Wednesday February 15, 2012

JeffLee's past comments

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    JeffLee

    "We eat very little fried foods, mostly steamed."

    Katsu and tempura are among the most popular foods in Japan, and both are deep fried. Most of the bento in my local Tokyo takeout shops center around deep-fried fish or meat. Fried is BIJ (big in Japan).

    Posted in: FOODSTORY brings Japanese culinary history to life for American foodies

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    JeffLee

    Japan's renewable energy dependancy is among the lowest in the developed world, and before Fukushima, grassroots interest was nearly zero. What makes it think it's a world leader in this field?!?

    Posted in: Japan to focus on clean energy exports

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    JeffLee

    Mobile check-in users will be sent a 2D barcode upon confirmation and boarding passes can be printed by using barcode scanners at the airport.

    I wonder if it will actually work? ANA's doesn't from time to time. The scanner at ANA's self check in booth failed to read my passport recently, and this was the third time for such a malfunction. Then afterward I had to get into a lineup and wait anyway to check the suitcases. The counter staff member asked us some questions about visas, etc. In other words, the scanning technolgy is useless from the passenger end.

    I prefered the pre-technology approach -- faster and more efficient.

    Posted in: AirAsia to charge for counter check-in service

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    JeffLee

    Radio 1 is a great way of improving one's nihongo listening-comprehension skills, it should be pointed out. This is being called "a service"? Don't most stations around the world stream already, and without calling it "a service"?

    Posted in: NHK to launch NHK Net Radio on Sept 1

  • -1

    JeffLee

    It's nice, but just don't go on weekends, when it DOES resemble downtown Tokyo.

    Posted in: Mount Takao a stunning place to visit

  • 0

    JeffLee

    @Star-viking

    Your statement seems bit of a false equivalency to me.

    Nope. In both cases the operative issue is their "potential" for danger. Pro nukers on both issues focus only on the past track record, downplaying or dismissing possible future scenarios for death and destruction.

    Posted in: A non-nuclear Japan remains questionable

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    JeffLee

    Nuclear weapons have also killed far, far fewer people than conventional weapons have. That doesn't make them safer.

    Posted in: A non-nuclear Japan remains questionable

  • -1

    JeffLee

    She is known as a "talento" in Japan, and that reflects upon Japan and her people.

    So if were to criticize the artistic or musical validity of Ryuichi Sakamoto, who has been based in the US for several years now, I would be America-bashing?!? He is part of the US music scene, after all.

    Clearly, some people are too thin-skinned.

    Posted in: Leah Dizon to make 'comeback' in TV commercials

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    JeffLee

    Sad news, as I've got an HP thin and light notebook and it rocks. Has a 92% size keyboard in a slim 1-kilogram package and half of the price of a Mac. Seems a waste just to throw such manufacturing and engineering prowess away. No wonder American industry is facing inevitable decline and letting China take over.

    Posted in: Hewlett-Packard to end mobile products; may sell PC division

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    JeffLee

    I was on a tour boat the other day in Australia. People leaned over the rails in full view of the captain. None of them wore liefjackets either.

    Was it a small narrow, packed boat lacking motorized power sailing right into a whirlpool?

    Posted in: 2 dead, 3 missing after tour boat capsizes on Shizuoka river

  • -1

    JeffLee

    American tech corporation sells money-making unit to the Chinese, who then reap the rewards. American capitalists WANT their country to lose.

    Posted in: Lenovo says quarterly profit nearly doubles

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    JeffLee

    there's a difference between a boat tour operator, who's responsible for people's safety and what an individual chooses to do for themselves

    In other developed countries, life jackets are mandatory in many state, provincial or local jurisdictions . This involves regular safety inspections by authorities. But this never happens in "safety country" Japan. Japan generally takes a lax attitude toward safety -- and pays the price.

    Posted in: 2 dead, 3 missing after tour boat capsizes on Shizuoka river

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    JeffLee

    Too many Japan Today readers post negative comments about Japan and it's people.

    Where exactly in the posts above yours are people attacking "Japan and its people"? Leah Dizon is American.

    Posted in: Leah Dizon to make 'comeback' in TV commercials

  • -1

    JeffLee

    "Police strongly suspect foul play." I've seen that sentence in another similar story. I was kinda disappointed it wasn't used in this article.

    Posted in: More dismembered body parts found in canisters in Osaka

  • -1

    JeffLee

    A Ginza shopping street and a "massive" mall?! Is this what Tokyoites really need when when escaping Tokyo for a mountain resort in the countryside? I just don't get Japan.

    Posted in: Cool off in Karuizawa

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    JeffLee

    I don' think you can seriously take anything (Taro Aso) said as philosophical or wise.

    Taro Aso is not just another joe. He served as prime minister of Japan, and president of the then ruling party of Japan. When national leaders, former or current, make remarks about their countries, their comments are generally taken seriously.

    Posted in: I'm happy not to fit typical Japanese mold

  • 0

    JeffLee

    This is why I chose Kindle -- it's more consumer friendly. The savings from printing, transportation and other costs should be passed on to the consumer. Apple sucks!

    Posted in: Apple, publishers sued for price fixing

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    JeffLee

    All hope is gone.

    I like to think not. Hope wrests in the domestic economy. Industries here need further deregulation and consumers need more reasons to spend their savings.

    Posted in: Japan's economy contracts for third straight quarter

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    JeffLee

    Once the kami have merged, they can't be removed.

    Fadamor: That, of course, is all just bunk, and we all know it. Shinto is merely a collection of superstitions and nature worship, and is common to all pre-industrial societies, like Pagan Europe. The difference is that other societies discarded their animist religions as more sophisticated ways of thinking evolved. Japanese society, however, over the ages has tried to legitimize it, usually on the grounds of its Japaneseness, since the more profound Buddhism had foreign overtones. As a result, Shinto is a rather simplistic, superficial yet chauvinistic religion. So no intelligent person should ever be concerned these imaginary deities would be offended.

    I would love to see a European country cause a similar international incident over its own Pagan rituals.

    Posted in: LDP leader Tanigaki, former PM Abe among 50 politicians to visit Yasukuni Shrine

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    JeffLee

    Trees and overhead power-lines don't go well together in case of a major quake and they can also be a fire-hazard.

    Well, OK, but do you know of documented cases of boulevard greenery triggering fires or other forms of devastation?

    Your comment did prompt me to check out my old Vancouver neighborhood on Street View. Yep, plenty of tall, big street-side trees and also plenty of overhead power cables, and Vancouver is prone to quakes.

    I wonder if the "trees are dangerous" attitude is just another Japanese urban myth.

    Posted in: Heatwave kills four, sends 900 to hospital throughout Japan

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