Author: Japan Reacts Editorial

It was reported that married couple Miki Fujimoto and Tomoharu Shoji covered an elementary school lunch program on Fuji TV’s “Mikiti Dining,” and in discussing the high cost of milk, remarked something like “Wouldn’t water be fine at this point?” On 5ch threads, opinions clashed between those who said milk is necessary for nutrients like calcium and those who pointed out it ignores children with lactose intolerance. Many also raised concerns about the soaring cost of ingredients like rice and vegetables, and the general shortfall in school lunch funding. Additionally, posts repeatedly referenced photographer Ken Domon’s work documenting the poverty-stricken school lunch conditions of the past, reflecting on the contrast with today.

Miki Fujimoto stunned by elementary school lunch budget: “Wouldn’t you think, ‘Isn’t water fine already?’”

Talent Miki Fujimoto (41) and her husband Tomoharu Shoji (50), of the comedy duo Shinagawa Shoji, appeared on Fuji TV’s “Mikiti Dining” (Saturdays, 11 a.m.) on the 10th, where they shared their thoughts on elementary school lunch budgets.

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here

※This article was compiled by excerpting and summarizing the 5ch (Geisoku Hōdō+) thread ‘[Entertainment] Miki Fujimoto Stunned by Elementary School Lunch Budget: “Wouldn’t You Think, ‘Isn’t Water Fine Already?’”.’

Mech design information and new scene photos for “Armored Trooper Votoms: Pale Witch (Hexe),” directed by Mamoru Oshii, were unveiled on October 9, 2026. Based on the original work by Ryosuke Takahashi and produced by Sunrise, the two-part film depicts the final days of the war from the 1983-84 TV series. Alongside a new design for the AT (Armored Trooper) “Scope Dog,” large-scale ATs and enemy units were also revealed, and on 5ch’s Geino/Sports Flash+ board, reactions split between nostalgic welcome and complaints about the distinctly digital texture and off-balance proportions.

October 9, 2026

Mech design information and new scene photos for “Armored Trooper Votoms: Pale Witch (Hexe),” directed by Mamoru Oshii, have been unveiled.

The “Armored Trooper Votoms” series is a realistic robot anime with original story and direction by Ryosuke Takahashi, produced by Sunrise. The TV series, broadcast from 1983 to 1984, was set in a world after the end of a Hundred Years’ War in the Astragius star system. The two-part “Pale Witch (Hexe)” depicts the war’s final days, portraying soldiers whose lives are treated as expendable as they pilot the humanoid weapon known as the “Scope Dog,” an AT (Armored Trooper).

Source: natalie.mu / Original article here

*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary from the 5ch (Geino/Sports Flash+) thread “Director Mamoru Oshii’s ‘Votoms: Pale Witch’ Mech Designs Revealed, Including Large ATs and Enemy Units Besides Scope Dog.”

Sandwichman’s Takeshi Tomisawa (52) spoke on the October 10 broadcast of Nippon Broadcasting’s “Sandwichman the Radio Show Saturday” about receiving a notification email alerting him to unauthorized use of his credit card. He said he was stunned by the notice of an overseas purchase he didn’t recognize, and revealed he was unsatisfied with how the call center handled his follow-up inquiry. Reactions on 5ch split between those questioning the card company’s response and those who felt Tomisawa’s own explanation was too vague for the rep to have handled easily. The realities of call center work, and the term “ope-hara” (operator harassment) — the flip side of “kasu-hara” (customer harassment, i.e. unreasonable demands from customers) — also became a talking point.

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Sandwichman’s Takeshi Tomisawa (52) appeared on October 10 on Nippon Broadcasting’s “Sandwichman the Radio Show Saturday” (Saturdays, 1pm), which he hosts, and revealed that he had been the victim of credit card fraud.

Bringing up the recent string of corporate data breaches leaking personal information, Tomisawa said: “Last night I was playing a game when an email came in telling me my card had been used — from the card company. It said, ‘This was just used for an overseas purchase.’” He received the email despite not recognizing the charge. “No way, I’m right here, at home. Apparently even if you buy something in Japan, sometimes it shows up as an ‘overseas purchase’ if the payment processing runs through a foreign company. But I looked at the amount and thought, I don’t remember buying anything like this.”

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here

*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Geisupo Sokuhou+) thread “Takeshi Tomisawa hit by credit card fraud → fumes at call center’s response: “What’s with that attitude!”“

Hello! Project’s Juice=Juice held the Osaka stop of their 5ROOMS tour on October 10, 2026. During the MC segment, Rii Matsunaga quoted King Gnu’s Daiki Tsuneta, who once said “music that sells isn’t the only good music,” and reflected: “Back when Juice=Juice wasn’t popular with the general public, even at NHK Osaka we could barely fill past the first row of the balcony. But looking back now, we were putting on great shows.” The comment was picked up on 5ch’s Hello! Project board, where reactions differed over how people remember the actual turnout from back then, and over how to talk positively about the group’s past slump.

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “Rii Matsunaga: “Back when Juice=Juice wasn’t popular, we could barely fill past the first row of the balcony at NHK Osaka, but looking back, we were putting on great shows”.”