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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Himajin
HAARP operates on a level that does not interfere with local radio! IF HAARP could create waves that were strong enough to cause an earthquake strong enough to be classed as the 4th biggest in history, communications around the planet would cease to operate, GPS would be affected. It doesn't knock off FM radio in Alaska when it's operating, and it caused a M9 quake?
HAARP cannot be pinpointed anywhere.
Posted in: Look! Up in the sky! It's an earthquake!
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Himajin
Something was going on...we lived in Miki at the top of a rise at the time of the Hanshin quake. I woke up because the birds outside our bedroom window stopped singing all at once. I looked out and our dog was furiously digging a hole, and the dog across the street that usually barked the entire time it was awake had shut up for the first time in 7 years, and was just sitting. The light level outside was that of sun with cloud cover.....then the quake hit.
It was a few months before I realized that it should have been pitch black that time of morning. I shouldn't have been able to see anything outside.
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Himajin
HAARP, with antennae pointed straight up over Alaska, non-movable, that generates radio waves that don't interrupt local radio broadcasts, moves Japan 70cm.
Uh-huh.........
Posted in: Look! Up in the sky! It's an earthquake!
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Himajin
Thank you Mods, the wording of the article gave me the impression that it was a done deal.
Posted in: Japan to offer 10,000 free trips to foreigners to boost tourism industry
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Himajin
Too funny! That was the pits, wasn't it?
Posted in: Japan to offer 10,000 free trips to foreigners to boost tourism industry
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Himajin
A link would be nice, I found nothing so far on the JTA website.
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Himajin
If that were true, food poisoning outbreaks in the home would outnumber those of restaurants, but that isn't the case. I've never had anyone get sick from something I cooked at home, in 40 years ( started cooking in junior high)
The main factors are causing food poisoning outbreaks in restaurants/school lunches are-
1.Food-borne pathogens 2.Cross-contamination (knives, cutting surfaces etc) 3.Improper cooling/storage techniques (food needs to be cooled to below the bacteria-breeding temp zone as fast as possible, and raw food can't be stored above cooked,but these are common violations) 4.Inadequate hand washing by restaurant employees, inadequate washing of foods.
Salmonella in melons is on the surface, most likely from birds pooping on the melons in the field , or melons being washed in contaminated water. Unlike meat, fruit doesn't naturally harbor E-coli and salmonella, it has to come from an another source. Which leads back to poor hygiene. Cooking melon isn't the answer, but washing fruit properly certainly is.
Posted in: New regulations take effect for restaurants serving raw beef dishes
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Himajin
'Old news'? You claimed none exist....
Posted in: New regulations take effect for restaurants serving raw beef dishes
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Himajin
Do take a look at my 3:47 post of information on the regs for meat to be eaten raw, which you claimed did not exist. That addressed what you posted as well.
Posted in: New regulations take effect for restaurants serving raw beef dishes
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Himajin
What 'toxins'? Do you care to elaborate? This article deals with food poisoning, which is mainly caused by bacteria.....E-coli, salmonella, listeria, etc.
Yes, there are many strains of E-coli, some more toxic than others, is listing them germane to the discussion? There is no doubt that there is more than one strain of E-coli that causes food poisoning.
You said that cooking meat does not get rid of toxins, I said that cooking meat will rid it of any food-borne bacteria, but does not get rid of prions. I DID address what you wrote.
Posted in: New regulations take effect for restaurants serving raw beef dishes
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Himajin
E-coli and other meat-borne bacteria is what kills people, and cooking until well-done will kill it all. Bacteria can remain in the middle of a rare or medium rare burger. Chicken should always be well-cooked as well. Pork cooking temperatures (for chops, roasts) were lowered a few years ago because trichinosis in pork has been virtually eradicated.
The one thing you can't kill with heat is Creutzfeldt-Jackob disease as it's a prion.
Posted in: New regulations take effect for restaurants serving raw beef dishes
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Himajin
The temperature and handling standards are different, meat meant to be cooked was eaten raw. As you can see by the posted article, it may be happening a lot....this restaurant took the risk and lost.
Posted in: New regulations take effect for restaurants serving raw beef dishes
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Himajin
The ministry's sanitary standard for edible raw beef was set in 1998 after a fatal food poisoning in 1996. In this incident, eight people died after eating raw beef liver and other food tainted with enterohemorrhagic E. coli O-157. The standards require meat processors that ship meat to be eaten raw have equipment for handling raw meat and process the meat at 10 C or lower.
According to the ministry, of about 200 processors nationwide, only 11 in fiscal 2008 and 12 in fiscal 2009 cleared the standards to ship meat to be eaten raw. However, these shipments were for horse meat and horse liver, not beef. The ministry began gathering statistics on meat shipments by type in fiscal 2008.
Beef for raw consumption procured by restaurants through other channels that met the standards during this period was possibly served at some restaurants, but the ministry believes most raw-meat dishes served were made from meat that was supposed to have been cooked.
As there is no punishment for not meeting the standards, restaurants likely knowingly **served meat meant to be cooked **as yukhoe or sashimi.
"The restaurants are aware of the possible danger of what they're doing, but they can't resist serving those popular dishes," an official of the All Japan Yakiniku Association said. "So, they accept the responsibility of serving them."
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110504004563.htm
Posted in: New regulations take effect for restaurants serving raw beef dishes
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Himajin
Since when am I a "J-basher'?
Posted in: New regulations take effect for restaurants serving raw beef dishes
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Himajin
Oh really? Then NHK was lying through it's teeth, as well as Hodo Station when they did the reports on it? They sold the meat for a much higher price than it was worth. Documents from the meat company were shown onscreen.
And what's with the 'again'?
Posted in: New regulations take effect for restaurants serving raw beef dishes
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Himajin
Posted in: Is this the shortest escalator in the world?
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Himajin
Yes, I did, Ed, there are 8.
How high are those 8 steps?
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Himajin
This new ruling makes no sense. The problem was that meat labeling was falsified. There are grades of meat that can be eaten raw, and a meat packing company labeled lesser grades of meat as edible raw to maximize profits. I do not see how this new regulation deals with the problem that occurred at all.
Posted in: New regulations take effect for restaurants serving raw beef dishes
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Himajin
A wheelchair ramp to span 8 steps would take a lot more room. For someone who is disabled or very elderly, those 8 steps could be a formidable obstacle.
Posted in: Is this the shortest escalator in the world?
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Himajin
With a natto alarm, I'd be too busy gagging to run from a fire!
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