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After construction delays, they now can't get enough staff to operate the pavilions. Many countries have left it too late to install equipment and secure staff.

Rises wiped out instantly by increased prices of 3,400 items this month!

Over-reliant on 'Smartphones' and other devices for communication, resulting in being unable to have a face to face conversation.

LDP - Liberal Democratic Party.

Not Liberal, hardly Democratic and certainly not a Party.

Japan has played the role of the 'unsinkable aircraft carrier' for the US against the the 'Commie' threat, much like the UK has in Europe.

Maybe look at the Japanese Justice system first?

Carrying a backpack is not necessarily backpacking in the cassic sense of the word. Suit cases and wheelie cases don't go well with flights of steps at stations, cobbled streets, long walks to bus stations, etc.. not everywhere is 'barrier-free'.

It will take at least 500 people from the Cabinet, Foreign Office, Finance, Defence and other ministries around 5 months to prepare and circulate a carefully-crafted 50 word paragraph of opaque, meaningless niceties that will appease everyone, and yet say nothing. Bureaucracy at its finest!

And who will clean, sanitise, maintain, repair, and provide supplies for these robots?

There is a lot of manual 'Back Office' support required.

One of the old-fashioned puppet-masters would pulled the strings behind the organisation. All employees required to pay homage to him. A sort of business daimyo! Many companies still have these relics.

With a history of forced confessions, manipulation of evidence, and omissions of evidence that could help defence: the chances of hanging innocent people are high. Serious oversight is required.

The judges will follow the establishment/ government policy. They always have done. None of them would risk a career-disputing decision, or go against the state.

After their Rings of Power abomination, they will certainly shake up, even stir the 007 franchise. Does not bode well for M, Q, Moneypenny and the rest of the folks.

Still have a '6' that enables you to talk, listen, text, read, email, browse, play music, take snaps and see where you are on the map. Battery capacity is down to 72%, but it's enough for a day or two. Company gave me a 16Pro for work though.

The remaining soil will be disposed of outside Fukushima region ahead of a 2045 deadline.

Called 'Sharing the burden!' But totally unnecessary.

Expect a diplomatic protest within a few days, and a quiet reversal of the ruling,

A complicated ticketing system does not help, neither does the location. Meanwhile, progress is being made on the foundations for the integrated resort (aka casino) next door.

The bubble-era urban legends of the husband about to leave on his business trip, and his wife discretely slips a packet of condoms between his neatly ironed shirts in his travel bag, just in case!

Anyone who has done cave diving knows how hard it is swim against a current of water; add to that disorientation in the dark, possible shock, injury or concussion from the accident, wearing heavy working clothes that are cold and quickly water-soaked. The outcome is inevitable. Just hope it was quick. RIP driver.

This is getting to look more and more like the film Gung Ho, the fictional story of a Japanese car company taking over a failing US car company, with all of the accompanying headaches and conflicts as they strove to integrate and become a success.

The film had a happy ending, no idea if real life will follow the same script.

One in the city of London the other day, 5-6m deep, 2-3m wide on the side of the road.

Global infrastructure problem. Happy to build, but no thoughts of maintenance.

Will Dentsu and their close friends be offering to help with their experience of supporting big sports events?

'Want to work' or 'Have to work'. There is a big difference, depending on what pittance of a pension you will receive, or how much savings you have managed to save.

The original 'nuclear gypsies' who used to do clean up work at Japan's nuclear power plants were employed through up to 8 layers of personnel dispatch companies, and when they developed cancers, were told that there were no records of them working at the plants, hence no evidence, and that as they were not directly employed by the utilities, they had no responsibility towards them.

Asians and other nationals were employed to change the reactor vessel innards many years ago, as they were allowed to receive higher cumulative doses of radiation than Japanese workers, and despite numerous accounts and evidence of them working there, their employer at the time (H) to this day denies it ever occurred.

Work on the Expo continues behind schedule, while at the same time, work on the Integrated Resort (Casino) has already started on the land next to the Expo.

Could they not have waited until the Expo was finished, and used the Casino labour and resources for that?

*...he conspired with Kelly and other company officials..*

And nothing happened to them!

2-tier justice again.

Good police work! Surprised just how many surveillance cameras are around.

The usual winter precautions. Drive sensibly, watch your speed, and avoid tailgating. Keep a warm coat, gloves, hat, and blanket in your car, along with plenty of drinks and some emergency food. The walking sleeping bags are great - ugoku-nebukuro. Rope and shovel are handy, and don't take up much space, along with snow chains. Stay safe. Stay warm.

My sister and I have slides going back to the 1950s from my father, plus our own from the 1970s, and family photos going back to 1914, inc family members in WW1 uniforms, and we are both trying to digitise them. We periodically share them with wider family members around the world, but fewer and fewer have any interest in people and scenes from the past.

As children, we remember many picture shows with family and neighbours, usually holiday images, with a slide projector, carousel and a portable, wobbly screen; laughing, joking, crying, along with food and drinks; nowadays it is just 2-3 people swiping silently and quickly through a smartphone.

Progress...

Probably they both will surface in 6 months time as directors of a subsidiary company, suitably remunerated, keeping a low profile. Happens all the time,