JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Oh noesssss! Sony is trying to monopolize incompetence in Japan. Call the trust busters!
Posted in: Sony reported to be seeking Olympus stake
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Ugh, is it JT's goal to make me hate Japan?
Posted in: TV commercial of the week: Pizza-La
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Can anyone say Dogs and Demons?
Posted in: Japan plans futuristic farm with robot workers in disaster zone
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Hmmmm, can we hand out free mochi everyday at old folk's homes and to elderly shut-ins? Its free and rice-based, would definitely be a hit. Just trying to solve this aging society problem in my own way.
By the way, 2 out of 13 is pathetic. I truly hope that no young and productive members of society missed out of life-saving emergency treatment because the ambulance was taking great grandfather to the hospital after his annual mochi bin. Triage, folks, its called triage.
Posted in: 13 elderly people taken to hospital after choking on 'mochi;' 2 die
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Japan on North Korea-related issues: "Forest? What forest? All I see are trees. How am I supposed to see a forest with all these trees in the way?"
Playing up this issue is completely just pandering to the dumb masses on the part of Japanese politicians and the government. Its a dramatic issue with an easy-to-understand story behind it--who wouldn't feel for people who have been dragged to another country against their will, and the families who in some cases still don't know what happened. But, there's a larger perspective at work; and mature countries don't let a soap opera or weepy melodrama decide their foreign policy. I don't know precisely how many Japanese were abducted by North Korea, but I know it is less than the number of North Koreans who die of starvation or are killed by the Kim regime in any given year. Its definitely less than the number who would be killed if a conflict, particularly a nuclear conflict, broke out in the region because of NK (it is not even necessary to bring up the colonial era). But it sometimes seems like Japanese wouldn't mind in northeast Asia was consumed in a sea of fire as long as they remained firm on the abduction issue. Let's get to work on making NK open up, give up nuclear arms, and become a less paranoid and totalitarian country--thats a challenge deserving at least seven panels. If the abduction issue doesn't help advance that goal, maybe it shouldn't be played up so much.
Posted in: Gov't to set up 7 panels to deal with abduction issue
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I'm not taking the side of the violent middle aged man by any means...who knows what was going on there. I was just saying I am glad the osekkai old geezer is dead. There's a big difference.
Posted in: Man arrested over death of elderly man who rebuked him for ignoring red light
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Cool...so, who is going to protect us from the sumo wrestlers?
Posted in: Sumo wrestler crime prevention team patrols streets of Tokyo
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This is huge news.
But, Oh My God, some14some and The Munya Times..."RIP" for Kim Jong il? Seriously what is wrong with people on JapanToday and the overuse of "RIP"? I honestly want to know? Who are you people? Not even my deranged grandfather uses the term RIP. The only place you ever see RIP, other than this site, is on tombstones in cartoons. But here, every time anyone ranging from Kim Jong Il to an anonymous two year old dies and the kneejerk RIPs flow freely. Why don't some of you learn how to express yourselves and your thoughts in your own words rather than jumping to an outdated and hackneyed phrase.
Posted in: N Korean leader Kim Jong-Il dead at 69
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I'll check this movie out when I can and judge it on its merits as a film. Historically, its pretty clear to most that atrocious things happened in Nanjing--maybe its not as well known as the Holocaust, but its no longer or a forgotten holocaust or unknown event...even in Japan. I don't think a film needs to be made just to publicize that Nanjing massacre, unless it can add something new to our understanding of that history and the human condition. This one might, or it might just be an interesting watch. That said, even the possibility that this is nationalist PRC propaganda should be troubling. Part of it is about selection...Nanjing happened, but as others here have pointed out, so have a lot of nasty things in Tibet and elsewhere on the Chinese side; Zhang Yimou and his like are not rushing to make a film that might be unflattering to China, make them question their government and their national solidarity--even if that might be more significant in the present day. He's not that brave, and what can we expect. But, honestly, in 2011 I am much less concerned about Japan, imperial or otherwise, and a bit more wary of the billions of highly nationalist Chinese living under an autocratic regime that controls what they can know and say, who are always searching for an external enemy to help bring them together.
Posted in: Christian Bale denies Nanjing Massacre film is propaganda
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don't worry, mixi. even given how stupid and vapid Facebook is, it will never be able to approach the level of idiocy you've attained. your niche is safe!
Posted in: Twitter, mixi join forces to counter Facebook in Japan
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Glad they didn't prematurely eat the dog!
Posted in: Lost 81-yr-old man, granddaughter, 3, kept warm by their dog until rescued
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"The agricultural provisions of the TPP are most definitely not in Japan's best interests"
Some people on this board (LRFAgain) seem to have tunnel vision about the TPP. First of all, the agricultural provisions might be in the interest of "Japan" if you mean the farmers and agricultural cooperative, but might be in the interest of a broader spectrum of Japanese consumers. And, please, spare me the resort to paranoid food self-reliance talk or spirituality of rice.
Second, the reason Japan would enter this TPP is because there is a lot more at stake than agriculture, and Japan stands to gain a lot in other more important sectors--say, export-oriented manufacturing. Is Japan's primarily an agricultural country? Is Japanese rice known throughout the world (not just in the minds of Japanese)? Try to have some perspective...I think some of you may have spent too much time in Japan.
Posted in: White House, Noda differ over what he said to Obama on TPP
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Hey, I just checked something out. That stadium's capacity is 50,000, and yet NK allotted 150 seats for Japanese fans? Crazy, no? Granted, you might say that not many Japanese would want to go anyway. But those 150 are going to be surrounded by a sea of tens of thousands of angry, aggressive North Koreans. No thanks.
Posted in: Japan fans warned to tone down cheering for N Korea clash
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Why isn't this the TOP news story?
Posted in: Jun Komori says she'd like to have a baby next year
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AKB48 anime auditions? Calling all two-dimensional Japanese females!
Posted in: Auditions held for AKB48's anime debut
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I wouldn't want to take a glance at a report like this and make some sweeping statement that it reflects poorly on the intelligence of an entire nation...but its really tempting.
Posted in: Tokyo Sky Tree to start accepting group reservations from Nov 22
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Oh my gosh, there was a Japanese among them?! Now it truly is a tragedy.
Posted in: Japanese man among 19 killed in Nepal plane crash
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Four down...
Posted in: Heatwave kills four, sends 900 to hospital throughout Japan
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I think he's a day light and a dollar short. Popular thing to say these days, but he's been beat to the punch about a million times.
Posted in: Nagasaki mayor calls for shift away from nuclear energy
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I can't help but suspect that Sony being owned and shamed has something to do with their being a Japanese company...i.e. generally behind and incompetent. How are those "MD" players selling, Sony?
Posted in: Sony wins 'Most Epic Fail' Pwnie award at Vegas ceremony