Tuesday February 14, 2012

JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

ebisen's past comments

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ebisenFeb. 13, 2012 - 06:46PM JST

Kwbrow - working as a flying waitress for ANA does not mean she was educated nor that she was smart. Most probably, the reason for killing her son is that she couldn't bear leaving her high profile world traveler job and become a mother...

Posted in: Woman arrested over murder of 5-month-old son in Kobe
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ebisenFeb. 13, 2012 - 11:02AM JST

Well, I witnessed this happening in my campus as well (close to 10 years ago). As a foreigner (was barely speaking the language, but I am tall, good looking, skinny and with something Latin in me :) ) I had no problems, while most Japanese students were gay looking, closed mouths weaklings who stood no chance... I guess the mother complex at it's finest is showing the first time when the boy is away from "okaachan"....

Posted in: China outperforming Japan in campus romance
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ebisenFeb. 13, 2012 - 09:44AM JST

a good decision, although it is impossible to stop it from spreading....

Posted in: NZ admits overreacting to flu scare on plane from Japan
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ebisenFeb. 13, 2012 - 08:34AM JST

This happens more than one would imagine... also, it could happen in her new location....

Posted in: TV commercial of the week: Hikkoshizamurai
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ebisenFeb. 13, 2012 - 06:46AM JST

Well at my interview for a foreign company (engineering position), I've been grilled on hot charcoal for about two hours by two guys (both senior engineers), and a hr guy. I was convinced they were interested (otherwise they wouldn't spend 6 man hours on me, and two weeks later I was informed that I got the contract.

There was not even one"standard interview question" during it, making me to understand that people who write books about how to do good at interviews did not so well themselves...

Posted in: Job interviews - 'Fools using a foolish method to pick fools'
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ebisenFeb. 10, 2012 - 04:55PM JST

Lovenot

Yes, refined carbohydrates can increase your risk of diabetes 2. So much of the healthy diet of Japan

Well, it is the healthiest I know... Just compare the slim people of Japan, with the whales needing two seats to sit down, that populate the streets of USA, will tell you the difference..

If you know a country with a healthier diet, let me know - and argument it...

Posted in: After diabetes diagnosis, U.S. celebrity chef feels heat
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ebisenFeb. 09, 2012 - 07:42AM JST

Tmarie - the tsukemono in some bento can smell just as bad as a cabbage fart... I hope you know how that smells...

Posted in: Good manners
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ebisenFeb. 09, 2012 - 07:27AM JST

Just imagine how dirty must it have been in order to get moldy. It is a cold and dry winter, one really has to struggle to grow mold in these conditions...

Posted in: Mold found on Daimaru Matsuzakaya Valentine chocolates
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ebisenFeb. 08, 2012 - 08:41AM JST

I truly hope they are successfully doing this. Mitsubishi surely had their investment returned many times over until now. At the first sign of trouble they are doing this... Just as stinky as the "travelling factories" of nokia...

Posted in: Mitsubishi willing to sell Dutch plant for 1 euro if buyer keeps workers
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ebisenFeb. 08, 2012 - 08:39AM JST

yeah right, still domestic company with Japanese running the ship. DOME DOME!

Ironchef - WTF?! at least Rakuten are actively trying to improve and become more international... and it's not dome dome but dame, dame... you sound like a schmuck who does not know how this world is turning around...

Posted in: Rakuten wants people who can be active internationally with business skills and language skills.
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ebisenFeb. 07, 2012 - 09:03AM JST

Wonders why they can not remove the fuel? That would stop any reaction.

LOL it's so simple, isn't it ?.. Wonder how the engineers working there haven't thought of this before ;)?

Nobody can get even within 100 meters from the fuel for more than a few minutes without being zapped. There are many tons of it, possibly embedded in the steel walls of a huge pot (the reactor), possible even burning it's way through the foundations of the same pot. It is under many meters of hot water, and removing the water will cause it's whole mass to reach around 500 degrees Celsius within one day. It will take around 10-15 years for the fuel to drop to less than 100 degrees Celsius without active cooling (but it will still be able to kill a man at 20-30 meters distance)... The reactors will have to be opened (without letting out harmful radiation) and provided that the fuel is still there, it will have to be insulated and transported out chunk by chunk... As of now, there is no tool, remote controlled robot, etc, that can do this job...

Posted in: Water temperature rising in No. 2 reactor at Fukushima nuclear plant
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ebisenJan. 31, 2012 - 08:01AM JST

Gaah, Android keyboard sucks...

Posted in: Juventus hit with another racism fine
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ebisenJan. 31, 2012 - 08:00AM JST

Yeah, football events in Europe (I have to say, especially in Italy and great Britain) are the places where the scum of the scum gathers... I wouldn't make attending such games "a nice weekend afternoon with the family", as no one would bring a child our a wife tool such stadiums...

Posted in: Juventus hit with another racism fine
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ebisenJan. 31, 2012 - 07:48AM JST

China actions sound like 1984 (if somebody doesn't know what 1984 stands for, Google it and read the book).

"it's not necessary to change the future, just change the past". I'm ready to bet anything that China will soon claim that those island were in fact inhabited by Chinese even before Japan existed as a country, AND produce a proof for this claim...

Posted in: China protests Japan's plan to name disputed islands
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ebisenJan. 30, 2012 - 06:50PM JST

If those effects are already visible on plants, scientists would better be very careful...

Posted in: Scientists studying effects of radiation on flora, fauna in Fukushima
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ebisenJan. 30, 2012 - 07:10AM JST

This recipe sounds like it was thought by some lonely otaku, who does not know how to cook (of course), and has not seen a live undressed lady also in years...

Posted in: Try cooking a Big Mac in rice cooker
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ebisenJan. 30, 2012 - 06:53AM JST

A voice comes from nowhere:

"You are holding it wrong".

Posted in: Can tablet computers give you a pain in the neck?
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ebisenJan. 30, 2012 - 06:50AM JST

"Nooo, just give us your hard earned money, and we know what to do with it. We don't need others to tell us how to spend it.."

Yeah right...

Greece had proved of being incapable of managing their own country, dragging everybody down in the mess. One old proverb to be followed by their politicians says:

"If you are in s#it up to your nose, keep your mouth shut"

Posted in: Greece scathing on German budget 'takeover' plan
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ebisenJan. 27, 2012 - 02:56PM JST

jforce, I know your name contains "force", but have you ever imagined how much 6.7 mil. yen weights when in 500 Yen coins? Almost 100 kg... Not exactly something one can put in the pocket and run...

Posted in: Man held over theft of 5,800 Y500 coins from friend's home
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ebisenJan. 27, 2012 - 02:52PM JST

Some people are soooo getting fired over this, I can here from here (Japan) the sound of well polished boots kicking their backsides...

Posted in: Aboriginal leaders condemn treatment of Australian PM; Gillard's shoe put on eBay