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  romulus3 at 06:33 PM JST - 18th June

  ‘‘When I looked out at the night from the window of the plane, I realized I was home.’’

  well where else did you expect to arrive? Abu Dhabi?

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  timeon at 06:44 PM JST - 18th June

  I don't understand what is Yokohama National University doing in Osaka?!

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  isthistheend at 08:46 PM JST - 18th June

  When I told a 2nd year employee at the company I work at about this news story, he replied "We haven't heard anything about it". What do you think he was implying? a) we are not interested (nobody cares) about any negative story outside our country involving our citizens? or b) you fill it in. I couldn't understand what he was trying to say other than "whatever you say is not interesting so just let me talk".

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  thepossum at 11:37 PM JST - 18th June

  isthistheend:

  "What do you think he was implying?"

  He was implying that he knows damn well what has happened but simply doesn't want to talk about it. Typical Japanese response when faced with such a humiliating set of circumstances.

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  rajakumar at 03:35 AM JST - 19th June

  Do you reckon ,by any chance, Honda will donate Freed man, a Honda Freed, as promotion for Honda cars?

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  isthistheend at 04:57 AM JST - 19th June

  The possom, thanks for your take. But I think you are missing something, or maybe (quite probably) I am. I tried to convey that this is a fresh young mind (about 25) that I was dealing with. One who graduated from a top college here, and went abroad to study at a top University elsewhere. Somehow, in all my ignorance, I expect more capacity from such a person, than from another category or person, but it is not to be. Is the bottom line of your comment that the people here, regardless of their age just stick their heads in the sand when not "prepared"? Oppositely, I find that elder people are prone to answer more frankly and appropriately. I feel his comment smacks of dishonesty, or false bravado. That was my point.

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