JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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Confrontation
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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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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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Hoolie
Eminent domain (compulsory purchase, resumption, compulsory acquisition, or expropriation) is not legally recognized in Japan. The state does not have the right to simply force you to sell your property, or even to force property owners to tear down eyesore buildings. The worst they can do is force vacation of structurally unsafe structures and even that is difficult.
In any event, most of these narrow roads would be better handled by converting the neighbourhoods, as has been done in many parts of Tokyo, into well marked one-way grids and lowering the speed limits. Speed humps would also be a welcome addition in many neighbourhoods, and an excellent use for recycled rubber from used tyres.
Posted in: 72-year-old man arrested for hitting 8-year-old girl with car in Chiba
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Hoolie
Wow. That ranks right up there with "the tramp was wearing a miniskirt, so she deserved it." Just because a woman is a sex worker does not turn rape into shoplifting... sex is either consensual, or it is not consensual... and given that he gained entry to the building by kicking the door in, it's not particularly likely that this bloke was a paying customer.
Posted in: MSDF seaman arrested for rape, theft after breaking into Hyogo brothel
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Hoolie
Make it simple - in the spirit of the original Olympic games, just even the playing field and have all the competitors compete in the buff.
Added bonus - more people would actually watch.
Posted in: Irie frustrated over swimsuit debates
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Hoolie
The article makes it sound like the police immediately apologized when Aum was identified... Kono didn't receive an apology from the police until 2002.
Posted in: Ken Ishiguro to star as wrongly accused in drama about sarin gas attack in Matsumoto
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Hoolie
A spanner is a wrench.
Murderers rarely switch weapons - the likely scenario here is that the wife strangled the child and the husband bashed her skull in with a wrench when he found out.
Posted in: Tokyo man on nationwide wanted list for murdering wife and son
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Hoolie
Not long at all.
"tonari ha chikan. untennsan he." 隣は置換 運転さん呼んへ
Posted in: Man arrested for kissing woman during overnight bus trip in Shimane
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Hoolie
You think so?
Let's review:
He doesn't need psychological help, he needs a thorough beating, lengthy prison term, chemical castration and an ankle bracelet for life.
Same basic kind of sick pervert as the case above, but made worse by the fact that he was employed in a position where he was trusted to oversee the safety and well being of children.
He deserves the same as the 18 year old above, except he should serve his prison term in general population.
The other two cases at least involved post-pubescents.... they still need a hitch behind bars, neutering and monitoring.
Posted in: 4 charged in underwear theft cases in Aichi, Chiba, Kanagawa and Niigata
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Hoolie
Actually, in Japan, the majority of the homeless are homeless by choice. They are men that came to Tokyo to work or find work, and ended up unemployed. They choose to stay in Tokyo, homeless, rather than admit failure and return to their families and home towns. There's even an ordinance that requires local governments to buy them a train or bus ticket home, and a stipend for meals, upon request.
Posted in: There are 'rich' homeless and 'poor' homeless
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Hoolie
Not exactly true. American military prisoners get meat and bread, but that is because their rations are provided by the American military onder the Status of Forces Agreement. Civilian westerners eat the same food as the Japanese prisoners.
Posted in: Cozy prisons coddle foreign inmates
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Hoolie
Surprised that nobody made a comment about letting the teachers know that they will be held personally and criminally responsible if they encourage bullying in any form, tacitly or otherwise.
A surprisingly large amount of the bullying that goes on in Japanese schools is not only something that teachers are aware of, in many cases, they are actively encouraging it.
Posted in: What is the best way to eradicate bullying from schools?
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Hoolie
Got the nail on the head right there. Japan is 12th worldwide in this one area... not a bad place to be.
Part of the reason, by the way, is that newborns that would otherwise be considered without hope in other countries are kept on life support until they are at least a year old in Japan.
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Hoolie
As a trained first responder myself, I can verify that a stab wound to the abdomen can be extremely hard to diagnose. If the victim is sitting up or lying in the fetal position, they can seal the wound and hide the small amount of blood that has already been shed, making it impossible to see.
A more accurate assessment of the situation is how many people with life-threatening wounds were saved - despite any criticism levied, the ambulance crews and police did an excellent job with that scene.
Kato was stabbing people in the abdomen with an upward thrust and twist, attempting to hit the heart and, barring that, damage as many other organs as possible. He succeeded in hitting the heart in three cases.
Five of the victims died at the scene (two that were run over by the truck and crushed, and three stabbing victims), two died in hospital after (one from the truck, and Muto). The victims that died on scene were already in cardiac arrest when the ambulances arrived.
The other eight stab victims all survived, while the remaining injuries from the truck assault were superficial.
Posted in: Medical priority system handled badly at Akihabara rampage scene
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Hoolie
ey Coligny
I think I have the phone you're talking bout - you need to go into Regional preferences, and set the code page to Japanese before it will work. It is not enough to have the code page enabled - it must be the default code page.
Posted in: Apple's iPhone could find Asia tough to crack
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Hoolie
FD - the thing to remember is that incidents like this are national level news in Japan. In other countries, something like this would be a footnote. Seeing stories like this in the news isn't what should concern you - it's when you stop seeing them.
That is a load of complete and utter tripe. The most common practice here is for the new mother to spend her first month at her parents' (or husband's parents') home, where her relatives can help her learn to care for the child as well as taking some of the initial load off. If there are existing younger children, they will go with their mother. All of my Japanese friends and colleagues whose wives have given birth have complained of missing their wives and children during these periods.
Posted in: Ibaraki woman arrested for drowning 13-day-old son in bathtub