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I heard from TV news yesterday. The sea water is 20 - 24 Celsius. It seems not warm for many hours there.

She was very lucky. The very small swim ring usually can't be found in the very wide sea. Sailor(s) must have good watch.

Don't use my tax for such stupid thing.

Good news! Those idiots lost their job. It's going to be very hard for them to find next job.

Celebrating war?

Nobody is celebrating war at the Hiroshima peace ceremony.

@Gazman

I know 16yr old child is girl, not woman. I was just trying to say, "Don't punch any female persons", because female is weaker than male.

Nice breakup! Don't punch any girl/woman whatever.

Emanuel must be very sick and tired of this. He may step down from the embassy and go home.

That dead person really would look like sleeping alive.

Don't crash!

Did the Japanese government also present her a posthumous award? 

It seems Japanese companies sent people and they are working at private companies in China. There is nothing to do with the j government, but their company should do something about she saved their lives.

Most US soldiers are good, but some idiots commit crimes. US military can't control these idiots. This irritates Okinawan people.

Rapists go to jail here, for maybe some years. Maybe Japan doesn't do what they like/want.

US soldiers are official guests to Japan. They must not commit any crime in the first place whatever. US military must keep crime zero all the time.

What Japan needs is police just treat them as criminal by the law. Put idiots in jail for years. Never hand them over to the base. That is all.

Prosecutors still think hostage justice is the best way. This is a long time traditional way. They say they will never make mistakes. There are actually good prosecutors and bad ones. Bad prosecutors (may) change evidence to win the case as because the person is a very prime suspect, and prosecutors don't have perfect enough evidence though. It looks like prosecutors just don't like presumed innocence. Have to change this way soon, false accusations come out later.

I've heard someone said the US protects Japan so forget crimes some US soldiers committed in Japan. That is too arrogant or stupid. It seems someone never gets Japan has the law.

BYD launched the Atto 3 and Dolphin EVs in Japan last year, selling about 2,500 since opening its first Japanese dealership in Yokohama in February 2023.

Most of customers are Chinese people in business from China or permanent residents. That's I've heard. I guess these Chinese people in Japan would buy the new model for sure.

It seems Kishida better resign prime minister or dissolve the lower house soon. He is a lame duck prime minister.

It seems like China's idea is always mine is mine, yours is mine, so world is mine.

As far as I know Minamitori Islands has not been claimed by China in the past, except Senkakus. This island is very far away from China anyway and in Japan's EEZ for a long long time.

This is really very disgusting. This is very official posters for election. Moron candidates are using it wrong way.

It looks like Kishida doesn't want to resign so he said such things. He is already a lame duck prime minister.

Sanctions seem to be not to the governments but some private business groups.

The crowd control seems understandable/reasonable to prevent climbers' accidents from overcrowded.

It is a prevention of overcrowded climbers, but probably (more or less) climbers would sneak in.

Maybe life is cheaper here 

It seems to me life is much cheaper in America as thousands of people are killed by guns all over there every year.

I think most people would think 2025

I noticed a cultural difference. English speaking people understand that way but from other culture we think maybe 2025, maybe 2026, maybe 2027, so not sure yet in this point. To avoid any misunderstanding we always make more precise date. If I were to say I go to Hokkaido in January, it is not always next year for us.

@hooktrunk2

If the Railway company retired the Dr Yellow in January 2025, the company would have to use the traditional classic way to inspect rails manually for 2 years before N700s. It would take whole day to inspect 1km rail. I really doubt they don't use Dr Yellow for 2 more years. West Railway Co use it until Dr Yellow is retied in 2027 though.

No it says:

Japan's "Doctor Yellow" track-testing bullet train will be retired in January, 

and that:

West Japan Railway Co, which runs another Doctor Yellow train on the Sanyo Shinkansen line, also said it plans to retire the train around 2027.

which is in a different train system than the train that will retire in January, so Ed's question is valid. What happens between January 2025 and 2027?

It seems the article doesn't say what year of January. I just wonder how you know January is in 2025. It seems to me both Central and West railway Companies use N700s trains to inspect rails after Doctor Yellow trains retired in 2027.