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There is absolutely no reason to suspend the victims of a horrible attack by a terrorist organization. It's the Palestinian Football Association that should be banned. They are the true aggressors.

I always liked it when he was on. He was a great actor and I will miss him.

I haven't flown in years (and hopefully never will again), so I don't know how much worse the airlines (and security) have gotten since I last had the displeasure.

How does this even work? Does one make a reservation and pay for a ticket in advance and then get billed more when checking in if they are over the limit? Is there any partial refund for those who are underweight? Do you list your weight when making a reservation? What of those who lie about their weight? Because no one ever lies about their weight, right? What if they didn't lie about their weight but suffered some kind of illness drastically reducing or increasing their weight? Any refunds or penalties?

I just don't understand how this is supposed to work. Good thing I've sworn off flying for the rest of my life.

And another one bites the dust. The fewer of these terrorists there are, the better off Israel, your normal, average-day Palestinians, and the world will be.

Why does this guy still have a job at all?

Japan's incoming prime minister Shigeru Ishiba stressed the need for the country's economy to "fully emerge from deflation"

I would say that the inflation we have been experiencing over the past few years shows that we have already fully emerged from deflation. Unfortunately.

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I will never travel there because of all there ubiquitous, in-your-face ads here on JT.

Running any kind of project costs money and entities can make money (for profit or for covering costs) from ads and other marketing tactics. The marketing tactic you describe above is not sketchy but perfectly normal.

Where did I say anything about it being "sketchy"? It may be normal, but that doesn't mean I have to like it or use their services,

No need to put any in Niseko. I will never travel there because of all there ubiquitous, in-your-face ads here on JT.

Horrible idea, not to mention that My Number was supposed to be used only for income tax purposes. The government lied and now they are trying to use it for everything. How long before Russia, China, NK, Iran or some other country hacks into the system and we are all held hostage, not just by Japan, but some foreign enemy as well?

Two lame ducks without a clue as to what is going on.

a flurry of tit-for-tat bombardments between the enemies raised fears of a full-out war erupting in the Middle East.

How much more has to happen before it's called a "full-out war"? Seems to me Israel is rightly defending itself in this war.

I think that's the first picture ever taken where tha Japanese Prime Minister looks taller than others. Optical illusion?

So they're going to be researching the dinosaurs of the LDP?

The police will not name him while still being at school because that will also identify who the girl is to be ridiculed and bullied at school.

Oh, everyone at the school is fully aware of who this guy is. My guess is that he has come down with long-term COVID and is staying away from school.

They should hold the general election BEFORE the LDP chooses their Aso puppet. Not that Aso will pay any attention to what the public wants, but at least there would be some kind of record. Oh, who am I trying to kid? The LDP doesn't care about the country or its people at all. Just how much power and money they can hold onto.

I'm not quite sure how ¥1683 makes ostrich meat "cost effective." Bring it down to the same cost as the other meats and I'll give it a try. But at three times the cost of the others, no thanks.

Kanno or Sugano? Probably Kanno, but JT might want to make it consistent.

Moderator: Thanks for pointing that out.

Such a light sentence for murder. Surely life imprisonment is called for in such a heinous crime.

At least it wasn't "suspended" for 3 years, which is often the case in the Japanese "justice" system.

I wonder what kind of derails the police will release in the future.

Yawn.

Another "Look at how great Japan is" fluff piece from Japan Today. And it's even the "Top Story."

Get over yourself. I have lived in and like Japan for over 30 years, but this is too much.

It only stands to reason that those who went to see the film were mainly fans of Reagan to begin with, so of course they are going to like it.

OTOH, professional movie critics are mainly part of the liberal mainstream media, so of course they're going to give it bad reviews.

Really no surprise here.

(I wonder when and where it will start streaming.)

It might help if they stopped turning rice paddies into other uses. I live in Iwate, one of the highest yielding areas for rice, and there is a remarkable decline in the number of rice paddies. I would say that over the past 5 years, at least a tenth of rice paddies have been converted to other uses, or not being used at all. Fewer rice paddies, less rice. It doesn't take rocket scientist to figure that out. Just some old LDP oyajiis with their heads in the sand.

It's a pain in the butt (and the wallet), but at least you know your car is good to go.

Not tough enough.

Fourteen years? Ten years? For killing a young child with her whole life ahead of her? Mandatory life without parole. (Though I don't think Japan has a parole system to begin with. Anyone know for sure?)

Well, my older daughter blessed us with our first grandchild this past January. He is the joy of my life. So our family is doing our part. On the other hand, my son, who is also married, has said that he has no interest in having kids. You win some, you lose some.

Name the transportation service company so that we can know which company gets so many complaints and avoid it.

The major question is why they are exempt from consumption tax in the first place. It's a great way for tourists to pay some taxes while they're here. After all, they use government services (immigration, police, fire), so they should pay for it like the rest of us.

I can't believe these comments. Of course, the decision was political, and it was on the wrong side. Nagasaki was completely wrong in not inviting Israel to join. If they thought there was a safety issue, that's a police matter. That's not what they thought. They thought they would send a message that Israel is in the wrong.

Well, they're not. Hamas started this. They can end it right now by releasing all hostages and making a complete unconditional surrender. But Hamas is so full of hatred, not just for Israel and the U.S., but also of their own people whom they use as human shields. They revel in every woman and child killed because they think it makes Israel look bad. It doesn't. Israel is doing everything they can to protect themselves.

Israel will prevail. Hatred and Hamas will not.

Yahoo Weather has a map of projections. As usual, it's heading for Okinawa/Kyushu, then turning back to pretty much crawl over Honshu. Why can't these typhoons go on and mess with China instead?

O-tsukare-sama deshita.

I'm sure there's still a lot of data to be analyzed, so we'll be getting more out of this.

Good show, JAXA!