JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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LouReed
Well Japan what are u going to do about this? The answer is nothing just like everything else! What a spineless irrevelant country you have become.
Posted in: Japan protests to China over undersea gas drilling
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LouReed
It's the first plan that actually make senses! Of course the waste should be stored there and like another poster said it should be stored in the stay out area! People need to come to grips with that they will not be able to live in these teas for hundreds of years. All of these plans to remove top soil, use giant washing machines are just pipe dreams. The government needs to quit asking and take the land and implement their plan.
Posted in: Noda presses Fukushima to accept waste storage plan
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LouReed
The US should close all the bases in Japan as we cant afford them, they aren't needed and Japan needs to take more of a leadership role in providing security in Asia.
Posted in: Protesters block delivery of U.S. base environment report to Okinawa government
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LouReed
Taking potentially radioactive material and burning it in the largest metropolis in the world for for all of us to breath is incredibly stupid.
Posted in: Tokyo starts disposal of tsunami debris from Iwate
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LouReed
I meant Japan today, you bring up this or a similar question every year as well!
Posted in: Do you consider the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be war crimes?
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LouReed
Every year the Japan Times asks the same question, over and over again. It's time to move on!
Moderator: That's the Japan Times' business, not ours.
Posted in: Do you consider the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be war crimes?
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LouReed
I don't care if he was armed or not. Heck he could be on his knees with his hands on his head and they still should have killed him. This was a justified kill mission plain and simply. This is not equivalent to police exercising a warrant at someones house. Bin Laden was a mass murderer of innocent people that got what he deserved and then dumped into the ocean like a piece of trash.
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LouReed
Suggesting that the U.S. should have put Bin Laden on trial is an amazingly ignorant statement. This was an act of war not a domestic criminal case.
This is how Clinton wanted to deal with Bin Laden when he passed up killing him on 10 separate occasions. Just imagine what the World would look like today if Bubba had pulled the trigger. No 9/11, War in Iraq or Afghanistan nor the collapse of the financial markets. And no enhanced screening and pat downs at the airport.
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LouReed
Yep he was executed and I am extremely happy about it. It sends a message that if you attack the US we'll put a boot in your ass or this case a bullet to the head and one to the chest.
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LouReed
Courtesy of The Red, White and Blue!
It's hard to believe that Pakistani intelligence official didn't know he was located in a posh compound that was only 800 yards from their Military Academy.
Posted in: BIN LADEN BURIED AT SEA AFTER BEING KILLED IN FIREFIGHT WITH U.S. FORCES
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LouReed
What are the procedures to ensure that these vegetables do not contain higher than normal levels of radiation? Is there a government regulated testing process or are these farmers just loading up their trucks and heading to Tokyo?
Posted in: Growers bring their produce direct to Tokyo consumers
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LouReed
This body scanning is a joke, profile high risk individuals and quit targeting grandma and grandpa.
Posted in: Scanners and pat-downs upset airline passengers in U.S.
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LouReed
The waiters/waitresses in Japan are sooo much better that the States plus I do not have to pay an additional 15-20% for them to do their job. The tipping policies in the US are one of the biggest scams businesses ever levied on the American consumer.
Posted in: What are some differences you have observed between waiters and waitresses in restaurants and cafes in Japan and other countries and also the way in which customers treat them?
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LouReed
I agree with all of your comments. Of course in a successful family unit collective decision need to be made on how much to spend each week and/or month. This point I took issue with and one you highlighted was that the husband was being dictated to on what he could spend each month. The guy in the article who ran out of money and had to have a crappy lunch implied to me that he had no or little control over the financial decisions made by his wife.
Kanpai
Posted in: The shrinking state of Japanese salarymen's pocket money
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LouReed
Too bad revisionists like Ms.Manningham-Buller did not have the courage to come out at the time events were occurring to express her views.
While Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 a lot of Al Qaeda were killed trying to fight the Americans in Iraq after the liberation. As a wise man once said I'd rather fight them in Iraq than at home.
I also must point out that there has not been an attack in America since 9/11 so clearly some of Bush's policies have worked.
Posted in: Ex-MI5 spy chief: No link between Iraq and 9/11
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LouReed
Overseeing the family budget is one thing giving an allowance to your spouse like he or she is a littke kid is another. A concept Cleo is having a hard time coming to grips with. Speaking of Cleo who clearly has some strong opinions on this issue since she has dominated this thread I am interested to know a) if you are married b) do you give your spouse an allowance and if so what do they think of it?
Posted in: The shrinking state of Japanese salarymen's pocket money
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LouReed
These spineless salarymen need to get their balls out of the jar their wife is holding and take control of their life. A wife or a husband giving an allowance to the other is ridiculous and insulting. Next…
Posted in: The shrinking state of Japanese salarymen's pocket money
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LouReed
Coming to Japan in 2011...
Moderator: It opens in Japan on July 23.
Posted in: Nolan, DiCaprio play mind games with 'Inception'
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LouReed
Singapore hands down! Best business class in the industry, great food and of course beautiful flight attendants. The A380 B/C is amazing!! SAS also has a good business class more so for the food and wine than the seats as it seems to last 2-3 hours. Thai is not bad although some of their planes interiors are in need of a serious upgrade. China Airlines?? Check their safety record, not so good!
Posted in: What is your favorite Asian airline and why?
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LouReed
Japan needs to reduce their amount of social spending across the board and encourage more foreign investment. Japan should start off by reducing the retirement wage to 20-30% of you last monthly wage versus the 2/3rds or so it is now. This would encourage people to invest more in the stock market to supplement their retirement which would help to stimulate growth. But just like we are seeing in Europe once people get a taste for government handouts it is very difficult politically to take them away.
Posted in: 10% consumption tax will destroy Japan, argue some