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A leader of a yakuza gang eating at Denny's?
Posted in: Former gang member shot dead in Denny's restaurant in Chiba
Allow further loans to foreigners also
Posted in: Yen weakens as BOJ eases monetary policy
Absolutely awful that society allows something like this to happen. Anywhere else there would be protests…
Posted in: Woman arrested over murder of 5-month-old son in Kobe
Is having the Australian embassy representative take lead in this case actually legal? Or does it…
Nice work Japan. Flush yet more money down the toilet on a 5 ring circus bid…
Posted in: Tokyo officially submits 2020 bid to IOC
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boboh
The people and workers should be left to make their own choices in a democratic liberal country like Japan.... whoops, what on earth was i thinking. Democratic liberal country, pfft!!
Posted in: More companies pressuring employees to buy their products
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boboh
Like most J-guys, not real smart this one. Just jump in front yourself next time, little coward man.
Posted in: Man arrested for attempted murder after pushing woman off platform at Tokyo station
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boboh
And another weak little man, no hugs from mummy and daddy, probably a spoilt middle-class pimply brat who will never be remember. Another loser.
Posted in: 17-year-old gunman kills 15 in Germany before taking own life
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boboh
Another weak little man, who didn`t get enough hugs as a kiddie and had a grudge against everyone. Loser.
Posted in: 10 killed in Alabama shooting rampage
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boboh
Another classic blunder by incompetent J-cops.
Posted in: Handcuffed man escapes police after molesting woman in Aichi
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boboh
Hooray!!! Probably here to give more "free stress tests" all round, courtesy of the scientologists, whoopee!!
Posted in: Cruise Control
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boboh
Yawnnnnnn
Posted in: Nicky Hilton
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boboh
Hmmmm, Skylark Gusto, eh? Must be one of those pesky "foreigner areas" we`ve been warned about.
Posted in: Four injured after 10 men brawl in Saitama family restaurant
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boboh
Also Timborder, the guy who got shot down over Darwin gave a false name to his imprisoners to spare his family the indignity of having a captured serviceman in the family. And apparently he blew the bugle that signalled the breakout at Cowra to begin (if my memory of a book i can`t find is correct).
Posted in: Australia
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boboh
Timorborder Mate, one of ya mates turned her down? Well, lets face it, 1983 was BMX Bandits days and big ranga hair, so i`m not surprised. how could he have known wot awaited her o/s?
Posted in: Australia
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boboh
More like "irrelevant backwater ghost town".
Posted in: Tokyo in 2050: Futuristic super-hub or graying has-been?
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boboh
OssanAmerica
An employer can
t tell its employees what to buy and when to buy it. The whole basis of liberalism is having the right to choose, regardless of who you work for, and anything other than that (i.e. an entity determining what people can and cant buy) smacks of socialism, communism, totalitarianism, facism or some other ism i havent mentioned. Whatever ism it is, it aint good.Posted in: Panasonic orders 10,000 employees to buy its products by July
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boboh
Why doesn
t Panasonic just put a sign in the factory reading "The beatings will continue until morale improves". What a load of rubbish. How can an employer tell its employees how to spend their money? They have already put in the hours to earn the money, now the company wants it back to pump up the orders and, ultimately, the share price. But the insane thing is i bet the employees dont bat an eyelid and do it. Idiots.Posted in: Panasonic orders 10,000 employees to buy its products by July
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boboh
Oh my God!! Young men smoking pot!! The sky really is falling!!
Posted in: All the buzz: Pot scandal jolts sumo world
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boboh
AlfGarnett Great posts, completely agree. Its all about the bottom line. But one upside is that these workers get 4 months of paid time to look for other jobs, which is exactly what they should be doing. Globally the automotive industry is in meltdown and the writing has been on the wall for all of this decade, and i wouldn`t be relying on Honda, GM, Saab, Skoda, et al for lifetime employment.
Posted in: Honda UK plant shuts down Friday for 4 months
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boboh
Why should the public remain loyal to these companies who knife their workers as soon as profits fall? And why should the workers remain loyal? Don
t buy the products of these companies and their incompetent, corrupt fat cat executives. I bet the executives arent getting escorted to the door by security. They`re busy trying to maintain their bonuses.Posted in: NEC's loss widens; plans to cut 20,000 workers
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boboh
Just another pair of dismal, talentless posers, the kind that the Japanese public like, and that advertisers think will sell the product. Clowns.
Posted in: Paris Hilton
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boboh
"My company fired me"
Boo hoo, little cry baby J-guys. The impotent fury of the powerless. Company did you (and itself) a favour, you clown. A job you hated, for a company that sucks, for money thats a pittance. Get over it, move on, do something else. And stop buying your old company`s products. If everyone stopped buying the products of the companies laying people off, that would hurt the companies.
Posted in: Man arrested for wielding knife at Roppongi Hills
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boboh
Well, boo hoo hoo. If tough decisions had been made a decade or so ago, Japan wouldn
t have such an inflexible workforce. But, oh no, couldnt upset the "job-for-lifers" lobby, could the ruling politicians? Would have cost too many votes, right? And now its come back to bite `em on the backside.But the answer really lies in the workers themselves. They can
t rely on anyone to look after them anymore. Anyway, the companies dont owe them a living, the government doesnt owe them a living, Japan doesnt owe them a living. You`ve gotta get out there and do it yourself. Not mope around saying "My mind went numb, what am i going to do".And, lets face it, they have probably just lost a job they hate, with a boss and company they hate, for rubbish wages. So the company has probably done them a favour. Go do something else: drive a truck; make dresses; paint; write; mow lawns; open a bar. Do something, anything. Just don
t sit around and whingecos its really, really annoying.Posted in: Japanese workers face horror of mass firing era
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boboh
romulus3, 6.37pm nice one, mate
Posted in: 24-year-old man arrested for flashing high school girl in Tokyo