JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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To be healthy, live in the big city
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Teacher nabbed for using miror to peek up girl's skirt
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Japan's nuclear safety standards flawed, says commission chief
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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From carnivores to herbivores: how men are defined in Japan
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fishy
american bengoshi- ya, musashi kosugi is an excellent location!!!
Posted in: Real estate in Japan: A good time to buy or not?
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fishy
freedom of speech?? to say that you'd blow up an airport to random people, it's a threat!! it's like some recent incident where some crazy guy sent a letter to an elementary school and said he'd kill the students..does that count as a freedom of expression? NO, it's a threat.
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fishy
doesnt bother me as long as people are not yelling or screaming on the phone. it DOES bother me, though, when people let their phones ring for a long time without picking it up, and the ring tone is really loud..
Posted in: Does it bother you when people talk on cell phones on buses, trains or in restaurants?
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fishy
PrideinJapanese-
Errr... No. Please refrain from making a silly comment like this...
Posted in: Does it bother you when people talk on cell phones on buses, trains or in restaurants?
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fishy
I wouldn't recommend anyone to buy a mansion in japan but a house with land would be good if you carefully choose a location because the value of the land can remain or increase (again, carefully choose a location). so after the value of the house decreases, you can still keep the land and/or sell it.
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fishy
my mom told me when i was a little girl that 2 rabbits are pounding mochi on the moon.. i used to try and look at the moon to see if i could see the 2 rabbits :)) some childhood memory..
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fishy
in any case, she was joking anyways... everyone there laughed after her comments.
Posted in: Anna Tsuchiya: 'No one could kill someone who looked like me'
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fishy
BoratLikeBarry-
and she said that they wouldn't mess with me.. does that sound like she was implying her cuteness?? i don't think it sounds like she was implying the word cute to native japanese speakers at least (and i am a native japanese speaker by the way).
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fishy
I'd like to add some facts to help people here a bit... This brother, for some reason, was living with the family's relatives for awhile and returned home only a few days prior to the incident. The brother had been bullied in school since when he was in elementary school and he was usually staying in other than going to school. The brother told the police that the sister made fun of his personality.
I guess if the sister just made fun of him about something else, he might not have gotten so angry, but maybe because of how he has been for many years (no close friends, bullied and staying in..), being made fun of his personality was something he couldn't put up with especially that it came from his own sister who was doing well in school and had friends.
He should never have hurt his sister, should never have killed her, but to me, this is just so very sad.. his life is sad, and I feel sorry for him and his parents who have lost their girl and it was their son who killed her...
I hope that the parents will try and understand what the boy has been through, and even though it should be extremely difficult to forgive what he has done, I hope they will do whatever to make him a better person because he is alive and he has future... the parents should hate what the boy has done but should never hate him even though it was him who killed their daughter... VERY tough for the parents, but hope they will be strong for the boy.. he needs them.
Posted in: 17-year-old boy stabs 14-year-old sister to death at home
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fishy
Ifeellmust-
when women get pregnant, they go to their local government office to get a mother's handbook and some coupons for discount check-ups.. if a woman to get an abortion, there is no need for her to get her pregnancy registered. people go to government offices only when they are to keep their babies so that they can get support and information.
and if you don't have enough money/income, you are also encouraged to go to your local government office because then they can give you a support.
Posted in: Woman held for abandoning baby in toilet in Tokyo apartment block
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fishy
Monkeyz-
With some simple paperwork, you can actually get the refund money in advance, that way you don't have to pay the delivery fee at the hospital. Your local government office can send the money directly to the hospital/clinic.
You do not need to have the guy come with the girl to the clinic for permission. You just need someone (a guy) to sign a paper and then the girl can just bring it to the hospital/clinic. They do not check to see whether the person who signed the paper is the actual father of the baby.
There are options for those who make little money.. The problem is that those people who say there's no other way than throwing away their baby -- they do not do research. Each ward/city/town has their website on the internet and they can get much information from there.. or they can quick visit their local government office so that they can get info about how to get help.
Like some posters said, adoptions are not popular/common in Japan, it is a fact, HOWEVER, there are places that accept children who don't have parents. If only those mothers/fathers who decide to throw their babies think about leaving their babies somewhere safe... If they go to the government office to let them know that they are financially unable to raise their babies, they can be guided to better ways.
SIMPLE FACT -- NOT HAVING ENOUGH MONEY CANNOT BE A REASON TO THROW AWAY OR KILL YOUR BABIES.. There are always other ways... Mistakes are made when they get pregnant without wanting to... Now what they can and should do is NOT to make the second mistake... Admit your mistake and take responsibility --- They should go seek help if they cant handle the situation.
Posted in: Woman held for abandoning baby in toilet in Tokyo apartment block
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fishy
worst case scenario.. she could AT LEAST have left the baby somewhere safe so that someone else would take the baby to an appropriate place.. KILLING the baby shouldn't have been an option.. I don't understand how anyone can do this..
Posted in: Woman held for abandoning baby in toilet in Tokyo apartment block
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fishy
she didnt want the baby so she threw him away in the toilet -- did she think that it would solve her problems?????? did she REALLY????????? i mean, come ON... she was and is so stupid to throw the baby away in the first place and then thought she would be free, 'cause she's NOT. hope she will be in jail fod a good amount of time and will be given time to actually regret about what she has done.
Posted in: Woman held for abandoning baby in toilet in Tokyo apartment block
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fishy
Hi Grukun :))
Right, communication is very important, it might be the most important thing. For teenagers, it might not be always easy to spill out their feelings, but it's always good to try from the parents side :)
I'd like to believe that even when kids feel isolated in school, if they feel like there's a place where they are loved, needed and welcomed, they should be okay.. I don't know but I'd like to believe that and that's what I'm trying to do-- to make our home a safe/warm/comfy place for the kids.
I remember feeling a bit isolated when I moved to a different city as a child and went to a new school.. I knew nobody and when they told us (the kids) to make groups for a field trip, I didn't know which group I wanted to join and watched other girls holding hands, smiling and saying things like I want to be with OOO-chan and XXX-chan! and etc.. Because I was new and didn't know anyone, I felt isolated even though I wasn't bullied.. I had some tears in my eyes and remember I was so very happy when one girl said I should join in her group!!
I know I can't compare my experience with those real bullying issues, but I want to say that bullying is not always something we can see with our eyes..
I want to protect my kids and my kids' friends from what we cannot always see with our eyes.. It hurts too much to see news like this.. Little kids choosing to kill themselves, this is just wrong.
Posted in: Hokkaido schoolgirl commits suicide, blaming bullying
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fishy
Standing up to the bullies and be strong.. yes, I agree.. But what do we teach/tell our kids when they are isolated? How do they stand up to fight the situation?
Posted in: Hokkaido schoolgirl commits suicide, blaming bullying
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fishy
Judderman-
Yes, I agree.. Many kids don't want to talk about their real issues because they don't want let their parents down, and/or they feel embarrased. I understand that and I agree (because I didn't want to let my parents know when something went wrong in school as a child and I still remember that) ... and THAT IS WHY I said what I said.. Teach kids the basic values BEFORE they enter schools.
And as I also stated in my post, KNOW YOUR KIDS' FRIENDS AND THEIR PARENTS.. I talk to my kids classmates when I go to school or/and after school, and I talk to their parents (mostly moms, but some dads as well). My kids play sports on weekends and so I get to spend much time with the teammates' parents, and meet other parents through those parents and etc, and it works well. BECAUSE kids often don't want to talk about their problems with their parents, we have to watch them and their friends when they are together.. If your kids never play with friends after school, you might wonder why he or she never plays with friends from school.. Or if they walk home alone after school or walk with friends.. Little things like that can tell you if your kids are isolated..
Isolation can really really hurt people, not only kids but also adults.
Posted in: Hokkaido schoolgirl commits suicide, blaming bullying
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fishy
well, I don't know about the 85% part, but I do agree that mostt of the bullies come from broken homes. Broken doesn't mean financially poor or single-parent family, it means that the families don't teach their kids the important values BEFORE entering school.
kids should learn those basic values while they are still in kindergarten/hoikuen.. Toddlers are NOT too young to teach values, and if you fail to teach toddlers how to be nice to others, you're failed as a parent. Basic rule is that you don't do what you don't want others to do to you, it's that simple, and you need to start teaching that rule even before your kids starts to talk, and teach in your every-day life, not just on a special occasion.
Sometimes you see the kids parents and you understand why the kids act like they do...
I don't expect schools and teachers to protect my children, it is simply too much for them... 40 kids in one class, teachers are over worked and extremely busy.. Know your kids' friends and classmates, talk to them when you visit school and/or when the kids play together... communicate with your kids' friends' parents so that you know who they are.
Often enough, those parents of the kids who are bullied don't know the kids' friends and the parents.. When you go to PTA, get to school a bit earlier to peek inside of the classroom.. Chat with other parents before PTA starts and exchange phone mail address and etc... (I do that all the time).
Although schools and teachers are responsible for what happens during the school hours, parents should not fully depend on them.. Be proactive and PROTECT YOUR OWN CHILDREN AND TEACH YOUR OWN CHILDREN WHAT BASIC VALUES ARE... Raise your child right and you SHOULDN'T HAVE TO count on schools and teachers when something happens..
And the kids should know that there's always a safe hideout ... Make home a comfortable place for the kids to be, and when they feel like they have no other place to go to, they can still be safe in their hideout.
I remember when I was a child, whenever I felt sad, I had one place I always went to and hid.. My parents knew where I was, but I sometimes had to hide and think.. I used to get hurt with such small incidents (now I think of it and those incidents are silly), but for little kids, those silly incidents CAN BE FELT like a disaster... So, I think it's good sometimes to let them hide and don't always have to tell them to Ganbare....
I know my post is pretty long, but I guess what I wanted to say is that parents have to protect our own kids and not count/blame on teachers so much.
Posted in: Hokkaido schoolgirl commits suicide, blaming bullying
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fishy
this woman was famous among the bus drivers and the passengers who use the bus all the time because apparently every time she was on the bus she took out her phone to speak really loud (and yes, she is a regular bus passenter taking the same line going to the same place).
i guess if the conversation sounded like an emergency, this might not have happened, but since many people on the bus thought like oh, that's this woman AGAIN and she was just speaking with her friend about whatever with a loud voice.. the driver even stopped at the bus stop when nobody was getting off or getting on the bus just to tell her to stop being loud, but her response was that she was paying money to get on the bus so what'd be the problem?
then some other passengers who saw that got annoyed and told her to stop talking and get off if she would continue...
so...
generally, i don't really mind it when people talk on the phone if they do it quietly and they keep the conversation short (like saying they'll be late for the appointment, or just picking up their phone to tell the other person they'd call back when they get off the train and etc).. but when someone is talking about nothing with a really loud voice, then it's pretty annoying (and especially if i see the same person doing it everytime i'm on a bus or train.. that would definitely be annoying)!
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societymike-
i think you've mixed this incident up with something else.. like eigokun said, this woman was alone riding her scooter on her way back home from work (restaurant), and she had a helmet on..
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fishy
Cleo-
I agree!! :)
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