Probie comments

How about just having the best person for the job?

No. It will make him dead.

Good.

Terrorists should be dead.

Hiroshi Yaginuma, a health ministry official overseeing the approval of medical devices, said ReWalk was not yet being considered for approval, and it was unclear whether it would meet the criteria for a treatment device. It is assessing the Hybrid Assisted Limb, or HAL, developed by Japan’s Cyberdyne, in which a wearer’s ability to walk is supported though it is not suitable for paraplegics.

So, they can't use the foreign made one, even though it works. But, you can use the Made In Japan one, even though it isn't suitable.

Great logic there.

They look like idiots.

Hajime Shimada...? who's he?

Mr and Mrs Shimada's son.

“to ensure that content posted directly by the friends you care about, such as photos, videos, status updates or links, will be higher up in News Feed so you are less likely to miss it,”

How about just letting us choose to have most recent as default instead of the highlights BS.

The same sight was witnessed at the nearest station toilets not long after this photo was taken.

It'll be over-priced, and small-portioned.

All in, or not in at all. Japan should stop being so childish. Quit protecting the already over-subsidised farmers. Let people get cheap rice.

Imported rice, meat and diary will not be able to compete with local grown rice, meats and diary. low graded japanese rice still tastes better then any import rice and diary and meat is the same.

You've obviously never tasted any decent long-grain rice.

I hope on of the alarm sounds is "they mostly come out at night...mostly".

I'd love it if Japan had just replied "so what?"

So, we can expect our peace and quiet to be ruined by a bunch of annoying jerks? Great...

The judges were probably demented 80 year olds too.

He must have tripped on some hipster clothing or something.

Yeah. Because nothing says "Easter" like apple pie...

How about just selling chocolate eggs???

I was hoping for this to end with the goat completely wrecking him, leaving him a crying mess on the floor...

Are these guys for real? Or are they more like the Harlem Globetrotters, who would change members every few years?

I think Gene and Paul are the only original members left. They don't get on with Pete and Ace, or something like that. Gene is very well know for being an ass.

S Korean activists plan to send 'The Interview' to N Korea]

Haven't the North Koreans suffered enough?

What's with the dude in blackface????

Isn't it quaint how they think foreigners will like childish characters like Japanese do?

The rise of casual play on smartphones or tablets has resulted in mobile games like “Candy Crush,” which was a hit with women, gaining popularity rivaling that of hard-core shooter titles.

People who only really play Candy Crush aren't "gamers". CoD, WoW, Destiny, GTA, etc players are "gamers".

The whole gamergate should have been all about ethics in journalism. Instead it has been twisted into a feminist cause. Check out the TL;DR videos on YouTube about it, and be educated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSJ_QfposO0

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkX5U7mRNnA

People on the train, stabbing me in the back or ribs with their dumb phones. I've had to slap phones out of their hands onto the floor on more than one occasion.

No, we don't, but it should be his right to take that risk. If one wants to take that risk, it should be one's choice, not the government's.

I sort of agree with you in a way, but when someone gets kidnapped by terrorists, even if they went there by their own volition, and said that their country should do nothing, the country still has to do something. It doesn't stay being about that individual person, it becomes about their nationality, and what ever happens reflects on the country.

I don't agree with what Japan has done to him, but I do think it's a little selfish and reckless on his part. Especially since I wouldn't put it past IS to hunt down journalists even in areas they don't control just to make a point.

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If Fuji blows and there's nothing left of Tokyo ... reckon I'd relocate to either Matsuyama or Kagoshima. I like both places ... and wouldn't mind living in either paradise. But then right now I'm earning money and living here in Tokyo, so that's the place to be for me for now ...

I hope you don't mean Kagoshima city, because if Sakurajima blows, you'd be in the same boat as if Fuji did ;)

Yes. Out of breath skinny guys with whistles= terrorists stay away. The naievety is astounding. Nothing will happen though; so it will be hailed as being a success.

@Speed

So what's her name and where's her picture?

Just saw her picture... Even though it only took me less than a minute, it wasn't worth the time. I'd put her name on here, but I think it'd just get taken down.

Search for the name of the magazine and "19 years old" both in Japanese, and you should find some 2ch links with her info in.

The 64 officers, in eight teams, will run alongside participants to ensure their safety from possible terrorist attacks

I'm sure these guys will deter any terrorist....

Toronto has winters with "cold snaps at" −10 °C.

@timtak, where I grew up, we had "cold snaps" of -25. -10 is t-shirt weather for me ;)

Toronto. Because= hockey (except for the Leafs- that's not hockey)