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Tepco didn't even know how to manually vent their own reactor...... and then the gov't didn't…
Posted in: Japan declined U.S. offer to station nuclear experts in Kan's office: Edano
the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. The worst nuclear accident. Period!
Posted in: Edano says he didn't deliberately mislead public about extent of nuclear crisis
Worried about his daughter's future? Seems he was more worried about his own future!
Posted in: Man attempts suicide after apparently hanging disabled daughter in public restroom
Every time Microsoft brings out a new version of Windows or Office, they take away useful…
Posted in: Microsoft sees 'rebirth' with new Windows 8 system
OH I say! Ding, and very much dong.
Posted in: Satomi Ishihara is 2012 Zespri kiwifruit image character
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Kaptankichigai
@nicky- exactly. please tokyoites and JT readers and writers, remember, tokyo is not the epitome of japan.
Posted in: Carpenter attacks neighbor with hatchet over noise
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Kaptankichigai
10 summoner's tales was his best
Posted in: Sting: 'I want 25 more years of music'
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Kaptankichigai
snooooooooooorre. who cares? another untalented borderline AV trollop who won the lottery by being in the right place at the right time. zzzzzzzzzz
Posted in: Yuko Ogura loses legal fight to block publication of photobook
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Kaptankichigai
The song is cliche drivel meant to pull the heartstrings of anyone who lost a dear ole granny. Anyone falling for it is a part of the expendable masses. I notice she didnt take long to exploit the song for money in toilet cleaning commercials. Drivel like everything else for sale here. As for eating in the toilet, the metaphor is "Dont sh@t where you eat" and it is meant in a totally different context than literally, because where in the whole world would a society actually be f'd up enough to physically sh@t where they eat? Oh.. yeah... the same society that thinks the toilet goddess song is such a touching and heartfelt story....A dying culture. The bungled and the botched.
Posted in: Lonely youth take meals in toilets, and a new subculture springs up
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Kaptankichigai
Unfortunately, Mother to child homicides are far more common than abductions from a parking lot in this country. Odds are, this is a made up story to cover a heinous crime .
Posted in: Police continue search for baby girl feared abducted from car in Oita
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Kaptankichigai
Yes Mark, I appreciate the link too. Its very depressing. Haven't we all done an extreme pose to capture it on film? I know I have. If you watched the news, it didnt really look THAT dangerous. There was a grassy embankment. She must have REALLY lost her balance to have fallen all the way in. Tragic, truly..
Posted in: Body of Japanese woman found below Niagara Falls
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Kaptankichigai
I like Foxie's and Patrick Smash's posts as usual. I have never, EVER had "sparks fly" when in the same room with a fellow expat and the conversation switched to Japanese. Humility is a virtue and you would have to be an ABSOLUTE TOOL to act like your second language skills represented some character attribute. Most expats are just trying to get by and will find friendship the same way they would in their homeland. Would you have treated Yuko this way were the roles reversed and you were in YOUR home country? There is NO contest here. There is NO competition among foreigners. We are all pioneers in a Globalizing culture and should treat each other as well as our hosts with respect.
Posted in: Was I a date, a friend or just a potential English teacher?
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Kaptankichigai
Right Steve. everyone should avoid kindergartens in case another tsunami comes and the bus they are on doesnt turn back. How about when a kid gets a haircut? he/she is in the care of paid help... Or at the doctors office? Yes, we can all avoid these tragedies by locking our children n a padded room and never trusting anyone near them or allow them out of our sight.
Posted in: Parents of 4 children in bus swept away by tsunami sue kindergarten
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Kaptankichigai
Steve, your opinion is just that. Stop trying to pass it off as fact. The 10 to 1 ratio you are pulling out of thin air to support your opinion is not true. Japan Gal is correct. 6 to 1 is the ratio and in most cases a bit high. This is for pre-schools and kindergartens NOT Primary schools. Also children do NOT require constant attention. Supervision, yes. Attention- no. Children, even small ones are capable of entertaining themselves and being autonomous in a safe environment. A happy mother working (if that makes her happy) is way more important to a child than a miserable one staying at home.
Posted in: Honey, do you mind going back to work?
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Kaptankichigai
Foxie is right except that it doesnt have to be the woman. Just one parent should work and the other maintain the home and manage the offspring. Plenty of ways to cut expenses. No none has to go hungry here.
Posted in: Honey, do you mind going back to work?
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Kaptankichigai
17 years old so with the 10 year Japanese maturity conversion she is 7. Yes, lets stop and consider her dreams and opinions on men.
Posted in: Emi Takei has her sights set on Hollywood
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Kaptankichigai
his wife thinks he has been going to work for the last 2 months.
Posted in: Sunny side up
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Kaptankichigai
Paul Stanley has really aged well. Where's Ace?
Posted in: New magazine SAMURAI.JP launches in search of Japan’s lost values
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Kaptankichigai
anyone can kill anyone, but im sure you can google search bone and muscle density of 71 one year olds compared to 32 year olds as well as osteoporosis probability as well as arthritis statistics and I am sure you will find in your "research" that the average 32 year old is in better physical shape and condition than a 71 year old. Oh, or you could open your eyes, leave your computer and step outside and use some common rules of visual deduction. Its not a usual circumstance where a 71 year old man would overpower a 32 year old, statistically or speaking, or realistically. Stop projecting your own wishful thinking that you could overpower anyone.
Posted in: 71-yr-old man arrested for beating 32-yr-old son to death
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Kaptankichigai
Maybe the guy was asleep or drunk and pops grabbed a frying pan...
Posted in: 71-yr-old man arrested for beating 32-yr-old son to death
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Kaptankichigai
@seesaw- and in that order.
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Kaptankichigai
marriage is just the legal document. what we are talking about here is the forming of relationships/partnerships. The actual marriage is incidental to the agreement 2 people make. As long as the needs and expectations are set forth, and then equally met, the union prevails- just as a partnership in business. @tko- the "impact on society" is a redundant concept, as the very thing that makes a society is relationships and interactions. That they fail and re establish-is part of society in its definition.
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Kaptankichigai
@foxie-10 minutes to do it correctly??? im on my third beer in that time.
Posted in: Beer is served
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Kaptankichigai
@tmarie- the job is what you put into it, as any job
Posted in: NEET spouse in the house not such a neat arrangement
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Kaptankichigai
I still dont see how a homemaker is a job to be ashamed of or insulted by. Why assume that any homemaker is not doing his/her share of the familial responsibilities?
Posted in: NEET spouse in the house not such a neat arrangement