JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Tamarama
Amazing feat.
Posted in: Making history
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Tamarama
I hope he accompanied the meal with a little mood music to create ambience. Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" springs to mind.
Posted in: Man cooks, serves own genitals to 5 paying diners
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Tamarama
That's extraordinary. It actually sounds quite hellish to me. Apart from the confusion of trying to operate at that altitude, you have the chaos of so many people coming and going and it will only take one sudden weather change in a place where the margins are very fine to have mass deaths. I'm glad it's not me.
Posted in: More than 50 climbers reach summit of crowded Everest
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Tamarama
The United States IS a rogue state when it comes to respecting sovereignty and getting involved in the affairs of state right around the world and it has been for many years. It has a long history of hegemonic practice in all parts of the world, and anyone with even a perfunctory understanding of history should know that. Commodore Mathew Perry gave Japan it's first exhibition of it back in 1853, which is but one of many, many examples. I think Amnesty is right to criticize the US for these practices and is an important voice in a Global perspective. The Bin laden case is quite an interesting one because he was obviously involved in one of the most spectacular and dastardly attacks in human history, however, there is also a fair argument that without the US political and military meddling and manipulation in the Middle East and surrounds for the many decades prior, such extreme terrorism may not exist in the first place.
Posted in: Amnesty criticizes U.S. for 'unlawful' bin Laden raid, drone attacks
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Tamarama
Interesting only for the fact that it highlights how narrow minded and short sighted people who read tabloid newspapers really are. Don't try for one second to imply that this is a fair and reasonable representation of what the broader Australian community thinks about this issue, Cletus.
Posted in: Half of Australians want end to immigration: poll
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Tamarama
Cletus
What are you talking about?! What are you basing this crude, sweeping generalization on? This has been the sad and unfortunate song of the anti-immigration set for 60 years and probably longer in Australia - first levelled at the Eastern and Southern Europeans that came here after WW2, then the Vietnamese, then the Lebanese and now the Africans, Iraqis and Afghanis. It is a complete load of crap. These people work extremely hard to assimilate in a country full of people who can't see fit to give them a fair go despite the conditions they have endured in their life. In fact, here in Western Australia, many of the shrinking wheat farming communities are asking for the new immigrants from places like Iraq and Afghanistan to be settled in them because they find them to be extremely hard working, greatful to be given the chance to work and very keen to get involved in their new community. They see them as potential saviours of these dying towns because of their willingness to assimilate. Immigration IS the story of Australia and Australia is a true melting pot in every sense of the word - our immigration is one of the greatest things about our nation. The idea of us and them is completely misguided, Cletus. And saying they bring their problems with them is the oldest and lamest argument there is.
Posted in: Half of Australians want end to immigration: poll
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Tamarama
Good news, and more than a little refreshing. Seems most of the things we read about our diet these days point to how they reduce lifespan, not extend it. Finding a good cup of coffee in Japan is difficult though. Japan is crying out for a hip cafe culture - I've never enjoyed the Dotour/Exelsior experience.
Posted in: Coffee buzz: Study finds java drinkers live longer
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Tamarama
I really don't like some of the comments on this thread that suggest Japanese parents are particularly negligent with their kids, or that this kind of thing happens more in Japan than elsewhere. I bet it doesn't. In fact, from what I see of Japanese kids, most of them get wrapped up in cotton wool and are babied for a long long time by their mothers in particular, so I think these sweeping generalizations about kids being in more danger in Japan than elsewhere are a load of absolute rubbish.
Posted in: 5-year-old girl run over, killed by mother
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Tamarama
Isn't that entirely consistent with about an average Japanese trip OS?
Posted in: Emperor, empress return from Britain
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Tamarama
That's a classic image! Very 1950's! But please tell me that woman isn't using binoculars to watch a solar eclipse?!
Posted in: Skyward
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Tamarama
Watch the Solar Eclipse from the Shooh Space Camera http://events.slooh.com/
Just watching this now. These guys are hilarious! It's a gong show!
Posted in: Millions look skyward as rare eclipse crosses Asia
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Tamarama
Even if Greece decided to stay in the EU, it still needs to undertake massive reforms to make it's economy more efficient so that it can start to work towrds paying back it's debt. Effectively, Greece needs to get a real job and stop spending money willy-nilly. And they have shown every indication thay don't want to do that. So, either way, I can't really see how this is going to end well in the short term.
Posted in: G-8 leaders hope Greece remains in eurozone
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Tamarama
Look, I was just hoping that, as a pro-whaling opinion, you might be able to explain to us why it is necessary to kill whales by way of establishing population numbers. I didn't think it was too much to ask, but I guess I was wrong.
Posted in: Japanese whalers leave for Pacific
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Tamarama
You really don't want to answer the question, do you? All this ducking and diving is a little unbecoming....
....as is trying to pass off another's answer as your own.
Posted in: Japanese whalers leave for Pacific
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Tamarama
Daijoboots
Ha ha ha ha. Classic! Especially when you follow by quoting this from a Japanese Embassy;
Looks like the official Japanese line IS your argument.
Why doesn't that surprise me. Do you have any opinion of your own on this subject? In your own words, would you like to try to explain why counting whales needs to be lethal? Go on, you can do it!
Posted in: Japanese whalers leave for Pacific
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Tamarama
Daijoboots
It amazes me that any rational person buys this official Japanese line and even more that they regurgitate it as part of their own position. If you are trying to validate population numbers, why do you have to kill the specimens you are studying? That is a completely illogical way of assessing populaton numbers - but I await your explanation of this with interest, assuming of course, you are willing to take up the challenge.
Posted in: Japanese whalers leave for Pacific
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Tamarama
So what? Anyone who climbs Mount Everest, or any of the other major world peaks has my absolute upmost respect. To do it at 73 is absolutely amazing in my book and I tip my hat to an extraordinary woman.
Posted in: 73-year-old Japanese woman scales Mount Everest
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Tamarama
The futile and embarassing face of Japanese Nationalist pride on display for the world to cringe at. Ignorance, and selfishness personified. What a disgrace.
Posted in: Japanese whalers leave for Pacific
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Tamarama
Indeed. The Japanese handshake is like being handed a refrigerated trout.
Posted in: Ready for lunch
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Tamarama
Dime a dozen players kick around at my local park on a Sunday afternoon - not chaps playing a pivotal role in a Cup win or talking to Sir Alex Ferguson about heading to Old Trafford.
Posted in: Manchester United boss Ferguson meets Kagawa