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I hate those things.

My wife's 10 yen per hour increase in pay means absolutely nothing when the price of EVERYTHING we buy at the supermarket has gone up from 30 to 300 yen each.

79-year-old man with only 2 yen in his pocket arrested for shoplifting circular saw

Basically saying a man with no money.

Why? I don't think Akie has read any of the comments made by the shooter or the news reports. Either that or she's really dumb.

The man shot him because he felt that Abe was complicit in letting a nutso quasi-religious group have influence in the govt. (60% of the LDP had admitted to having some kind of relationship with them) and this nutso group was able to brainwash his mother into giving all of her family's money to them.

The shooter was pissed and rightly so.

Sorry, the above should read 160,000 yen/month and *310,000 yen/month**.

The committee is considering measures such as improving wages and working conditions to overcome the recruitment shortfall, 

It's become a buyer's market. That's the reality. The solution, not only for the military but also for many companies is to put up more money.

If I were young, I'd consider joining the JSDF, but only if the wages were MUCH HIGHER.

For example, a private in the JSDF only makes about 16,000 yen/month. Plus, if he lives on base, he still has to pay rent.

On the other hand, a US private makes about $2,100/month (31,000 yen) w/ fully subsidized on base housing.

Japan's military has blasted their budgets for insanely expensive military hardware but hasn't budged on funding their soldiers better. You're not going to get many people this way.

This has been going on for over about a month. Why the arrests and warnings the day after the election?

If the planes landed safely without incident, then why would they close down the runways causing all those delays?

The same old same old.

a former adult film star

Diddy, used actress Adria English as a "sexual pawn for the pleasure and financial benefit of others" 

Ah, come on. She was a porn star who made her living to have sex with people. They should throw this case out. This is nonsense.

My friends and I used to eat at Caesar's Restaurant back in the 70s and 80s and they told me that, that's where the Caesar Salad was born and I didn't believe them. Later I found out it was actually true. By the way, the donkey show isn't.

In my inaka area, old folks homes are the big employers of many of the people in my town.

The whole rehabilitation and senior care industry is always advertising and looking for more people.

There aren't too many other jobs out here and this is one where the demographics should ensure more business in the years to come.

The govt needs to cut down on ODA and funnel more money into childcare, education and retirement homes. Take care of your own house. People are getting more desperate.

The main thing Japan has lacked to help pull it out of recession for the last 24 years has been a lack of domestic demand.

This shows that the core problem has not been solved regardless of the record high stock prices being reached this week.

LDP fiscal policies are a disease and the common people are struggling.

Honestly, when was the last time you heard GOOD news related to China?

This is the probably the most excitment any elections have seen in ages.

Rather look at dogs on election posters than the nauseating usual fare of white waving gloves, loud repeating of their own name onegaishimasu and guts poses.

BTW, isn't this the Anti-NHK Party? If so, I'd vote for 'em.

Good luck on ya!

Shoulda postponed the Tokyo Olympics to 2024. That's it.

NO ONE should be above the law.

And you have thousands of very capable and friendly nurses and caregivers in the Philippines and Indonesia just dying to live and work here in Japan.

But you give them this incredibly difficult Japanese and kanji exam and boot them back to their countries if they can't pass it within three years.

Instead, this govt. keeps playing around with expensive robots and machines instead of investing in people.

A problem created (once again) by this inept government.

Dog shoes and sweaters are things I would never put on my dog. They like to feel things, just like people do as long as it doesn't hurt.

Walk your dog in the cool mornings or evenings on ground that isn't boiling hot. Let your dog cool itself in summer and keep warm naturally in the winter. They don't like clothes. I know, cuz I was a dog in my past life.

In Southern California, three rolled tacos with guacamole and cheese is de rigueur especially after drinking. This is the "taco"yaki version of that but I have a feeling it's just not the same.

"Around 2,500 ACs have been ordered," he told journalists during a media visit to the complex in a suburb north of Paris.

The accommodation complex comprises 7,000 rooms in total, with the geothermal cooling system guaranteeing temperatures inside at least 6 degrees Celsius (11 Fahrenheit) below those outside.

Well so much for the eco-friendly Games, which every prospective city spouts off about before selection.

6 degrees C isn't much relief if the temps reach 38-36 degrees.

Well, this is what happens when you're forced to hold the Games at the end of July. The IOC and NBC should take a class on common sense and the detriment of greed.

Why do these multi-billion dollar corporations still persecute those who need to take time off to take care of their families? How greedy can they be? They have nothing to lose from happy workers. I hate constantly reading about these heartless companies.

Look at Patagonia's treatment of their workers. They're treated like family.

Sorry, but she's not anywhere near the top of tennis anymore and the amount of coverage by JT of her losses should be about the same as that of Nishinori Kei.

It's places like these that I love about Japan. Don't need the Tokyo-Kyoto-Osaka-Hiroshima axis.

I agree with the above posters that many people in Japan, even the elderly, have no idea how much reverence and adulation there is for Kurosawa and Mifune.

I was working in Japan when Mifune died in '97 and when I went to work, I excitedly mentioned the "big" news. Most of my colleagues, including the elderly ones, just said, "Oh, yeah I remember him. I've seen a movie or two of his," and without much feeling of shock that one of their biggest stars ever had passed on.

The exact same thing happened a year later when Kurosawa had died, I thought my colleagues would be much more reactive to his death than Mifune's but it wasn't. It was pretty much a, "Oh, really?"

This is when I realized there was a massive difference in perception of these two greats between the rest of the world and Japan. It sometimes feels that Takashi Shimura even gets more attention that the previous two - whom I also think was great.

Japanese teachers work a hell of a lot of OT at school. They'll be in the teachers' room or somewhere on the school grounds after dark.

American teachers work a hell of a lot of OT at home. We used to take everything home with us and be off the school grounds by 3:30 when school ended at 2:35.

"Well, I'm traveling man, made a lot of stops, all over the..."♪

Mimido Rock in Kumakogen-cho in Ehime. Camp there and swim there while staying cool and seeing old friends.

Other option is to camp on one of the many beaches where no one cares if you're there or not and to wake up to the sight of good surf.

But it lacks provisions on the disclosure of information that is in possession of prosecutors and investigators for retrials, preventing easy access to evidence that could favor the convicted, experts say.

This is the biggest problem. ALL evidence should be easily accessible - favorable or damning to the convicted.

I like the straightshooting talk of Hideko. She's saying it how it is.