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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Farmboy
Well yes, especially for ID cards, which might be entirely too big, especially for some of us, using the new technlogy.
Posted in: Bum's the word in Japan security scans
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Farmboy
What exactly takes place in their research facility, I wonder, and what does a test subject actually have to do? How does the professor begin to recruit these test subjects? Something like "Hi, I'm an assistant professor at a famous Institute, and i wonder if you could sit on a few things for me....?"
Posted in: Bum's the word in Japan security scans
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Farmboy
This will really be a boost for the airport butt-scanning equipment makers...
Posted in: 8 men arrested for smuggling gold from S Korea to Japan in rectums
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Farmboy
What difference does it make what people think? They are credit-rating agencies. This is their job. If they have done a good job for a long time, then their opinions carry weight. Who are we to decide whether it is too much or not?
Posted in: Do you think credit ratings on countries from companies such as Standard & Poors, Moody’s and Fitch carry too much weight?
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Farmboy
<Also, wine prices in Japan are four times more expensive than in France. >
France MAKES wine, so of course it will be cheaper there. However, if you aren't talking about restaurant prices, retail wine prices in Japan compared to the US for similar quality French or Italian wine are very reasonable, especially if you go to one of the online Rakuten shops.
Posted in: Six things that foreigners feel are overpriced in Japan
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Farmboy
Umm....the central problem is the radiation, not people's anxieties.
Posted in: Our judgment that radiation levels were 'non problematic,' and the way we addressed the issue immediately after the outbreak of the nuclear disaster caused anxiety among many young households who have children. Because of this, people from other cities stopped moving into Kashiwa.
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Farmboy
Yes, sorry.
Posted in: M5.7 quake hits eastern Japan; Fukushima nuclear plant stable
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Farmboy
Sorry, the format didn't hold together. You can delete that if you want. In short, there have been fairly good sized earthquakes all day today in Fukushima, Miyagi, and Ibaraki.
Posted in: M5.7 quake hits eastern Japan; Fukushima nuclear plant stable
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Farmboy
Pretty lively day. I hope everyone is okay:
16:49 JST 12 Jan 2012 16:45 JST 12 Jan 2012 Fukushima-ken Oki M4.4 2 14:42 JST 12 Jan 2012 14:37 JST 12 Jan 2012 Miyagi-ken Oki M5.4 3 12:31 JST 12 Jan 2012 12:27 JST 12 Jan 2012 Fukushima-ken Oki M3.8 1 12:29 JST 12 Jan 2012 12:20 JST 12 Jan 2012 Fukushima-ken Oki M5.8 4 12:25 JST 12 Jan 2012 12:20 JST 12 Jan 2012 Fukushima-ken Oki M5.8 4 10:43 JST 12 Jan 2012 10:40 JST 12 Jan 2012 Ibaraki-ken Oki M4.8
(Data from JMA)
Posted in: M5.7 quake hits eastern Japan; Fukushima nuclear plant stable
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Farmboy
I tell my TV, "I want news! Real news! Not this revamped youtube self-promoting nonsense!" My TV, up to this point, has ignored me.
Posted in: TVs you can talk to, without sounding crazy
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Farmboy
If someone stinks, somebody should tell them. The problem is if she has an assumption that foreigners are going to stink.
Posted in: Australian MP calls for migrants to be taught to use deodorant
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Farmboy
Well, you know, her comments WERE probably taken out of context, blown out of proportion, and all that, but in public office one can expect that sort of thing to happen, so leaving comments about the unwashed, smelly foreigners to others might be a good idea.
Posted in: Australian MP calls for migrants to be taught to use deodorant
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Farmboy
Putting lives at risk at sea is just that...nothing "eco" about it.
Posted in: Do you consider the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd to be eco-terrorists?
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Farmboy
Of course! He kicks the old folks off Medicaid, trains them up, loads them with grenades, and sends them out to conquer the world. Some of those old folks can be mean, too.
Posted in: Romney assails Obama, urges supporters to vote
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Farmboy
And all without spending a dime.
Posted in: Romney assails Obama, urges supporters to vote
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Farmboy
Sorry, my post above was in response to the following:
Posted in: Japan considering alternative oil supplies as Iran sanctions loom
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Farmboy
That's true, but storage capacity can be increased quickly, and the prices are going up anyway if the Iran situation worsens. The thing is, Japan is trying to bring the value of the yen down currently by buying dollars and selling yen in the foreign exchange market. This costs a huge amount of money, and I'm wondering if the same effect wouldn't come from buying a huge amount of dollar-denominated oil instead. That way, they would at least have something to show for their efforts.
Posted in: Japan considering alternative oil supplies as Iran sanctions loom
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Farmboy
Well, China (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China%E2%80%93Iran_relations) and Russia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Russia_relations) both have fairly strong trade ties with Iran in hydrocarbons, agriculture, and weapons, I think, so they would probably lead the charge to leave things alone.
The US is looking at two things, I think. One is stability of the oil supply. The other is that Iran is supporting groups that blow stuff up here and there, killing lots of folks in the process. The evidence for this is stronger than the evidence for nukes. ( http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/business/global/19launder.html)
The world has become more hawkish overall, unfortunately. Everyone wants to fight, and almost nobody with any power is seriously talking about world peace, or if they are, it's always something that comes after a war that is about to happen. Personally, I wish everybody would take a chill pill. Japan is caught in the middle of all this, and any escalation is going to hurt.
Posted in: Japan considering alternative oil supplies as Iran sanctions loom
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Farmboy
Yes, well, IF we buy the idea that Iran has nukes, I suppose the idea is that it's better to push things now than to wait until they have more of them. I feel fairly confident that, if pushed, Iran will push back. I hope this doesn't get messy. It's a pretty worrisome situation that seems to be developing.
From Japan's point of view, though, it would be a good idea to buy as much oil as they can right now and store it. Oil is, as I understand it, denominated in dollars, and buying a lot at a time the yen is high and the dollar is low makes good sense.
Posted in: Japan considering alternative oil supplies as Iran sanctions loom
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Farmboy
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/quake_local_index.html
Fukushima and Ibaraki in particular have been having non-stop quakes, with quite a few 4-5 magnitude quakes recently. The shindo rating isn't so high, but many have been felt over a wide area, like the last one, in Ibaraki.
Posted in: 6,757 aftershocks felt in Japan from March 11 until Dec 31