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Smoking ban indoors? Hey this is Japan......that would be the day if that law passes, too…
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Azusa: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooning Anyway, this guy just did a form of non-violent protest. I got to hand…
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Very sad, not that just people are buying CDs but that if they do buy them,…
Posted in: Remembering
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ADK99-thanks for the ray of hope to obtain justice for this animal, regardless of the kyushujoes of this world.
Posted in: Lindsay Hawker's accused killer appears determined to fight murder charge
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Who cares about Musashigawa? Times have changed. There's not a Japanese Sumo wrestler worth his salt anymore. They should change the name to Sumo in Mongolian, or internationalize completely, not this 1-2 foreigners per stable bs.
Posted in: Sumo chief resigns, citing health concerns
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isthistheend
Get away with what? Rape? Murder? Intent? Hushing up a Ruckus? It boggles the mind. Just shoot the dude.
Posted in: Lindsay Hawker's accused killer appears determined to fight murder charge
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isthistheend
Kyushujoe, Good for you and your opinion. However, in this slime bag murderous fugitive young mans case, I stand apart, far apart from it, O.K.? So "we", it doesn't mean thee, I'll word it differently from now.
Posted in: Lindsay Hawker's accused killer appears determined to fight murder charge
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gogogog...exactly. This is J-logic. "You are the first foreigner I've met, so I'm the first J-person you've met." Efforts to quiet her down my arse. Murder in the first degree you p....k.
Posted in: Lindsay Hawker's accused killer appears determined to fight murder charge
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If he walks at all, there's going to be diplomatic problems between J and UK. What a waste of our day to bat this (and other things) about, but its OBON season, and hot and sticky and.....the 1985 airlines disaster related now in mourning.
Posted in: Lindsay Hawker's accused killer appears determined to fight murder charge
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isthistheend
Yo kyushujoe...."we" are the gaijin community. Hello?
Posted in: Lindsay Hawker's accused killer appears determined to fight murder charge
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isthistheend
Add this a-hole to the likes of Asahara Shoko and Miura and the other child killers (various as they are recently) as the worst of the worst of present day crime in Japan. If he gets anything but the rope, we should show Japan what a sit-in protest and demonstration looks like on this island of theirs...however long it would take to get justice for Lindsay Hawker and her family.
Posted in: Lindsay Hawker's accused killer appears determined to fight murder charge
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Right, Jumbo moved his ball all over the place. Greg Norman confronted him about it. He was the only one with the courage to do it. Can Jumbo please apologize for this wretched behavior now, so people like Ishikawa, his grandchildrens age, can find a better role model, like.......shhhhh, eh to, .......
Posted in: Ryo Ishikawa slowly gaining attention overseas
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isthistheend
Yaocho (fixed bouts) will become all the rage!
Posted in: What sort of a future do you think sumo has, in view of the latest scandal over illegal gambling?
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isthistheend
He was negotiating to get 500 dollars per hot dog they were only willing to pay 100 is my guess. Like it or not (and I don't) but this has become an eye-grabbing story since its inception. One paid for by the sponsor....a hot dog maker no doubt....or Heinz ketchup etc.
Posted in: Kobayashi to skip July 4 hot dog eating contest this year
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Because they sucked and couldn't score goals. And though that has changed, don't see them going to the top 8. If they do, send me these words and I'll eat them with my natto for lunch.
Posted in: How come so many people were prepared to write off Japan's chances at the World Cup before the tournament even began?
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This type of noise attack is just one of the MANY, how shall we say "iconic" forms of socializing in this country. Its like they just love to rub it in. And if you understand what they're shouting, they say "we want to hear ALL OF YOUR (MInna san no koe) opinions about the matter. Which is about as far from the truth as you can get. But just yelling these slogans to the exhausted populous makes them feel like they're being represented. Its a real and on-going comic tragedy.
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isthistheend
Yes, isn't it ironic that he got out just before all this xxx hit the fan. Then again, its been hitting the fan for quite some time now. Probably why he got out in the first place.
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isthistheend
When did he join the J-league? Its a good gig for him. Could he have made the Brazil?
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isthistheend
Wish there were more options? This is the archpelago of Japan with 60-80% of the total island uninhabitable mountain terrain...or so I believe I read when first studying about it.
Posted in: Man saves woman who falls onto tracks at subway station
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Rude manners on the train? Nahhhhh never happens. "I thought I thaw a puddy tat."
Posted in: Man punched in face by fellow train commuter over phone manners
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I'd be curious to hear how much a salary they get for refereeing? They're hired (and paid) by the WC organization, right? How much per match. Anybody know? $1,000, $10,000 more? Whatever it is, I think there should be professional ranked peope doing the calling, and not someone just picked out of the hat.
Posted in: What do you think of the quality of refereeing so far in the World Cup?
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Again the point is not ONLY that he was talking on the cell phone, but that he was LOUDLY talking, (or so I imagine it), and when told to pipe down, told the guy to kiss off. And kept on talking. In th end I tend to agree with Zenny11 "I think it is a case of 2 hotheads meeting at the wrong time. ;)Looks like one or both had a crappy day."
Well how many people are having good days these days? Thank goodness he didn't pull a knife and go beserk like is happening every month somewhere, at some level schools and towns etc. Its the dichotomy of the "manners vs. no manners", that throws me for a loop. But in the end, I guess ALL PEOPLE have the same merits and faults as all other people, and so it has been since time began.
Posted in: Man punched in face by fellow train commuter over phone manners
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isthistheend
No doubt about it, this place is losing its marbles. People have no money to spend, no playgrounds to play in, no room to play at home and alot of people just like them or worse all around them. It seems like it was 50 years ago, only now they have more bags to carry and a bit higher fashion to be pompous about.
Talking on the train, in this case was probably an arrogant talking and laughing and not paying any attention to the social network of the train. Hello? That being said, today a woman was seated in front of me on the early a.m. train and cutting her finger nails, one by one. I could have screamed (but didn't). I got bagged from behind, and knocked in the shoulder, and kids were having a good ol time going to school and talking about this and that and on the way home alot of abec were horning all over each other, and just inches away from me. Can I utter a word of protest to any of this all day long. No. That's why when a fight breaks out it BREAKS OUT. People are at their wits end, I feel. And it ain't just Hatoyama's fault. And it doesn't seem to be getting any better. But the first and last rule in this country is DON'T FIGHT IN PUBLIC. Even I as a gaijin know that. When two natives come to blows, you can bet there's at least one wierdo and one close to being at his wit end involved. All the others, are just steaming and creating ulcers for themselves. Somewhere this society is going to blow even bigger. Mark my words.
Posted in: Man punched in face by fellow train commuter over phone manners