JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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Confrontation
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U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
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Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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Fadamor
I'm blood type A-. Let's see how this matches-up:
I decided to take a vacation to Russia. Met a girl there and decided to marry her. Divorced four years after marriage. So this one is a BZZZZZT!
Didn't see the divorce coming, that's for sure! BZZZZT!
Well I don't kick kittens even though I'm allergic to them, so I guess this one gets a DING!
This could go either way. Call it a tie.
YuriOtani can answer this one for me. BZZZZT!
BZZZZT!
Last semester my JPN201 grades fell off sharply because of Skyrim. BZZZZT!
Actually, I'm pretty easy going about things around me except for smoking (hate smokers). So BZZZZT!
Exhibit A: My bedroom. BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!
I totaled my car once. I was pretty calm once I realized no one was hurt. Give this a DING!
If it was "my bad", I'll own up to it. DING!
Exhibit B: My work backlog BZZZZT!
No accidents/tickets in the last seven years. DING!
So the final tally has 8.5 BZZZTs to 4.5 DINGs. That's a resounding 66% FAIL on the tendencies of a Blood Type A. You watch, someone will say that's because I'm an A Negative and not an A Positive.
Posted in: The importance of blood type in Japanese culture
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Fadamor
Familienprobleme nailed it. Up until 9/11, hijackings were usually diversions to other countries, or for publicity. Violence on aircraft was pretty much restricted to bombs. You sat in your seat and eventually you would get released.
Once 9/11 happened, I commented that hijackings would never work again because nobody was going to just sit in their seat and wait to be flown into a building. EVERYBODY would be rushing the hijackers. Hijackings are a non-issue as a terrorist tactic now because of 9/11.
Posted in: Wahlberg apologizes for 9/11 comments on how he would have overpowered hijackers
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Fadamor
Historically, men will usually use their fists first while women will usually use weapons first. In cases where women initiate the attack, the injuries are often more severe because of the use of weapons than when men initiate the attack. In real life, a frying pan to the side of your head does not just leave an "egg". Your skull could be fractured/crushed.
(And before someone screams: ) Yes, I know men use weapons. There are exceptions to EVERY generalization - including the ones I make. I was just pointing out tendencies, not absolute rules.
Posted in: Woman arrested for attempted murder of son in Tochigi
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Fadamor
If you're going to allow exemptions to the law, why bother passing the law in the first place? Either the law was a stupid ploy by the politicians to appear to be doing something for the safety of residents, or they didn't do proper research before proposing this law. Actually there's a third possibility: BOTH of the above conditions are true. They should drop this law.
Posted in: Japan to let some nuclear plants operate after 40-year limit
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Fadamor
If the experts here at JT are any indication, they shouldn't have announced their invention until they had worked out all the minor bugs. The major problem was determining whether an ID was possible at all. That's what has been accomplished. Nobody said this was ready for production yet.
Posted in: Bum's the word in Japan security scans
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Fadamor
It's almost like he was high. His conversation seemed to indicate an inability to concentrate.
Posted in: Italy cruise wreck rescue halted; captain under house arrest
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Fadamor
Someone check if Lorena Bobbit is in-country.
Seriously, nobody's going to bother with severing the genitals unless the attacker perceived that the guy was cheating on them or the victim was suspected of rape and the attacker applied some "street justice" to make sure he didn't impregnate anyone else. I'm guessing he was still alive when they chopped the jewels for insurance. It wouldn't be necessary if he was already dead.
Posted in: Body of naked man with genitals sliced off found in apartment
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Fadamor
So... Two hands... 60 survival knives. Does anyone else here think the guy wasn't sure about the knives being able to allow him to survive? Papa-san is a nutter-san. Once you have more "survival" knives than you can carry, you've gone off the deep end.
Posted in: Father of boy accused of attacking two girls in Saitama, Chiba faces charges
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Fadamor
So now they have three choices: Tear down the building (releasing dust containing the cesium), let people live there with the knowledge that they're going to be near higher than background levels of radiation, or vacate the building for the 30-year half life of cesium. None of those three options are acceptable.
Posted in: Gov't to probe radioactive apartment block
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Fadamor
Noda: "ARRrrr! Look alive, me hearties! Tax opponents ho! Port battery prepare a financial report broadside for those scallywags! Sta'brd battery be ready for the same when we come about!"
Aide (muttering): "Geeze! It's just a black eye!"
Posted in: Noda appears in eye patch for tax fight
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Fadamor
Maritime vessels now use maritime GPS with the maps detailing the depths and coastal landmarks rather than roads. Assuming they entered the ship's maximum draft into the GPS, there should have never been a way they could hit a reef and not know they were in the wrong place.
Posted in: Cruise company criticizes captain as death tolls hits five
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Fadamor
It's only been less than a day. They're not going to have many details yet.
Posted in: Two university students injured in hit-and-run in Kanagawa
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Fadamor
Sadly, the U.S. ratings have almost nothing to do with education and everything to do with how well their football/basketball team does. The tuition is high at an Alabama or LSU school not because the education is better, but because the school is so packed with sports fans that they have to raise tuition until demand is reduced to the level of empty seats.
While Japan's tiered system of universities seems unfair (to us Americans) at first glance, it's not really that different than what we use here with our SAT scores. The only major difference is that in Japan, they have a customized test for each school (and the student must take each test for each school he/she wants to apply to), while in the U.S. there is basically a single test that gets shopped around to prospective colleges. In both countries' cases the college makes an evaluation based on how well the applicant scored. I'll be ready to apply at Todai in about 400 years.
Posted in: Minor glitches reported during Tohoku entrance exams
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Fadamor
No smoking on US flights, but other countries are free to make their own laws regarding smoking and flying. The seats ARE flame retardant, so whomever was the Einstein that did this, it was likely deliberate.
Posted in: Sydney-bound JAL flight turns back after seat fire
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Fadamor
She could sue for medical expenses and/or compensation for "pain and suffering". Unless the open-handed or closed fist strikes left a bruise, she would have difficulty collecting any "pain and suffering" damages. Shame/embarrassment does not apply as she was performing her duties as a flight attendant. There is no shame in doing your job. "Assault" is a criminal offense, not a civil one.
First of all, it is impossible for noise to "make" a human being strike another. Mr. Yamanouchi decided to do that all on his own. Trying to blame noise as the reason he struck her is just trying to put the blame where it doesn't belong. Speculating that she might be "guilty" simply because she didn't sue doesn't make sense at all. Her company may prohibit lawsuits over incidents that occur on their aircraft while in flight. As for demanding an apology, maybe she just chalks it up as another "crazy passenger" and has moved on. Now you're going to suspect her because she didn't demand revenge?
Second of all, just because you "ask" (the actual text in the article says he "told") the flight attendant to be quiet does not mean she can do so in order to carry out her duties. She was working with a passenger to resolve a problem with a faulty media player. That she was involved in resolving it indicates the media player was part of the aircraft and not a personal one.
Passengers must follow the instructions of the flight attendants. Flight attendants cannot be ordered around by the passengers. Mr. Yamanouchi apparently felt he could order them around like servants. That was a $3,500 (at least) error.
Posted in: Japanese man fined $2,500 for assaulting Delta flight attendant
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Fadamor
There is a container of mineral oil connected to the engine exhaust manifold and an electrically operated valve opens when smoke is desired, and closes when smoke is not desired. The oil burns when it enters the hot exhaust manifold, creating the white smoke.
Posted in: 'Always' team impressed by Y30 mil vapor trail in sky
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Fadamor
For those who aren't familiar with bail bonds:
If a court plans to release a suspect until trial, but they're not sure the person will return, they'll assign a "bail bond" value that must be paid before the suspect is released. The bail bond varies with the severity of the crime and how likely it is the suspect will flee. The suspect's lawyer or relatives will contract a bail bondsman to guarantee the full amount to the court after paying the bail bondsman a percentage of the amount (the percentage varies). Once the suspect does return to court, the bail bondsman is off the hook for the full amount of the bond, but keeps the amount paid to them by the lawyer/family.
Some states have outlawed bail bonds and replaced them with an outright (lower than bail) fee imposed by the court, with the entire fee refunded if the suspect shows up as instructed. This is better for the family as they do not lose any of the money as long as the suspect appears in court when they're supposed to.
In regards to Mr. Yamanouchi, the court assigned a $10,000 bond, of which $1,000 or so was paid to a bail bondsman who guaranteed the full $10,000 to the court. Once Mr. Yamanouchi returned to court, the bail bondsman no longer owed the court $10,000 and he/she kept the $1,000 or so that was paid to him/her.
When you include the fine, Mr. Yamanouchi spent around $3,500 (plus lawyer's fees) for four servings of wine and a glass of champagne. Truly an unintelligent choice.
Posted in: Japanese man fined $2,500 for assaulting Delta flight attendant
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Fadamor
The problem they are having now is that everybody knows they're on the ropes, and nobody wants to be the fool who pays full-price for a patent when they can be had a bargain basement prices once bankruptcy kicks in. So everybody (including Fujifilm) is sitting like vultures in a tree waiting for Kodak to finally give up the ghost. Fujifilm is betting Kodak will expire before their patent dispute gets settled. THEN watch the feeding frenzy start!
Posted in: Kodak sues Fujifilm as stock slumps
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Fadamor
@Cleo,
The SM2 was shadowing the Bob Barker and reporting its position to the fleet. You already know this. There's a big difference between that and deliberately attempting to interfere with a vessel's right of way. One is passive while the other is aggressive. The Bob Barker's resonse to the passive action of the SM2 was to launch a covert boarding party. Again, aggressive. 'Nuff said.
Posted in: Activists hurl stink bombs, paint at Japanese whalers
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Fadamor
@NetNinja,
Was that BEFORE or AFTER they found out last year that a large number of supposed centegenarians had actually been dead for a while? ;-) If you keep dead people on the books as "living", OF COURSE the population's longevity is going to seem better. I wonder what the ACTUAL numbers are?
Maybe you remember Jim Fixx, author of "The Complete Book of Running" back in the 70's? He's the one who popularized running and jogging as a good aerobic exercise. Fixx died at the age of 52 of a fulminant heart attack. The autopsy revealed that atherosclerosis had blocked one coronary artery 95%, a second 85%, and a third 70%.
This is not a guy who is likely to be feasting on Whoppers, and was in excellent physical shape, yet died in his early 50's (not 60's) of a heart attack. Turns out he was genetically predisposed to atherosclerosis. Diet is only PART of the risk grid.
Posted in: Fourth worker at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant dies