Posted in: Missing woman rescued near Tokyo after 36 hours adrift at sea See in context
She was swimming at Shirahama Ohama beach in Shizuoka Prefecture at around 7:30 p.m. on Monday
drifting some 80 kilometers over about 36 hours,
True survivor!
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Posted in: Tokyo residents seek to block building of massive data center See in context
That's happen because, Japan only have lands near cities? There's so many empty space in Japan.
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Posted in: Japan destroyer sailed into China territorial waters despite warnings See in context
So, who is really doing provocation now?
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Posted in: Meta pulls posts targeting 'Zionists' for harm See in context
@Fuji Matsu
We also see when censorship getting increasing, where people just unwilling to say anything anymore.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_the_Soviet_Union
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Posted in: Chinese man arrested, two others sought for vandalising Japan war shrine See in context
Jiang Zhuojun, 29, who lives north of Tokyo,
It's not that hard to arrest someone in Tokyo after doing that kind of act. It took almost two months?
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Posted in: Woman dies after being found with knife in chest in apparent suicide See in context
Through the chest, that must be really sharp knife.
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Posted in: Meta pulls posts targeting 'Zionists' for harm See in context
So Anti-Semitism now definition become broader and broader. What next, they'll remove post that mention occupation, settler and settlement. Good bye free speech.
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Posted in: Japan's unused defense budget in FY 2023 totals 130 bil. yen See in context
That's really show JGovt efficiency, collecting money from many people at the end. Showing no efficiency at all. Every year defense budget, hit record budget.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/22/japan/politics/record-defense-budget/
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Posted in: UN experts say famine has spread throughout Gaza See in context
@JboneInTheZone
Did you even read your own post? This link doesn’t say that Gaza is currently experiencing a famine, it’s states they can potentially face one
For you to be convinced you need whole population face 100% famine, you have really high bar for human suffering.
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Posted in: Senior defense officials, SDF members to be disciplined over scandals See in context
The ministry officials to be disciplined, including senior deputy minister-level personnel, have been accused of repeatedly making intimidating remarks against their subordinates, causing psychological suffering, the sources said.
Those young people who refuse being recruited in the first place, basically they are smart! They avoid that in the first place.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/08/japan/japan-sdf-recruits-record-low/
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Posted in: Ex-SDF member Gonoi settles with 3 sexual assault perpetrators See in context
involves them apologizing and paying a sum of money,
Bow & money, that's pretty Japanese way.
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Posted in: Japan’s looming imperial crisis – why it’s time to open the succession to female heirs See in context
Majority of Japanese people support succession with female heirs
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/04/796e8724e70a-90-in-japan-support-idea-of-reigning-empress-survey.html
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So where's the bottleneck?
https://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/d00941/
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Posted in: To counter China, NATO and its Asian partners are moving closer under US leadership See in context
NATO is North Atlantic Territory Organization, in case they forgot what A stands for, it's not pacific, it's Atlantic!
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Posted in: Strike call threatens Paris airports' Olympics preparations See in context
Strike, that just so France!
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Posted in: UN experts say famine has spread throughout Gaza See in context
@Zibala
This is expected because Hamas is stealing food.
Who really thieves?
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/11/26/israeli-settlers-steal-palestinian-farmers-land-in-occupied-west-bank
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20181005-israel-settlers-steal-olives-from-palestinian-farm/
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221006-israel-steals-then-sells-palestinian-farmers-equipment/
https://www.euronews.com/2023/11/27/israel-stealing-organs-from-bodies-in-gaza-alleges-human-right-group
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Posted in: 4 Japanese laws that desperately need to be amended for women See in context
Japanese Oyaji, only will say "This is Japan!"
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Posted in: Paris will show value of hosting Olympics, says Tokyo Games chief See in context
How many again people being indicted after Tokyo Olympics is over?
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Posted in: Man arrested for assaulting 16-year-old girl in convenience store parking lot See in context
That's not a move from Japanese gentleman.
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Posted in: Israel to attend Hiroshima peace ceremony amid call for cease-fire See in context
What a contrast, with Israel being an actual war victim.
Being an actual war victim and playing victim is two different thing.
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Posted in: Japan's ruling LDP reeling from defeat in Tokyo assembly by-elections See in context
The LDP, led by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, managed to secure only two seats in Sunday's metropolitan assembly by-elections among the eight districts where the party fielded its own candidates.
This article explain the last weekend Tokyo assembly election,
https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2024070800087&g=pol
it was to fill vacant position. Some members died, resign or other things. So in total there was 9 vacants position, LDP sent 8 candidate to fill that 9 vacant position however only got 2 seat.
Total seat of Tokyo Assembly are 127 seats, those seats will be remain unchanged until next year Tokyo Prefectural election, which will be held in July.
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Posted in: Japan defense forces at record-low 51% of recruitment goal in FY 2023 See in context
In the fiscal year through March, the SDF took in 9,959 new members, far short of the 19,598 it targeted. At 51 percent of the goal, the recruitment fell below the previous low of 56 percent in fiscal 1993 to mark the worst result since the SDF's establishment in 1954
Current Japan solution for labor or personnel shortage, create new category of visa. Then let Vietnamese come to Japan. However for military position unfortunately that won't be possible by now.
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Posted in: Hezbollah launches drone attack on Mount Hermon in Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights See in context
Some country like to tease and play with their neighbors, which own sovereign air space.
Sovereignty might a concept occupier difficult to accept, since especially land grabbing for settlement is what occupier do every time.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240610-israel-army-says-drone-downed-in-lebanon/
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Posted in: Bubble bursts for France's far-right as voters bar it from power See in context
So, let's make France great again won't happen anytime soon?
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Posted in: Japan sees 1st 40 C day this summer as heatwave persists See in context
Many people in Japan just turn on AC, especially with high electricity bill today.
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Posted in: Tokyo Gov Koike reelected, beating opposition Renho, rising ex-mayor See in context
Incumbent was reelected in Sunday's gubernatorial election with the effective backing of the ruling part
In order to solve many challenges that Japan currently face, Japan need to change. Unlike UK or even France, so far nothing has been changed in Japan. Still believe anything will be changed in Japan anytime soon?
Voter turnout in Sunday's gubernatorial election was 60.62 percent, up from 55.00 percent in the 2020 race, the Tokyo metropolitan election management committee said.
60.62%? In other news, they said only 34.12% which make sense 60% is too high for Japanese.
Most Japanese people, just don't vote.
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/election/20240707-197252/
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240707/k10014503681000.html
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Posted in: Japan to require unintended acceleration prevention tech in new cars See in context
So if there's crow that suddenly show in front of people car, it will suddenly slow down. Even when there's truck behind you. Well done Japan!
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Posted in: 79-year-old man with only 2 yen in his pocket arrested for shoplifting circular saw See in context
Never too old to play with electrical circular saw!
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Posted in: Hamas accepts U.S. proposal on talks over Israeli hostages, Hamas source says See in context
Cease fire in exchange for what, other pieces of land for settlement?
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Posted in: Only 8% of religious group followers' kids back gov't remedy steps See in context
Only 8% of religious group followers' kids back gov't remedy steps
That's JGovt, work result.
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Posted in: US envoy to Japan expresses regret over alleged sex crimes by military personnel in Okinawa See in context
The cases could be a setback for the defense relationship at a time when Okinawa is seen increasingly important in the face of rising tensions with China.
All over news and JGovt always fear mongering about China threat, at the end foreign service members do more harms than China, either from DUI, sexual assault etc.
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Posted in: Hero of Oct. 7 aims to revive Israel's moribund left
Posted in: Gazan paramedic recounts alleged mistreatment in Israeli detention
Somehow, this will be blamed on the Japanese government by china… ”Wait for it”
Posted in: Missing woman rescued near Tokyo after 36 hours adrift at sea
Posted in: Super-sub Watkins sends England past Netherlands and into Euro 2024 final