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I guess this means gas prices are going to go up again.

In general, as people experience more stress, the higher the alcohol consumption rate is. This is a sign and warning of Japanese society today. It's become much more unhealthy and unbalanced.

I had a coworker who drank so much that he ended up lying down on the road. I pulled his butt to the side of it and told his butt to stop drinking so much. Maybe the same thing happened here w/o a buddy to pull him out of it.

Japan should've stuck with either we buy it and own it or you guys go on down the tubes like you were headed.

Being only a partial owner w/ the Orange Crackpot behind the Curtain holding some Golden Share is only going to have a bad outcome.

The store shelves at my local supermarket are completely out of rice. I don't know why people are panic buying when it's been reported that there was a good harvest and that more rice will be coming via government at cheaper prices.

RIP, Brian Wilson. I played and sang this song in honor of you all day today. Thanks for creating the dreamy and melodius background music of my youth while growing up in Southern California～～

Ahhhhhh oooooo

This is the way

I always dreamed it would be

The way that it is, oh oh

When you are holding me

I never had a love of my own

Maybe that's why when we're all alone

[Chorus]

I can hear music

I can hear music

The sound of the city, baby, seems to disappear

I can hear music

Sweet, sweet music

Whenever you touch me, baby

Whenever you're near...

...in the countryside where they just disrupt the flow of traffic because most do not have motions sensors...

Conversely, I have two near my house that do have motion sensors and automatically gives me the red light 100% guranteed.

I often drive at 5:30 in the morning with absolutely no other cars out and every time I get to the point where the NTT Docomo shop is, the walk signal starts flashing 100 meters ahead, making it a guaranteed red light within about five seconds.

This government threw away a whopping 44.2 billion yen (around $329 million) on those ridiculous things. Honestly, I can't think of one positive thing to say about that guy.

This is like a horror movie.

I've been reading the exact same headlines since 1986 here. You can just cut and paste this article every year but change the name of the prime minister and slightly change the pathetic numbers and percentages.

Bring it on!!!!

It HAS gotten way more expensive than it used to be.

In the early 90s, I coincidentally wandered into one when I was in Tokyo and paid just smidge over 300 yen for a tonkatsu curry. I was pleasantly shocked at how cheap it was for such delicious J-curry.

Fast forward ten years to the early 2000s, and I was eating their all the time for still just about 400 yen for most of the dishes there.

Then around five to seven years ago, I found myself paying closer to 700 yen for the same plates I used to pay 400 for. It felt like a big jump.

Now, I can't get out the door for lesson than 1,000. Going from 300 to over 1,000 yen for the same dishes is massive for a populace, including me, that makes about the same amount of money as they did at the beginning of the 90s.

I've lost my fast-food go-to spot. There's something to be said for economic stagnation of the 90s-00s-10s. Prices were stable.

Remember, these are the people who knit your sweaters, assemble things in factories, grow and pick your fruits and vegetables, cook your food in restaruants, clean your toilets. We don't need Call of Duty swarming down on our neighbors and loved ones.

Gotta keep these foreign athletes away from local Japanese population. Seriously though, this seems like a good idea. Hope a virus doesn't spread on board though.

Good on her! She looks like she had a bad fall in that picture though.

Forget about these Frankenstein chicken burgers. Just bring in the most wonderful mashed potatos and gravy like they have in the US.

Congratulations on these two for winning those two food trays. Alfie doesn't look very happy though.

I like driving.

Was the assailant Japanese? Another tourist? Pretty scant on details here.

Gotta hand it to her. Playing tennis in a wheelchair is insanely hard to do. I know.

It's tough being a drug mule. I know.

Kazuhiro-kun is right. He's calling it for what it is. It usually is fed to chickens and other animals. This truth shouldn't be censored.

During major natural disasters, I go to a secluded spot in the woods and poop in a hole until the toilets start working again.

Resist!! Pummel these fascist in "riot" (para-military) gear!

This is a bit of surprise! Rarely do companies ever drop their prices if they don't have to. Good on Takahashi. Theme parks have gotten ridiculously expensive and I think he feels that.

Sorry, I can't really feel for "Jane" considering the years she spent lavishly spending his money, having sex, orgies and such. In my eyes, neither Diddy nor her are good people.

Koizumi Jr's face looks redder and redder and inflamed each time I've seen him lately. Is his health OK? Is he suffering from high blood pressure?

 The choice of picture to go with the article suggests that the article will be about Japan, which I thought was misleading. 

Yeah, but I think this is pretty universal.

This video makes me glad I'm not an old obachan.

I'm starting to feel sorry for convenience store workers. They being made to do more and more. They deserve a raise.