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  frontandcentre at 12:34 PM JST - 13th August

  LIBERTAS - it's a small sand carrier, not a "large tanker-type" ship.

  Posted in S. Korean ship collides with N. Korean boat, 2 believed missing at 12:34 PM JST - 13th August

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  frontandcentre at 11:45 AM JST - 13th August

  The funny thing is that a lot of Americans think this is perfectly normal behaviour - it is only those who have seen the way that most of the rest of the world behaves who are cringing. One of my American friends said he thinks it's a bit over the…

  Posted in What do you think of American swimmer Michael Phelps' long victory yell after he wins a race? at 11:45 AM JST - 13th August

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  frontandcentre at 10:15 AM JST - 13th August

  Pukey2 - part of the comments about them looking like boys was a read-between-the-lines implication that they have been carrying on the long tradition of Chinese doping (remember all the running records fuelled by "special mushrooms"? ). Communist countries seem to be defined by it when it comes to Olympic…

  Posted in Japanese duo upset defending champs in badminton at 10:15 AM JST - 13th August

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  frontandcentre at 10:02 AM JST - 13th August

  Ah so - I don't disagree with you. However too many people outside Japan seem to consider manga (and that means ANY manga) to be "art". In my view, it isn't - its primary function is to serve as unhealthy, childish escapism for sexually frustrated salarymen. One of those things…

  Posted in Popular culture helping growth of Japanese studies in Britain at 10:02 AM JST - 13th August

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  frontandcentre at 09:51 AM JST - 13th August

  rjd jr - I'm afraid I'm one of those people. He's entitled to a celebration, and he is doubtless one of he best swimmers ever (especially since Thorpe gave him the chance by retiring) but he sounds like an arrogant thug to me. I'd respect him a lot more if…

  Posted in What do you think of American swimmer Michael Phelps' long victory yell after he wins a race? at 09:51 AM JST - 13th August

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  frontandcentre at 07:23 PM JST - 12th August

  Sex and the City? Argghhhh.... the thought of seeing that film is like 2 hours of psychological torture. The cast are old enough for free bus passes, too

  Posted in Celebrity Waka Inoue says 'I want lots of people to attend my wedding” at 07:23 PM JST - 12th August

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  frontandcentre at 02:52 PM JST - 12th August

  Far better to lie about a private matter than to lie in order to illegally invade other countries leading directly to the deaths tens or hundreds of thousands of people - which is what Bush did.

  This criticism is coming from the same type of closet gay Republicans who oppose…

  Posted in Edwards admits to affair he denied as candidate at 02:52 PM JST - 12th August

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  frontandcentre at 02:28 PM JST - 12th August

  I think it's pathetic that anyone should choose to study a language so that they can continue to read comic books as an adult. It should be studied as an academic discipline and for its practical applications in business.

  All of the weirdo stuff - cosplay, manga, lolicon etc. -…

  Posted in Popular culture helping growth of Japanese studies in Britain at 02:28 PM JST - 12th August

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  frontandcentre at 02:21 PM JST - 12th August

  ...and to add to that, shows what a confused old man Fukuda proves he really is when he criticises a relatively mild comment like this and yet refused to condemn his previous Justice Minister, Hatoyama, for publicly declaring that he had terrorist connections and was aware of the Bali bomb…

  Posted in Fukuda criticizes Ota for calling consumers 'noisy' at 02:21 PM JST - 12th August

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  frontandcentre at 02:19 PM JST - 12th August

  Sounds like a statement of the obvious to me

  Posted in Fukuda criticizes Ota for calling consumers 'noisy' at 02:19 PM JST - 12th August