JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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What part of "born in Texas" do you not understand? She is American, plain and simple.
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How brave of them. I like the illustration though.
Posted in: Anti-Gadhafi rally
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I believe the article is mistaken; it was not filmed in Shanghai. Several other articles online claim the Chinese government revoked the filming license a week before filming started and thus the producers had to cancel plans to film there and instead filmed the entire film in Bangkok. They built a Chinese-looking set there.
Posted in: Ken Watanabe to make 7th major international movie appearance in 'Shanghai'
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For those complaining about the cost, it is comparable to what other zoos around the world are paying China for pandas. And zoos basically need a panda to boost ticket sales. That said, one would hope China could better use its discretion in sending these animals out to zoos. As others have mentioned above, Ueno houses its animals in extremely small spaces compared with zoos around the globe, such as the excellent San Diego Zoo, which pays China $1,000,000 annually for 2 pandas. One of those has given birth to 5 cubs while in San Diego, and one of those was the first ever panda cub born in the western hemisphere. Pandas need very good environments to thrive and reproduce and that is something I seriously doubt will happen given the conditions at Ueno.
Posted in: What do you think of all the hype over the arrival of two pandas at Ueno Zoo? Do you think it will boost the local economy and really help Sino-Japan relations?
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This lady knows what she is talking about. This country will get nowhere unless women start working and doubling family incomes and boosting the economy. Nothing irks me more than seeing a 24 year old woman abandon society and become a recluse housewife spending the days watching Minamonta and Shimajiro with her kid.
Posted in: There is no future unless women can raise kids and work at the same time. In that sense, I'm determined to keep working, to show others that it can be done.
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I am not surprised the Japanese would hype something like this; they hype everything 10x what is deserved. And I do not think a couple panda bears will do anything to meaningfully boost the local economy. Excuse the pun, but we are in a bear market whether these bears are here or not.
Posted in: What do you think of all the hype over the arrival of two pandas at Ueno Zoo? Do you think it will boost the local economy and really help Sino-Japan relations?
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Looks like she had her 15 mins of fame and now its time to get back to reality. Good luck to this average American hottie.
Posted in: Leah Dizon secretly divorced stylist husband last year
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Miss Gomez pulls in an easy $25,000 per episode of her show, and each season has 25-30 episodes. Not bad for playing a sarcastic, negative, complaining and essentially unlikeable character on that show.
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Wow, a 24 year old talent divorces in less than 3 years of marriage. How totally unexpected. Meanwhile, please explain how one "secretly" divorces. Last I checked, divorce filings are of public record. Just because she didn't hold a press conference or cry alligator tears in front of the cameras for Mina Monta and his fellow morning-variety-show hacks to enlighten is all with their genius insight does not make it a "secret".
Posted in: Leah Dizon secretly divorced stylist husband last year
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Well of course they needed to dress the S.O.B. in a panda suit.
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The only thing better than email is if there was a gadget where letters simply materialized in your hand. Email is fast but it still has to be checked, opened, etc.
Posted in: E-mail has just about replaced letters and faxes. What do you think will replace e-mail in the future?
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What with Unit 731 and the whaling going on today, the Japanese have made the term "research" so loose you could drive a runaway lexus through it.
Posted in: Japan excavating site linked to WWII human experiments by Unit 731
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God forbid law enforcement should spent the 10-15 minutes it takes to to fill out a subpoena to issue to the telephone company and get the emails...
Posted in: NHK cameraman in missing housewife case deleted email records
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Delta, when will you step into the 21st century and install video screens on every seatback?
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Agree that China and North Korea have dummed down their populations to such an extent that it will be a miracle if a meaningful portion of their populations have even heard of the recent revolutions. But moreover, China already proved way back in 1989 that, even with the world's television cameras focused on it, the government has absolutely no qualms about killing hundreds if not thousands of protesters to stomp out any potential revolution. And of course North Korea is well aware the world knows about its "labor camps" to keep its citizens in control and yet that government keeps on keepin' on. So no, China and NK likely feel no unease whatsoever.
Posted in: What do you think about the wave of anti-government protests in countries like Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, Bahrain, Libya and Iran? Should countries like China and North Korea feel uneasy about it?
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I will probably make the trip to a cinema to see this film. Probably the first of maybe 2-3 trips all year. Otherwise most films are released on iTunes before a Japanese cinema gets them. (This one isn't coming out until June so it is the rare case where Japan gets it first...)
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Good photo.
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Rumsfeld has writing skills? That is one of those things I didn't know I didn't know.
Posted in: Rumsfeld reveals pre-war Iraq strike plan in memoir
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We all know there is plenty of work for a stripper in the Philippines.
Posted in: Philippines confirms fugitive stripper Minako Komukai arrived in Manila
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Thank you, paulinusa. I was a little confused by this branding since "Ghana" doesn't exactly convey a sense of pleasure, indulgence and elegance that so many chocolate companies normally try to associate with its products.
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