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Another gay film. just what we needed...

This is one of the most ridiculous topics I've ever seen on this site. We're just going to rename whole continents now, huh. Ok.

So, instead of 12, they'll be working 14 or even 16 hours a day.

People are panic-buying because the news keep talking about this "Mega Quake" that's supposed to come in the next 30 years but the media makes it seem like it's coming today. The earthquake is going to come regardless if you prepare or not and how TF is there is a rice shortage? It's a staple food in Japan and doesn't require much to grow. I live in Tochigi and literally see dozens of rice fields out here every day and rice fully stocked on supermarket shelves. If people are buying faster than what is being produced, I blame the media, including JT, for participating in these fear mongering tactics. Stop fanning the fire.

China can enter Japanese airspace and commit all sorts of "violations" because it knows Japan is notorious for just "warning and "condemning"; basically, they're gonna keep letting it slide over and over and over again.

How do you run out of rice? That's like running out of air. It's a staple food here.

Can you imagine being at a party and one of your friends sees your arm half chewed off and asks "Mike, what happened to your arm, man?", and you have to explain you got into a fight with a dolphin...

"There is a 70-80% chance of a magnitude 8 or 9 quake associated with the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years..."

There is also a 100% chance of Earth being hit by a meteor and destroying us all within the next 100 years but I don't know, we'll see.

It's sad this happened but hopefully they've learned from this; charge people beforehand. That's what most of the world is doing anyway.

The NHI already covers all of the heat stroke symptoms (headaches, dizziness, vomiting, rapid breathing, etc). There's no need to purchase a separate type of insurance for this unless you're so hot that you've forgotten. I guess it won't be long before they come up with diarrhea insurance, too.

Out swimming at 5:30 in the morning. It’s barely daylight at that time…wow…

They sure do cry hard whenever they lose in a competition. Yea, it sucks not being perfect and training hard for something only not to achieve your goal but you'd swear they were gonna get a spanking or something once they go back to the locker room.

We went to Costco in Chiba last weekend and was told by a cashier that we couldn't use our VISA credit no debit cards and was told specifically that we could only use a MasterCard. Anyone else run into this situation at any other Costcos in Japan this month?

What were they doing up at 5am?

YubaruToday  07:33 am JST

 through quasi-forcible sexual intercourse,

There is no such thing! Either it was or wasn't.

The police also referred the two women to prosecutors, suspecting their criminal complaint against the midfielder with the French club Stade de Reims contained information that differed from objective facts, the sources said.

"Objective"? What the heck is this supposed to mean. Right, it's their story against his, and now the Japanese prosecutors are charging them.

It sounds like the Japanese prosecutors are believing the French charges against him, but not the women making the accusations and charges.

This is a cluster-frick!

What are you talking about? Look at the article. The women willingly went to HIS hotel because they knew who he was. He didn't hold a gun to their heads so whatever happened inside is undoubtably going to be a he-said she-said situation. It all comes down to each party accepting responsibility for their choices that day and agreeing upon some sort of settlement which he'll probably be asked to pay but since he's also suing them, they'll most likely agree to drop their case against him so everybody wins, case closed.

Watanabe kept around 180 dogs. 

180 dogs? His house must've been massive.

This is why all work related stuff should end after work. No more phone calls, no messages, no more "Can you come to the office for just a little bit? We have to beat this deadline." Just go home and we'll deal with the problem tomorrow. Problems happen when work interferes with your personal life and you end up at your bosses house drunk in the middle of the night.

They don't have cameras in the taxis down there, or around the station?

I'm sitting here wondering how the conversation went at home with the kid and his parents before they left for the game. Were they like, "Ok, mijo. What you're gonna do is run down the bleachers, hop that gate and run out into the field. Run straight up to Ronaldo and don't worry, nobody's gonna do noh-sin to you because you're a kid. And take your time, make sure you get a good one."

Although the milk bank is now able to respond to demand, there is only one full-time staff member due to limited funds, it said, expressing concern that the provision of donor milk could come to a halt.

Wow. Only one full-time staff member?

Soooo, Japan wants it’s citizens to follow Japanese laws while traveling abroad. Nice.

Maaaan, all they have to do to increase the birthrate in this country is to just let people start and finish work on time, don't bother them on their days off and don't pressure them to do unnecessary things. When people are happy, they f...orget about their problems.

garypenToday  10:28 am JST

“I don’t get this at all. Can someone from Osaka explain it to me?”

What is there to get? And, why would being from Osaka make it easier to do so?

The guy was poorly trying to impersonate a policeman, and got caught. What is so difficult to understand?

Relax, it was a joke. They're basically saying that's stuff that only Osakan people would understand.

hooktrunk2June 13  06:54 pm JST

For those not visualizing how this accident occurred: https://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/333130

That re-enactment is wild. It looks like she fell first. Wow.

Why would you assume they are a tourist? They could be a permanent resident or even born here. What's up with Japan and this anti-tourist stuff lately.

Probably being the only person on her who has actually ridden these go-karts before, basically, all you need is either a Japanese drivers license or an international driving permit and pay about Y10,000 - Y20,000 to rent one. I've rented about a dozen of them in my years here (with friends as well) and we never had to take any road tests. Luckily, I've lived here long enough to know what they mean but my post is just to highlight the process of renting them and how easy it is for anyone to get into one of these things and for stuff like this to happen. I've gone to three of these companies and not one of them gave me a road test or anything. Just a short video and lecture about wearing seatbelts, watch out for other cars, etc;, what route you're allowed to drive, you pay, choose your costume and then you're off to do whatever you want for the next hour or two. I think these companies should be required to educate everyone on traffic signs and test them before letting them out on the roads but they just don't so you can't fully blame the driver in this situation. You've gotta blame the rental agencies, too.

The woman ran, too. lol

I'm just gonna say it, Japan doesn't care.

I’m eating here now in Akihabara, this place is NOT the best ramen you can find here. Actually, I’d put this at 5 out of 10 random ramen shops in Tokyo. The staff are cool, tho, very friendly, and they have power outlets at the counter so you can charge your phone while eating. I’ll give them an extra star for that.

Basically a match-making service. They'll probably make people pay to use it, too.