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It has come to light that 58 Indonesians applied for a Russian job listing in logistics offering a monthly salary of 470,000 yen (roughly $3,000). The applicants are believed to have actually been sent to the Ukrainian front line, and Indonesian authorities have detained the Russian-side recruiter. On 5ch, posters piled on with sarcastic comments about how the job listing was apparently nothing but a cover story for shipping people to the front, with many exchanges invoking vivid frontline imagery like drones and trenches. Some also pointed out that Indian and Nepali exchange students are said to have been sent to the front under similar circumstances, suggesting this isn’t an issue limited to one country.

Indonesia Detains Recruiters of Mercenaries for Russian Army

Indonesia Detains Recruiter of Mercenaries for the Russian Army

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Source: militarnyi.com / Original article here

*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (News Flash+) thread “Russia Recruits for a Logistics Job at ¥470,000/Month, 58 Indonesians Apply, Get Sent to the Ukrainian Front Line — Indonesia Detains Russian Military Recruiter.”

The spark was a Yahoo News article describing how French, Dutch, and Australian visitors to Japan were struck by how different Japanese food tasted. It set off a wave of responses on 5ch’s News Speed+ board. Tuna was the biggest talking point: responding to testimony that “French tuna tastes like blood or iron,” commenters speculated about whether the difference comes down to whether the fish had its blood drained and spine severed (chinuki/shinkei-jime) or to differences in freezing and thawing technique. The thread also brought up the old story that fatty tuna (toro) was unpopular in the Edo period, and the spread of raw-fish culture in Europe — with many posters pointing less to a simple difference in taste buds and more to gaps in distribution and processing technology.

“It basically tastes like blood or iron” — “I can’t eat the stuff back home anymore” — French, Dutch, and Australian visitors stunned by the Japanese food that tasted nothing like what they knew at home

Japanese food is beloved the world over. But it seems quite a few people are surprised by how different it tastes when they try the “real thing,” compared to the versions they’re used to back home.

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Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (News Speed+) thread “French people: “Japanese tuna is delicious!” — shocked: “French tuna tastes like blood, a totally different thing”.”

On November 9, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it is now requiring manufacturers of GLP-1 drugs used to treat obesity and diabetes, such as Wegovy and Mounjaro, to add a warning to their labeling about the risk of “non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION)” — a condition in which blood flow to the optic nerve is cut off, potentially causing blindness. In the thread, some said the risk was acceptable when weighed against other health risks for people using the drugs to treat diabetes, while others questioned whether the same warning should apply to people misusing them as “weight-loss pills” outside their approved use. Many pushed back by citing data showing the condition affects only a few people per 100,000, arguing the risk of blindness from diabetes itself is far greater.

US FDA mandates “risk of vision loss” warning for Wegovy and Mounjaro

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has mandated that GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1) obesity and diabetes drugs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro carry a warning about the “risk of vision loss.”

On the 9th (local time), the FDA announced it is requiring all manufacturers of GLP-1 drugs to add information to drug labeling about the increased risk of “non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION),” a condition in which blood supply to the optic nerve is cut off, damaging optic nerve cells. GLP-1 drugs mimic the body’s own GLP-1 hormone, lowering blood sugar and suppressing appetite.

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (News Speed+) thread “Vision loss risk from weight-loss drugs “Wegovy” and “Mounjaro,” can cause blindness in severe cases — US FDA mandates warning.”