressure of time or achievement.
Whether you choose a passive approach or an active one, like handwriting, remember that meditation is not an end goal.
The outcomes, often unrelated to merely quieting the mind, are beyond what you might currently envision. Good luck!
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Posted in: Japan gov't again ordered to pay damages over Cameroon detainee death See in context
The personification of an entity, like the Government, is misleading.
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Posted in: Around 68,000 elderly die alone in Japan annually: police See in context
The title of this article seems to assume that there are people who do not die alone. However, I know that everyone dies alone, nobody can accompany you to the "other side." I would suggest, a title like: "68,000 elderly die without being watched by a single friend."
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Posted in: Man arrested for smearing bodily fluid on acquaintance's car in Iwate See in context
Euphemisms like "bodily fluid", train the minds of the readers to get farther and farther away from reality in the name of not "hurting sensibilities," this is said in a feminine, and touchy tone.
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Posted in: Abe murder revealing religion's role in Japan's child abuse problem See in context
I do not condone assassination. Rulers, governments, and all-powerful entities had relied on it, blatantly, openly, shamefully, and cruelly. They are in power so that nothing can judge or punish them. I know that for the populace, my comment will be controversial.
If, in the impossible eventually I am a judge, will certainly expel from the country the perpetrator, sit on a throne, give him a totally new identity, and provide him with all his needs, for life.
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Posted in: Six million people could die from HIV and AIDS if U.S. funding stops, UN agency warns
Are they still fishing from those waters?
Posted in: Fukushima nuclear plant operator to dismantle water tanks next week
The Gravy Train ran its last run
Posted in: Six million people could die from HIV and AIDS if U.S. funding stops, UN agency warns
Posted in: Six million people could die from HIV and AIDS if U.S. funding stops, UN agency warns