gaijinfo's past comments

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    gaijinfo

    How do you game the GDP? Print a bunch of money.

    How do you inflate the stock market? Print a bunch of money.

    How do you weaken the Yen? Print a bunch of money.

    Ain't rocket science folks. But guess what? What goes up, WILL come down, especially when the only thing holding it up is hot air.

    Economically illiterate Journalists love to fall all over themselves in self congratulation as they try to outdo each other in their insightful praise of such "radical" economic policy.

    Posted in: The radical force of 'Abenomics'

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    I'll believe it when I see it. Politicians love the word "reform" because it means different things to different people, so it allows them to con many groups at once.

    Until my monthly bill goes down, and I can choose from a couple different power companies as easily as I can choose cell phone carriers, then it's all political hot air.

    Posted in: Gov't takes aim at electricity monopolies

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    Engineering, science, math, technology, programming, biology (maybe): Yes.

    Everything else? No.

    Posted in: Is college worth it?

  • -1

    gaijinfo

    Sony USED TO BE an icon.

    Posted in: Sony is an icon. Until now, it hasn’t had a fellow like this coming in and making demands in public. But now he comes in with guns blazing. This hasn’t quite started off right, you might say.

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    So what’s the solution for such indolent offspring?

    Wait, you're expecting parents, who've raised their kids for 20 to 30 YEARS to think it's OK to sponge off mom and dad and NEVER be responsible to suddenly turn around and bust out some tough love?

    You reap what you sow, kids.

    I see a lot more blue tents, and higher taxes to pay for inefficient social programs in the future.

    Posted in: Parents advised to give the boot to their sponging adult kids

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    In their defense, ALL COPS in the world aren't really there to prevent crime. They're only there to mop up afterwards. Until stalkers are put in jail (which ain't never gonna happen) this kind of situation will continue to happen.

    Sadly, the mere existence of police lull people into a false sense of security, where they think by complaining to them about potential problems, they've protected themselves.

    A better response by the cops might have been to tell this poor woman that they don't have the resources to protect her, any warning they give this guy likely won't work, and she'd better watch her back. Maybe carry some mace or something.

    But then again, that would require the police to admit that they aren't the all-powerful masters of society like they want us to think.

    Posted in: Woman stabbed by stalker despite asking police for help

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    Ridiculous. Japanese politicians are idiots. This what happens when high chair tyrants become leaders.

    Posted in: Restoration Party member ousted over Korean prostitution remarks

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    Goodness Gracious! A politician who made certain promises to behave a certain way, is gasp a lying crook after all!

    Posted in: Once a beacon, Obama under fire over civil liberties

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    First of all, this isn't a prostitution issue. It's a sex slave issue. Second, you can't flip it around, and blame the foreigners for having the wrong "perception."

    This guy is a clueless, slimy moron. To the extent that people follow this guy, Japan has got some serious problems.

    He has all the signs of a grown up kindergartner who stomps his feet and blames the world when people don't see things "his way."

    If he doesn't go down in flames after this, that's a sad, sad measure of the Japanese population.

    Posted in: Hashimoto says he lacked sensitivity to U.S. perception of prostitution

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    Japan was not the only one doing this," he said. "Everybody was doing bad things.

    Ah, the old moral equivalency argument.

    I think Japanese people... should offer objections if there is a misunderstanding of facts overseas.

    Japanese are so innocent. Why can't the world see that? These poor souls were just minding their own business when this horrible "pacific war" thing fell out of the sky on them. They should get a collective medal for being so brave to withstand such hardship.

    Posted in: Hashimoto offers to meet 'comfort women' to apologize

  • -2

    gaijinfo

    The best defense is a good offense. If you wait until you have jet lag, it's too late.

    Posted in: What do you do to overcome jet lag?

  • 8

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    I suspect this is a common case of improper market research. People think their product will sell because they really really HOPE it will sell, rather than identifying an actual need.

    Posted in: Japanese Lolitas plan world domination

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    gaijinfo

    Get over yourselves Japan....a crippled nuclear power plant in JAPAN is likely pretty low on any terrorists lists of targets...

    Posted in: No matter what, we'll never allow terrorists to break into the plant.

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    Gee, I didn't see this coming...

    In other news, I see Hashimoto is making the cover of all the mainstream non-Japanese news sites...

    Maybe giving him some attention that he craves desperately but making Japan look like some throwback to the 50's...

    Posted in: China, S Korea criticize Hashimoto over comfort women comments

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    gaijinfo

    Now THAT is a stunning pic...

    Posted in: High flyers

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    gaijinfo

    What was outrageous was all the tax money they spent creating that ridiculous "Star Trek" video.

    As the department of collections for the criminal class, the IRS will naturally target those that intend to decrease their collections.

    Just another example of your government at work folks.

    Posted in: Obama calls IRS targeting of conservative groups outrageous

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    This guy is a politician. Politicians don't get where they are by "speaking their mind." This was a calculated statement said to generate publicity and show the people of Japan what an old school tough guy he is.

    He NEVER would have said that if the general population was against any kind of nationalism or jingoism.

    Posted in: Hashimoto says comfort women system necessary for wartime troops

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    This, as a top story of the day, just makes me feel safer in Japan.

    Nonsense. News outlets are in no way obligated to report based on anything other than what their customers want to read. And for the vast majority of foreigners living in Japan, the "Safety Japan" is myth is kept alive by only letting one or two "minor" crimes on the front pages of sites like this.

    Posted in: Woman assaulted, robbed on street in Hiroshima town

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    gaijinfo

    Three Japanese stereotype cliches, all in one article:

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    An assistant police inspector in Oku, Tokyo, has been arrested for groping a 15-year-old girl on a train.

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    I did it because I was feeling stressed.

    Three

    Oku police official said, "It is regrettable...

    Posted in: Assistant police inspector arrested for groping 15-year-old girl

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    gaijinfo

    But it takes more than just a good set of pipes and decent sense of rhythm to land a job at the ice cream parlor.

    Guess that leaves me out!

    Once I was on a Skype interview, and the lady asked me to sing a children's song. Skype mysteriously cut off, and I never heard from her again!

    Posted in: The arduous audition process to become a Cold Stone Japan part-timer

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