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Wasabi: When did russia ever tried to control the terrorism?

Russia directly took on ISIS and other Assad opposition in Syria whilst propping up that regime.

JboneInTheZoneToday  11:00 am JST

Never forget that the CCP is the worlds biggest bully

A big bully for sure but in both actions and land mass the title surely goes to Russia.

With the US and Russia otherwise distracted this seems like an obvious consequence.

Jeffy: While I agree with this in theory, in practice it is evident that such is not the case.

In practice peoples rights are ignored, however it is a fact that the Japanese constitution provides for privacy and individual dignity. I didn’t read all of your article, but it was clear that you’d missed my point. I was opposing the “You’ll be fine if you’ve nothing to hide” argument.

And if police stops you on the street, what is the problem?.... as long as you have nothing to hide...you have nothing to worry about.

This is a terrible argument. Everybody, in democratic states including Japan, has a right to privacy and dignity. Questioning and searching people with no good reason is a breach of those rights and an invasion.

She probably just wanted him out. The fact that he bumped his head in the process was surely incidental and highly unfortunate.

None of us know what happened in the car on that day. But, if anyone is forced to leave a moving car, injury isn’t incidental it’s almost inevitable. The man’s head injury was less unfortunate, more a potential consequence. Unfortunately for her, she recorded the conversation. If there are mitigating circumstances, hopefully the courts will take them into consideration.

No not really. Japan’s foreign policy is very much about offsetting China and Russia.

Very unusual not to detect buried services prior to digging. Gas, water and electricity services, let alone a forgotten gas cylinder, usually show up very clearly when the ground survey is done. I wonder what went wrong here?

First red flag was giving in to his demand for delivery to his home. You do not want to be alone on an angry customers home territory.

The British should take what they need from the deal and then turn to Europe and leave the Trump admin to twist in the wind.

That’s just not going to happen.

That process has already begun. It’s unfortunate to see the US diminish itself the way it is.

Big Win for Trump and Starmer

Time will tell. The big plus for the UK of course is with the US turning inward and burning bridges with its long time allies, those allies look to forge closer links with each other.

bass4funk I guess the UK didnt buy enough Trump coin.

Not exactly earth shattering is it? The UK keeps its US car, steel and aluminium business and the US gets market access for some of its non testicle shrinking beef.

HopeSpringsEternal, I’d love to see some evidence for a cover up. People die of Hantavirus and people with profound Alzheimer’s die from heart disease. Don’t see any evidence for strange goings on at all.

The vast majority of the foreigners registered are young, healthy migrant workers who will generally make fewer claims on the system. As it stands, those foreign workers are subsidising the Japanese claimants. If no problem has been identified, maybe they shouldn’t waste tax payers money rocking a stable boat.

Hopefully he’ll spend a bit of time in prison, pay a hefty fine and get sent home without his weapons. The US is making it widely known that their constitution holds no sway with their current government, let alone on foreign soil.

I’m curious—do similar incidents occur in your country too?

Unfortunately we can only move forward as fast as the slowest will allow. Selfish dimwits aren’t limited to Japan. I present the current global financial debacle as my proof.

In addition to consulting with the police, the company is considering enhancing measures such as improving surveillance and marking restricted areas more clearly.

Signs are no deterrent, access to the dangerous train yard shouldn’t be so easy. Even if it seems that people are stupidly putting themselves in danger, the railway company still has a duty of care to the public. They need to install some physical barriers.

Cyber attack?

Nope. They’ve been implementing some changes to their system and naused it up.

You do not need to wear a bicycle helmet for normal commuting

Complete nonsense. There’s a multitude of hazards including, uneven floors, narrow paths, high kerbs, negligence to name just a few. There are many tens of thousands of cycle accidents each year in Japan, the vast majority of which are ‘normal commuting.’ It’s the individual’s choice to wear a helmet, most eschew helmets in favour of convenience.

11 nights at his majesty’s pleasure does seem like a lot, however the man did toss the bullets in the bin. All in all this worked out as well as it could.

In fairness to Yrral, the actual demolition a single house isn’t time really that consuming. When we demolished a small old house many years ago, the physical process took: a day to put up the hoarding; a day to bring in the machine, pull the house down and get the machine out; then another four days to truck out the debris, take down the hoarding and dress the land. The house itself was a pile on the floor in about three hours. Damned expensive though.

It’s not simply about wages in large companies vs small and medium sized companies, although that is part of the problem. The multiple tier employment system in Japan is almost designed to lock people into their working environment. Productivity in Japan is parlous in comparison to other developed nations. Lack of employment flexibility, lack of opportunity even in employment, lack of reward for innovation or hard work, poor training, ageism, sexism, nationalism, all work to dampen productivity.

Wonder if I’m the only person here who finds any Wagyu over A3 deeply unpleasant.

If Nissan wasn’t happy with the way Renault did business, they’re in for a real shock should they get any investment from Musk.

Any job that enables us to be a good partnership. Car sales in my case ( ◠‿◠ ).

This is a dreadful series of crimes and a life sentence is totally appropriate. He should be made to work and he should be made to understand the full impact of the damage that he’s done. There are also some cultural lessons the country can learn from these and similar crimes.

More importantly I sincerely hope the girls can get the immediate and longer term support they’ll need to get their lives back to some semblance of normality.

If businesses find deeper pockets to dip into, they will, and for as long as they can. On the flip side it’s important to pay well enough for your people to be able to afford to live well. When times change, as they surely will, there will be a greater reliance on the local market.

Ali Azuuri, by their very nature, sewers are only installed in populated areas. Think it through fella.

factchecker: I'd go gay for that much per month

Sounds like a lot of money but the woman will have been absolutely wrecked in order to bring that much home. I think you might regret changing lanes if you’d been as busy as her.