JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
- Berlitz Japan, Inc. (ベルリッツ・ジャパン株式会社), Kansai
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- ZAIHON, Inc. (日本財務翻訳株式会社), Tokyo
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Fadamor
After spending eight years in Syracuse, NY where you can go from clear sky to white-out lake-effect snow in 100 yards, I can honestly say that I've had enough snow to last a lifetime. Feel free to take ALL the snow, Japan!
Posted in: Snowed under
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Fadamor
Winter is when many turn to supplemental heating and some forms are safer than others. I wonder if these fires were caused by faulty heating units?
Posted in: 4 perish in early-morning fires in Kanagawa, Chiba
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Fadamor
Read another article on this that revealed that $1.3 Billion that Japan donated was spread over three years counting this one. Last year's donation was short because of the troubles following the earthquake, so this year's donation was larger than normal to try and make up some of the shortfall.
Posted in: Kan tells Davos Forum Japan donates $1.3 bil to global fund to fight 3 diseases
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Fadamor
What article did you read? The one I read said the proposed military budget is 9% LESS than the 2012 budget:
Maybe you're confused over the dates. The government's fiscal year starts in October. The budget being talked about in this article is the proposed FY2013 budget. The FY2012 budget went into effect in October 2011.
Posted in: U.S. military to cut troop numbers, invest in future
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Fadamor
Umm... I can't tell if you're joking or not, so... I love how the posters on JT are so generous with other people's (i.e. Bill Gates') money.
Posted in: Kan tells Davos Forum Japan donates $1.3 bil to global fund to fight 3 diseases
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Fadamor
Bill Gates already contributed $750 million to help out the Global Fund after the graft was discovered. http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/gates-injects-750-mil-into-troubled-global-fund
Japan is just trying to maintain a global presence via philanthropy. Taxes would still have been raised, as this money had already been earmarked for non-deficit use.
Posted in: Kan tells Davos Forum Japan donates $1.3 bil to global fund to fight 3 diseases
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Fadamor
Python's genius in the 70's was sublime. I personally rank "Holy Grail" as one of the top two greatest comedy movies of all time (the other being Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles".) To this day it's not unusual to have a couple of co-workers start riffing on a scene from "Holy Grail" - almost 40 years after it was made!
So the only REAL question is:
WHAT! ...is your favorite color?!
Posted in: Monty Python members to re-unite for new film
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Fadamor
Context, context, context. I doubt he just walked up to you and called you losers from out of the blue. I would guess he was drinking for a reason (maybe to drown his sorrows after another mediocre movie) and you guys were all "Gosh Mr. Williams, it's such an honor to meet you! Can I have your autograph?" Sometimes people just want to drink in silence, and the best way for a celebrity to achieve that is to dump on the people who WON'T leave him alone. As I said that's just a guess, but I've seen it before. Also, you admit he was drunk but still expect him to behave graciously? Most drunks are boorish to a fault. I'm surprised you didn't take that into account.
Posted in: Monty Python members to re-unite for new film
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Fadamor
If we're not in a war, maintaining this many troops does not make sense. Of course they're going to have to cut troops. While i understand McCain's point, we can't keep paying a full-engagement military if we're not in an active war. Our best bet is to try and keep as many reserves as we can while reducing the active duty services.
Posted in: U.S. military to cut troop numbers, invest in future
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Fadamor
I've said it before and I still firmly believe it: Anyone who runs for the office of the President of the United States is a masochist, certifiable, or both. There is no upside to that job. EVERYBODY in the world wants something from you and there is no way you're able to accommodate even 1/100 of those requests. You may have the best plan in the last two millennia, but Congress has other ideas.
Posted in: Hillary Clinton dodging political 'high wire'
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Fadamor
They were conscripted into having sex with the Japanese soldiers. That makes them conscript workers. If Tokyo had been allowed to make the individual payments themselves, they probably would have included the sex slaves in their payments, but Seoul forbid it, instead taking a lump-sum payment that they then misused. Are you saying "comfort women" didn't tell ANYONE what the Japanese made them do until after the details of the Normalization Treaty were worked-out in 1965 - TWENTY YEARS AFTER THE WAR WAS OVER?!? I don't believe that for ONE MINUTE. If they were left out of the agreement, it's because Seoul intentionally left them out of the agreement. Again, the apology that is owed them needs to come from SEOUL. Tokyo issued their apology in 1965 with Seoul's blessing.
Posted in: Former Korean 'comfort women' ask Seoul to press Tokyo to settle issue
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Fadamor
Wow. 2:1 people voted "yes". Nobody trusts the government when it comes to nuclear power, but by a 2:1 margin they're ready for the government to take over TEPCO! There appears to be a major disconnect, here.
Posted in: Do you think Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) should be nationalized?
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Fadamor
I think it's both of the options the headline restricts us to. Unless the girls are getting pandered out to clients after their shows, then this is just entertainment. If showing leg and acting cute is going to sell more CDs, then more power to them. If they have to sell their bodies as well, then I'm against it.
Posted in: Do you think all-girl groups like AKB48 are being marketed as sexualized little Lolitas or is it just harmless fun?
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Fadamor
But this article specifically addresses rape, and seems to be concentrating solely on the Army. The U.S. Army classifies rape as a "Major Misconduct Offense". The "Manual for Courts-Martial United States" http://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/pdf/mcm.pdf lists the following maximum punishment for someone convicted of rape:
This is a crime that can receive the death penalty. It doesn't seem like the military is ignoring it.
Posted in: Sundance lifts lid on rape in U.S. military
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Fadamor
Speaking as an ex-sailor, I know this guy is "full of it" just from one quote:
Even when I was in back in the late 70's/early 80's, the navy was putting out the word that this kind of thing would not be tolerated. This guy's "they have done nothing about it" comment is pure B.S. designed to promote his latest "shock" film.
Posted in: Sundance lifts lid on rape in U.S. military
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Fadamor
I wonder if the mother finally died, or was otherwise being cared for by an institution and that's why the sudden confession now.
Posted in: Man fakes his own death with brother's corpse to escape debts
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Fadamor
Guess I should cite the source (Mods please add it to my post immediately above if you can): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_on_Basic_Relations_between_Japan_and_the_Republic_of_Korea
Posted in: Former Korean 'comfort women' ask Seoul to press Tokyo to settle issue
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Fadamor
From Wiki re: Compensation as part of the Normalization Treaty:
"Sex slaves" are workforce conscripts. South Korea received Japan's compensation for them already and spent it on other things. Japan must of had an inkling this would happen, but when they offered to pay out to the conscripts directly:
These victims of Japan's aggression need to be pestering SEOUL for an apology, not Japan.
Posted in: Former Korean 'comfort women' ask Seoul to press Tokyo to settle issue
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Fadamor
Japan wanted to go with as much nuclear power as they could in order to reduce the need for off-shore energy imports. Tepco now wants to switch to Geothermal which would achieve a similar condition (power without having to buy Middle Eastern oil or coal from other places), but I have to wonder about the wisdom of drilling down into such a volcanically active region such as Japan. Drill in the wrong place and you've created a ready-made vent for a new volcano to spawn.
Posted in: Only one TEPCO nuclear power plant currently in operation
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Fadamor
I imagine the article concentrates on the European and American continents because people from those continents would experience the most "culture shock". Other Asian countries have similar customs to Japan - at least much more similar than those in Europe or the Americas.
Posted in: How foreigners’ daily lives change when they live in Japan