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gyouza
Great story. And good luck!
Perserverence paid off - good for you!
Posted in: Baptism by fire
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gyouza
Roof sounded like it wanted to leave us - grateful it stayed!
Posted in: Gusts of up to 100 kph recorded in Tokyo
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gyouza
Well he was just around the corner in Guam!
Posted in: Titanic sails again
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gyouza
Well that makes sense. Lets lie to protect our integrity?
Posted in: 2 prosecutors convicted in evidence tampering case
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gyouza
"Infected"? Jeez, thinly veiled homophobia. Actually not very thinly veiled. And the larger Korean community allows this bigotry?
Posted in: S Korea bars under-18s from Lady Gaga concert
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gyouza
@choi
Well, an interesting twist you introduce. I said...
and you replied
OK, now consider that if you were wrongly convicted, wrongly sentenced, which of this options would allow you the opportunity of recourse? Well a posthumous pardon may be nice?
The underlying issue of a very "lax" legal system is only the beginning of why the death sentence should never be allowed here, so please don't bleat on about the difference of the value of the life of an infant vs the value of the life of an adult. If killing is wrong, it is wrong, full stop. There can be no exceptions.
Posted in: 3 inmates hanged; 1st executions in Japan since July 2010
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gyouza
:) Amen to that!
Nothing takes the shine off a good evening more than reeking of tobacco smoke.
Posted in: Sign of the times
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gyouza
@choiwaruoyaji What zichi mentions is not just for convicts, but for suspects too. If you have been arrested, you are placed in a similar environment to what he describes and denied access to family. The goal is to force a confession, and works in many cases. The suspect are told to sign a paper that will let them back on the street UNDER EXTREME PRESSURE, and with denial of basic human rights. Lets assume that some suspects are guilty, so good job, right? But sadly not all are, and there are some recent cases where people have FINALLY been released before execution after decades. Say for a moment that they were executed, is that OK? Do you think the execution system is infallable? Are mistakes acceptable?
Posted in: 3 inmates hanged; 1st executions in Japan since July 2010
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gyouza
@ivan
Many ways to look at the picture, including 1) Signs generally indicate the start of a restricted zone (e.g. speed signs parking restrictions, etc) and since all the people are to the left of the sign and the sign is facing left, you can assume they are not in the restricted area. 2) A slightly weaker argument I admit, but signs only work if you see them. None of these people are looking at the sign! If the whole area was really non smoking as opposed to the sign indicating the start of restricted area, there would be signs everywhere. Once again, they are safe.
I'm very anti-smoking, but the defence is partially due to the inference that a nation is rude and rule breaking.
Posted in: Sign of the times
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gyouza
Hey, a picture of people breaking the law and their faces aren't mosaic'd!!
Smoking IS bad for you, so making it hard to do is not a bad thing. How long before everyone is weened off the addiction?
Posted in: Sign of the times
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gyouza
Strange logic. You killed someone, killing is wrong. As punishment, we will kill you, but killing you isn't wrong.
Posted in: 3 inmates hanged; 1st executions in Japan since July 2010
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gyouza
Given the added value he (Kamei) brings, that is probably a bonus, but if getting the bill through depends on his support then Noda will be in sheepdip.
Kamei wants to spend all the tax revenues for the next 10 years within the next 10 months (and all in the regions, not metropolis), so probably best to cut him off now.
Posted in: DPJ to present revised tax hike bill to cabinet despite opposition
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gyouza
@john becker
It was hundreds of billions.
ML BoA? AIG? Fannie Mae? Freddie Mac? Lehman Bros?
Point is, an awful lot of money got moved around to support domestics. Lets also remember that the Japanese support quoted here is in JPY, approximately 1/80th of the USD numbers quoted for US firms.
Posted in: Elpida delisted from Tokyo Stock Exchange in Japan's biggest corporate failure
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gyouza
This is interesting, being complicit in hiding one of the most wanted people in Japan results in just 14 months? I know she didn't do any of the terror deeds herself, but she must have known who he was, etc. I guess the surprise is also at such a fast sentence, seems like only last week she gave herself up, but sentenced already.
Posted in: Woman gets 14 months for aiding Aum fugitive Hirata
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gyouza
@photoman I think there is confusion between being government owned and funding being sourced by tax payers. Similar views on the reasons US government pumped hundreds of billions of dollars into the US car industry, and the US finance industry. National pride? Or was it an election year? Maybe both? UK too, government owns RBS which is losing money, doesn't mean the money is tax revenue, but it does mean the government stake in RBS will drop in value (but don't worry, despite losing money, bonuses will still be paid out).
Posted in: Elpida delisted from Tokyo Stock Exchange in Japan's biggest corporate failure
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gyouza
@gogogo - you'd think so wouldn't you. Letting companies fail would weed out the bad performers, American Airlines is one I wish would die quickly instead of trying to come out of Chapter 11. It could unload the people who are happy to get high salaries, but not happy to provide higher service. Similarly, Elpida should have diversified long ago.
Posted in: Elpida delisted from Tokyo Stock Exchange in Japan's biggest corporate failure
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gyouza
Arghh, only the first two lines are for darren! Sorry.
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gyouza
@darren
I may have missed the Japanese on the live broadcast yesterday, but I think there might be two inaccuracies in the report:
This is not something he can explain as he can't get the money back. With so much gone, he'd have to be an incredibly amazing investor to bring all the lost value back. He did mention he would transfer the remaining value of the funds back in an "equitable" way, so the funds that lost money will get the remaining money back.
Basically he lacked remorse and looked like a gambling addict. There has to be a HUGE question mark over the role of the auditors (internal and external) as well as the role of the Trustee of the assets.
As for not wishing to deceive anyone, well writing 250% increase of value of a fund in black and white is a pretty good indicator of intent to deceive.
I don't think there will be many "cronies" for him to call on, it will be "go to jail, move directly to jail, do not pass "go", do not collect GBP200"!
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gyouza
@hategobo
Which of the nominees do you support and why?
Posted in: Japan signals support for U.S. World Bank nominee
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gyouza
The Republicans are very good at this, wasn't it Reagan who said "We have just passed a bill that outlaws the Soviet Union, we begin bombing in 5 minutes" on an open mic?
I think Medvedev handled it well, and Romney just looks even smaller than he did before (which is difficult, frankly).
Posted in: Russia's Medvedev tells Romney to 'use head'