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  fireant at 08:23 AM JST - 21st April

  My first thought was drunk Japanese high school students did this as a lark to cause a big whoopdedoo in the press.

  Posted in Temple sprayed with graffiti after withdrawing from Olympic torch relay at 08:23 AM JST - 21st April

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  fireant at 08:20 AM JST - 21st April

  ‘‘Various judiciary decisions have been made, but our duty is to respond to the reality of the situation,’’ Akimoto told the crew and their families. ‘‘We hope the MSDF members will contribute to the mission while maintaining high principles along the way.’’

  Various judiciary decisions can be ignored while we…

  Posted in MSDF ships head to Indian Ocean on antiterror mission at 08:20 AM JST - 21st April

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  fireant at 08:11 AM JST - 21st April

  WhatJapanThinks - Good comment.

  I agree with Brainiac - looking for someplace to belong and being welcomed by the leaders/members of like-thinking people while the rest of the world seems to be rejecting or ignoring them.

  Posted in Why do people join cults? at 08:11 AM JST - 21st April

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  fireant at 08:07 AM JST - 21st April

  Everton2

  You're assuming having your friends killed in front of you has nothing to do with finding closure. I'm assuming this guy, since he was on Iwo Jima, saw more than a few friends die at the hands of the Japanese. It may be this trauma rather than war-time cartoons…

  Posted in Back in the 1940s, every newspaper, every magazine, the movies, the radio, everything was geared that the Japanese were short, myopic, everyone wore glasses, they all had buck teeth, they were all interbred, they were rapists and they were just evil people. We had that drummed in our head. When I look at movies from the 1940s that I saw as a kid, they're absolutely ridiculous. You never saw such evil people. at 08:07 AM JST - 21st April

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  fireant at 02:16 PM JST - 17th April

  The caption says 'original Beetle' which it isn't but the article says 'New.' Plus, as others have pointed out, the design is from the 60s.

  Posted in Model Moe Oshikiri designs new Volkswagen Beetle at 02:16 PM JST - 17th April

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  fireant at 08:45 AM JST - 17th April

  If growth is stagnant then there would be no need for more employees so the children of those who have made it wouldn't be able to find jobs and, therefore, not be able to buy homes, cars, food, and iPods. If a company has mostly 55-65 year old employees and…

  Posted in The future is gray at 08:45 AM JST - 17th April

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  fireant at 08:39 AM JST - 17th April

  Transportation isn't bad if you consider cost, running on schedule and accessibility - trains and buses go almost everywhere. But if you consider crowding, confusion - just watch a Japanese person in Shinjuku for the first time, wandering around lost; and they can READ the language. Imagine what it must…

  Posted in New Tourism Agency faces several barriers to boosting visitor numbers at 08:39 AM JST - 17th April

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  fireant at 08:30 AM JST - 17th April

  Two years seems a bit harsh for copyright infringement. If he had murdered someone and apologized profusely he might only get three years. A defaming a classmate by using his photo? Most of my junior high school class would be in jail if that were true when I was growing…

  Posted in 2 years in prison sought for graduate student over computer virus at 08:30 AM JST - 17th April

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  fireant at 08:27 AM JST - 17th April

  I'm less concerned with voting rights for permanent residents (even those without permanents) than I am for voting rights for, as rjd_jr states, those who live in Japan for a gazillion years - i.e. the greatgrandchildren of the Koreans kidnapped by the Japanese government. These people may be able to…

  Posted in Koreans, foreign residents step up calls for local suffrage at 08:27 AM JST - 17th April

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  fireant at 09:00 AM JST - 16th April

  expressed regret that she had to be detained even after she was cleared of the charge

  She was found innocent and they still kept her in jail? Whether she 'actually' did it or not is beside the point. Are the Japanese police legally able to keep innocent people in jail…

  Posted in Swiss woman sent back home after drug acquittal at 09:00 AM JST - 16th April