* Japan is suffering severe labor scarcity* Element-timers want to come to be full-timers, but can't* Japan desires to cut down on plastic bag use* Oldster kills above bathtub* Younger lady informed to pay out for pedestrian collision* Private satellites for sale: 100 million yen* Man steels policewoman's jacket from Laundromat* A spring will certainly emerge Listener SuggestionsJapundit Contributors:Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Mike Plugh in Akita, Harvey, in Osaka, Tubbypaws in the U.K., ghoti in Fukuoka, Chef Jo in Tottori, Mr.