Author: Japan Reacts Editorial

M!LK has scored TikTok hits with quirky, off-the-wall (“tonchiki”) songs like “Ii Jan,” but they’ve yet to land a massive hit with a classic-style ballad in the vein of “Yozora no Mukou” (Beyond the Night Sky) or “Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana” (Only Flower in the World). On 5ch’s Hello! Project board, a comment warning that “at this rate they’ll end up a cringe-worthy group of middle-aged guys” sparked a debate over why the group hasn’t released a truly great ballad. The thread split between defenders arguing that “you can’t just produce a classic ballad overnight” and harsher voices insisting that “the entire Hello! Project family has never had a single great ballad,” with posters bringing up SMAP and AKB48 ballads for comparison.

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Why doesn’t M!LK finally release a great ballad like “Yozora no Mukou” or “Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana”?“

It has emerged that Palantir CEO Alex Karp secretly purchased roughly 37,000 acres (about 150 square kilometers, or 15,000 hectares) of forest in northern Sweden. Local residents reportedly only found out about the purchase when hunters lost the long-standing hunting lease they’d used on the land for years. On Lemmy’s Europe community, discussion exploded over the purchase price and what the land might be used for, with speculation ranging from rising Nordic land values due to climate change to the construction of a data center. Meanwhile, plenty of voices criticized large-scale foreign land ownership and the sheer scale of billionaire wealth itself.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp secretly purchased 37,000 acres of forest in Sweden. Local residents found out when hunters lost their land-use agreement (a hunting lease).

Source: fortune.com / Read the original article here

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Lemmy c/europe) thread “Palantir CEO Alex Karp quietly purchased 37,000 acres of forests in Sweden—and locals found out when hunters lost leases to use the property“.

The 2025 season numbers of Hiroshima Toyo Carp shortstop Kaito Kozono (.309 average, 161 hits in 521 at-bats, 2 home runs, 61 RBI, .753 OPS) became a hot topic on 5ch. Posters pointed out that despite the high batting average, his OPS was low — a sign of weak power — and the discussion spread into comparisons with past greats like Ichiro, Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, and Hiroyuki Nakajima, factoring in his position and how he’s been used. Others pushed back, arguing the numbers “aren’t bad considering how low-scoring the game is these days,” splitting opinion right down the middle.

※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “Kaito Kozono (2025): “.309 average (161-for-521), 2 HR, 61 RBI, .753 OPS” ← this wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww (lolololololololololol).”