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Posted in: Man arrested after elbowing commuter on Tokyo subway See in context

It's democracy manifest.

I see he knows his judo well.

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Posted in: 22 artifacts looted after Battle of Okinawa returned to Japan See in context

To the victors the spoils.

It's not stolen when you fought hard for it.

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Posted in: 'Katespiracy' explodes after UK royal photo gaffe See in context

It was edited by her. She's just not very good at Photoshop. No conspiracy here.

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Posted in: 'Katespiracy' explodes after UK royal photo gaffe See in context

All photos are edited, and have been for years. And they were in the days of film, too

You can spot an amateur because they don't know how to use Lightroom or Photoshop.

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Posted in: Japan-bound United Airlines plane makes safe emergency landing in LA after losing tire during takeoff See in context

Made in Germany - high quality

Made in Japan - reliable

Made in the USA - flip a coin to see if it works or not

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Posted in: Osaka Prefecture eyes collecting fixed fee for inbound tourists from 2025 See in context

Places like Nepal and a few other SE Asian countries usually have local and tourist prices.

To enter the central area of Katmandu they have different fees for tourists from SAARC and non-SAARC countries.

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Posted in: Marijuana use linked to higher risk of heart attack and stroke See in context

Actual quote from the research 'daily use of cannabis — predominately through smoking — was associated with a 25% increased likelihood of heart attack and a 42% increased likelihood of stroke when compared to non-use of the drug.'

Not actual quote from pothead when asked about the research 'Cool. Like you got some chips or something man?'

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Posted in: Self-proclaimed YouTuber arrested for breaking into 78-year-old woman's home See in context

Simply having a YouTube account does not afford one the ability to call oneself a YouTuber.

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Posted in: Ratio of rabies vaccinations for pet dogs in Japan falls to 70% See in context

The post by Gurumick is so unbelievably wrong on every level.

Once a dog presents symptoms, there is no treatment. That also applies to humans.

The reason we don't have rabies is because of vaccination.

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Posted in: 47-year-old woman arrested for stabbing younger brother See in context

@kurisupisu

They are used to hunt butterflies.

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Posted in: Watch that melted during atomic blast over Hiroshima sells for more than $31,000 See in context

It isn't the Hiroshima Bomb.

It is officially called The Freedom Bomb of Liberty.

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Posted in: Body of newborn baby boy found in trash can at Osaka hotel See in context

I don't think anyone does this lightly, and to think they do only shows your own lack of empathy.

Maybe, just maybe, the mothers are frightened kids who have had no support from family or social services.

There is much more to these stories than dead kid, bad mother, shallow moral high horse comments on internet forums.

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Posted in: Tokyo stock market reaches uncharted territory, but where to next? See in context

The only way is down...or up.

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Posted in: Women take part in Japan's 1,250-year-old 'naked festival' for first time See in context

Sometimes traditions should be left to die gracefully. From my experience with festivals, most of the people don't want to be there, and it's local peer pressure that keeps them going.

One of my friends said every time she sees a bamboo flute, she just wants to snap it because of the pointless hours of tootling she was forced to do for her local festival.

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Posted in: Half of Japanese firms see another Trump presidency as risk, poll shows See in context

Can a convicted criminal stand for office in the US?

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Posted in: ChatGPT maker OpenAI's new text-to-video generator: Here's what we know about the new tool See in context

I guess this technology will also be adaptable to 3D model generation eventually.

It will affect video creators and 3D modelers the same way image and text generators are affecting artists, writers, photographers and translators.

It's amazing tech, but my biggest concern are companies chomping at the bit to use it to save money only.

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Posted in: Ready to go beyond Google? Here's how to use new generative AI search sites See in context

The problem is info on the web is mostly created by people for financial gain. Whether it is through advertising or affiliate marketing etc. If search engines pull the information without providing links to the sites, there is little motivation for people to create it.

77% of Google's revenue is from ads. They are digging their own grave .

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Posted in: Man given prison term for food prank at beef bowl diner in Osaka See in context

His main conviction was for growing cannabis. Acting like a tit was just a bonus charge to show what what typical pot heads are like.

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Posted in: 163 get norovirus after eating sashimi and sushi rolls at Tokyo restaurant See in context

Norovirus is usually a fecal-oral transmission route. One of the cooks or servers have been scratching they crack during orifice hours.

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Posted in: OpenAI CEO warns that 'societal misalignments' could make artificial intelligence dangerous See in context

AI couldn't do any worse than us humans.

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Posted in: Opposition direction See in context

The only thing that's is going up is the price of the yen against the dollar.

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Posted in: As cancer treatment advances, patients and doctors push back against drugs' harsh side effects See in context

Whaddya know?

Science works!

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Posted in: Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Cher, Sade, Oasis and Ozzy Osbourne among Rock Hall nominees See in context

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame means nothing until Milli Vanilli have been inducted.

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Posted in: Wim Wenders' 'Perfect Days' is sublime See in context

Two of the pictures look like copies of typical Ozu scenes.

It's not surprising. He made the Tokyo-Ga documentary in 1985 about Ozu.

https://youtu.be/LyD5ePbdIdM?si=MzhyQsuG5YY9Eml5

Wenders is also a photographer. Pause any Ozu or Wenders movie and you have a well composed photograph.

We should be glad he is still filmmaking at this age.

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Posted in: ANA planes collide at Osaka airport; no one hurt See in context

As others have mentioned, this happens way more than you realize. Nothing to do with Japan

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Posted in: Tokyo police arrest 3 over alleged Las Vegas sex work solicitation See in context

Sounds like somebody forgot to pay off the right officials...

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Posted in: Aso praises Kamikawa but says she is ‘not very beautiful,’ and calls her ‘Kamimura’ See in context

The guy is a duck looking helmet tool.

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Posted in: M4.8 quake jolts Tokyo, Kanagawa, other eastern areas See in context

People say 'the big one' is coming. Which one? Tokai? Tonankai! Full on Nankai? Sagami trough? Boso Hanto? That's just the subduction mega quakes. There are thousands of other smaller faults like in Ishikawa or Kobe that can cause major damage.

To put the icing in the cake, historical data shows any major quake in Kanto or especially Tokai has a high probability of causing an eruption of Mt. Fuji.

https://youtu.be/sxqvwkmTNy8?si=xeJhNVj0XBKTaSPQ

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Posted in: Colonial statues vandalised ahead of contentious Australia Day holiday See in context

To displace Indigenous peoples from their lands is a grievous sin against them, their lands, their ancestors, and God (Proverbs 22:28; 23:10-11)

Very christian of them.

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Posted in: Death sentence likely in Japan anime arson trial See in context

No matter what the crime, governments should not have the ability under law to put citizens to death.

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