Posted in: 2,663 people died in traffic accidents in 2024, National Police Agency says See in context
Regardless of the data analysis, traffic accident fatalities are totally tragic. Losing one’s life at the hands of another is an unforgivable incident. One cannot deny this heart-breaking fact.
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Posted in: 2,663 people died in traffic accidents in 2024, National Police Agency says See in context
Regardless of the data analysis, traffic accident fatalities are totally tragic. Losing one’s life at the hands of another is an unforgivable incident. One cannot deny this heart-breakibg fact.
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Posted in: With Syria's Assad gone, his PM agrees to hand power to rebel administration See in context
Syria dominates all global media due to one reason only: oil!
“Oil rises over 1% on ouster of Syria's Assad.”
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Posted in: Gov't approves ¥39 tril economic package See in context
The handouts are peanuts and only one offs! Yet trillions are handed outside as aid!
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Posted in: Trump serves fries at McDonald's; says Harris lied about working there in college See in context
Real MAGA at work!
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Posted in: Japan's overwhelmingly male cabinet underlines gender gap, again See in context
Looking back at the run off vote of the LDP party. It was between a male and a female. The female was clearly the favourite as she topped the first round. However, in the final vote, guess what, the majority of the members who voted were… and the winner was… is the cabinet composition now a surprise?
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Posted in: Five challenges facing Japan's new PM Ishiba See in context
Well. As I stated before, today is the day when the cost of leaving jumps!
https://japantoday.com/category/national/prices-of-3-000-products-to-rise-from-tuesday-postal-rates-also-going-up
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Posted in: Five challenges facing Japan's new PM Ishiba See in context
Today, the cost of living jumps quite significantly. The saba bento I used to buy is going up by 25% let alone the increment of the postal services etc. Does it make sense to call an election so soon after this heavy burden that we will all feel?
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Posted in: Ishiba picks veterans, ex-PMs as execs for divided ruling party See in context
So what is Aso Taro’s position?
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Posted in: Japan main opposition head hopes for combative debate with Ishiba See in context
Why is it everytime the opposition is mentioned, it is brushed away as if it does not exist?
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Posted in: Woman in her 80s dies en route to hospital after ambulance takes wrong route See in context
Be honest guys! I have lived in Kenya, UK, Germany, India, Hong Kong and now in Japan which from my past experience, has an outstanding emergency service including an Ambulance which comes amazingly quick.
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Posted in: 17-year-old boy arrested for beating up man, leaving him in serious condition See in context
How sad!
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Posted in: 37-year-old woman arrested for beating, whipping young daughter See in context
Kids in japan are mostly demi-Gods the way tgey are treated by their parents. Experienced this in my 30 years of teaching in elemejtary schools and junior high. Sometimes they just drive parents into instant madnesd! However, this is not condoning what tge mother did. Somehow parents have a responsibility to raise their kids properly.
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Posted in: Ex-PM Mori casts doubt on Japan's excessive support for Ukraine See in context
Wise advice. Russia is armed to the teeth with nuclear weapons. If it decides to use them, Armageddon will come to bid Mother Earth goodbye.
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Posted in: Bullet trains, expressways, airports deserted ahead of Golden Week See in context
Italy has the highest number of old people. Not a surprise to have seen a high degree of mortality when Covid-19 was taking its heavy death toll. However, Italy has realised an important economic factor and is unlocking the lockdown...The old people, the pensioners, like Japan, are the engine drivers of the economy. If this age group is told “stay at home”, guess what happens next. Hospitals, clinics pharmacies will not only go bankrupt, there will be a new ugly threat that will emerge as the economy goes into tatters and the young lose their jobs by the million! Danger will lurk in the dark streets and robbery will be the order of the day. “Stay home” is a double edged sword! Please enlighten me!
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Posted in: Bullet trains, expressways, airports deserted ahead of Golden Week See in context
Social distancing never existed. A new weird experience not being close to fellow human beings. I wonder how parents are coping up with their kids at home.
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Posted in: Japan aims to raise Y1.4 tril in Japan Post share sale See in context
Fujisawa Japan Post has gone totally the opposite directions. Almost every counter face is grey-haired and the service has sadly, deteriorated! And Japan Post calibration of charges is complex even to their own staff!
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Posted in: 'Minpaku' lodging promoting rural tourism, solving hotel shortfalls See in context
Ingenious idea.
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Posted in: Jeb Bush resigns from remaining board memberships See in context
"Jeff Bush is looking more and more a likely GOP presidential candidate!"
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Posted in: New defense minister favors strong military See in context
Kenya has a totally new constitution. And it works like magic. The old one was outdated and the rightful place for it was the garbage bin! How people croak on changing just one article if the Japanese constitution!
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Posted in: Anger after latest police killing of black teen in St Louis See in context
tim can could not be more right! How about the version of the victim's girlfriend? The chokehold was clear manslaughter! This is a real serious social malady whose solution is beyond taking people to class!
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Posted in: Japanese swimmer expelled from Asian Games for stealing camera See in context
Show us the camera please!
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Posted in: Bank employee, Tokyo district court clerk held for groping same woman in train See in context
Good idea to keep both hands in public view!
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Posted in: OECD says Japan should raise sales tax again next year See in context
10% it shall be from 2015. It is the lowest in industrialised countries. Even Kenya has VAT of 16% across the board!
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Posted in: Despite loss, Japanese fans proud of Nishikori See in context
The Croatian destroyed his opponent in the Q/Finals in three quick sets! 1 hr +. Then pulverised Federer in three quick sets 1 hr +. Nikkori took 4 hrs + to destroy Djokovich. And lots more before that! He had "lost" the final match before starting the final challenge again a new champion who was fresh, had awesome shots and who made no errors in the semi and final games! Nikkori stood no chance! When the result came, I was the winner. The media missed the point!
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Posted in: Japanese publishers blast new Amazon book sale rules See in context
Publishing is my business as much as writing with more than ten books published to date. Are the Germans and the French as well as some big American publishers wrong in grappling with Amazon with regard to commission setting? Are they all wrong? I am truly amazed at the finger pointing to Japanese publishers when the whole publishing industry globally is unhappy with the Amazon new rules! Hey guys! Read the stories out there before laying the blame on someone else!
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Posted in: 2 men jump to deaths from train platform in Tokyo See in context
Suicides in the port town where I was born, Mombasa, are almost unheard of! Poor yes some people are! But suicide hits the media headlines when it does happen! There is something wrong much much deeper in the society that perhaps for us Gaijins is too complex to understand! Is it despair after a mishap, tragedy or loss of work? Is it adult bullying which is rampant in the country but no one wants to address? Is it the crammed stresses that explode and lead to solution less suicides ? This is the underlying issue that needs enlightening to stop the 30,000 something souls disappearing annually!
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Posted in: Tokyo fair showcases latest sex aids See in context
Love all your comments...I forgot to add: Life is going to be all the more "juicier!" Can't wait to go there! Oops! It's finished already!
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Posted in: Nikkei soars 57% in 2013; highest in four decades See in context
I am not an Abenomics fan. But there are facts that bewilder me! Lehmann Brothers collapse cost my friend five million yen! In the year 2013, he has just informed me his financial status has had a dramatic about turn! He has not only recovered all his losses since 2008 but also registered a profit of more than seven million! If that is not the Magic of Abenomics, I do not know what is!!!
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Posted in: Russia, U.S. agree to work toward improving ties and ending Ukraine war
“One Hundred and One Ways to Gut America” by Elon Musk & Donald J. Trump
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Posted in: Russia, U.S. agree to work toward improving ties and ending Ukraine war
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