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  SumoBob at 04:17 PM JST - 17th November

  This is good news. Perhaps we'll now have a panel studying how to remove the mandatory, "love your country (race)" curriculum set to become a reality soon. Perhaps we'll have a environmental panel discussing real threats to our health and well-being, rather than a panel discussing whether ware-ware Japanese dioxins…

  Posted in 18 panels set up under LDP-led gov't abolished after review at 04:17 PM JST - 17th November

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  SumoBob at 10:11 AM JST - 16th November

  Blu ray wins again!

  Posted in More Tokyo train stations start using lights to stem suicides at 10:11 AM JST - 16th November

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  SumoBob at 05:26 PM JST - 13th November

  Welcome, Japan on your baby first step in providing free knowledge to the masses. Compared with Canada (with 22,000 public and private libraries) or the US (123,000) it's clear Japan has a long way to go.

  Posted in No. of libraries exceeds 3,000 at 05:26 PM JST - 13th November

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  SumoBob at 02:11 PM JST - 12th November

  Yea! More keystone J-cops patroling the subways nowhere near the Obama visit demanding ID from "foreign-looking" people.

  Posted in Security tightened in Tokyo for Obama's visit at 02:11 PM JST - 12th November

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  SumoBob at 07:03 PM JST - 8th November

  No doubt the Japanese government will be quick to assert that the Czech man was likely fleeing an abusive wife, and thus Japan must continue to resist signing the Hague convention.

  Posted in Czech man takes son out of Japan in suspected child abduction at 07:03 PM JST - 8th November

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  SumoBob at 10:40 AM JST - 4th November

  >Girl Power! 51 percent of the population... 8 percent of the honours. Bravo!

  Don't worry. More women will get it when they start handing out these things for former receipients of the "Best Jeanist" and "Best Ultimate Zone" awards. lol

  Posted in Over 4,000 Japanese, 61 foreigners picked for fall decorations at 10:40 AM JST - 4th November

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  SumoBob at 04:16 PM JST - 2nd November

  Not really fair that the infirm and bedridden get it 1st. While I support the aged, get it the future generation 1st. It's already too late for one little girl in Morioka.

  Posted in New-flu vaccination for those with acute needs going into full swing at 04:16 PM JST - 2nd November

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  SumoBob at 01:16 PM JST - 2nd November

  "Police found Furuhashi in the living room slumped forward sitting on his legs." Does anybody know what this sentence means?

  He was found sitting seiza (sitting on one's legs / one's legs tucked underneath).

  Posted in Man dies after stabbing himself, wife and 6-month-old baby in Aichi at 01:16 PM JST - 2nd November

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  SumoBob at 05:48 PM JST - 23rd October

  Allowing those with PR to vote in local elections just makes sense. National and prefectural elections would be great too, but I don't see the need for it. If one wishes to vote for national elections, one can naturalise. However, denying voting for local elections is just silly. You don't…

  Posted in PM suggests giving foreigners local voting rights in near future at 05:48 PM JST - 23rd October

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  SumoBob at 11:01 AM JST - 15th October

  ANA estimates that if half its passengers went to the bathroom before boarding, it could increase profits by .03%, said company spokeswoman Megumi Tezuka.

  Fixed.

  Posted in ANA asks passengers to go to toilet before boarding at 11:01 AM JST - 15th October