JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
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NoSoEaWe
This helps the Asian economy, for sure, but Japan is still the most expensive country to travel in Asia and one of the most expensive in the world. So, I don't think other Asians will save any more money by vacationing in Japan than in Europe or North America.
Posted in: Asians to travel more within Asia as downturn hardens
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NoSoEaWe
Well, yes, for whatever it's worth, all top ten airlines of 2009 picked by the World Airline Awards were from Asia and Oceania:
http://www.worldairlineawards.com/index.htm
Posted in: Passengers see improvements in U.S. airline services
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NoSoEaWe
I think the whole Japanese-Korean controversy may have started because the Korean word "ilbu" for "some" or "part" is similar to the Korean word "ilbon" for "Japan". But, neither SBS (the Korean TV station responsible for first airing the story) nor Kim specifically named any specific nationality. During the warm-ups or practices at international competitions there are skaters from several countries who naturally get in each other's way, so it's not a problem only between the Korean and Japanese skaters.
Posted in: Kim wins gold, Ando takes bronze, Asada 4th at world figure skating championships
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NoSoEaWe
"I was thinking about being a champion again, but instead of thinking about that, I needed to have concentrated on completing my elements," said Asada, who had clearly been crying. - The Associated Press, 03/28/09
Posted in: Kim wins gold, Ando takes bronze, Asada 4th at world figure skating championships
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NoSoEaWe
Meaning?
Posted in: Kim wins gold, Ando takes bronze, Asada 4th at world figure skating championships
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NoSoEaWe
I heard that Mao's ankle was tender entering the competition, so she wasn't in her top shape. But, Kim competed injured in the world competitions, in the past, too, and suffered losses to Mao. Kim obviously had the best night of her career yet, while it just wasn't Mao's night. She's naturally Korea's new heroine for lifting the spirit of Koreans after their disappointment from Korea's WBC loss. Congratulations, Yu-na Kim!
Posted in: Kim wins gold, Ando takes bronze, Asada 4th at world figure skating championships
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NoSoEaWe
Well, then you should be against most Americans and other English-speaking nationalities who believe that non-English-speaking natives must learn to speak English to them in countries where English is not the primary or, even, secondary language.
Moderator: Back on topic please.
Posted in: Ichiro won't talk about jealous teammates, divisive clubhouse
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NoSoEaWe
Maybe being bullish is a bit too optimistic, but, this time around, Japan may indeed recover before other advanced economies, including and especially the U.S.
Posted in: Why I’m bullish on Japan
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NoSoEaWe
teleprompter, nope, it's still too early to take that title away from the Bush/Cheney Administration and give it to the Obama's.
Posted in: Geithner unveils sweeping overhaul of U.S. financial system
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NoSoEaWe
In other words, he wasn't really trying to punch the lady, but, rather, she got in the way of his arm that he stretched to be more comfortable inside the packed train.
But, surely, the Japanese are the most orderly and well-mannered people on Earth, aren't they? This must have been a rare, isolated incident.
Posted in: Man held for punching 50-yr-old woman on Saitama train over playing games on cell phone
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NoSoEaWe
But, that's precisely the problem, if those R&D don't translate to exports, it won't do much good for Japan whose econonmic survival is so critically dependent on her exports. How about Japan and other Asian countries investing in becoming more economically self-sufficient? Or, even, becoming less dependent on the West for trades and trading more among themselves in Asia to be more robust against the economic downturns in the West that would hurt their exports?
Posted in: Why I’m bullish on Japan
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NoSoEaWe
I wonder if Japan has much to gain politically from it's overreaction to NK as NK itself has from the launch. Probably does.
Posted in: Japan goes into crisis mode for possible N Korea missile launch
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NoSoEaWe
OssanAmerica, it's hard to believe that of all Korea's neighbors, Japan would not be the one most nervous about unified Korea. While China, Russia, and USA may be concerned from their international power politics perspective, they do not have any real reason to fear unified Korea as an economic threat to any of them. For Japan, however, unified Korea may someday threaten it economically as an even more powerful rival, so it's not the same. In short, Japan is probably the country which would really oppose the unification of the two Koreas more than any other country in the world.
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