JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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brotokyo
ND@
well, I can certainly ascertain that both drugs and alcohol have rendered me unconscious and I awoke with no head trauma that "hair of the dog" or aspirin couldn't fix.
Posted in: Man dies after crashing car into Tochigi police station
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brotokyo
Ichiro, Matsui, Matsuzaka, Fukudome, Uehara in that order--at least their faces appear on NHK more than any other
Posted in: Name 5 people who you think are among the most influential in the world.
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brotokyo
take a number: PIGS, Japan, next USA
Posted in: S&P downgrades Japan's debt rating to negative
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brotokyo
lostinNag@
what this guy "will" miss is this "majestic" wedding. I wonder if HNK will be going door to door, ding-dongin' for payment during this four plus-hour pomp?
Posted in: NHK to broadcast UK royal wedding live
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brotokyo
LOL, good luck with that.
Posted in: Why did those foreigners who decided to leave Japan in the aftermath of the March 11 disaster come in for so much derision from some people who labeled them with words like 'flyjin?'
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brotokyo
wow! Sara, be extra careful and good luck with that.
Posted in: Trial of Lindsay Ann Hawker murder suspect Ichihashi to start July 4
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brotokyo
I remember the days when it looked like this inside Shinjuku Station. Take away the concrete around those boxes and put in a tree or two and a river bed and it looks like any typical homeless area scattered along rivers, etc.
Posted in: Cramped quarters
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brotokyo
well let's see, two yrs ago a Japanese DJ got a three-year suspended sentence for snapping a foreigner's neck--(needed to calm the foreigner down). In this case the "defendent" needed to keep her "from crying out." Good thing he didn't ride her like a horse while "deeply" puncturing her body multiple times with a knife like a former student did while riding his former professor, or he might receive a total of 18 years (wow, that loon will be back on the street before he's 50). Hard to predict the sentencing for our former man on the run, but more will be appalled than satisfied coz I doubt he will be swinging from a rope regardless of the international coverage. Of course a few here will be happy that my taxes will provide him three squares a day until his release.
Posted in: Trial of Lindsay Ann Hawker murder suspect Ichihashi to start July 4
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brotokyo
Then let's stick to butterflies.
Posted in: UK mulling royal succession rule change
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brotokyo
seems you just can't win if you're a foreigner, damned if you don't, damned if you do. Actually who cares. I suppose I was a "flyjin" the day I left my country to settle here in Japan--wow! about a quarter century ago already.
Posted in: Why did those foreigners who decided to leave Japan in the aftermath of the March 11 disaster come in for so much derision from some people who labeled them with words like 'flyjin?'
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brotokyo
Benevolent Deception!
Posted in: What do you think about the current disclosure of information by the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) concerning the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant complex, compared to the first few weeks of the crisis? For example, do you feel you are getting more reliable information now?
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brotokyo
Cleo@
Wow! You speak of "scientific facts" in one breath (earlier comment) and then make a comment like this. ALL energy comes from the sun--that's right, even down to the green beans you eat.
Posted in: Anti-nuke
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brotokyo
IronDome@
Hey, thanks for the heads up on EVEN blacks and please post any info on ODD blacks as soon as you hear anything
Posted in: Obama announces re-election bid in email to 13 mil supporters
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brotokyo
OK checked them out. Not once did I see the word Japanese in any of the posts to which you refer. I could never judge that any of those three posters--judging by the posts above--have experience of being married to a Japanese national. ie) a has been marries a nobody--that could be Chinese, God forbid British, USA-geez no time for the list, 4:29 asks about own place, Benz ... again not a single mention of race, and your 1:17 actually adds a bit of sarcasim saying "the perfect Japanese marriage" I still don't see a gang beating up on Japanese marriages. I do see the above mentioned talking about the ONE marriage--and I actually can read this to mean the same can be found in my country and yours, so I don't see a gang out in force against Japanese marriages here. Sorry
Posted in: Celebrity Shoko Aida gets married to doctor
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brotokyo
cleo@
Did I miss something? I just can't see the "gang" you refer to anywhere in the other 13 comments above. In fact there is nothing mentioned in above posts about I-married-a-Japanese .... oops! excuse me, your post mentions that.
Posted in: Celebrity Shoko Aida gets married to doctor
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brotokyo
manfromamerica,
yes I know. I wasn't addressing that I simply gave examples how Americans here still pay US taxes to counter goddog's point. US service members or spouses, for example, who might find work here--teaching, whatever--also must pay US taxes on income generated here. There always seems to be very general statements about US taxes in this forum. Having submitted US tax forms for nearly a quarter of a century, including two "huge" audits, I believe I am qualified to know about US tax laws for expats. By the way, I pay US taxes every year and the amount of Japanese taxes I pay is too die for.
Posted in: 112th Congress convenes; Boehner elected speaker
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brotokyo
goddog
I will bet with odds that there are some Americans living in Japan who pay both Japanese taxes on income generated here and US taxes on income or property there. Any American who owns property, for example, in the US pays property taxes there. Furthermore, American citizens who own US stocks and receive dividends are paying taxes to the US treasury (IRS) in the tune of 15% or higher if divs are not qualified and if a US stock is sold, cap gains taxes are paid--guess where???-right, the IRS. Any American who still owns a registered vehicle Stateside pays state taxes for tag renewal. I bet there is more than a boatload of Americans here who fall into this category.
Posted in: 112th Congress convenes; Boehner elected speaker
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brotokyo
cleo@
Oh, perhaps that was a mistype, just one letter shy: immortality. Cheers to the dinner wine and the smuggery is rather good
Posted in: Waiting for a sign
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brotokyo
yuriOtani@
And I will not buy "killer" Japanese cars. One man's trash is another man's treasure.
Posted in: Toyota to pay record $32.4 mil in extra fines to U.S. gov't
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brotokyo
Lives were actually lost and others injured--blown out of proportion, and I witnessed the CEO crying like baby on national (international TV) when he addressed Toyota workers at a US factory.
Posted in: Toyota to pay record $32.4 mil in extra fines to U.S. gov't