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Once purchased, the Fukushima rice just becomes "rice", and unless needed for an emergency, will be…
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The Blue Samurai should play a different kind of football game playing against stronger South American…
Posted in: Japanese media slam 3-0 loss to Brazil
Why would you lose pay for taking a sick day? Poor performance review. My gf just…
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@ Fadamor Rigt , i get it , you like most guys in Japan love feminism.…
Posted in: Hooterville
The last time I met a sincere, honest and humble politicial it was at a funeral.....
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If Japan is really worried about its diplomatic standing in the world, instead of worrying so much about the quality of canapes, perhaps the Foreign Ministry can instruct its diplomats to refrain from telling other diplomats to "shut up" and suggest that its cities' mayors don't dismiss wartime sexual slavery as being necessary to relieve the stress of soldiers. Just an idea though ....
Posted in: Japan losing diplomatic banquet battle to China
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I wish they would ban the annoying early-morning recycle shop announcements, noisy electioneering, and deafening diatribes by right wing zealots!
Posted in: Shinjuku announces plan to ban street barkers from September
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The monk's junk put the lady in a funk.
Posted in: Buddhist monk arrested after exposing himself in video rental shop
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Is it just me, or did the IJF miss the recent scandal about Olympic judo gold medalist Masato Uchishiba's conviction for raping a teenage judo student. Or maybe this was deemed irrelevant because Uchishiba wasn't sanctioned by the AJJF?
Posted in: World judo chief urges Japan to clean up its act after scandals
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Reminds me a little of 'systematic desensitization therapy' whereby people with severe phobias work with clinicians step-by-step to slowly confront their fears before vanquishing them forever. This new avatar theory sounds great. Hope it helps a lot of people!
Posted in: Avatars help schizophrenia patients silence tormenting voices
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If I never had to sing karaoke again, me thinks I'd be okay with that ...
Posted in: Japanese women share their complaints about karaoke with men
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He sounds to me like another pathetic, self-absorbed 'me, me, poor me, all about me' celebrity. The initial remarks he made were absolutely abhorrent, but unlike Mel Gibson, Michael Richards (Kramer, from Seinfeld) and a host of others who were caught saying similar, nasty things, he doesn't show any contrition for his remarks.
Posted in: John Galliano 'grateful' for dramatic fall from grace
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Most people who don't accept homosexuals are ignorant, bigoted, religiously zealous (or all of the above). Gay people are just as 'natural' as heterosexuals, and most often just as 'moral'. If God doesn't condone homosexuals, why did he create so many of them? Answer me that! (By the way, for whatever it's worth, I'm not gay - not that I would be ashamed to be - just an educated, liberally-minded human being, who believes that tolerance, acceptance, and compassion are admirable qualities, whereas discrimination and unfair judgement are not.)
Posted in: Survey finds worldwide split over attitudes toward gays
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Absolutely appalling. An unconscionable misuse of funds. I'm not surprised .... just disgusted.
Posted in: Disaster relief funds used to count turtles, promote cheese, wine events
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Why would anyone assume that Americans are behind this? The article says specifically that the attack "was traced to a server in China". Just like the last one, and the last, and the one before that. There are stories like this in Western newspapers all the time! China's economic clout and penchant for retaliation coupled with western countries' hesitance to publicly point fingers have allowed the Chinese government to hack and steal with impunity. And they will continue to hack into and steal state secrets until there are some serious repercussions!
Posted in: China suspected of stealing new Australian spy agency blueprints
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Great article, but pretty scary. Due to the combination of factors the article mentioned, it seems that another disaster is not only looming, but inevitable.
Posted in: Stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant struggles to keep staff
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The first part of the article is both interesting and accurate but the salary/juice analogy is absolutely ridiculous. Product pricing strategies and merit-based employee compensation are about as similar as potatoes and astronomy. Microeconomics dictates a specific profit maximization strategy, with (consumer) demand and pricing being the two cornerstones. Industrial psychology focuses on such things such as employee performance, motivation, job satisfaction, and other such things. Also, how was the title of the article decided? The article doesn't even address this issue. It sounds like the author needs to review his notes from Writing 101!
Posted in: The mindset of workers who will always have low salaries
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I love the headline, "Coke takes anti-obesity campaign global". It's like McDonald's promoting 'healthy food choices' or KFC promoting 'humane treatment for chickens'.
Posted in: Coke takes anti-obesity campaign global
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That's a lot of baby mamas!
Posted in: Chinese director investigated for having 7 kids
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It was such a shame when they knocked down the dojunkai on Omote-Sando Dori, which'd helped to create its unique character. The street used to be closed off to traffic on Sundays and people would set up small stands to sell clothes and jewelery, hang out, and just enjoy the good vibes and leafy comfort of one of Tokyo's cooler streets. That is, until they gentrified it by removing the dojunkai; replacing them with the soulless and ostentatious shops that make up Omote-Sando Hills. One of the best streets in Tokyo was turned into a cultural wasteland.
Posted in: Last 'dojunkai' apartments to be demolished in June
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It's been said that if the person is attracted to you then it's a compliment. If not, it's harassment . Interesting theory ...
Posted in: Is it ever OK to compliment a co-worker's appearance on the job?
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What? No Bangkok? Has the writer never been?? Also, I don't really think of 'food trucks' as providing 'street food', which brings to mind vendors with carts selling a variety of cheap and tasty foods.
Posted in: Travel picks: Top 10 street-food cities
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@tmarie - You obviously do not understand the geopolitical complexities of the region and/or simply prefer to espouse the same tired old rhetoric.
If one of your neighbours was delivering dangerous weapons to another who was sworn to your destruction and you had the means to destroy that shipment, what would you do, ignore it?
I didn't think so ...
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With the amount of bullying and number teenage suicides, I'd argue that it has.
Posted in: Parents creating stressed-out children
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How about posters saying, "The man with no shoes felt sorry for himself until he saw the man with no feet." or "If you are unhappy at your job, find another one. It's better to live on less money than to be unhappy all the time." or "Depressed? Try doing a little volunteer work. It'll lift your spirits and those you help!"
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