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  blackbaggerMay. 01, 2009 - 03:16PM JST

  You have to remember the attitude to work in Japan when dealing with cops. People who are career employees in Japan try to do their work diligently for the most part, but temp and part time workers don't, and they usually bring a "who gives a shit" attitude to work. Most cops on the street are not on the career track, so it only makes sense in Japan that they have a slack-ass attitude that involves them only doing just enough work not to get fired.

  Posted in: Police stymied by ineptness, lack technical savvy

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  blackbaggerApr. 06, 2009 - 12:30PM JST

  Cwhite's comments are right on the money. The whole biking situation in Japan is almost as big of a scam as the highway system. Tax the public at several stages of the process for a system no one wants, all the while feeding profits back into some guy who got his job from Amakudari's pockets.

  Posted in: Discarded bikes get a new life

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  blackbaggerMar. 14, 2009 - 11:22PM JST

  Wow, great reporting. I hope the people they sent to find all this out get medals for exposing this horrific situation.

  Posted in: Forging false IDs for foreigners a flourishing trade

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  blackbaggerOct. 02, 2008 - 11:52AM JST

  I don't know if I'd even call this security. Any crook with half a brain will just move on to an ATM down the street to con someone while the cops are busy harassing foreigners.

  Posted in: Police stationed at ATMs in campaign to root out bank transfer fraud

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  blackbaggerOct. 02, 2008 - 11:47AM JST

  This article makes the assumption that a quick bailout will actually do more to help than hurt, which I don't think is necessarily the case. Yes, the Japanese governmnet took too long to act, but even after they moved to save dying banks the Japanese economy still floundered for another decade.

  I don't think it should be the American taxpayers' responsibility to foot the bill for a bunch of overzealous wall street gamblers' misfortunes.

  Posted in: Lessons for U.S. from Japan's debt crisis

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