JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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Confrontation
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California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
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Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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Apsara
Oh please. Japan hardly has a monopoly on this, I have seen plenty of Union Jack/Stars and Stripes underwear before- try Google images if you don't believe it.
You might also want to Google the word "menopause", because you're using it very wrongly.
Posted in: Triumph girls lend their support to Nadeshiko Japan
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Apsara
It would have been nice if they had started this 6 months ago...
Posted in: Tokyo starts radiation checks on city's food
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Apsara
For a fire in an urban area? The only time I've seen fire-fighting helicopters is for forest fires. Where do they use helicopters for house fires?
Posted in: 4 perish in residential fire in Tokyo's Okubo area
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Apsara
global watcher, big assumption there- actually they are being encouraged to get the vax. I have seen TV ads in the last few weeks as well as posters at our local clinic encouraging those over 65 to get the streptococcus pneumoniae vaccination, and in most wards in Tokyo it is either free or subsidised for small children, not sure until what age though. I took my baby for his third strep pneumoniae jab last week- one more to go to finish the course.
I'm sure it's not possible to cover all bugs that cause pneumonia though- very much hope my little boy doesn't catch the one that's going around at the moment if it's different.
Posted in: Princess Aiko has pneumonia, agency says
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Apsara
You might want to check your maths- you have some zeroes missing there.
Posted in: Nuclear radiation from Fukushima twice more than estimated: report
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Apsara
Regardless of what you think of her, or whaling in general, she does have a point about the $27 million. Also I thought Japan's military was a "self-defense force"- can accompanying a whaling fleet to the Southern Ocean really be considered part of defending the country?
Posted in: Brigitte Bardot urges Japan to stop whaling
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Apsara
Pawatan, Kagoshima is a lot further than 423 km from Tokyo- there must have been another quake somewhere else.
Posted in: 5.2 quake jolts Fukushima Prefecture
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Apsara
They didn't just sit around watching, they worked to bring the plant under control, like the article says. Maybe that doesn't qualify for a NetNinja medal, but I think it deserves recognition, and so do other people apparently.
Posted in: Heroes of Fukushima
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Apsara
*to the hotspot
Posted in: Radium bottles in Setagaya home may have been there for over 50 years
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Apsara
What I saw on TV was workers carrying sealed** drums labelled radioactive waste. I'm no expert, but I would have assumed there was no more need for masks if the drums are sealed.
In any case I'll say it again- the idea that various authorities would collaborate to come up with a story like this to cover up a Fukushima-related hotspot in Setagaya is about the most ludicrous conspiracy theory I've ever heard. I have a question for those who think it was a lie- why did the levels of radiation in the area drop so sharply after the bottles were removed? Presumably the groups who alerted the authorities to the have also checked it.
Posted in: Radium bottles in Setagaya home may have been there for over 50 years
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Apsara
As stated in the article, they obtained the owner's consent to enter the house. The radiation readings would have got higher as they got closer to the source until eventually they found the bottles and realised the substance inside them was the source of the radiation- pretty simple concept, I would have thought. As for why they are finding high levels of radiation out on the street nearby, obviously the vials have leaked, raising the level of radiation on the area. Radiation....radiates.
I don't think it's too far-fetched at all that someone could have a small stash of fluorescent paint in storage. The stuff existed, people used it, there will still be some of it around. If it hadn't been for Fukushima probably no-one would have never known about these vials, but you can't pin this one on Tepco, folks. As for the idea that this is something completely fabricated by the authorities, I swear some of you actually seem to want there to be radiation hotspots all over Tokyo.
Posted in: Radiation likely came from radium in bottles beneath floor of empty house
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Apsara
You think that somehow radioactive rainwater somehow managed to accumulate ONLY in the bottles?
Posted in: Radiation likely came from radium in bottles beneath floor of empty house
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Apsara
Yes. I find the idea that the authorities would lie about this to be far-fetched at best, paranoid at worst.
Posted in: Radiation likely came from radium in bottles beneath floor of empty house
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Apsara
Interesting twist- they are reporting on the news that the high levels of radiation have been tracked to bottles stored in a box under the floor of a house in the area, which suggests that it is not a natural hotspot at all, but somehow radioactive material has been brought to the area.
Perhaps we had better hold off on the panic and rants about the government withholding information until this has been clarified...
Posted in: Stringent tests planned to map radiation spread after hotspot found in Setagaya
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Apsara
bogva, I don't think anyone thinks it's NOT linked to Fukushima, what they will be trying to pinpoint is why that particular area has higher levels of radiation than the areas around it- something I would also be interested to know, since I live about 5 km from this hotspot.
Posted in: Stringent tests planned to map radiation spread after hotspot found in Setagaya
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Apsara
You don't think the US has the resources to do its own measuring? As I'm sure you know they have bases in Tokyo and Kanagawa and are without doubt monitoring radiation levels themselves.
Posted in: U.S. eases travel alert around Fukushima nuclear plant
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Apsara
There is apparently quite a radiation hotspot in the Matsudo-Kashiwa area of Chiba for some reason. I kind of doubt they are burning debris from Fukushima there as suggested by another poster.
Posted in: Radioactive ash causes Kashiwa incinerators to shut down
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Apsara
The revitalised Miyashita kouen, next to the JR tracks. Different part of Shibuya though.
Posted in: Tokyo tourist draw shoots self in foot with bizarre name change
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Apsara
I hope they don't mean that literally!
Posted in: Japanese scientists win Ig Nobel for wasabi alarm
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Apsara
From what I know of the costs of arranging exhibitions of painters like Picasso and Monet, that seems like an awful lot. What kind of exhibition was it?
Posted in: Hermitage cuts short Japan exhibition tour due to radiation fears