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Hashimoto regrets meeting cancelation; wants to apologize to U.S.
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Tokyo Marui comes to play with replica sniper rifles, pistols and grenade launchers
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Japan's wartime brothels were wrong, says 91-year-old veteran
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Hashimoto says S Korean troops guilty of wartime sex abuse
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All Japanese citizens to be issued ID number
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Neversubmit, this is because a virus can change over time, whether you call it mutation or evolution, or simple adaptation, the fact remains that viruses alter to the point where vaccines eventually have to be changed. Never heard of the common cold? There's a huge variety of cold viruses that mutate extremely rapidly which is why there's no vaccine. Flu? Those mutate fast too, which is why when deciding which vaccines to offer those in need each year governments have to take advice (mostly guesswork) from 'experts' as to which variations of the illness might be most common that winter. They're constantly working on these vaccines to try and keep up.
When it comes to Pertussis obviously they felt too certain that it's slow mutation meant they'd never have problems with the effectiveness of the vaccine. More fool them, scientists are often too certain of their own theories to notice the facts.
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Spot on. Couldn't have put it better myself. Amusing to see responses from Japanophile white men complaining that it isn't true though ;)
@Foxie / @Humantarget, I was called America-jin repeatedly while I lived in Japan. Perhaps they thought I have no sense of style?
@Nessie,
How on earth is that a literal interpretation?
They're using their own standards. That's how they think of certain other nationalities - be it Japanese, or Blacks, or Hispanics or French. If someone thinks even in the most vague way that certain other races are less than human, being pointed out as a foreigner when they're in Japan will automatically hit the panic button. It obviously doesn't help that some Japanese still consider themselves to be some kind of pure-blood race, but if the White Americans could learn to accept Black Americans as human, there's hope for everyone (That is to say, if SOME White Americans could learn to accept Black Americans as human. There's always stragglers clinging to old prejudices.)
Posted in: Gaijin -- just a word or racial epithet with sinister implications?
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It doesn't say anything here about him not playing in a professional manner because of the taunts, so why the accusations from people here?
And what's so unusual about soccer players sobbing their pathetic little hearts out? You lot never heard of Gazza?
Quit accusing Japanese people of things a lot of other people do ffs. It makes you look like racist bigots, though far be it from me to suggest that that would be an accurate impression.
Posted in: Belgian soccer match halted after Fukushima taunts
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But unfortunately that's exactly what you'll have to do in just a few years. Apparently that's what it means to be truly Japanese. Looking and sounding typically Japanese, and occasionally voicing an assumption that all other nationalities are sub-human scum, with the possible exception of Americans who can be idolised and scorned all at the same time, and Britons who can be admired for having a royal family (as in Imperial family) and a history, but still be a filthy bunch of rioting foreigners with nothing in common with Japanese (now that the Beckhamu is out of style.)
Posted in: I'm happy not to fit typical Japanese mold
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azninvasion I think when the article mentioned Korean politicians in particular, it was more of a dig at some of the facially-challenged politicians (and PMs) that Japan has had over the years. Rather than a spiteful remark that Koreans have too much cosmetic surgery, it looked to me like a spiteful remark that Japanese politicians should have a whole lot more of it. Personally I agree. But far be it from me to suggest that anyone is ugly, as that would just upset JTs mods.
And the article is totally true about ugly women only being hired by women who don't have to suck up to a controlling and arrogant boss, regardless of ability. It's also true about beautiful women getting every chance that the rest of the populace can only dream of. It's also true that often those beautiful women cause major embarrassment to their employers with their total incompetence. But the whole world already knew all that, and although it never hurts to be reminded of cold, hard facts I really think this article is too honest for it's own good - it's all too obvious.
Posted in: Are people hired based on their looks?
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Laconic, actually you have no reason whatsoever to believe that he was brought up in a
You're just giving him excuses. There's at least a 50% chance that he was brought up in a perfectly normal home, with perfectly decent parent/s, and just lacks that little part of humanity that helps us cope with kids. Why would he lack that? Partly because most young people don't have active, hands-on experience with young children, nor do they have decent advice close at hand (both because families no longer live with the grandparents.) And partly because he's a selfish little *?@! with no consideration for common sense, logic, other people, or even himself.
Social service networks can help a bit, but they have an unfortunate habit of grinding the gears and starting to move after a fatality or other calamity has already happened. You may think the death penalty would be no deterrent, but you surely can't deny that if he dies he can never repeat this act of murder, but if he lives he will get out of jail - and he could well do something similar on at least one future occasion. But perhaps you don't care about the other kids he might slaughter, just as long as he can blame his parents / the government / the media / the alignment of Mars and Jupiter .... etc.
Poor kid. RIP.
Posted in: 23-year-old man arrested over death of girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter
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When we're all locked up in dungeons 24/7 while the robots rule the world, there'll be no need to worry about any such thing as contacting other human beings ;)
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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Hmmm, do I detect a cover up perhaps?
Yes, I think I do.
I don't blame them for trying to find evidence that these remains were not from 731, but it seems they're using even the facts that make it obvious they were from 731 to somehow prove that 731 wasn't involved. I must say that on the face of this article (which, unfortunately, is not fully comprehensive nor legally binding,) it looks like one massive cover-up, and I can only expect more of the same from this new exhumation.
Posted in: Japan excavating site linked to WWII human experiments by Unit 731
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BA7 and BA8? I used them to and from Narita once or twice in the past. Nice to see them back, they used to stop them off season and then bring them back in the summer I think, now they've moved them to Haneda the only negative point is the departure time, especially from Haneda.
Posted in: American Airlines, British Airways launch Haneda flights
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I have no objection to them fabricating fantastic stories to sell tickets, don't get my earlier post wrong by thinking I'm against creativity. But the words based on a true story give the FALSE impression that it's realistic. Perhaps if they changed it to LOOSELY based on a true story or inspired by a true story then altered beyond recognition I would feel happier.
There are Americans who believe the Enigma codes were broken by Americans, for example. I'm sure you Americans won't object to that wild variation from fact, but if someone NOT from America made a movie portraying JFK to be a black pimp, killed in a gun-fight over a white slave prostitute, and made him appear solely responsible for the massacre of entire nations, I'm sure you'd have a slightly different opinion. If something claims to be based on fact, it shouldn't be permitted to deviate from KNOWN fact very much. Certainly not to the point of rewriting history.
If I made a movie based on fact which played up the way America manipulated Japan in the run up to Pearl Harbour, stretching known fact into a blatant lie, you'd soon start whinging. When your country does it to the rest of the world you think it's great, even when they do it to themselves you don't object, which is up to you. But your country does not have the right to create outright lies about other countries or people and pretend it's based on fact. Nor do any other countries, about America or anywhere else.
There are some cases where the whole truth will never be known, so once the people involved are dead it's reasonable to speculate, provided it's made clear that that's what you are doing.
Posted in: When filmmakers make movies about real people or events, such as "The Social Network," "The King's Speech," "United 93," "Ali," "Nixon," "JFK," "The Alamo," and so on, how much artistic liberty do you think is OK in how they portray the subject?
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Very little to none at all, depending on how major the event or person was.
Unfortunately the filmmakers don't care what I think, and frequently re-write history shamelessly.
Posted in: When filmmakers make movies about real people or events, such as "The Social Network," "The King's Speech," "United 93," "Ali," "Nixon," "JFK," "The Alamo," and so on, how much artistic liberty do you think is OK in how they portray the subject?
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@Piglet, Guard at the gate? Not a chance. Never heard of a guard at the front gate of a school. Every other building perhaps, but not a school. Even if there was, he'd be there to stop intruders getting IN, not to stop students getting out after school hours.
One of our lads was in trouble with his teachers in jhs. Over the phone they ranted and raved about how awful he was, how he was vandalising the school with graffiti, how he was repeatedly late in the mornings, etc. Then at the meeting it was all very polite. What a lovely boy, it wasn't him scrawling graffiti, and he was only late 3 times in the whole term. It was a relief of course, but left us wondering what on earth these teachers are on.
Perhaps this boy's trouble was something equally silly, or perhaps not. But it would be out of character for a thuggish bully to top himself. Walk out of school, yes. Feel remorse and fear to the point of suicide, no. So either he wasn't so bad, or he mis-timed his escape from the tracks when the train came. Either way, it's a sad loss. Even a thug has a chance of leading a worthwhile life if he gets the chance to grow up, and there's nothing in this article that suggests he was anything like a thug.
Posted in: Boy, 14, killed by train in Nikko following school disciplinary warning
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Irritating at best.
I would never give chocolates to random people I happen to work with, what kind of stupid waste of money would that be? Thankfully there's no such silly custom in Britain.
I only give Valentine's chocolate and gifts to my hubby, but me and the younger kids end up eating all the leftover melted chocolate plus any misshapen ones, and my hubby ends up with the few that ended up looking good. Making Valentine's treats is a good way to have fun and put on a few extra pounds.
Obligation shouldn't even begin to enter into the situation. It's just an altered form of a western pig-out after all, no big deal. Pretty much like Christmas.
Posted in: What do you think about the custom in Japan of women giving chocolates to their male co-workers on Valentine’s Day as a form of “obligation,” and then receiving chocolates back from the men on White Day (March 14)?
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Ignoring the fact that it's more intensive in Korea, and from a far younger age, from what I've seen AKB48 still can't sing or dance. Or is he just hopeful that they'll improve by the time they're 40?
A grotesque form of pseudo-entertainment, loved only by the talentless and tasteless. That's a description of his format, not any particular person.
Posted in: It's moving to watch down-to-earth young girls who can't sing or dance gradually improve over time by diligently rehearsing. There's nothing like that overseas.
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He definitely fits my description of a creep, but the woman who woke up to find him shagging her already knew that before she fell asleep. The fact she didn't even try objecting or stopping him when she awoke means it's her own tough luck in my opinion, and really, to expect a foreigner to know such niggling details of local law as 'it's rape if she's asleep' is pathetic. If she'd told him that when she woke up, told him to stop, then it would be his fault for continuing, but not for starting. She'd already consented to sex with him after all.
The lack of a condom was most definitely his fault alone, but as she didn't even try to stop him going through to the end, when we all know the highest risk of a woman catching HIV is when the most 'bodily fluids' are exchanged, she really has no business complaining now.
I don't think these charges were politically motivated. Although I think that they're now being used politically, I think it was pure greed that made those two women go and 'ask questions' at the police station, which they knew would lead to him being charged even though they didn't make a formal complaint as such. I wonder how much money they might have wanted to withdraw their allegations? Too late now though, once such a thing as this was in the public domain all over the world those two women lost all chance of using this to earn money, unless they write books. Nudge nudge, wink wink.
Posted in: Assange's Swedish sex crimes file is leaked online
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I don't trust food labels anywhere, because I know for a fact that some will be wrong by mistake, and some will be wrong because someone wants to make more money.
It's not just Japan, this is a worldwide problem, anyone heard of melamine milk powder? Water-injected meat? Dioxins in food? BSE? Falsified expiration dates? Fake green peas? Pet food contamination? Falsified country of origin? Not to mention toxic gyoza.
Some of those examples happened in Japan too, but none of them was exclusive to Japan. Not even the gyoza, which were made in China and therefore not a problem caused by Japan. Some haven't even been heard of in Japan as of yet, and the latest dioxin scandal is in Germany.
I remember when Britain had it's own scandal of British beef being labeled falsely as Scottish. This might seem a minor discrepancy to those not in the know, but BSE never got as far as Scotland, so labeling British beef (which may have been contaminated with BSE) as Scottish mislead people into thinking it was safe - and also made it more expensive, earning those responsible a nice extra profit.
Scams like date-changing and fake country of origin happen all over the world. Mistakes and accidents, like eggs from chickens accidentally fed with a feed containing dioxin, also happen everywhere. So do fingernails in your tinned or frozen meal. (They're not on the label either.)
Pesticide use is impossible to guage visually, and you can't trust the labeling either, with all countries having their share of misrepresentation - some of it gets found out, most doesn't.
For me while I'm in Japan, the most suspicious words on food packaging are Australia, or Ozzy beef. I'm sure up to half of it is really American, but of course it's impossible to tell.
Posted in: How much do you trust the information on nutrition and ingredients on food labels?
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Just to add, they need those announcements, otherwise how will the commuters know anything? They just walk about with their gaze fixed on their phone, or their book, anything other than the world about them and the people they're shoving through. If you don't tell them about the gap, the low beam, the doors closing, they'll crash into everything and break a leg or something. Not to mention they'll miss their train if you don't tell them it's in front of them.
Posted in: Why must Tokyo’s railways engage in aural assault?
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WTF? That's the first time I've heard parental neglect being blamed on train x platform gaps. What was the devoted mother doing while her delightful toddler was boarding the train unassisted I might ask? Keitai? Mascara? General yak to other neglectful mothers nearby?
Perhaps Philip Patrick should quit complaining about SAFETY announcements for a while and look around him. Most of the dangers in such places are caused by the idiocy or thoughtlessness of human beings, and if he really lived in London for such a long time then how come he isn't moaning about Please mind the gap. Please mind the gap. Please mind the gap. Over and over. Or even Please mind the gap between the train and the platform. Please mind the gap between the train and the platform. Please mind the gap between the train and the platform.
I was at Shinjuku station recently, and didn't find the announcements over the top. But then, I'm neither as sensitive as Mozart, nor as delicate as Philip.
Posted in: Why must Tokyo’s railways engage in aural assault?
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I have kindle on my iphone (iBooks was unreliable when I tried it out, so I dumped it for kindle) but I only have a few free books on it. I would never buy a dedicated e-book reader because they're way too expensive for what they do.
The worse thing about e-readers is their fragility. Imagine if you drop the blasted thing and the swarms of commuters around you step on it!
The second worse thing is the lack of re-sale-ability or lend-ability.
Yet they cost the same if not more than a paper book in most cases I've checked, what a rip-off.
(As for CDs and someone mentioned that they're obsolete, they're not actually obsolete at all, and again they're often much cheaper than mp3s and just as easy to put on my iPhone, plus I can sell them if I get sick of them.)
Paper books won't become obsolete just yet, and certainly not because of things like Kindle. They may become pretty much obsolete in future, but only if there's a ban on paper from trees (rather than re-cycled cardboard.) Then, when we run out of paper to recycle, you'll be on here lamenting the lack of cheap toilet paper (LOL).
Posted in: Are you going to buy an e-reader or do you already have one?
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WilliB, fire spreads like that.
A spark here, a spark there, and you have multiple fires instead of the original one. Stop trying to put the blame on Muslims for everything.
Posted in: Israeli forest fire kills at least 36