A Japanese badminton star who was stripped of his right to attend the Rio Olympics could return to work in the spring, prompting Lee Davy to question the crazy world of rules and regulations.

I want to go to Japan, and I don’t. I’ll get lost, and everyone will bow when I ask for directions. They kill dolphins like we kill trout. There is a strange fascination with child pornography. And there is something odd about visiting a country that sits on top of so much seismic activity they call the surrounding area the ring of fire.

 I nearly forgot.

It’s illegal to gamble inside a casino in Japan.