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  GrouchyGaijin at 08:57 AM JST - 9th April

  Fukuda + Effective Action Plan = Oxy + Moron!

  Posted in Fukuda sees need for Japanese action plan to tackle global warming at 08:57 AM JST - 9th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 08:54 AM JST - 9th April

  Mainland Chinese, easy! In the main square in Frankfurt last week 200 of them descended from tour buses, coughing and spitting phlegm, tossing cigarette butts, hollering loudly ("Do-ya, do-ya! Mei-yo, mei-yo!") across the platz, and they moved in one odiferous mob from one point to the next, all the while…

  Posted in In your experience, which country's tourist groups tend to behave badly wherever they go? at 08:54 AM JST - 9th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 08:47 AM JST - 9th April

  "Afghanistan Humanitarian Crisis Worsens", ICRC. I just love when Amerika blesses countries with "Freedom".

  Posted in Ahmadinejad accuses U.S. of using 9/11 as pretext for invasions at 08:47 AM JST - 9th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 08:37 AM JST - 9th April

  Boars, bears, deer and monkeys all coming to town to feed. That's what you get when you destroy their natural habitat and plant sugi-monoculture. Way to go Ministry of Forestry!

  Posted in Boar attacks 5 in Osaka, then barges into kindergarten at 08:37 AM JST - 9th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 09:56 PM JST - 8th April

  Gore's new movie here: http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/243

  Posted in Obama says he would consider Gore for cabinet position at 09:56 PM JST - 8th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 03:18 PM JST - 8th April

  Isn't IHI up to its legal ears in "Dango" investigations?

  Posted in JFE, IHI enter talks to unify shipbuilding operations at 03:18 PM JST - 8th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 03:16 PM JST - 8th April

  JPY23,000, and how many lives destroyed? I'm beginning to think that the inability to see any of this objectively, or imagine the consequences of their actions, has become a national character disorder.

  Posted in Man accepts death penalty for killing 2 relatives at 03:16 PM JST - 8th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 03:00 PM JST - 8th April

  Actually, there is method in this madness. Nissan's brain is in France a la Carlos Ghosn. New models are in the works which are NiMeHydride hybrids, and which will be in vogue by 2010 and onwards. Toyota is working on similar vehicles, as are others. This is pre-positioning in a…

  Posted in Nissan to build and sell commercial vehicles in U.S. starting in 2010 at 03:00 PM JST - 8th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 02:50 PM JST - 8th April

  Oh, there's no benefit for Japan! There's benefit for Marubeni, though. Especially if you register that section of the company overseas and don't have to pay 50% corporate tax in Japan. (How far are the Caymans?) Plus you get to pack on the "costs" (read profits) and pass them along…

  Posted in Marubeni discovers crude oil in Gulf of Mexico at 02:50 PM JST - 8th April

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  GrouchyGaijin at 02:41 PM JST - 8th April

  Toyota Hi-Ace vans are (or were at least) a favorite of the "traveling people" in Ireland, colloquially referred to as "knackers" . On a business trip there a long time ago I heard Toyota even mention it in a commercial, "Drive a Hi-Ace, 100,000 knackers can't all be wrong!" The…

  Posted in Vehicle rip-offs change with the times at 02:41 PM JST - 8th April