The Old Goat is gone but not forgotten.

JAPANESE WORKSPACE SERVICE PROPOSES 'NEW WORKSTYLE' LINKING TELEWORK & ALL-YOU-CAN-DRINK WINE JapanToday.com | 2021-Jan-18 ... having all-you-can-drink wine isn't usually something you would normally associate with productive work... ...Through this plan, workers in search of a good teleworking...

Japan minister says ‘anything can happen’ with Tokyo Games TOKYO (AP) [size=200] Former IOC vice president says UN could rule on Tokyo Games January 17, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) SYDNEY (AP) -- Kevan Gosper, a former International Olympic Committee vice president, is suggesting the United Nations might...

Japan minister says ‘anything can happen’ with Tokyo Games TOKYO (AP) — Japanese cabinet minister Taro Kono has said “anything can happen” in regard to the postponed Tokyo Olympics, raising more doubts about the games scheduled to begin in just over six months. Kono’s statements contradict the offi...

:shock: COVID-19 news... The number of people in Tokyo who were unable to find hospitals or other facilities for treatment after testing positive for the novel coronavirus totaled more than 6,000 as of Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/01/13/national/6000-coronavirus-patients-tokyo-no...

matsuki wrote:....brought to you by the country....that wants to take over the world.

Isn't it gr-r-r-r-eat that the Chinese hoards cannot come to Japan crowd out DONKI/ドン・キホーテ?

:domo: :domo: :domo: Tokyo confirms 1,219 coronavirus cases on Monday NHK News /Propaganda | 2021-Jan-11, 3pm The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says it confirmed 1,219 new cases of the coronavirus in the capital on Monday. That is the [b]highest-ever figure for a Monday.[b] The daily tally has exce...

Oh, just great... J apan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases has detected another new variant of coronavirus, neither U.K. nor South African, in four people who returned home from Brazil. The Japan Times | Jan 10, 2021 Another new variant of the novel coonavirus has been found in Japan, the ...

According to a study from the University of Oxford, The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are the most expensive Summer Games in history. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3686009 Who says Japan is not a democracy? 80.1% favor canceling or postponing Tokyo Olympics in summer, poll finds https:/...

It's going to be rather tight for the Olympics methinx. Yep. IOC's Dick Pound says Tokyo Games are uncertain japantimes.co.jp | 2021/01/08 Dick Pound, a longtime International Olympic Committee member from Canada, hinted the rescheduled Tokyo Games could be in doubt due to the continued spread of t...

According to FNN, there were only 2,447 COVID-19 cases in Tokyo today, 新型コロナ 東京都で新たに2447人の感染確認 過去最多 重症者は121人 国内 2021年1月7日 木曜 午後2:49 新型コロナ、東京都で新たに2447人の感染確認。過去最多。重症者は121人。 【関連記事はこちら】 「新型コロナウイルス 特設ページ」 https://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/128101 - :bounce: :banana: :bounce: :banana: Let's 3,000 happy! :...

The covid vaccine will be released in Japan two months later than in other countries. A bit like movies. Maybe the gov't needs time to work on subtitles.
via @ortospace

"What, Me Worry?"

Tokyo reports over 1,200 new COVID-19 cases, hitting second-highest daily figure Tokyo confirmed over 1,200 new new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, the second highest daily tally on record after reporting 1,337 cases on Dec. 31. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/01/05/national/tokyo-coronaviru...

Gee, where should I start looking for a new baseball bat and barbed wire? Tokyo reports over 1,200 new COVID-19 cases, hitting second-highest daily figure The Japan Times|6 hours ago Tokyo confirmed over 1,200 new new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, the second highest daily tally on record after rep...

BTW Taro, people in Ehime never throw rocks at cars. If we did that the Tokyo plaque dogs might call the cops and stick around for days. In the boondocks (Onsen gun, Ehime), according to my bother-in-law this evening's discussion at the volunteer fire department was a serious consideration about pu...

Eggslut is a well known American chain restaurant. Quoting my earlier comments back in September 2019... ... Eggslut wanted 1,400yen for their Egg McMuffin. :noose: the slut a coddled egg on top of a smooth potato puree, poached in a glass jar and served with toasty crostini $10.00 organic menuwith...

Found poetry on the website of the Tokyo Metro's posters for train "Manners."

SMOOTH CARE WET
POSITION OUIET NEAR
DANGER LINE SOUND

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metrocf.or.jp/manners/poster.html#2020

Taro Toporific wrote:

yanpa wrote:...near the Shin-Shin-Shin-Minamiguchi of Shinjuku station is becoming...
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It's getting the point they're just trolling us gaijin with fake engrish.

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Via @ryo8evasama

:suspect: Tokyo reports 816 new COVID-19 cases Sunday The Japan Times | Jan 3, 2021 Tokyo reported a Sunday record of 816 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, TBS reported. The number of severely ill patients based on Tokyo’s standards increased by more than six from the previous day to above 100 on Sunday...

How you doing these days Taro? Making it through the pandemic shitshow okay? I'm ok, but my healthy-and-only-50-years-old Japanese brother-in-law died of mysterious heart attack in the middle of all this Corona madness. Back in the States, my 30-year-old, ex-NFL-draft, nephew caught the 'Rona from ...

♫Everyone was kung-fu fighting...♪♪


An all out food fight at a Chinese hot pot restaurant during New Years.

Longer and better version on twitter:

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FG Lurker wrote:Tokyo: 1 dead, 8 others hospitalized after choking on mochi cakes

Not bad!
This must be the lowest count in years.

Fresh fears for Tokyo Olympics as host city sees surge in Covid-19 infections —Tokyo reported 1,300 new coronavirus infections on Thursday —Health experts concerned over stretched medical infrastructure theguardian.com | Fri 1 Jan 2021 03.00 EST When Japanese and International Olympic Committee off...

4515, first time over 4000 COVID-19 cases in a day for Japan
朝日新聞(asahi shimbun）
国内の感染者、4515人　初の4千人台、最多を更新 #新型肺炎 #新型コロナウイルス
http://asahi.com/articles/ASND05TT3ND0U ... f=tw_asahi

There has been an uptick recently but I think we are still under 100 active cases in Ehime. 8 new ones today. Tokushima has under 10 active. My strong as an ox, 49 year old, brother-in-law farming in Ehime mysteriously died of a heart attack last spring. My wife and I were uninvited to the funeral....

Congratulations Tokyo, I knew you could hit the 1,000 mark before the year end. Hey who are you holding up in the wilds of Shikoku? As a dangerous, filthy alien from Tokyo, I have been banned from the Rice Ranch in Onsen-gun, Shikoku for the past year. Wo o T! No boring funerals and now no rotten f...

TV Asahi is reporting: Tokyo just hit 1,000+ COVID-19 cases for the day. NHK News is reporting at 3pm 1,300 COVID-19 cases! 【NHKニュース速報 14:52】 東京で過去最多１３００人超の感染確認 これまで最多の９４９人を大幅に上回る [NHK Breaking News 14:52] More than 1,300 confirmed infections in Tokyo, far exceeding the highest number of 949 ______...

Mike Oxlong wrote:So, magically, the "virus" has no seasonality in Japan,
.... Quack!

In the words of the late great DUCK...

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W0OT!

TV Asahi is reporting:
Tokyo just hit 1,000+ COVID-19 cases for the day.
A new record and cause for a real shutdown, finally.


https://news.tv-asahi.co.jp/
【速報】東京の新規感染者が1000人超える　新型コロナ　一日では過去最多に