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Twix

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Posted in: Woman, boyfriend arrested after threatening to gouge out her son’s eyes See in context

Police in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, have re-arrested 

re-arrested.................what are the police doing over there?

so they've done this before?

put those two savages away for life!

And where are the children protection authorities?

get that kid out of there!

seems like the cops won't do anything, useleess

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Posted in: Super Bowl Monday See in context

Banners blocking the screens, screens too small, apparently not every wall has screens, long tables.........who'd choose to go there to watch it?

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Posted in: Expenses are rising much faster than the increase in revenue. If nothing is done, our country’s hospital system will collapse. See in context

Expenses are rising much faster than the increase in revenue

really? because they sure as hell suck my wallet dry every time I go there.

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Posted in: Saudi Arabia to showcase kingdom's transformation at Osaka Expo 2025 See in context

the Osaka expo will cover various topics including women's empowerment

HAH, is this a new thing of the future?

Because outside of Japan and Mid Eastern countries, it's the norm.

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Posted in: Japan main opposition party leader to scrutinize Ishiba-Trump summit See in context

 "I would like to examine carefully" the degree to which Ishiba and Trump "held in-depth discussions" on several issues including climate change.

Yeah................much better plan than trying to strengthen your party and boot the LDP out, completely.

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Posted in: Ishiba pledges to resolve territorial dispute with Russia See in context

Ishiba pledges to resolve territorial dispute

He thinks he's going to resolve any issue?

Then that would be a first.

Show us, Ish. Talk is always so extremely cheap.

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Posted in: Ishiba says Trump isn’t as frightening in person as on TV See in context

“On television, he is frightening, but he was actually very sincere,” the prime minister said.

This is your takeaway from the meeting........riveting, Ish.

Ishiba also said he wasn’t using their White House meeting to “suck up” to the U.S. president.

Then why even mention it?

Ishiba added that many in Japan were also excited about his return to the White House.

What? Where?

Ishiba was asked during their joint news conference about Japan potentially imposing tariffs on U.S. goods, since Trump didn’t rule out doing similar to Japan.

The prime minister, grinning, said his official answer was no.

Trump laughed and said he liked that answer.

Ishiba.........you're an idiot

He probably doesn't even know what tariffs are.

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Posted in: Man arrested for killing pigeon See in context

Where do they find these psychos?

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Posted in: Man arrested for robbing convenience store says he hadn’t eaten in 3 days due to gambling debts See in context

That's why they made Squid game. Get the recruiter.

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Posted in: Gov't considers same-day tickets for Osaka Expo amid slow pre-sales See in context

> Advance ticket sales, which started on Nov 30, 2023, stood at around 7.67 million as of Jan 29, short of the target of 14 million. 

Why? Would 14 MIL be the break-even point? This should be a lot of fun to watch if it is.

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Posted in: Voter who passed on Ichiro for Hall of Fame still a mystery after 321 of 394 ballots released See in context

Ichiro beginning to look a little like Phil Collin’s.

Ahhh yes, that time Phil had hair.......and was Asian.

I remember it like it was never.

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Posted in: Man who threw pipe bomb at ex-PM Kishida tells court he didn't intend to kill See in context

 he didn't intend to kill

Never do things half heartedly.

Always finish what you start.

Kimura, next time get the job done or just stay home.

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Posted in: Ex-lawmaker gets suspended sentence for raping junior high school girl See in context

the court deemed a suspended sentence appropriate,

noting that Shiiki had already apologized

Fabulous. A few cheap words, that'll bring back the girl's dignity, virginity and innocence.

and paid compensation.

Didn't know there was a price chart for sexual assault of a minor. Learn something new everyday.

> Presiding Judge Chikako Murata said Shiiki had committed a "vile" crime that had "exploited the victim's immaturity." The "impact on her mind and body cannot be taken lightly," the judge said.

Yeah, 3 years in prison outta cover it.

Someone should look into getting rid of that judge as well.

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Posted in: Japanese comedian's TV scenes cut after report he grabbed woman in 2015 See in context

I'm all for cracking down on sexual predators.......but

> Without naming Kinoshita, the woman, a YouTuber, recently wrote on the X social media platform that a comedian grabbed her arm after she refused to go to a hotel following a meal.

Is this really the whole ordeal? Any random yahoo could write this about anyone.

Takayuki Kinoshita, one half of comedy duo TKO, has admitted to taking the woman to a hotel but denied coercion. 

Either he actually has a conscience, there's concrete evidence or he is just a moron.

But with the "abundance" of facts put in the article, we have no idea.

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Posted in: Trump says Japanese PM will visit him next week; talks about Abe See in context

But Trump did not refer to the Japanese prime minister by name.

lol. That's because he doesn't even know what the PM's name is.

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Posted in: Two boys arrested for throwing raw eggs at police box in Shizuoka Prefecture See in context

Considering all the food prices rising, the last thing anyone should be doing is wasting perfectly good eggs.

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Posted in: Hotel stays in Japan hit record 651 million in 2024 on inbound surge See in context

Hotel stays in Japan hit record 651 million in 2024 on inbound surge

Yet hotel workers still get paid minimum wage.

I don't work in the hotel industry at the moment, but I do work with a lot of people in the hotel industry.

IDK about management or CEOs, but the daily staff workers are definitely not seeing any salary increases despite record stays. They also don't have ample time off.

They should all strike and demand higher pay or at least more incentives. If all the workers of a hotel went on strike, there would be chaos in such establishments.

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Posted in: Japan's jobless rate in 2024 falls to 2.5% See in context

The job availability ratio indicates that there were 125 job openings for every 100 job seekers

Definitely a misleading stat.

That's definitely not true for some industires.

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Posted in: Ishiba says he will accelerate debate over selective surname system See in context

"It's not an issue that we can continue to put off a decision on because public interest is extremely high," Ishiba said 

What a way to waste a lot of time............just approve it already and move on.

The faster you do it, Ishhhhhh, the longer you can take your little smoke break.

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Posted in: Ukraine man pleads not guilty to charges of smuggling 113 kg of drugs See in context

A Ukrainian man from Mexico to Japan.

> he had planned to repair a metal polishing machine and export it to Ukraine via Poland, claiming he had no knowledge of the drugs.

Nope. Nothing suspicious about any of that at all. Carry on.

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Posted in: In 10-hour news conference, Fuji TV execs step down over TV host sexual misconduct scandal See in context

between this and the smap guy article, I see a lot of words and sentences.

but none of them say arrested, indicted, jail or prison…..

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Posted in: Man arrested after pinning 1-year-old son's upper body between his thighs, leaving him unconscious See in context

"My son was preventing my wife from getting ready to go out, so I held him down for about five minutes. I wasn’t violent.”

where do they find these losers?

let's hope they lock this fool down and prevent him from ever leaving the cell.

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Posted in: 17-year-old boy referred to prosecutors for impersonating police officer See in context

the boy told them he had impersonated a police officer three or four times.

So? What did he do?

Sleep at his desk?

Take upskirt photos of women up an escalator?

Forget his gun in a combini toilet?

Hassle people about parking their bicycles?

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Posted in: Suspect arrested for stealing tote bag with gold bars from man See in context

including the gold bars and gift certificates

Gold bars, yes. Who DOESN'T carry gold bars in tote bags these days?

Gift certificates? Now I know this story is fake. No one buys gift certificates in 2025.

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Posted in: Mikan are normally viewed as an everyday item at this time of year but with these prices, you cannot lightly tuck into them this winter. See in context

I bought a few bags this season, despite the prices.

The quality definitely wasn't up to par of past seasons.

I stopped buying them all together.

It's a sad situation.

Hopefully next season will be better.

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Posted in: Osaka woman causes 8 separate traffic accidents in 35 minutes See in context

Apparently it’s a 29-minute drive so she made surprisingly good time when taking all the collisions into account.

People always tend to miss the positives in the situation. /s

“I am not driving dangerously enough to cause an accident,” and “I am not driving a car,” suggesting she may have had a break with reality.

cocaine is a hell of a drug.

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Posted in: Man arrested for kicking rabbit on island where 77 animals have died See in context

When do we get to line up and kick him?

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Posted in: Japan Post to stop delivery of live reptiles See in context

Darn it!!!

How am I supposed to send my snakes and lizards to my pen pals now?!?!

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Posted in: Man arrested for stealing ambulance called to his home See in context

,“I thought I would go to the hospital myself.”

This would make a pretty funny sketch.

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