JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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Confrontation
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U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
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Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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gonemad
Here we are again. The government sets some arbitrary rules and anybody who got damaged but doesn't fit the rules has to fight for decades in court because everybody will refer to the stupid rules only.
As to the comments about the rich: how many people do you think have the financial means to move to other places for an extended period if not permanently, leaving their houses, jobs etc behind? How many of such rich people do you expect to find in inaka?
Posted in: Families who left radiation zone voluntarily ask TEPCO for compensation
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gonemad
Utrack, the only form in which radiation can get into the stored rice is by minuscule amounts of dust which contains radioactive fallout and which gets into the warehouse. From these minuscule amounts an ever smaller part gets into the rice sacks and when you use the rice, you wash it several times before cooking. There is absolutely no worry about rice from last year's harvest, where ever it comes from. The problem will start in September when the first new rice gets harvested.
Posted in: After the earthquake, there's been a prevalent feeling among people that you can make do with replacements... It doesn't have to be beef curry, it could be pork, or chicken, or the beef could come from another country. It's not quite the same with rice.
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gonemad
How that???
Posted in: After the earthquake, there's been a prevalent feeling among people that you can make do with replacements... It doesn't have to be beef curry, it could be pork, or chicken, or the beef could come from another country. It's not quite the same with rice.
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gonemad
Not necessarily. They may be too frustrated to repeat again what has always been ignored by the major political parties or institutions. They may not be educated enough to express it or bring it into a consolidated political agenda. They may be youths who simply want to get some attention from their parents. Or a combination of the above. Don't jump to conclusions quickly just because these people did not carry political banners with them. Look at how the Arabian spring started seemingly unpolitical and then quickly swept away whole regimes. Cameron looks a lot like Mubarak in his reactions.
Posted in: British PM unveils tough anti-riot measures, including social media controls
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gonemad
jforce, this may answer your questions: http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2011/05/11/51031/big-success-for-renesas-in-repairing-naka-fab.htm
Posted in: Renesas sees full-year loss due to quake
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gonemad
Well, calm down. With a budget of 70 million per year they can't do anything which could be called censorship. Therefore I believe what Ogami-san said about the intentions of the program.
Posted in: Gov't denies online, Twitter censorship over nuclear crisis
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gonemad
I can't recall asking friends except for trivia. Instead, there were large encyclopediae and other books for the subjects which I had an interest in. The internet has replaced the written books, but not my friends.
Posted in: Inquiring minds now turn to Google, not friends
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gonemad
It will not embolden anyone, but it is jeopardizing all diplomatic efforts to help torture victims in other countries. Human rigths have become a luxury, so why care?
It may be right from a domestic legal point of view. Not sure which UN rules Mendez is talking about, but if such UN rule exists, then the US is bound by international law. Vice versa there is no law that forces the DOD to take such a counterproductive stance.
Posted in: UN official says US breaks rules in torture probe
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gonemad
Alphaape, it is quite simple. The journalists who work for the Murdoch papers have broken laws in order to obtain their information. Assange, or Wikileaks for that matter, have not broken any law. There is nothing wrong with authorities going after Bradley Manning.
Posted in: WikiLeaks Julian Assange fights extradition
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gonemad
Obviously the law is not the problem. On the contrary, it seems to work fine to avoid people getting into even worse situations.
Posted in: Revised money lending law creating desperate housewives
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gonemad
In a free society there is always room somewhere to commit crimes. We have to accept that. Instead we must fight crime from the other end, e.g. by educating people about how certain scams work.
Posted in: Nearly 30% of the 2,600-plus Internet cafes in the nation do not check the identification of their users. This has apparently prompted some people to use them for web scams or extortion.
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gonemad
Once again the US claiming double standards. If they do not torture, then what is their problem with a routine visit by a UN investigator? Events like this do not only hurt the credibility of the US, but of the entire western world.
Posted in: UN official says US breaks rules in torture probe
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gonemad
Why is Japanese politics missing in the list?
Who could be interested in putting regular effort into contributing to this site just for the "huge momentum"? Will we see even more advertisement drivel disguised as regular articles?
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gonemad
Nuclear power plants are very expensive and only few companies have the financial means to build them. On the other hand, for a company or group of companies with such financial prowess it is easy to influence political decisions, be it through direct corruption or less visible lobbying. As we can see all over the world, political control over the safety regulations has failed. It's absolutely no surprise if you think about it.
Posted in: U.S. and industry rewrite nuclear history
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gonemad
The problem of the Japanese economy is not taxes. Raising or lowering them will have limited impact on the overall economy. If Japans heads into another lost decade, it's because it hasn't solved any of the problems from the previous lost decades.
Posted in: The possibility of another ‘lost decade’ for Japan is growing. A rise in the sales tax and the possibility of higher income tax for funding reconstruction after the March disaster would leave Japanese with less spare cash.
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gonemad
While I agree with most of the author's conclusions and I get the impression that he knows what he is writing about, the way this article is written is just painful. No facts at all to back up his statements. Although just a minor detail, the supposed exponential increase in profit margins made me even laugh. Even in the case of absolutely no operating and maintenance costs, how should that be possible?
@mike23thurgood: you missed the author's point, which is that FBR have failed their promises so far. Almost everybody has given up on FBRs and Monju has been a total failure so far. Therefore you should better continue working with the 150 years scenario.
Posted in: Can a weakened nuclear industry survive its deadly repeating history?
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gonemad
Since they take the tests done in the EU as an example, we can be sure the tests will be joke anyway: operators defining the criteria and operators checking the criteria. You don't need the test to know the results...
What Japan (and others) should do first is thoroughly reviewing the criteria it uses to judge reactor safety. Only after that you can check if and how each reactor meets these goals.
Posted in: Japan's nuclear power plants to undergo stress tests
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gonemad
It seems the author was not aware of another idiosyncrasy of American culture. God only talks to you when you have a chance to make money out of it, not when it's going to cost you lots of money :-)
In general I can only hope that what Laguna wrote is true, but looking back at the last decade or so, my hopes are dwindling. The empire is imploding. US politics are becoming more and more erratic. It will have serious consequences for the rest of the world.
Posted in: America's bizarre presidential campaign follows culture
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gonemad
Tens of thousands of dollars in bank accounts in her name? This gives an interesting twist to the story. Drug dealing? Or are the conspiracy theories right after all that the French secret service staged this event? Or was the maid so deranged after the rape that she didn't consider that police and/or private investigators would thoroughly probe her integrity? At least the story remains entertaining.
Posted in: In Strauss-Kahn case, DA weighs limited options
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gonemad
No, I think it was the opposite, summers were hotter then, at least when you count the number of really hot days. I think what has changed more noticeably is that winters and spring have become warmer. Anyway, this is based on my - probably distorted - memories. More accurate statistics should be available.
Posted in: Do summers now seem much hotter than in your youth?