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On September 14, King Kong’s Akihiro Nishino posted a gripe on X about “staff who are slow to respond,” and it got picked up as a news article. The Yahoo News excerpt frames it as a general point that “a delayed reply stalls the other person’s decisions and creates a cost for the whole team,” but the thread title presents it as targeting “staff who need to care for children or family members,” and 5ch users were split — some reacting to the remark itself, others bringing up his past history of alleged workplace harassment.

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Akihiro Nishino (46), of the comedy duo King Kong, updated his X (formerly Twitter) account on the 14th, describing the kind of staff he’d “like to see quit right away.”

Nishino opened with: “Yesterday I called out a staff member for being slow to respond, but I don’t think slow responses should just be waved off as ‘being bad at your job.’ Response speed is really about how you treat the other person’s time. When my reply is delayed, it stalls the other person’s decision-making, and that in turn stalls the work of whoever’s downstream of them. In other words, slow responses aren’t just my own problem — they rack up costs for the whole team.”

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

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Sports/Entertainment News+) thread “King Kong’s Nishino: ‘Staff who need childcare or caregiving’ should quit right away — ‘This company is neither a school nor a nursing home’.”

Starting September 15, FamilyMart will launch its “Morning FamiMa Combo Discount,” offering a rice ball or bread paired with a drink for 250 yen, available only between 5:00 and 11:00 AM. Comedy duo Maple Chogokin’s Natsu Ando and Kazlaser attended the announcement event, where Kazlaser spoke about his commitment to breakfast. On 5channel, opinions split over whether the 250 yen price counted as a “good deal” or was “so-so,” with posts also focusing on taste differences between convenience store chains and the cost structure behind the products.

Kazlaser Reveals His Breakfast Commitment: “This Is Actually Pretty Important” — Stunned by FamilyMart’s Bargain Prices: “Are the Execs Bad at Math?”

Comedy duo Maple Chogokin’s Natsu Ando and Kazlaser attended FamilyMart’s strategy announcement event for its new “Morning FamiMa Combo Discount” campaign, held in Tokyo on the 14th.

As part of its push to be “just a little bit more of a good deal,” FamilyMart will kick off its new “Morning FamiMa Combo Discount” campaign on the 15th, offering popular items — a rice ball or bread paired with tea, black tea, or coffee — for 250 yen (tax included) between 5:00 and 11:00 AM (end date to be announced separately).

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

※This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5channel (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “[Entertainment] Kazlaser Reveals His Breakfast Commitment: “This Is Actually Pretty Important” — Stunned by FamilyMart’s Bargain Prices: “Are the Execs Bad at Math?”“.

NHK’s Taiga drama ‘Toyotomi Brothers’ has posted single-digit ratings for a second straight week, coming in at 9.9% after last week’s 9.2%. The series had already drawn criticism from descendants and viewers over its historically inaccurate portrayals, including its depiction of Nakagawa Kiyohide. On 5ch, many blamed the low ratings on the show’s writing, which they say softens Hideyoshi’s brutal historical record to paint him as a good man—though some pushed back, arguing that ‘Taiga dramas were never strictly accurate anyway’ and that it can be enjoyed ‘as historical fantasy,’ leaving opinion split.

Following last week’s 9.2%, ratings have stayed in the single digits again. This drama has already faced plenty of criticism from descendants and viewers over its historically inaccurate portrayals, including how it handles Nakagawa Kiyohide.

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

※This article was compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Bad News] NHK Taiga Drama Toyotomi Brothers Hits Single-Digit Ratings for Second Straight Week at 9.9%, Fictional Flourishes to Blame?“.

Solo artist Aina The End revealed on TBS’s “Sunday’s Hatsumimigaku,” aired on the 13th, that during an especially hectic stretch of her career she had her gas shut off twice. The story came up while discussing her busy schedule around her Kohaku Uta Gassen appearance, and co-star Yu Sawabe couldn’t resist teasing her, quipping it was less “Aina The End” and more “Life The End.” On 5ch, the thread lit up with people swapping stories about utility bill payment methods and their own experiences falling behind on bills, as convenience-store payers and direct-debit payers each made their case, along with info on how much grace period you actually get before services get cut off after missing a payment.

Aina The End: “I Was So Busy My Gas Got Shut Off Twice” — Co-Star Stunned by Her Payment Method

Solo artist Aina The End (31) appeared on TBS’s “Sunday’s Hatsumimigaku” (Sundays, 10 PM) on the 13th, where she revealed something that happened to her because of how busy she’d been.

When asked, “Weren’t you busy around the end of the year with things like performing at the Kohaku Uta Gassen?” Aina replied with an awkward laugh, “I was so busy that my gas actually got shut off twice back then.”

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

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou Sokuho+) thread “[Entertainment] Aina The End: “I Was So Busy My Gas Got Shut Off Twice” — Co-Star Stunned by Her Payment Method.”

Rakugo performer Tatekawa Shiraku criticized the wave of online bashing directed at actor Mori Reo—who died on September 4 at age 83—over his past relationships with women. Posting on X, he wrote, “They’re just hunting for prey every day” and “Have they lost even the basic decency to mourn the dead?” He added, “I could understand it if the people who were hurt were the ones saying this, but it’s people who have nothing to do with it doing the criticizing.” This raised the question of whether only those directly involved have standing to criticize, and on 5ch, rebuttals poured in—”By that logic you couldn’t criticize murder cases either,” “Shiraku himself butts into topics that have nothing to do with him too”—splitting opinion.

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Rakugo performer Tatekawa Shiraku’s comments about the sudden death of actor Mori Reo have become a new flashpoint.

“It started on September 12, when Shiraku posted his views on X. After mourning Mori—who died on the 4th at age 83—writing ‘Mori Reo has passed away. That’s a shame,’ Shiraku criticized the wave of people online reviving and bashing his past relationships with women, writing ‘They’re just hunting for prey every day’ and ‘Have they lost even the basic decency to mourn the dead? It’s an ugly sight,’” (entertainment reporter)

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

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “Tatekawa Shiraku: ‘I could understand it if the people who were hurt were saying this, but it’s unrelated people criticizing’ — bashing of Mori Reo draws SNS backlash.”