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  A_crossJan. 06, 2012 - 09:22PM JST

  The fact remains that the executives and board members in charge of Olympus committed crimes in concealing losses and altering accounts and the authorities are still investigating these crimes.

  It remains to be seen whether these investigations result in any charges.

  Superficially, these accounting crimes would seem to be far more serious than those committed by Horie Takafumi and others in the Livedoor Scandals of a few years ago. Horie is still behind bars.

  If the authorities treat Olympus' executives' crimes more leniently than Livedoors', then it will be further proof that Japan's financial and political community favors "old money" over even native Japanese "new money".

  If so, Woodford, for all his courage, never stood a chance.

  Posted in: Woodford to sue Olympus, citing lack of investor support to get his job back

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  A_crossJan. 06, 2012 - 09:04PM JST

  Imagine the scene, New Year's Eve, a few minutes before midnight:

  "You can't come in here sunshine, this is the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Headquarters".

  "I know. I want to give myself up."

  "Sorry, it's New Year's Eve. We're closed".

  "I want to give myself up. I am Hirata Makoto, the fugitive kidnapper, murderer and poisoner whose photo is shown in the wanted poster on the wall behind you. I have come to give myself up after 17 years on the run".

  "Ha ha ha, that's a good one! Been drinking a bit of sake at the New Year's Eve party have we?"

  "No, really, I'm a mass murderer and I want to turn myself in ....."

  "Well listen sunny boy, it's more than my job's worth to let you in here. Tell you what, if you're really a fugitive kidnapper, murderer and poisoner, why don't you go down to your nearest Koban and give yourself up there."

  "Oh, alright then ....."

  Posted in: Police at first turned away surrendering Aum fugitive

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  A_crossNov. 08, 2010 - 12:31AM JST

  Neither Japan's nor China's governments will admit this, but the two nations need each other's support, and will do for a long time.

  Japan has a dependance on imported food, from China and elsewhere, while having large areas of abandoned farmland. We need to import farmers, not food, from China.

  Meanwhile, all of the Japan-China confrontation will become irrelevant when Japan, China and Korea can start to open up North Korea. At that time, all four nations will become stronger.

  Posted in: Anti-China protest

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  A_crossOct. 24, 2010 - 11:29PM JST

  Forget the flags, note the women. A JSDF officer once told me that they have so many women officers in the military so they can pour the male officers' beer for them when they go out in the evening.

  Posted in: Show of force

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  A_crossFeb. 08, 2010 - 11:15PM JST

  Good shot. I have often seen Mount Fuji's peak projecting above the clouds on a flight into Japan. This is unusual because of the good visibility and the opening in the clouds that shows a part below the cloud line.

  Commercial flights come in to Narita on the south side of the mountain, so that's probably the Mount Fuji Skyline road. If you zoom in really close, you can make out the two bikini-clad girls posing for next summer's "visit Fuji san" promotion photographs.

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  A_crossNov. 16, 2009 - 12:54AM JST

  In Japan, "getting married" and having a "wedding ceremony" are not the same. Legally the marriage starts when you register at the Town Hall. Ceremonies take longer to arrange and cost more money. In my case, we had a "wedding ceremony" 2 months after the registration and a "church wedding" 3 months after that.

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  A_crossJul. 09, 2009 - 01:51AM JST

  Mr. "Always on, never off" Go has found some very attractive ladies. The girl on the right however looks a bit unhappy. I would be glad to cheer her up. Perhaps someone twisted up her bronze-silk dress just a little too tightly?

  Posted in: Lux

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