JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Teacher nabbed for using miror to peek up girl's skirt
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Japan's nuclear safety standards flawed, says commission chief
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To be healthy, live in the big city
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From carnivores to herbivores: how men are defined in Japan
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
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Spidey
Now this story takes the cake!
And I was planning on making a peach cobbler for dessert tonight. So much for that idea.
Damn Yak peach thievn' thugs!
What's next!? Cows?
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Posted in: 5,000 peaches stolen from orchard
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Spidey
They can call conbinis with shorter business hours "fu-conbini."
I think "fu-bini" rolls off the tongue a little better. Don't you think, Sarge?
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Posted in: Convenience stores oppose calls for shorter business hours
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Spidey
So having a business that caters to pedophiles is fine,"...there’s always Oimoya, a pedophilia shop on Chuo Street that specializes in girls under 15" as stated in a previous article, but selling some nude pics of your adult self is not fine!?
Japan is truly a unique society.
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Posted in: 25-year-old wife arrested for selling nude photos of herself
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"Most of you people, I imagine live in Japan. I have a question for you. I live in Hong Kong and have been to Japan six times now. Everytime I go, I can't get over how polite Japanese are.
However, a lot of people I know in Hong Kong, especially Chinese, tell me don't be taken in. It is all very superficial, and it is because I am a visitor and mainly white, and they think I have money.
One white guy from Canada also told me they are very racist.
Any comments?
James Graziano La-Giglia Hong Kong"
James,
By writing this comment you've effectively answered your own question.
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Posted in: Hostesses
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Spidey
The girl in the black skirt's bowing technique is lacking for sure. Looks like she's had one to many customers. Either that or she just got kicked in the stomache.
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Posted in: Hostesses
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Spidey
Is, killing, the answer to all life's problems!!?
Can't get a job? Kill your parents!
Can't get a date? Kill your neighbor or better yet go on a killing spree!
Can't deal with loneliness and/or shame? Commit suicide!
Get caught committing a crime? Hang yourself!
Can't deal with raising a child? Kill it!!
In a land that is predominantly Buddhist, this is a hard pill to swallow. Pun intended.
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Posted in: Ibaraki woman arrested for drowning 13-day-old son in bathtub
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Spidey
BIG BROTHER has been awakened!
God help us all!!
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Posted in: 17-yr-old girl held for threatening massacre in Internet message
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Spidey
Welcome to "1984."
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Posted in: Akihabara rampage foretold but lost among myriad messages on Internet site
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Spidey
Where's Batman when you need him!
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Posted in: Reese Witherspoon
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Spidey
This is typical "treat the symptoms and not the cause" behavior. Things will only get worse. Typical western thinking from a so called eastern society.
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Posted in: Violent game launch canceled after Akihabara rampage; gov't discusses regulations on knives
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Spidey
Is she making a mockery of the sacred tea serving ceremony!? Barbarian!!
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Posted in: Reese Witherspoon
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Spidey
Aikido Master...REI!
Posted in: What measures are you taking for your own personal security when you are out and about?
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Spidey
But kids also need the time and space to explore things and make mistakes.
Mistakes that kill!? I would have to strongly disagree. Would you let your children swim in a pool without proper supervision? This is why we have lifeguards isn't it? Sure, let kids learn and explore but don't let the cost of making a mistake be death! Protect them for God's sake!
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Posted in: Two young brothers drown in Okinawa
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Spidey
I'm sorry but there's is no way in hell that I would let my young children play around a river with noone to watch over them. Simply no way in hell!
Clear case of irresponsible parenting in my book.
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Posted in: Two young brothers drown in Okinawa
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Spidey
You'd think that those posts would have set off some bells at the server considering their obvious content. It's looks like he was trying to create an opportunity for someone to catch him, or else he was just writing a "post game highlights" of the events to come.
This whole "I just wanted to kill someone, anyone..." reason is becoming all too common.
Adding his name to ever increasing "suicide rates" would have been my choice for him.
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Posted in: Suspect says he decided to stage Akihabara attack a few days before
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Spidey
Has anyone here considered the possibility that the baby was still born? Not to condone her actions but it is one thing to abandon a living baby and quite another do abandon a dead one. However, either way you look at it, this woman did something that is near incomprehensible.
But as someone has already alluded to, infanticide is part of the human equation.
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Posted in: Newborn baby's body found in bin in toilet at aviation academy in Yamanashi
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The government will ask for the same information that travelers currently fill out on the I-94 card which is handed out on the plane and turned in to customs on arrival in the United States, a DHS official said. That includes such information as passport number, country of residence, disclosure of communicable diseases or involvement in terror activities.
Muuuuuaaaahahaha! Huh? Muaahahaha! I definitely saw this on a "Simpsons" episode once.
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As I wipe the tears from my eyes...
Posted in: U.S. tightens entry rules for travelers from Japan, Europe
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Spidey
I'm on my 6th car in 7 years in Japan, the last one being a new vehicle. I have never had any serious problems with any of them. On the times that I did have some concerns, I simply went back to the dealership. They were more than willing to bend over backwards to take care of any problems.
However...BUYER BEWARE! of some dealerships that will SHAKEN your car at one of their "own" garages. I bought an MR2 from one dealership and I decided to change the muffler a few months later. During the installation of the new muffler the mechanic proceeded to tell me that my car had no emissions control installed in the exhaust system.(Required by law) "WHAT?! But I just bought this car 6 months ago and they gave me a 2 year shaken to go with it!" To say the least the mechanic was as much dumbfounded as I was. I immediately went back to the dealership, told them that I just caught them with their pants down and...to make a not so long story even shorter...they installed a new emissions at no cost followed by a barrel full of "sumimasens" and boot lickings.
I was not a happy camper.
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Posted in: Buying a used car in Japan -- what to keep in mind
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Spidey
where i diverge from the author is placing the blame solely on the j-mom. i contend the absence of a father or the lack of fathering in any boys life will produce in most cases an unhealthy male adult.
The more domineering and overprotective the mother coupled against the degree of father involvement in the child's life are the determining factors how well a j-boy makes his way through life as an adult.
I couldn't agree more.
Posters here are taking the easy way out and jumping on the "bash the author" bandwagon due to their own lack of ability to come up with a half-way decent response.
People here should think more and spew less.
Well said, VOR
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Posted in: For Japanese men, dysfunction starts in the cradle
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Spidey
Talk about coming out of the closet!!! And where in hell has she been doing her business for the past few months!? In the washing machine!?
A match made in heaven as far as I'm concerned.
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Posted in: Homeless woman arrested after living undetected in man's closet for a year