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Of course not. Japanese police don't even know how to patrol the streets.

LOL! Never a truer word spoken in jest.

This is so sad. And utterly preventable. The number of times I get asked by my kids if I can swim, and the number of kids that say they can’t, even 5th and 6th graders, beggars belief. Truly.

“Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.” I have to say, I am completely underwhelmed by “Labour’s” victory. Keir Hardie would be screaming his head off.

Keir Starmer's Labour Party got 609,578 fewer votes than his former boss Jeremy Corbyn at the last general election.

This makes me sad and angry in equal measure. Things could and should have been so different from 2019 if Corbyn had refused to put Brexit back on the table as part of the manifesto, persuaded in no uncertain way by Two-Face Starmer.

Kobe. It’s great for a weekend city break, and with it but an hour’s flight from Ibaraki airport, it’s even closer.

“…….board games don't require referees.”

Obviously never seen my family play Monopoly or Cluedo.

In fairness, Windows XP was the best OS Microsoft ever made.

That doesn’t say much, does it?

How can he claim immunity from the hush money payments when it was from before he was President?

YubaruToday  04:27 pm JST

I wonder when they will upgrade their computers from XP?

They’ve done that already. They’re on Windows 7, don’t you know….!? ;)

“Monster police officers' abusing power – what sets them off?”

The uniform.

It’ll be a cold day in hell before I buy a Chinese car. Will buy a Nissan before I buy PYT, KFC, BFG or BYD whatever the eff it’s called. Thanks, but no thanks.

And I bet a good percentage of that waste is from school lunches.

The amount of milk I see being poured down the drain every day just because it’s the due date….

“Don't hit me with them negative waves so early in the morning. Think the bridge will be there and it will be there. It's a mother, beautiful bridge, and it's gonna be there. Ok?”

RIP Oddball.

And be careful about discussing it in the comments too, Thailand applies this law extraterritorially against non-Thai nationals as well. If I, having no connection to Thailand whatsoever, sitting here at my computer in Japan were to write anything even remotely insulting, I could face arrest for it if I were to ever set foot in Thailand.

And the Thai King can go play tiddly-winks with Father Christmas. Utterly ridiculous state of affairs in the 21st Century. Kick them all out; all monarchs, everywhere; and let them fend for their high-and-mighty selves.

Use the same password for everything….

Write them down on a piece of paper.

That’s the punchline to a skit by the Goons. Search “What time is it, Eccles?”

All relevant ministries and agencies will work together to advance necessary measures to achieve structural wage increases and empower women by reforming work environments to eliminate male-female wage gaps.

Yeah right. Good luck with that.

Putin’s pledges are not worth the air-time they get reported on.

Agree. They’ve been going for far too long now. Just retire gracefully. And I say that as someone who (ha!) saw them in 1989. Twice.

The more I see the likes of the Stones and the Who “on tour” or “possibly on tour” just makes me respect Robert Plant’s stance on NOT reforming Led Zeppelin. And when they have, it’s always been as a one off, or charity gig, then done. Only five times since 1980.

Companies with more than 500 workers had to pay contributions. So companies with that number or more split to smaller parts so they didn’t have to pay. (Because they didn’t want to). Then it got changed again to more than 100 workers a couple of years or so ago. This is what my company did.

Go after the companies who don't enroll their employees

Think I read on here a couple of years ago when a new law came in that some companies got round paying pension and SS etc by splitting into smaller companies. For example, having one company with 500 employees, they split into 5 companies with 100 employees each, and shafted all their workers. Then it got changed again, about 2 years ago, so they were forced to pay contributions.

So I’ve only been paying for two years. When I retire, if I retire, (I’m 52) I’ll get jack. Been here, working for over 20 years. Now you want to make it compulsory? Thanks Japan!

Why go after the little man; get the big-wigs and the companies that don’t contribute a single yen.

Hmm. There are some exceedingly homophobic comments here. Totally off-topic and irrelevant.

England lost. No surprise there. How they are one of the favourites beats me.

That’s the topic of the article.

Curious to know, what music do you three listen to; regularly or otherwise?

Just remember, there’s no three strikes…….

MAGA, your boy took one helluva beating, now you spin to say “you knew” and it was “predetermined”? LMAO! Delusional.

It’s OFFICIAL. Trump is a convicted criminal. X34 UNANIMOUS.

How’s that for Democracy and Justice?

For anyone saying I am being melodramatic, Boris Johnson himself was refused at a polling station in the recent local government elections for lack of ID.

He forgot his ID, and later returned with correct photo ID so that he could vote.

The new rules requiring photo ID to vote were introduced by Johnson's government in the Elections Act 2022. So, he basically thought the rules, that he introduced, didn’t apply to him, or he forgot that he introduced them?

JimizoToday  09:41 am JST

French far-right politician Marion Marechal after her win posted on X: "So a man has won Best Actress. Progress for the left means the erasure of women and mothers."

Why do all far-right types all sound so alike? We know they usually have low intelligence but they are so predictable. 

Must have a deep, dark problem

It’s the changing rooms. It’s always the changing rooms. And toilets. They must want to get in there themselves.

Yup, it's that time again, 

Every time we have a war in Palestine the Old war Stories resurface and old reruns return to the good old theaters and TV's . Schindlers List in next in line.

Nowt to do with a war in Palestine. It’s the 80th Anniversary of D-Day.

*I for one wish I could see it again on the Big Screen. It was unbelievable the first time around.

Forget woke and diversity, if we are talking about Star Wars. My main bugbear, after I stopped being 10-12 years old, was how the hell didn’t Luke know his father was Vader? Why was it such a surprise? Didn’t he apply to join ‘the Academy’ but couldn’t get in? “Oh, perhaps your father could put-in a good word for you?” knowing full well that Anakin Skywalker=Darth Vader? Didn’t he go to ‘market’ and such? Didn’t the people he trade with mention anything, even in passing, “I see your father is out destroying the Universe again, Mr. Skywalker. Hope they don’t come here, we don’t need any of that Rebel Alliance here, thank you very much.” Didn’t Wedge, upon meeting Luke again, say, “Hey, I heard a strange story in the canteen the other day. Someone was saying that Anakin Skywalker is Darth Vader! Can you believe it? Wasn’t he your father?” And Luke didn’t know? Not even an inkling?

I asked a simple question. Is he guilty of lack of diversity and if so, provide evidence. Why else are you posting on this thread.

I’ll answer even if Jimizo will or won’t:

No. How can Lucas be? It’s a sci-fi/fantasy series of movies, set in space. And so-called ‘woke’ people require accuracy/diversity? SMH. It’s ridiculous in the extreme.

I know many Star Wars fans said the one with Liam Neeson in it was a pile of steaming crap. 

It truly was. Episodes 1-3 were a steaming pile. So disappointing. I haven’t even bothered with 7-9; and it’s likely to stay that way. Nothing to do with ‘woke.’

And Bass, as for Disney being ‘woke,’ they’ve been like that since at least ‘the Jungle Book,’ ‘101 Dalmatians,’ and ‘Mary-bloomin’-Poppins.’ What do you think a “Happy Ending” is, if not ‘woke?’

Underpriced….

/s