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  DeepAir65 at 02:43 PM JST - 5th June

  2008 Beijing 2016 Tokyo highly unlikely

  One could have said the same about London - 2004 Athens 2012 London - highly unlikely but it wasn't. More of an issue being it will have been 20 years since it was last in the US so if it is not in 2016…

  Posted in Tokyo moves to next phase in bid for 2016 Summer Games at 02:43 PM JST - 5th June

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  DeepAir65 at 09:12 AM JST - 5th June

  Can't see it ending up anywhere other than Chicago (I am not American). I would love to see it going somewher new like Rio but just can't see it happening.

  If it does come here there is one place I can assure you I will not be that month -…

  Posted in Tokyo moves to next phase in bid for 2016 Summer Games at 09:12 AM JST - 5th June

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  DeepAir65 at 08:24 AM JST - 5th June

  Can't see it being big business here either. Sure a couple of nerds will buy it but Japanese phones are way more advanced than Western one and I still only use them to phone and send email. For music I love my nano - great in the gym which I…

  Posted in Softbank reaches deal with Apple to sell iPhone handsets in Japan this year at 08:24 AM JST - 5th June

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  DeepAir65 at 05:54 PM JST - 3rd June

  good time to lose my phone then - which I did at the weekend!

  Posted in KDDI au announces new handsets and monthly plan at 05:54 PM JST - 3rd June

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  DeepAir65 at 09:12 AM JST - 3rd June

  Two peas in a pod - will say what you want to hear in front of the camera and then carry on doing business as usual

  Posted in Fukuda, Brown agree to tackle rising oil, food prices at G-8 summit at 09:12 AM JST - 3rd June

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  DeepAir65 at 09:10 AM JST - 3rd June

  You'd think this would be about helping the homestay guy with his Japanese as he is going to a university here, but as always everything revolves around these homestay providers getting free English lessons for themselves.

  Sounds like a win-win for both sides. A heart warming story for a change…

  Posted in More retirees accommodating foreign students on homestay programs at 09:10 AM JST - 3rd June

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  DeepAir65 at 08:23 PM JST - 2nd June

  Only one hour? I used to work above Tower Records 13 years ago and she was much later than that but could not escape after the allotted 30 minutes as the crowd almost rioted when they found she was due to leave. Piccadilly Circus and Regent Street were closed.

  This…

  Posted in 5,000 fans greet Mariah Carey, who arrives 1 hour late for 10-minute event at Venus Fort in Tokyo at 08:23 PM JST - 2nd June

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  DeepAir65 at 12:26 PM JST - 2nd June

  I can only assume they can warn people and nothing harsher because who knew of the law change? Techncially I guess I did as I renewed my license last month but my Japanese is not strong enough to understand what they were telling me. But I have also not spoken…

  Posted in 2,800 warned on 1st day of law on seatbelts, elderly driving signs at 12:26 PM JST - 2nd June

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  DeepAir65 at 02:36 PM JST - 30th May

  Bono, meanwhile, was quoted as saying he saw a survey showing that 90% of young Japanese are proud of Japan’s aid to Africa, and thought this wonderful.

  where did they do this survey? Some African Aid agency NPO I suspect

  Fukuda told Bono there is a need to tackle problems…

  Posted in Fukuda urges Bono to pitch climate change issues to Japanese people at 02:36 PM JST - 30th May

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  DeepAir65 at 02:32 PM JST - 30th May

  They have a future? I'm not a soccer fan but even I can tell at teh grass roots level until they get players playing as a team rather than individuals then what is the point?

  I recently saw a Japanese team playing on the TV in a bar somewhere and…

  Posted in Internal politics imperil Japan's soccer future at 02:32 PM JST - 30th May