JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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To be healthy, live in the big city
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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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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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Tahoochi
Am I missing something here??????? Doesn't the strong yen actually make things less profitable for Japanese exports?????? Are these guys planning to target these overseas markets with jacked-up prices????? ..... or are they planning on brewing the beer in countries with cheap labor??? I dunno.
Posted in: Japanese brewers targeting overseas drinkers
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Tahoochi
@Elbuda and Ben4short:
It doesn't matter if the underwear was clean, dirty, or brand new. What matters is this guy was breaking and entering, and stealing other peoples' property. Personal sexual behaviorism or preferences are beside the point. There are "weird" fetishes anywhere you go in the world, but most people keep it to themselves. Underwear in general does absolutely nothing for me, whether clean, dirty, or whatever.... it's just underwear, and I prefer actual warm-bodied women. Besides, who said the underwear was dirty anyway? Maybe they have washing machines and were cleaned and hanging to dry? Why the fixation on this?
Posted in: Tochigi man busted for stealing school girls' uniforms, underwear in 3 prefectures
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Tahoochi
Agree with Smith here.
These "Lawmakers" are just being lazy. They know they should join the TPP or Japan will be left behind in the global market, but joining the TPP means too much work for them with regards to finding ways to help Japanese agriculture become competitive, finding them other industry or sources of income, leveling the playing field, etc. etc.
They have "discussed" this issue for way too long. Trying to make everybody happy makes it nearly impossible to make a decision.
Posted in: More than 100 lawmakers oppose Japan's participation in TPP
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Tahoochi
@ Knuts: Thanks for that insight. Come to think of it, I've heard before that in Thailand it's the same thing; "If you see a body lying in the streets while driving, don't pull over because you'll be blamed for it".....not that that justifies leaving someone for dead, or a hit and run in the first place though, just saying.
Posted in: 2-year-old Chinese girl left on street after hit-and-run dies
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Tahoochi
LFRAgainOct. 21, 2011 - 01:59PM JST
LFRAgain: I don't think these "experts" are trying to justify what has happened here, but merely trying to find the cause of mass disconnect and lack of social responsibility. I think many cities in Japan are in a similar state of....... "strangerness", and the reason is simple: With high population density, it's EASY to become a stranger, keep to yourself, not talk to neighbors, and not volunteer, and not help people out. It's takes EFFORT to do these things. (Now I'm sure many communities in China, Japan, and the world for that matter do a good job of maintaining that effort though)
Posted in: 2-year-old Chinese girl left on street after hit-and-run dies
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Tahoochi
.....Sounds like some places in Japan (I won't say all of Japan, but some).
Posted in: 2-year-old Chinese girl left on street after hit-and-run dies
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littlebearOct. 21, 2011 - 03:52PM JST
I'm not denying that this is an issue because we see similar articles here on JT periodically, and I'm sure you have your reasons, but I find it hard to believe such vague and unsupported comments. What is considered "widespread"? How many friends? Those friends of yours were all abandoned at birth such as in this case? How many instances should "a country like Japan" have?
Posted in: Newborn baby found in convenience store toilet trash can
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Ah_so Oct. 09, 2011 - 01:07AM JST
Absolutely! I don't understand why JT is asking this question...... why not just: "Have your say against idiots engrossed in their i-phones"
Posted in: What do you think of people walking along, engrossed in their cell phones or smartphones, not bothering to look where they are going? Is it a problem for you?
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Tahoochi
Bottom line: Any death of a worker at a TEPCO plant in Fukushima will be under intense scrutiny/suspicion for obvious historical reasons.
Posted in: Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant worker dies
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AlphaapeSep. 22, 2011 - 05:55PM JST
There was obviously so much evidence against them that they could not be aqcuitted. Here, this is but a small example of racism today in the good ole USA.
http://www.lawschooldiscussion.org/index.php?topic=37736.0
Posted in: Troy Davis executed in Georgia amid international outcry
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sailwindSep. 22, 2011 - 03:26PM JST
sailwind: If the jury makes a bonehead decision (such as in this case; "found guilty" with zero hard evidence) the judge can overturn that decision, which was also not done....
besides, have you not heard any of the accusations of coersion on behalf of the cops? Well if the cops were coercing, you can bet that there was something fishy going on in the courtrooms as well. The law down south can be different at times, despite what is perceived by many outsiders.
Posted in: Troy Davis executed in Georgia amid international outcry
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RossBardJapanSep. 22, 2011 - 03:15PM JST
No, but 1, this article is about an incident in the US, and 2, America has supposedly always been at "the forefront" of human rights movements and laws, which is in my opinion, a very big illusion that city dwellers in the US, allow themselves to see.
Posted in: Troy Davis executed in Georgia amid international outcry
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Tahoochi
Have any of you people who don't think racism is alive and well in the US ever lived in "the south" recently?
The US is always talking about equality, blah blah blah, but after recently spending a month down there, let me tell you, racism is everywhere..... with the exception of the extreme cases (ie. the KKK) it's not as obvious as one would think, but racism, and these days, reverse racism/discrimmination are definitely prominent in the south. It was an eye-opening experience for me.
Posted in: Troy Davis executed in Georgia amid international outcry
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Tahoochi
Isn't it the Kawamata Mayor's job to confirm the safety of their products and convince people from other prefectures that their products are safe? Why should the mayor Nisshin apologize??? Duh....
Posted in: Mayor of Aichi city apologizes to Fukushima town for not using fireworks
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Tahoochi
Racism and hipocrasy...... alive and well in the good'ole US of A.
Posted in: Troy Davis executed in Georgia amid international outcry
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Tahoochi
I am reading these comments, after not reading JT for 2 weeks and I must say, that it is unbelievable how many posters are always trying to blame something on someone.
Barriers can be climbed over, and people will still find a way to kill themselves.
What good does it do to criticize someone who has killed themself????????????
Yeah........ great idea. Let's become like the US where you can sue and be sued for almost anything and everything. City roads are dangerous too, shall we sue the department of transportation for not putting up barriers?
Posted in: Woman jumps to her death at Shin-Koiwa Station; 5th suicide there since July
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TriumvereSep. 15, 2011 - 12:59AM JST
Do you mean American pizza? or real Italian pizza?
I miss steaks without the fat mixed in with the meat (Shimofuri). Steaks made only of meat.... that's the way steaks should be.
Posted in: Living in Japan, which food or drink item do you miss most from your home country?
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Tahoochi
How's this for a theory?:
The people in the boat say: We're from North Korea. Please let us seek refuge in Japan.
Japanese authorities say: "You don't want to live in Japan. You're not allowed to live in Japan. Wouldn't you rather live in South Korea? It's much better than going back to North Korea."
People in the boat say: "Uh..... yeah...... ok. We want to go to South Korea".
Japanese authorities report that North Koreans found drifting in a boat want to defect to South Korea.
Posted in: Nine North Koreans to get temporary refuge in Japan
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Tahoochi
Ira Globert:
Yes, Wikipedia has all the information anyone needs to know about this, which I've read; and it also says on Wiki that none of the Taiji residents have displayed symptoms of Minamata mercury poisoning, however, Taiji residents who consume dolphin meat have a 50% higher mortality rate than similar size villages in Japan. The Japanese Government also issued health warnings about eating dolphin and whale meat, yet Taiji residents still choose to consume it. .............Doesn't that tell you something????? It doesn't matter who tells these people that dolphin meat is a health risk, they would rather do what they've been doing for nearly 400 years without "outsiders" (this doesn't mean strictly foreigners, but domestic non-Taiji residents as well) telling them what they can and cannot eat.
So if you're really concerned about the well being of Taiji residents, convince your government to pressure the Japanese government, who basically knew about mercury poisoning and Minamata disease initially in the 50's, but downplayed and ignored the issue until it finally officially recognized the victims in 2001, into making dolphin meat illegal for the safety of Taiji residents...... yeah, good luck with that.
So that, in a nutshell is what you're up against if you're gonna use the mercury content argument.
Posted in: Global protests held against Japan's dolphin hunt
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@smithinjapan
Probably, but your bias distracted you from getting my point; those centenarians who have high life expectancies...... what do you think they have been ingesting all their lives?????? Just as much if not more mercury than the newer generations of Japanese who will die of cancer or heart disease which are two illnesses that you mentioned which are completely irrelevant to this conversation.
I'm sure that you've heard of a "hypothetical question". The two questions I asked were hypothetical. Why don't you want to answer them? The first question in particular, would be something I would actually ask the protesters if I were a dolphin hunter in Taiji....... "If we kill these dolphins quickly and painlessly, will you leave us alone???????"
Again, smithinjapan, a hypothetical question. Let's say the town of Taiji found a way to breed dolphins with no mercury content, and slaughtered them quickly and painlessly.... would these protesters still have an issue?
Anyway, smithinjapan, I think you know what my points were in both questions, but for some reason you want me to spell it out for you:
IMHO, the mercury issue is just something that MOST of these protesters use as a tool of persuasion in their argument against dolphin hunting. The true fuel for their fight is that they do not want people killing dolphins because they are Cetaceans, period. If you are different from these protesters referenced in this article, and truly are just as concerned about the mercury consumption by Taiji residents as the slaughtering of dolphins, then you're probably different from the lot of them. Sorry for "lumping" you in all in the same category, but I was talking about the actual "protesters" referenced in this article, and if that included you (I didn't hear you mentioning that you participated in the protests mentioned in this article), I'm sorry for generalizing and assuming.
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