JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Richard_the_First
Is he wearing socks? That's the most important question of the day!
Posted in: Junichi Ishida, Erika Mine launch 'Jockey Erika Collection'
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Richard_the_First
England is the logical and emotional choice. Home of the best stadia and the best league in the world, oh, and the home of football, too.
Posted in: FIFA kicks off bidding for 2018, 2022 World Cups
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Richard_the_First
Wonderful, the J media now has a new poster girl. Cultural observation, but why is okay to cry upon defeat here? Not regarding the girl but in general.
Posted in: 8-year-old Miu Hirano breaks junior table tennis records at nationals in Tokyo
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Richard_the_First
We see enough of these goons on TV.
Posted in: Portrait rights
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Richard_the_First
A place where consenting adults go for sex, or if your name is Mona Yamamoto, go to talk poetry.
Posted in: Woman found dead in love hotel in Shibuya
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Richard_the_First
So use some of the billions of USD in the bank, Mr Toyota. Your employees are your life blood.
Posted in: Toyota asks Japan workers to take pay cuts
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Richard_the_First
He could just be somebody's husband and doesn't want to lose his job and marriage etc.
Posted in: Woman found dead in love hotel in Shibuya
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Richard_the_First
Their will be consolidation this year. We may well have only three or fours makers this time next year, if things carry on as they currently are.
Posted in: Toyota to suspend production for 11 days in Japan
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Richard_the_First
They have billions in the bank. I am sure it will see them through.
Posted in: Toyota's test
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Richard_the_First
The road tolls are the worst. Once paid off they should be free, but as private companies run them, that won't happen in a hurry. It's not as though the quality of the roads is stellar anyway with pot holes and uneven surfaces everywhere, mostly on the ippan routes. Or offer bigger discounts for ETC equipped cars. In 2009, there really is no excuse for cars to still pay the ojisans by hand at the toll booths. I know Japan is a cash culture but ETC is the future...
Shaken is a govt/auto industry rip off to force you to buy new cars, or to (potentially) needlessly spend over 100,000 yen on simple checks and paper work. And car dealers have needed an excuse to overcharge as it is. They asked me for 30,000 yen for mats/carpets for my car (sigh)
Petrol prices have dropped but not far enough if you consider the wholesale price of crude oil as it is now, and where it stood last summer. It should be around 80 yen per litre, but still is around 100 yen. Still, it now costs me 6,000 per fill up as opposed to 10,000 last year. Ouch, and I am glad for the price drop.
If only they would reduce the tolls, a little, at least for the Tokyo expressway. I feel it should be 700 yen per day use, not per entry, a bit like the London congestion charge. As it is, you pay 700 yen and still find yourself in a traffic jam so you can't escape at all, really.
With that said, ownership of a car still equals freedom to the masses. Trains and buses are great but for that impulsive short trip, or even a drive to the countryside or mountains, you can't beat owning one (if you can afford it)
Posted in: Japan auto sales plunge as young lose interest
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Richard_the_First
Lack of competition or price fixing is the reason for the abhorrent cost of the shaken, even if the car is only three years old and in good condition. If they all charge 100,000 plus and you need it by law, you are right royally f***ed
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Richard_the_First
When will they learn to buckle up their kids? I see it every time I drive, mini vans with kids free to run around the interior. The father may face charges as he failed to use a child seat no doubt.
Posted in: Father, daughter, 5, thrown out of car after accident on Kyushu expressway; girl dies
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Richard_the_First
44 years equals and old building, ffs. In my country, houses and buildings are built to last.
Posted in: Almond Cafe in Roppongi to relocate after 44 years
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Richard_the_First
A car is a device designed to transport you from A to B. That is its simplest role. Now, of course, that is the most basic assumption yet on the roads we find a myriad of different types of car. For example, I own a powerful, RWD coupe. It doesn't necessarily do a better job that a yellow plate as ultimately it's all about A to B, so why did I choose such? Because it's more than the sum of its parts, as your car is a reflection of you. My car is me, and that's the way I like it.
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Richard_the_First
The ban on under 15s is quite bizarre. Almost like the right to life has been taken away, so surely some parents will fight it in court. Even go to the UN for example.
Posted in: Japan Organ Transplant Network fights to change laws
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Richard_the_First
Men are hard wired to spread as much as they can. Biology rules which is why a man can make babies until he dies yet a woman has a limited shelf life before she 'rots'.
Posted in: Monogamy vs a bit on the side: What makes a person promiscuous?
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Richard_the_First
Krappy Kreme will be next. Genius really. Pay to make yourself look popular, Japanese lemming effect will take hold and you have a snowball..
Posted in: McDonald's admits 1,000 people paid to join queue for Quarter Pounder debut in Osaka
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Richard_the_First
The Japanese would queue up for their own deaths.
Posted in: Hundreds line up for an hour at Osaka McDonald's for Quarter Pounder debut
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Richard_the_First
Is that Tokyo Station to the left?
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Richard_the_First
Imagine being hit in the head with a freight train! Nasty.
Posted in: Woman standing on platform dies after being hit by passing train in Fukuoka