JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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To be healthy, live in the big city
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Japan's nuclear safety standards flawed, says commission chief
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Teacher nabbed for using miror to peek up girl's skirt
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From carnivores to herbivores: how men are defined in Japan
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
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She's 3~4 months pregnant, presumably by him. Unless she had an encounter with her boss's husband.
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If Ginger Baker joined them, there would be a concert. Doubt if he could get in the country, though.
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Moderators,
Or write it in French, since that is what the Japanese language is copying: Jeanne d'Arc
Posted in: Haruka Ayase to portray Yaeko Yamamoto in NHK's new drama
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I often see Japanese politicians say (in translation) they want to 'rehabilitate' an area after major destruction. Isn't a better word 'rebuild'? I feel 'rehabilitate' is used more for people to get physically and mentally better.
Second question, will the radiation be gone by 2020? Or, can the Japanese government convince the IOC that the radiation will be gone by 2020?
Posted in: Tokyo's 2020 Olympic bid to include quake-hit areas
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When there are a lot of comments, like on this one, the links to other stories in the same category are too far away. Yes, I know, I just have to scroll up and it's not a complete burden, but if the links to other stories were at the bottom of the comments section, it would be very convenient and less of a hurdle. Can you think about this? Thanks.
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I like how JT linked this photo to a story about it. Well done.
I used to live in a one-industry town and getting these fishing boats out on the water will really boost morale, optimism, and the feeling of accomplishment. This town, however, should consider diversifying their industrial base. Maybe branch out into high-tech or energy.
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I'm trying to remember the last time the a government official lied about anything. But I'm coming up empty. Can anyone help me on this?
So Japan is limping along with only 19 reactors in operation? Are blackouts sweeping the country and companies are barely functioning for the lack of power?
I realize lots of companies need lots of power but I've seen some pretty rational power-reduction schemes being put in place, including one company that is switching to solar. A lot of these power-reduction plans have two results: using less power (with no change in operations) and saving the company money. Maybe Japan can be weaned off the nuclear tit?
Posted in: Kaieda asks local gov'ts to restart nuclear plants after safety steps confirmed
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Just remember that some people like the flirting more than any actual commitment. Once that line has been crossed, there's no going back to the way it was.
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Soldiers or bad guys shooting at nothIng. Arnold was in two movies with this.
One: The bad guys fired their weapons at an empty elevator until their guns were empty, too. Couldn't they see Arnie wasn't there?
Two: The good guys emptied their weapons into the jungle. And if the invisible monster showed up? They'd be helpless.
A (usually) woman running always trips on nothing and falls.
In Japanese movies: when the OL or recently hired young guy lives in a huge apartment with a view of the Rainbow Bridge.
Posted in: What sort of scenes in movies make you want to throw things at the screen or yell at the characters for doing stupid things?
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Hmm, the link button didn't seem to work. Try this:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20110617/cm_csm/391192
Posted in: Saudi women begin challenge to driving ban
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Here's a link to an editorial from the Christian Science Monitor written by an American female Moslem doctor who spent a couple of years in Saudi Arabia not being able to drive or go outside without a male relative by her side: Dr. Qanta A. Ahmed. Seems subjecting females to a lesser place in society is un-Islamic.
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I think we can safely say that this sentence should have stopped after the word plan.
I'd prefer my animal to roam free in the hopes the animal could find food and water. If I tie or crate it up - and the government promises to pick it up - I'm pretty sure the animal will starve to death first. I'm thinking dogs and cats here, not carp or cattle.
Posted in: Activists urge gov't to allow animal rescue groups into Fukushima no-entry zone
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For people who equate TV with avatars, there is a big difference. If you don't want your hormone-invested child to see 'naughty' pictures on TV, you can turn it off or prohibit its use. If you don't want the same child to see 'naughty' pictures on JT's comment section, you're stuck. You can't turn an avatar off. I'm sure if Zenny11 could, he'd turn a few off. He could stop coming here but that would diminish the value of the discussion for the rest of us.
A company I work part-time at has blocked google as inappropriate. A friend can't access yahoo at his office. What an admin thinks is appropriate or not is not necessarily connected to female body parts.
I think this discussion is going to force the moderators on JapanToday to make a decision about what is appropriate or not and that puts them in a difficult position. Gogogo's avatar was directly from JT, before he or she changed it. If JT mods decide that the previous avatar is 'naughty' then they'll have to stop including them in news photos. And stop taking G Market ads.
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YongYang,
What do you think of gogogo's avatar? Three babes in bikinis.
Posted in: What do you think of the new Japan Today design?
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I realize there is a list of articles from the same category on the right column but it 'feels' as if it isn't there - possibly because of the twitter/facebook/ads in the same column? Is it possible to move it to the bottom of the comments?
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I've played with the site for awhile now and I think the thing I miss most are the links to other articles at the bottom of comments. With the old site, after I finished reading the comments of one article, I could easily click on a link to another article in any category. (Article - article)
Now, I can click on the category but not specific articles. This means I have to look at all the titles of a category before choosing one to read. JT has added a step between articles. (Article - category - article)
This might be good for click-per-view ads (?) and page views, but not for the reader. What was the decision-making process on eliminating the links at the bottom of the comments?
I am, however, looking forward to Expert Insight content.
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Actually, the avatars are a bit small for explicit leering - although large enough for the, er, lovesick - but the ads for G Market bras and undies are big enough so that no one would mistake them for anything else but babes in bras. So, if JapanToday limits avatars for naughtiness, they should also refuse advertising from G Market.
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Better than being a horse's a$$.
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Two things.
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Ivan Coughalot,
Good question. Are you logging in with an email address different from the one Gravatar has? Why that would affect earlier posts, I don't know.
Can the developer help us out here?
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