Tom Young comments

Japan’s record on safety is rapidly being eroded due to the financial pain felt by the less fortunate

Nah, the internet just makes it possible for us to read what's been happening all along. Japan is still the safest country I know of.

fetish

A sociopath is born

Poor girl, poor man, poor family -- I keep saying it, but I wish there was more support & outreach for mentally suffering people in this country before tragedies like this happen. Calling someone a monster afterward is easy -- but working to prevent incidents like this in the future is a tough challenge.

Completely agree.

"Even if people say we don't need to worry about a tsunami, I won't buy it," said a 50-year-old male worker. "I learned from my bitter experience 10 years ago and that's why I evacuated."

Amen brother.

Sounds like typical "male wins" dispute.

Sibling rivalry, North korea style

It's a beautiful country, with a lot of charm. Don't let tabloid media tell you what to think.

I don't doubt that. Ghosn circus aside, Lebanon has really tried to be neutral over the years. They were the only ME country to form a coalition government.

Growing swell of support by Congress for Trump to be impeached and removed from office immediately.

I worry about pardons yet to come. Your suggestion prevents that from happening.

"I deeply regret attending the drinking party and apologize to people,"

When will these fake apologies be recognized and addressed for what they are?

I'm bewildered about the very slow rollout of the vaccine in Japan.

Always be on guard. Nutcases everywhere in japan like this lunatic. And they’re on the loose, no one to keep watch of them or keep them indoors.

This phenomena isn't limited to Japan. Take the USA, where mental health facilities released patients (in the mid-1970's) to community group homes until their funds, too, dried up. Now these patients live on the streets

What a maroon

You said it.

I've always opposed the time of the event: Japan's hottest most humid season. I'm thinking mainly of the elderly who will die by the hundreds from heat stroke while waiting for an ambulance to arrive.

Such negativity escapes me. Japan is about to do the right thing and some of you can only criticize. Are things going so well in your native countries?

Sad

Good luck to Japan in recovering the Kurils but it ain't gonna happen.

Where does all this money come from?

@Tokyo-m:

Waddo had it right.

Can't Touch This

Help the unemployed

Olympic Games should be held in Greece. Period.

I would love to hear from those who successfully met the restrictions for those holding a zairyu card. The whole enchilada of getting a permission letter from their local Japanese embassy to securing a negative result on a PCR test within 72 hours of landing at the airport.

Those travelers must be accepted by entities or organizations capable of ensuring they have tested negative for the virus before entering Japan.

I don't understand this sentence. What entities or organizations? I hold a spouse visa. Does that mean I can enter or not?

Police believe Umeda killed the woman and then himself.

The order sounds right.

Reckless ...

"If anyone has experience getting the PCR test in the States 72 hours before returning to Japan please post your experience. I have been unable to find such a provider in Florida yet."

I live on an outer island in Hawaii and the odds of me meeting the re-entry requirements are insurmountable. Mine is a spouse visa.

SO2 smells but not like gas.

I tend to agree with euthanasia but funds should only be charged for actual expense, not profit.

I can understand when citizens support the GOP but I really don't get how anyone supports this bozo and his inner circle.

The reason is because he knows that the average person doesn't know this, and by obfuscating and sewing seeds of doubt and confusion, he might be able to deceive some low IQ supporters.

For a minute there, I thought you were talking about someone else ... .