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imagawa at 10:43 PM JST - 8th August

Why can’t we just call fat people what they are,fat? How they got that way is really not my business any more than it is my business how somebody ended up with three screeming kids & why they have to travel half way round the world on the same plane…

Posted in How airlines deal with 'customers of size' at 10:43 PM JST - 8th August
weedkila at 10:38 PM JST - 8th August

U.S. President George W Bush prodded the communist country Friday to lessen repression and “let people say what they think.”.... “We strongly believe societies which allow the free expression of ideas tend to be the most prosperous and the most peaceful,” Bush said....

I love the irony of this. By…

Posted in Bush calls for freedom of speech in China at 10:38 PM JST - 8th August
jimmystone at 10:35 PM JST - 8th August

AGAIN Another criminal judge only gets a slap on the wrist.

Posted in Judge gets suspended 6-month prison term for harassing woman at 10:35 PM JST - 8th August
flammenwerfer at 10:32 PM JST - 8th August

..and she got to carry the flag? very nice bit of P.R there, but usually that honour goes to a champion athelete - a former gold medallist. Murofushi, Kitajima, Tani etc would have deserved that honour more than Fukuhara.

Posted in Fans mob table tennis star Fukuhara on arrival in Beijing at 10:32 PM JST - 8th August
seansezso at 10:22 PM JST - 8th August

I don't trust the statistics

Wisest statement yet. Would have been wiser for a full stop where I cut it.

Nobody knows much of anything for sure. Anyone who makes extreme statements about Japan for one or two fishy stats on this is insane. Or they desperately need someone to…

Posted in No. of child pornography cases hits record high in January-June at 10:22 PM JST - 8th August
lipscombe at 10:20 PM JST - 8th August

haha po-po

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Agnosto at 10:16 PM JST - 8th August

I take issue with the part about individuals over 250 buying a second seat. I'm over 250 and I fit fine in a regular, cattle-class, seat. Of course I'm 193cms tall and go to the gym everyday. No way will I be lumped into the same category with someone that…

Posted in How airlines deal with 'customers of size' at 10:16 PM JST - 8th August
northlondon at 10:15 PM JST - 8th August

The comments here DO reflect compassion for the victims. 105,000 people were delayed in the heat, JR staff had to clean up. The perpetrator of this event decided to kill herself in a public and dangerous (to others) way, unlike the other 99 or so people who committed suicide more…

Posted in Suicide suspends Yamanote line operations more than 4 hours at 10:15 PM JST - 8th August
northlondon at 10:08 PM JST - 8th August

105,000 people x 4 hours / 24 / 365 = 48 years. So she didn't rob four hours, She robbed a cumulative 48 years of time today ( in a extreme calculation of the stats). 105,000 people were late to work, late to appointments, late to job interviews, late to…

Posted in Suicide suspends Yamanote line operations more than 4 hours at 10:08 PM JST - 8th August
WilliB at 10:04 PM JST - 8th August

An ecstatic moment for the cops, for sure.

Posted in Australian police claim 'world's largest seizure of ecstasy' at 10:04 PM JST - 8th August