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In USA, there is no Japanese companies that hire only Japanese. For instance, could Toyota find…
Posted in: Companies Japanese people are most proud of
the random knife attacks are getting out of hand,why don't these lunatics just cut their throats…
Posted in: Student attacked by knife-wielding man on Kanagawa street
I don't want to pay the price for your paranoia. And how would you do that?…
Posted in: Gunmen open fire at New Orleans Mother’s Day parade; 19 wounded
They should do a remake of Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and have Ishibashi play the role…
Posted in: Man arrested after taking Lexus for test drive to grandmother’s house 180 km away
revealing to the American public his plans for unmanned drones This will be interesting. I'll be…
Posted in: Obama to go public with his counterterrorism strategy
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ChibaChick
@Joshua - nice ideas but have you ever actually lived in Japan? Because if you have for any length of time you would know that perjury - ok lets be honest here - outside BS - is an everyday occurance in Japan. I even had a guy lie blatently to the police once and tell them I had attacked him with my stroller and possibly broken his foot and he needs an ambulance! My BABY was in the stroller at the time, my toddler hanging on to the side of it, and his black patent leather shoes had not a mark on them. He wasnt even limping!
And in case you are wondering - yes, based on that statement they arrested ME along with my children and took us all to the police station! The only reason I was set free was because the CCTV camera in the supermarket proved he had actually kicked my pram in a fit of rage (with my baby inside it) when I had politely asked him not to queue jump!
Posted in: Guilty and never proven innocent – every male train rider's nightmare in Japan
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ChibaChick
Yes, ME actually! But I swear it was a total accident!
I was on a jam-packed train and somehow my hand got jammed up against some guys ass. It was uncomfortable but no biggie, I just kept my hand still and hoped he wouldnt even notice, but I told my friend in English (thinking no one would understand) what was happening and we had a bit of a laugh and an eye-roll about the Tokyo trains.
At the next stop loads of people got off, and a woman turned to me and said in flawless English "Why dont you put your bag up on the rack?" I said "Oh, thank you, but actually I am getting off soon and anyway, I cant actually reach it." She gave me a big smile and said "No problem - my husband can do it for you" indicating the guy I had just been "groping"! I was mortified! He then turned and grinned at me too - he also understood every word!
I have never exited a train so fast in my life!
Posted in: Guilty and never proven innocent – every male train rider's nightmare in Japan
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ChibaChick
Notice there was no Olympus on there.....!
What about Bandai? That`s THE Japanese toy company. I would have thought Namco Bandai would be right up there. Or maybe Sanrio, now Kitty has gone global?
Posted in: Companies Japanese people are most proud of
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ChibaChick
The only thing that disgusts me more than gropers is the women who falsely accuse them. Aside from the fact that it can ruin the falsely-accuseds life, it also makes it an uphill battle for genuine victims to be taken seriously.
Posted in: Guilty and never proven innocent – every male train rider's nightmare in Japan
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ChibaChick
The cultural difference is so vast here. I came from a happy home with my Mother, but I couldnt wait to strike out on my own two feet and be independent, even though I slept on an airbed and ate nothing but toast for the first 2 years!
When I came to Japan everyone was horrified that my parents had "let" me move in with my then-boyfriend. I was 29 and I`d left home 11 years before!!! Old enough to make my own decisions!
In my family now - one sister in law quit her job and moved home the minute she discovered she was pregnant and has never moved out. This despite having had a full time good job and always complaining they have no money. To add insult to injury she then moved her husband in, had her son, and now all 3 of them sponge off my parents in law. The other one wasnt happy when the rest of them moved in (she was still at home and single at 36 even though she also had a steady well-paid job - she moved out. Good for her! Except next door to an apartment they own and where she could still come home for meals and everything she needs.
Then there is my cousin. Married just before 30 (thank God!) she then moved into an apartment round the corner from her mothers and spent every waking moment of her time there. Her Mother raised the two kids she had while she worked - which was great - but she never paid her a penny, when she fed, clothed, bathed them - everything. She spent all her time there leaving her husband at their place alone (which by the way was a total pit as she never did any cleaning and her Mother later said she was afraid to let the kids go home because of their allergies and how dirty the place was). This was a major factor in their divorce last year, but now that they are divorced my cousin went out and got her own place - right next door to her Mother! Even though its a 1 1/2 hour commute to work each way.
Just my impression - Japan is a hotbed of co-dependency issues between mothers and their children. Mothers need to feel needed, and children are raised to believe they CANT do anything for themselves, and in their Mother doing everything for them, become lazy to boot and enjoy the pampering when they grow up.
Solution? No idea. Its a bit hard to implement tough love on a child when you havent, ever. And something tells me these little Princes of Mr A will not turn around and thank him in the future.
Posted in: Parents advised to give the boot to their sponging adult kids
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ChibaChick
It`s just getting to the point where I get up in the morning and flick on to JT almost excited to see what this plonker has done now!
Posted in: Defiant Hashimoto says U.S. troops abused women during occupation
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ChibaChick
Is there any cause that would make murdering your wife and two young children acceptable and therefore makes peoples judgement of this guy unreasonable?
Posted in: Man kills 3 family members, then himself
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ChibaChick
Try telling a REAL alcoholic they have a problem and see what happens. I slowly watched my Dad drink himself to death over the best part of 20 years and despite a loving supportive family, plenty of counselling and in the latter years psychiatric help there wasnt a damned thing we could do about it. Do your best to help, but dont spend years beating yourself up when you cant. Its a waste of your life on top of theirs.
Posted in: What to do when a colleague is abusing alcohol
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ChibaChick
The only men that find this "look" remotely attractive are the ones so demasculated by their childhood/work they need a small, weak-appearing cutesy girl to make them feel big strong and powerful. The fact that even I, as a woman, 5`4" and 100lbs feel big strong and powerful next to these girls seems to have escaped them.
If they want to prance around all frou-frou all day let them get on with it. The only bit that disturbs me is the link of "Lolita" to the look, which is very clearly a reference to sexual exploitation of underage girls. And I dont think that will fly with most developed countries sensitive to paedophilia either. I agree they should rename it Rokokoo. Take away the sexual innuendo and they could have a slightly wacky kooky worldwide hit.
Posted in: Japanese Lolitas plan world domination
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ChibaChick
I could not agree more.
Posted in: Okinawan women demand apology from Hashimoto
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ChibaChick
That poor husband and father. My thoughts are with him and the rest of the family.
Posted in: Woman, 3-month-old daughter killed in Kagawa traffic accident
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ChibaChick
Fantastic news! I thought Kiefer Sutherland said he would never do anymore after the last one. This was a great drama series. We even planned our family around the release of seasons 2 and 3 because we knew once it was out we would be staying up to 3am to watch it and never get any "sleep"....!
Posted in: Jack Bauer is back: TV thriller '24' to return in 2014
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ChibaChick
Im just amazed, yet again, with what politicians in Japan get away with saying on public record. If this was anywhere else in the developed world, his career would be over. Not so here.
Posted in: Gov't - but not Ishihara - backs away from Hashimoto's comfort women comments
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ChibaChick
Sudden unexpected heart attacks are known to happen sometimes in young men (late teens through to mid-twenties) but it is pretty rare. Hopefully an autopsy will reveal what happened, but meanwhile feel sorry for his poor family and the friends who were with him.
Posted in: Pool lifeguard apparently drowns
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ChibaChick
Thats not entirely true. Japanese parents generally believe starting elementary school is the "cut off" point where suddenly a child can miraculously fend for themselves on the street. That is age 6. This child was age 5 and so not even in elementary school yet. Before that time, parents usually collect their children from school themselves. This child still falls into that category, so I am sure most Japanese would also consider this to be pretty bad parenting.
The only exception seems to be when you put a 7 year old on the street in charge of their younger sibling. Then it seems to be ok for them to be out without a parent. But it appears this child was entirely alone. And at 5, way too young to even understand the rules of the road, let alone keep to them.
Posted in: 5-year-old girl run over by truck while cycling in Toyama
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ChibaChick
What a surprise. So you attack and insult ME because I dont like the idea of a child being witness to this kind of behaviour in public. And you think if this does happen, the parent of the child who doesnt want them to witness a woman being molested is neurotic and should change seats??!!! How about th adults who really dont want to see this? Should they all get up and change seats too?
You really have a problem with being disagreed with, dont you Ben4short? Pathetic.
Posted in: Man arrested for molesting woman after being invited to do so online
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ChibaChick
along with a good ole dose of emphysema.
I dont like Starbucks coffee persay, but I do like the atmosphere in there. The food is not too bad either. I was shocked when I came to the US at how bad the Starbucks food offerings here are in comparison to over there. I assumed it would all be the same. My kids were gutted that they didnt have sugar doughnuts here! I go to Peets now - much better scones!
Posted in: Starbucks on track to open 1,000th store in Japan
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ChibaChick
Not speaking Japanese is your ticket to an easi(er) ride as a kindergarten mother. There were 3 of us furriners. 2 didnt speak a word of Japanese, and then there was me. The other two got away with a lot. I didnt.
On the other hand now I am outside Japan you wouldnt believe how "cool" it is to be fluent in Japanese. Everyone is well impressed. I am enjoying my new found and temporary star-status because I give myself 6 months at the outside before I have lost the lot unless I can convince my husband that we need to speak it at home as he always promised we would. :-/
Posted in: Why you shouldn’t learn Japanese
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ChibaChick
Were the people who had to witness this consenting adults? Or especially the young girls? I wouldnt want my daughter bearing witness to someone getting their sexual kicks right in front of her.
Posted in: Man arrested for molesting woman after being invited to do so online
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ChibaChick
As long as the law of that particular country is set up so that the child can eventually legally change their name and disown their parents, then fine. Personally I wouldnt want to set myself up for a future of being disowned by my own children but thats just me.
Posted in: What do you think about parents who give their children names like Pikachu, Bakudan (bomb), Messiah and so on?