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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GenevaMan
Raise the reward from 1 million to 10 millions yen and spread the word in the Phillippines.
Posted in: Realistically speaking, what do you think the police should be doing to catch Tatsuya Ichihashi, the suspect in the 2007 murder of Lindsay Ann Hawker?
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GenevaMan
sf2k, more clinics should definitely open to treat minor injuries and cases. And hell, the emergency wards are crowded with old people bringing a mosquito bite.They are usually loud, and they usually go there on a monthly basis, and they have aaaaallll the time in history. Japan should find a way to make japanese people not going to the hospital for a cold or flu. Waste of time, energy and money.
Posted in: What should be done to solve the problem of hospitals turning away seriously ill cases?
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GenevaMan
LOL. She's kicking a carrot, and I bet Freud would have seen a strange mix between Eros and Thanatos in this strange performance.
Posted in: Kazue Fukiishi looking for man to kick around and drink with
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GenevaMan
HA! A part of Korean fan base is definitely made of sore winners AND sore losers. I remember that when Switzerland beat Korea in 2006 world cup,thausends of korean fans attacked the FIFA website and started a petition to play this game again.
WAY TO GO JAPAN!!!!!!!!!!
Posted in: Japan fans
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GenevaMan
The way DPRK used the abductees (spying activities) make me think that they probably know to much about DPRK to be released. Same with the Japanese Red Army terrorists who hijacked this plane to PyongYang (8 members If I am not mistaked), they could never come back to Japan because they just became spies (one of them was caught in Tokyo in the 80s, but he was planning to launch a terrorist attack during the Seoul Olympics though). On the other hand,I remember this government mole in Aum Shinrikyo who fled to NK (don t remember her name) to seek political asylum. She stayed in DPRK for a while and could come back anytime she wanted, probably because she didn t acces any sensitive information (and also because she prolly was a nutcase).
Posted in: Do you believe some Japanese abductees are still alive in North Korea, and if you do, why do you think North Korea hasn't come clean on the issue?
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GenevaMan
Is there a life before death?
Posted in: Do you believe in life after death?
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GenevaMan
I feel that heavy driniking is associated with virility and strength in Japan. Strange: I love drinking, but ever since I enjoyed drinking loads of various alcoholic beverages, my strength and stamina (and IQ) are decreasing dramatically. Drinking is a dangerous game: do it consciously, but don't expect to become a "man" this way.
Posted in: 19-year-old college student dies after drinking party in Aichi
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GenevaMan
For the first time in my life I have seen softball, during the Olympics, thanks to the hysteric japanese media focusing on the only athletes that could make a somehow not so bad performance. Softball!!!!!! WTF, who cares? I cared about Phelps, Bolt, and other of this kind...instead, the same soup about Nakajima, depressed judoka and Ueno all over. Japanese fans are fans as long as their athletes are doing good. They sometimes care for foreign athletes, in football (soccer), and their "fanhood" is changing with the wind (J-Media),japanese Madrid fans peaked in 2003, then Barca, then Manchester (during the last Club World Cup, the japanese crowd just came to see C. Ronaldo doing the twist and twirl around the ball like an asthmatic breakdancer.). But they also focused on Matsui playing for le Mans (this team has an actually High School level) and many other worthless footballers in Europe, just because they were japanese. This Ishikawa guy is another tarentless tarento; he's japanese, polite, shy,he still has acnea but his mother is already thinking about marriage: same old same old in Yamato. I also suspect that the poor performance of japanese athletes in the international arena is definitely due to the fans beeing easily satisfied with peanuts and beeing ethnocentric: Hide Nakata retired when he was 29? Bashing anyone? Nope, he's now advertising some crap. In one or two decades, Japan will probably create some sports in which only Japanese could compete: inago charming, extreme soba eating and of course the Zenkoku Baatendaa Long Island Ice Tea Sheikingu!!! That would make everyone happy.
Posted in: Some teed off by Japanese media swarming over Ishikawa
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GenevaMan
I am sadly amazed that nobody pointed out that he was an alcoholic. According to the media, he is just "somebody who likes alcohol". Alcoholism is a disease and even though many Japanese people consume way too much alcohol, alcoholism is not recognized as a disease in this country.
A lot of my japanese friends drink at home, everyday, alone. This is alcoholism, plain and simple. Nakagawa's behaviour should have, at least, raised some awareness about this issue, but it seems that it won't happen.
Posted in: Nakagawa seen 'misbehaving' at Vatican; Russian official says he acted like 'brain was turned off'
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GenevaMan
In the case of Japan,nope, it won't change much. Japan has a very complex consumerist attitude: people identify themsleves so much with brands that if you won't keep buying and showing off some specific articles, you won't be able to belong to your group anymore.Some goods are so fetishized that people don't even think about its market price; some young people sold their own body to buy some specific goods, and I am quite sure that a lot of them are ready to go down to one meal a day to afford some crap.
For me, the good side of this recession would be strong yen, that allow me to travel at very good prices.
Posted in: Amid the global recession, do you see the end of rampant consumerism and is that ultimately a good thing?
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GenevaMan
Ishihara: "In Japan now, people don’t have dreams."
Yep, but if they had, they wouldn't have voted for you.
Posted in: Tokyo Big Talk
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GenevaMan
Might be rude, but the real questions is: Will they be still alive in 2016?
Posted in: Tokyo Big Talk
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GenevaMan
LOL,
No no, in Europe we have some drunk blokes too:
Here is Dardenne (Belgian politician, mayor of Bruges city):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCgp6eZ8JHU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be21BdEyEgM&feature=channel_page
And the best one might be Sarkozy in a G8 summit, after having some good time with Vladimir Putin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4u3449L5VI
Nakagawa-sama drank because of the economic gloomy forecasts. Rome has excellent restaurants. Looking at the way he spoke and his relaxed way to handle questions, I bet it's Chianti (or a "Riserva" Montepulciano d'Abruzzo) :D
Posted in: Finance minister under fire for sloppy behavior at G-7 meeting
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GenevaMan
Yes and no. Considering that many notorious unqualified european teams can thrash any asian team anyday, and also before Australia joined the asian qualifications, they used to be thrashed by the fifth South American team, beeing qualified in the Asian pool is (to World standard), not that big, I think. Unfair for all the badass european, african and South American teams if you ask me, but shouganai, even though Asia doesn't weight that much in football (yet), they need to be represented, but still a pain in the ass for many great teams and fans who cannot see their team at the WC and look at some spastic asian team crawling in the 18-yard.
Tonight's game was "same old same old". Japan needs a cocky striker, and the Aussies looked for the draw. Aussies 1- Japan-0
Posted in: Japan, Australia draw 0-0 in World Cup qualifier
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GenevaMan
@ northlondon: space monkey is showing some footbalistic pride, and there is nothing wrong about that (and considering how nationalistic Japan gets when it's about sports...).
If Japan "gets dirty", they'll lose, plain and simple. The only thing that will be dirty is when the samurai blue will get spastic in the 18-yard.
I hope the Aussies win, to have (at least) some fun watching fujiTV on the 12th. Gambare Aussies!!!
Posted in: Japan prepared to 'get ugly' against Australia in World Cup qualifier
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GenevaMan
My thought exactly. I went to Kokuritsu to watch the olympic squad just before the Olympics (VS Argentina, the game was stopped 10 before the end due to heavy rain): they were ok(even though they lost). But then they turned spastic during the Olympics, and I would deinitely think that the JFA should organize a match J-Bums VS Nadeshiko Japan.
I wouldn't hold my breathe for the next game,: looking at the match reports, Australia lost some skills, probably due to the fact that Hiddink and his "homeopathic" treatments is not here anymore; Japan, well, is Japan, and its irregular performances are not making the game more interesting, but completely UFOesque most of the time.
Japan and Australia are qualified anyway. I am just hoping for an Aussie victory, then the local media would stop with their post-modern-nationalistic bangumi showing nakamura like Morpheus in matrix.
Posted in: Japan faces big challenge against Australia in World Cup qualifier
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GenevaMan
Japan has loads of different bands and genres. J-Pop is as bad as this new RnB soup westerners are given through TV and FM. You can be in any kind of music, you can find what you like in Japan. Just switch off your TV: I am into metal, and there are loads of excellent and talented bands in Town, not to mention many eclectic live houses.
I don't really get the comparison between rock icons and J-Pop cheap stuff. The correct comparison would J-Pop VS Beyonce, Rihanna, and all those worthless stuff (that is also produced by huge industries as well).
Posted in: J-pop industry taking the music out of music business
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GenevaMan
Southern AllStars,
the Chigasaki hear-raping middle aged gang
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GenevaMan
Watch out Good Jorb, a mighty J-blueman cop already read your comment and is ready to strike your home.
Internet is what it is. If you have the guts to show your face, be ready to be bashed, humiliated, ridiculized or whatever. Japan's internet is probably the harshest. If you don't have the shell for that, then don't hold a blog. Period.
Posted in: 18 people to be prosecuted over insulting messages on comedian's blog
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GenevaMan
Internet is the last place where we can have freedom of speech.
Even though I am not happy about stuff like stormfront, 2chan coward flamers, various criminal blogs etc... that is the price to pay to keep the internet free.
If you start a blog, then you'll have to expect the consequences and deal with any kinds of comments: could be keeping them, replying or deleting them; but suing people is a b#### move.
Posted in: 18 people to be prosecuted over insulting messages on comedian's blog