Posted in: Japan sees 1st 40 C day this summer as heatwave persists See in context
Fossil fuels.
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Posted in: Tokyo-Osaka bullet train services halted for hours after power failure See in context
USNinJapan2
Go sit in your car or even your home at noon tomorrow, shut off the A/C, and stay inside with the windows closed for even an hour.
Ah, ah, ah. Shutting off the aircon wasn’t what I said. Get your facts right Sonny Jim!
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Posted in: Tokyo-Osaka bullet train services halted for hours after power failure See in context
USNinJapan2
So, what happens is, all the cool air conditioned air goes outside and all the heat from outside comes in. It’s not rocket science.
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Posted in: Tokyo-Osaka bullet train services halted for hours after power failure See in context
Yeah, opening the doors in 35 degree heat. That’ll cool everyone down!
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Posted in: Chinese woman honored for sacrificing life to save Japanese family See in context
What a hero.
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Posted in: Mount Fuji climbing season begins with new fee, crowd control steps See in context
Why ‘foreign’ bullet climbers? Has someone been counting the numbers and asking people their nationality or is this just prejudiced reporting?
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Posted in: England thrash Japan 52-17 in Tokyo rugby union test See in context
Keep fighting, Japan.
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Posted in: Extreme heat kills hundreds, millions more sweltering worldwide as Northern Hemisphere summer begins See in context
Two words: fossil fuels.
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Posted in: Japan seeks more visitors despite overtourism problems See in context
More tourism = more xenophobia.
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Posted in: Russian food shop in Ginza to close as war in Ukraine drags on See in context
Lots of xenophobia towards the start of these comments. Putin is the problem, not good people trying to earn an honest living.
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Posted in: New report warns of heat danger at Paris Olympics; could be worse than Tokyo See in context
Climate change - due to the burning of fossil fuels- in action.
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Posted in: Man arrested over hit-and-run death of 91-year-old woman in Hyogo See in context
There was a lot of rain last night so the visibility and road surfaces were not the best
It was the night before last night. Japan news reported this yesterday morning.
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Posted in: Mayor considering increasing Himeji Castle entry fees for overseas visitors See in context
Not 4%, not 14%, not 40%. Oh no, 400%!
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Posted in: Prize-winning Japanese pianist arrested for stealing ANA cabin attendant's apron See in context
“I smelled it and wore it myself."
What
A
Freak.
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Posted in: Japan Post to raise postage rates from Oct 1 due to fewer deliveries See in context
So, an increase in almost 31%. When are our wages going to go up by that much?
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Posted in: Singapore diplomat fined ¥300,000 for Tokyo bathhouse voyeurism See in context
What is it with this diplomatic immunity? An American woman driving her car on the wrong side of the road in England killed a guy riding his motorbike and was able to just use the defence and fly back to America. I don’t even think she was a diplomat, her husband was. Similarly with this, it just means these people can do anything they want and get away with it.
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Posted in: Go-kart driver crashes into taxi after ignoring road sign in Tokyo See in context
They need to be banned asap.
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Posted in: Japan to step up enrollment of foreign residents in pension system See in context
I spoke to someone at the pensions office where I live about this and even they said it wouldn’t be worth enrolling in given the low returns.
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Posted in: Harry Potter offers magical boost to UK tourism See in context
Can someone provide an actual quote of JK Rowling’s that shows she’s transphobic? Her actual words.
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Posted in: Japan to build anti-tourist fence at another Mount Fuji viewpoint See in context
More tourists = more xenophobia.
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Posted in: Foreign woman walks into bus at Tokyo’s Shibuya Scramble intersection See in context
In any other country it would be, “Woman walks into bus”. In Japan, we always have to know that it was a ‘foreigner’.
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Posted in: Empress emerita Michiko tests positive for COVID See in context
Not that she’s going to be reading this, see my comment and go, “Oh, thanks. I feel better already.”
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Posted in: Empress emerita Michiko tests positive for COVID See in context
Get well soon.
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Posted in: Man arrested for punching 67-year-old woman in face on platform at JR Sapporo Station See in context
Yeah, we obviously know that something happened on the train before.
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Posted in: Climate change, fewer farmers jeopardize Japan food security: report See in context
Climate change deniers, they’re like the new 9-11-was-an-inside-job crowd.
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Posted in: Prices for 614 food, drink items to be hiked in June See in context
Again?! How about raising our pay too!
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Posted in: Hollywood movies rarely reflect climate change crisis, but some researchers want to change that See in context
If you have to put the phrase Clinate Emergency in scare quotes as though to suggest it’s not real, you really haven’t read the science.
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Posted in: Over 40 locations in Japan log record-breaking rainfall for May See in context
Climate change, due to the burning of fossil fuels - in action.
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Posted in: Holes poked in mesh screen barrier at popular Mount Fuji viewing spot See in context
No tourists = Come back, we ant your money.
Too many tourists = NHK making out that it’s only foreigners responsible for this kind of thing.
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Posted in: Hero of Oct. 7 aims to revive Israel's moribund left
Posted in: Japan, S. Korea leaders meet to discuss N. Korea
Posted in: Hero of Oct. 7 aims to revive Israel's moribund left