Posted in: American blogger makes more extensive apology for suicide video See in context
Suicide is terrible. And importantly, this video does nothing to bring any additional awareness to that fact; rather, it deters from it, sadly.
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Posted in: Faring badly: Uber struggles to make inroads in Japan See in context
Remember, Uber was conceived in the US with the idea to be better, faster and cheaper. This is something most of the developed world already has.
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Posted in: AI 'boy' granted residency in central Tokyo See in context
This certainly seems odd--not sure what the point of this is, because it seems to harm the reputation of the city for granting residency for a "character".
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Posted in: Harassment of women can never be tolerated: Ivanka Trump See in context
This is bazaar on many levels.
The message is good; the messenger is suspect, to say the least.
Given so many things, such as Ivanka's thin business credentials, her father's blatant misogynic statements, among other things, makes a talk like this from the U.S. president's daughter do opposite, making a joke of a a very serious topic.
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Posted in: Mary J. Blige, Cher, Ozzy Osbourne, A Tribe Called Quest and Foreigner get into Rock Hall
Posted in: Mary J. Blige, Cher, Ozzy Osbourne, A Tribe Called Quest and Foreigner get into Rock Hall
That's what I like about Japan. They don't give two hoots if you're a woman: You do the crime, you…
Posted in: Japanese 'sugar baby' gets 9 years for scamming men out of ¥155 mil
Posted in: Families of late 'comfort women' sue Japanese gov't; 1st case in China