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Shumatsu_Samurai
Erm, isn't it for the parties to decide upon the measures and then ask the public to vote on them?
Sounds like Ozawa is admitting the DPJ has no plans and is almost begging the public to help him out.
"Send your suggestions to DPJ headquarters and the best one gets 100,000 yen!"
Posted in: Opposition leader Ozawa blasts ruling party
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Shumatsu_Samurai
I don't think so. Newspapers will respond by cutting costs or publishing a more selective entries online. There will always be people who want to buy something they can hold in their hands and read.
Posted in: Do you think reading newspapers will become a thing of the past in the Internet era?
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Shumatsu_Samurai
Definitely a great swimmer and Olympian - well done, Sir!
Posted in: Kitajima makes it a double double at Olympics
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Shumatsu_Samurai
All I can say is "boooooring!"
Sure it may have entertained people with little taste, but from a critical point of view it wasn't stimulating at all. I saw it as a rather obvious attempt at nationalistic back-slapping (e.g. "lookie what we invented!").
Posted in: China opens Olympics spectacularly
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Shumatsu_Samurai
It's called a close-up - the other athletes are behind her.
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Shumatsu_Samurai
Does she normally look like that?
Posted in: Reese Witherspoon
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Shumatsu_Samurai
Triple, I think she's supposed to be a noblewoman - pre-Edo period, I think.
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Shumatsu_Samurai
I don't avoid subs - I hate dubs!
Posted in: Why do moviegoers in English-speaking countries tend to avoid foreign movies with subtitles, while in Japan, for example, it's just the opposite?
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Shumatsu_Samurai
So you think the lies and deception from China are better?
Posted in: Komura urges China to come clean on Tibet
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Shumatsu_Samurai
Some countries just don't feel the military needs to be supported much. They probably just take it for granted.
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Shumatsu_Samurai
Not necessarily - it might make things worse if people couldn't go back. They want to remain in Tibet, but they're tired of the oppression there.
No one would buy that.
Xinjiang has a very different history - it was under Chinese control a lot more than Tibet was.
Posted in: Fukuda tells China that Tibet is an international issue
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Shumatsu_Samurai
It's a very poor choice. Teaching "patriotism" is too narrowly focused and suggests extreme nationalism.
However, I think that it is good to make children aware of good things about their country so that they can better appreciate it. Things like democracy and civil rights are often taken for granted, but they should make people feel "patriotic" to an extent.
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Shumatsu_Samurai
It's a sensible one. It makes a point without anyone getting hurt/losing their jobs.
Posted in: Imperial family likely to skip Olympics
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Shumatsu_Samurai
Interesting that with such a nice picture so many people have only nasty things to say......
Posted in: Sakura
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Shumatsu_Samurai
mummet
So I suppose test-firing missiles over Japan was a sign of friendship by North Korea? Pyongyang regularly threatens Japan, so it's good that Tokyo has responded by ensuring any such pressure is useless.
By the way, given that the Patriot-3 is a US system it would be possible for Japan to hype its capabilities even if it wanted to - the data is already out there.
Posted in: Japan completes missile defense system deployment
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Shumatsu_Samurai
"It is a pity Princess Masako has not heard of Homeschooling."
Homeschooling will only isolate the young princess even more. An open school will be much better for her, especially if the law is not changed to allow her to sit on the throne - she would need to be able to survive in the world outside the Palace then.
Even if she became Empress one day it would still be good for her to make friends outside of royal circles.
Posted in: Schooling a challenge for Princess Masako and Aiko