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I thought she'll get at least 10 indeed. It's a light sentence for that large amount of pills. Behave and she's out in 4 (so 2 more to actually do).

Here another article. There are many studies on infanticide in Japan online

https://www.ucanews.com/amp/sounding-the-alarm-on-baby-abandonment-infanticide-in-japan/102341

In Japan it is far more common to kill the child than to use the baby hatch. Life is valued differently. They're studying the implementation in Tokyo for at least 20 years, with nothing being done. Also the punishment for the mothers is almost symbolic (2-3 years), showing a societal acceptance for the kill.

The "German system" is actually many hundreds of years old and European, as many large churches or monasteries would have it, with a small bell to ring and alert.

If you have never held a racket and/or can't serve a decent overhead shot, please don't comment negatively. As you really have no idea what you're talking about. What The Djoker is doing right now is called writing history. Think of it as a huge privilege to be in the same generation with him (and Federer, Nadal) and be able to watch him live for yet one more tournament.

Well, the legal lema here is - where do we draw the line as a society? He wanted her to see his butt in a thong, so he exposed it to her while still being technically dressed, getting himself arrested. What if he'd wanted her to see his flexed biceps instead of his gluteus, would that have caused an arrest and why not? None are considered indecent under the Japanese law.

girl_in_tokyo - You're on a very slippery path here. Remember that what's good for the goose is good for the gander. He's not flashing his genitals at her and in other context there's nothing wrong with men wearing loinclothes. Yes, it's deviant and strange, but remember that in other countries women showing their faces is considered deviant. So you either want equality and accept that if a girl can flash her underwear at an arab guy while walking up the stairs without getting arrested so should this guy be able to do the same.

So at a festival then other day I was proudly wearing my fundoushi (FUN-doushi ;) ) buttcheeks in plain view. The same as hundreds other men. Women didn't seem to mind, quite the opposite, some drunk ones seemed to enjoy it more than normally. Was that an arrestable offense too?

Was it a bear or a gentle daddy bear?

I like posts from foreigners here, working themselves who knows what kind of menial jobs, complaining about senior staff of Toshiba :) .

People who compare this piece of crap with Gaudi's work have never been to Barcelona, it seems. It's blasphemy to even put them in the same phrase.

Who buys CDs? You're American, right? The center of capitalism, but its people are slowly deprived of owning a property there. You can't buy software, you can't buy movies and you can't buy music. All you do is rent it and you never own it. Soon to be applied to everything else you "own" - cars, homes, etc.

This is a really bad picture and should be removed. With her feet in the air she looks like she's hanging from the tree :( .

When the clown moved into the palace, the palace became the circus.

And no, he is well mannered for a Japanese ojiichan who barely speaks English, has no international experience. They won't stand for pregnant women, nevermind presidents of other countries. A woman is still a woman, in his mind she's not deserving more respect than that. He probably thought she was the waitress anyway.

And to all gaijin here (piskian er al.) suddenly asking why now, after 20 years? It is customary in Japan to organise anniversaries remembering the dead, after a fixed number of years.

https://blog.tokyoroomfinder.com/insider-stories/attending-a-death-anniversary-ritual-in-japan/

And as we're on this topic:

just because of their ethnic origin.

I have seen members of a Chinese company who just purchased a Japanese brand (both big, famous names in the electronics business), boasting about how they've shown them who is the strongest, practically completely humiliating the company they just saved themselves out of bankruptcy.

I can see how traditional sake brewers are too proud of their heritage to never allow it to happen. Better to go out in silence than to suffer humiliation, IMHO.

guarantees not to interfere in business

are worth less than the paper are written on. Just no.

I've heard Americans way before I could see them, in a place where keeping quiet was obviously the norm.

I've seen Chinese by the bus loads in Akiba, fighting among themselves over who could buy that last discounted item - half of Akiba's Kanda side shops are now specialised on Chinese tourists and the sales are booming. The other half, most charming RadioShop,etc. are on the verge of disappearing.

Missing the good old COVID days.

I think the population strongly supports the death penalty in Japan. The government is appointed by and working in the name of the said population, so there can be no other outcome, despite what all panels of "experts" might have to day about it.

It seems the Danes aren't keen for Japanese hostage justice.

They're holding him basically hostage for months now and will hold him even longer. It seems logic is not part of your statement.

London is not in the EU.

How about this revolutionary idea: how about, I don't know, next time don't become violent with the cops, especially if you have hearth problems?

What did he expect to gain by becoming belligerent? That the police will suddenly bring him flowers and a cake, scared of the Superman him? And then let him go with their deepest apologies?

Japan is currently both aged and overpopulated and that's the reason it can't sustain the society into an improved birth rate. When was the last time you saw someone giving up his or her seat to a pregnant lady, despite the pendant she's wearing informing everyone about? Almost never? Yes, extrapolate that to the rest of the child bearing and rearing period, and that's about the help you'll ever get.

"Excluding foreigners" - luckily they don't exclude Half's, so I did my part. Time to include foreigners better perhaps?

I think this can be a highly effective measure. First - it's clear why it has no tip - so that it can't be grabbed and pulled. Then, I bet the ribs (skeleton) and handle are made extremely solidly, so it can't easily be collapsed. It is quite difficult to attack with a knife somebody behind an umbrella.

You'd be surprised how effective J-Police can be at self defense and protecting lives of both the perpetrators and the victims. Many are black-belts in the very violent "police-style" variants of kendo, judo or boujutsu (stick fighting), where unconventional attacks (using limbs, etc) are permitted, to offer a more realistic training opportunities.

Do they plan to train the train ;) operators in self defense using this umbrella?

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If you were ever wondering why can't the opposition ever do better: because the lack the IQ for it and drop every chance they have ;) . It would have been a good opportunity to make history, but you need grown-ups for that...

...and yes, if you buy directly from producers, you can get a 10kg bag of really good Koshihikari for 3-5000 JPY. Other types are even cheaper.

This year, at least in some Kanto-country-side, the rice crops are much above the average. I know this because guess what? I went and talked to some producers, right in their nice rice field. The "shortage" was mostly a B-grade media (think influencer level) fed frenzy. Absolutely zero value to it.

I'm using the Japanese IDP as a cheap translation for the Japanese license, as I'm driving a lot in Germany (who accepts Japanese licenses if they're officially translated). Never had issues getting rental cars, but I was also never stopped by police to really check this system ;) . But yeah, it takes only a few minutes to get the international driving permit and it's very useful if you travel.

I live in rural Japan. I cried the other day seeing an old lady, permanently bent in half due to a life of working the fields carrying a very heavy box of carrots. Those living in the city have no idea how old are the people producing our food, how tough and badly paid such work is and how little help they get. The country is wasting trillions in meaningless pork barrel projects, leaving it's inaka to survive on 2000 jpy per day of hard work.

Well, time to really grow up and stop laughing every time something remotely resembles genitals. But this is not that case, I think the bread is pretty realistic.

Next time I hear Japanese people complain about "sushi" places outside Japan, all tasting like Chinese or Vietnamese food, I'll show them this article. If you dare tramp all over Italy's food culture, don't dare complain when others tramp all over yours.