Wednesday February 15, 2012

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    Like anywhere else why doesn't 2 Chome just reinvent itself? In the current times 1,000 yen just to walk in the door is not going to get droves of people. They want value for their money and a reason to go somewhere that has a decent atmosphere. It doesn't matter whether it is gay or straight, at the end of the day the business owners need to figure out how to make their business improve or they will be another statistic.

    Posted in: Is Shinjuku's 'gay town' threatened with extinction?

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    Simon: Goes into a lot more explaining and I can only write it briefly. I didn't state that the communist side is at fault but this is where they got their way within the new constitution when it was drafted. My statement is not based on my opinion either it is a matter of fact. The person that explained this to me very well in detail as well as the LDP objectives is a pretty reputable person who does have a grasp of all of these facts from the past. If you notice the LDP don't really play that big of a part within the education system and are always at odds with it. The LDP is a group of parties that have combined over the years and their task is more focused on business which was the reason for the mass industrialization of Japan after WW2. The education system then was for the masses which was to make everyone equal so they could churn the machine. In that the left compliments the right to get the result.

    Posted in: What do you think of Japan's school education system?

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    I think that they should be putting them on the rush hour trains. Took them 2 weeks to get 1 arrest on the streets. It would take them 10 minutes to get one on a rush hour train.

    Posted in: 'Sakura Police' make their 1st arrest over student assault

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    Whynothow: Thanks for the spell check. Remind me to download you into my computer next time I am typing away;) Your points though are right and it continues into the working life unless you manage to be one of the lucky ones that goes through keeping your mouth shut brown nosing the right people and you'll end up in your management role just to be part of the machine.

    Posted in: What do you think of Japan's school education system?

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    Samsarks: I don't think notginger needs to elaborate. It looks like you are writting your comments from your mobile phone. If you were educated in the U.S then your written grammer is a poor reflection on the American education system as well. Why do we need to give the Japanese education system a break on this? Please point out the positives? Let's name the facts. The Japanese education system was made for a country that was coming out of the ashes from WW2. Either Russia was to take Japan or the U.S. As it turned out is was the U.S and the rest is history. Either way the thoughts of the powers that be as a whole were communists. (In the non-Lenin way but also that was part of it as well as the comunal aspect of the society) Since the new constitution was made the communist party of Japan wanted to still be a political party but wasn't allowed under the newly developed system. It got it's way through the education system which hasn't developed any further than from where it started in the first place. It stifle's people who could really be true leaders of their potential to go onto greater things. There are many trully intelligent and smart people here. If they took away some of the chains within the system the potential would be so much greater.

    Posted in: What do you think of Japan's school education system?

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    I don't disagree there. But London within the top 5? Beyond peoples image of Fish and Chips London does have some good restaurants, but compared to Paris or Florence forget about it. I guess Jen Murphy hasn't been to many places.

    Posted in: Tokyo is the best food city hands down. That's where chefs are going for innovations. There's also a history of food traditions. They are so far ahead of us.

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    Japan is confused about what is and isn't sexual harassment. This would be probably because in part that it is a culture that lacks human touch. If a female really dislikes a male collegue and he just touches her on the arm in a non suggestive manner then because she hates him would call it sexual harassment. If it is a collegue that she is O.K with then it is just person A. One of the trains I used to get to work there was 1 particular female that used to get into a great panic at the slightest touch from anyone. They weren't gropping her, the train was packed and she always stood agitated in the same carriage day in and day out being agitated. In the same light though at my own company I have seperated one of the directors of my company from the girls I work with because he decided that each time he gets drunk he likes grabbing their arse. The only thing to do is to seperate the individual. You can't go to the police or do a citizens arrest or anything and the only thing you can do is take them aside and ask them to calm down. Even if you could potentially ruin them, the walls that have to be broken through to get to the other side only encourages the victims just to quit rather than going through the ordeal over and over again. The laws are in place but it doesn't mean that they are adhered to or understood or nothing is known as to what to do about it, but one thing is for sure, In Japan the nail that sticks out will be hammered down and if the aggressor is of a higher position at a company why would they care what an OL's complaint is when the Prez pinches her arse when his come back would be that he was just joking and she should lighten up?

    Posted in: Dealing with sexual harassment in the workplace

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    A few phone books on his stomach would do the trick! Rather than fining him or prosecuting him maybe they should get some of the new policewomen recruits to line up and let him have it with their kahunsho build up!

    Posted in: Man arrested for wiping saliva on woman sleeping on train

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    Maheshvitekar: You explained it in one. I never said that it shouldn't be solved or stopped but as a result of trying to fix it or solve it Islamic radical thinking is increasing. What do you propose? It is continuous and that's my point. It has gone on for centuries and will continue on for centuries because it is in the funny name of religion that is the cause all of this and if that continues which it will then it doesn't finish. I don't have to be a super wise person to clearly know that as a fact. Also it's O.K to disagree with me.

    Posted in: Pakistani Taliban chief threatens strike on White House

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    tkoind2: I agree with you in what the solution should be but thus far, even after 7 years of being there I haven't seen one majority Muslim country or group raise their hand and want to co-ordinate together to achieve any such goal and it seems that for the most part it will be a very long way off. It is far more complex. On a seperate note yet on the same subject, Us white people report such stories in the world news and it makes people vigilant to such groups as well as stereotyping them. I have an Indian female friend who isn't even Muslim and was born in the U.S and for several years from 9/11 onwards she has had people spit on her, tell her to go home and so on. I don't think that it was such an isolated incident with only her being purely singled out. Why do we use words that explain these actions as "trying to protect our freedom from terrorists" when it is also a form of radical fundmentalism?
    If our leaders say to us that they will go to Pakistan (Not their homeland) and erradicate the Taliban. Why are we so shocked to hear the same words coming out of his mouth? If it is good enough for us to throw a fastball we should expect that they are going to hit it rather than being scared about it.

    Posted in: Pakistani Taliban chief threatens strike on White House

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    As much as there is an effort to combat the Taliban and their numbers. By having the Non-Muslim fighters in their countries and areas going into their houses and threatening innocent families only helps their cause get larger. When the group of Nations initially went to Afghanistan it was for the cause to get 1 person in his group and because he was the mastermind of 9/11. The Taliban who happened to govern the country (who may I add prior to then were never declared as a terrorist organization) were accepted at the U.N as the leaders and controllers of the country. Our Western governments overthrew the government in power in order to get 1 man. He is still out there. But in the process the people of Afghanistan may have been suppressed by 1 group in the past, now they are suppressed by another group and those people aren't even from their country. The Taliban are gaining popularity again because although they may not represent the ture interests of the country, they are the only ones around that can and it shouldn't be up to Westerners to have a puppet (This is how they see Karzai) of theirs in power of the country. Even if he may be the right leader his support for the forces that are there are starting to drag. Let's face it that 7 or so years in the country so far just to look for 1 man with the changeover included equalling 100's of thousands of troops knocking down families doors accidently killing innocent people in fear that they may be a suicide bomber or a car bomber, driving high speeds through villages in order to avoid bombing will bring nothing more than growth to the Taliban and such radical groups. These are just facts.

    Posted in: Pakistani Taliban chief threatens strike on White House

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    Why not. The one lost will never come back again;)

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    I guess she won't be doing any complaining to cell phone users in the future?

    Posted in: Man held for punching 50-yr-old woman on Saitama train over playing games on cell phone

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    Timeon- My wife has quite a lot of friends and 3 very close friends and they are also there for here if she or they need each other. But when I think about other females that I know or work with here you are definately right.

    Posted in: More women enjoying a night out alone

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    NK is the thorn in the side for all of Asia and when the rest of Asia starts to take less notice of it, it then decides to chuck its little tantrums. All regional neighbours of the country should band together as one voice, Ask them WTF? As neighbours we can respect our differences, make ammends, co-operate and become a mature looking region that would make the rest of the world start to appreciate further and respect Asia in a light that can truly be a regional cornerstone of the world not to mention the world economy, for the future generations as well. Because under the current way things are NK makes itself and the rest of the region look childish which especially includes Japan.

    Posted in: Japan, South Korea urge North Korea to avoid provocation

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    If it has the potential to keep the suicide rate down and they can have support of other people that understand them and can relate to them then it's a good idea. Maybe if they do attend the event they will see their carbon copy of themself in other people and maybe wake up to themselves and then realize that they don't need to be such a loser anymore. Then again, that may be wishful thinking???

    Posted in: Japan’s unpopular men and women boycott love

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    Where there is a will there is a way. They will find a way around this.

    Posted in: Will the new restrictions put a halt to mobile mischief?

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    1) Narita: When you exit the customs area at Narita and a flight has arrived from China. The Chinese stand in the exit area or literally stop in front of you and you almost walk over them. They have no sense of space nor care. 2) U.S: Being an airline elite member and travelling business class and waiting for 30 minutes during a rush hour period in that line because a)none of the check in counter computers work and if they do work you go the whole way through the list of instructions then it tells you to go and see an agent and b) Because they've layed off most of the service counter employees there are only 2 people at the counter getting slammed by the first class, business class and elite passengers all together. c) The computer instruction telling you to pck up the phone and you get the Indian call center and have to explain everything all over to them on what has happened and they ask you to spell your name 10 times because they don't understand you're native tongue of English is then they ask your address then finally ask what they can do for you. You don't have this time so your best to go back into the line for another 30 minutes to deal with the counter staff. Europe: Everything is pretty good with the excemption of Lisbon (Perhaps the worst airport in the world for immigration especially if you arrive just after a flight from Africa. It takes 2 hours to get through as they interview each African for 5 minutes at a time with only 6 staff on duty. Heathrow: Thank goodness that I'm an elite member and can go through the quick line. Inter EU flights they recommend that you show up 1 hour before hand. I did that and the line to the security area was about 300 meters long. That was before you go through the snake line on the other side of the wall. If anyoe has been in this kind of lne at Disneyland waiting for a ride at the speed you move at, you know it takes a bit more than 30 mins. CDG (Paris): A little confusing as there are signs of where you need to go from when you are quite a distance from where you are, but then as you get closer they disappear. Lastly I admire and respect flight attendants, but my company or myself never pays money to be their psycologist and hear their complaints of how bad their company is as I pay decent money to be transported safely, waited upon, treated with a bit of respect since I treat them with respect. I'm not Jerry Springer and it's not a talk back show with trailer trash sitting in the plane.

    Posted in: What behavior by passengers or staff at airports annoys you the most?

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    January 20th was a day a lot of the world was looking forward to. Hopefully June 12th will be another one and Iran will have a new more easy to deal with President because just as Bush this figure head for Iran is a bad reflection on the trully wonderful people of Iran. The people who we chose as our leaders must be educated and more to the point diplomatic. Ahmadinejad should consider extending a hand for peace and goodwill and he just may surprisingly receive it in return.

    Posted in: Obama must apologize for U.S. crimes against Iran: Ahmadinejad

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    Just checked the BA site. Airfare 35,000. Taxes 50,960 Total = 85,960 Taxes may be a lot but it is a reasonable fare. Flying from the other countries to Japan isn't or wasn't this cheap really. Unless you take into account the the pound is very low vs the yen at the moment.

    Posted in: British Airways, VisitBritain campaign offers Y35,000 return fare from Tokyo to London

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