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The USA and China need each other, the Chinese want American know how, high tech etc..we…
Posted in: Obama: Strong U.S.-China ties help rest of the world
Smoking ban indoors? Hey this is Japan......that would be the day if that law passes, too…
Posted in: Smoke-free laws lead to less smoking at home
Azusa: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooning Anyway, this guy just did a form of non-violent protest. I got to hand…
Extreme lack of US brand dealerships coupled with exorbitant price tags. Not to mention that most…
Posted in: What do you think are the main reasons why U.S. car sales are so low in Japan?
Very sad, not that just people are buying CDs but that if they do buy them,…
Posted in: Remembering
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Yep...it's time to seriously consider packing up and moving on somewhere where the people are less deranged!
Posted in: 22-year-old night school student assaults 15-year-old classmate in Chiba
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JT...more info needed please! Yamaguchi is a large prefecture, you can't just go saying 'In Yamaguchi prefecture' without telling us the town.
Posted in: Body of headless cat found at high school in Yamaguchi
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If she had sex with him twice and never consented to it on both accounts, why didn't she report him after the first time? Something doesn't seem right with this...sounds like another case of wrongful accusation.
Posted in: Cop arrested over sex with woman involved in crime investigation
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I hate the whole pretentious bullcrap that comes from the mouths of these women! And how in the hell are these bars not prosecuted for price gouging? I mean...seriously...some poor sucker pays $160 for a bottle of cheap whisky that you can buy in 7/11 for $4, and then pays $20 an hour or more to sit there and drink it - from a tiny glass that wouldn't quench the thirst of an ant, with water mixed in!
Posted in: Hostesses
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This is a sad story. Japan doesn't do enough to help women with post partum depression. My wife went through this and I thank God we have friends who helped us get through it! The doctors did bugger all! Keeping the mother and baby in hospital for a week doesn't help either...yeah, nice little earner for the hospital: $4000 per week is what they get! And what did they feed my wife each day? Rice and fish heads! YIKES! And they left us on our own during delivery for three friggin hours! I kid you not!
I hope this woman gets counseling...
Posted in: Ibaraki woman arrested for drowning 13-day-old son in bathtub
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The nearest we get to anything like that where I live is some old granma rice farmer wiping her sweaty brow with a dirty towel! God I hate living in the country...have to get a job in Tokyo!
Posted in: Tokyo's naughty nightspots not just for men
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KaptainKichigai: how do you know she isn't 6'4" and weighs 300lbs? I know I sure as hell wouldn't want to get into a fight with a woman that big!! My point being, which you so obviously missed, is that age has nothing to do with it. If she's capable of writing threats like she did, what's not to say she's capable of carrying them out?
I didn't realize someone had to be a certain age before they could be considered a threat!
http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notoriousmurders/young/teenkillers/index.html
And one of them was just 15!
Posted in: 17-yr-old girl held for threatening massacre in Internet message
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20 years in the slammer should help her realise what's a joke and what's not.
KaptainKichigai...we don't know what she looks like or what she's capable of. You don't have to be a certain age to be a monster or killer. Seems to me you're the perfect example of someone who stereotypes, which is why you're not a policeman, detective or investigator.
Posted in: 17-yr-old girl held for threatening massacre in Internet message
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Much of what's described here sounds like the desire to remake humans for the purpose of that for which they were originally intended.
In today's fast paced life, where both men and women are too busy to show emotions, these future robots may just be a welcome relief from keeping all those feelings pent up. But how long after will it be before people realise it's perfectly okay to show emotions and passion to the real thing?
Just a shame so many don't do it now and instead, think love exists in a quick one-night stand.
Posted in: In 2050, your lover may be a robot
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Couldn't agree more romulus3...couldn't agree more!
Posted in: Rescuers battle buckled roads, aftershocks in quake-hit areas
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The princess has done more traveling outside of Japan than the prince by a LONG way!! She hates being the princess and made that clear in the biography about her. I guess chauvinism starts at the top but then again, it's been like that since the times of Amaterasu!
Posted in: Crown prince heads to Brazil alone; says trip too tough for Masako
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I'd like to see these places closed down, or at least make the girls pay just as much as the men. Come to think of it, any man who spends that kind of money in the very faint hope he might get laid, is an absolute idiot! These little gold-diggers should be banned from entering the cafe unless THEY expect to meet someone for sex!
Posted in: 'Blind-date cafes' attract all kinds of girls
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They would do better to discuss the implementation of street bollards to stop vehicles from using the streets on pedestrian only days. Works in the UK.
Posted in: Violent game launch canceled after Akihabara rampage; gov't discusses regulations on knives
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Wow JT...if I was that cop I'd sue you for deformation of character. What gives you the right to call people 'chubby'? What's wrong? Don't you know how to be professional and just call him a policeman?
Posted in: Police search
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I hate those damn dogs!
Posted in: Poodle
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taikan...you forget about the amounts it costs to pay salaries to prison guards, administrators who write daily records (and they do) of each prisoner, overheads such as electricity, toiletries and prison clothes...they all add up a damn site more than ¥6700 per day!
Posted in: Growing number of offenders unable to pay fines, end up in jail
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This problem just goes to show there are too many over zealous cops out there. Putting someone in prison for a 15000 yen ($160) fine? Bloody ridiculous when you consider it costs an average $300 per day, of tax payer's money, to keep a prisoner behind bars!
Posted in: Growing number of offenders unable to pay fines, end up in jail
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I agree with Picard. I just checked one of my email accounts and found several 'deleted comments' messages, stating my postings were 'off topic' when in actual fact they were anything but!
Posted in: 34 evacuated from apartment as man commits suicide with poisonous fumes
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The whole card system is a farce anyway...
While I don't condone smoking...kids are gonna do it if they want to.
The cops have a thousand other things they could be doing instead of wasting tax payer's money with this crap! But then again, we all know the J-cops are a waste of time anyway!
Posted in: Mother who gave new smoking smart card to teenage son may face charges
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This is a joke story right? There is no way in hell that piece of scrap is worth ten million yen!! Not a chance! The gold market is sooooo piss poor right now that gold is not worth its weight in gold anymore!!
And the movie has been out for friggin months...and why the hell would anyone want to buy it on DVD given that it is NOT that interesting...
I hate Japanese market valuers...because they have ZERO idea of true market value...but gotta please that boss with his head stuck up the passages of the old boys network eh!!
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