Waddo comments

Some people, myself included, enjoy being upside down. We are waiting for the one where you can remove the bottom, NOT the top. Then we will be impressed.

Strike me as unnecessary animal cruelty.

In reality, there is actually no other choice. I think most people can understand this and so no-one is surprised by the decision, only how long they took to make it.

When Apple INVENTED the first smart phone, this closed method of getting and installing apps was to ward against the prevalence of viruses in Windows as well as to a much lesser extent, Macs. I think most people are happy to buy from a single source knowing there are no risks.

When Google actually invents something, let me know and we can check what they do.

LOL that's like saying Sony has a monopoly power over Sony TVs.

There' a reason google dropped their do no evil tag line a few years ago.

There's the first smartphone in the world, iPhone and then . . . the rest. All run by Google's me too flagrant copy.

Disgusting crap. I'd rather eat my socks.

Well they always use a photo shot with an extreme telephoto lens which results in compressing near and far object. So this street was not, in reality, very crowded. So I think we can still congratulate people living here for not ignoring matters of social distancing.

So many people care about their own convenience rather than the health of the planet. What a hopeless world we seem to live in.

Yes to Tokyo-m.

Japan has ten times more litter than UK. The beaches here are often disgusting, as are riversides. Up in the hills people throw tvs etc out of their cars.

He wants to protect his tough-guy image and having cameras record him wince at that baby needle would not be good.

As the money will be given to charity, what is the problem exactly?

Rebuilding on higher ground, for one thing, would negate the need for all the concrete pouring for those giant sea walls etc. That would not do. The construction industry would not allow that.

Lucky Americans can buy guns at walmart and carry them around to protect themselves from things like this.

No surprise the source of this story.

"Curiously, some of these cases are labeled with price tags that outstrip the cost of an overnight ferry trip across the country. "

Brings a new meaning to blue screen of death.

Well houses are made of plastic now so . . .

Not sure why everyone is complaining. I have a pair of very expensive Gado headphones. Are you angry with me? Are you angry with Grado? Have you listened to these Apple headphones and determined they are low quality for high price?

Or maybe you just hate on everything Apple?

Japan will never get them back but if it did, tetrapods would be the first thing to happen. Then concrete hillsides. At the moment they are still pristine.

Social services of every kind can only do so much. If we become sick, in pain, immobile etc. at some point we may need release.   Legal euthanasia is a sign of a caring society.

The reason we need legal euthanasia.

Every river in Japan is damned with a damn dam. Or multiple. Let's damn well keep building more dams.

Japanese generally don't want tatami any more; and those that do choose a plastic version that is very "convenient."

Myself I think tatami is fantastic and luckily we have two room with it.

This is Soranews so the headline told the whole story without the endless meandering. and verbosity.

Seems they ran out of ideas and are now on life support.

SoraNews24 lol. What do you expect?

Monte Bell (spelling?) sells pepper spray. And no, a bear bell is not enough.

It's the biggest lake. And after the first sentence, it goes down-hill from there.