bruinfan's past comments

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  bruinfanMay. 17, 2013 - 05:40PM JST

  @Peter Payne

  You are doing a good thing for the economy, if you what you say is true (and I believe you). Unfortunately, I am skeptical that many other companies will do the same.

  Posted in: Nikkei surges past 5-year high as dollar tops 100 yen

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  bruinfanMay. 17, 2013 - 12:23PM JST

  About the delayed releases in Japan, It's not because of the difficulty in translating the subtitles/captions into Japanese. Blame the market execs of the movie studios--in this case Paramount. They make the decision to release movies late, because they think they will make more money doing so. There was and interview article on thios a few years ago... Some movies have a simultaneous release with the US/UK, though.

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  bruinfanMay. 16, 2013 - 07:12PM JST

  Sad.

  Posted in: 6 NATO personnel, 2 children among 14 killed in Kabul suicide bombing

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  bruinfanMay. 15, 2013 - 11:06PM JST

  @mikihouse

  I've never seen a comment get so many negs as your -33 shows.

  Anyway the despicable actions in Bataan even made some of the things the Germans did look tame in WWII.

  Posted in: Filipino director takes new look at Bataan Death March

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  bruinfanMay. 13, 2013 - 11:32PM JST

  TMarie,

  I don't always agree with you but your comment above was right on. I get more negs move for supporting good comments of others, than I do for making my own dumb comments, though.

  Posted in: Why you shouldn’t learn Japanese

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  bruinfanMay. 12, 2013 - 02:54PM JST

  If the yen stays at ¥100/US$ without weakening more, will this market continue to rise?

  Posted in: Tokyo market to stay bullish on cheap yen

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  bruinfanMay. 12, 2013 - 02:52PM JST

  Zichi, Thanks for your informative comments (I have given you about 50 "thumbs up" this year).

  "once their safety is confirmed..." Who is doing the confirming? I will say again, at least some of these reactors should never be started up again.

  Posted in: LDP to pledge to restart nuclear reactors in policy platform: Nikkei

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  bruinfanMay. 12, 2013 - 02:45PM JST

  When either corporations or governments get too big they become more corrupt (they often go together to screw over the common man). I do like the governments of Denmark and Singapore, as they are not as corrupt as many, though.

  Posted in: Business, taxes and responsibility

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  bruinfanMay. 11, 2013 - 11:13PM JST

  @ambrosia

  "Common sense" is not common, sadly.

  Posted in: 5 suffer heatstroke as temperatures fluctuate across Japan

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  bruinfanMay. 10, 2013 - 08:55PM JST

  @Habibu,

  Could you rephrase that?

  Posted in: U.S. balks at Japan sanctions over child abductions

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  bruinfanMay. 10, 2013 - 07:44PM JST

  I think the yen weakening is the biggest factor. I wonder if Korean visitors to Japan have increased greatly? Does anyone know?

  Posted in: S Korea sees marked decrease in number of Japanese tourists

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  bruinfanMay. 07, 2013 - 05:43PM JST

  I wonder if South Korea is welcoming it... Anyone from the ROK out there?

  Posted in: Japan's neighbors cautiously welcome 'Abenomics'

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  bruinfanMay. 06, 2013 - 07:32PM JST

  If there were more common sense, people wouldn't "overpark" the bicycles right near the station. I think there should be reasonable amounts of parking for cyclists (for many of the reasons above) . The "no cycle parking" zone should be smaller one -- say up to about 100m from the station. After that people could park without blocking the pavement (sidewalk).

  Posted in: Rules are made to be broken

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  bruinfanMay. 06, 2013 - 09:23AM JST

  Switzerland has very good training for those who have guns. What other factors are different from the US. Any Swiss out there? You are doing something right.

  Posted in: NRA kicks off annual convention, saying it is fighting 'culture war'

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  bruinfanMay. 05, 2013 - 12:29AM JST

  I like the idea of 100 hours of community service (say over one or two years). They can think about it.

  Posted in: 2 girls vandalize junior high school, inspire copycat incident

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  bruinfanMay. 04, 2013 - 01:03AM JST

  How many times must the US (and equally foolish UN) repeat the same or rather similar mistakes? One more time? Will Obama blame Bush for the next one as well?

  I agree with you, but it isn't a political issue. The powers that be want to see the US intervene, regardless of which "team" is in power.

  Posted in: U.S. reconsidering whether to arm Syrian rebels

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  bruinfanMay. 04, 2013 - 12:54AM JST

  BertieWooster, Cos, Cleo. Looks like a took a hit of negs for supporting you, but I stand by my agreement with your comments. Keep on writing!

  Posted in: Kentucky boy, 5, fatally shoots 2-year-old sister with rifle given to him as gift

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  bruinfanMay. 04, 2013 - 12:48AM JST

  You have something here. it took guts to write this with the risk of getting a lot of criticism... Keep on writing!

  Posted in: Five things I like about expat guys

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  bruinfanMay. 03, 2013 - 09:53PM JST

  Apology accepted, Captain Needa.

  Posted in: Turkey accepts Tokyo governor's apology on Istanbul bid

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  bruinfanMay. 03, 2013 - 02:04PM JST

  Although some comments are interesting and show common sense (i.e. BertieWooster, Cos, Cleo, etc.) , a few comments are about as welcome as a cockroach on a wedding cake.

  Posted in: Kentucky boy, 5, fatally shoots 2-year-old sister with rifle given to him as gift