Tuesday February 14, 2012

JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

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cwhiteFeb. 09, 2012 - 02:43PM JST

If it hadn't hit a Japanese car (driver) you can be sure this would not have been reported. Nuts and bolts are always falling off during takeoff and landing, hence the microscopic inspections of the runway every day especially onboard an aircraft carrier.

Posted in: U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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cwhiteFeb. 04, 2012 - 08:26PM JST

It would be very hard to sue as then everyone would be suing everyone especially Russia and China with the radioactive leaks for decades. Russian has been leaking the stuff into the Sea of Japan openly saying they cannot afford to safely dispose of old nuclear weapons and nuclear submarines. I remember all the documentaries they made 2 decades ago about the sea being contaminated, but it all got swept under the rug. Same goes for the hundreds of atmospheric nuclear detonations done by the US, UK, France, Russia, etc over the years. It all adds up and we are breathing and eating the stuff everyday. That said Fukushima probably equals the total of all past atmospheric radioactive contaminants.

Posted in: More radioactive water leaks found at Fukushima nuclear plant
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cwhiteJan. 28, 2012 - 10:33PM JST

well, we all know what this would mean for Japan

Posted in: Twitter faces censorship charges, blackout call
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cwhiteJan. 22, 2012 - 02:17AM JST

Mother Nature is not nice to the unprepared. iPhone GPS (with preloaded mountain range map) + 1 large car battery would be useful in times like this. That said I would rent a satellite phone if I was going to climb Mt.Fuji by myself during the coldest time of the year, but that would never happen as I like my warm bed too much.

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cwhiteJan. 20, 2012 - 12:41AM JST

I'm guessing her personnel translator wasn't very good at reading between the lines and converting the words to keep the situation under control. That and the fact you need a translator to communicate with your husband.

Posted in: Ayumi Hamasaki to divorce husband of 1 year
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cwhiteJan. 17, 2012 - 02:09PM JST

With the money she has I know the average Japanese person would have been long gone. If she had a kid it would be a no brainer. Blaming 3.11 is pathetic. She has the money and the means to travel on a private jet let alone never work a day in her life again. What more do you need? Just tell the truth and say the marriage didn't work out because it was just a fling and as the got to know each other a little better noticed a few big barriers. Better luck next time.

Posted in: Ayumi Hamasaki to divorce husband of 1 year
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cwhiteJan. 14, 2012 - 04:31PM JST

McD's has become the safest and MosBurger has become the worst now that they openly choose and support Fukushima vegetables as much as possible.

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cwhiteJan. 04, 2012 - 06:19PM JST

now if only I can sue Apple, Sony and Panasonic for deceiving me with the battery life on all of their products....

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cwhiteJan. 04, 2012 - 06:04PM JST

and this is assuming that the check points would have been of any use. When your this drunk the best case would be to run over the policeman on site and the worst case would be to run over the father and son just before any checkpoint. Unless you have a breath analyser to start the car I can't see how you can stop these acts of stupidity.

Posted in: Father and son killed by drunk driver while heading to shrine
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cwhiteDec. 08, 2011 - 02:46AM JST

I mock all religions if they make no sense or contradict themselves.

Yes, this is a death sentence for all intensive purposes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagellation

In the Napoleonic Wars, the maximum number of lashes that could be inflicted on soldiers in the British Army reached 1,200. This many lashes could permanently disable or kill a man. Oman, historian of the Peninsular War, noted that the maximum sentence was inflicted "nine or ten times by general court-martial during the whole six years of the war" and that 1,000 lashes were administered about 50 times.[6] Other sentences were for 900, 700, 500 and 300 lashes. One soldier was sentenced to 700 lashes for stealing a beehive.[7] Another man was let off after only 175 of 400 lashes, but spent three weeks in the hospital.

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cwhiteDec. 08, 2011 - 02:43AM JST

Yes, I would expect they have 30cm sizes, they are all rented anyway.

Rink, a Scottish word meaning 'course', was used as the name of a place where another game, curling, was played. The name has been retained for the construction of ice areas for other sports and uses

Posted in: Akasaka on ice
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cwhiteDec. 07, 2011 - 11:52PM JST

This PDF should be easier to read http://www.survivalring.org/tb2kfriends/UN-RadFalloutSoilsCropsFood.pdf

Posted in: Traces of radioactive cesium found in Meiji baby formula
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cwhiteDec. 07, 2011 - 11:48PM JST

herefornow -- Yes, Japanese are typically reactive and not proactive. We will do the least that is necessary to keep the consumers happy. While Japan does indeed have some of the best service, quality, speed and safety records, it is a myth to say they did not do that because the consumers came to expect that. When competitors offer the same or better it creates an upwards spiral which is a great thing, but in hard times you expect companies to cut corners and try to keep bad publicity to a minimum. Japan is built on the fact that nobody want to take responsibility for ones actions which is why you want to pass something around as much as possible and spread the responsibility. When something does go wrong you then have plenty of people to blame and makes it very hard to point the finger at one person or organization. This is also the reason why it take 10 times longer to do anything in Japan no matter how simple it is.

WilliB -- The expected back ground radiation for powdered milk should be less than 1 becquerels

http://books.google.co.jp/books?id=KRVXMiQWi0cC&lpg=PA7&ots=eTHgNQWP9t&dq=natural%20background%20becquerels%20milk&hl=ja&pg=PA52#v=snippet&q=milk&f=false

Posted in: Traces of radioactive cesium found in Meiji baby formula
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cwhiteDec. 07, 2011 - 09:17AM JST

Meiji did not, I repeat did not do the initial testing. A 3rd party group did the test and told Meiji.

Meiji would have no trouble hiding the truth and continue selling knowing that the limits they set were broken. They only came out because they had no choice and info would have been leaked anyway.

Meiji will most likely start increasing sales to developing (under developed) countries although products have already been recalled from China.

As for some other companies they will not even tell you the figures if they are under 20Bq and others under 200Bq.

Posted in: Traces of radioactive cesium found in Meiji baby formula
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cwhiteNov. 23, 2011 - 01:07AM JST

This is a famous photo from years ago. The train line is in the middle of no where and the seats are never filled up. The line is in the red and a vending machine is just an extra something to put a smile on the passengers faces. Sure you could have a built in one that doesn't take up much space like the vending machines on a bullet train, but this just happened to be the cheapest, probably given away for free by Dydo and you get to have a hot drink on a freezing cold day when traveling 2 hours on a train line that only has 2 time slots (early morning going and evening coming back) Do you know how many train lines and stations are closed down in Japan every single year because of budget cuts and replaced with a mini van?

Posted in: Unique vending machines in Japan
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cwhiteNov. 22, 2011 - 06:33PM JST

At least in the case of Olympus even with bad dead they actually managed to keep the company going for decades even though under false pretenses. Any other company would have just taken whatever money and assets they could and then filed for bankruptcy and run.

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cwhiteNov. 22, 2011 - 06:11PM JST

Would love to know what he gambled on, how much at a time, how he got royally screwed by the casino's and what kind of hospitality he received from them. Hope they helicoptered him to the airstrip and put him on a private charted plane and wished him farewell and expect him to return next month with more dosh.

You know he could have given each and every single employee 3,000,000JPY bonus instead of gambling it away although the shareholders would be pissed.

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cwhiteNov. 22, 2011 - 05:55PM JST

it should be mandatory to have a basic roll cage with side impact bars built into cars. If they were mass produced it would not cost that much for a few steel pipes designed for family cars.

Posted in: 2-month-old baby boy dies after car crash in Tochigi
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cwhiteNov. 22, 2011 - 03:12PM JST

Let me be sarcastic:

Why oh why do they just fixate on cancer, who cares!! Worst case scenario more people die of cancer, slightly better you chop the kids arm off that is cancerous. But, what about the destruction of the immune system (other countless diseases that will follow), DNA building blocks damaged and most importantly your genome and reproductive organs bombarded with radiation. Sure, you might be able to cure cancer completely in the next 20-30 years, but if your DNA structure is screwed and your passing it down from generation to generation then humanity for Japan is not looking good (unless of course we actually want to experiment with radiation and create some super humans immune to the effects for future space travel). They need to stop trying to link low level radiation to cancer which your not going to be able to see anyway. An extra 10% with cancer in the next 15 years is not going to raise many eyebrows. I want real figures on current birth defects, still born, miscarriages, immune system degradation resulting in prolonged or heavier than normal colds, hay fever, headaches, tiredness, depression, etc. Combined with stress, loss of family members, cold weather, supply chain problems and so on can't be good for you. The last thing you want to worry about is the air you breath, the water you drink and the food you eat. This is the same definition you would expect in times of war and an ongoing long war it is going to be.

Posted in: Future cancers caused by Fukushima radiation may be hidden
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cwhiteNov. 22, 2011 - 01:01AM JST

Let them wait for the day to come. They only get 1 day notice till they swing which could be any day. That said I am against the death penalty as that gets them off to easily. I would rather see them work 18 hour shifts every single day for the rest of their long lives.

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