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    jamurai

    lev yashin --- carlos alberto, franco baresi, franz beckenbaur, paolo maldini --- cristiano.ronaldo, zinedine zidane, maradona, messi --- ronaldo pele

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    Insane!

    Posted in: Miura begins third assault on Mount Everest

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    Perhaps he might like go a step further and agree that the Japanese Imperial Army's

    "international sensitivity was quite poor when" they "had to operate beyond national borders” too.

    Maybe he (and others) will start to realise that what other cultures see as "sordid" Japanese values have no place on the international stage. Then perhaps he will realise that nothing short of a full retraction and apology for his comments is in any way acceptable.

    In most civilised democracies his resignation would also be a minimum expectation, that is how to apologise with dignity. However, we all know that cultural sensitivity has never been one of Japan's strong points and that partial retractions and apologies are merely a tool to protect the proverbial political skin. I wish the people here would wake up and hold their elected officials to slightly higher standards.

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

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    Judging by some of the comments I've had deleted for "inappropriate language," I'm surprised to see the use of the term "pissed off" in this article. On another note, I wonder how relieved the cops were when when they turned up that the perpetrator wasn't one of their own. Good on you Ryoga kun.

    Posted in: 13-year-old boy commended by police for rescuing woman from train groper

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    Wouldn't the workforce be much more efficient and productive if they were encouraged to go home (or wherever they feel like) and relax, rest up and get a good night's sleep and be fresh for the job in the morning? A boost to the economy and to the lives of the guys who have to endure this.

    Posted in: Don’t like drinking with the boss? No promotion for you

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    Can't say I see the funny side of this at all.

    Posted in: Official sends out missile alert instead of earthquake alert

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    Looks like the national security plan is as good as the nuclear disaster preparedness plan.

    Posted in: Yokohama mistakenly tweets North Korean missile launch

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    We Japanese know it is important to consider other people and how they may judge us. So, when we make tatemae, foreigners think "it is lie", but really it is only kindness, to help smooth life.

    Thats what Japanese like to think, in essence it is often true but in practice we would be hard pushed to find the kindness in many cases.

    The principle of honne and tatemae can be admirable in avoiding undesired awkwardness and confrontation and a lot of foreigners would be well advised to get a grip on it, but it tends to lend itself as a simple self-serving justification for many Japanese to lie and as a cultural vindication for it- which does not exist in other cultures.

    But it's not kindness when promises are not fulfilled on the grounds of bullshit excuses, when there was never any intention to fulfill them in the first place. "Yeah, thats only your starting salary, but with satisfactory performance you will soon be making much more..." It will be argued that it is not a lie because the levels of performance were not met, no doubt never fully intimated and with the bar set impossibly high, but we are now seriously starting to stretch the limits of credibility. And this kind of thing happens all the time in Japan. It's lies, the Japanese are wont to tell them and its no wonder they are near the top of the league.

    Posted in: Japan 4th in world liar rankings

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    "Fatally assaulting," "causing the death of". Lets call a spade a spade here- they murdered the poor man.

    Posted in: Tattoo artist gets 19 years for fatally assaulting Nepalese man in Osaka

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    Get rid of synchronised swimming, table tennis, rythmic gymnastics and volleyball too and there might be time on NHK to show some decent sport at the next olympics. I remember when Usain Bolt was creating sporting history in Beijing, we were being subjected to some live womens volleyball quarter final crap. Wrestling at least is a sport in the true olympic spirit, however perhaps not enough people are interested in watching it.

    Posted in: Japan shocked by IOC decision to body slam wrestling

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    jamurai

    love it!

    Posted in: Which English words or expressions really annoy you?

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    jamurai

    Subsidies for a "contact lens factory in another region". No wonder they're keeping the wraps on what the rest of "dubious" contracts were.

    Posted in: Gov't suspends 35 dubious reconstruction projects

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    er, of course they could have taped themselves in...cars have windows to wind up and down don't they?

    Posted in: Family of 5 found dead in sealed van

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    jamurai

    This book might well be worth a shuffle through : )

    Posted in: 'Fifty Shades' aiming to seduce Japan

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    Hear hear to that Tamarama.

    Posted in: Aussie swimmer Thorpe reveals years of crippling depression

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    If a Japanese person did this, they’d get bashed without hesitation.

    lol. No they wouldn't. Everyone would stare blankly ahead, or fiddle with their phone and pretend this "nuisance" didn't exist. I guess this means, like, in the way these annoying little Bosuzoku doobs get bashed...

    Posted in: Inspiring or inconsiderate? Foreigner plays guitar for train passengers stranded by typhoon

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    This river is a death trap. Deceptively still and calm but very strong undertows. Kids die here almost every year and yet they still go there to swim. Totally crazy. Lessons never learned. And a total waste of young life..

    Posted in: 3 junior high school students drown in Aichi river

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    Man, that was seriously woeful.

    Posted in: U.S., Brazil win women's soccer games; Nadeshiko Japan, Sweden draw 0-0

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    The only team that got LUCKY was Spain. If you actually watched the match you would have seen they were lucky not to end up with a hammering. This was a terrific performance by a very good Japanese side. Spain ARE European champions at this level and were obviously overly complacent from the off. If Japan had a striker who knew where the goal was, it could've been a total embarrassment.

    Posted in: Japan shocks Spain 1-0 in men's Olympic soccer opener

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    You can go pretty far without a passport from Germany:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_zone

    Posted in: Sea Shepherd founder Watson skips bail in Germany over Japan extradition fear

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