JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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I strongly object to the previous two posts, which are uninformed and unfair. I've been watching (and understanding) these August series for several decades and I think their message is unambiguous. Don't confuse NHK with the Ministry of Education. These TV documentarians don't pull any punches. The details of Unit 731, mistreatment of POWs, etc. have all been introduced and I never sensed any attempt to justify or cover up Japan's wartime activities.
Posted in: NHK to air 'August Chronicles' on war, peace, nuclear issues
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My sentiments entirely. There's something pathetic about people who can't even put down their mobile devices long enough to enjoy watching a football game.
Posted in: Women's World Cup final breaks Twitter record
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But will it withstand tsunami as well?
Posted in: Ultra-high tensile strength steel withstands large earthquakes
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WordStar
This is a bribe too, in a way. The money goes into a police slush fund instead of the public coffers. There have been numerous exposes in the media about how the police put the squeeze on citizens, including parking violations and traffic violations.
Posted in: Cops come calling to collect traffic fines
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Thanks for the Fox News broadcast@sailwind. Wishful thinking should carry you through the last week of October, 2012. Which color necktie are you planning to wear to Obama's Inaugural Ball, by the way?
Posted in: Obama announces re-election bid in email to 13 mil supporters
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The Tea Party's school bully approach to governance is so lowbrow and unappealing I don't give the GOP very good odds. Their candidates now have 17 months in which to alienate voters by getting caught philandering, embezzling, and putting their foot in their mouth with a goofy or racist statement. Let the "process of elimination" begin.
Posted in: Obama announces re-election bid in email to 13 mil supporters
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WordStar
I would have paid if Johnny Kitagawa himself had been present. He's about as elusive as Elvis and Bigfoot.
Posted in: 389,000 attend Johnny's fundraiser in Shibuya
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Several of my mail correspondents have remarked that Japanese have been much more subdued in the wake of this disaster than the one in 1923 -- when the government circulated rumors of arson by Koreans that led to lynchings of several thousand people. And the usually inflammatory Governor Ishihara has had the good sense to keep his mouth shut -- so far.
Posted in: Should rumor spreading be a prosecutable offense?
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WordStar
Four more years of government gridlock. The good news is there are still lots of countries in the Mideast that the US hasn't started bombing yet. Which one will be next?
Posted in: Obama set to launch re-election bid
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I'd be willing to chip in for a round-trip ticket to Florida, if the Afghan promises only to flick his BIC at Terry Jones and then leave the country right away.
Posted in: Afghans angry at Koran burning in Florida kill 7 at U.N. compound
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WordStar
Considering the magnitude of that quake, I'm amazed that anything is still standing up there.
Posted in: 40 police stations damaged following tsunami; 4 unsafe for use
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I would add that these things tend to be carefully staged and the young men would have received instructions on what was expected of them in advance.
Posted in: Morale boost
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The key protocol is that the Emperor's head be higher than his subjects. This is being observed. They're allowed to sit in that position because they are "victims" (no disrespect intended) and are thereby excused from putting on swallowtail morning coats.
Posted in: Morale boost
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WordStar
We have transcended reality and reached The Twilight Zone.
Posted in: Up to 1,000 bodies left untouched near nuclear plant due to radiation fears
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Keeps down dry cleaning costs...
Posted in: What do you think of the work overalls that Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, State Minister for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety Renho and other cabinet ministers wear when they attend press conferences?
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WordStar
Didn't Doraemon fix those reactors in an episode on TBS (or was it Fuji) last week?
Posted in: U.S. sending robots to Japan to help with nuclear plant
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The problem with this post hoc rationalization is that the loss of three such people doesn't represent a significant reduction in their still-living comrades, the exploits of which I'm fairly certain we'll be reading more about, soon, on JT.
Posted in: Gunmen kill 56 in grisly Iraq hostage siege
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As far as I'm concerned, they should concentrate on saving power by cutting back on the broadcasts. Until the semifinals it's almost always the same schools anyway -- with the teams made up of semiprofessional high school players from PL Gakuen and the like.
Posted in: High school baseball unifies tsunami-hit Japan
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Although the fatalities were far fewer than northern Japan, the sad fact is that coastal areas of Chiba and Ibaraki also suffered considerable damage on March 11.
Posted in: All's not well at Tokyo Disneyland after quake
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The salaries from those 6,000 workers go to pay off home mortgages and apartment rents, patronize restaurants, shop in supermarkets, etc. so all of these things will set off economic "aftershocks." We won't know the results for weeks or months, but years. After keeping the business going for 15 years from 1995, my friend's struggling restaurant in Kobe finally went under. He tried to keep it going, but the town's economic base never recovered. Now he's being sued by the people who lent him money to keep it afloat. One thing we can depend on -- the lawyers always get to come feast on the carrion.
Posted in: All's not well at Tokyo Disneyland after quake