Seamus78 comments

Ridiculous, so audiences need to be babysat now?, may as well just make a new rating, 'Rated 18' is now 'Not for Snowflakes', that way people could enjoy it without all these warnings. The theatre is assuming that some will be upset by the contents of a play. Midsummer Nights' Dream is a romantic, magical, exciting play with plenty of laughs. Most people who go see it would be aware of the story already.

This "language of violence, sexual references, misogyny and racism", is aimed at the minority, why take the laughs and joy away from the majority?

Japan has failed to compete on a level playing field, especially when they're competing with far more countries today than just the US. Don't hold your breath. Japanese EVs will be inferior to Tesla.

Sure JoshK, not denying that TESLA is doing great, but they are still expensive though. Yes, they reduced the cost this year, a good move.

Give the new Toyota CEO and team a chance. Too much naysaying and pessimism.

Good timing Toyota.

Toyota is one of the leading car companies in the world. Coming only 2nd to GM in the US market in 2022.

They have been super successful with their hybrid cars which came way before the EV boom. They also had the Mirai series and Fuel Cell car, sure the market isn't really ready yet, and hydrogen is still expensive to produce. I do think Hydrogen will take off down the road though.

So Toyota has in fact had a foothold in the environmentally friendly car for a while now ( first Pruis, 1997).

Sure Tesla is doing great with EVs and there are lots of other players, Polestar, BMW, Hyundai, etc. One thing though is most EV's aren't cheap and I think Toyota will come up with a solution. We shall see.

I don't think it's too late as some of you have suggested.

Another question is whether Japan itself is ready for EV, after all, were is the Electricity coming from?

It's been two and half years and people still don't get that vaccines don't stop you getting Covid but greatly help reduce the symptoms.

I for one only got the first t

It's time people realize that this strain of covid is far less dangerous that what we had in 2020 and 2021. It's NOT the same.

We have had relaxed restrictions in Japan since late spring and it's inevitable that there are many cases. People are out and about. Folk should stop getting tested for mild symptoms. It's almost trendy to get tested now.

The number of covid cases in other countries are declining because they no longer require testing everyone.

Japan should open the border, zero reasons why people ned a PCR check before arriving. An antigen check/temp checks should do. Let tourists travel by themselves, none of this tour group nonsense.

Kishida has mild symptoms but still needs to isolate for 10 days, ridiculous.

Each to their own. If you have old folk, sick people around you of course it's your responsibility to keep them safe.

Good points Disillusioned however I got to disagree about toddlers using smart devices. What seems harmless for a 2 year old soon turns into addiction. Sure it can be educational, but in all seriousness, a monkey could probably use a tablet as well as a toddler. Of course sometimes is okay. I admit my oldest kids get roughly 30-40 minutes of tablet fun on my day off. They started when they were 6 or so. With regret I have succumbed. Once they have finished doing homework, chores or what ever they then ask for one thing, the tablet. I worry mostly for kids are on tablets all the time. I see parents handing over their phones to their kids so easily. What's a bit of youtube cartoons fun for toddlers, becomes games and more games for 6 year olds, to instagram, snapchat for 12 year olds, finally it will be such a norm for teenagers that they end up becoming introverted zombies, anxiety, lack of creativity and ambition and so on will be present. There are already signs of this happening. It may seem like I am making a mountain out or a mole hill but the more we can hold back given smart devices to kids the better. It is inevitable that they will use smart devices and more in the future anyway. Interacting, socializing, playing sports, running around, going on adventures in the real world are what's important for a kids development.

Has anyone read about the links between a larvicide added to the water supply provided by Sumitmo Chemicals to eradicate the Mosquitoes? The build up to the Olympics and perhaps the Brazilian Government looked for a solution fast. How was there suddenly 4000 cases from October 2015 to January 2016?. The claims were quickly dismissed due to lack of evidence but...... http://bit.ly/1SOINXP

His response

http://bit.ly/1QaTvFn

After calculating (metric):

Roughly 9-12 tons of CO2 from 1 ton of Hydrogen production 816 tons of CO2 from 1 ton of Gasoline production

Correct me if I am wrong. Excuse the typos ans hasty posts

Ha ha, yeah I know those figure look a little odd, too me too.

A bit embarrassing as I pressed submit without doing more calculations. What I was trying to see was which produces more CO2 per ton of production, Hydrogen or Gasoline?

Actually she has amassed over 250,000,000 views.

What surprises me here in Japan is that a lot of people haven't even heard of Adele, yet she was number 1 in the US and UK for a number of years. It shows me that the Japanese media tend to focus on international acts that have kawaii looks, like Justin and Taylor rather than pure talent.

Well done Adele

Just a few numbers.

One ton of hydrogen produced will also produce about 9 to 12 tons of CO2.

About 19.64 pounds of CO2 are produced from burning a gallon of gasoline that does not contain ethanol. About 22.38 pounds of CO2 are produced by burning a gallon of diesel fuel.

Personally though I would prefer not to breathe in vehicle emissions

This is shocking, all the countries involved should be checking the kids that went ASAP. Around over 33,000 attended this event with 152 countries involved. Some of those countries may not be equipped for a meningitis outbreak.

The system needs to change for sure. As someone mentioned some schools though rare put up anti-bullying posters and actively have meetings to address issues. This needs to be standard in all schools. I have lived in Japan for 10 years and during this time I have seen countless articles like the one above. Is the Japanese Education board so ridiculously inept to change things? The whole school system is wrong here, not just about bullying but all the pressures of entrance exams and costs are way to extreme. Parents are under pressure to pay up, so their kids in turn are under pressure to perform. Sleep deprivation, stress also lead to suicidal tendencies. Teachers unfortunately are only there to help students pass tests. When in fact it should be in their power to put an end to bullying, it is their moral responsibility to educate life skills and ethics not just enforce 100% on a math test. They are under pressure to conform and process the next generation of office workers. Like those before them, its a never ending cycle. Some teachers stand up for their beliefs, like those that didn't sing the anthem at a school ceremony, (not saying that was right or wrong) but what happened to them?, they were fired and boycotted from joining other schools. Yes, they were compensated but only to keep them quiet.

Look at the facts Japan, you have a major problem in your schools. Parents and teachers need to talk more about their kids well being not only how to pass tests and milk parents for every penny they have. Parents sit down with your kids and talk about their school life, open them up, look for signs, don't parents nothing is happening.

Yes bullying is an everyday experience and yes some kids live through it and move on, I know I was a victim and also became a bully for a short time.

I have three kids, oldest is in Elementary school and too be honest if something happens I will insist on meetings with both teachers and the bully's parents.

RIP little man.

What a load of tripe, these are the most visited places in Japan, anyone could make that list.

Paustovsky, your list is spot on!

eh should it not be Windows 9?

Strength to to her family and friends. May they receive all the support necessary.

To all the people who say that the mother and grandparents should have been more vigilant or escorted her around, get real!. That child has probably walked around her neighborhood countless times in her young life. Not once did they have a concern for psychopaths. I am a parent of 3. My oldest will turn 6 next month and I we not be glued to his side 24/7, its not physically possible. Yes it makes me worried that this sickos exit but the sad thing is that this case could have happened anywhere in the world. Its not a 'Japan Thing' . Times have not changed, psychopaths have always been around.

Very, very lucky boy, he wont be doing that in a hurry again

Scumbags, not human. There seems to be articles about these sick child beating cases every week. RIP little girl.

"MusicPass and would likely cost $5 a month with adverts or $10 for a service with the ads removed."

I feel this would see the demise of Youtube.

The fans will get their money back, no doubt. If he had diarrhea, a virus a bad back....so what?, it doesn't matter. Sick is Sick. 71 is an amazing age for anyone to perform the way he does. The promoters have only themselves to blame. A lesson well learnt.

Japan has more to lose if it didn't deny those visas in accordance to the sanctions. However Japan, The US, the E.U and any other nation will have to trend very carefully. Russia too can easily place sanctions in retaliation. Russia could decide to stop all LNG and Oil imports to Japan.

Some say that the Ukrainian protests in Kiev that ousted their diplomatically elected President was staged or influenced by the West. Russia now stands ready to protect Ukrainians with Russian or with Russian ancestry in Eastern Ukraine if the Ukrainian army decide to stop the protesters by force. I dont agree with what the pro Russia protesters are doing but putting more sanctions on Russia wont solve the issue but only aggravate the situation more.

Wicked to see music as great as this continue through the decades. Long live Led Zeppelin

@Thomas Anderson I am on your side hear buddy.

GW, couldnt agree with you more. Sad but true the teeny metal heads of today are succumbed into the marketing power behind Baby Metal. They will die out soon, a fun fad nothing more. If only they were hot chicks 18+ then maybe I could watch....a bit!

a good man, I hope other mayors around Japan follow his example

He is a monster, enough said. RIP Seri

Wearing large geeky black framed glasses when they have no need for them

My wife is 39 and we have a 4 months baby, our 3rd child. She has brought up the kids very well, of course it has been extremely hard for her at times. PND does exist, this is an awful, awful thing to happen but that woman clearly needs psychiatric help. I hope the baby recovers.

Not a good picture to promote the Mamchari:

No Helmets. 2.The Kid on back seat hasn't got his seatbelt fastened. 3. Kid on the back seat should not be carrying moms bag, his hands should be free to hold on to the bike. 4. A minor one but They aren't the best shoes to cycle in.

as a MAC user I will never go back to a dedicated Windows machine but I do however use Windows 7 on a virtual machine and it has everything a standard user needs. Windows 8 is a piece of trash and was only Microsoft's way of trying to retrieve some of it's old glory but its clear that they have failed miserably in that department.