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Posted in: Trading house Itochu looks to finance Seven & i management buyout See in context

If I understood correctly, Itochu may finance 7&i, not the buyout. So, the title may be misleading.

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Posted in: Railway firm to deploy blade-resistant umbrellas against knife attacks See in context

Looks more like the fabric came up and then the application was decided. Need to work backwards on this. Start with knife attack and then brainstorm the measures.

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Posted in: Japan police bust 'village' of overstaying Vietnamese See in context

I’m sincerely hoping this is not just a flash in the pan. And that Japan is dead serious about preventing illegal immigration. Japan HAS GOT TO LEARN FROM OTHERS’ MISTAKES.

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Posted in: German student missing since Oct 11 found dead off coast of Wakayama City See in context

Very sad to hear. Condolences to the young man’s family. If there’s a foul play angle, hope it’s swiftly resolved for the family’s sake.

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Posted in: Onagawa reactor in Miyagi Prefecture restarted after 13-year hiatus See in context

Hope that the “lessons learnt” from past incidents have all been implemented and the reactor facility had been confirmed safe against any black swan events. In other words, a thorough risk assessment has been performed and documented. And the regulators have been satisfied by the control measures. Wish them a safe and smooth operations.

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Posted in: Voters put nuclear energy on back burner despite safety worries See in context

Voters are more interested in their hefty electricity and gas bills than the future national energy mix, experts say.

Don’t need an expert to figure that out. Also, can’t blame the public for wanting relief from huge bills.

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Posted in: 91-year-old sister of longest death row inmate sees hope in his acquittal See in context

Her brother's long death row confinement took a toll on his mental health

and much more. If indeed innocent, it’s an unbelievable travesty. Huge respect to the sis.

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Posted in: Foreign tourist angers locals for doing pull-ups on torii gate at shrine in Japan See in context

As a non-Japanese it is always frustrating to see such morons showing up and display their stupidity so proudly. For those who justify saying that locals too behave badly, yes but the vast majority do not and they are not the biggest fans of those locals either. Foreigners displaying such nincompoopery are usually tourists and put the non-Japanese living here under poor light.

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Posted in: Man arrested over murder of 17-year-old girl in Osaka hotel See in context

This article was just so hard to get through. Yes she met him in a hotel and all, but in the end she was just a young girl probably went to school or college.

One wrong turn……

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Posted in: 36-year-old man arrested for allegedly having sex with two minors See in context

Another perverted child rapist caught

Perverted, maybe. But child rapist ? How ? What if he’s telling the truth ? I do understand the girls are minors , but all said and done , they’re soliciting no?

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Posted in: Japan launches H2A rocket with reconnaissance satellite after delays See in context

Looking forward to the H3. Private players like Mitsubishi are most welcome but we need to see more from JAXA.

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Posted in: Baby born to Afghani refugees in Japan granted Japanese citizenship See in context

a girl born in Aichi Prefecture in 2022 has Japanese nationality because both of her parents are Afghani

Turns out that’s incorrect. There can be many reasons for the girl to have been granted nationality but her parents being from a particular country isn’t one of them. Otherwise too, a very poorly written piece.

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Posted in: Inoue remains undisputed world super-bantam champ after Doheny quits with injury See in context

The “monster” !! He’s considered one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world. And that’s talking all weight categories

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Posted in: U.S. urges Japan to name disaster relief hub task force members See in context

Contrary to what a lot of people might think , it’s a pretty normal request. The incident command system needs to establish an incident commander (IC) along with the various section chiefs for planning, safety, logistics, media response and so on. This information would be necessary for any parties to liaise, not just the US.

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Posted in: Paris aims to reset Olympics with audacious Games and a wow opening See in context

As long as the athletes (and probably other visitors) can be protected from being mugged, harassed etc., yes it could be a good Olympics.

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Posted in: Japan supermarket director arrested in Myanmar for rice price gouging See in context

To demand “release him immediately” is not only rude but also contradicts own statement that “he’s being interrogated”

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Posted in: 91-year-old woman beaten to death; son, grandson arrested See in context

Violent end to a long life. Some people expect the elderly to behave more and more in a certain way whereas the fact is that when you start growing old beyond a point , you basically start reverting to being a child. You’re weaker, defenses lower, lose motor functions, reflexes bit by bit. Being noisy is not the worst of it all, for sure. They’ll understand when (and if) they get that old.

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Posted in: Transport ministry warns JAL over recent safety incidents See in context

This is not normal for a national airline.

correct. Any event out of the ordinary from a near miss to a minor incident to a major accident are all not normal events and therefore investigations are mandated depending on the severity of incident.

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Posted in: Transport ministry warns JAL over recent safety incidents See in context

It may look or sound scary , but this is normal and actually a good sign. Regulators doing their job and making operators accountable is sign of a properly run industry.

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Posted in: Man arrested for hitting wife with banana peel denies it can be called domestic abuse See in context

Mass , velocity , momentum , hardness , surface roughness etc. etc. of the projectile are not defined in the law for this reason. Judje will make the decision whether it was assault or not. By the way , a banana peel thrown on one’s head can easily whip back into the eye and cause considerable damage

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Posted in: SoftBank Corp to help call center workers by 'softening' angry customer calls with AI See in context

Seems like more of attacking the direct cause than the root cause. It could make an already irritable customer, more so.

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Posted in: U.S. Navy flagship carrier USS Ronald Reagan leaves its Japan home port after nearly 9 years See in context

Had watched a documentary about their aircraft carrier fleet. All state of the art and each better than the other. I think they have a fleet of about 10 or 11, and the next closest is China with 2. Impressive !!

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Posted in: Ex-trade ministry bureaucrat gets 10 years for raping drugged women See in context

Yea, quite the sicko. 10 years seems pretty light for doing that to all of 6 women, he’ll be back out in his 40s. Also, the title would be more apt as “for drugging and raping” because they weren’t already otherwise drugged.

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Posted in: More Japanese workers turning to job resignation services See in context

I understand using an agency to resign , but the reason being “unable to face going back to go to work after gw” is odd.

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Posted in: Teleworking in Japan falls after COVID; hybrid working on rise See in context

varies from industry to industry. If it makes life better for companies and employees, why not. It’s one of the lessons from Covid. Trains will still be crowded but a slight bit lesser.

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Posted in: Elderly couple die after their car goes into sea at fishing port in Fukuoka See in context

Regardless of accident or intentional, barrier should have been in place. If the pier is designed to take vehicular traffic and designated as such , strong barriers are imperative. If not, and the individuals went around safety barriers it would be another matter.

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Posted in: Biden blames China, Japan and India's economic woes on 'xenophobia' See in context

He’s right, but to a limited extent and in limited contexts. In addition to numbers what also matters is the quality of immigration. Skilled professionals (or even unskilled labor) who will pay tax as well as contribute positively to local society , of course. But what’s happening at the US border is a bit scary.

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Posted in: Cool Biz campaign begins across Japan See in context

Cool biz is nice, but setting 28 is somewhat counterproductive. People invariably end up setting little table fans on their desks and end result is drawing extra current from the grid.

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Posted in: Philippines accuses China of damaging its vessel at hotly contested shoal See in context

The coast guard did not provide additional information in a statement

Exactly !! By using the term “expelled”, the narrative of sovereignty has been set. Bully behavior as usual. Repeat a lie enough number of times till it becomes accepted as normal.

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Posted in: Japan tightens rules on int'l student enrollment to tackle malpractice See in context

Ask any of the skilled professionals or any white or even blue collar workers who struggle hard with academics and then their careers to pass through the many obstacles about such fake students who get an easy pass and they go “huh ?!?” Why did we go through all this struggle in life when there’ll be people who can just cheat the system. This tightening of rules should’ve been done long ago. Even now, just tightening the rules won’t be enough , they should be implemented steadfastly and ban the offenders.

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