JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Noripinhead
I bought the book and so far haven't come to the chapter with the odd-ball theory. It's mostly a history of the CIA's spy plane development and U.S. nuclear testing during the Cold War. It is a level-headed and well written account of what people already know, but the way she re-caps it is engrossing. Most of it is fact-based and she has done her research, which is based on recently declassified documents and interviews.
Posted in: Roswell UFO was Russian craft: new book
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Noripinhead
Nothing defines a national group more than its sense of humor. That's why the Canadians are so great. They gave the world Bill Murray and Mike Myers. So take off, eh?
Posted in: Japanese version of 'Saturday Night Live' to debut in June
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Noripinhead
What's done is done. So maybe there was some confusion in getting accurate information from TEPCO's on-site people. Clearly it was an problem within TEPCO, not the administration. So would the meltdowns not have happened if the water had been turned off? Probably not. But looking back, it's clear the worst-case scenario reported by Edano wasn't even close to what was actually happening at the plant. Reality had already surpassed the "worst-case scenario".
Posted in: Prime Minister Naoto Kan continues to be criticized by members of his own party and the opposition, as well as business groups for his lack of leadership during the current crisis. What more could he have done and what should he be doing? For example, should he be out of the country now, attending the G-8 summit?
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Noripinhead
Reminds me of the old John Belushi sketch "Samurai Night Fever". The unintelligible Japanese is classic. Satire as a comedic form seems absent in Japan. I may be mistaken, but there has never been a Japanese equivalent of Monty Python, not that it would even be understandable to a non-Japanese audience. Comedy, as we all know, is culture-specific. Hence, the American-British divide in terms of humor: "Huh? I don't get it."
Posted in: Japanese version of 'Saturday Night Live' to debut in June
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Noripinhead
They need to have good writers. Even the American SNL floundered about 75 percent of the time due to bad writing. The golden age of Eddie Murphy and Bill Murray is long gone. Of course, SNL owes a lot to Second City TV, which is true satire.
Posted in: Japanese version of 'Saturday Night Live' to debut in June
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Noripinhead
Nice suit. Not exactly from Yofuku no Aoyama I take it.
Posted in: This way
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Noripinhead
More plausible is that it was piloted by Amelia Earhart who escaped death and returned to the Land of the Lost via the Sleestacks' time portal. At least she knew how to fly.
Posted in: Roswell UFO was Russian craft: new book
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Noripinhead
Now, at last, a credible theory: NOT. Sounds like a combination of "The Boys From Brazil" and "The Outer Limits". Good imagination, though.
Posted in: Roswell UFO was Russian craft: new book
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Noripinhead
That does sound better than the Queen's state dinner menu featuring "Windsor lamb" whatever that is. Seriously though, the Obamas have been hitting the right notes, though the speech at Parliament rang a bit false. "Europe and the U.S. still leading the world" wouldn't go over well in East Asia, that's for damn sure. Obama tailors to the crowd.
Posted in: Obama to world: West leadership role still strong
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Noripinhead
Merkel's wardrobe is a crackup. Da Party girl.
Posted in: High stakes
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Noripinhead
This natural chemistry is interesting. The first meeting was broadcast to the world and we all saw how they all smiled as if it were a family reunion or something. I think the Obamas probably felt they were meeting their own mom (or mum) again.
Posted in: Buckingham Palace goes all-out for Obama state dinner
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Noripinhead
Sad, like when the Ewok was shot by imperial walker blaster fire in Return of the Jedi.
Posted in: Tired teddy
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Noripinhead
I liked "The Thin Red Line". Can't believe that was made over a decade ago. Time flies.
Posted in: Malick's 'Tree of Life' wins top Cannes honor
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Noripinhead
He never was the quite the same after he shot Sharon Stone in "Total Recall" and said, "Consida dat a divorce." A self-fulfilling prophecy from the movies.
Posted in: Shriver: It's a 'painful and heartbreaking time'
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Noripinhead
Tired in Japan. The national pastime. People seem to go out of their way to show how sleepy and tired they are because they want to appear to be "gambaru-ing". That's why every high school student's favorite hobby is "sleeping."
Posted in: Nap time
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Noripinhead
It's fine, just as long as they don't pull out of Copa Cabana.
Posted in: Japan officially pulls out of Copa America
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Noripinhead
Wow. TeaO. Tea-----O! Daylight come and me wan' go home...
Posted in: Mediterranean TeaO
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Noripinhead
I guess the mayor valued lives above money. The tsunami of 2011 proved that the words of his farewell address were right. That the system worked as it was designed is a testament to the engineers who built it.
Posted in: How one Japanese village defied the tsunami
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Noripinhead
They have a "foreigner-friendly" website but the quality of the product is less than mediocre. Sorry to say this, but Pizza-La kicks its butt.
Posted in: The Domino effect
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Noripinhead
Yes, he made the right decision and bully for him. But in Japan (and I guess most places in the world) nobody pats your back you when you do something preventative and nothing happens. But if you do nothing and then something does happen, there is never any shortage of finger pointers.
Posted in: Do you think Prime Minister Naoto Kan made the right decision when he asked Chubu Electric to shut down the Hamaoka nuclear plant which stands in an area where a magnitude-8 earthquake is strongly projected?