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Posted in: Abductee's mother pins hopes on fresh Japan-N Korea dialogue See in context

All these experts here proclaiming that her daughter is dead.

She very likely is. But without proof it remains speculation.

If hypothetically there was a life insurance payout resting on it, would the insurance company accept her as "dead" as matters stand now?

Yokota Megumi wasn't just a nobody. She was abducted for espionage purposes and would therefore be records. Classified by the North Koreans for sure. But sufficient evidence of her death could be presented, if North Korea really wanted this matter closed.

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Posted in: Trump says Jews who vote for Democrats 'hate Israel' and their religion See in context

yakyakToday  01:14 pm JST

Americans who vote for Trump "hate America" and hate "Democracy".

This comment makes you a part of the problem, not the solution.

Dead wrong. No one in US history has done much to divide the country, weaken our global position and destroy democracy and the rule of law at home. A traitor who tried to overturn the US government, and wants to "pardon" his braindead followers who have been charged and convicted. Your comment makes you part of the problem.

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Posted in: Trump says Jews who vote for Democrats 'hate Israel' and their religion See in context

Former President Donald Trump on Monday charged that Jews who vote for Democrats “hate Israel" and hate “their religion,

Americans who vote for Trump "hate America" and hate "Democracy".

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Posted in: Canada can increase role in Indo-Pacific through IPEF: Japan envoy See in context

proxyToday  12:44 am JST

Maple syrup is controlled by a government enabled cartel in Canada which keeps the industry from innovating and becoming more productive.

Do they have to? Doesn't Canada account for like 90% of Maple Syrup produced on the planet?

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Posted in: Filipino woman admits to killing sister, Japanese niece See in context

anonymouseToday  06:55 pm JST

Please refrain from this inane obsession with the US and comparing it with Japan.

As Wallace correctly pointed out this has nothing to do with the news story.

YOU are the one who started a speech about the Japanese justice system when the article is about a crime commited in the Phillipines and will be tried under Phillipine law.

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Posted in: Filipino woman admits to killing sister, Japanese niece See in context

anonymouseToday  10:25 am JST

You are right that crimes are often reported as 'admitted' to in Japan due to the (often forced) confession-based justice system

You are guilty of the biased and mistaken view that all confessions are "forced". Such examples are a minority, particulary as they provide grounds for an appeal or retrial. But you project it to encompass all confesssions Most are simply confessions.

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Posted in: Salty foods are making people sick − in part by poisoning their microbiomes See in context

Japanese cuisine is quite salty. And it adds to the medical issues of an aging population. Foods sold in Konbinis tend to be high in salt, not just because the target market s younger people who want bold tastes but it adds in preservation and longer shelf life.

Go to any supermarket in Japan and you will see frozen flllets of Sockeye Salmon, both imported from Alaska and Russia. In all cases they are salted. They don't need to be with today's frozen food technology, and the same profuctis sold in those nations unsalted. But the Japanese importers specifically have them brined because Japanese consumers have a tradition of eating salted salmon. But that was a practice when there was no refrigeration.

Salty cuisines in Japan have an image, and rightly so, of beng for the peasants and workers. The strong Shoyu use in the Tokyo/Kanto area goes back to when Edo was being built. Similarly, salty food from the Tohoku areas travelled to Hokkaido where preservation over the long winters was an issue.In contrast, the cuisine of Kyoto where the nobles lived ,which focuses more on dash, is wodely recognized as milder and more refined.

Any nation can reduce it's medical burdern by simply enforcing regulations on salt content.

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Posted in: Japan, U.S., Philippines arrange summit in Washington in April See in context

And China will protest loudly in April.

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Posted in: Ohtani may be S Korea's most-beloved Japanese athlete See in context

Maybe one day an article like this can be written without having to mention how South Koreans hate Japan. But hey, at least the buzzword "brutal" wasn't used.

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Posted in: Filipino woman admits to killing sister, Japanese niece See in context

Large sums of money should never be carried as cash. Even if all goes well you open up the suspicion of some illegal transaction. Money can be wired just about anywhere these days,

On the other hand, I can't blame the victims for not suspecting that their own relative would murder them for that money.

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Posted in: Edible bug businesses at crossroads in Japan See in context

SpeedToday  11:52 am JST

Japan has a long history of eating bugs especially when most of this country was poor. It was a source of much needed protein at times.

Not Japan. Certain parts of Japan. Most Japanese have never eaten insects. Lke most Americans have never eaten bull's testicles.

Same with other Asian nations, Insects are siold at marktes in parts of China, Vietnam, eyc but not univerally eaten throughout those countries.

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Posted in: Edible bug businesses at crossroads in Japan See in context

SpeedToday  11:52 am JST

Japan has a long history of eating bugs especially when most of this country was poor. It was a source of much needed protein at times.

Not Japan. Certain parts of Japan. Most Japanese have never eaten insects. Lke most Americans have never eaten bull's testicles.

Same with other Asian nations, Insects are siold at marktes in parts of China, Vietnam, eyc but not univerally eaten throughout those countries.

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Posted in: Edible bug businesses at crossroads in Japan See in context

I'll wait till after WWIII to make bugs my main nutrient source.

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Posted in: Emperor worried about weak ties to British royals before 1998 visit: documents See in context

wallaceToday  12:11 pm JST

OssanAmerica

Sometimes the hatred continues with new family members because an older one it. Or like the hatred from the Chinese and South Koreans.

Very true. And very wrong.

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Posted in: Emperor worried about weak ties to British royals before 1998 visit: documents See in context

wallaceToday  09:10 am JST

There are still some British people who remain anti-Japanese because of the war.

There are some people all over the world in many countries who still harbor personal hatred as a result of WWII, But it's been 80 years and these people won't be around in 10 years if that. One can only hope that they find peace before they meet their maker and are asked "Why do you hate people who had nothing to do with what happened to you?"

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Posted in: Fatal Ukrainian strikes rock Russia as vote cements Putin's grip See in context

ThubanToday  08:22 am JST

Incorrect. As the article points out, they are targeting oil refineries.

Then why is a mother dead and her son in hospital?

"At least 10,000 civilians, including more than 560 children, have been killed and over 18,500 have been injured since Russia launched its a full-scale armed attack against Ukraine on 24 February 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) said today."

https://ukraine.un.org/en/253322-civilian-deaths-ukraine-war-top-10000-un-says

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Posted in: Putin has no successor, no living rivals and no retirement plan – why his eventual death will set off a vicious power struggle See in context

HopeSpringsEternalToday  10:38 am JST

Putin has plenty of succession plans but intends to stick around for at least six more years.

Collapsing US empire with its growing debt, desperate as most of world busy de-dollarizing and going multi polar, US worried its dollar reserve status ending soon, Putin naturally one of chief de-dollarization architects!

In your wet dreams. The Russian and Chinese economies are collapsing faster than the United States.

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Posted in: Former Vice President Mike Pence says he's not endorsing Trump See in context

I wouldn't either if someone sent a mob to hang me by the neck for simply doing my job legally and correctly.

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Posted in: North Korean leader Kim oversees paratroop drills See in context

Quick quiz. Who gets more calories per day?

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Posted in: Japanese table tennis star reaches agreement with ex-husband in high-profile battle over custody of 4-year-old son See in context

Unlike many other countries, Japan doesn’t currently allow legal dual custody of children for their divorced parents. Only one parent can take the children, though the other parent can gain visitation rights.

In the US under actual practice. even though the two parents may legally have joint custody, the child lives with one parent (usually the mother) and the father simply gets "visitation rights". Furthermore in many States, there are mechanisms to ensure that the father does not fail to pay his monthly child support, such as suspending his driver's license. So "Joint Custody" alone is far from a resolution to all problems.

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Posted in: Japanese table tennis star reaches agreement with ex-husband in high-profile battle over custody of 4-year-old son See in context

Nibek32Today  08:11 am JST

It’s interesting, and sad, that this whole joint custody issue always comes up with a foreign father. So, basically Japanese fathers are totally fine with never seeing their kids again.

Nope. Not every Japanese parent wth custody refuses their child's contact with the former spouse. So nobody is "fine" with anything. The lack of a joint custody aspect in Japanese family law only impacts situations where such contact is prevented by the custodial parent.

There is no doubt that Joint Custody is another of the several backwards Japanese laws that need to be updated to accomodate the 21st century.

However, even in places with Joint Custody laws, as in the U.S., one parent very often attempts to prevent the child from having contact with the former spouse.

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Posted in: France probes racist backlash against singer Nakamura over Olympics See in context

I wonder if her choosing to use a very typical Japanese surname qualifies as "homage" or "appropriation". Whichever, it certainly leads to some confusion for those not familar with this singer.

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Posted in: Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine picks ex-admiral as chief priest See in context

Mr GoodmanToday  08:47 pm JST

an institution with a mentality very different of what was the Imperial Navy....

Furthermore the imperial airforce seems never held accountable tho !

LOL. There was no Imperial Airforce.

There was the Imperial Army Air Corp and the Imperial Navy Air Corp.

Exactly the same as the US Army Air Corp and the US Navy Air Corp.

The USAF was not even created until 2 years after WWII ended.

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Posted in: Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine picks ex-admiral as chief priest See in context

Mr GoodmanToday  08:18 pm JST

Yes the original Japanese imperial forces flag had 16 rays .

The JSDF flag has only 8 rays yes thank goodness

The JMSDF naval ensign has 16 rays. The JGSDF flag has 8 rays.

The 16 ray flg has been in use since the Edo period and was adopted as the Naval Ensign in the Meiji period.

Today the navies of multiple nations train with the JMSDF, flying their flahs next to the sixteen rayed flag.

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Posted in: Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine picks ex-admiral as chief priest See in context

What a bunch of losers. Glorifying a period when Japan was run by a military government, invaded other countries and brought the worst destruction the country has ever seen upon it's people.

And they provide fodder for the Chinese and South Korean nationalists to bash "right wing Japan".

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Posted in: Report claims Yemen's Houthis have hypersonic missile, possibly raising stakes in Red Sea crisis See in context

Iran is a terrorist supporting state. The Houthi rebels are attacking civilian commercial vessels of various nationalites.

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Posted in: Biden opposes plan to sell U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel, citing need for 'American steel workers' See in context

Dave FairToday  11:39 am JST

for those who criticize Biden's position ask yourself this. If U.S. Steel tried to purchase Nippon Steel, what position would the J-Gov take? I'm fairly confident it would be opposed and the Japanese courts would side with Tokyo!

Pure speculation. Be accurate please. Suppose Nippon Steel was so down and under that it couldn't compete with the 42 (yes, 42) Chinese Steel Companies. And no Japanese buyer could step in and save Nippon Steel. You can bet your bottom dollar that an investment by their closest ally would be welcomed.

That is the scenario that US Steel is facing. China is going to drestroy them and no American buyer can step up.

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Posted in: Japan to provide IAEA $20 mil to support its activities See in context

obladiToday  07:58 am JST

Yeah, and wasn’t the IAEA talking about the importance of “transparency” just yesterday?

This announcement IS transparency at work.

How much has China, a member of the IAEA since 1984, put in?

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Posted in: Prosecutors say they're open to delaying Trump's March 25 hush-money trial for a month See in context

Perpetual Motions to Dismiss, Delay, Dismiss, Delay, Dismiss, Delay......right up to November 5th.

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Posted in: Biden opposes plan to sell U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel, citing need for 'American steel workers' See in context

Biden aiming for the Blue Collar vote. Literally.

Might be a good political movem but the fact is that without Nippon Steel, US Steel is going to get crushed by the Chinese Steel companies whiich already dominate the market.

So we're all up in arms over Tik Tok. But are willing to risk the existence of a company so vital to our national interests. Short sighted and stupid,

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