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Vote buying!

Black thunder fan here! Had the Black Thunder Ice bar the other day! It was amazing!

Facts!

We all knew this wasn't going to last!

Very common in South Africa!

What's wrong with 4yearold rice?

Old rice has limited water penetration and starch leakage, leading to increased firmness and reduced stickiness. Once it gets to 5 years old it is used as animal feed!

4-year-old rice! Thanks! Probably all from Fukushima!

Why all this discussion about the way they dress? Isn't this an appropriate dress for a ceremony commemorating people dead in a horrible war?

It's not that it's not appropriate but Empress Masako always wears the same outfits. Even the hat design is the same.

I agree! It's ridiculous!

Japanese royal family fashion is dasai! I imagine the same family have been making their garments for generations! It looks like they got a big discount on 20m of pale gray fabric!

It's ridiculous. Can't visit my widowed, childless neighbor because we're not family. I think they just don't want to bother with visitors coming. Covid is just an excuse!

How about visiting Harbin sometime!

I used to do this! Bringing in cheap Thai rice! I think you can bring in 100kg a year without paying customs duties. You must declare it on entry though.

Even they still need to learn about quarantine procedure before bringing anything to Japan.

There is no 'quarantine' for packaged rice.

What kind of ads? I haven't seen any of them. I suppose if you watch porn, they're more likely to show up!

The rodents that carry hantavirus were all over the place including their two cars.

There where live and dead rodents and nests.

They should have had cleaners to clean up the place than placing rat traps in a few places.

The rodents were in unused outbuildings and unused cars housed in those outbuildings. They owned a large property. The main house had no rat infestations!

Why not gallows??..

Deserved a lot..

He is intellectually impaired.

Well I don't know about the world, but Japan now knows what happened, and that won't get you your money back at all. On the contrary, you're gonna spend the rest of your life in jail. Was it worth it?

He won't have the worry of sarakin chasing him if he's in prison!

Should have just said they were defecating en plein air 'Chinese style'! LoL!

Are we here already? Ishiba gave me the creeps from years ago and not sure how anyone in their right mind would think he would have been an inspirational and effective leader. Onigiri stuffing and his dismissive lack of social skills on the international stage may be the legacy.

I personally find Ishiba's lack of pretentiousness endearing. The call for him to be replaced is not about that. It's about Ishiba's attitude toward the U.S! If uncouth people creep you out, Trump must really bother you!

Love/money scammer+lunatic=nasty outcome.

Tariff is the main reason for the high prices of imported rice.

Still, 2 weeks ago, calrose rice was just 3000yen a 5kg bag at gyomu. Haven't checked how much at present but it's 3600 at cosmos now

Jasmine rice, you can find listing at 3980 on Amazon , tax included

Been buying all kinds of foreign rice for years. When the yen was stronger, I used to pay 3000 yen including tax/5kg for high quality Thai Golden Phoenix rice. For cheaper Thai rice I would pay about 11 000 yen/25 kg. For local rice from the JA, I would pay about 2500 yen/5kg including tax. I don't think the tariffs are unreasonable if it means food security is maintained. As Japan is a small country, it would be impossible to compete with huge countries like the U.S. and China when it comes to farming. But food security doesn't seem to be a priority of the J government.

Brown rice FAR more nutritious than white rice, which is basically just empty carbs, so think twice, health is wealth!

All rice is brown before it's polished!

Simply allow for international competition and Thai rice and Chinese rice and Indonesia rice. See the price plummet. 

With the low yen they're just as expensive!

A rucksack is a more utilitarian back-pack specifically for trekking, camping, hiking etc with military roots.

The purpose has changed but the origins of the randoseru are also the military.

Not everyone has to be covered in tattoos, pierced, with ripped clothes, and then think Japan should be thankful.

Nowhere in the article are tattoos and ripped clothes mentioned. Please don't insult people's intelligence.

When they refer to 'Japanese co-workers' commenting on appearance, it's usually the female co-workers.

"Probably the best movie I've seen was an old one with Robert Mitchum called "Yakuza."

Yes, that and Black Rain.

Nursery Schools need to start having video monitors in the schools for parent to be able to follow what goes on when they must work and give a piece of mind.

I have seen cameras running in classrooms in nursery schools here! Problem is this sicko was the one in charge!

That's my president!!!

Tariffs are gonna make America rich again and everything will become cheaper once Americans start making stuff again...MAGA4LIFE

Delusional! The manufacturing ship has long sailed from America!

Yeah, this sickness and Alzheimer’s will do it to you. Sister got choked on food, she had Alzheimer’s. At least is what the care home claims. We never will know.

Dysphagia or the inability to swallow is very common in Alzheimer patients! it is also a problem for people with Parkinson's.

Because Japanese royals have to stay away from politics, members of the Imperial Family tend to study biology, literature and arts.

Oh, is that the reason? Here I was thinking the reason was because they aren't academically inclined!