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I'm comfortable with prison life. I have clothing, food and housing and I'm taken care of when I get sick. Prison life is like a strict nursing home.

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A 76-year-old inmate at Onomichi prison. Aging criminals account for more than 12% of the total prison population, prompting the government to build three new prison wards that will house more than 1,000 elderly inmates. (The Guardian)

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The thing I'd come to believe was good and useful to society turned out to be useless and caused everybody trouble. I feel a deep sense of remorse.

We're bored. We have nothing to do. I don't have anything to say to my husband anymore. It's much better to come here than just sit in the house watching TV all day. We need some excitement, too.

It’s fine to go around with a Geiger counter and see if your child’s playground is radioactive, but how do you go from that to getting the laws to change so that this kind of thing can’t happen again?

The reason people aren't spending is because they are worried about the pension system and fear for their future. If we fix that, then they will be more confident to spend and that will boost the economy.

U.S. cars do not fit Japan's market or Japanese consumers' requirements because of size, high fuel consumption and higher prices. They need to have a line-up that suits Japanese consumers' preferences.

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