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Yubaru
Not to knock your comment here, but having experienced first hand how Japanese bureaucrats work it would not surprise me in the least if they have not done anything yet and will wait until someone attempts to turn something in to them that they try to shut the barn door after the horses have left.
Proactive does not seem to be a part of the Japanese vocabulary.
I hope that more folks make the points that this gentlemen has made and that the consulate and foreign ministry types listen and DO something. It's a delicate topic that needs full attention.
Families need the closure and the government darn well better do it right.
Posted in: Oceanographer says beachcombers on West Coast may find bones in tsunami debris
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Yubaru
Realdoll Amuro had a fall from popularity early in 2002 to about 2006, she went through a divorce, spent Mom time raising her son and has BEEN BACK since around the end of 2006 and early 2007.
Posted in: Namie Amuro to embark on first dome tour in 15 years
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Yubaru
I would hope that more information is put out over the next coming months helping to educate people who may come across any debris on how to dispose of it.
I would also hope that the consulates in the area set up a system where people can either send or take what they find to the consulate for return to the families.
Posted in: Oceanographer says beachcombers on West Coast may find bones in tsunami debris
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Yubaru
To me she is more beautiful now in her 30's than when she was in her teens and twenty's. Good luck with the tour!
Posted in: Namie Amuro to embark on first dome tour in 15 years
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Yubaru
Did anyone actually expect anything different from the Korean Supreme Court? If this was from the Hague I would think it would carry more weight.
Japan will continue to hide behind it's claims that all compensation was paid and nothing but talk, talk, talk, talk, talk is ever going to happen.
Posted in: S Korean forced laborers during Japan's colonial rule win 1st legal victory
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Yubaru
The IOC is firing a warning shot across Japan's bow and this very well could become a political hot potato particularly for Tokyo and Ishihara.
Posted in: IOC chief: Japan must solve power shortage to host Games
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Yubaru
The Bible and Biblical reasons? Wow that is pretty narrow-minded I do believe. There are plenty of "other" major religions in the world and your bias is showing by eliminating them through your comment here.
Marriage whether it be between heterosexuals or homosexuals is still marriage and people need to get over their homophobic tendencies through their desire to categorize the semantics of the union by reserving the word marriage for their own heterosexual use.
It's just a word, and over time (hopefully) people will re-educate themselves to understand that the word marriage means a union of TWO PEOPLE, no matter their sexual orientation.
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Yubaru
Just goes to show how screwed up the system really is!
Posted in: Chinese inmate who escaped from Hiroshima prison given additional 28 months
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Yubaru
Oh she is scheduled for release, even after the reduction in sentence in 2024. She tried smuggling 4.2 KILO's of cannabis. Bit too much for "personal" use I would say.
Posted in: Australia denies Corby deal with Jakarta
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Yubaru
Huh? Do you mean released by any chance?
Personally speaking if someone is dumb enough to try to smuggle drugs in any country in SE Asia that has laws like Indonesian they deserve to rot in prison no matter the country that they hail from.
Posted in: Australia denies Corby deal with Jakarta
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Yubaru
If this is even remotely true the guy suing TEPCO for his wife's suicide should use this report as part of his lawsuit. It helps researchers and medical folks to understand that physically there are explanations to whys and maybe can lead to treatments to assist those in deep depression.
Also it should be covered heavily by the media and the government should use it as an opportunity to educate folks that mental health issues need not be viewed with the stigmatization that it has today.
Posted in: Stress shrank brain area of tsunami survivors: study
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Yubaru
The policies of the government are coming back to bite them on their butts. That and scare tactics.
Posted in: Japan's April trade deficit grows to Y520.3 bil
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Yubaru
Free to drink to their hearts content at home.....Now watch domestic violence issues pop up like crazy in Fukuoka.
The mayor can make all the statements he wants but I would love to see how he is going to enforce it. He's been watching too many magic shows on TV and thinks that by just snapping his fingers CHANGE will somehow occur.
PUBLIC SERVANTS get fired for doing illegal acts, like drunk driving, teachers, JIETAI, any of them. But this new "rule" is BS at best, and people out side of Fukuoka have to be thinking one of two things, this guys a nutcase, or I pray to God that Hashimoto or Ishihara dont do the same thing here!
Posted in: Fukuoka mayor imposes 1-month alcohol ban for public servants
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Yubaru
Thank you!
Posted in: 5-year-old girl run over, killed by mother
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Yubaru
We are talking about a Japanese University student you know. AKB causes all sorts of idiotic behavior amongst folks here.
Here's a thought? Maybe sue AKB? (tongue in cheek)
Posted in: University student arrested after choking AKB48 fan to steal photos
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Yubaru
And women and children too! lol!
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Yubaru
Yes they are taught to look back and check blind spots besides using the mirrors.
However like with many other things here people stop doing what they are supposed to be doing when driving once they "graduate" and get their licenses.
Oh two reasons I know this for a fact, one I've been through a driving school here to get my large/over sized vehicle license and two my father-in-law is the principal of two driving schools and we have talked about this very thing.
He was a stickler, when I drove him around, for constantly harping on me to TURN YOUR DARN HEAD when backing up. I thank him for his vigilance!
Used be be that some kids were an accident waiting to happen, now a days it seems like it's the parents are the accident waiting to happen and it's a shame. My heart goes out to the child and the mother, I would not want to be in her shoes knowing she killed her own child. She is one that is going to need help.
Posted in: 5-year-old girl run over, killed by mother
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Yubaru
You assumed that the family may or not have had problems with paperwork, assumed that they did or did not file correctly or properly.
Assumed or asked if she sought out help but inferred that the suicide was due to her "problems" and not related to the problems that she experienced because she had to become homeless due to TEPCO's incompetence.
Questioning or inferring that the woman may have had issues prior to the disaster and inferring as well that TEPCO should not be held responsible for her actions.
TEPCO, AGAIN, holds SOME, maybe not all, but SOME responsibility for her death and owes her husband compensation for putting him through the crap that he has gone through because they would not provide compensation for their misdeeds in the first place.
Posted in: Man files lawsuit against TEPCO following wife's suicide
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Yubaru
This also ranks up there with one of my favorites as well. Women's volleyball, (national team level) is another.
My all time favorite though is the one I played, FOOTBALL! Not soccer.
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Yubaru
However in effect you are defending TEPCO, making assumptions about issues that were not raised in the article. As i previously wrote there is a "lack of information in the article", BUT based upon what is there "TEPCO bears SOME responsibility".
Many of them are getting compensation, and of course not everyone commits suicide, they are as a fact of the matter, on the rise amongst the people who have been displaced and lost everything because of the disaster.
This is not about EVERYONE affected by the tsunami or earthquake. It's about TEPCO and the nuclear fall out which created the no-go zone in the first place.
Specifically the people displaced by the nuclear disaster at Fukushima should in my opinion, be compensated to some degree by TEPCO. Some more than others of course, but ANYONE that was displaced and had to move into shelters, even though they had (assuming here sorry) perfectly good homes (residences) prior to the fallout, have a right to expect said compensation from TEPCO.
The paperwork, as noted here on JT previously, for compensation from TEPCO was daunting and hideously difficult for even those who knew what they were doing, one CAN NOT expect everyone to have the same capabilities.
Posted in: Man files lawsuit against TEPCO following wife's suicide