Posted in: 2 injured in wrong-way crash; latest in recent spate of incidents See in context
Apparently the guy pulled into one of those areas for putting chains on winter and exited in the wrong direction whilst driving at less than 10k/m p.h
Also his family repeatedly asked him to give up his license but he ignored them
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Posted in: 2 injured in wrong-way crash; latest in recent spate of incidents See in context
It's the polices fault for still letting the 90 year old have a drivers license
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Posted in: Ishiba, in Gunma, says he cringes at women because of their strong image See in context
The guy is just telling a bad joke.
I feel sorry for him if anything
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Posted in: Japan births in 2024 fall below 700,000 for first time See in context
ずっと着けたままの日が多い has a completely different meaning and obviously this "most days" do not include activities with the specific purpose of meeting like matching parties
Are you aware most people meet in regular situations ???
Second do you really think people who are afraid to show they'll faces in public have the courage to attend match making events mask or mask free
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Posted in: Japan births in 2024 fall below 700,000 for first time See in context
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a207c8a604e998f96da3f0c759ad80fedd12078a
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Posted in: Japan births in 2024 fall below 700,000 for first time See in context
Viruses do you have google?
Can you read Japanese ?
Then google it, just because it doesn't fit with your narrative that all corona measures were good and have had not effect on society doesn't make it a lie
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Posted in: Japan births in 2024 fall below 700,000 for first time See in context
People meet without problem in environments where masks are not present
You clearly don't understand
40 % of 20 year olds aren't taking off their masks in any situation
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Posted in: Japan births in 2024 fall below 700,000 for first time See in context
That is wishful thinking, people meet in every kind of situation, not only those where masks are still useful to prevent the spreading of infections.
Really? It was reported on yahoo today that 40 % of women and 20% of men in their 20's continue to wear masks , with over 80% saying the reason was they were embarrassed to show their face.
If you go through life hiding behind a mask you're hardly going to have the confidence to find a partner
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Posted in: Japan births in 2024 fall below 700,000 for first time See in context
Masks are a big factor
You have no chance of finding a partner if your afraid to take off your mask.
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Posted in: Woman arrested for abandoning young sons for 3 hours while out with friend See in context
Living a three year alone for 5 minutes is one thing, leaving them alone for 3 hours is neglect
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Posted in: Japan's departure tax revenue hits record high in FY2024 See in context
Hey Ishiba, raise it to Y5000, but only for tourists leaving the country!
> @MarkX
Couldn't agree more
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Posted in: In new battle, Rubio to refuse U.S. visas over online 'censorship' See in context
It's been reported they are even demanding to check some tourists' phones when they pass through immigration.
Stay away from America
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Posted in: Doctors denounce continued COVID restrictions at Japan's hospitals See in context
Healthy people still wearing masks, hospitals continuing with restrictions it's ridiculous now
And was ridiculous for all but the first few months of the virus
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Posted in: U.S. to limit COVID boosters to over-65s or those at high risk See in context
I'm fully in favor of vaccines yet I am also in favor of multi year testing and the right to choose.
The corona vaccines were forced upon us at record breaking speed
That's my issue with this particular vaccine not with all vaccines.
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Posted in: Trump confronts South Africa's Ramaphosa with false claims of white genocide See in context
Trump couldn't care less about the actual genocide taking place in Gaza.
Instead he invents a fake genocide to get angry about
WTF????
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Posted in: Number of tourists to Japan soars 28.5% in April to record 3.9 mil See in context
Why isn't there a 1000 yen departure or arrival tax ?
Another 3.9 billion every month would go a long way
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Posted in: Communication struggles in international marriages in Japan See in context
My wife and I have been married for 19 years, I think of her as my wife not my "Japanese wife " and she sees me as her husband not her "foreign husband"
Any marriage has its ups and downs but it makes it far easier if you see each other as a pair as opposed to opposites coexisting
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Posted in: Japanese farm minister apologizes after saying he has never had to buy rice See in context
At least he's honest
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Posted in: Prison officer arrested in Wakayama for stealing inmate's ring, worth ¥700,000 See in context
Reminds me of the 30 million yen that went missing from an evidence locker in hiroshima.
That has never been returned and no one got arrested for.
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Posted in: Kawasaki beats Al Nassr to reach Asian Champions League final See in context
The AFC change the rules so you can have an unlimited number foreigners in your squad
They move the quarters, semis and final to Sauldi
The Sauldis have bought the AFC
Come on Frontale, the whole of the AFC East is behind you
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Posted in: Toyota starts collaborating with self-driving leader Waymo on autonomous cars See in context
We should all hope the dream of fully automated vehicles becomes widespread.
Imagine how much safer it would be than all these elderly drivers
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Posted in: Global warming may stop summer school sports in Japan from 2060s See in context
sports festival should be moved to some cooler months/say march or april/ and kids should have 3 /months summer holidays as some other countries do/as many schools have no AC in classrooms installed...
All schools have ac in every classroom.
Apart from America no schools take 3 month summer vacations
And, personally I would prefer kids to go to school in summer and have longer vacations in spring or fall when they can actually play outside
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Posted in: Do you think Japan has too many or too few public holidays, compared to other countries? See in context
At least compensate national holidays that fall on a Saturday with either the preceeding Friday or following Monday off.
This year GW isn't even bronze
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Posted in: Dollar drops below 140 yen for 1st time in 7 months as Japan finance chief leaves for U.S. See in context
The best illustration of why these trarrifs Trump has no clue is,
America can't currently build factories. Most of the raw materials and technologies needed to build factories are produced in China thus by imposing blank trarrifs on all goods it is now too expensive to build new factories in America.
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Posted in: Central Tokyo condo prices top ¥100 mil for 2nd straight year See in context
Personally I can't get my head around the fact your paying a hundred million yen for a piece of sky. Once they tear it down which they always do eventually your left with nothing.
It makes much more sense to buy land
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Posted in: Southgate's ex-assistant Holland fired by Yokohama F-Marinos See in context
Last year Kwell this year
Holland, Marino's front office should be all fired.
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Posted in: Israel says it will keep troops in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely See in context
Unfortunately no one seems to care not the US, Europe or any Arab power.
Shame on these countries
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Posted in: UK Supreme Court says definition of a woman is based on biological sex and excludes transgender people See in context
Good,
Each person should be feel to do what they want with their lives. But the rest of the world shouldn't have to bend over backwards to accommodate them.
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Posted in: Japan's chief trade negotiator heads to Washington for tariff talks See in context
American rice could be free I'd still buy Japanese rice
Ford's could be cheaper than Toyota's but they'd still be too big for the local roads
And, forget about American beef with all the hormones they pump into cows
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Posted in: Asian markets resume slide; Nikkei drops 5% as Trump's salvo of tariffs takes effect See in context
I'm no eeconomist but if the minimum wage in China or Vietnam is 5 times lower than the US even if companies moved to production to the US consumers would still be paying 5 times more for products than they do today.
Why would American's want this ?
Secondly, the average Boing airplane contains parts made in Japan,Korea. Sweden, Canada etc.
Why would Boing continue manufacturing in the US? It would be much cheaper for them to move overseas seeing as they will be taxed on every part they import
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Posted in: Rice price cut rush puts Koizumi back in spotlight ahead of election
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