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Maybe it's her wedding day.
Posted in: Meisa Kuroki cancels appearance at March 4 event for fans
This video we found on you tube would help protect all Japanese from Flu and Viruses…
Posted in: TV commercial of the week: Hikkoshizamurai
<>****Anyone dealing with chickens, nanoparticles should be required to have the best facemasks in the business…
Posted in: Lab study raises questions over nano-particle impact
The coroner is doing his job properly. You don't release a cause of death until ALL…
One can protect themselves from any germs, flu, viruses or bacteria here is a video in…
Posted in: NZ admits overreacting to flu scare on plane from Japan
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Stonecoldsoba
On the Hamshin expressway?!
Posted in: Escaped pigs cause traffic jam on Hanshin expressway
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Stonecoldsoba
I too would like a 24 hour timetable but, as Vernie pointed out, regular maintenance work such as replacing worn out rails is carried out between the last train at night and the first train in the morning.
@ExportExpert:
You haven't heard about the groping, then?
My complaint is that the trains are over-heated in winter and over-cooled in summer. It amazes me that in a country with such widespread everyday application of modern technology, the climate control systems in trains seem to have only three settings: heating full blast, off, and cooling full blast.
Another improvement I would suggest is that the toilet cubicles should be fitted with high sensitivity smoke detectors finely tuned to tobacco smoke and linked to industrial strength sprinklers.
Posted in: What do you think are the good and bad points about the subway systems in Japan's cities?
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Stonecoldsoba
Maybe it does but the taste doesn't come from the shark fin.
Posted in: Shangri-La joins fight against shark fin soup
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Stonecoldsoba
So the national debt of the USA is about 30 times that of Greece. Well, the population of the USA is about 30 times that of Greece too so their national debts per capita are about equal. More significantly, perhaps, the US national debt is about equal to its annual GDP whereas that of Greece is about 1.5 times its annual GDP. (Based on the $457 billion quoted in the article, and figures from Wikipedia and usdebtclock.org)
Posted in: Athens Games delays fueled Greek debt: IOC chief
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Stonecoldsoba
Unfortunately Article 9 has a built-in loophole. The courts can simply rule that maintaining direct contact with both parents would be contrary to the child's best interests. Voila! No violation of any rights or conventions!
Posted in: Clinton urges Japan to take action on child abduction issue
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Stonecoldsoba
I expect they took him because the fees were paid on time. Do they need any other reason?
Posted in: Kim Jong-Un: North Korea's enigmatic heir apparent
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Stonecoldsoba
I assumed that as soon as I saw its name.
Posted in: Panasonic Let'snote S10
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Stonecoldsoba
Any child who will not eat food which looks like ordinary food is obviously not hungry.
Posted in: Make your bento look like your favorite anime characters
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Stonecoldsoba
Of course it's easy to say after the event, but that track looked horribly overcrowded, even on the 12th lap. With 34 cars on 1.5 miles of track, it's twice as crowded as the shortest Formula 1 tracks. And why did so many of the cars burst into flames? Of course they carry fuel but F1 cars don't seem to catch fire so easily.
Posted in: Wheldon killed in massive, fiery IndyCar crash
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Stonecoldsoba
No, I think it's based in Tokyo.
Posted in: An oasis for pizza lovers opens in Tokyo's Azabujuban
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Stonecoldsoba
Born into a Dutch family in Hiroshima.
Posted in: 'Flying Dutchman' lifts Japanese soccer hopes
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Stonecoldsoba
No, alcohol was not to blame. The two police trainees were, and still are allegedly to blame.
Posted in: Two riot police officers arrested for molesting izakaya worker
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Stonecoldsoba
It is an aged cyclist and he stoppeth one of three...
(Sorry!)
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Stonecoldsoba
The police should show things like that to drivers renewing their licences, instead of that video about a drink-driving accident (which concentrates on the shame of other people knowing that he caused an accident but precious little about the effect on the victim).
Posted in: 7-year-old boy dies after being flung out of van in highway accident
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Stonecoldsoba
Apparently some just didn't get the message:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5LGscpkCUU
(Thanks to LivingInJapan for mentioning this on another thread.)
Posted in: Summer of setsuden
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Stonecoldsoba
As Papasmurf says, aircon really is not necessary in homes. Just drink plenty, keep the windows open and if the wind doesn't give enough natural ventilation, switch on a fan. (The disadvantage is that you get tobacco smoke from the ****heads downstairs who step onto the balcony to smoke because they don't want the smoke inside.)
I find it worse going from the warmth outside into an over-refrigerated building.
Posted in: 35 deaths, 7,071 hospitalized due to heatstroke in one-week period
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Stonecoldsoba
They are called party conferences.
Posted in: Cameron: Riot-hit UK must reverse 'moral collapse'
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Stonecoldsoba
I guess he's never heard of the Palace Run and never wondered why there are always so many runners there.
Posted in: My start with the art of kendo
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Stonecoldsoba
Someone needs an up-to-date map. That's south-west of Tokyo.
Posted in: M6.2 quake shakes Shizuoka region
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Stonecoldsoba
Some people here are suggesting that we should pay no attention to Mr Breivik's 'manifesto'. I disagree and I'll try to explain why.
The reason is that from his manifesto we can find out why he did it: how his ideas and beliefs developed (development is not always in a 'positive' direction) and led him to do what he did last Friday. He didn't just go crazy that afternoon: he made a rational decision to go out and kill people in specific groups (with the caveat that the basis of his reasoning included ideas which the rest of us would - I hope - reject immediately). Indeed, this discussion here on JT is probably helping some of us to understand. If we find that his ideas sound similar to those of certain groups in society, we should consider how that situation is related to policies, attitudes etc concerning multiculturalism, integration and so forth.
Understanding how he got to the point of going on a killing spree might also help us to identify the next one before it's too late. ('Pre-crime', anyone?)
"A rational decision?!?" you may ask. Yes. He arrived at his decision to go out and kill people by reasoning on the basis of things he believes. We may disagree with his beliefs and we do not (presumably) condone his actions but that does not mean his decision was irrational.
Posted in: Norway killer's manifesto praises Japan for not adopting multiculturalism