Thunderbird2 comments

Adding flashes to muzzles in post production is no more expensive than adding filters to grade an image or matt paintings. There really is no need to use real guns...

And so the 737 woes keep coming - maybe there's just something fundamentally flawed with that particular model...?

When I'm in Japan I use the Yamanote line a lot and you see people seemingly asleep all over the place. It's no surprise that people ignore the poor chap. Do we know how old he was? The article seems to have missed that.

Let's blame those annoying foreign tourists again... of course it's their fault... everything is. You know it could just be bad luck... it happens.

The UK attracted 38 million overseas tourists in 2023 - you don't hear our population demanding streets in tourist hotspots be closed to them. That's actually about half of the population of the UK itself, 65 or so million people.

Japan and the UK are also about the same size in terms of land mass.

Funny that

It seems that what started in Kyoto some years ago is spreading... it's as if the Japanese think of us foreigners as uncouth, loud, dirty and destructive... no matter where we're from. How long before we have to report to a police koban every week of our stay so that they can keep tabs on us?

So let's see... around 1.5 million people visited the castle last year, less than half a million were from overseas. So they want to charge the foreign tourists more? That doesn't make sense.

Glad to see at least two people went over to check on her... rather than just film her on the ground

Tee hee... love it

The only negative experience I ever had was in an eatery last year, where the staff ignored me and served those behind me. Walked out... very rude

To be totally honest Kyoto does sort of encourage tourists... all those shots of time capsule streets, the ladies in their finery and processions. I agree that there are some very rude tourists out there, but Kyoto needs to look at how it promotes itself.

They know that the screen itself will become an attraction don't they? People love irony

Just wait for the sales in that Lawson shop to shrink as the tourists go elsewhere for their photos. This is what's known as cutting one's nose off to spite one's face.

"This is a local view for local people..."

I wonder when they';; build a wall around Fuji and charge people to pass through and see the volcano...

"Roll up, roll up... come and see the mighty Fuji-san... get away from me boy, you bother me..."

How long before Japan bans tourism again like during lockdown?

Japan wants our money, but not us as tourists.

Could be worse - you could be in Glencoe, lapping up the solitude when a busload of Japanese tourists pulls up and it becomes a click fest of cameras and smart phones... works both ways.

What a piece of scum he is... "I wanted to leave scars all over her body"... just execute the creep!

Only been stopped once by Tokyo plod... wasn't a particularly nice feeling.

"Two Japanese astronauts will join future American missions, and one will become the first non-American ever to land on the moon," Biden said in a press conference with Kishida.

Unless the Chinese get there beforehand... or the Russians... or Indians... _^

Peddlers of conspiracy theories are just empty attention seekers - no matter the topic they'll be there to spread vile, cruel or just plain insane theories... weirdos!

The traffic light phasing at junctions is terrible... simply stop all traffic at red lights... allow the pedestrians to cross then set one direction off again. As for why the drivers don't stop at zebra crossings... do they get taught to stop when learning to drive? Or doesn't the pedestrian have right of way?

Not being an American I don't care

Bad news for Japan, and for the rest of the world to be honest... apart from Russia

I don't get why it's such a huge news story - I don't even know what the speculation about her health is... why do the conspiracy theorists think the photo was manipulated? I mean so what if the hands have been tweaked... does the real photo show six fingers?

So Alec Baldwin is to stand trial charged with "involuntary manslaughter"... doesn't that mean it was an accident? And to be honest, prop guns aren't real, so why would he assume it was real AND loaded? The question that I've not seen a good answer for is WHY there was a real loaded gun on set in the first place?

Just as well I don't plan on going to Osaka in 2025... greedy buggers

Gasp! The horror!

Why not just have bins in sensible places?

@Aly Rustom

I'd love to go deer hunting.

Venison is my favorite meat of all

So just buy it from a supermarket or specialist butcher

@bass4funk

I grew up hunting, my favorite meat are the ones that I kill, can't beat it, especially goats, feral pigs, boar, deer, racoon, gator, crocs, good meats.

Sure, Rambo... "macho macho man...."

As I said above, if people keep invading the wildlife's territory then of course they are going to come into conflict... not the bears' fault

So, increasing habitat loss by humans is driving bears into conflict with those same humans... and it's the bears' fault? Here in the UK we wiped out wolves and bears, lynx and beavers because they were a threat to farmers... and so we were left with foxes as the apex predator in the wild... and that lead to deer increasing in numbers... and so land owners get other poshos to pay to effectively keep the numbers down.

Better land management might be more effective. Nutters wandering around killing things will only lead to more accidents, animal suffering and probably more bear attacks

He truly is a waste of DNA... if he's not senile then he's clearly insane. Why would anyone vote for this idiot. Don't Americans care about appearing stupid?

America is a basket case... Japan isn't perfect by any means, but when Americans elect old people or loonies as president, won't stop the sale of weapons and goes to war at the drop of a hat... well, what can you expect?

Poor thing... I wonder what drove a young whale to beach itself?