JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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RepublicofTexas
In large scale disasters, regardless of how capable/incapable a country is, foreigners often send aid. (Hanshin earthquake, Hurricane Katrina, flooding in Europe, etc.) However, I'm all for peace and an end to the war.
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RepublicofTexas
unscrejects
Exactly, Mugabe and his gov't hate both.
ummm...I'm only half American, so I don't know why you seem to be yelling at me over what the US gov't has done, especially as you seem to hate South Africa. As for Mugabe outwitting me, I don't see how, the man's insane, he has no wit. What are you even talking about with multi-nationals, who said they were destroying Africa?
Posted in: Zimbabwe regime jubilant at failed U.N. sanctions bid
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RepublicofTexas
Agreed, the US airlines pretty much all suck, Continental's okay but has seen better days (though they did upgrade their first class media system). Singapore and the Arab countries are probably the best right around now., though Korean Air isn't bad. I haven't flown of JAL for such a long time so I can't really comment.
Posted in: JAL Premium Economy service to be added to more European routes
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RepublicofTexas
Families like yours should be able to apply somehow to Japan through the US military to get a memento, a much more respectful way of collecting the sand than buying it off of ebay or even the museum.
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RepublicofTexas
I think some people are mixing up being fluent and being proficient?
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RepublicofTexas
What's the price difference? B/c people seem to be complaining about it.
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RepublicofTexas
Japan spends trillions of yen supporting US troops in Japan. Moderator: Readers, stay on topic please. The subject is the WWII bomb.
Posted in: 5,400 residents in western Japan evacuated as WWII bomb defused
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RepublicofTexas
I don't really support American bases in Japan either, but those bombs are left over from WWII, not from the post-war period.
Posted in: 5,400 residents in western Japan evacuated as WWII bomb defused
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RepublicofTexas
When NGOs set about trying to aide the people of Zimbabwe, Mugabe and his goons harassed them. There can be no peace and prosperity in Zimbabwe until Mugabe is out. Zimbabwe was once a model for post-independence Africa and now it is a cautionary tale of what not to do.
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RepublicofTexas
Like many other parts of Japanese culture such as tea ceremony, the Japanese raised martial arts to an art form, which is why it's stylized and might seem ineffective. However there are a lot of bogus instructors out there so that's part of the problem.
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RepublicofTexas
We want to expand, while simultaneously removing veto power. Veto power gives the current members of the UNSC too much power, this isn't an age of imperialism anymore.
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RepublicofTexas
New York's public transportation is disgusting, I've never seen Chicago's, so I can't say, but your right on the LA thing, the problem with urban sprawl, same thing happened in Houston.
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RepublicofTexas
Of course Russia turns a blind eye to her own interference in Georgian, and Eastern European affairs. Russian backed Abkhaz forces waged ethnic cleansing against Georgians in Abkhazia, and Russia's always interfering in the Baltic States.
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RepublicofTexas
Narita has a lot more potential for expansion than closed in Haneda. Haneda's problems echo London Heathrow which doesn't have space to expand and compete with continental airports like Charles de Gaulle and Schiphol.
(wikipedia) "The Narita Rapid Railway, scheduled to open in 2010, will alleviate the problem to some extent by shaving 20 minutes off the travel time. It has been announced that new Skyliner express trains with a maximum speed of 160 km/h will travel on this new line between Tokyo's Nippori Station and Airport Terminal 2 Station in 36 minutes, which compares favourably with other major airports worldwide. Improvements such as the Wangan Expressway have shaved off travel time to Kanagawa Prefecture by bypassing Tokyo."
Posted in: There are about 40 nations that still want slots at Narita. In addition, for the eastern part of Tokyo, Narita is actually closer.
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RepublicofTexas
Though she shouldn't have done it in the first place, admitting and atoning for one's mistakes is an admirable thing. Hopefully people will look at this and think twice before doing something like defacing a cathedral (probably not). However this might just be a PR victory for Japan as a whole.
Posted in: Japanese girl returns to Florence to atone for graffiti
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RepublicofTexas
Exactly, the current UNSC represents the world as it was right after WWII, but times have changed. China and India are on their way to becoming superpowers, Japan is the world's second largest economy, Germany has a greater economy than France or the UK and is fairly influential, and Brazil is South America's most powerful state and one of the world's most populous. But perhaps instead of adding Germany they could remove France and the UK and add the EU? Western powers seem overly represented.
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RepublicofTexas
Security Council reform is needed, take away veto power and add the G-4
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RepublicofTexas
medievaltimes
Not all be recover from a mental illness. Do you know for a fact that she has an incompetent medical staff? It's just speculation. Though I think she should be able to travel more, you seem to imply that she hasn't at all, she has been to the Netherlands in 2006, Australia in 2002, Belgium 1999, Jordan 1999, Kuwait, UAE, Jordan 1995, Saudia Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar 1994.
Posted in: Crown prince seeks public understanding for ailing wife
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RepublicofTexas
(from wikipedia) "The Narita Rapid Railway, scheduled to open in 2010, will alleviate the problem to some extent by shaving 20 minutes off the travel time. It has been announced that new Skyliner express trains with a maximum speed of 160 km/h will travel on this new line between Tokyo's Nippori Station and Airport Terminal 2 Station in 36 minutes, which compares favourably with other major airports worldwide. Improvements such as the Wangan Expressway have shaved off travel time to Kanagawa Prefecture by bypassing Tokyo."
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RepublicofTexas
Medieval Times,
If you had looked a few posts back, you would have noticed I elaborated/clarified and anyway not all Japanese mental health physicians are sub-par, and I'm sure the ones treating the Princess are competent even by Western standards.
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