Spinnaker Peter comments

Aye, Johnny Boy’s ship has sailed . . . into to better waters, mates!! Now he can tell those pirates at Disney to suck off the barnacles from under his bilge if they’d dare invite him back. Disney should wallow in their woke of bad decisions.

New laws April 1, 2022.

Who knows, maybe decided to come home and go down to the koban with dad before his 18th birthday?

Good on Dad for turning him round.

For Gods’ Sake, she’s tweeny! No surprise by Evan McGregor here defended her. Rent Boy is really embracing his feminism and Hollywood wokeness to stay relevant.

https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/news/a43896/ewan-mcgregor-on-being-woke-bae/

Good for you, Johnny boy! Now tell those wanks at Disney to flake off! Their ships are sunk anyways.

What greedy corporations and selfish persons choose to do isn’t always right, Vreth. When you camp, do you burn everything, plastics as well, in your campfire or,

do you know it’s all toxic to breath and for that matter, cook with?

Makes good sense to at least have good habits, right mate?

Both a “guarantee” and “free legal advice” KuroTokage? Just to clarify, you are currently an active and practicing solicitor in Japan, have passed the local bar exam, been approved by the Minister of Justice and registered with the Japan Federation of Bar Associations?

If not, it’s not “legal” advice you’re giving in these forums. Like everyone here, they’re just your personal perspective.

“Then I suggest that you consult your current solicitor and I will guarantee you that he or she will confirm that all of my legal explanations I have made in this forum to date are correct. You might not agree with all of it but it still is correct from a legal point of view. Instead you should be thankful that you are getting free legal advice.”

If so, best to you, mate. I’ve heard of someone in New York recently having difficulty passing their bar. Maybe you can also offer them some advice.

Surprised this topic is not the butt of better jokes. The opening joke is not my preferred bran of humour.

In addition, this story includes advertising.  

Thanks but most healthy people can manage our bowel movements without another useless app.

“A company called Unrogu that provides an app for recording bowel activity has found, through surveys, that over 50% of 3,000 survey subjects said their bowel habits have changed since the start of the pandemic.

Hard pass. (puns intended)

And while we’re at it, mate… You sound off like a barrister but you refuse to do your part with simple community requests and guidelines to separate your recyclables?

mix them in with normal garbage, no one checks.

“Yes, actually more people do just that than you would imagine. Including me.”

pet bottles they must be fully rinsed out, and labels removed and discarded separately. 

“I don't like the wording "must". Cause there is no obligation for doing that - and likewise no punishment if you don't separate them.”

Forgive us for asking everyone to do their part.

Interpreting rules that suit only you seems entitled. Then perhaps you should move into politics after law.

Best to you, mate.

Good gracious KuroTokage, thank the gods you’re not my solicitor here in Japan.

“No person will be arrested here since this is a civil matter.”

Says here the bloke was “arrested”. Or do you just show up for the final sentencing?

This topic leaves me salty. You’re a good bloke, Rodney with that PSA for Japan’s filthy PET habits.

Need more young people like you doing good stead of rubbish like this pachinko patron.

Meito Iwa, the Wedded Rocks, in Ise Prefecture is now a World Heritage national embarrassment. 

Japan’s shorelines are covered in PET bottles. Clean up after yourselves and keep the seas clean.

Right you are, Speedo. Spacey’s held his own and kept pace with others in his circles.

But you don’t “win” in Her Majesty’s criminal courts. You’re either acquitted or declared guilty.

God save the queen.

And Her Majesty as well.

A few chipper chimed in on this one. Still sense some negativity to them. What’s not to like?

Right nasty habit that, taking cues from Howard Hughes.

Good show, mate. Do believe the old boy’s going to take it on the chin this time. Chance to come again from behind if you’re acquitted. Stiff upper lip and all that.

“While I am disappointed with their decision to move forward, I will voluntarily appear in the UK as soon as can be arranged and defend myself against these charges, which I am confident will prove my innocence."

Need more young people doing good for the community. Wishing him good fortune with his app but first, some words of advice:

Before we point fingers outward young man, we must look at ourselves. Meito Iwa in Ise is a World Heritage national embarrassment.

Japan’s shorelines are covered in PET bottles.

"I heard that countries in Southeast Asia and India are among the main sources of marine litter. I want to turn off the tap at source and we hope to go global one day," Kitamura said.

Focus on home first.

Envision some corporate moustache twirling, “heh heh heh, … and we will get the consumers to pay for it all”.

Concur with the majority of comments here so far.

Systematic elimination of human interactions, increased government surveillance under the guise of “security and crime detection”, rationing and dependence on electronic transactions for daily sustenance and the collection of personal attributes and preferences is gradually making the greater populace more susceptible to increased manipulation by the affluent minority.

¥3 mil melons? More shameful excess on display. Feed Japan’s hungry children and working poor first.

The daily depictions here of waste, graft and corruption at the municipal, prefectural and national government levels continue unabated while many are barely surviving and this coming year will be even worse.

Interesting. Needs a slightly wider wheel base for stability and traction in wind and snow.

Japan’s “Ministry of Justice”? Suspended? This former minister is remorseless and felt entitled. He and that eggzecutive should be mucking out chicken pens for the next two and half years.

The daily waste, graft and corruption by Japan’s municipal, prefectural and national governments continues unabated while Japan has many working poor barely surviving.

Where is all that money now?

The daily waste, graft and corruption by Japan’s municipal, prefectural and national governments continues unabated.

What should have been generous and necessary care for the Japan’s poor has been turned to a gift for just few, many not necessarily needing it and some, even unworthy and ungrateful.

Shameful. Those responsible should be held accountable for the expense.

“Seoul mates” was the politically-safer editorial choice for a Japanese news site than spotlighting the real issue here of “Save Our Seas”. Thank you, Korean friends for your efforts. We must all do our part to stop these abuses by Japan’s filthy businesses.

Take wing, dear Evangelos. Apollo and the Mousai all herald your triumphant return to Olympus.

Trust my own boating skills and family’s safety over these types of group excursions.

Great works all. Puzzling the artists chose to dwarf Alexander the Great, who conquered much of the civilized world at that time including Egypt, his Pharos Lighthouse and the Great Library at Alexandria here with the Pharaohs and the Great Pyramid.

A season off from saury fishing will be beneficial to the seas only if increased fishing is not pursued upon alternative species. It would also be necessary for Japan’s wholesalers and consumers to cut their overall demand.

Cruise at your own risk and prepare for quarantines. These ships can never be thoroughly cleaned and have always been petri dishes for any number of microorganisms and the spread of rapid cross contamination.

We must all do our part.