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- Export/Import Personnel
- Yamato Soysauce Miso Co., Ltd. 株式会社ヤマト醤油味噌, 石川県
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- Administration Officer
- Destination Asia Japan, 東京都
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- PR／Translator
- 株式会社CMC ( CMC ), 東京都
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- International Account Manager
- Cosmo PR Corporation (株式会社 コスモ・ピーアール), 東京都
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- 営業アシスタント
- 株式会社 天時情報システム, 東京都
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freakashow
That's right, Smithinjapan. Only, top Japanese artists like Yuzu, Ken Hirai, Keisuke Kuwata of Southern All-Stars, Noriaki Makihara, Mr. Children, B'Z, Dreams Come True, Yumi Matsutoya, Tatsuro Yamashita, Every Little Thing, Funky Monkey Babys, Misia, etc. write their own music. Good to see Utada come back. She has talent. I loved her music Heart Station and the theme from the Evangelion movie called "Beautiful World".
Posted in: Hikaru Utada to return to entertainment industry after 3-year-hiatus
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The only "push" that could've saved wrestling would be of the illegal under-the-table kind. Fortunately or unfortunately, the wrestling federations of the world didn't go that route. In the end, one of the original sports at the Olympics is gone, and we're left with the rich guys playing golf. I can't see myself sitting through four rounds of golf play at the Olympics.
Posted in: Japan launches petition site to lobby for wrestling
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Wrestling at the Olympics have produced many great moments. I remember the Iranian wrestler and American wrestler who hugged after their match at the last Olympics, and where else but the Olympics will you ever see an Iranian and American show affection like that? I'll also miss seeing wrestlers like Saori Yoshida carrying their coaches on their shoulders after winning.
Posted in: Japan launches petition site to lobby for wrestling
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freakashow
tmarie: What's wrong with colors like pink or baby blue? I often see American sports teams sporting pink ribbons in support for breast cancer. The NFL traditionally has coaches and players sporting pink caps on the sidelines, with players often wearing pink shoes. And the NFL is considered one of the most "manly" sports alongside hockey. Also, you can buy a lot of pink alternative hockey jerseys of teams like Montreal, on the Internet.
Posted in: Japan's women ice hockey team hits big time
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Seems like not only Japan, but many other countries across the world are shocked by this horrible decision:
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2013/02/12/sp-wrestling-olympics-2020.html?cmp=rss
Posted in: Japan shocked by IOC decision to body slam wrestling
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There were 71 countries which had athletes compete in wrestling, but only 26 countries sent athletes to compete in the modern pentathlon in the London Olympics. Yet, wrestling gets the boot. I feel so sorry for all those high school and university wrestlers in countries all over the world who now have no dream like the Olympics to think about.
Posted in: Wrestling booted out of Olympics from 2020
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I'm pretty sure the ratings for a major tournament would be much higher than golf at the Olympics. Do you seriously believe that Tiger Woods would choose an Olympic medal over a green jacket at the Master's? Besides, any activity that I see old oyaji do quite well while smoking a cigarette and drinking a glass of scotch is not a sport. Golf is a form of recreation (as with bowling and billiards). And those "no-name folks" are who make up the Olympics. The Olympics are supposed to be for "amateurs". It's a way for those "no-names" to get known. Frankly, I find it more interesting to watch people who still have the determination to win for their country, rather than just a paycheck.
Posted in: Wrestling booted out of Olympics from 2020
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freakashow
Actually, freestyle wrestling is extremely popular in the U.S. where just about every high school and college has their team. Also, let's not discount the smaller countries that have strong wrestlers (e.g. Azerbaijan, Mongolia, and Uzbekistan). Just because some rich countries like Italy or England may not have a strong contingent, doesn't mean it's not followed around the world. Even in Canada, the Canadian wrestling community was stunned by this decision. Canadian wrestlers have won 16 Olympic medals in all. There is a rich history of wrestling there with wreslters like Carol Huynh, Tonya Verbeek, and Daniel Igali.
Overall, it was a stupid idea to axe wrestling for golf. For athletes like wrestlers, the pinnacle is to win an Olympic gold. With golf, I'm sure winning a major title like the British Open or the Master's would rule over winning a medal at the Olympics. With all the money and riches golf players get through sponsorships and tournaments, do people seriously believe to see the same level of grit, determination, compassion, blood, sweat, and tears you see wrestlers put into winning a match, as with a golf player winning at the Olympics? Just my opinion, but I'd much rather watch wrestling than other Olympic sports like trampoline, race-walking, equestrian, fencing, and pistol shooting.
Posted in: Wrestling booted out of Olympics from 2020
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freakashow
Never really had a pleasant experience in a taxi in anyplace I've been to; whether it be in Japan, the U.S., Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, etc. Drivers either are rude, try to rip you off, or drive like madmen. The only time it makes sense to be in one, is if you and three other friends are in it and can split the cost.
Posted in: Reward offered to catch Seoul taxis that rip off foreigners
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freakashow
Totally agree. American football is a much more cerebral game than most people give it credit for. Players need to be quite intelligent to digest all of the plays and formations. It's why college players at the draft combine are required to take a Wonderlic intelligence test. Having a quarterback that can audible plays at the line of scrimmage based on what kind of defensive formations are offered, really helps. Also, players have to be flexible to not only catch a ball, but to block, run fake plays, etc. Nowadays, the thick paper playbooks (which used to be as thick as telephone books) have been replaced by iPads.
As for this Superbowl, it started out to be a blowout, but then turned into a very tense and interesting game in the third quarter. Ultimately, those two early turnovers doomed the 49ers. Joe Flacco really impressed me by his timely long balls and accuracy. Overall, a very good Superbowl.
Posted in: Ravens beat 49ers to win Super Bowl
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I guess they have the money to spend on luxuries like that because I've met so many Japanese housewives that do the most extreme things to save money to the point that they only spend on average, 10,000 yen a month on all utilities (gas, telephone, water, electricity) even in summer and winter, and another 20,000 yen per month on food. Having the whole family use the toilet on one flush is one extreme measure I've heard of. Another thing a lot of housewives in Japan do is to get a ton of free stuff through poscard mailing. They do it so well that they always get some gift of food or luxury item free (well, minus the cost of a postage stamp) for every postcard they send in.
Posted in: Cheap is king in recession-mired Japan
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Even before this came to light, Armstrong seemed to be so smug and arrogant. Hero? He's a hero alright; hero to all the cheaters and liars out there. I sure hope all the people he wrongfully sued to keep their mouths shut get their justice.
Posted in: Armstrong tells Oprah he doped
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freakashow
Don't know about this, but I love the fact that McDonald's sometimes give away coffee for free. A couple weeks ago they were giving away free coffee. Felt funny just walking in, ordering a coffee, not paying anything, then walking out with a coffee in hand.
Posted in: McDonald’s Japan giving away free breakfasts
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freakashow
By your argument, it is perfectly acceptable for a person to own a nuclear weapon even though there is no nuclear superpower in their neighborhood. It's perfectly alright then for me to set up a missle defense system in my backyard, even though there isn't a threat of an attack from the sky.
Adding more fuel to a fire, won't put it out, just like putting more guns out there won't make crime and violent deaths go away. Are gun owners so afraid that their lives would go to pot without having a gun in their possession? There will come a time when enough's enough. Eventually a leap of faith, or at least a small step needs to be taken towards the goal of a better place to live. Until then, the violence will continue to happen and more people will die.
The difference is that not wearing your seatbelt solely hurts the person who doesn't wear their seatbelt. It's just like helmet laws and laws prohibiting people from walking the streets while wearing earphones listening to music. These "common sense" laws were put in place for people who would otherwise be in line for a Darwin Award. If people with guns were only a danger to themselves, then I would admit that it deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as not wearing your seatbelt.
Posted in: New York passes 1st U.S. gun control bill since Newtown massacre
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Then if the homicide rate is going down and you're less likely to die from a gun than in a car accident, then you don't really need to have a gun to protect yourself from a gun in the first place. Thus, a ban on guns won't hurt anyone. Don't see why gun owners feel the need for a gun to protect themselves from a crime that is lowering and is less likely to happen to them from say a car accident.
Posted in: New York passes 1st U.S. gun control bill since Newtown massacre
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It's a nice step in the right direction. It brings to mind a famous quote by the late great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.:
While instituting a comprehensive ban on all guns in America may seem like a pipe dream, fighting guns with more guns is totally ludicrous. This bill sounds better than the NRA's solution of putting more armed guards in schools and arming teachers with guns. More violence is not the answer to fight violence. Period!
Posted in: New York passes 1st U.S. gun control bill since Newtown massacre
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freakashow
Great link, Xeno23. Thanks.
Alex Jones is a raving lunatic that can't even have a normal debate. It's very disturbing to think that there are gun owners like him out there. One thing that I got from watching it is that it made me realize that gun owners like him would more likely use their guns to threaten others not to take away their guns, rather than for using it for self-defense in the first place. When it comes to the topic of gun control, you just can't have an intelligent conversation with a gun nut.
The NRA doesn't want any laws restricting their gun rights because it means less business for them. All they want to do is fuel their business by making non-owners so afraid of those who have guns that they need to go out and buy some themselves. That's all they care about. They could care less about how many people die from guns.
Posted in: Gun lobby says Congress will not pass weapons ban
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freakashow
Responsible parents take control over what is shown and provided to their children. My parents raised me so that I never got to see an R-rated movie until I was in high school (which by that time I understood what is real and what is make believe). Irresponsible parents will simply shift all the blame for their children's violent ways on outside factors and fail to look inward to themselves. In fact, I saw more violent images (e.g. brutal school fights) and borderline porn (e.g. classmates heavily making out on school grounds) in real life than what's shown on TV and in movies.
The world would be a much better place if all that existed in it were empty magazines and no guns and bullets on the face of this planet.
Posted in: NRA, video game makers to meet with Biden gun control task force
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freakashow
Herve Nmn L'Eisa: You're comparing apples with oranges. A car's main purpose is to transport people and things from point A to point B. On the other hand, a gun's sole purpose was made to kill. Flippantly assuming that gun ownership shouldn't carry such a high sense of responsibility from its owners is really absurd. As much as people may say a gun owner has a right to own a gun, I as one who doesn't own one has a right for the government to take any possible measure to ensure that guns don't end up in the wrong hands and are not used in the wrong way. It's not asking much for gun owners to take more responsibility over their weapons.
All the NRA and other gun nuts want to do is divert attention away from the real sources of gun violence to something as inane and unrelated as violent video games and movies. Fact is that a majority of people watch violent action movies all the time and never ever feel the need to carry a gun; much less shoot one.
Posted in: NRA, video game makers to meet with Biden gun control task force
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freakashow
Let me get this straight: the NRA thinks that violent movies and video games have more to do with gun violence than the easy access to guns themselves? Are they nuts? I've played a lot of first-person shooter games in my life, as have many of my friends and co-workers. Not one of them (as I) have ever felt the urge to purchase a gun, much less shoot another person with it. Watching "Die Hard" and war movies ain't gonna suddenly persuade someone to go shoot another human being. That's a fact.
Gun owners continue to shout that they have a right to own a gun. Well, as a person who doesn't own one, I also have a right not to own one and I also have a right to be protected from others who do own one. While it may be almost impossible to completely ban all guns out there, I at least propose that the U.S. government pass stricter laws concerning responsibility of those who purchase a gun. Those who do purchase a gun, must abide by a law that requires them to always keep close watch over it and handle a gun properly. Even if their gun is stolen or used inappropriately by someone else, they should accept responsibility for introducing it to society and the consequences of how it is used by another party. It is why I also feel that all guns should be registered properly and for it to be illegal to own an unregistered gun; including grandfathered guns.
Posted in: NRA, video game makers to meet with Biden gun control task force