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  • smartacus at 04:09 PM JST - 17th July

    I wonder what the annual salary of a Rolls-Royce owner is. He couldn't be an ordinary company CEO. They only earn about 20 million yen a year. I figure for someone to pay 50 million yen for a car, they must be earning maybe 200-300 million yen a year. Who…

    Posted in Rolls-Royce at 04:09 PM JST - 17th July

  • smartacus at 08:27 AM JST - 17th July

    Consumerism at its most vulgar. I suppose it never occurred to anyone organizing this event how that money could have been better used for charity, cancer research or a hundred other causes. If the president of Mercedes Benz Japan is reading this, please give some thought before getting involved in…

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  • smartacus at 03:31 PM JST - 16th July

    kartaz

    Breaking somebody's leg to make sure he couldn't escape is sadistic and should result in charges against the aggressor. You can subdue someone without that sort of cruelty.

    Posted in Man on motorbike assaults schoolgirl, steals her underwear on Gifu street at 03:31 PM JST - 16th July

  • smartacus at 09:19 AM JST - 14th July

    LIBERTAS I am constantly that so many readers believe, as you do, that celibacy and pedophilia are linked. They are not. They are two separate issues. I agree that celibacy is unnatural and that the church would be better off if priests could marry. But that is another issue. Pedophilia…

    Posted in Pope to apologize for abuse by priests in Australia at 09:19 AM JST - 14th July

  • smartacus at 08:54 AM JST - 14th July

    Chilled barley tea.

    Posted in What drink do you recommend to help cope with hot, humid days? at 08:54 AM JST - 14th July

  • smartacus at 03:15 PM JST - 12th July

    They should have listened for the music. No music, no shark.

    Posted in Fake shark scare closes 'Jaws' beach at 03:15 PM JST - 12th July

  • smartacus at 10:55 AM JST - 12th July

    Well, that's the capitalist system we live in. Of course, there are hundreds of professions that contribute more to society than sports stars or celebrities and who get paid very little in comparison.

    Anyway, Tiger and company get taxed an awful lot. A lot of them also donate to charities,…

    Posted in Forbes magazine says that golfer Tiger Woods is on track to become the world's first billionaire athlete by 2010. What do you think of the astronomical sums of money that sports stars are paid? at 10:55 AM JST - 12th July

  • smartacus at 08:10 PM JST - 11th July

    Actually, the celebrities themselves are just employees of their agencies. They receive a salary and get just a small percentage of each deal. The agencies collect all the money. They farm out their talents to do the various promotions at events and on TV programs, etc.

    Posted in Aya Ueto at 08:10 PM JST - 11th July

  • smartacus at 09:15 AM JST - 11th July

    As I understand it, the girl probably died five months later of injuries suffered when she fell into the hole.

    Posted in Not-guilty decision over girl's death from beach cave-in overruled at 09:15 AM JST - 11th July

  • smartacus at 02:06 PM JST - 10th July

    Fact: Japanese people won't leave the office while it is still light. But more importantly, Japanese cities only really come alive and become attractive to look at when it becomes dark and that's how workers like to see it when they leave the office or workplace.

    Posted in What are your views on daylight saving time? at 02:06 PM JST - 10th July

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