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  bcbrownboyApr. 14, 2011 - 06:38AM JST

  apecnetworks:

  For readers of JT, those who need to understand the disaster better, Klein2 has laid out a vital aspect of the situation.

  This is underestimating the readers of JT, and very condescending. I think we understand all too well.

  Posted in: TEPCO president mulls paying damages; says he won't resign

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  bcbrownboyApr. 14, 2011 - 06:36AM JST

  stevecpfc at 09:37 PM JST - 13th April The heads of Tepco should be facing criminal charges as soon as possible.

  This is absolutely true. Anyone in a position of authority at TEPCO should be prosecuted to the maximum. Saying that they could not predict a huge tsunami is nonsense. They were warned over and over, and chose to ignore the warnings, perhaps hoping that the big one would occur after their time. Well the time has come, and you have to pay the piper. History, and the Japanese who came centuries before, has shown, in writing, in stone, that another big one would come. If you are putting nuke plants by the ocean, you have to plan for that. Otherwise, you are criminally negligent, at best.

  Posted in: TEPCO president mulls paying damages; says he won't resign

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  bcbrownboyApr. 13, 2011 - 09:02PM JST

  ps. take a look at the world time zone map. It's easy to see where the problem lies.

  Posted in: Morinaga starts 'summer time,' calling employees to work at 8 a.m.

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  bcbrownboyApr. 13, 2011 - 09:01PM JST

  presto:

  'The Japanese this, the Japanese that' like they're from a different planet. And 'we' have all the answers; only 'we' know what summertime is. The whole nation of Japan being so different from 'ourselves' haven't got a clue; the wisdom is ours. Of course. What arrogance.

  It's a big world out there, and Japan is a tiny galapagos, yes, w/o a clue in many ways.

  Posted in: Morinaga starts 'summer time,' calling employees to work at 8 a.m.

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  bcbrownboyApr. 13, 2011 - 06:45AM JST

  I love to live in Japan - this is the second of two crime stories here on April 12th! Only two crimes worth reporting on. What a safe country we have here! (No sarcasm meant. Truly grateful.)

  Posted in: Man arrested for attempted murder of girlfriend's father

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  bcbrownboyApr. 12, 2011 - 09:19AM JST

  elbudamexicano at 06:15 PM JST - 11th April All of Japan should start this new summer time, Japan has been wasting too much money, electricity for not having the change in the hours when the sun in Japan is already out at 3am??

  Amen bud. So silly to have the sun rise at 5am and set at 6pm, wasting so many hours of light. This is partly due to the unfortunate situation of Japan being misplaced in time zone nine, the same zone as Korea and parts of Russia far to the west:

  It's past time to sort out this ludicrous situation. According to Wikipedia:

  There is a tendency to draw time zone boundaries far to the west of their meridians. Many of these locations also use daylight saving time. As a result, in the summer, solar noon in the Spanish town of Muxia occurs at 14:37 (2:37pm) by the clock. This area of Spain never experiences sunset before 18:00 (6pm) local time even in midwinter, despite its lying more than 40 degrees north of the equator. Near the summer solstice, Muxia has sunset times similar to those of Stockholm.

  On the other hand, Japan's time zone, set in 1886, is far to the east of the meridian, giving us us sunsets around 4:30 in winter.

  We need more sunshine.

  Posted in: Morinaga starts 'summer time,' calling employees to work at 8 a.m.

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  bcbrownboyApr. 12, 2011 - 08:34AM JST

  What a bloody mess!

  Posted in: End to Japan's nuclear crisis is years, a fortune away

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  bcbrownboyApr. 08, 2011 - 08:20AM JST

  No, no, don't let in the creeping cancer of customer choice! We might be dragged into the 20th Century. Oh, too late, it's the 21st Century.

  Posted in: Have it your way at Burger King this spring

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  bcbrownboyApr. 08, 2011 - 08:18AM JST

  The parents should be charged with criminal neglect.

  Posted in: Man arrested on suspicion of kidnapping 2-year-old girl in Sapporo

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  bcbrownboyApr. 08, 2011 - 08:08AM JST

  Looks like escapees from a puppy mill, and they look happy and healthy.

  Posted in: Dog days

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  bcbrownboyMar. 16, 2011 - 08:57PM JST

  Germany’s Lufthansa airline became the first major European carrier Tuesday to announce that its daily flights to Tokyo will be diverted from Japan’s disaster zone

  Talk about chicken sh!t.

  This weekend, Lufthansa started to check planes returning from Tokyo for excessive levels of radiation, but none was detected.

  But diverted. Who can get to Tokyo, or north, from Osaka? It's despicable!

  Posted in: European airlines divert flights from Tokyo

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  bcbrownboyMar. 08, 2011 - 06:27AM JST

  No doubt this model too is PC-only.

  Posted in: IC recorder

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  bcbrownboyFeb. 26, 2011 - 08:41PM JST

  Au contraire, my best friend and my brother are both totally addicted, and it doesnt matter if it's mental or physical addiction.

  Posted in: For many Japanese, laid-back overseas vacations a one-way ticket to nowhere

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  bcbrownboyFeb. 26, 2011 - 08:15PM JST

  Yep, totally disgusting. Is it just because it was their son? The penalty should be more than usual, as that poor guy had to watch as his own parents slowly murdered him. How excruciatingly heartbreaking and torturous that must have been! How about the death penalty, even though I don't believe in it?

  Posted in: Parents jailed over death of 4-year-old son due to malnutrition

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  bcbrownboyFeb. 23, 2011 - 08:22AM JST

  Keep her here. Don't let her go back!

  Posted in: Taylor Swift basks in Asian limelight

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  bcbrownboyFeb. 12, 2011 - 08:07AM JST

  Perfect. Made my day.

  Posted in: Snow white

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  bcbrownboyFeb. 11, 2011 - 10:50AM JST

  Sad!

  Posted in: One-year-old girl dies at daycare center following nap time

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  bcbrownboyFeb. 11, 2011 - 10:47AM JST

  Another case of perverted justice in Japan. Just drop it!

  Posted in: Philippines confirms fugitive stripper Minako Komukai arrived in Manila

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  bcbrownboyFeb. 05, 2011 - 07:48AM JST

  Ahh, come on, it was just in fun.

  Posted in: 3 high school boys held for throwing stones at passenger train

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  bcbrownboyFeb. 02, 2011 - 08:56AM JST

  I agree with this assessment of Aural Assault - the constant screaming has turned Japan into a nation of aural addicts, and the train companies into a grinding group of enablers. It's truly disgusting. Time to grow up.

  Posted in: Why must Tokyo’s railways engage in aural assault?

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