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Well, I'm glad we don't judge what is well-known and what isn't on hoserfella's opinion. Naturally,…
Posted in: Wax men
Uhuh .... I blame the USA's Canned Cheese for this... I mean Aerosol cheese? bwarf
Posted in: Canned bread with flavors of 6 Tohoku prefectures
2toshiko I beg to differ. It's been months since I've saw someone purchasing Japanese electronic gadget.…
Posted in: Companies Japanese people are most proud of
As a matured and sensible person, I will ignore your impolite sentence. Lol, but you commented…
Conditioned thinking. Look into history,upbringing. Read about the Tokugawa Shoguns - samurais. "Pleasure quarters" in Edo.…
Posted in: Hashimoto hits back at polls showing majority disagree with his comments
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SamuraiBlue
These anti-Japan drama started after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 promoted by Jiang Zemin to legitimize the ruling of the communist party as leader of mainland china showing communist part and PLA had fought against the IJA to free the people(of course this is purely fiction since the communist party tried to stay away from the IJA is much as possible). This was part of Jiang Zemin propaganda plan to promote patriotism towards the nation focusing hate against Japan as their enemy while denouncing Deng Xiaoping's achievements and democracy as a whole.
Posted in: China cracks down on over-the-top anti-Japan dramas
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SamuraiBlue
Carbon, one of the most abundant substance on this planet and diamond are crystallized carbon. Now a days a clear colorless diamond can be created in a lab due to advance in technology.
Colored diamonds are created due to impurity within the crystal which is still not replicated.
Posted in: Sparkling Koi Diamond, the ultimate embodiment of Japanese legend and tradition
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SamuraiBlue
I was in an unfortunate situation eye-witnessing a female accused another person who rushed out the door as a groper. I was at a position where I could see everything at a distant and had to testify against her accusation. I was held at the station till the police arrived in which I told the personnel at the station that I should be isolated in another room to ensure there is no collaboration with the defendant. I probably not forget the glare in that female eyes had as she looked at me was if a cornered lion growling at a hunter to keep distance.
At the end I was detained for three hours. I don't think the female had pressed charges with an eyewitness testifying against her.
Posted in: Guilty and never proven innocent – every male train rider's nightmare in Japan
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SamuraiBlue
As a rule of thumb, consider any and all accusal of groping in a overly crowded train where you can not even move your arm is false. Hate to say this and I know I will get thumbs down for posting this but some females are over reacting and demanding more then fair treatment. Anybody and everybody is stressed out in those commuter trains when capacities are at 150%+. Most people just wants to get out of that situation as fast as possible without ruffling other people's feathers. It is also physically impossible to grope someone in those trains when you can't even reach up and scratch your own nose.
As a male I even sometimes feel offended by the amount of cologne a female wears in those trains since I believe the odor is obnoxious in the morning. If you want to wear it in order to entice your companion do it after work PLEASE.
Posted in: Guilty and never proven innocent – every male train rider's nightmare in Japan
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SamuraiBlue
Trying to stab present day moral senses to be seen politically correct to events that happened more then 50 years ago when prostitution was legal and rural area families were selling off their 6th, 7th, XXth off spring to human trafficking middlemen just clouds the issue further.
People who cannot acknowledge this is only going to warp history further.
One more thing from what I hear from many true Okinawans, a lot of left wing extremist flocks to Okinawa from all over Japan and label themselves Okinawans so their voice can be heard on the press.
Posted in: Okinawan women demand apology from Hashimoto
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SamuraiBlue
Guru29
One point there was NO United Nations when the Potsdam Declaration was made.
Posted in: Abe warns of possible military response to intruder subs
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SamuraiBlue
Alphaape
This is where you and most others that believe in this notion are in denial even though there are many, like ãŠã˜ã•ん。 had posted, that testified otherwise.
Posted in: Filipino director takes new look at Bataan Death March
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SamuraiBlue
Open Minded
It was a serious act of military provocation even if it was within the limits of international law. A cruise missile shot from a sub under water 24 miles away can reach it's target on land within a minute. This is a serious threat that requires serious consideration.
Posted in: Abe warns of possible military response to intruder subs
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SamuraiBlue
Alphaape
Your basically in denial, I did a research a couple of years ago on how many POW camps were in Japan and the US. As I said before Japan and the occupied territories were basically littered with them. On the other hand the ones I found in the US was very sparse not finding one in the west coast. I also found that Japanese POWs were sent to camps as far as Mississippi where they were placed with the Germans.
Basically the number of POW would probably had been the same, even if half of the Japanese POW committed suicide there still be enough POWs for hundred camps since in Japan and the occupied territory there were thousands of them. What Lindbergh wrote in his memoirs were not isolated incidents but a common occurrence within the whole Pacific theater.
The ones who were lucky taken as POW within the mainland US were as you wrote treated fairly but they were the rare lucky ones.
Posted in: Filipino director takes new look at Bataan Death March
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SamuraiBlue
isoducky
Sectionalization within companies are becoming an aliment in all large companies today. The problem being how to divide the profit IF it goes right and how to deflect the blame game when things goes wrong. The large trade houses like Mitsubishi, Itochu and or Sumitomo had devised a system which many companies should take note.
Posted in: U.S. hedge fund boss lobbies for breakup of Sony
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SamuraiBlue
Does anybody recall the movie Red October where the Soviet ambassador talks with his US counterpart about a missing sub? That is the exact dialog that is going to take place with PRC and Japan if and when a sub is sunk within Japan territories since PRC will not and cannot admit it was theirs that was trespassing into Japan submerged.
Posted in: Abe warns of possible military response to intruder subs
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SamuraiBlue
Alphaape
The door swings both ways. Can you actually quantify the actual amount IJA soldiers took their own life from the ones that were forced to go back and die fighting by allies troops?
The Kamikaze attacks did not kick in until Oct. 20th,1944 when General Onishi gave those orders. Japanese foot soldiers were conscripts which probably went through three months in boot camp before actually going into the battle field, and No, most were definitely not suicidal.
No that is much a propaganda as most propaganda creating the fog of war.
Posted in: Filipino director takes new look at Bataan Death March
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SamuraiBlue
How wacky can things get?
First the so called 731 unit had nothing to do with Korea during WW2.
Second if you start this kind of number game, any number can be ridiculed for one event or another.
I can see this kind of idiocy from unidentified people on the web but a newspaper taking this up as if it is "Real" news?
I can see how low SK newspaper publishers is willing to steep down to sell their paper.
Posted in: S Korean media slam Abe's 731 jet photo
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SamuraiBlue
plasticmonkey
As Charles Lindbergh wrote in his memoirs, the allied forces executed "Take no prisoners" quite literally so there were not many Japanese POW to begin with. This can be verified by the extremely small number of POW camps on the allied side while Japan and occupied territories were littered with them.
The Bataan march which was a tragedy but never the less could not have been avoided with 20,000 POWs surrendering at a single moment, there was no means of transportation except on foot, the guards escorting the prisoners were out numbered by 10 to 1 and the guards carried only their own food. What do you expect?
Posted in: Filipino director takes new look at Bataan Death March
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SamuraiBlue
When subs goes against air-crafts, the air craft will always win.The sub can only retreat or worse sunk by a torpedo.
Posted in: Abe warns of possible military response to intruder subs
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SamuraiBlue
The title is miss guiding they want to develop a bypass pumping ground water from a well before it reaches the power plant and dump the pumped water into sea.
Posted in: TEPCO seeks permission to dump groundwater from Fukushima plant into ocean
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SamuraiBlue
Redcliff
Sorry but I do read the economic section of about 5 different newspaper as well as various reports made by marketing studies agencies, credit -rating agencies not to mention various blogs funneling out of PRC.
First the credit rating is heading for a nose dive due to Japan, Korea, US and various other European nations moving out to either greener pasture for manufacturing or reevaluating country risks. Most that that are remaining is to collect investment from the PRC domestic market and not for export purposes.
Second China's own new media had reported that many corporations are making plea not to release the actual amount they spend on "entertainment fee to clients" which some calculates to amount up to 10% of the total GDP of PRC. Of course this is bribes to the upper echelon.
Result PRC's economic bubble is about to burst any moment and most rich people are trying to escape before it becomes too late including many corrupt bureaucrats which resulted in Canada reevaluating her immigration regulations as well as Australia.
Posted in: U.S. naval shift to Asia on track despite budget cuts: admiral
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SamuraiBlue
Redcliff
Sorry but it is going to be worse then that. First the exodus of foreign manufacturing plant will continue for the foreseeable future. Second the pollution problem in which PRC will be forced to pursue stricter anti-pollution regulations in which will demand investments resulting to hike of cost. Third and last is demand for more transparency to the finance sector due to Xi Jinping pledging to eradicate corruption which will finally show the toxicity of various funds.
It's going to be downsizing for PRC for the next decade.
Posted in: U.S. naval shift to Asia on track despite budget cuts: admiral
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SamuraiBlue
zichi
To be fair most of their conventional subs are 50's era museum pieces and their earlier nuclear subs are leaking radiation unfit for prolonged manned usage. Same with their jets and MBTs.
Posted in: U.S. naval shift to Asia on track despite budget cuts: admiral
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SamuraiBlue
Tony
You don't seem to understand, with the present economic stress PRC is facing, PRC's economic growth will decline further in the next two to three years forcing PLA to accept gradual cuts in budget. You can already see it happening with Xi Jinping pledging to eradicate corruption and bribes even if the lion's share is going to be cut. PRC's export is going down due to Europe's slumping economy and the up rise of Japan's with Abenomics kicking in.
In other words PLA will not accept budget cuts from external pressure but will be forced accept through internal pressure.
Posted in: U.S. naval shift to Asia on track despite budget cuts: admiral