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"Republicans said they would oppose the spending blueprint." Can't believe that..
Posted in: Obama's budget goes to Congress
Sorry it was the late 90's, then PM Obuchi.
Posted in: Yen weakens as BOJ eases monetary policy
"What the point of being rich if you can't afford proper cocaine?" Good point, Nessie.
The solutions for Japan are political, rather than financial. The political solutions are long term and…
Posted in: Yen weakens as BOJ eases monetary policy
@smithinjapan And yet they don't tell anyone what the stress tests consist of. Simple, if some…
Posted in: Nuclear agency OKs stress tests on 2 Fukui reactors
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john113
kwatt,
They had to crash lands NOW. As I mentioned in my previous post, Kaguya didn't have enough power to even orbit the moon since it ran out of the energy source, therefore the planned crash.
Posted in: Japan's 1st lunar probe crash-lands on moon
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kwatt at 09:08 AM JST - 12th June
If you know a little bit of physics, you won't come up with such a silly guess. The satellite just didn't have enough power to escape the Moon's gravitational field. Well done Kaguya.
Posted in: Japan's 1st lunar probe crash-lands on moon
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john113
Very beautiful picture! Pregnant women look as beautiful as non-pregnant women. Those who hate to see pregnant women must think how your mom felt when she encountered men like you while you were inside her uterus.
Posted in: hitomi shows off maternity figure on cover of new album
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john113
gogogo: Roppongi is clearly not reclaim land since it's on a hill. Probably you mean Hibiya area. Even Ginza or Nihonbashi area are not reclaim land. You can check maps from Kamakura period for these. The flat terrain in Tokyo is mostly deltas created by rivers including Tone river.
Now I see what you mean by inside of the bay. I just thought that entire waterfront areas in Tokyo are inside the Tokyo bay.
Posted in: Aso addresses IOC evaluation team as Tokyo inspection begins
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john113
gogogo: I said that there will be no landfill. I don't understand the latter part. What do you mean by "inside of the bay"?
Posted in: Aso addresses IOC evaluation team as Tokyo inspection begins
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john113
BigInJapan:
I think you know little about Tokyo, or Japan, in terms of accommodation. There are many cheap hotels close to metro stations if you can't afford staying at a high-quality hotel. For budget travelers, Toyoko Inn is pretty good.
If you really hate to take a crowded train, learn to avoid rush hours. It'd be much more comfortable.
Posted in: Aso addresses IOC evaluation team as Tokyo inspection begins
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john113
gogogo:
The main stadium will be built at the former site for a convention center in Harumi district, just across Sumida River from Tsukiji. There will be NO landfill.
Posted in: Aso addresses IOC evaluation team as Tokyo inspection begins
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john113
mnemosyne23,
First, I think your observation of candidate cities is basically very objective and thorough.
This is totally a groundless claim and not acceptable. Was there friction between the Japanese and gaijin when Tokyo hosted Olympics in '64 and Nagano hosted Winter Olympics in '98? I guess NO. If you live in Japan long enough, you know that the Japanese enjoy Olympics a lot. Having chance to see foreign athletes will be just an exciting thing.
Posted in: Aso addresses IOC evaluation team as Tokyo inspection begins
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john113
timorborder: why don't you google his name? It's quite funny that some foreigners here want to know if a person is Zainichi or not when the Japanese makes no distinction. If it's the opposite, there'd be huge outcry.
Posted in: Ichiro ties Harimoto's record for most career hits
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john113
Obviously you don't know that JMSDF has been using the flag for more than 50 years.
Posted in: MSDF anti-piracy mission
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john113
No. It was obviously inspired by Tonkatsu, which has been eaten by the Japanese for about a hundred years.
Posted in: Cheese Katsu Burger