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I made sure to go to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing because tickets were set unbelievably cheaper than those before and since. I went to 16 events, mostly finals. For example, my swimming final's tickets were about the equivalent of ¥5000 (face value), whereas for the 2020 Tokyo games they went on sale for ¥108,000. I saw finals in judo, track and field, volleyball, gymnastics, etc. Table tennis was impossible due to huge demand understandably

Calm down people! No matter what the reasoning for building these toilets, the problem was not with transgender people, it was with straight people, mainly due to prostitution.

Most of you wouldn't be able to recognize a transgender person in the first place. Many transgender people exist in our society and go to whichever toilet fits their identity without anyone knowing with no scene being made.

The main problem with these toilets from my own personal viewing experience, and from what I have read in Japanese media, was that straight women and men were mixing in the toilets. Because anyone can walk in, and there are so many stalls, it became a very convenient location for prostitutes to do their business. Men and women going into a stall for a quick one. Add to the fact that it's in Kabukicho and there you go

Regarding the website version, I found it quite helpful to plan an itinerary for my upcoming trip. I told it the exact dates I was going and the location and asked it to plan an itinerary for me. Of course I will make adjustments, but it was an excellent base for me to build on.

3 million bananas and 15,000 athletes. That's 200 bananas each! Wow that's a lot of bananas

Probably like the Luffy case previously, ringleader recruits idiots to commit the crime and the ringleader benefits. That guy is somewhere with the watches, meanwhile the idiot teens are in custody

People need to read a bit better. It never said that he paid ¥20,000 for a massage, it says he demanded money and she handed over ¥20,000. Stop insinuating it was something sexual.

The standard hourly price for a massage is ¥6000/hour. It's easy for a place to have ¥20,000 in cash. The legit place where I go has an average 4-5 customers at a time. My partner and I have a 2 hour foot and body massage each 1/month, that's ¥24,000 right there, though we usually pay with a credit card.

The benefits of cashless are clear for shops in this case

Activision hasn't been "saved", they wanted the deal to happen. This is due to heavy lobbying by Sony. We're talking about Sony's protectionism here

When Michael Jackson's things went on sale, Lady Gaga ended up buying dozens of items including thriller jacket, sequin glove etc. She keeps them in a temperature controlled facility with her own items. I wouldn't be surprised if she tried to get some of Freddie Mercury's outfits as well, particularly seeing where the profits are going

@3Rensho pitchers and catchers all use Pitchcom now. It can be set for various languages including Japanese, so there's no language problem on the field

There are lots of regional only passes that are still available. Some of them for foreign residents but most of them still for tourists only. These will not have price increases at the moment

@zizi. Paris not looking very nice at the moment, and the Olympics and corruption always go hand in hand no matter the location

Yesterday as I was out for a walk I saw the police, wearing helmets, had stopped a delivery guy, who was also wearing a helmet. Therefore I assume it was for something else, but as they were talking to him and I walked by, I counted six cyclists riding by without helmets including a young girl by herself. No cyclists were wearing a helmet

Well that's what makes this festival one of the more popular festivals in Japan, the danger. Just like that one in Nagano where they ride the giant log down the hill.

The participants know what they are getting themselves into. Hopefully every year nothing more than broken bones, but there are occasional deaths unfortunately from time to time

First of all the Gobi desert is in Mongolia and China, and Chinese cities suffer just as much if not more from yellow sand each year.

The Gobi desert is expanding in size every year due to climate change, deforestation and animal grazing. Since world leaders don't seem to be able to get anything done about climate change, it's just going to get worse and worse

As a lifelong Oakland fan I think I've given up on them this season already. Cheering for the Angels to finally make the playoffs

One of my relatives was lucky enough to have Sakamoto in the audience watching her performance. After the show he spoke with her and gave her his name card. He said they should collaborate in the future. Unfortunately she never had the chance. RIP

I don't know about this version, but long ago when the Mazda Miata came out, I tried it out but I had a very difficult time seeing through the windshield. Maybe I was too tall for the car

The last emperor soundtrack was the only soundtrack I ever bought. Sakamoto's tracks really touched my heart.

People who aren't regular company employees are not required to have annual physicals, therefore they may not get cancer screenings and discover cancer in its early stages.

My Japanese cousin was like that. As a housewife, she never went for physicals and ended up being diagnosed with terminal intestinal cancer in her late 50s before passing away a couple of years later.

Everyone 30+ should get regular checks for cancer, especially breast cancer for women, prostate and testicular cancer for men, and 40+ stomach and intestinal cancer for both.

This is why I took my opportunity during Covid to travel all around Japan. Went to all 4 main islands plus Okinawa over the 3 years. Visited 34/47 prefectures.

Everything is getting so crowded now again but remember we don't even have the Chinese tourists back in force yet. The Japanese government is targeting record numbers of tourists.

Great for those related to the tourism industry but not for those of us who just live here

He's a billionaire. Not as rich as he claims to be, but nevertheless capable of paying for his own legal defense. Shameful that he is scamming people to pay for him, and unbelievable that his supporters, many of whom are probably living paycheck to paycheck, still send him money.

As much as I dislike Trump, I feel sorry for his supporters who have been conned and used time and time again by this scammer

Well if anyone was in Tokyo for the 3/11 quake they would remember that it was much faster for all of us who were walking or riding a bicycle (stores were sold out) to get home.

The roads were completely gridlocked. Drivers must've been sitting there for hours. Sure if I wanted to escape a volcanic eruption, I would choose a car first, but the reality is in the end, you might get out faster on foot

He wrote to his daughter afterwards "I'm famous", and now claims that his "other personality" in his body wrote that. Lol.

Sued her initially for millions, now is settling for $300,000 seeing as he wouldn't get that. Probably hoped she would just pay that without going to trial to save face or something.

7 years after? Cash grab

I've been going here for about 45 years. I used to go with my grandfather when I visited Japan on summer vacations. Now I go anytime I want since I live here.

Somewhere I would always recommend if people want to take a break and eat delicious anmitsu, cream anmitsu, shaved ice and other Japanese sweets in a great traditional atmosphere in Ginza.

Not just locks for windows and balconies, but tall furniture needs to be secured to walls (kids pull out drawers, climb up and the dressers fall on them), frying pan handles need to be turned away from edges (kids see them, pull them from above, and hot oil and water come raining down on them) and cabinet doors need to be locked (kids open them up and eat or drink whatever is inside even if it's poisonous) among other things.

It came down to him saying she asked for it, and her saying not like that. Seeing the photos of the woman afterwards, you have to wonder how someone could do that to another person even if they had been asked to. If not illegal, then certainly depraved

Finally Murakami got a big hit! Wow what a thriller. Ohtani and Yoshida came up big again. Tomorrow should be awesome. Hope to see Ohtani vs Trout

Japan-only country to reach all 5 semifinals

Mexico- first time in the semis

Gotta bet on Japan but with big Latin support from the Miami crowd, and 1 game winner take all you never can tell.

USA x Cuba in Miami should be a blast too.

Red Sox fans must be excited to see what Yoshida can do when he joins them this season. As an Oakland fan I am looking forward to seeing our Fujinami (not on samurai Japan) pitch. Ohtani opening the regular season with the Angels versus Oakland.

Used to be I could count and name every Japanese player in MLB on one hand, now I've completely lost track of who is playing there. Great opportunities for Japanese players now.

What I'm not looking forward to is Trevor Bauer playing here in Japan.

Tomato sauce, plain ketchup, brown demi glacé sauce, white bechamel sauce, or half and half of any 2, yum! Love omurice

At the start of this game everyone knew it had no meaning. China was already going to be in last place and Korea already in third. Basically no reason to play except Koreans getting their frustration out.

Thank goodness the mercy rule stopped this after five innings

Japan vs Italy on Thursday!