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No evidence, that funny. Related material start with the Dutch administered war crimes tribunal. They there…
Posted in: Hashimoto says S Korean troops guilty of wartime sex abuse
kyou1 Hashimoto NEVER said sexual assault was necessary. Although many foreigners who can not read Japanese…
Posted in: Hashimoto says S Korean troops guilty of wartime sex abuse
O meant rare atoorney not rape attotney. He grew in povery so he used to help…
Posted in: Hashimoto says S Korean troops guilty of wartime sex abuse
I want tell all of you that Hashimoto is not alone. We are tired of this…
Posted in: Hashimoto says S Korean troops guilty of wartime sex abuse
Keanu reeves and action films go perfect together. Similar to japan and rape.
Posted in: Keanu Reeves makes directorial debut with modern kung fu film
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@sfjp330
Your calculations may be economicaly defendable, I don't know. Cheaper is not necessarilly better. As for solar or wind power not being viable, sure not for now or without adapting our lifestyle. Isn't it worth a try? How viable was nuclear at it's beginning?
Posted in: Thousands across Japan rally against nuclear power
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@Heda_Madness
Sure, these unanswered problems too and they are big ones. I'm not denying CO2 problems or saying it's the solution. But nuclear contaminated ground/sea cannot be the trade in for land retaken by the sea.
Death count is not all that counts when assessing danger. But sure, coal and gas do their part.
Posted in: Thousands across Japan rally against nuclear power
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@sfjp330
Seriously? You mean what's happening in Fukushima is "cost effective"? And what about that cost effectiveness after this 40 year period? Because that is when in becomes interesting regarding costs...
Nuclear power will NEVER look attractive. For money hungry politicians maybe, but not for common people who have to cope with the consequences of the problem.
Posted in: Thousands across Japan rally against nuclear power
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Agreed, coal and gas is not clean or sustainable, neither is nuclear... There's no miracle solution we can apply now, but that's no reason to justify cheapest solution. People are only ready to trade for same or better value, but face it, it can't be done. Maybe we have to put on hold that growth myth... why always more? Is enough not enough? Idealistic, I know... As for nuclear being far better for the environment... well I'm not really convinced. The next decades will reveal a lot of unanswered problems with decomissioning and waste disposal. And by the way, bury or store waste is not really a fantastic solution. The waste will just pile up and then? Just go for it and hope for a future solution is never good problem managing. Depressing.
Posted in: Thousands across Japan rally against nuclear power
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that is so horrible, the poor girl... I hope she'll be ok...
Posted in: Father dies sheltering 9-year-old daughter from blizzard
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Abe sends special envoy to Seoul to work to improve ties with South Korea and at the same time he is back-tracking from a 1995 apology for suffering caused in Asia during WWII... does he really understand what he's doing? If he wants to make a "forward-looking statement appropriate for the 21st century" it's fine, but no need to try erase history...
Posted in: Abe wants to replace landmark 1995 war apology
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Abe wants to build new reactors trying to convince people it's a new technology therefore safe reactors... but when you read that basic fireproofing is not yet garanteed in some NPP you really wonder how safe "new technology" will be build...
Seriously, how scary is that? How can you overview such apparently basic security standards? At least the NRA seems to do its job, but how will Abe and the LDP react to these findings? I really hope japanese people wake up and think about who they voted in...
Posted in: Fireproofing said to be inadequate at many nuclear reactors
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Even if I didn't support all of Noda's thinking, there was some hope left, somehow. Not anymore. At least a lot of things are clearer now. Japan is on the wrong path for good. It's people will suffer even more and for nothing but the well being of the politicians and their amakudari friends. Sad day for Japan. I really wonder how the LDP voters will react in the next months... desperate and disillusioned.
Posted in: Abe to become Japan's 7th PM in 6 years after landslide LDP win
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@Yogi
otherwise they would just loose the only selling argument they have in favor of this kind of energy producing
Posted in: TEPCO sees no quick restart for biggest nuclear plant in Niigata
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@MADCOWS I wasn't talking about brand name of the car, just about the engine unit. Actual Lotus has (tweaked) Toyota motors since they droped the K-serie Rover motor in 2004. I don't want Lotus cars to be branded Honda. I just thought it would make access possible to use Honda engines which are good IMO. It could also revive some old F1 collaboration memories...
Posted in: Honda ties up with Malaysia's Proton
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This is so desperate... will japanese people react to this? How can a government be so utterly inept to help it's own people? This is so frustrating... I guess Matsumura sums it up...
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Would love to see Honda powered Lotus cars!
Posted in: Honda ties up with Malaysia's Proton
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Can someone explain me how this radiation check works? I'm surprised it takes only 10 seconds for a bag of rice... Is it really possible to measure the Cs level in such a short time? Is there a sample taken? If it's so easy, quick and gives real results what's the problem with testing all the food (apart from the time it'd take)?
Posted in: Testing of Fukushima rice about 1 month behind schedule
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I'm with you zichi. Restrictions could have been eventually eased after proof of safety based on real facts/studies. I feel this would have been a better way to keep some trust in dealing with this mess. But this would have hurt feelings too much so let's pretend everything is ok and everybody is nice. If not, then appologize and all is fine... How can you build trust with those kind of happenings? Too much people avoiding to face facts and taking responsibilities. Deceiving. Again and again.
Posted in: 2 men arrested for selling falsely labeled Fukushima onions
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Not happy at all with the DPJ, but if Abe becomes the new PM... I don't dare imagine what will happen
Posted in: DPJ lags badly in poll as election nears
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I've seen those kind of robot-lawn-mower since a few years around my place. They have a small station they go back and dock for electric power wich is solar. It makes absolutely no noise and the grass is cut clean through the season! Looks like a gadget but actually quite efficient. You delimit the surface with a kind of wire (don't see it, ground level) it won't cross. It's quite cool, don't have to worry about lawn-mower noise right under the office/meeting windows!
Posted in: Robo-mower
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this is such a joke, seriously, no fine???... way to go to recover people's trust, yeah, sure... anybody to comment impact of this on international stage regarding one's nation's (Japan) image? Is this common business dealing?
Posted in: Regulator orders Nomura to improve operations after scandal
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This is just insane... how desperate are these guys to sign their own death like this? Just how many crazy reports do we have to face until this whole mess will be under control? This is so rotten to the core
Posted in: Firm told workers at Fukushima plant to lie about radiation dose
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Go squirrels ! Go !
Posted in: Tokyo zoo hunts squirrels that fled during typhoon
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Instead of trying to convince with talks that Japan is completely safe, try to show the world how it really is and people will make their own conlusion and go to Japan or not. People can think and choose by themself given they have some trustfull infos. But seeing the communications tactics and handling since 3/11 and then thinking some cool Japan action will make people forget about everything, wrong or right, safe or not, is just not being very aware of how things work out of the island... But then so many people don't care, forget, don't want to see or whatever, so it might actually bring some tourist in and they will go back home and that's it.
Posted in: Japan seeks bloggers for cyber-charm tourism drive