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As parent from two schoolboys and a schoolgirl, we think that school uniforms are a very…
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Plastic monkey nails it.
Posted in: TV commercial of the week: Hikkoshizamurai
The villa remix of rolling in the deep is worth a listen
Posted in: Adele dominates Grammy ceremony, clouded by Houston's death
cleoFeb. 15, 2012 - 02:37AM JST "Whether an industry is "dead" or not depends entirely on…
Posted in: Confrontation
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Most posts are at -3?
Fess up: Which one of you Japan Today users is a yak?
Posted in: Olympus scandal indirectly linked to yakuza: report
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They don't call it Bootan for nothing.
Posted in: Nice boots
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If you think the plays are well executed...!
Posted in: Japan national anthem booed in N Korea at World Cup qualifier
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Of course there's a gangster angle. The company that received the hundred-billion-yen payoff has been strongly intimated in the Japanese press as having gangster ties. The J-media are just too cowardly to come out and say it.
He will be safe because the police would be embarassed if anything happened to him, and the j-mafia is wary about directly embarassing the cops like that. The j-mafia will lay off. It's called professional courtesy.
Posted in: Ousted Olympus CEO Woodford to return to Japan next Wed
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Because so are people. Less crime when your criminals and other citizens are floating to California.
Posted in: Potpourri of post-quake crimes contradicts foreign media's reporting of placid Japanese
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Good point Jeff. There's only two depths for most Japanese: Hotel kiddie pool, and unswimmable. I don't understand the terror of swimming out of your depth.
Posted in: Outdoors on the cheap
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Drinking 10yo BN would be lik eating antique sushi.
Posted in: Beaujolais Nouveau goes on sale at 12:01 a.m.
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The earlier the better. Let's get this over with.
Posted in: Beaujolais Nouveau goes on sale at 12:01 a.m.
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On reflection I have to eat crow and apologize to GG.
He was still wrong, but military spending is closer to 25-36% of revenue.
Posted in: Obama says U.S. to base 2,500 Marines in Australia, rankling China
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@GG
I don't downvote people because I disagree with them, but I'm downvoting you for gross factual mispresentation.
The US military budget is 17% of tax revenue. Also, the idea of "too big to fail" is absurd when applied to the public sector. Perhaps you meant that American local economies are overly dependent on and beholden to military spending.
Posted in: Obama says U.S. to base 2,500 Marines in Australia, rankling China
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Not to worry, Gogogo, I upvoted you for your choice of inconography.
Posted in: Intoxicated student illegally enters grounds of Uniqlo president's home
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There might be some legal nuance between wandering onto property and intentionally thwarting security such as walls and gates.
Posted in: Intoxicated student illegally enters grounds of Uniqlo president's home
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Foxie, marry me! There's nothing like hiking to an alpine lake and swimming to the other side. I never understand why no-one swims in these gorgeous, pristine lakes. "It's dirty". Dirtier than sweating your way up a mountain? I think not.
Good ideas for the rest of the activities.
Also, unless you're actually on hardcore trails, you really don't need a full-on mountain bike with suspension and knobby tires. You just need a sturdy bike with mid-width tires and a good gear ratio. With Google Maps, you can even reconnoitre the route from outer space.
Posted in: Outdoors on the cheap
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@spida
My point was to limit it to non-landlocked countries. I think it's fair to assume that landlocked countries are not going to be doing much fishing in international waters -- or any ocean waters, for that matter.
In other words, countries with fishing industries fish in international waters. It's hardly unusual.
Posted in: Japanese whaling: Why the West is in the wrong
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Thanks, I was not aware of that. In that case, it's not an abuse of power.
Posted in: Cain sex accuser goes public in New York; he denies it on late-night TV
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I hear there are rules for preserving traditional dress in Bhutan, hence the getup of the couple.
Posted in: Nice boots
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Red herring. Can you name a nation that does not fish in international waters?
Posted in: Japanese whaling: Why the West is in the wrong
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Does Olympus make movie cameras?
Posted in: Olympus to correct 20 years of financial figures
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Most of the stuff in the Great Pacific Garbage Partch is small particulate plastics. Also, the 3-11 debris is a drop in the great bucket of the Pacific. He will have other problems, marital fidelity among them.
Posted in: Frenchman to swim from Tokyo to San Francisco
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Best gateaux chocolat in Hokkaido is 30 seconds from this tree. At the bakery on the northwest corner of this atrium.
Posted in: Sapporo Factory