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https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1817775398047937009

https://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/14988305

"In twilight years, former Unit 731 member set on spreading truth"

An interesting read about Hideo Shimizu.

omoyuki Tachikawa? We seem to be missing a T

Moderator: Thank you. It has been corrected.

Just an update on this. Police are saying that the 72 year old driver's car had no damage to the front bumper, bonnet (hood) or windscreen, however underneath was obviously damaged. They are thinking that the high school girl had already fallen down on the road before being dragged by his car. Maybe she was struck by another car at first.

Doesn't excuse his actions though. I can't imagine not noticing someone trapped under my car!

A couple of photos of the boy's hairstyle on Vice Media...

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3wzyy/half-black-student-japan-graduation-cornrows

In Japanese...

https://mainichi.jp/articles/20230327/k00/00m/040/127000c

There are some more details here... and 42 (yes, 42!) rather blurry photos.

https://www.news-postseven.com/archives/20220609_1762265.html?DETAIL

"The object was first discovered by Curtin University Honours student Tyrone O'Doherty in a region of the Western Australian outback known as the Murchison Widefield Array, using a telescope and a new technique he had developed.

Mr O'Doherty was part of a team led by astrophysicist Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker, from the Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR)."

Source – BBC News

"Japan unlikely to use AstraZeneca vaccine for now"

(NHK two hours ago)

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210521_02/

The Sputnik V doses manufactured in South Korea are not for domestic use. The vaccine is to be exported back to Russia. The doses also will be exported to Iran, Argentina, Algeria, Hungary and the United Arab Emirates, according to EDaily.

Not sure why this part was left out.

I found a short English video here. Is that an Xbox controller they are using?!

http://www.ntv.co.jp/englishnews/nature/japans_first_self-driving_bus_in_regular_service/

I'm 188cm (6'2)...and live in an apartment. What could possibly go wrong?!

Hiromi's photo...

http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2017/12/05/chiba-woman-42-warned-to-stay-away-from-man-in-20s-re-arrested-for-stalking/

 the average TOEIC school of its employees is now more than 830 points

Maybe they could start by proofreading their own press releases?

I only come here to read the news. The old site was much better for me. Now it's too loud and busy, confusing and cheap looking. Looks like some kind of generic marketing site. My eyes are burning!

Mrs. Abe... one of her jacket buttons (third from the top) is either missing or undone... why?

@yokohamarides

There are 159 cars in the photo. I counted partial cars too.

Lol I'm having a slow day.

Some of the Japanese news sites are reporting that the guy was "foreign looking" and that he spoke broken Japanese.

Associated Press is reporting that the cooling system is running again.

They also said this...

Work to put up nets to keep out rats and other animals at Fukushima Dai-ichi plant in northeastern Japan inadvertently caused the power outage, TEPCO spokesman Akitsuka Kobayashi said. Details were not clear, and the outage was still under investigation.

My apologies... just to be clear they are talking about the spent fuel pools.

From another recent source...

The cooling systems in reactors one, three and four are not currently operational. The Tokyo Electric Power Company says it is unsure about the cause of the power failure but it has vowed to come up with a solution in a few days.

"in a few days"? As usual, Tepco are not trying hard enough.

It sure is a racy pic! The guy in the red pants seems very "excited".

Kissport.... it's a sports club? What is this JT? Marathon?

Well, the American FAA has just grounded all U.S. Dreamliner Flights. They seem to be focused on the battery issues. These batteries are supplied by GS Yuasa Corporation, but I couldn't tell you where they are made.

It was pretty intense here in Ibaraki. Early warning from the phone gave me enough time to get dressed, but still managed to smash my toe into the table leg.

I couldn't see a price mentioned anywhere in this article (but then I'm still half asleep)... apparently the expected price is 450,000 yen (about $5,500 US)

The knife had a 16cm blade.

Anybody notice Anderson's fingernails? The nails on his right hand are blue, and on his left orange and yellow.

I'm looking forward to this movie but I hope it's better than the last. And I really don't want to see zombies wearing only underwear (at least not men!)

I'm curious about the white guy standing at the back, third from right. He's even wearing Japanese geta. Is he part of this or just watching...

http://www.oshimaland.co.jp/

Also in English and French.

My gas supply automatically shut off, so I had to go outside in my pyjamas to try and reset it.

Here in Ibaraki the earthquakes do seem to be hitting us more frequently and violently recently.

Some details here...

http://pocketnow.com/android/fujitsu-announces-stylistic-m350-ca2-seven-inch-tablet

1GHz Freescale i.Mx processor, 512MB of RAM, Gingerbread