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Correction needed...

swallowed the truck of a driver in his 70s

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quoted him as saying, “I don’t remember anything."

Ahh... thank you for that.

I needed to get my "I don't remember anything." fix for today.

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Do not depend on someone else for your own happiness. If someone comes along, add it to the happiness that you already have. Do not take away some or all of your happiness and give it to them. This way if the person leaves for whatever reason, you will always return to your own full happiness. This will provide you with a sense of security during the relationship and lessen the impact of a potential break up.

Hope this makes sense.

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Just what the hell does that signal in the picture mean? Why is a red light present?

I've been asking myself that question ever since coming to Japan... I learned very quickly that a "red light" in Japan means "continue through the intersection" without a care in the world. As indicated by all drivers young and old.

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All things considered... the rise in the cost of living in Japan pales in comparison to the vast majority of other countries and economies. With my wife's and my average salaries, our family has felt minimal impacts on our daily lifestyle routines. But we understand that things could change...

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When you die you are off the hook. RIP

But for your family, they are not. The responsibility is placed on them to take care of your remains. This can be a very stressful, extremely complicated and costly procedure especially when done internationally.

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And the plethora of free online porn is unable to satisfy those desires? More issues at play me thinks...

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a male employee of technology firm NEC Corp was arrested for allegedly raping a female university student and later fired. Although he was not prosecuted,...

How the he.. do you expect anything to change if this is what happens when someone is raped!

Sorry but when you have a country run by oyajis who still think that women are not equal to men, nothing will ever change. Change needs to start at the top... but we all know that that will not happen anytime soon. Especially with the current state of the world.

Japan is great in many things but equality, especially for women, is not one of them.

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The self-checkout is in Japanese and he is a foreign who may not have fully understood.

Most self-checkouts that I have seen have an "English" option. Especially those in the big chain conbinis.

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What?! 3 YEN?! Bloody HELL!!!

Thanks for the morning chuckle.

But I would have use, "Blimey?!" ^_^

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Let's hope they extend the ban to Rays and Athletics games too.

Um...MLB includes all major league teams.

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I heard from a friend that the internet is full of this stuff. Is it true?

My friend told me so.

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Yes. It's a holiday tradition.

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And did he not consider the fact that spending life in prison or death may also be an "obstacle" to being with his lover?

Idiot of the millennium prize goes to...

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"showed flagging sales" should it not be, "showed lagging sales"?

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As long as this country keeps promoting aging oyajis to positions of power, nothing is going to change. People need to step up and put progressive and forward thinking individuals to these positions.

But who am I kidding...

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Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Musk is a prime example.

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CCTV?

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I thought dolphins were supposed to be the friendliest and the most intelligent of all animals.

Some people would say the same thing about humans when speaking of "intelligence."

However with supreme intelligence comes supreme stupidity.

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Sounds familiar. Here's one that sometimes occurs: you are with your Japanese spouse in a department store and ask a question of the 店員in perfect Japanese (after 35 years here, I am fluent), and they then ignore you and respond while looking at your spouse (as if to say, "this gaijin will probably not understand what I am about to say, so I will address the spouse to be sure.")

More than sometimes, sorry to say.

Whenever this happened whether in a restaurant or some other place, I would usually speak up and ask why they are responding to my wife and not to me directly? This was often followed by a blank stare on the staff's face. However, this was causing a lot of tension whenever we as a family would go out to eat. My wife did her best to understand my reasons for being frustrated but was having a hard time dealing with the tense situations. So I decided to bite my lip for the sake of my family and not take it to heart when this sort of thing happened. Most Japanese do not even realize that they are being rude (microaggressive) as this is a sub-conscience response to speaking to someone who does not look "Japanese".

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Yasukuni also includes a museum that portrays Japan largely as a victim of US aggression in WWII and makes scant reference to the extreme brutality of invading Imperial troops when they stormed through Asia.

This.

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I do it sometimes... but usually unintentionally.

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There is definitely something to be said about excessive heat being linked to having a short fuse, but to actually pick up a knife and kill someone is a whole different thing all together.

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Probably the man was never at home and the wife simply couldn't manage everything alone, leading to this conflict and conclusion.

There are many families around the world living in this same scenario but to connect it to the conclusion of killing your wife and children is inaccurate to say the least. This is an extremely rare outcome and takes someone with deep rooted psychological issues to carry out.

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Stop buttons might be a good idea. However for the people riding the escalator when the button is activated, their momentum would carry them forward causing potentially more injuries or worse. Especially for those going down.

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Having staff placed at the top and bottom of the escalator to help with customers may be an idea. Especially with the aging population. It seems like a win win situation. People get jobs/ people get help.

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Interesting how people blame the ones trying to stop the thefts instead of the ones that are perpetrating them.

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In my experience, most residents living in these areas tend to take the "tourist attractions" for granted as these sites are a constant part of their everyday environment. It may be up to the municipalities to come up with alternative commuting options for the locals during high seasons.

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As much as I agree with using initials, I disagree with listing the employees position/ rank as that may encourage a degree of "looking down upon" to the clerk. A potentially irate customer may think that this "crew" staff has no power and will want to speak to someone of a higher rank. I only think it may add fuel to the fire.

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