Monday May 28, 2012

HansNFranz's past comments

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    HansNFranz

    In any other country, Kitano would be just another bitter old loser. In Japan, he can have a big career. Huh.

    Posted in: Beat Takeshi compares same-sex marriage with bestiality

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    HansNFranz

    I had people mention to me that Kitano Takeshi is considered an intellectual in Japan. A comedian yes, but also an intellectual. I have yet to hear a statement from him that would support that notion. I also don't find him funny, but that's just my taste in comedians I guess.

    Posted in: Beat Takeshi compares same-sex marriage with bestiality

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    HansNFranz

    Ah, Tokudane - the worst show ever, in any country. A collection of the most repulsive people Japan's TV has to offer.

    Posted in: Rei Kikukawa to become co-host of Fuji TV's 'Tokudane'

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    HansNFranz

    I just checked the nutritional info on a bottle and it contains Aspartam L - is Aspartam not considered a sweetener in Japan?

    Posted in: Kirin releases fat-busting cola

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    HansNFranz

    What the people complaining are actually disgusted about is themselves - it's the same as with those US politicians who are anti-gay hardliners, and then get caught in airport bathrooms having sex with men.

    Posted in: AKB48 candy ad criticized for encouraging homosexuality

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    HansNFranz

    I think it's not that remarkable that men who are desperate for sex do not care about the looks or character of a woman. But what I find remarkable is that they gave this woman so much money - all their savings in one case - over an extended period of time and repeatedly, without sensing that something is wrong about her. It may have to do with the fact that it seems normal in this society for a man to "support" a woman, i.e. give her all his money without asking questions. After all, it all comes down to Japan's main problem - the fascination with conspicuous consumption, where people will refuse to buy things at a discount and seek out the same goods at a higher price in order not to appear poor or needy.

    Posted in: Young women interested in how plain-looking 'Black Widow' lured men to their doom

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    HansNFranz

    Well, given the childishness of Japanese officials, it might actually encourage the guy.

    Posted in: Haruka Ayase visits Fukushima police, governor

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    HansNFranz

    @CapnSinbad Very good observation. I have heard similar comments from other Japanese. Better go down than embrace change. But the problem is that Japan won't get simply "smaller", it might go down to levels that people who were growing up during the bubble years will not be able to tolerate. What will the Japanese do with their time once conspicuous consumerism is out of the question?

    Posted in: Japan 'no longer a rich country' by 2050: think tank

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    HansNFranz

    Beyonce sound a bit like beyond, especially when it's spoken in pigin English. Takeshi Kitano really has a brilliant, comedic mind to come up with such gems!

    Posted in: Kitano quips 'Outrage Beyond' could have been 'Outrage Beyonce'

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    HansNFranz

    Now the Oyajis can go back to make private deals on the side and not do much ("moderate" as the Japanese call it). Do you really wonder why there are no Japanese CEOs in foreign companies? Because Japan is so unique! During the bubble, the economy has run itself - because some brilliant engineers came up with products people wanted (like the Walkman). The success of "Japan Inc." was never due to the brilliance of the management. No foreign company wants a corrupt, xenophobic Oyaji who barely can string together an English sentence as a CEO.

    Posted in: Another foreign CEO leaves Japan over 'fundamental disagreements'

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    HansNFranz

    She is like many Japanese women - nice to look at (at least at a young age), but unbearably shallow.

    Posted in: Super Girl

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    HansNFranz

    @mikemcfly87 US technology picked it up first. It does not matter who the US shares the info with, and at what time. Who they let sit in the room is simply based on current allied politics.

    Posted in: N Korea admits failure as world condemns rocket launch

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    HansNFranz

    @NetNinja even more interesting is the fact that the US had the news earlier than Japan. So much for Japanese military technology. I wonder if people here realize that setting up so much needless defense ( Pac3 ) is nothing but a very expensive waste of money which is a form of propaganda on its own right. That money could be better spent towards helping people who are still struggling in Tohoku, or pay off some of Japan's debt.

    Posted in: N Korea admits failure as world condemns rocket launch

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    HansNFranz

    I think one problem is that in Japan, the Japanese people living in a huge city, are far from being cosmopolitan in a sense that they're used to seeing foreigners so much that they barely notice them. In the big cities in the Western world, there are so many different nationalities living together that nobody really can think along the lines of "we're insiders, they're outsiders" - because everyone is in a minority. So, despite of the Tokyo area having 35 million people crammed into a small space, it does not feel like an international, or if you want, liberal place - it feels the same as a backwater village somewhere in Akita-ken. Of course, the right-wing Japanese media also plays a part, blowing up foreigner-related crime out of proportion in relation to the homemade crime and organized crime everybody knows runs big parts of the economy.

    Posted in: How do you feel about being a ‘gaijin’ in Japan?

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    HansNFranz

    @gyouza After the strong winds yesterday (I never said light breeze, by the way), I have to reinforce my viewpoint that the over-the-top sensationalist reporting is doing more harm than good. On the morning shows, I saw reporters running around screaming - yes, screaming - things like "the wind has become stronger", or "there is also rain now", or "let's check this building - yep, it has also been hit hard by the rain!", or "it's very hard to walk against the wind!". If I didn't understand Japanese, I'd probably think a moon-sized Asteroid was about to hit, only judging from the screaming and running of the news reporters. And this is a profession where neutrality and calmness are mandatory, at least where I come from. My point is - if you act like the world is going to end every time there is some bad weather, it can do harm to overall alertness should something actually catastrophic happen. Also, the news reports that one of the people who died yesterday was a 96 year old man climbed onto his roof in the middle of the storm.

    Posted in: 3 dead, 306 injured in 33 prefectures by typhoon-strength storm

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    HansNFranz

    @cletus I agree with you completely. @gyouza I have a hard time understanding you with the absence of pronouns etc., but I can make out that the whole "Typhoon" story for the winds we see today is nothing but sensationalist media reporting? I am really curious as I said I thought this is my first ever Typhoon and so far it is nothing more than a strong wind with occasional gusts. I would merrily take a nice walk outside with a good raincoat on and enjoy the nature. It's not like there's street signs or other huge objects being thrown around that could hit you on the head. And yes, you are right - the way Japanese people managed to stay calm during last years catastrophe, but are in absolute horror when they are caught by a few raindrops is puzzling - not only to me, as you can easily find out by Googling.

    Posted in: 3 dead, 306 injured in 33 prefectures by typhoon-strength storm

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    HansNFranz

    Apsara and Maiko-san, please explain to me then, what is the difference between "Typhoon-strength" and "Typhoon", when the only interesting aspect is the strength of the wind? Is this wind as strong as in a Typhoon, or not? Maiko-san, it is not a mistake, because I was simply using the word Typhoon because that's what the media says it was.

    Posted in: 3 dead, 306 injured in 33 prefectures by typhoon-strength storm

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    HansNFranz

    @tairitsuiken A Japanese person told me that wearing hooded (rain-) jackets is not acceptable in Japan, because it "looks strange". You are rather supposed to carry an umbrella whenever there's a chance of rain . Maybe throw on a face mask so you don't "look strange".

    Posted in: 3 dead, 306 injured in 33 prefectures by typhoon-strength storm

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    HansNFranz

    This is my first Typhoon ever. I'm quite disappointed. At home, we'd call this a strong wind at best, if we even felt it important enough to bring up in a conversation. I am starting to feel like the natural phenomena in Japan are more feared than there's need to. But again, what to expect from people who make a mad dash for a building when a single drop of rain hits them.

    Posted in: 3 dead, 306 injured in 33 prefectures by typhoon-strength storm

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    HansNFranz

    Don't go home early - how is Japan supposed to catch up to China and Korea you careless herbivores? 25m/s is nothing. I'd happily send my kids outside to play or fetch me a beer, if I had any.

    Posted in: 3 dead, 306 injured in 33 prefectures by typhoon-strength storm

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