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The GoJ has a very fine balancing act they must do... weaken the Yen enough so…
Posted in: Yen weakens as BOJ eases monetary policy
The only intellectual property China will ever protect is Chinese intellectual property.
What do you think are the main reasons why U.S. car sales are so low in…
Posted in: What do you think are the main reasons why U.S. car sales are so low in Japan?
Doubtful that Grumman (Northrop) has had their hands on that aircraft since it was built many…
Posted in: U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
You do realise the anti whaling nations where actually whaling nations and founding members of the…
Posted in: Confrontation
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Wiliamsmith... No, spies should never get shot, spies should be put in prison and then exchanged against other spies /prisoner/money or any other item deemed valuable to the country who caught him. At least during the cold war it was one of the rules. Had they started shooting spies back then things could have gone extremely bad. Like real bad, baaad.
Posted in: S Korean female tourist shot dead by N Korean soldier
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Is she famous for something, or just for being famous, like out of famous highschool for future famous people ? It's on her resume ?
"famously famous" master degree in famousery. She's not even cute, she's standard as hell for Japan. It would be absolutely impossible to spot her in a crowd. Or even in an empty street in fact. Unless she have a talking dog... or is holding an IPhone with a weir plastic molded grin.
Posted in: Aya Ueto
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You think it's linked with the crocodile ?
After all it's Saitama... the city without any limit for bizarre...
Posted in: 2 tons of flour stolen in Saitama
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In Paris sun seems to goes down between 10 and 11 at night in summer. Make for great evenings. Or if you are on the seaside, you can really enjoy the sunset during a late dinner. And in a country where people work until late at night it's borderline criminal not to have DST... But even after that Tanaka still lecture you about how ecology minded japan is...
Posted in: What are your views on daylight saving time?
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Oh people... I love you... Thanks a lot Hoolie...
Posted in: Apple's iPhone could find Asia tough to crack
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Zen builder... not sure you are reading me well (not my writings, me personality). I have never been involved in a fight. I always de-escalated EVERYTHING or managed to avoid reaching the point were de-escalation was needed.
But the guy was in her house, he got money and tea. Now nothing prevent him from going again. (you know, nothing... like... NOTHING...). The situation was already... escalated... she just got extremely lucky. And luck is not a skill to rely on.
Is it legal to use restrained force against someone pointing a weapon toward you in your home in Japan ?
I don't know...
In any sane country the law allow you to use an equally proportionate means to defend yourself against an attacker.
Then again... sanity and Japan kommt nicht zusammen... But i'd be curious to see what the japanese law says about it as I have always considered any assailant(*) breaching safety perimeter to be... fair game before their handling to police forces...
(*) assailant, read someone with clear and -wrong- intents toward person (like someone having a knife). Not an intruder or burglar/thief cought trying to run in or out (like someone having a lockpick).
Looking forward to read more from you.
Posted in: Housewife brews up plan to escape from robber: tea and conversation
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Me little shop lost it's Jusco 2 years ago... somewhat troublesome to find the good cat litter now...
Too much, too big, too boring... welcome to Aeon...
Posted in: Aeon to close 40 supermarkets
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Coligny
As much as I am all for de-escalation of any trouble. Here the guy knows where she lives and that she is alone during the day / have a baby daughter. De-escalation for me means a way to avoid or break the fight/confrontation and escape. When foes are in the home, and you have access to boiling water. Limited use of deadly force might be a better long term option. Staying calm was good. But now she can also stay scared.
Posted in: Housewife brews up plan to escape from robber: tea and conversation
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RMGTTF... No AU softcrap explicitly ask for JP version of XP. As I told you, not even the international version with MUI in japanese was working.
Posted in: Apple's iPhone could find Asia tough to crack
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Coligny
No butter, no potatoes... what are they good at in Hokkaido ?
Posted in: Calbee to raise snack prices in autumn
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Coligny
I hope they are prepared to fight for their life. Because the situation in Great Britain seems to be out of a bad Mad Max remake. Between a feral horny bear in Hokkaido and confrontation with a Chav' in London... i'll take the bear anytime...
Posted in: Family vow to pursue French students' killer in London
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Coligny
Doing less but doing it well. Exactly what the IPod did.
Sure the Japanese traditionnal keitais are feature packed. But the psychopath who designed the user interface make absolutely everything a pain to use:
-Storage of data phone memory or sd card... sd is slow, data have to be put inside the phone memory to be used in any application (background/address book)
-Access to the camera dead slow (starting camera application please wait... wait... hemm a little more... ok... now you can change the settings that are never remembered)
-GPS... there is one... somewhere in the phone... promise... it's the 12 submenu in the web browser 3 option... sometimes...
-Media player... music have to be converted with software so badly written that it require XP japanese ONLY, not even the internationnal version with language pack is supported, or even work.
-Media player again... that popping noise was the battery commiting sepuku... hope you where not planning to actually use your phone today.
-Flip-flop-multi-flap thingamagig... it's not a phone it's a transformer in disguise...or a jigsaw puzzle... you choose... but don't expect to be able to answer fast...
Yeah sure... there is really no place for the IPhone... but the masochist are enjoying every second of the curent situation...
Posted in: Apple's iPhone could find Asia tough to crack
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Internationnally peacefull... Steam boiler ready to blow inside...
All those countries are international dwarves...
Posted in: Japan ranked 5th most peaceful country in world
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Coligny
Why in japan people staying up at night have such a bad eye turned on them... I'm a system engineer and traditionally I deal with people plroblem during the day and machien problems during part of the night. I took the habit and i'm much more able to focus in the evening/early morning hours. Sure after I sleep from 11 to 13-14... So what... I didn't party all night... If the combinis were not available during the night I would have nowhere to buy food. And if they want to keep them open only during the day... it's ridiculous, everything is more expensive than in your local supermarket...
Posted in: Plan to cut convenience store hours 'playing with fire'
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RepublicofTexas...
Serioulsy dude, on a scale from cool to totally farked up, selling sand from this beach is so minor it would'nt find his place. War is all about profiteering.
Posted in: Iwo Jima sand souvenirs grate on Japanese sensibilities
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To Japan
From The World
Subject Pacific WWII
MSG:
You started it. You lost, get over it.
The Germans are keeping low profile on this, consider them as a role model.
Posted in: Iwo Jima sand souvenirs grate on Japanese sensibilities
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Yeah... sure airage is all the fault of the passengers... Not the TSA, not the clowns of the plane company... Not all the clowns on a payroll that know they can get away with everything.
Posted in: Pre-empting air rage
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I disagree... humiliation and embarrassment are extremely conservatives and traditional values in japanese society...
But compare this to Jerry Springer... and you'd think it's National Geographic material...
Posted in: It's one of the only avenues they have for release, where they can actually let go and not be conservative anymore.
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Technically it's just the legs that are USB... Means the body is just here for the bulk...
Also you seems to have to plug them through their pooper... that's... interesting...
At least it's not the USB humping dog...
Posted in: Anime USB memory
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The one on the right... I think she can kill me with one hand... (just look at the dry muscle...)
Third from the left too... these big mamas have quite some firepower...
Others... maybe not... but I don't want to try...
I don't know for japan, but for european countries female fighting sports tend to get dirty/personnal quite easily.
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