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@JJE

Navalny had no credible history in country wide electoral politics - that's what the western media aren't telling you about their appointed "opposition leader".

Oh yeah? Is that why Putin had to murder him? That makes no sense.

How can you support a leader who locks up and kills anyone who disagrees with the current government narrative? The vast majority of Russian people can't stand Putin, but they're afraid to say so because they know the consequences...

Everyone hates the LDP, and yet everyone votes for them. This paradox constantly baffles me.

@Redemption

You know Japanese people, they will self police. The busy bodies will monitor and approach every foreigner to escort them out as citizen police patrol.

Are you being sarcastic? If so, good point. Most Japanese people are passive-aggressive and terrified of direct confrontation. Rather than approach foreigners to escort them away, what you'll hear is a lot of tongue clicking and cursing under their breath in barely audible tones...

And besides, if the road is closed to "tourists," how are they supposed to determine which foreigners are tourists and which are residents, and ditto for Japanese people?

The problem is that so many people these days mistake skepticism for being anti-transgender.

Even those who are sympathetic to transgender people often get slapped with an anti-trans label because they are not extreme enough in their support for the cause.

Great, so now on top him being a racist, misogynist, egotistical arrogant narcissist, he also supports the genocide of the Palestinian people. Can there be a more blatantly horrible person than him?

@Quo Primum

And the fact that your comment is getting more 'down' votes than 'up' votes is evidence that many people slobber over the lives of celebrities and give them borderline 'cult worship.'

I disagree. Things aren't so black and white. It is possible for people to follow the lives of their favourite celebrities, and to feel emotional about big changes, without going to the point of obsessing over them or "worshiping" them.

@Hope

NATO requires consensus on troop deployment, not a French Cowboy trying to reenact Napolean back in the day!

Let me remind you that the only one trying to reenact Napoleon is Putin.

@Jim

It’s about time all schools, work areas and public establishments prohibit personal cellphone usage...

Wait, someone commits a crime and you want to ban people from using smartphones at work and in public places? That's like, someone wrote something naughty, so you decide to ban pencils!

I thought this was a thing in every country.

In a similar vein, I see so many people cross the road on foot without bothering to look left and right, darting into traffic without the notion that there might be a bike or car coming. Is there no sense of danger? Are children not taught when they're young to look both ways before crossing the road??

@Marc Lowe

Authors like Grisham, Picoult and Martin, who make frivolous lawsuits should be boycotted and their works removed from bookshelves and online bookstores.

It's one thing to condone the use of AI in the creative process.

It's a completely different thing to start banning books of those who disagree with you. Although I agree that AI is a useful tool, I think you should reconsider your extremist proposition.

The CCP has no place in today's world. Down with the CCP!

More like, they're going to discuss how they can continue taking bribes and kickbacks and still get away with it.

@Speed

I think the title should read "worker harassment". Nobody is harassing the customers.

The definition of "customer harassment" is "disruptive behaviour by customers," not towards them.

JR staff are too polite. Abusive behaviour shouldn't be tolerated. Such offenders should be showed the door and told where they can shove their petty complaints.

Shukan Bunshun is the thing we need to get rid of. No real journalism. Just scandal after scandal, a bunch of paparazzi making money off other people's misfortunes.

Make everyone who gets caught receiving a bribe or kickback wear a banner on their head that shows the total amount they received.

Japan is as backwards as Texas with respect to the death penalty.

Besides, in this case, life in prison would be the harsher sentence.

with the billionaire seen as struggling to recognize that technology and sheer will power will not create miracles.

He is also struggling to recognise that the vast majority of people in the world view him as a spoiled, egomaniac halfwit.

@GlobalObserver

A very wise decision.

In what universe? You an all the other homophobes here need to get back in your time machine and return to the Middle Ages.

@indigo

We are talking about Japan fraud. stay Focus!

Um, no. We are talking about Chinese propaganda.

@USNinJapan2

There would be exponentially fewer civilian lives lost as collateral damage in Gaza had Egypt opened their border earlier to Palestinians and others trying to evacuate 

I think you don't understand the word "exponentially." There would be exponentially fewer civilian lives lost if Israel didn't bomb civilian targets.

Supporting Ukraine and supporting Israel are two separate matters entirely. The fact that Biden can say he supports both of them, and in the same sentence, makes him a hypocrite. What Russia is doing in Ukraine is equivalent to what Israel is doing in Palestine.

@bass

the Jews didn’t do anything to get slaughtered like they did by the Nazis except for the one crime of being Jewish.

 it was Hamas that struck first with the intention of killing as many Jews as possible.

Except that Israel is retaliating by killing innocent Palestinians, who have done nothing wrong, except for the one crime of not being Jewish.

They should force Big Motors to include a picture of a man striking a car with a golf ball in their logo.

Most of the incidents that occur on escalators (and these occur with even more frequency on stairs and in the streets) are caused by people walking with their eyes glued to their smartphones.

And he's also the smartest man ever to have graced the halls of Congress within the last century...

You made my day, Bass. Thanks for supplying us with some comic relief!

Great. While the rest of the developed world has already been doing this for years, Japan, who used to be a developed nation, is finally getting on board. Send your fax to the following number to apply! .........

What's really sad is how many Chinese people have been completely brainwashed by their government's propaganda.

@Lubaru

Lousy ass shooting if you ask me! When you shoot, you shoot to kill, that's it, no other reason.

That's a sickening thing to say. You don't even know what the guy did and you want him dead??

@Speed

If a customer says they don't want the receipt, don't give it to him. Basic common sense and courtesy. It's called good service.

By that same token, if the guy gives you the receipt anyway, don't have a tantrum and throw it at him. Just smile and toss it into the bin. It's called not being a psychopath.