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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- 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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Hoserfella: Prove to me that a homerun is more important than an RBI. To me, Ramirez getting 100 RBIs in eight straight seasons is very significant. It proves that he's been able to help his team drive in at least 100 runs a season, which helped to contribute to his team's performance. Yes, you could say that a homerun is also awe-inspiring, but a guy who hits 50 HRs in a season may not necessarily drive in 100 runs. And just because a record seems unreachable, doesn't make it less awe-inspiring or important. People to this day are amazed at the number of hits Pete Rose got, or stolen bases Ricky Henderson was able to swipe. Heck, I'm even impressed when a pitcher is able to go 20-30 innings without allowing a score, or seeing a pitcher pitch a perfect game. As for Bonds' HR record, it too is significant. Yet, you hear very little about his name being mentioned nowadays. Correction, you do hear about him, but only when it is paired with the words "court" and "BALCO".
Posted in: Ramirez puts himself in RBI record books; homers twice
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Why? Don't tell me you never use it on JT. To me, a bit of sarcasm adds a bit of spice to life.
You obviously haven't been paying attention. Yankee fans are counting down to when he would reach 3000 (sometime early next season). I've even seen on Yahoo, where their experts were predicting whether he could reach 4000 and even come close to Pete Rose.
Posted in: Ramirez puts himself in RBI record books; homers twice
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Congratulations to Hawaii and Japan! Wow, Waipahu over Pearland 10-0. Thank god for the mercy rule. What a demolition. It should be a good game. Good luck to both Hawaii and Japan. Hawaii no ka oi!
Posted in: Japan advances to Little League World Series international finals
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Oh really, then why is the American media paying so much attention to Derek Jeter's rise to 3000 hits? There are even talks about whether or not he could reach Pete Rose's record. It must be important if they are giving it so much air time.
Well, although you may think the other records I mentioned is rot, why is it that baseball analysts and the players themselves don't think so? Ask Derek Jeter if he thinks getting Pete Rose's hits record is "rot". Ask Alex Ramirez if he thinks getting 100 RBIs in eight straight seasons is "rot". I bet all the money I have that they would say that it is not.
hoserfella, do you understand what the word "sarcasm" means? I was obviously making a sarcastic response to a previous poster's about Japanese people not caring about 100 RBIs. Honestly, I feel that every baseball fan, whether they be Japanese or not, cares about records and stats. Heck, even most of the athletes themselves, like Ramirez, care about them, but will publicly say, “I only care about wins”, even though deep down inside they would feel happy to get a record. I've even seen some MLB pitchers get upset at some of their players for not helping to preserve a perfect game, because they "cared" about getting that rare achievement.
Posted in: Ramirez puts himself in RBI record books; homers twice
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Really? Then why is it that on mlb.com, Ichiro's record of 262 hits in a season continues to be highlighted in the historical stats section? His picture continues to be shown next to George Sisler and Terry O'Doul.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/stats/index.jsp?tcid=navmlbstats
You're correct, Debucho. The Japanese care more about winning championships than in individual records. Thanks for clearing that up for me. My bad.
By the way, Branded, if you knew anything about baseball, you'll know the "Holy Grail" of records goes something like this:
As for homeruns? Any Tom, Dick, and Harry knows what a homerun is. Besides, with the steroid debate, the homerun records now carry a load full of asterisks.
Even the .400 season batting average gets attention every year a hitter gets close to reaching it.
Posted in: Ramirez puts himself in RBI record books; homers twice
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Mistwizard: I get your point that monogamy is not for everyone. However, he shouldn't have gotten married in the first place. People can still have sex with multiple partners without the marriage. They can even have children without being married. I feel that it is perfectly fine to do so, AS LONG AS YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN THE VOW OF MARRIAGE. After all, the only difference between being married and not being married is the vow you take. If he wasn't happy in a monogamous marriage, he should've divorced, or separated. Yes it would be difficult, but at least it would be more honorable, and the fallout a lot less.
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By the way, manfromamerica, even though the cabbie said that it had nothing to do with the mosque, why is it that you only believe that point about what he has said, but question the rest of his story? Is it because you will only believe things that fit your own agenda too?
Posted in: New York mayor tries to ease tensions after Muslim cabbie knifed
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manfromamerica:
As did you. You also jumped to the conclusion that it had nothing to do with the building of the mosque. It hasn't been proven beyond a doubt in a court of law that it had nothing to do with it. We won't know until a thorough investigation has been done. You preach that people shouldn't jump to conclusions and yet you do the same thing. How can you do that?
Posted in: New York mayor tries to ease tensions after Muslim cabbie knifed
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Like Ramirez breaking Oh's consecutive season RBI record?
Posted in: Ramirez puts himself in RBI record books; homers twice
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manfro: Although you have a point that it is wrong to jump to conclusions when everything about this attack has not been confirmed yet, you obviously stated that "this attack has nothing to do with opposition to the mosque". How do you know that for sure? It may or may not. We won't know until a psych evaluation of the attacker (Michael Enright) has been done. I also believe that it is wrong to jump to conclusions about anything, but you yourself should do the same as well.
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So, if you are not anti-Japan, I guess that means you are pro-Japan. In any case, nice to see Little Leaguers play their hearts out, before dollar signs start to warp their minds, bloating many of their egos and persuading some to turn to steroids.
Posted in: Japan advances to Little League World Series international finals
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Meant to say "Twittering".
Posted in: Companies struggle to deal with workers' Twitter addiction
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Sounds like this Tweeting is becoming a global epidemic. I've heard of even many professional athletes (NFL, NBA) who have been fined by their sports leagues for tweeting during games.
Posted in: Companies struggle to deal with workers' Twitter addiction
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Yes, Ai is a class act. She is definitely one of the few sports stars in the world that is not annoying. Congrats to her!
Posted in: Ai Miyazato wins Safeway Classic; reclaims No. 1 ranking
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Hotbox08
How ironic: infantile comments about something infantile.
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MrDog: True, I also haven't heard of most of these acts. However, determining who is a star and who isn't, is quite subjective if you ask me. I mean, I know many people who don't know who Usher is, but I would consider him a fairly big R&B singer, or many who don't know who Garth Brooks is, but I'd say that he is pretty big in country music.
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Not long until China becomes the #1 economy in the world. Some estimate China to overtake the U.S. within 20 years.
Posted in: China overtakes Japan in 2nd quarter as world's No. 2 economy
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champon: That's a bit harsh, considering I get so many complaints from some of friends visiting Japan about not being able to understand the kanji written on menus in some of the restaurants, and thus not being able to order what they really want. They always demand that shops have colored pictures of the food. Pictures will help many of those people who are too lazy (and believe me, there are many out there), or just can't be bothered to study Japanese.
Posted in: So many choices
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I gotta agree, with all the gorgeous Japanese women you see simply walking the street, many of them would beat out Ms. Itai and have a much better chance of winning.
Posted in: Universal values
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LOL. You're right, kawachi. I wouldn't mix the two either. I was just making a point about how there are many types of Odori during the summer time, and not all of them are "boring" as some posters such as kyrie would have you believe. I just can't understand how anyone would not like the diversity of cultural events, festivals, and dances you can witness and enjoy during this time of year.
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