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...In last sentence of above I also forgot to mention in addition; homophobic.
Posted in: China cracks down on over-the-top anti-Japan dramas
ICJ seems to be worthless in east Asia.
In cases like this where reporting is biased the government is often called a regime. Syria…
Posted in: Hezbollah steps up fighting in Syria; Israel threatens more strikes
aimed reducing tensions tsk tsk "aimed *at * reducing tensions" China is really pushing the envelope…
There is a licence requirement to be a weather girl?
Posted in: Taiwanese weather girl idol group to take Japan’s national weather forecasting license exam
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No. The problem is they don't. Abe and his buddies have just said similar horrors (OK, never such an accumulation in one single week). The country would really need a renewal of the political world and in all parties, there should be many more women, and also "ethnic Koreans".
Posted in: Restoration Party member ousted over Korean prostitution remarks
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He is pathetic, but she goes down at his level by commenting officially. That's playing his game. Don't feed the troll !
Posted in: Defiant Hashimoto says U.S. troops abused women during occupation
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It's France, A plain old hunting rifle. I have not seen it confirmed for this case, but there are thousands each month.
Posted in: Man shoots himself dead in front of children at primary school in Paris
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That makes more buzz because it's the private school where the ministers and showbiz put their kids.
Kindergarten is for age 2 or 3 to 6. So I don't get how the article found they would be 7. Well, anyway, that's a shock, even for adults.
Posted in: Man shoots himself dead in front of children at primary school in Paris
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My hypothesis is he was abused by women, when he was a baby. The baby-sitters knocked his head over the wall a few times too much. If he was already refusing to shut it up as he does now, we can't blame them. .
Posted in: Defiant Hashimoto says U.S. troops abused women during occupation
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All what is asked is that politicians in function stop being seen in Yasukuni . If another "decent" memorial is made, they'll go there or nowhere (their choice). Nobody cares about bereaved families visiting graves (which are not in Yasukuni) or any temple in private. That said, I don't think there is a need to build one more place. For instance, for end of the war anniversary, the Prime Minister can make his speech from his office, the Diet, anywhere. A sensible homage with the right words is what matters the more.
Posted in: How bereaved families would feel about such a new war memorial is a very big issue. If they don't feel the souls of their relatives are there, they won't go.
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Except if terrorists wear a rat costume... Someday, think about a drill to stop what goes out of that plant in ruin.
Posted in: No matter what, we'll never allow terrorists to break into the plant.
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What they try and successfully achieve is getting their sad mugs in national and worldwide news.
Posted in: Hashimoto says comfort women system necessary for wartime troops
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When there are other parents that abuse their kids, kills them, etc... stuff like weird names, tacky clothes and hairstyles , it's details, that gives matter to the gossipers.
Your theory.But they have more chances to be turned down if the name is Hiroshi... like Kim Hiroshi, Peng Hiroshi. etc, or even Hiroko,even Abe Hiroko. But Abe Pikachu that's just funny. Surveys were done about it, even experiments with similar CVs with different names. Even if employers had some idea that such names were higher or lower class, they'd meet candidates. The problem were, besides gender discrimination, mostly for names indicating a religion (Muslim names in non-Muslim countries for instance) and family names indicating ethnicities with a bad image. Note that you have no obligation to use your official name on a CV and usage names are widely accepted. Also that's the rest of the CV that matters the most.
Posted in: What do you think about parents who give their children names like Pikachu, Bakudan (bomb), Messiah and so on?
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Then confirm with the other passengers they don't mind being spectators and that train line doesn't charge you an additional fee ? Come on, if they want to play cat and mouse, they take a room somewhere.
Posted in: Man arrested for molesting woman after being invited to do so online
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They don't all need to be Nobel prizes, but they should have a minimum of...how to say ? compassion and respect for human life ? She has none. What I find scary is any within 2 weeks to 6 months, she'll be freed and back at doing the nurse. A nurse that might just ignore your help calls, skip your room if she feared to finish late and miss a song of some silly karaoke party...
Posted in: 22-year-old mother arrested after infant's body found in her room
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Speculation is over.
If they put cheap gates as you suggest, you would be the first to complain that toddlers get squeezed, maimed or killed by such gates (that already happened with elevator or building automatic doors costing 20 times what you suggest).
Posted in: Woman hit by bullet train at Sendai station
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@Miko,
From recent updates, they are nearly sure it's a suicide attempt. She tried to jump as the train arrived. Sad.
Posted in: Woman hit by bullet train at Sendai station
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Not necessarily, as the trains can be very slow at arrival, particularly in a big station. Whatever, the question is whether she lost balance, was pushed or jumped...
Posted in: Woman hit by bullet train at Sendai station
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That's like tobacco companies doing anti-cancer campaigns.
They will design ads that can't be seen by children ?
Sure... but you're so far from that place you deserve.
So that's it : the right amount is 12 servings per year.
Posted in: Coke takes anti-obesity campaign global
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Why marrying ? It's not difficult to meet some shallow esthetically pleasant gaijins that would do the sperm donor and never call them again, not even remember their name the next day. Now, they would never get any support or money ever.
Agreed. That's archaic. Many Japanese parents would want that possibility now. I know many here in Kansai that divorced with small kids, they don't hate each other, and both sides want to keep a role, either they relay for baby-sitting (one does evenings, the other mornings), or the kids live with Mum in their primary school years, and later with Dad in another town, while they attend junior high school...They can arrange schedules, but one only has to be named official guardian, so if some school problems or accident occurred, the parent that has the kid in his home could be unable to sign useful papers. So some couple don't officially divorce. Weird, but a friend separated from her hubby, and they registered the divorce 15 years later the day their younger child became adult. Both have job that requires regular trips abroad, and they wanted to arrange that the kids always had a guardian present in Japan. That meant both were unable to remarry, which may become an issue if they have other kids, etc, and also requires a lot of trust in your ex since in Japan you share at 50% any debt of your spouse.
No, he did got joint custody ... but from the US court, as US laws allow it. And the Japanese court has decided "Mrs....should obey to laws in America.". That's already a big progress as in most other cases, the courts had said "Now the child is in Japan, our laws only can be applied..."
Posted in: U.S. balks at Japan sanctions over child abductions
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Browsed her, didn't find the article. But she directs a research lab for Ajinomoto, so that's "nutritional chemistry"
Or they're translating the labels of the products, and "how to reheat instructions"...
Posted in: We hope this endeavor serves as a catalyst to have couples on dates say, 'Let's have Japanese cuisine' rather than debate over whether to have French or Italian for dinner.
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Not all expats have small kids living with them. And they are not sent like the military. If their health or their family requires it, they can refuse expat positions, even change of job, there is no lack of candidates to replace them.
They wouldn't anyway ? My sister is not an expat, she has that problem with her toddlers in Paris (middle of birch season there now, it's like sugi in Japan). How do people manage with kids in Tokyo ? New-York ? London ?
Also optional when you can pay and travel often. I've met people, they had their pantry full-stocked of imported food like an US army base.
Not exactly... but people are definitely different in mentality and lifestyles, the regime is special and that's surely the hardest for expats.
Posted in: China career boost can come with health risks for expats
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Well, they should go back a little further in history... and hand over China to the Mongolians.
Posted in: China should reconsider who owns Okinawa: People's Daily
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when he was shown ...
Posted in: Is it ever OK to compliment a co-worker's appearance on the job?