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  Starviking at 09:45 AM JST - 19th July

  Double edged knives are very efficient stabbing weapons - banning them is a good decision.

  Posted in Law to be revised to ban possession of double-edged knives at 09:45 AM JST - 19th July

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  Starviking at 06:02 PM JST - 15th July

  niku

  Soooooooooooooo many rapes in Japan.......

  Well, Japan is the country that brought the world "The Rapeman" a manga about an anti-hero who rights wrongs through rape...

  Says something about attitudes to women in this country.

  Posted in 2 Yomiuri newspaper delivery agents arrested for allegedly raping woman at 06:02 PM JST - 15th July

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  Starviking at 11:55 AM JST - 13th July

  Happens in City Halls too. A mayor in Yamagata-ken was arrested for taking bribes for City Hall jobs a few years ago...

  Posted in Education board chief in Oita apologizes for corruption at 11:55 AM JST - 13th July

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  Starviking at 11:21 AM JST - 5th July

  You won’t find Amami Oshima mentioned in Lonely Planet

  Lonely Planet, 7th Edition, 2000, Page 858 - Amani-Oshima

  ....

  Posted in Amami Oshima an unspoiled nature paradise at 11:21 AM JST - 5th July

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  Starviking at 09:44 AM JST - 5th July

  Now Mainichi has closed its Reader's Forum indefinitely 'for renewal' - looks like they couldn't take the heat!

  Posted in What do you think of the Mainichi's decision to cease publishing its WaiWai tabloid tidbits section on its English online site following complaints that it portrays Japanese society in a negative light to the world? at 09:44 AM JST - 5th July

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  Starviking at 06:35 PM JST - 2nd July

  Huh! Another expert panel that will be ignored.

  My wife and I are trying for a baby. The only problem is this:

  • If she gets pregnant she will lose her job.

  • If she loses her job, our income gets cut in half.

  • If our income gets cut…

  Posted in Japan needs to raise birthrate to remain economic power, say experts at 06:35 PM JST - 2nd July

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  Starviking at 06:31 PM JST - 2nd July

  I saw the same report that Terrie's commenting on. The thing I found strange about it was that it made no mention at all about the unique cultural background of the Ogasawara people - more or less ignored them. That seemed an odd omission to me.

  Posted in Getting rid of 'foreign' influences in Ogasawaras at 06:31 PM JST - 2nd July

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  Starviking at 10:35 AM JST - 30th June

  Mainichi have just removed all reader comments from their site. Looks like reader dissent will not be tolerated by their feudal bosses...

  Posted in What do you think of the Mainichi's decision to cease publishing its WaiWai tabloid tidbits section on its English online site following complaints that it portrays Japanese society in a negative light to the world? at 10:35 AM JST - 30th June

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  Starviking at 10:25 AM JST - 30th June

  I think that wishing people dead is a very, very bad thing - but for Mugabe I make an exception.

  Go to hell Mugabe!

  Posted in Defiant Mugabe sworn in for 6th term as Zimbabwe's president at 10:25 AM JST - 30th June

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  Starviking at 10:21 AM JST - 30th June

  As has been said by others, it's all down to the fact that many Japanese teachers & bureaucrats can't see that languages are there for communication - they are just phrases to be memorised and trotted out when needed.

  A great example from my shogakko teaching days - I'd been…

  Posted in Why don't Japanese speak English better than they do? at 10:21 AM JST - 30th June