JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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To be healthy, live in the big city
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Japan's nuclear safety standards flawed, says commission chief
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Teacher nabbed for using miror to peek up girl's skirt
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From carnivores to herbivores: how men are defined in Japan
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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Nordon
Looks like fundementalist conservatives relying on the imaginations of rumors in order to make hay over everything the president does.
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Nordon
There's very little to worry about whether there were hidden costs or compromises made in this deal.
For one, NK would have to take our word that we'd honor up on whatever so called secret deals some people are theorising. We'd have very little reason to want to anyway, since NK hadn't honored up on their agreements.
So we can reliably assume promises of material use, or alliances were not made.
All I can see here for certain is that NK wanted world recognition, as everyone else is coming to conclude.
Posted in: 2 pardoned U.S. journalists leave North Korea with Bill Clinton
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Nordon
The poll doesn't surprise me, nor should it be.
For those who have actual memories of the war, the alternative laid before them weren't so obvious, nor conveniently varied as it is today.
Since WWII, atomic weapons have gained a stigma, and additional consequences, for the generations born after WWII.
By today's standards, atomic weapons mean an end to civilisation and the destruction of the world. No longer an option for the wars we now see today, considering the advance of more "precise" weaponry.
However, polls and questions can be deceptive, leaning towards ulterior motives for the self interest of those who wish to redefine our history into their hands.
Posted in: Poll in U.S. finds support for World War II atom bombings
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Nordon
Wolfpack... By all sides with an ounce of rationality and a perception of reality, everyone knows he has been made to move towards the center to get anything done.
Posted in: Obama moving to center on some issues
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Nordon
Language barrier mainly.
Saying foreign bands can't make it in the USA and racism is patently ridiculous considering the history such as the Beetles, and besides, given how huge rap and hip hop are in the States, how many rap artist do you think are white?
Posted in: Why do Asian pop stars have a hard time succeeding in the U.S. market?
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Nordon
To make a point, I'd say Japanese can also be made "a lot quicker and easier to say" if we shortened it too.
But we know how we all feel about that, so maybe you can understand how some people view the term "haafu".
Posted in: Jun Hasegawa capitalizes on 'haafu' look
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Nordon
I'm surprised Japan celebrates this at all.
Wasn't the fact it was done at gunpoint make this an odd thing to celebrate at all?
Posted in: More Japanese shunning the outside world
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Nordon
If its predicted trajectory goes into either Japan or US airspace, I say shoot the sucker down when it leaves N. Korea's.
Posted in: U.S. monitoring N Korea missile activity from Japan
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Nordon
Is anyone else a little turned off that he doesn't consider his first friends, his "true friends"?
I wouldn't be so quick to say all biracial kids have bad experiences, I'm aware of it, but I got no flak or teasing for it here in the US at all.
If it helps, I identify myself first by my nationality. If my life started elsewhere, like say Kenya, I'd say I was Kenyan despite not looking at all like the nation's ethnic majority.
Posted in: Half and haafu
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Nordon
They may be comparable enough that the price difference is worth it. Who knows.
Posted in: Toshiba to build 2 nuclear plants in U.S.
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Nordon
The article makes Japan read like a jealous girlfriend.
Posted in: From military alliance to total alliance
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Nordon
smithinjapan
I couldn't see any nation having an open border with another that advocates their annihilation.
Hamas' biggest obstacle is themselves.
Posted in: Israel tells Gazans to brace for war escalation
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Nordon
Israel responded to the rocket fire from Lebanon with mortar shots.
I've stopped caring about Israel and Palestine ever since Hamas thought it was a great idea to poke a bear with rockets and Israel's ridiculous heavy-handed response and general attitude toward international opinion and aid groups.
Posted in: Israel tells Gazans to brace for war escalation
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Nordon
China will take lessons from the US' recent adventure as International Police Man, and balk at the cost and realize, "Damn! Why do we want to go to war or hold down and present order in a crapistan like that?"
That is if reason prevails, and it probably will. China will more than likely work towards gaining greater access to fuel and resources to keep its economy up. The big worry is if it would do the same as what everyone claims the US was doing in Iraq, war for oil.
Well, we may see something that frightening one day in our lives, but if China reminds itself that buisness runs smoother without conflicts and suspicious glares, it can easily be welcomed in the world, but it's problem with its way of governing will keep holding back its potential.
Posted in: China at sea
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Nordon
We sell them our weapons, but it's Israel pulling the trigger.
You know what, I'd like to believe peace would one day happen within my lifetime in Israel and Palestine, much like how we got Barack Obama as president, but it won't.
Thousands of years of conflict in that region, and racial bigotry and religion used to excuse atrocities has poisoned that section of the world to make people kill each other and forget they're human.
I say after so many years of telling them to get along with each other I say enough is enough.
Posted in: Gaza violence rages on despite U.N. cease-fire call
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Nordon
Well Hamas and Israel just brushed off the UN.
I think it's about time we stop caring to try and stop these people from killing themselves despite our sage wisdom.
Posted in: Do you support Israel's action in Gaza?
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Nordon
Overall the most important thing to learn in this article.
Posted in: It isn’t easy being green in Japan
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Nordon
"It's that evil rock & roll music!"
Sound familiar?
Posted in: Is reading manga really so bad?
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Nordon
It's Christmas. Should we change the name of the holiday of Ramadan to something else? Where would it stop? So, keep it as it is, and respect it, for it.
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Nordon
Wow, this congressman is classy, "Oh I'm not comparing him to Hitler or anything coughNAZIMARXISTcough, I'm just saying..."
What happened to a person's ability to have tact, and a respectful dialogue?
Obama's victory was a clear message people were tired of many things that happened over the 8 years of Bush, and one of those things were the disgusting amounts of partisan venom.
Posted in: U.S. congressman warns of Obama dictatorship