Posted in: Anti-whaling activist Watson to face Greenland detention hearing See in context
Get him over here and lock him up, if he was doing on land what he’s been doing at sea he’d be described as a terrorist.
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Posted in: 4-year-old boy drowns after being swept away while playing in river in Fukuoka Prefecture See in context
Are the parents being charged with manslaughter? Death by negligence? The amount of parents that let their kids wander freely at the river never ceases to amaze me.
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Posted in: Hotels, Japanese inns hit by cancellations after megaquake alert See in context
All that thanks to an alert that scientists say has been issued with zero scientific evidence to back it up.
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Posted in: Uta Abe eliminated in women's 52-kg judo at Paris Olympics See in context
She acted like a 2yo child throwing a tantrum, it sounded like a pig being electrocuted so I had to tell the kids to turn the sound off. Not very professional.
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Posted in: Man arrested for assaulting 16-year-old girl in convenience store parking lot See in context
‘The woman’…..my daughter is 16 and there is no way she could be described as a ‘woman’ and she’s nowhere near as immature as some of her friends. As for the parents, what’s a 16yo child doing out at 2am without the parents?!
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Posted in: Tokyo-Osaka bullet train services halted for hours after power failure See in context
I’m guessing it was from 12.15pm for about 3 hours? I’ve never heard of 0:15pm & if it was from 0:15 then it’d have effect way more trains.
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Posted in: Elementary school boy drowns during swimming class in western Japan See in context
Unforgivable. Sack and prosecute every teacher.
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Posted in: Japan court orders gov't to admit gay man as refugee over persecution See in context
He’ll be married with kids & be a devout Muslim within a couple of years.
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Posted in: Costco Japan wages provide pathway to firing up nation's low pay, economy See in context
¥1300 a hour for the first three months while learning and then ¥1050 after three months. Doesn’t sound like a good way to keep staff. Costco offers a higher wage to try and keep staff, this place will slash the wage by over a quarter once you can do the job. Clever.
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Posted in: Japan's 'Doctor Yellow' track-testing bullet train to retire See in context
We used to see it from our apartment every time it went by, the kids loved it. The schedule is far from ‘undisclosed’….we used to know a month in advance exactly when it would come past & the kids would be lined up at the window.
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Posted in: Near-complete Tokyo condo to be demolished for spoiling Mount Fuji view See in context
I wonder how many of the people that complained live in a house blocking the view for others….
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Posted in: Wi-Fi, drones and sharp blades on Japan's whaling mothership See in context
I don’t have a problem with them catching & eating them…..we’re emptying the oceans of everything else but don’t make up rubbish reasons for doing it. If you’re killing then to eat them then just say that. The only problem with the ‘ecosystem’ is humans, it’s not the whales that need culling to help the ecosystem.
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Posted in: Mother, 2-week-old son found dead in suspected murder-suicide See in context
That poor father will have nightmares for the rest of his life having found his daughter and grandson dead in his house.
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Posted in: Japanese authorities urge caution after wild bears attack several people in the northeast See in context
It’s amazing how small they are, we had one in the garden last week….it wasn’t taller than the Doberman hot on its heels chasing it out of the garden. We hardly used to see them until about 3-4 years ago but now we see them every spring & autumn.
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Posted in: Locals in central Japan near Mount Fuji count on UFO craze for tourism See in context
Maybe they should whack a screen up all around town so that Mt Fuji can’t be seen, it’ll save the hassle in the future if they get too many tourists.
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Posted in: 64-year-old woman arrested for fatally stabbing 76-year-old husband See in context
Quo PrimumToday 12:38 pm JST
What's the problem with reporting it?
No problem with reporting it unless it was only reported as she was from the Philippines . Seems strange that it was reported when the news story posted here on May 7th at 5am deliberately omitted the fact the police were looking for two Brazilians. This ladies nationality added nothing to the story/article.
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Posted in: 64-year-old woman arrested for fatally stabbing 76-year-old husband See in context
What does her nationality have to do with the incident?
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Posted in: Snake on Yamanote line train cause commotion in Tokyo See in context
I have 3 species of snake in my garden that I see regularly….never once have I called the police about it, might give it a go next time.
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Posted in: Ex-trade ministry bureaucrat gets 10 years for raping drugged women See in context
10 years per victim would have been a better sentence.
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Posted in: Owner of unauthorized MSDF drone video says he knew risks, shared it for fun See in context
Imagine if this had been a Japanese person doing the same in China for ‘a bit of fun’…..that ‘fun’ would have ended up in prison.
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Posted in: ‘Angry’ parent arrested after smashing window at high school See in context
I wonder where the child gets his ‘issues’ from…..behavioural issues learnt from his father maybe?!
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Posted in: 25-year-old man arrested over 2 burnt bodies found in Tochigi See in context
@clippetyClop
It’s the river bank right next to the ‘Nasu-Kasumigajo Golf hotel resort’ in Iono. Countryside for sure but the mountains the other side of the IC is way quieter.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/eQi5NysTurf4ThUk8?g_st=ic
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Posted in: 25-year-old man arrested over 2 burnt bodies found in Tochigi See in context
@redemption
‘I find it very interesting that the murderers drove 2.5 hours into the deep woods to dump the bodies’
it was not ‘deep woods’ it was about 15mins from the IC and on the edge of a river where people walk daily, I walk my dog there daily. 20-30mins from the IC in the opposite direction they’d have been in the mountains with hardly anyone around. They’re either stupid, or wanted the bodies to be found…..or both.
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Posted in: China hosts foreign naval officials amid regional tensions See in context
I used to live in Qingdao and there weren’t many days in the year we could see blue sky like in that photo!
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Posted in: 5 dead, 114 hospitalized from recalled Japanese health supplements See in context
They were notified of a potential problem in January but waited until a few confirmed deaths before making an announcement at the end of March. Clever. Management has a degree of blame in any recent deaths.
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Posted in: Man arrested after beating daughter for ‘not helping with chores’ See in context
If he’s punching a 10yo girl in the face then i hate to think what the mother has been through….
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Posted in: Japan society on transgender issues to drop 'disorder' from name See in context
’mental disorder’ seemed to be the correct term from everything I’ve read.
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Posted in: China demands Japan start Fukushima treated water compensation system See in context
I used to work in China whilst living in Japan, just thinking about it gives me that nasty horrible taste in my mouth that I used to get breathing in my first lungful of polluted air when the plane doors opened. When will China pay Japan/Korea/Taiwan etc for the air pollution?
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Posted in: Couple sent to prosecutors after unvaccinated dog injures 7 See in context
The last rabies case in Japan was 1957 but dogs are still required to have the vaccine. Our fit and healthy Jack Russel Terrier had his jab in the autumn, he was dead 6 hours later.
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Posted in: Nagoya elementary school students caught defrauding classmate for nearly ¥1 million See in context
Both of my kids have a similar amount of money in their bank, neither of them know about it & neither of them have access to it. I thought that was the norm…
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Posted in: Epstein, Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre takes her own life in Australia
They missed one. "The odd angry shot" was a brilliant Aussie movie of the Vietnam war.
Posted in: 10 movies that defined the Vietnam War on the big screen
What do you think he was doing there? Trump is a lifelong criminal, so we can assume he was doing…
Posted in: Epstein, Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre takes her own life in Australia
Trump has been on Epstein's island 7 times. What do you think he was doing there? Nothing.
Posted in: Epstein, Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre takes her own life in Australia