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Posted in: Maryland governor seeks $60 mil in quick aid after bridge collapse and warns of 'very long road ahead' See in context

I don’t think the U.S. standards of safety of navigation are that low. You’d still have to consider the possibility of an act of terrorists.

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Posted in: Baltimore bridge collapses after powerless cargo ship rams into support column; 6 presumed dead See in context

You all believe the standards of safety of navigation in the USA is that low? Just an accident?

This may be an act of terrorism. I wouldn’t eliminate that possibility. It looked like an act of intention.

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Posted in: China's President Xi meets U.S. executives, academics in Beijing See in context

As others have said, forced detention, false spying charges and theft of technology. Who wants to risk any investment in China?

Stephen von Schuckmann, a board member and executive at ZF Group who oversees the auto supplier's battery-drive operations, said the company was committed to China, which leads the world in electric car sales and production.

"Any wording and hype about an exodus in the supply chain is not what we follow," he said. "We're invested. We're here to stay."

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Posted in: Ohtani scandal looms over baseball ahead of opening day See in context

Only the naive believes Mizuhara pulled this off all by himself.

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Posted in: China's President Xi meets U.S. executives, academics in Beijing See in context

Looks like they are willing to invest in China. Good for the global economy. Let money talk.

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Posted in: Adult siblings fall out over infirm or deceased parents: Who nurses them? Who inherits the property? See in context

Don’t let anyone guilt you into thinking you do not deserve any of the inheritance.

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Posted in: Adult siblings fall out over infirm or deceased parents: Who nurses them? Who inherits the property? See in context

Ms.B’s two younger sisters have a right to inherit the assets which include the house. If Ms. B wishes to keep the house then she needs to get a valuation and settle with her siblings. Nothing doing is illegal under Japanese law which guarantees the reserved portion of the inheritance for all siblings and even children out of wedlock.

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Posted in: MLB pulls plug on clubs' ties with Japanese teams See in context

Good. Authoritarian measures to nip things in the bud. They work.

MLB's "solution" to this kind of contact is to take away from teams that have played by the rules and benefitted from the exchanges, rather than doing anything concrete about a practice that is already against the rules.

Whiner. So a few good apples get thrown away. This is a small price and sacrifice in the grand scheme of things. MLB understands the CCP.

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Posted in: Ohtani says he never bet on sports; claims interpreter Mizuhara stole money, told lies See in context

On a serious note. I am not buying his story. He knew. And for a while too. Tried to cover it all up. Selling out his boy as the fall guy.....

There is no doubt there is a trail. Somebody has to take the fall, and we know it’s not going to be Ohtani.

Look at all the naive people here, “I believe him.” Lol, you mean you just support him.

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Posted in: Japan approves plan to sell fighter jets to other nations in latest break from pacifist principles See in context

This is good for Japan. Rely less on others and more on yourself. US industry needs competition.

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Posted in: U.N. demand for Gaza cease-fire provokes strongest clash between U.S. and Israel since war began See in context

Abstention is for the weak. If the aid wants conditions then veto.

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Posted in: One of Ohtani’s endorsement deals looks pretty awkward right now See in context

Really, there are only three possible scenarios. In one, Ohtani gave Mizuhara access to use his bank account, including the ability to verify Ohtani’s consent for transfers of large sums of money, implying that Ohtani failed to limit access to his financial assets to trustworthy people. In another, Mizuhara was never given such access, but was able to bypass the security protocols for Ohtani’s account, implying that whichever institution is handling his money does a poor job of protecting it. And in the third, Ohtani actually did process the transfers himself, and even if didn’t know they were illegal, that’s a big mistake in terms of managing your money, and one that would have been facilitated by being able to make the transfer on his own, without having to speak with a bank employee first.

There is scenarios 1B Ohtani gambling through his interpreter who is the bookie for Ohtani and Ohtani had to face the music and pay up for his losses and not the interpreter’s looses.

In this case, the interpreter is the fall guy. It’s all about shadows. It is rarely straightforward as in Mizuhara gambled. Mizuhara lost money. It’s too simple.

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Posted in: Ohtani to speak to media for 1st time since illegal gambling, theft allegations against interpreter See in context

Do people actually think he doesn’t know about it?

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Posted in: U.N. adopts resolution backing efforts to ensure artificial intelligence is safe See in context

She is Esther, the woman Fred Sanford is always afraid of.

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Posted in: 2 Japanese men die in river near Washington state waterfall made popular on TikTok See in context

It’s wonderful TikTok can be used to give warnings of the dangers of waterfalls. TikTok is helping to prevent casualties.

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Posted in: Freddie Mercury's home on the market for first time since 1980 minus his 'exquisite clutter' See in context

He likes magnolia trees.

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Posted in: Japan sees record 2.79 million visitors in February due to Lunar New Year boost See in context

Japan is literally the top tourist destination on the planet right now.

It is still France, United States, Spain, China, Italy and so on. That it's trending up and being the top are not even close.

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

I went to Yasukuni once as it happened to be on my route. Just a simple and antiseptic temple in Tokyo

The entrance is not simple but grand. It starts from Chidorigafuchi. It also has a museum. Not many shrines grounds have the scale and size of Yasukuni.

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Posted in: U.S. ambassador says Beijing stance on TikTok ban 'supremely ironic' See in context

The issue isn’t hypocrisy but whether the U.S. admitting there is justification for government control and bans over media. The U.S. government finally realizes the CCP way is necessary and good. Learn from China.

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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

This reminds me of the movie "Gung Ho" (1986) when a Japanese car company buys an American plant, the American liaison must mediate the clash of work attitudes between the foreign management and native labor.

This reminds me of “American Factory” (美国工厂) a 2019 American documentary film directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, about Chinese company Fuyao's factory in Moraine, a city near Dayton, Ohio, that occupies Moraine Assembly, a shuttered General Motors plant.

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Posted in: Director Roman Polanski sued over more allegations of sexual assault of a minor See in context

Anyone remember Rosemary’s Baby in the scene with Satan’s child and the Japanese guy taking pictures?

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Posted in: Ceremony held to mark 79th anniversary of U.S. firebombings of Tokyo See in context

That the Japanese political leaders, military leaders and the emperor all ignored this devastation - pre-atomic - resulting in further deaths and injuries to millions.

Just insane.

So those who don’t surrender are complicit in the war crimes? How would you apply that to today?

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Posted in: U.S. urges Japan, other allies to tighten China's access to chip technology, Bloomberg reports See in context

The U.S. Sinophobia predicted the Chinese economy would collapse entirely by 2011 and predicted Chinas GDP would saturate at $ 6.95 Trillion.

In 2011, they predicted a complete derailment of Chinas space program without foreign support and collaboration.

In 2014, they predicted a major crisis in China that would devalue the Yuan to 9.33 to 1 by 2020.

In 2018 they restricted the exporting of advanced chips. And Huawei launched a 7 nm Chip and is ready for 5 nm Chips this year.

In a few years you’ll see the Chinese cornering the market. They have the scale of production.

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Posted in: U.S. urges Japan, other allies to tighten China's access to chip technology, Bloomberg reports See in context

The U.S. should just compete. Not sure why they’re losing confidence.

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Posted in: Japan sees China's military buildup as serious concern See in context

Japan basically needs to spend more of its money not on its own people but to support the U.S. military because if Japan doesn’t then China will invade Okinawa and take over Japan. That’s the sales pitch. It is easy and quite convincing.

China developed their Aerospace program and established BEIDOU 北斗。They thought the Chinese couldn’t develop their own space program and would effectively be forced back by 20 years, if not more.

Back then every US Politician was convinced that China would either come back crawling to the US and accept its status as a Junior partner like Japan or S Korea.

All of a sudden in 2016 they got scared of China and flipped the switch. Allegations of concentration camps and rape festivals in these camps. No one is buying that millions of Muslims are being slaughtered. Now it’s back to slave labor.

I would just come clean and say, we just want to make and sell weapons.

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Posted in: Japan sees China's military buildup as serious concern See in context

China has two bases outside of China. The U.S. with 800 bases around the world is not really concerned. Would you be?

Japan isn’t concerned either. The U.S. will protect Japan at all costs.

You have to justify the need to justify the spending. If I were trying to increase Japan’s military spending, I would say China is attacking yesterday,

And Australia is going to be invaded too. Get your subs now.

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Posted in: Most Japan fishing groups hit by China import ban over Fukushima row See in context

My question to the Chinese. Why do Chinese fishing boats fish in the waters around Japan? Isn't the fish they catch tainted as they claim it is when importing?

Is the fish they catch being sold as Japanese fish? You’re assuming everyone follows the ban. I don’t think it’s an issue of hypocrisy but income opportunity. It’s also like asking why people break the law?

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Posted in: Japan, now world's No. 4 economy, on steep road to reverse low growth See in context

Good point on PPP. Tucker Carson goes to Moscow and buys a week of groceries for his team. It was only $104.

On Germany, its direct investment in China increased by 4.3 percent to a record high of 11.9 billion euros (12.7 billion U.S. dollars) last year. The numbers were reported three days ago.

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Posted in: WTO chief insists trade body remains relevant as tariff-wielding Trump makes a run at White House See in context

Trump, who once threatened to pull the United States out of the WTO, ignored its rules by using tariffs — or taxes on imported goods — as a punitive tool against friendly countries in the European Union, Canada, Mexico and others, but especially China. 

The international rules based order only requires you to follow rules when they work in your favor.

China: “I’m not going to pay that tax.” Does not pay taxes.

US: “Rules are rules. Tax evasion is illegal.” Does not pay taxes.

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Posted in: Recession has struck some of world's top economies, but U.S. keeps defying expectations See in context

quercetumFeb. 16 09:01 pm JST

If Trump makes a deal, the best deal would be having the US fund the capital and China develop the products with China’s technology.

The opaque China regulatory system means no sane investor is going to throw money into that pit with no assurance of getting it back.

Yes, the Germans are insane then. German direct investment in China rose by 4.3% to a record high of 11.9 billion euros ($12.7 billion) last year and also increased as a share of the country's overall investment abroad.

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