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    Last year, I took my wife to buy a Samsung phone but she didn't want it because it was too big for her small hands. Common problem here in Japan?

    I find this happens to some people at first, but once they actually try the phone for a few days, switching back to a small screen is no-good, they love the big screen. I felt the same way at first "wow this screen is giant" but now when I look at a smaller screen or an I phone, those things are like toys.

    Posted in: Apple looking at bigger iPhone screens, multiple colors

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    bogva its just a mattter of timing, eg when you book and when you travel. I got some great deals. Just a coincidence, Im flying Air Asia Japan today.

    Posted in: AirAsia considers end to tie-up with ANA

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    the dpj still exists?

    The DPJ still controls the upper house.

    Posted in: Former PM Hatoyama to leave DPJ

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    I saw this on NHK last night, they also want universities to take into account student's extracurricular activities and conduct interviews with students, to guage the student as a whole, not just based on one test.

    Posted in: Education ministry to change college entrance exam system

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    statute of limitations?"

    Japan eliminated the statute of limitations for murder a few years ago.

    Posted in: Ex-yakuza member arrested for murder committed 16 years ago

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    Dad has an AMEX with a limit over 5,000,000 yen, sounds like a bratty rich kid who was having fun and know's no manners.

    Posted in: Court invalidates Y4.8 mil bill after teen takes dad's credit card on tour of hostess clubs

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    Makes no sense, didn't he live there the first time he was Prime Minister?

    Posted in: Gov't denies ghosts keeping PM out of residence

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    Like Japanese cars, Japanese planes should be better than the American competition.

    You really can't take one market and say they do great here so they will do great in another area. Cars and airplanes are like apple and oranges. Selling airplanes around the world is a harder business than selling cars since you have a smaller customer pool.

    Posted in: Boeing takes full-page ads in major Japanese papers

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    Didn't feel a thing in Tokyo.

    Posted in: Miyake Island rocked by 30 quakes

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    See my notes above, the governor of Tokyo only really has control of Toe I bus and subways, the city doesn't control JR or the other trains which are private for profit companies. NYC subway is not a profitable private company and has huge debts. TOEI is government operated and has huge debts, which is why Tokyo Metro doesn't want to merge with it.

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    Some folks don't understand, the Tokyo government only controls TOEI Subway lines and TOEI bus/ TOEI is the Tokyo Metropolitan Transportation Bureau. The do not control Tokyo Metro, which is a private company, JR, Seibu etc are all private companies, it isn't good business to keep going twenty four hours, not many cities besides NYC have 24 hour service. Paris, London, Washington DC etc close in the late hours. NYC subway is operated by the city and is not a private comapanywhich is why it carries heavy debt, breakdowns and constant fare increases . Tokyo Government TOEI Lines carry heavy debt which is one reason why Tokyo Metro is reluctant to merge with them.

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    It was noticed missing four days after the trip, but there's no indication (at least in the report here) that it was actually stolen or just misplaced somewhere.

    Posted in: Boxer's Olympic medal stolen during trip to Shibuya

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    Some posters have a bit of a negative tone, but I can tell you I'd rather fly on All Nippon because the service of most Japanese Airlines is superior to say, Delta or American Airlines.

    Posted in: First day on the job

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    Technically speaking the station was already built and opened a few years ago only serving the Fukutoshin subway line and thru servies to the Tobu Line, so it isn't exactly a new open, what changed was that the Toyoko line began thru operations which lead to an increasing number of people using that particular station. If one is not careful enough or doesn't know enough in reading the article they would think that the station just opened a few days ago.

    Posted in: Shibuya's new underground station garners negative reviews

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    PS. It has to be taken by a US military person and not a civilian because. If it is than what kind of military it is if a >civilian can infiltrate it...

    Have you been to a military base before? Not everyone on a military base is a "military person", there are large numbers of civilians on base. Just like everyone in a hospital isn't a doctor, not everyone in a police station is a police officer, nor everyone in an airport a pilot. It is narrow minded to say that "it has to be taken by a military person".

    Posted in: Handgun reported stolen from U.S. military base at Camp Zama

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    Now we can be tracked in more places than ever before and our spending lifestyle habits and movements can be >monitored for our convince, it's a brave new world on the google card, I feel so comforted knowing that some one is >looking after me and YOU.

    If you have one of the registered cards maybe, if you have an unregistered card (the regular base card) then there's no way for "them" to know who exactly owns or is using the card.

    Posted in: Ten IC cards become compatible for trains, buses nationwide

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    He was carrying a kitchen knife. Is it possible he had just bought it at the dept store he was in?

    Most people (yourself included) probably dont put kitchen knives into our pockets, especially after just buying one.

    He went behind the counter. Is it possible he was trying to explain to the assistant which item he wanted to look at? Most people ask for assistance or explain things from the other side of a counter, or the staff wlll come out from behind the counter, theres no reason for a regular customer to go behind it. Not withstanding, most of us dont have kichen knifes in our pockets either if we had to.

    Posted in: Former All Black rugby captain worried over arrest of Collins

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    It's designed more for people getting emails, surfing the web etc while underground. Cell services is a lot more than just talking on the phone. Most Japanese don't even do that even on surface lines.

    Posted in: Cell phone service to be available on all Tokyo Metro lines from Thursday

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    These convictions also follow these dirtbags their entire life as well, every job application, every trip (if they are even allowed into any country in the future with criminal records), every bank loan etc they ever attempt to get in the future, it will follow them. Dirtbags!

    Posted in: American to serve 5-10 years for murder of Irish student

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    even if they did the timeline and exact sequence could of made it impossible to stop the guy.

    Posted in: Man runs over acquaintance twice in front of police

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