JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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Confrontation
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California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
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Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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VoXman
Its called price gouging. The other airlines reduced or removed their entirely months ago........some free enterprise they have here.
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VoXman
Zurc said
A ridiculous comparison. Terror suspects were or may have been tortured at GITMO for the purpose of retrieving information about future attacks planned on the US and her allies.
Jesus was tortured for the sake of being tortured. It was a normal part of the Roman way when they sent a man to be crucified. Its partly to humiliate the prisoner in front of the locals and to show them that they may share the same fate.
In order for your example to work, the US would have to televise the torture for all of the Islamic world to see.
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VoXman
Japan! The greatest imitators in the world. Though their imitation of Hip-Hop is insulting. How can they import that style into their J-pop, and call it their own without the proper understanding of its lyrical and rhythmic roots. All this throwing up gang signs and FUBU and Timberlakes...and talking about the "hood". Like that even applies in Japan.
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VoXman
Clearly some people are not aware of the lesser firepower available on a AEGIS class DDG. 25MM rapid fire cannons on port and starboard that fire shells the size of your forearm.
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VoXman
Wow! Only 10-14 hours to charge, now if they'd just make a cheap alternate phone I could use while my solar phone is charging....
Now if you really want innovation, make a cellphone that works like a solar powered calculator. No batteries just a source of light needed.
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VoXman
gaijintraveller: a Brave man you say? Please, he knew no matter what he'd be seen as a hero to the Islamic world. HE figured he'd do a little time and come out as a living hero to his people. Please! A hero makes self-less acts of courage. What he should have done is continue to write the truth about Bush's policies.
I say: no doubt you consider people who hijack commercial planes and crash them into buildings to kill innocent people are brave. or so called freedom fighters who use their own people, women and children, as human shields as brave.
I'd say yes, when in fact you can't even apply the geneva convention to anything the Taliban, AL Queda or any insurgnet has ever done. Not one tenent of the Genva convention was ever followed by those people, so who could anyone apply it to them? Are they children? excused for their behavior, not held accountable?
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VoXman
Who are of us to judge her and her life? Or who she was. No says she was a siant nor are any of the posters here. Her life was a tragedy. Clearly, for all her success she was deeply unhappy and showed it in her public appearances. So go ahead and hate the life she led, but don't hate the person. And while you're at it why don't some of you think about how you'll be remembered when you're gone and someone writes your obiturary.
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VoXman
Photoshop that thing.....
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VoXman
Sad. She will be missed. Just goes to show you what happens in the end for Pornstars, Prostitutes and Strippers. They either overcome the daily trauma of that life or they slowly fade away. I think she died inside along time ago. It just took a while longer for her body to just give up as well. Sad, I've seen this before in the US. RIP Ai-chan.
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VoXman
Sorry Grafton:
Japantimes trumps ya! "The revelation confirms that Sato, prime minister from 1964 to 1972, distrusted Beijing because he was asking the U.S. to be ready to launch a nuclear first strike"
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20081222a1.html
Fact is: read todays JapanTimes online. There are 3-4 articles related to this topic, and definately worth reading.
And for all the their machinations about being anti-nuke, Sato and LDP in the 1960's was all about preparing for war. Yet here the US gets beat up by the JMedia and some America-bashers for being War Mongers, when it would seem that just like any responsible government that needs to protect its people and plan for the worse, Japan made agreements to protect all our Japanese friends here posting irregardless of what they (JGov) were telling the world and preaching to their children in school.
Sure the US was willing to take the heat and be the bad guy...... So my question is does anyone, any poster past, present or future care to debate the reason why the US Military is here, what its purpose is, and whether their presence was wanted or warranted given this recent revelation. I think not! I guess their hiding in their milk teas.....
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VoXman
Getting the Taliban high would end all these Jihad's. But then you'd have to start showing way more cartoons on TV and ship in tons and tons more snacks.......I'd much rather see the Afghan grow Ganga than Opium..... Afghanistan's tourism market would explode.....
"Come to Kabul! Cuz you know you wanna get high!"
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VoXman
They need to get off the greed wagon
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VoXman
There it is! All the protesting and Anti-nuke arguments aside. When the chips are down and Japan is threatened, the J-Gov explicitly asked the US in 1965 to use it's Nuclear arsenal while in Japan waters to defend Japan. No wonder its halfway down the page and not headlined. SO shame on the US for using Nuke on Japan, but let Japan get attacked and all bets are off! Nuke-em Sato said. Irradiate their innocent women and children. Destroy their cities. The real truth comes out! Its not ok for ANY REASON to drop Nukes on Japan. BUT its ok to Nuke, Japan's enemies......
Ahhh off come the rose clored glasses!
Posted in: Japan in 1965 sought U.S. nuclear shield versus China
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VoXman
Ahh what? Who cares, most foriegners wouldn't be allowed in those places anyway... Bring on the Olympics..
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VoXman
Off topic we are talking about Japan, any reference to other countries is immaterial. Science in the 19th century had no real way of tracking whales. Once science caught up, the world was presented with the evidence of near extinction, so they all/mostly all agreed to stop the hunting. SO what's Japan's excuse? They know better, at least 19th century fishermen didn't.
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VoXman
DOn't remember in Bill and Ted's Excellent adventure pt 2, Keanu had a evil robot twin........hmmm
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VoXman
The defendent stops by the jury box and high fives his Brother YAK... and then heads to the witness stand.
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VoXman
Sinple! Don't be a forienger!!!!! Remember Japanese first,scraps for the rest!
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VoXman
Make them pay a fine for non emergencies as determined by the Doctor..
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VoXman
The demise of the US and the free market economy! Premier Khrushchev said. We will bury you. The US buried the USSR. Japan Inc in the 1980's at their peak blasted US Newspapers that soon they'd buy all of America and all American's would be working for the Japanese. Bubble deflated. The point is that there will always be the "Number11's" of world proselytizing the evils of the US and it’s so called over-rated way of life. And the poor misunderstood Japanese. You are right Number 11 in that the US economy and Japan’s are entirely different. The Japanese are the premier manufacturers and the world certainly needs to learn from them. But naysayers plot the end of the US and its dominance; there is somebody in a garage or lab somewhere in the USA coming up with the next big thing like the PC, or the iPod. And when it happens the number11’s of the world will shut up for a few years and wait for the US to stumble again, then pop up like some know it all professor and recycle the same dribble he is today……. Thanks for the laugh.
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