JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Youdontknow
Anyone who believes 9/11 was the result of a man in a cave, then you're a complete nitwit! The evidence is 100% clear that it was an inside job! And why would the FBI and CIA hide the tapes of the Pentagon strike? And why were there no aircraft parts found at either the Pentagon or in Pennsylvania, and spare me the "the impact was so great the plane disintegrated" crap please...the Lockerbie jet fell from a higher altitude after it was blown up, and there were still plenty of recognisable pieces!
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Ah...must be correct then...
Posted in: Execution chamber at Tokyo Detention House opened to media
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Really? Well I'm in my second decade here too...and I think whoever wrote this article is either completely deluded or just plain wishfully thinking they can change Japan! And yeah...seen plenty of you idiots come for a year or two actually believing that!
Posted in: If a longtime expat starts offering you advice, walk the other way
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A contest for gluttony....what next?
Posted in: Ex-champ Kobayashi arrested at New York hot dog event
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I think what Bethune did was awesome! The fact that the idiot with the 'racist' comment on his sign wants Bethune in jail, just shows how ignorant many Japanese people are! And don't get on my case about that comment either, because I don't give a f@@@!
Posted in: Anti-whaling activist Pete Bethune gets suspended prison term
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You got that right!
Posted in: Wives still have passion, but how to get their husbands to realize it?
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a) The youth of Somalia and other nations, need to take a stance against these murdering scum.
b) The benefit of watching games like the World Cup is that they can learn about racial, cultural and religious harmony amongst all nations of the world. Something these pathetic militants are scared will happen.
c) The only "mad men jumping up and down" are the imbeciles who want to kill innocent people for doing what they want!
Someone please take out these jiihad idiots already!
Posted in: Two Somali soccer fans executed, 30 arrested for watching World Cup
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As smithinjapan said, if Mkhondo doesn't care, then I guess he won't be too concerned when the world snubs South Africa in the future for world events. In 100 years from now, South Africans will be screaming "Why aren't you choosing our country for the world cup anymore?" Well I hope they will look back on this time and realize what idiots are running the event.
And yes, you should care very much what people think. I turned off the Japan vs Cameroon game before the first half even finished because of the noise of those damn horns! Sounded like an invasion of bees on my surround sound!
Isn't there something the tv crews can do? Like using radar mics to follow players instead of having to record the whole stadium sound?
Posted in: World Cup fans have their say on vuvuzela
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A) Shouldn't be hard to find a caucasian in a blue suit, that was previously in the bank.
B) She had no reason to be carrying that much money in cash! Whatever she wanted to do with it, a bank transfer would have done the job!
Posted in: Elderly woman robbed, punched in the face on Tokyo street
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She's good looking but I can't believe she was actually Ms.Universe! She isn't THAT good looking!
Posted in: Bidder pays Y3.52 mil for rights to photograph former Miss Universe Riyo Mori
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a) This douche bag is in NO POSITION to be giving advice about marriage!
b) I've (and I'm sure 98% of people) have never heard of this ''famous neuroscientist''.
c) WTH kinda book could a 'famous neuroscientist' and a 3xmarried sleazebag possibly write together?
Marriage IS hard work and the best advice I would give is to NEVER take each other for granted, remember he/she is your best friend, lover, confidante. Communication is key, but keep expectations realistic. I've been married almost ten years...looking forward to the next ten!
Posted in: Junichi Ishida lectures the engaged on ins and outs of marriage
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Yeah, this looks like a fun thing to do: play around inside a plastic bubble with the sun beating down! Yeah, really clever - NOT!
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They should rename this award to The Award Only Famous People With No Real Talent Can Get - Because Everyday Commoners are Nothing
Posted in: Best Mother of 2010 winners announced
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How about my wife? Raised our son. Fought off Ovarian cancer over a six year period and the severe depression that came with it, and STILL kept her full-time nursing job caring for the elderly. And when those old folks pass away, she's the one that has to clean the body, prepare it and all without any complaint.
Who the hell is the actress? This award is a farce!
Posted in: Best Mother of 2010 winners announced
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Look at the case of Craig E Morrey (you can find him on Facebook).
His wife isn't even Japanese, but she left him and one child (Spencer, who is disabled) and took her daughter to western Japan. She refuses to allow Spencer to leave the country, even though she wants nothing to do with him! In the US, Spencer can get the necessary 24 hour care he so badly needs, as opposed to the pathetic 90 minutes a WEEK that Japan will provide! His case has been highlighted in a documentary and in the media.
Japanese law sides with Spencer's mother on this case, stating that "It is in the best interests of the child to stay in Japan." - a load of rubbish!! Just because he was born here, and yet they refuse to help or let him leave the country without the mother's permission!
Japanese custody law/child welfare is a complete JOKE!
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Oh purleeze!! That's the biggest load of codswallop I've ever read - this week!
Japan needs to get with the program and stop whining about 12 people kidnapped by North Korea decades ago, and start addressing the HUNDREDS of cases of child abduction by Japanese mothers from a foreign country back to Japan!!
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I've been doing it for over ten years here, but 9 of those on my own. I live in a rural area, so there's really nothing else for me to do. However, I'm not complaining...I make my own hours, make more money than most 'teachers' do here who work a 45 hour work week, as well as many Japanese workers in various professions.
When NOVA collapsed in 2007, they pulled the English business down with them and the knock on effect is undeniable. Japanese people are also waking up and realizing that they really don't need to pay exuberant prices for lessons, books, cd's, dvd's etc...and still have little to show for it after three years of study!
A good teacher is worth his or her weight in gold - but woe the teacher who does too good a job in an Eikaiwa! Your boss wants to keep syphoning money from the 'client' as long as possible - who are you to even think that making the student speak proper English (or other languages) is okay?
And personally, I'd rather stare at a computer screen 12 hours a day than have to regurgitate meaningless conversations to people, who when they see you outside, couldn't give you the time of day!
Posted in: Why is teaching at English conversation schools in Japan such a maligned profession by some people?
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It's silly season in Japan again folks! Yep, the weather changes and so do the statistics on crime! Murder cases are piling up by the day already!
Posted in: Woman's body found in plastic bag on river bank
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I can't help but wonder if she heard the phrase "To stab someone in the back." and took it at its literal meaning? :-/ Glad the woman she stabbed is okay though. Her attacker needs locking up for the rest of her life!!
Posted in: Woman stabbed at random in Tokyo park
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A few years back, a cop took his gun out and shot a man who was attacking him. He shot him in the leg. The cop was fired because he ''didn't have permission'' from his superiors to take his gun from his holster. Despite the fact that shooting his attacker probably saved his life, prosecutors tried to indict him on ''attempted murder''.
Then there was the incident with the guy who chased cops on national television news, wielding a large stick at them. The cops turned and ran off, right past the news camera! At the time, Koizumi declared that all cops were to receive advanced training in how to deal with assailants and violence future. Obviously that training never materialized.
But in this case, at least the cops are out patrolling the streets! And they're not just looking for stolen granny bikes either! How many cops do you know back home that patrol the streets anymore?
Posted in: Two policemen knifed in Sasebo