tamanegi comments

More and more people look like their over wearing masks on trains and in public too.

I saw some Tokyo

Olympics 2020 souvenirs, clothes, t-shirts, towels and mementos reduced by up to 30% at a big sports store in Osaka today. Pens, Keychains, mascot dolls have also been tossed into UFO catcher machines at some game centers.

A terrible tragedy for both families. Nothing to gain by charging the teen with manslaughter. Time, resources and effort should be put into teenage depression, bullying and suicide.

Trash everywhere in my neighborhood in East Osaka. Rivers, ponds, streets, carparks, the park, trash everywhere.

I would post photos here if I could.

A bit of a throwback to the Super Free days at Waseda University.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Free

Sadly yet again I feel the whole vaccination situation is going to balloon into a bureaucratic mess.

Vaccine Czar Kono?

C'mon man!

Happy Birthday Emperor Naruhito. Might just have a little drink or two in your honor later today.

おめでとうございます

Good idea for Japan.

It's also very disingenuous of the media to refer to his comments as a "gaffe". Mori knows exactly what he said and it was his stated opinion.

The bigger issue it seems on J-TV wide/news shows this afternoon is not the comments he made but the realization and shame that people overseas via their media know what was said.

The bigger issue on J-TV wide shows this afternoon is not the comments he made but the realization that "kaigai no hito" people overseas via their media know what has happened.

I think the Tokyo organizers and the IOC talk too much.

My (Japanese) wife nearly blew a gasket yesterday when she learned of this dingbat's comments regarding holding the Tokyo Olympic "no matter what the situation is with Covid19".

This morning I'm wondering whether or not to tell her about this latest statement.

Anyway it's getting coverage on several overseas news sites.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/sports/olympics/tokyo-olympics-yoshiro-mori.html

In case you missed this excellent analysis yesterday.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/tokyo-olympics-plan-is-tempting-disaster-20210125-p56wim.html

“No matter what situation would be with the coronavirus, we will hold the Games,” Yoshiro Mori, who is also a former Japanese prime minister, told lawmakers.

What a reckless and idiotic statement to make.

The Sydney Morning Herald didn't hold back in this opinion piece on how Tokyo and more broadly Japan is dealing with Covid19.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/tokyo-olympics-plan-is-tempting-disaster-20210125-p56wim.html

The reporter failed to mention that authorities suspected the man to have contracted the highly virulent strain from the UK. He had been working at a second part-time job and had visited several places within Perth over the past week.

"Sexism, harassment, a web of codependent relationships that hamper reporting -- the Japanese media industry is fraught with issues that are often skirted around or left under the carpet"

The opening sentence could be applied to the majority of business world in Japan. I, my wife, our friends have all seen or experienced it.

"Japan was promoting the GoTo travels and Olympics, while Europe was furiously developing a vaccine. Who should have the priority?"

Bang on @Zoroto !

Dude's warming up to the Olympic!

No one's stopping you from using the Chinese Covid19 vaccine Kono-san.

This occurred on a Monday night nine days ago.

What a life these Japanese politicians have.

Meanwhile four little restaurants in my neighborhood are obeying the SOE request to close by 8pm or have even decided not to reopen until February 7th. My daughter's friend is a part time worker at one of those restaurants and she has had no income since December.

These lawmakers are a disgrace to Japan and have failed the Japanese people.

"Although Japanese crowds have taken the restrictions on board, not everyone is convinced fans from overseas can display such discipline"

What an offensive comment.

"We have at this moment, no reason whatsoever to believe that the Olympic Games in Tokyo will not open on the 23rd of July in the Olympic stadium in Tokyo," Bach told Kyodo.

No words..

One day in the job and already confusion abounds.

Is this twat even watching what's happening in Melbourne at present regarding infected overseas arrivals for the Australian Open tennis?

A Japanese gent and his wife living in my apartment building traveled twice to Europe last year. Once to England and once to Spain. I know for a fact they did not self isolate on their return and on one occasion drove to Nagano to deliver souvenirs to extended family members. When we kind of asked them aren't they supposed to stay home upon returning they just said "it's okay, we don't have coronavirus, we wore masks everywhere".

67 players and staff infected with an unknown number of people they may have been in contact with. I am guessing the "top league" has failed to establish a bubble for the players and this is the result.

8.35pm took the dog for a quick walk around my immediate neighborhood and found all four restaurants near here in East Osaka all open and quite busy. Tables of two to six customers unmasked and probably not going home for another hour or so.

RIP Ms Okada and your beautiful daughters.

At this stage of the investigation the police have only said that Mr Kikuchi (who is recovering in hospital) had possession of some flammable liquids in his garage and that they were identified as connected with part of a legitimate business.

He does have more than one restaurant in Melbourne.