JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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Confrontation
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U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
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Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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Why would they tell? Probably because even a condom won't prevent traces of their DNA being left on their victims. They know damn well that they'll be done for most of them anyway, but confessing and then faking remorse will get them a lower sentence (or maybe a bigger slap-up dinner if they get a judge who likes rapists.)
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TonyUS, they aren't actually Georgians. We're talking about people with Russian nationality and Russian passports here. Why should they leave and return to what is now Russia? When they set up home Georgia WAS Russia, and it's hardly their fault that someone else came along and redrew the borders of Russia. When I said that it's impossible to make everyone happy when a country divides I should have mentioned that it works the other way too, it's impossible to make everyone happy when two or more countries join. (If you don't believe me, look into the history of the separation and re-joining of Berlin, or the mess that's sometimes known as Israel and Palestine, or 'the former Yugoslavia'.) People were always going to be pied off about it, but please try to remember that **Georgia was the country that started the war. If you bomb foreigners living legally in your country, do you really expect their government to bow meekly and say "your wish is my command Oh Great One"?
And please try to remember that it isn't me personally who's blaming the Georgian government for starting this, it's the Georgian people, the real Georgian people, with Georgian passports and nationality, who don't want to live in Russia but to stay in Georgia. If they say it's the Georgian government's fault then they're probably right - they were there after all.
Maybe so, but the only obvious supporters of the terrorists I grew up knowing in my country were the Americans. Ever heard of the IRA? You probably didn't think that massacring British citizens or maiming them for life was a crime. But most of your people realised differently when you experienced terrorism in your own land. Who's to blame is largely irrelevant to the people affected by terrorism, war, or the alteration of the borders of your country. Apportioning blame is merely a method used to avoid making peace.
Russia didn't claim that there were too many US citizens. They simply said there was an unexpectedly high number, and they didn't appear to be your normal immigrants for work with families etc. And if the Americans were there because Georgia is an ally, why were they so concentrated at the borders at the very moment Georgia was provoking a war?
You know perfectly well that all this "ally" garbage is just because of your pipeline and because Bush wants his nukes stationed in Georgia. If he didn't need them, he'd only care about their relationship with Russia if it threatened his own or his country's financial interests in some way. And Russia has every reason to suspect Bush of conveniently placing a nuke where it can be directed at Russia and fired PDQ.
Yes I'm British. Maybe the way I see the world is partly because of what I've seen - like your lot invading Iraq under a veil of lies - and partly because my own country has played the part of invader and invaded too in it's history. I try to see both sides of any argument. Do you?
I found an impartial web-site about Georgia, the CIA one and the Georgian one will obviously be biased. If you actually research, you'll find that the only relatively peaceful and prosperous time the Georgians have had for centuries was when they were part of Russia. You my be surprised to find that the 'breakaway regions' have been that from the very moment Georgia was separated. Someone should have taken the citizens into consideration when they redrew the borders. You should also question whether your country would care so much if you didn't have huge resources invested in that damn pipeline. Russian military forces and peacekeepers have been in Georgia since the separation, please remember that when some news bulletins make it appear that the Russian forces only entered the country in August. They were there for years, and their withdrawal is unlikely to be very snappy.
Posted in: Russia promises military aid to South Ossetia
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I wish people posting on here had to state their nationality, because I'm becoming increasingly biased and find myself blaming Americans for all the anti-Russian posts - truly sorry to all those nice Americans who don't subscribe to the notion that Bush is God. (I'm British by the way.)
I should think so! It would hardly be civilised to leave the poor beggars to fend off the Georgians on their own, damn it! And all those anti-Russian posters ought to remember that *The war began Aug 7 when Georgian forces began heavy shelling of the South Ossetian capital, * (In case it's different in American, heavy shelling means bombing the damn place and everyone in it.)
Actually, I was in the UK when this started, and I was disturbed and intrigued to see conflicting reports even on the same channel. Most reports conveniently forgot to mention that Georgia started the war for example. One reporter sounded quite irate and desperate to get his point across when he explained that the destroyed apartment blocks on the screen at the time weren't actually bombed by Russia (as all other reports were claiming,) but had been destroyed by the explosions caused when Russia bombed a Georgian arms storage unit nearby. Some may say that Russia shouldn't have bombed a military target near civilians, but more would say that military munitions should never be stored anywhere near civilian homes.
Too right. Couldn't agree more. Of course, if the US was less self-interested and incompetent I might not be so eager to agree.
Surely he's also one of the people calling for the world to not rely on the middle East for energy? Perhaps he has a shortlist of places where it's acceptable to get various types of energy from? If so, maybe he should let us all in on it?
Brown should know better than to stick his oar in and support Bush. He knows damn well that supporting Bush was Blair's biggest mistake. But I've never claimed that Brown was intelligent, so what can I expect.
Russia was protecting it's own people from Georgian attack, and frankly I feel that if Georgia is left without the two breakaway provinces it should consider itself lucky not to have been invaded properly and re-absorbed into Russia. It's impossible to make everyone happy when countries divide, and it was naive and somewhat ignorant of Georgia's government to assume that 1. all the people in what they call Georgia should be humble and subservient to the Georgian government, and 2. that they could bomb areas with a high density of Russians without any kind of backlash.
By the way, perhaps one of the Americans on here could clarify why the Russians found an unexpectedly high number of Americans when they advanced into the breakaway provinces? Bush declined to comment when accused of putting his spies there, but who were they and why were they there?
Posted in: Russia promises military aid to South Ossetia
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I'm overweight, and I fit in economy class seats!
It's not really about the weight though, people should be informed several times during the purchase of their tickets and after purchase that the seat they are paying for can only be used by someone who's butt is a maximum of a certain size. "Please note that for this class of seat the maximum width of the seated butt can be no more than x inches. If you are found to have a wider butt than the maximum you will either be moved to a more appropriate seat IF one is available and charged the extra cost, or you will be rejected from the flight without any refund or partial refund being made. Please ensure your butt is the right size, to spare yourself embarrassment, potential financial loss, and the possible cancellation of your trip."
Seems fair enough to me, let them check at home before they buy. If they still spill over chuck em off or make them pay to upgrade.
Posted in: Should overweight people be required to pay for an extra seat on planes?
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Think of services for people with kids - especially babies! How we'll cope if our flights are delayed this summer I don't know!
Posted in: Relaxing at the airport when you're delayed
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No paranoia or psychosis here then. How reassuring.
But why is it on JT? It's an illogical rant about America - by an American, for susceptible Americans - and this is supposed to be about Japan (except for the 'world' news department.)
Posted in: Religious right AWOL from the real war
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I'll bet that parent would sing to a different tune if it was his/her darling child who's name was scrawled in kanji all over the cathedral!
Absolutely, what the heck do they think their job is? To stand around looking tough (or flabby), waiting to be picked up (or laughed at) by nubile young ladies?
Posted in: Italians amazed at fallout in Japan over graffiti
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Nandakandamanda, you may be right, but think of how many people there are in Japan, and if only a fraction of the women are the right shape, and a fraction of those have that sort of fashion sense (and that's still a lot of people), add the fact that when people disguise themselves only the brain-dead wear their own style of clothes, and then tell me the friend might not have been mistaken.
I hope the friend had more than that to go on. Maybe he/she's been worried about Oyama for some time. It's just that I wouldn't be certain of an id from that footage, even if it looked just like someone I'd lived with for years.
Posted in: 38-year-old jobless woman detained over Osaka knife attacks
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I fail to see how even the closest friend could be 100% sure from the CCTV pictures I saw on tv.
As the perp disguised him/herself, the only certainty is that the arms are a bit chubby. A brief glimpse of a jaw-line isn't enough.
Maybe it's her, maybe it's not. Just hope there's not a real perp out there, biding time until she's locked up before resuming activities.
Posted in: 38-year-old jobless woman detained over Osaka knife attacks
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I don't understand - someone please explain - it says in the article
2007! Why have they been arrested exactly one year later? And if that's right, why is it now newsworthy? I suspect a typo, or I would, but I seem to recall reading something about this about a week ago, which rules out it being this year.
Moderator: We have a related story on this incident in the Shukan Post section.
Posted in: Porn actress, producers arrested for filming in rear of dump truck
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LOTUS land? This is Akihabara we're talking about! Get real ffs!
Maybe if he'd realised that real trash gets incinerated he'd have just committed suicide. Best thing for him, putting him out of his misery and saving lives, pain, time, and police and court expenses - not to mention prison expenses.
Supersonator is spot on about moral education being lacking, but I wish it was only here in Japan, then it would be oh so easy to escape from it.
The world we live in is a sick place, but we must be careful not to use that as an excuse for a complete sociopath like him - there have always been sociopaths, ever since there was a society.
Cases like this are a good advert for the death sentence. There's no doubt about his guilt after all, and I don't see insanity as a reason to spare a mass-murderer - I think it's more of a reason TO execute him, as there's no hope of a permanent cure except his death.
Posted in: Murder in lotus land
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You don't need to worry about the bridesmaids - I read that the bride is going to wear a beautifully lavish meringue-style white gown, western style of course, with a magnificent lacy bra, sparkly white shoes, white fishnet stockings with a lacy suspender belt, and nothing else. But she's banning all the female guests from wearing skirts (not sure if the men can wear them ...) and she's chosen bridesmaids outfits that involve stylish, well-fitting pink trousers - with a well-starched crease - and maternity-style smocks smothered in frills and printed with elegant images of fuji-san. Typical J-style in fact, except for the pics of Fuji.
No risks to be taken, she said, but in a casual aside she mentioned that her husband-to-be's shoe camera would be welcome to point up HER frilly dress....
Posted in: Disgraced former-NTV announcer to hold lavish wedding reception
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I sure as hell hope that's a mistype!
Anyhow, surely most of these grotty salarymen - whether warped by their mothers or not - are a bit too old to be a product of a modern phenomenon? The situation described, although exaggerated for humor, is too recent to be to blame. Most salarymens' mothers would have had more than one child, and they would also have lived with the parents - whether his or hers. The older the salaryman, the more likely it is that his mother had to do some sort of work to help make ends meet - things weren't all rosy after WWII, and I'm sure they weren't too great during the war either.
No, the "reluctant husband and father" stereotype must have appeared before the "mother-of-one" stereotyped here, although whether he's the cause is impossible for me to guess.
Posted in: For Japanese men, dysfunction starts in the cradle