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  jerseyboy at 09:57 AM JST - 13th June

  DoctorTofu...are you serious? Obviously you have never actually received medical treatment both here and in the U.S. Also, you must have missed all the stories about people dying because ambulances are being turned away by dozens of "government-run" hospitals.

  Posted in Fukuda apologizes for insufficient health care insurance for elderly at 09:57 AM JST - 13th June

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  jerseyboy at 11:51 AM JST - 12th June

  taka...agree. Good points. And you did not even get into the table manners of salarymen. My God, most are barely house-broken in that regard. Even when they are using a fork, knife and spoon, they insist on: lifting their plates so they can shovel everything directly into their mouths, refuse…

  Posted in How would you compare people's manners in public in Tokyo with other cities around the world? at 11:51 AM JST - 12th June

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  jerseyboy at 01:11 PM JST - 11th June

  thundercat...are you serious? "If there was a direct link bewteen societal turmoil and knife violations I'm sure it would have also been in the newspaper today"????? This is a society that thrives on NOT looking for any causal relationships between social issues and violence or other anti-social behavior. Heck, they…

  Posted in Akihabara rampage suspect unhappy with work conditions at 01:11 PM JST - 11th June

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  jerseyboy at 11:37 AM JST - 11th June

  Mizuno and the other J-suppliers were shown to be what many companies here are -- great copiers and slight tweekers -- but not real innovators. That is why the J-swimmers will wear Speedos, and listen to iPods between heats. And many Japanese will watch the swimmers on Korean flat-screens.

  Posted in Japanese swimmers get green light to use Speedo LZR Racer at 11:37 AM JST - 11th June

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  jerseyboy at 09:52 AM JST - 11th June

  rjd_jr and others...Agree that this photo of the parents is very sad. But, we also do not know what kind of relationship they had with their son. For example, news reports indicate that part of his pent up frustration due to the fact that he did not get into a…

  Posted in Akihabara rampage suspect unhappy with work conditions at 09:52 AM JST - 11th June

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  jerseyboy at 05:52 PM JST - 10th June

  Typical Japan ... Give a young attractive woman a microphone and a teleprompter, and suddenly she is a "newsperson". And then when she acts like a young attractive woman, they sack here. She was not a newsperson/journalist in the first place, so do not expect her to act like one.…

  Posted in Mona Yamamoto returns to TV news after exile over scandal at 05:52 PM JST - 10th June

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  jerseyboy at 02:47 PM JST - 10th June

  nigelboy...Why don't you read the latest JT update on Kato -- the knife-killer -- and tell me again how far off Spa is? His rants; "Oh, poor me, I'm ugly, so girls don't want me" and "I'm over 25, so therefore I cannot get a woman", are excatly what this…

  Posted in Sex becoming a luxury for working poor at 02:47 PM JST - 10th June

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  jerseyboy at 12:54 PM JST - 10th June

  nigelboy...very witty. But the only "clueless" person here is you if you don't think such guys exist in large numbers here. The goverenment's own statistics say that there are millions of freeters -- with the number growing every year.

  But, for the record, I quoted one figure. And, oh, I…

  Posted in Sex becoming a luxury for working poor at 12:54 PM JST - 10th June

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  jerseyboy at 12:22 PM JST - 10th June

  Does Japan really want guys in their 30's: still living with mommie; making less than JPY 2.0 million a year; and, 20% of which are still virgins, having kids? I honestly think increased immigration starts to look awfully good.

  Posted in Sex becoming a luxury for working poor at 12:22 PM JST - 10th June

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  jerseyboy at 12:08 PM JST - 10th June

  A couple of questions: When was this picture taken? Do we know for a fact that this was last night, and is a direct reaction to the Akihabara incident? Or is that just JT posters speculation. This could just be normal police procedure in Shinjuku, as it is in Roppongi.…

  Posted in Police search at 12:08 PM JST - 10th June