Lindsay comments

A fool and his money are easily parted.

It’s 2025. There is no reason for anything to go untranslated. There’s this thing called, Google. Perhaps you’ve heard of it.

The danger was real and the warnings were given but because the ‘Japanese TEPCO experts’ didn’t deem it a threat it was ignored. It became a reality and destroyed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and all is quashed. TIJ!

An explosion from a gas leak on a construction site is something that should not happen.

A lot of people decreeing this is a bad idea but what else can they do? Put curfews on all teenagers? Limit the numbers they can congregate in? Lock them up for being a teenager?

They have to do something and this is about the only legal thing they can do.

“Build it and they will come.”

I’m curious how much this has to do with the Ghosn fiasco although, Nissan had been struggling for decades even before Ghosn. I know I will never buy a Nissan.

There are many illegal gambling joints around Shinjuku. I guess this one missed their payment and got busted.

When I first came to Japan they were little more than a business card that could have been photocopied. Even these modern ones don’t have good security measures on them (obviously). I got picked up by the cops for illegal parking back in the mid-2000’s and they did a full work over on my alien card to check its legitimacy. They told me then that there were a lot of fake cards around. That was over twenty years ago so it’s not as if this is something new. What have they done about it? Nothing, of course. They still use the same cards with next to zero security measures.

By the way, if the j-flops ask you for your card you don’t give to them. You only have to show them you have one.

I first moved to Japan in 2001. Wages have decreased by 20-30% since then and the cost of living has increased by around the same. As a result, I don’t live in Japan anymore

Mental health people! Mental health!

Am I the only one who remembers Abe passing a bill to sanction all political news?

I fully support these hatches because they save lives or save a child from a life of abuse. However, there is still a terrible stigma about adoption in Japan and it is also exclusively expensive. Sadly, these kids are destined to a life in orphanages.

I’m no CSI expert but cutting off another person’s ring finger with a hatchet seems pretty well impossible without cutting off the rest of the fingers. Something is not right about this pair of loons.

The constant hounding of being forced to make a confession was likely too much for him and he could see no other way out. Or, he was guilty. Either way, we’ll never know.

Yep! It’s a pretty easy fix. Just make it available to foreigners who have lived in Japan for more than three months. Problem solved!

Japan has seen no real wage growth for thirty years but the cost of living has increased by 30%. They’ve got a bit of job ahead of them.

My first Apple was. Bondi Blue iMac in the late 90’s with OS8. I’ve been hooked ever since.

This clown won’t be happy until he starts a war with China.

It’s not even summer and the nuts are coming out already.

This should start in elementary school. It’s too late after they’ve survived the rigors and confusion of Japanese high school English.

Trump is an egocentric nutcase and the reasons for him introducing these tariffs prove it. However, all this doom and gloom the rest of the world is spouting is just overdramatized gibberish. Yes, there will be some financial impact at first but all these countries need to stop crying over spilt milk and show Trump that they can get along quite nicely without “raping” the US. These tariffs will have a greater effect on the US than the countries he has applied them too. You can be sure the next US president will lift the tariffs on a couple of years.

Let Trump play his games. If he wants the US to go it alone let him. In 12 months time when the US is really suffering he’ll lift the tariffs. That’s when the rest of the world needs to band together and tell him to get stuffed.

I’m not from the US but I support his tariffs. Of course everybody who has had the tariffs put on them are not happy about them. However, it will have a a positive effect in the long run. It will make other countries stronger

I know I’ll be unpopular but the Trump’s tariffs are a good wake up call for many countries. I’ve been saying for years that Japan has to rebuild its economy from within Japan and stop relying on international markets that no longer exist. Australia and Canada will both have to stop relying on the US markets. Once they stop complaining about it they’ll realize it’s a good thing for them.

Imagine a world without religion.

My. Fuji is a few hundred years overdue for an eruption. The more overdue it is the greater the likely hood of it being a major catastrophic eruption. It’s great to see a plan for ash rain but I fear it’s going to be much more including pyroclastic flow and choking clouds of smoke. There are nearly 5 million people living within 20 kilometers of the volcano.

They are dismantling the containment vessel but have nowhere to store the nuclear fuel rods. This would mean there is no protection if there is an accident with the rods. Is anybody else having flashbacks to Chernobyl?

But! What will the money be used for? Is it just going into council coffers or will be used to improve amenities on the trails and to clean up the mess?

I’ve been there and it’s a very creepy place. There is nothing pleasant about it. I wouldn’t recommend taking little kids there. The display of melting people is quite disturbing.