JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
- Berlitz Japan, Inc. (ベルリッツ・ジャパン株式会社), Kansai
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- FT English Teachers for Kids - Osaka
- Kohgakusha Co., Ltd. （株式会社興学社）, Osaka
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- Translator
- ZAIHON, Inc. (日本財務翻訳株式会社), Tokyo
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What is this exit balloting? Yeah we all know how the media can be. I think Gore won florida.
Posted in: 2016 Olympic race too close to call ahead of vote
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Safest city of the one's listed yeah. Safest city doesn't mean crime doesn't happen, however if you compare the crime stats of Chicago vs. Tokyo, you're joking. Tokyo having a larger population and population density has much much lower crime rates then Chicago or Rio (not sure about Madrid though).
Posted in: Hatoyama arrives in Copenhagen for Olympic vote
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He stayed overnight in a hotel in Tokyo??? Huh, aren't the Prime Minister's offices and residences in Tokyo??
Posted in: Hatoyama arrives in Copenhagen for Olympic vote
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Ah bigamy is a crime too, thats a good point, any comments on that matter?
Posted in: American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife
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So let me get this strait, If I'm married in the B country, I have to remarry again in Japan because it's not official in Japan?
From what I gather, I'm married in the US, it is recognized in Japan, same if I married in Japan, it is recognized in the US, there's no need for me to marry twice. Taking that into account, I would assume a divorce done in the US would be recognized in Japan as well, thus alleviating the point of having to divorce twice. Unless you can point to me where it says otherwise.
But we're all in a very very grey area now.
Unfortunately he still got the short end of the straw.
Posted in: American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife
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Again I don't blame the police, whatever your criticism of the police might be, they were responding to a reported kidnapping. Last time I checked he was arrested on Japanese soil not US Soil (eg inside the consulate).
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She kidnapped them from the USA, and he was trying to kidnap them from Japan. Again two wrongs make a right?
Again I'm keeping emotions and feelings out of it, which some find extremely hard to do.
She broke US laws, he broke Japanese laws. Unfortunately he was captured IN JAPAN, she wasn't captured in the USA.
So he gets the short end of the straw.
Like it or not, that's how it is.
Posted in: American father arrested in Japan had asked Tennessee court for help
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She kidnapped them from the USA, and he was trying to kidnap them from Japan. Again two wrongs make a right?
Again I'm just looking at it from a legal standpoint, keeping emotions and feelings out of it, which some find extremely hard to do.
She broke US laws, he broke Japanese laws. Unfortunately he was captured in Japan, she wasn't captured in the USA. So he gets the short end of the straw.
Like it or not, thats how the laws are now and he broke the law.
Posted in: American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife
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I've been there once with a friend in Shinjuku, jammed packed.
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So two wrongs make a right? The guy came to Japan and violated Japanese laws as well...
Posted in: American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife
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Highly unlikely to have any affect on Japan, heck Japan probably has more loans to the US then vice versa.
Posted in: American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife
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This might be a snag in the guy's case as well.
Posted in: American father arrested in Japan had asked Tennessee court for help
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Whatever your feelings maybe, the guy broke the law. Kidnapping is kidnapping. Now the mother may have broken US laws, but this isn't the US. The law at the moment, is kidnapping, he forcefully kidnapped someone.
So if a Japanese person committed a crime (last time I checked kidnapping was a crime), the US police outside the Japanese Embassy in Japan should let the Japanese person walks right in right past them and not do anything?
AGAIN SETTING WHATEVER EMOTIONS,FEELINGS ETC aside, a crime was committed and the guy was arrested (did the mom commit a crime she probably did in the US but this is Japan at the moment). I don't see anything particularly offensive about the police arresting a guy.
To add, arrest and prosecution are different things, the police might not have known all the facts when the arrest was made.
If you ran to the police and say someone kidnapped your kids, would you : 1. want to them react fact and catch the person. 2. sit and wait while they see and check if all the proper documentation is in place, run it through a system, check with different agencies to verify that everything is up and up then go out and look for the kids. Come on folks give me a break.
Posted in: American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife
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According to the article she was lead down a path to the rice fields, security cameras could of been affixed to the main street or road prior to the incident showing the two.
Posted in: 18-year-old university wrestler arrested for rape in Yokohama
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He was charged with attempted murder because she wasn't dead until officially pronounced dead, the charges for murder are usually added later.
Posted in: Man arrested after killing mother with wooden sword in Tokyo
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Those newspapers might as well kiss their business goodbye.
Posted in: Many newspapers around the world are considering charging fees for readers to view online content. What do you think about it?
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They're trying to say it was the third reported fire by the same bus manufacturer. I wouldn't try to read too much into it. If Sony batteries started exploding which they have, its reported as well.
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Yes bad situation, but I'll cut the mom some slack, hopefully she learned her lesson and there could of been other reasons not noted in the news that her attention was focused away for the kid to run away fast and kids are fast.
Posted in: Girl escapes injury as train passes over her
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Before I fall over laughing, what "social services" would you like a railway operator to provide? So your question is two parts what should the government do rather then the railway operator.
Then again if you look at the numbers, millions upon millions of travelers a day, the number of "human related accidents" is quite low.
Posted in: JR installs anti-suicide lighting on platforms
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So it might sound dumb to some, though not scientifically proven, places that have had it installed apparently have seen a drop in rates.
So I wouldn't easily just throw this away as nonsense or a waste of money.
Posted in: JR installs anti-suicide lighting on platforms
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Again not in the JapanToday article, but found in other reports:
"Other train operators that earlier introduced blue LEDs are seeing a sharp decline in suicides and accidents along their lines, including the Keihin Electric Express Railway Co. and the Seibu Railway Co. that have blue LEDs on their platforms as well as West Japan Railway Co., Central Japan Railway Co. and two other JR companies that have the lights at their railroad crossings."
Posted in: JR installs anti-suicide lighting on platforms