Shinjuku No Yaju's past comments

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  Shinjuku No YajuMay. 20, 2013 - 04:53PM JST

  big worry is my retirement. no way in heck i expect the JP government to be solvent enough to pay...

  I have the same concern.

  Posted in: Weak yen helps drive Japan earnings, but no cure-all

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  Shinjuku No YajuMay. 17, 2013 - 05:17PM JST

  Problems with the landlord? There were times when I dreamt of doing the same!

  More likely a guy who stood up to the local "anti-social" enforcer

  Posted in: Employee of real estate company stabbed in Tokyo

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  Shinjuku No YajuMay. 17, 2013 - 05:09PM JST

  While the act of rape is horrible in any context or situation, there's a big difference between the depraved acts of individuals and the systematic implementation of sex-slavery by a government! Come on Hashimoto! Stop ruining my opinion of my beloved Osaka!

  Posted in: Defiant Hashimoto says U.S. troops abused women during occupation

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  Shinjuku No YajuMay. 16, 2013 - 02:45PM JST

  Oh god, please no. Please don't encourage the already too-many pedophiles on this planet

  Posted in: Japanese Lolitas plan world domination

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  Shinjuku No YajuMay. 10, 2013 - 05:16PM JST

  @YuriOtani

  It's only bad for English teacher (and anyone) who's working here to send money home. And if they're forced to teach English in order to finance large expenses abroad they've got a lot problems. haha I would think it'd be great for English teacher since any money they receive from abroad would translate into a lot more yen, and be bad for Japanese since it becomes more expense to travel abroad.

  Posted in: Nikkei surges past 5-year high as dollar tops 100 yen

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  Shinjuku No YajuMay. 01, 2013 - 11:24AM JST

  I'll never understand the length of holding times for minor offenses. I had a friend who was in jail for 1 and half months for getting drunk causing a non-violent disturbance. If this poor guy was under the same type of stress as my friend was AND was innocent on top of it all...

  Posted in: Man arrested for driving offense commits suicide at Chiba police station

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  Shinjuku No YajuApr. 26, 2013 - 09:49AM JST

  I wonder how big the woman was that multiple grown men couldn't subdue her without sitting on her

  Posted in: Woman dies after heavy-set police officer sits on her

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  Shinjuku No YajuApr. 25, 2013 - 05:31PM JST

  Except that Japan at the time was the brutal aggressor toward other countries, slaughtering those who truly sacrificed their lives for THEIR countries.

  Poppycock. (is that a real word). Yes the reasons for the war were wrong, and many of the actions taken were wrong, but that doesn't mean that at the time of enlistment the individual soldiers didn't fight for love of country. 50 years from now, while the actions of Bush/Cheney and the lead up to war in Iraq will be despised, that doesn't taint the soldiers who fought and died in it.

  Posted in: S Korea summons Japan envoy over Yasukuni visits, Abe remarks

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  Shinjuku No YajuApr. 25, 2013 - 11:19AM JST

  On this one I've got to side with Abe. Japan's neighbors should focus on Japan's current policies and not on symbolic gestures. A comment on a previous article put it best when comparing these visits to US officials paying respects at Arlington. Every trip to the cemetery isn't reaffirming their belief in dropping bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, its honoring those who died in defense of their nation.

  Posted in: S Korea summons Japan envoy over Yasukuni visits, Abe remarks

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  Shinjuku No YajuApr. 22, 2013 - 11:24AM JST

  yes. god yes, please. at least until 2am.

  Posted in: Do cities in Japan need to have buses and trains running 24 hours a day?

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  Shinjuku No YajuApr. 09, 2013 - 03:54PM JST

  You mean besides Noriko Sakai?

  Posted in: Police bust Vietnamese cannabis operation in Gunma

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  Shinjuku No YajuApr. 09, 2013 - 03:37PM JST

  And, wouldn't it be nice from them to remove USA air bases from japanese soil?

  And what would that say about the USA, and how we treat our allies if we pulled up stakes and a year later NK actually DOES attack?

  Posted in: Japan deploys Patriot missiles in key locations around Tokyo

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  Shinjuku No YajuApr. 09, 2013 - 03:35PM JST

  @lostrune2 Thats because #1) The US is a fairly rich place & #2) We tend to see ourselves in others and lending a helping hand is what we'd hope others would do if the situation was reversed.

  Posted in: U.S. tops Japan earthquake donor list

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  Shinjuku No YajuApr. 09, 2013 - 02:15PM JST

  ^ heaven help us. Someone who knows what they're talking about!

  Posted in: Japan deploys Patriot missiles in key locations around Tokyo

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  Shinjuku No YajuApr. 09, 2013 - 02:03PM JST

  To all the people upset about them protecting Tokyo first (only?). While I live in Tokyo, my first experience living in Japan was a 2.5 year stint in the one and only Osaka. I love the place. I love the people. But there is absolutely nothing there or strategic importance. Attacking Osaka would be like attacking St. Louis. Sure you could DO it, but WHY? NK isn't going to commit national suicide (which is what any attack on Japan would be) for the sake of taking out the comedian school and tsutenkaku.

  Posted in: Japan deploys Patriot missiles in key locations around Tokyo

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  Shinjuku No YajuApr. 09, 2013 - 01:58PM JST

  I'll say this list is a good sign of human compassion, and I for one wish we could have that kind feeling without the horrible loss of life for a change

  Posted in: U.S. tops Japan earthquake donor list

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  Shinjuku No YajuApr. 08, 2013 - 05:15PM JST

  @ lucabrasi Well I've I'm living to be 200 with all my drinking and smoking and living in the shadow of Fukushima...I'm assuming everyones kicking around longer...that or I just entered a random age without putting any thought into it

  Posted in: Could N Korea hit Japan, S Korea with nukes? No one seems to know

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  Shinjuku No YajuApr. 08, 2013 - 04:42PM JST

  I wish I could live to be 200 and read Shannon and Yuri's kids commenting about the evils of China and how they wish America was still wasting its time and money in Asia...oh irony..u sting so good.

  Posted in: Could N Korea hit Japan, S Korea with nukes? No one seems to know

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  Shinjuku No YajuApr. 01, 2013 - 07:35AM JST

  I live in Nishi Shinjuku, and every weekend there are right-wingers marching by with angry signs and anti-Korean/Chinese slogans. Once they even dragged a effigy behind them in the street. There are crazies everywhere...

  Posted in: Unfriendly relations

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  Shinjuku No YajuMar. 15, 2013 - 12:42PM JST

  Open MindedMAR. 15, 2013 - 07:38AM JST US cars manufacturers don't like competition. I am wondering why... Are they afraid better cars are made oversea maybe?

  cough rice tariffs cough

  But seriously, I think it's more an issue of costs and the deep hole the US car industry is digging itself out of. I thought I read that Auto maker free-trade would be off the table for 5-years?

  Posted in: 48 U.S. lawmakers sound alarm on Japan joining TPP talks