vanityofvanities comments

Remove the comfort women statues first.

Biden says U.S. will send weapons but not soldiers. U.S. military industries are happy and soldiers are happy too being safe. U.S. lost clouts.

What about Okinawa become the 51st state of United States? U.S. may think Okinawa is necessary for them geopolitically. Going independent will not be feasible economically for Okinawa. If they feel they are treated badly by Japan. It is an option.

It all depends how deeply the west commits to Uklaine. Economic sanctions only cannot save Uklaine from Russian invasions. The west and U.S. are not very serious to save Uklaine, it seems. Russia will get Uklaine eventually.

This guy was videod when he was passing through the ticket gate. What about equipping some kind of detection machine at the ticket gates?

I am not particularly surprised by his accomplishment. Today, Japanese people can watch MLB games everyday on NHK BS1. When I compare physical constitutions of Japanese players with those of MLB players, it does not mean he can do the same thing in MLB.

All the world including Russia is in trouble. Get rid of Putin. It solves everything.

Couldn't U.S. and the west do anything when Russian militaries were surrounding Uklaine?

Do not make an old man too busy.

Receive one million Uklane refugees to Japan. We can change our society and revitalize our economy by injecting different blood and culture.

The world looked to have made progresses but really not. Despite all the world is affected, they cannot do anything to one mad dictator.

When the west gives in to Russia and Putin, the standard of value of U.S. and the west will begin to fall. So far, the west has shown incompetency against the barbarous war crimes. U.S. and the west is showing to the world that they cannot stop crimes against the humanity.

My early comment that this is a civil war and Ukraine is a province of Russia was soon removed. I think now if Putin is replaced by Zelensky, all will be fine.

quercetum

Ukraine cannot withstand six months.

NATO as well as U.S. are not helping Ukraine militarily. Consequently, Ukraine is helpless. Russia knowing it invaded Ukraine without worries. Economic sanctions cannot halt Russia's advances.

The time is getting closer Putin should go. Russia must change and has to become truly a part of Europe. Changes of Russia got behind by Putin.

I hope the same thing would not happen in Taiwan. Japanese government urges nationals to leave Taiwan.

BBC TV recently runs short commercials of South Korea agricultural products constantly. Strawberries, Shine Muscat, Korean Pears and Kimchi as their special agricultural products. Excepting kimchi, other fruits were improved in Japan as a result of great efforts. South Korea and China stole the seedlings from Japan and they are selling in Asian markets widely in cheaper prices. Japanese products are better and taste nicer but more expensive. Japanese government is strengthening to control seedlings developed in Japan not taken out abroad.

Japanese government and doctors are puzzled how to cope with Omicron without causing serious disruptions in the society. It is not life threatening but the virus is very infectious and large amount of people are getting infected. They cannot find the right way to live with the virus.

In westernized Japan after the war, old Japanese family system fell. Parents work hard and spend a lot of money to raise and send their children to colleges. Children get married and build their own houses in remote places and do not return to take care of their parents. When either of the parents die, he or she becomes helpless.

Omicron is not frightening. I worry about isolation punishment more.

voiceofokinawa

Okinawans are tolerating humiliations which mainland Japanese cannot endure.

I try not to eat mochi. Dentures come off.

When I checked twitter, I found many comments of so called "netouyo" (internet rightist). They are so emotional and do not know to respect other people and their opinions. They are childish and immature. I realized democracy is not fully permeated in Japan yet, At schools, they have to teach democracy to students again.

They want Okinawa without bases. They think they would rather be poor than getting subsidies from the Japanese government with bases. At the bottom, they do not like Japan. Go independent!

It is said Japan's imports of vaccines from U.S. amount to one trillion yen a year.

I am from Akita near Aomori that produces apples. In my childhood, we ate apples everyday. In those days, apples were cheap but sour. Today, apples are very sweat and big but very expensive. I tried American apples before but they were smaller and skins were harder. My American friend liked Japanese pears - nijisseiki (20th century). They said they were juicy.

They are a lot more honest and conscientious reporting to the world about the Omicron variant happening in their country than China that hid it.

The ministry of finance behaves as if they are above the tops of the bank.

Unprepared rush carbon neutrality movement is inviting confusions in the world.