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@JeffLee  ...In the other, one was attacked and is now relentlessly pursuing the perpetrators, without such territorial ambitions.

Huh??!! The entire Israeli-Palestine conflict is specifically and solely about the territorial ambitions of both sides, and this has been the basis of their destructive and deadly contention for decades... if not centuries... if not millennia.

A total of 107 out of the 120 respondents said they had been abused by their families.

An alternate and more revolting article title:

Nearly 90% of religious group followers' kids report domestic abuse.

And yet the government wants everyone to believe that the official inflation rate is somehow only about 2.5%.

https://japantoday.com/category/business/japan-inflation-ticks-up-in-may-to-2.5

Fighting for third day in north Gaza as thousands displaced

Third day?

No, it's actually the 268th day.

This earlier than ever date of the debate, which was proposed by the Democrats, is probably for the reason so that Biden's no-longer-avoidable age issues can be shown as more than obvious, and now there is 6 more weeks remaining until the Democratic National Convention, during which time a replacement for him can be installed.

Higher than usual?

For the past 15+ years, heat waves in the summer are now normal. Summer ain't what it used to be...

Last summer, hardly 10 months ago, the agriculture ministry was lamenting how rice consumption was decreasing again last year, just like its been doing for the past couple decades.

So they have been saying for the past several years:

"With demand for rice as staple food continuing its downward march, the ministry has been encouraging farmers to switch over to soybeans and wheat, as well as produce rice for animal feed."

Read one of the many reports about it from last summer here:

https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20230807-128057/

respondents aged 15 to 24

While online predators are certainly a problem for children, a whole 70% of respondents targeted in this ChildFund survey (those who are 18 - 24 years old) are not in fact children.

How is it a crime for a 23 year old to be asked to "meet in person" with someone they become acquainted with online?

Interesting to see how Japan is handling the central government's plan to get 60 million foreign tourists (about double last year's number) by 2030.

Make this woman Prime Minister!

“If foreigners can’t understand the meaning of ‘Hotaru no Hikari’ then how could they possibly understand the meaning of a completely original song?”

Now, not only will foreigners not know, the Japanese customers will also be clueless with intended purpose this new song. So at least there will be no segregation of ignorance going on anymore.

Do note, this is something being done only now that Daiso founder and totally-hands-on company leader Hirotake Yano died 4 months ago.

Black Music Month has evolved since 1970s

it's evolved into Gay Pride Month.

AI + greed + the boom in tourists = a screwball fee system coming soon to a railway line near you!

Making this with cheap plastic mesh meant holes were inevitable.

This is Japan's answer to sushi restaurants in foreign countries putting basil in their "California Rolls" and topping it with peanut sauce.

Local residents in Yamanashi Prefecture, at the foot of Mount Fuji, are striving to make their city Kofu a tourist magnet with extraterrestrial help from an alien

Simple to do:

Step 1: Build a fake UFO Model positioned with a view of Mt Fuji behind it.

Tell Instagram.

Bring in lots of tourists.

Done.

Step 2: Complain of "over-tourism".

Build a wall blocking the view of Mt Fuji.

Tell tourists to f-off.

Done.

perhaps a Toyota would have been more appropriate than a Ford?

Our stay at Capsule Inn Osaka cost us 4,000 yen, which might seem a little high for a capsule hotel.

Capsule hotels in Shinjuku this past Golden Week were priced at 12,000+ yen per person per night due to high demand from foreigners looking for a unique experience.

We are also planning to install multilingual etiquette warning signs 

Masses of tourists, months of controversy, nation-wide and international news reports, the construction of a barrier wall...

..and Lawsons responds with a sign saying they plan to make a sign.

The biggest risk for Japan I suppose is warmer seas meaning more evaporation. Stronger typhoons, floods, landslides, etc.

Last tear, only one autumn typhoon hit mainland Japan (in early Sept), but several occurred in southern Okinawa, Philippines, Taiwan, and China. There was actually a drought in south Japan due to the lack of typhoon rain from this, even though at the same time China had some of the worst flooding in their history.

For the LDP, these are bye-elections

Gee, isn't Instagram wonderful!

Yen sinks to 158 range against dollar in New York

Maybe someone should tell the writer that its at 158 here in Japan, too.

Interesting to note that this article about supposed vaccine falsehoods is classified as an Opinion piece.

@sakurasuki

Perhaps it is worth noting how many major news websites, such as the BBC, are headlining this story as "US House passes crucial Ukrainian aid deal worth $61bn", and buried deep in the article almost at the end it mentions the $26 billion for Israel.

So at least JapanToday has the integrity to call it as it is from the get-go.

On the one hand, they may be just killing the messenger instead of simply owning up to criticism.

But on the other hand, people (and competitors) often use negative reviews as a method of spite for personal reasons outside of any business practice, and there should be a better method to address this.

And it goes the other way too, with places making fake 5 star reviews for themselves.

So its always important to check any review (be it one star or five) to see if the reviewer has any other reviews, or this is just a one-off review account.

So much for free-market capitalism

Great company name given the nature of the business, however most Japanese people don't have any idea about the foreign albatross symbolism.

Japan records best-ever monthly visitor numbers in March

To say "best" depends on who you ask.

Seems like they need a truckers' protest.

But perhaps they should first ask Canada how well that went...