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cleo at 10:42 AM JST - 16th November
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Posted in Is chivalry dead on Tokyo trains? at 10:42 AM JST - 16th November
cleo at 09:35 AM JST - 16th November
kirakira brings up a good point: when you've got a young, slim lady standing in front of you, you have no idea whether or not she's in an interesting condition and about to faint on you. So by offering your seat to a pretty young thing, you might be giving…
Posted in Is chivalry dead on Tokyo trains? at 09:35 AM JST - 16th November
cleo at 01:20 AM JST - 16th November
Read through the thread, that's exactly what a lot of posters are calling for.
You're demanding a fair…
Posted in Ichihashi undergoes medical checkup after refusing to eat at 01:20 AM JST - 16th November
cleo at 11:32 PM JST - 15th November
Fine, then get to the trial as quickly as the law will allow, and cut off his supply of green tea after he's been officially found guilty in a court of…
Posted in Ichihashi undergoes medical checkup after refusing to eat at 11:32 PM JST - 15th November
cleo at 10:35 PM JST - 15th November
The Emperor has no legislative power.
Obama did right to bow, it's only good manners, but maybe not as deeply as the photo showed him, and not at the same time as the handshake.
Posted in Should President Barack Obama have bowed to the emperor while he was in Japan? at 10:35 PM JST - 15th November
cleo at 02:13 PM JST - 15th November
Why shouldn't he be?
Posted in Ichihashi undergoes medical checkup after refusing to eat at 02:13 PM JST - 15th November
cleo at 02:08 PM JST - 15th November
He's wearing the same style as PM Lee. Looks like they arranged to dress Singapore style - like at the G8 summits where they all dress in the national costume of whatever country the meeting is in. Maybe Singapore didn't get the size quite right.…
Posted in APEC fashion at 02:08 PM JST - 15th November
cleo at 02:02 PM JST - 15th November
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As a woman I couldn't…
Posted in Men in search of healing turn to tea ceremonies at 02:02 PM JST - 15th November
cleo at 03:45 PM JST - 14th November
A younger man bowing to an older man, and to one many years his senior in head-of-state-ity. Nothing at all wrong with that, quite heartwarming.
I imagine Obama's protocol advisors gave him a good talking-to after the arms-around-the-Queen gaff in the UK and decided it would be better for him…
Posted in Meet and greet at 03:45 PM JST - 14th November
cleo at 10:47 PM JST - 13th November
No, you have to pass the entrance exam, just like anywhere else (Unless your name is Something no miya).
Then things must…
Posted in Meet the brains of Tokyo's women-only housing boom at 10:47 PM JST - 13th November