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I support the public schools being freely accessible to families, but surely subsidizing private schools just sabotages public schools standing here?

It seems to me that most Japanese think private education is often better, so with private education being 'free' more folks will send their kids to them. Therefore in a shrinking population situation fewer kids will go public. Public schools will have budgets slashed ( making the education and opportunities they provide even worse and it turns into a downward spiral ) and eventually closed/consolidated and the government won't have to pay for so many. Is that the end goal?

After many public schools are closed, when it comes time to open them because of an influx of children they won't be able to.

Also having seen what many private schools offer, I question if they are really all that good in the first place.

The problem is, the most well known 'lone wolf' attack got the guy exactly what he wanted. So it has shown that killing politicians gets them active. (Obviously not the same ones.

These attacks (3 of them BTW) all stem from people feeling powerless and being unable to enact change in the current system.

Police also reached agreements with three real estate industry groups in May for the sharing of information about suspicious noises and odors in buildings, after cases in which assailants manufactured weapons and explosives in their apartments.

I'm sure this is a very effective program. . I'd be genuinely curious to know how much information, useful or otherwise has been gleaned from it. My neighbour likes to do some hammering at odd times fairly often. Maybe they're making weapons?

Kudos to the guard who has the ability to pick this guy and follow them.

His son Ryuma is currently president of the company.

Good to see such vital information included in this report.

This new immersive experience is designed to be a red pill moment that will get film fans off their couches at a time when the movie industry is desperate to bring back audiences.

This would work well for well designed cinemas, but you're average rectangle theatre in complex number 4 won't have quite the Sem effect.

Another reason for dwindling movie goers is the garbage they've been churning out as the big thing for the past few (10?) years.

The Oppenheimer's and Mission impossible are the exception not the norm

Zelensky gets a telling off for not wearing appropriate attire to the oval office, but Musky' s consistent tie-less nature is fine and dandy?

Just shows how unstable the US govt currently is.

People are shocked that the country that doesn't allow married partners to have separate surnames won't allow dual citizenship?

I am shocked at the shock!

Cont.

Together. It's been fumble after fumble recently.

Good to see young Koizumi moving fast on this. Quite rare in J-govt.

Lol! He has no choice but to do something (anything) quickly. If he didn't he'd take quite a hit to his cool and dandy credibility.

Hopefully it's a band-aid for now with some better options later. JGivt really needs to get their act togeteh

@NCIS reruns

I asked him, "Isn't 'Shiro' the name you give a dog?" "You read it 'Akira,'" he growled in return. So he wasn't called Whitey, but Brighty

What a way to approach that situation! Lol. Thanks for the chuckles

Part of the reason for people using AI to search the web is because of the intrusive adverts.

Google used to be a really good search engine. Now it promotes irrelevant results far too much which completely destroys the advantage the Google search engine had over other engines. Googling may be a verb for web searching, but I can see it's usage changing as their search engine gets worse.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't understand why Patriotism or Nationalism should be a bad thing.

A bit of love for one's country and patriotism is a fine and good thing to have. The problems arise when it is descriminatory which immediately creates 'others'. Add to that patriotism can be easily encouraged to unhealthy fanatic levels. Which we have seen Japan do in the past. Many other countries too, and a rather influential one (at least) doing it now.

Tldr. Patriotism isn't the problem. People are the problem.

I love the ingratitude splashed all over these comments. Are the writers Brits?

I don't think the comments are about lack of gratitude. I think it's more about trying to see the connection.

I'm not a brit and this policy is a bit of head scratcher. If they want to encourage people to cool with air con (short term solution) then they should subsidise electricity, not water bills.

So,not going against the grain,then?

Oh hoho. I see what you did there. :)

This little snippet is like nd of interesting:

distribution route has become so complex since the end of government control in 1995.

Depending on where these experts come from. This could be a way of the govt deflecting the blame.

The fact that you can exchange a license with only a hotel address is absurd. A simple fix would be to assure that people had a permanent address in Japan. Or require them to bring in their juminho.

or Mrs x is climbing in this day, with this registration scheme you have to register your name, passport id, debit card details and insurance details, and tick to agree or disagree, if you disagree then you are signing a waiver to say that you will not get any help what so ever, is this to harsh?

this would only apply to people who follow the rules. This article is about those who don't follow the rules.

I agree with the mayor. There should be some kind of punishment or fine to discourage people from off season/dangerous climbing.

I've often wondered about that. If healthy people don't require medical treatment so much, what happens to all the money that they pay for healthcare insurance?

Usually it goes into a communal govt pot to aid paying for people who do require medical care. Which is how Japan's health care is still affordable now.

Currently Japan faces a problem of fewer healthy young people (paying their taxes and stuff) than people using the medical system.

In a perfect system, society would have enough people paying into the system, yet not using it, to sustain the cost of use for those who need it.

@negative Nancy

Quale was selected because

1996 Quake was also recognized for its lasting influence, with a game code that “is a literal legacy” and continues to be used in some games after nearly 30 years,

Long use of game code. I guess doom, Wolfenstein don't have the same lasting code.

By issues, he is actually referring to the fact that Japan needs to get to Olympic level corruption before trying again.

Bach wants Japan to get better at covering the corruption as per the IOC ideals.

Sounds a bit like the guy donated many amounts that total a lot, but were under the declarable amount. That would explain no record of the transactions.

A cop out for sure but it certainly sounds like someone is trying to make Ishiba look bad. Probably someone from his own team...

Especially considering the length of time that has passed

No privacy for poor children I see. Also a lot of judgement going on as well.

I look forward to eventual lynch mob's arrival

I'd be curious to know what the original problem was.

Whatever the problem was is none of our business (and is irrelevant). That's between the school and the family.

The primary factors contributing to the high prices are a combination of supply shortages, speculative hoarding, and a general reluctance to sell new harvests.

My guess with the Chinese mainlanders rumour and google ai not finding sources could be down. To no-one knowing who the speculative hoarders are.

I think the govt should step in and start fining/jailing these speculators and hoarders. After all they have the brilliantly general law against interruption of business.

My Business is interrupted as I have trouble buying rice now.

There is a chance that documentary could be very educational for many people around the world on this topic.

However I strongly suspect that China's movie will not be anything like that.

I await the movie they make on chairman Mao and the 'cultural revolution' that totally did not result in the loss of millions of Chinese lives.

Why is Assassin's Creed being criticized but not Ghost of Tsushima

You're expecting logical thinking from irrational people. The assassin's creed debacle is generally coming from racist folks.

The whole thing is ridiculous. Assassin's creed is not historically accurate and never will be. It's a game made by a terrible company. If people want a samurai simulation they should look somewhere else. It would also probably be an incredibly boring game.

The assistant manager in his 40s, who initially noticed the cash irregularity in January, was given a one-month salary cut over his lax accounting management, the IHA said.

And because of this in the future, no-one is going to say anything.

Trump is just a Spiteful person,not like Xi

Really?

China is demanding South Korean businesses not to ship goods containing China's rare earth minerals to U.S. defense companies or face likely sanctions.

Earlier this month, Beijing warned that no country should reach a deal with the U.S. at China's expense and vowed to take countermeasures in a “resolute and reciprocal manner” should such a situation arise.

They both seem pretty similar in their actions to be honest.

China is known for, and often has used trade as a way to enforce their ideas. Usually with superficial reasoning. Cough Japanese fish cough Australian wine.

The list will continue.

Yeah this is weird. It's a given that the switch is going to be a big seller, just like the switch 1 was. And the Wii before that.

I wonder if they deliberately set their target low to generate hype and articles like this.

Totally agree with Grund. Using tax money for whaling should not be allowed.

Whaling should only happen if it can support itself. Just like most other businesses.

Capital punishment is obviously the best deterrent. No executed prisoner has ever gone on to commit more crime.

I don't t think you know what deterrent is. It's supposed to stop people before they commit a crime.

Therefore capital punishment here didn't work here as the crime was committed .

As a general rule. People who commit crimes that end up with capital punishment probably aren't thinking of the consequences, or perhaps as has been the case in Japan more than once, they want the punishment. In which, capital punishment is an incentive...