JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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To be healthy, live in the big city
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Teacher nabbed for using miror to peek up girl's skirt
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Japan's nuclear safety standards flawed, says commission chief
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From carnivores to herbivores: how men are defined in Japan
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
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888naff
bad hair day
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888naff
nice shot
Posted in: Light up
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888naff
maybe wait for america to come online and the vote to change.
Posted in: Do you support the planned transfer by 2014 of U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam?
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888naff
...maybe be more adventurous and less boorish and don't go to Roppongi
Posted in: U.S. Embassy issues new warning over drink-spiking in Roppongi
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888naff
"I am very much puzzled. Last week some major European newspaper reported unison that DiCaprio visited a Temple (or shrine) and was asked by "fans" to have a picture taken. He declined by highlighting the "no photos" sign. After he took off his shoes to enter the place, the Japanese fans took his shoes and ran away. I can not find any report on this in a Japanese newspaper. Why ?"
i know of reporters that send stories about japan back to their home countries, but the editors bin it or change it as it doesn't fit with most of the whacky japan stories they want to broadcast.
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888naff
maybe "i don't know" would be better option than "i don't care" (about a matter of world peace, etc)
Posted in: Is Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano a good choice to head the International Atomic Energy Agency?
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888naff
"what an absolute joke... that is possibly the stupidest idea Ive heard from J-land in a long while.."
maybe, but alot of other news sources around the world report this as a good idea.
in some places the mantra for children crossing a road safely is stop, look, LISTEN.
Posted in: Gov't may add noise-making device to quiet hybrid cars for safety
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"But if its only the blind people they care about the should use new technologies like gps or other radio signals to warn a mobile divice that's carried arround by those people."
...these cars will be sold outside Japan!
Posted in: Gov't may add noise-making device to quiet hybrid cars for safety
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888naff
"I think the bigger point is not which is worse, it's that prohibition on a substance doesn't work."
you could argue that in Japan it has. ..to the extent that attitudes to it here are far different to western countries that have a prevalence and take up of it and their own problems as a result: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/8115229.stm . and yes like most around the world i do make a "real" distinction between alcohol and "drugs" as i know some places are more prim about alcohol in "general".
Posted in: Should marijuana use be legalized?
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888naff
The Japan immigration office could probably use this as a evidence to make their policies stricter against more immigration ...and I suppose the Japanese police too could do more targeted checks.
Posted in: Should marijuana use be legalized?
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888naff
in what country?
Posted in: Should marijuana use be legalized?
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888naff
I always think more japanese should spend more time abroad....
....then they would realise the good and bad things about their country ...and not throw that away as its rare and or unique in some instances. ..especially the kids.
Posted in: Japanese urged to take pride in their safe society
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888naff
this photo makes it look like a toy
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888naff
"public Warning"
Seriously though they probably should have more public awareness or warning against too much "american" food in Japan.
Even American scientists that study long life cite the exam of Japanese in Hawaii, having come from a diet culture(Japan or Okinawa) that "promotes" long life then moving to Hawaii and eating alot of American food there life expectancy is reduced dramatically. Japanese can be there own worse enemy with their fascination with the "exotic" foreign goods.
In fact "American" food is MORE DANGEROUS FOR FIRST GENERATION JAPANESE exposed to American food then American food is dangerous for AMERICANS as basically the Japanese are not used to that kind of overloading diet. The first generation of Japanese exposed an American diet will have far greater health problems and shorter life than say the "native American".
anyway i sure some pr man will just say we are providing consumer choice and sleep easy. ... or providing food to homesick expats.
it seems recently the western foods cos are certainly trying hard to break the local market / diet.
Posted in: Pepsi inks deal to produce, sell snacks in Japan
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In another JT article about fashion someone was going on about how Japan hasnt moved on, got over from "the war", so hence the cute ambassadors fashion was not somehow correct.
mmm whats the headline else where on the globe
"War Veteran 'Is World's Oldest Man At 113'" skynews uk.
mmm so who cant stop going on about a bit of military action then, even in a matter like this.
Posted in: World's oldest man dies at 113
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888naff
Anyone know how wide is a bullet train is compared to a european high speed train? I always find the euro trains cramped, which is ironic as euopeans are larger people generally. just wondered if the facts bore that out.
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888naff
blah blah noticed comments about tgv is faster etc... but not as nice a ride by a long shot compared to shinkensen. speed isnt everything.
Anyway the french countryside is a little easier to navigate at speed so less of an engineering challenge compared to all the mountains etc in Japan.
Either way though better public transit is a good thing.
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888naff
whos "Kutcher"? no description given in the article.
Posted in: Twitter dabbling with verifying identities
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888naff
"Its an internal matter china." (sarcasm) lets see what china does being a far worse poluter and less efficient, before we take too seriously.
Posted in: China says Japan's emissions cut target inadequate
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888naff
I wonder..
Invited, organized? (there are plenty of organized nude places - an onsem isnt one, well not outside the pool that is as suggested in this story. Is the owner happy about this?)
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taking advantage ignoring the local customs? (not the firts time for some types of tourist that can be abroad but you wouldn't know it especially with set up areas, ghettos representing home in some countries)
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