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9,000 bears culled in the past year but people only get upset over the supermarket bear? People really are selective over what they choose to be outraged at on any given news cycle.

Look at what happens to wild bears in Alaska that encroach on populated areas. Same thing. Nothing remotely unique to Japan.

Duterte Sr. makes Trump look like a choir boy. And the Marcos family, jeez… but at least Marcos Jr. doesn’t seem to have the autocratic megalomaniacal tendencies of his father.

People are really naive if they don’t think the US has already had missiles and nukes on their bases in Japan for the past 70 years.

The US justice system isn’t much better, if you’re talking about wrongfully accused. If you can’t afford a good lawyer who can spin the law, you’re screwed. At least the wrongfully accused in the US, who are acquitted, who spent decades in prison get a pay out from the city and/ or state in the tens of millions (dollars).

Tattoos are a great form of art. Too many people just get poorly done or poorly placed tattoos. Unless you’re a rich celebrity, face and hand tattoos are not a smart choice. Neck tattoos are the upper limit of what’s acceptable for the average non famous person imo.

In principle, as a customer, I don’t care that Amazon strong arms retailers into lowering their prices since they automatically charge me 600 yen a month anyway for their Prime service. Never had to pay anything for returns and was always 100% reimbursed.

K drama’s have always been soapy and binge worthy. That’s why everyone used to rent them from Tsutaya. Still doesn’t explain the country’s abysmal suicide rate though. Korea is the last place you want to be if you’re dealing with mental health issues.

@Fighto

I agree with you but you need to come up with a better adjectives than animal to describe these people.

Animals are not evil and do not “murder” in the sense that us humans use and define the word. Human filth, garbage, scum, POS, would suffice.

If the Japanese didn’t enjoy sex, there wouldn’t be love hotels around every corner. Problem is that Japanese don’t have sex to procreate… or with their spouses because it’s not cheating if it’s a financial transaction and no “love” is involved in their minds.

@dutch

I am American and have been living in Japan for 20 years. The US has no more rightful place as a leader of the free world than any other democratic nation. Where are you from?

Graduate Students in international relations will be writing dissertations about Abe for decades to come. Regardless of what you think of his legacy, he was a class act in diplomacy and did more for Japan on the global stage than any PM before him. Politics is 90% pomp and BS brown nosing and Ishiba isn’t important enough to act like a jerk (like Trump) around other global leaders.

@socrateos

Good question. If I were a criminal and fleeing Japan, I’d probably choose a country with no extradition treaty with Japan as my base. Don’t know where, but probably Latin America or some Caribbean country. My guess is they can’t speak English and it’s easier to communicate in Japanese in SE Asia.

Japan’s English ability hasn’t gotten any worse, other countries have just gotten better. The article is purposefully misleading.

Falseflagsteve,

You’re saying this is strange and getting caught up on a coin purse but in other stories of heterosexual couples being murdered you call it a queer affair?

They need constant attention, easily spooked and unpredictable if they are in/ around new environments. They need a certain kind of owner who can dedicate their waking day to them. That’s why police don’t use them. I’ve had German shepherds and Belgian Malinois growing up. They don’t get spooked by anything and are protective, will bare their teeth and growl but not violent… unless their owner is being attacked or something.

These dogs can be incredibly kind and gentle if nurtured in a loving home…. But there is a reason police forces and militaries around the world don’t use these dogs.

So they arrest this guy immediately after it happened and they waited 10 months to arrest the other 40yo unemployed guy who killed his 5 months old child in January? The Japanese police are sketchy and arbitrary as ****!

He didn’t even get a counselor officer “diplomat” visit. He got an embassy staff visit, which means non-American, most likely, Filipino staff member. That means the Americans don’t care about helping this guy.

Olympus should be more concerned with their chronic alcoholic VP’s than an alleged recreational drug user. That seems more of a detriment to a person’s ability to do their job. Besides, police will refer anything to prosecutors to see what sticks and most cases referred to prosecutors are thrown out and not pursued. That’s why they have over a 99% conviction rate. If all they have on this guy is hearsay from a drug dealer, I doubt they will bother.

Mountain pear and Peter kind of just proved my point. If there are any women on this platform, they’re not complaining. It’s only men who have a problem.

Peter,

The majority of biological woman don’t care, its mostly (straight?) men who have made this an issue… and the lady who ruined Harry Potter.

I guess even though the age of consent is now 16, it doesn’t apply in this case?

I’m surprised nobody is calling for the husband to be sent to the gallows. Nationality playing a part here?

Well he was a slightly better pm than Hatoyama.

Blackstar

I didn’t say she was guilty but it’s pretty black and white. She needlessly put her child’s life in danger by shacking up with a man, who is not even the father of her newborn child, and didn’t bother reporting anything until after her ex was arrested for a separate offense involving another woman.

Why do women always get a free pass? 4 month old baby and this guy is not the father. The guy should have some jail time and child welfare services should take the baby until the mother completes a court ordered parenting course. That is what better social services in this country should look like.

In investment banking it’s called “loss of principal”. Worse off now than when you went in. Really dumb considering he knew the public wanted Koizumi, not him.

I’m pretty sure a lot of people, whether the philandering husband or cheating wife, wouldn’t want their loved ones to have access to and see the sordid stuff they were actually up to online after they have passed away.

97% of deaths were over the age of 65 and if it hadn’t been covid, it would have been from influenza, bronchitis, pneumonia, or falling down and breaking a hip. That’s pretty good and I’m not being sarcastic, just cynical because the elderly can die of just about anything!