JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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Confrontation
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U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
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Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
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jonnyboy
quite right. i once dated a girl with a similar combination of skin, bones and scientifically enhanced fun bags. looks much better on paper, i'll tell you that...
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jonnyboy
there was an interesting article about this (and similar international diplomatic disputes) in the japan times some time ago. the basic point was that japan has a tendency to be as stubborn as a mule. it believes its claim to be valid, and will not enter into discussion or compromise since it believes that even doing that is unthinkable since its claim is (as far as they are concerned) valid. the result? complete stalemate.
and they wonder why they don't have a seat on the security council
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jonnyboy
nice package... but what about the hands? eurgh
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jonnyboy
3.0 megapixels is sufficient for a (larger than standard) 7x5" print. there's not much point having much larger unless you have a decent lens, which the iphone doesn't have, neither do most phones with oodles of megapixels but a piece of plastic to bend the light
megapixels are another myth to shift new product year in, year out. i have a 10 megapixel camera but leave it set on 4.
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jonnyboy
perhaps if dialogue wasn't so systematically stamped out in the school system, school leavers might be more able to communicate with others.
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jonnyboy
japan is too insecure about itself, its indentity, its place on the world stage and its history
Posted in: Japan can do without preaching on how to fix its economy
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jonnyboy
japan will never listen to opinions from outside the system. no-one outside the system has any power
no-one inside the system will ever risk losing their position by challenging the status quo, nor would they have anything to gain
ergo nothing ever changes
amen
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jonnyboy
americans are terrified of "socialism" because of decades of propaganda and scaremongering. most americans don't seem to have the faintest idea what socialism actually means, but they know for sure that it's the boogie-man.
also, most americans are convinced that someday in the not too distant future they will be raking in massive amounts of dough (which of course is all that matters in life) so they don't want to think that they'll then have to gasp share any of it with other human beings
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jonnyboy
clubs usually form the centre a student's social circle. leave your club and you lose your friends
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jonnyboy
do i really need to answer this question? no, no, much easier to just say the perp was a crazy loon who was driven mad by voices inside his head/the full moon.
it saves having to ask big questions about the society we are living in, or about the people in positions of power and authority. let's just sweep it under the rug. much easier
Posted in: Akihabara marks 1st anniversary of deadly stabbing rampage
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jonnyboy
those NK fake goods are very popular in this country
Posted in: N Korea sentences 2 U.S. journalists to 12 years jail
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jonnyboy
in some ways good has come from this event. at least now the public have been forced to realise that the temporary labour market is undermining the stability of society and turning frightened and frustrated people into indiscriminant killers. surely a lot of soul searching has gone on and policy changes are in the works
/sarcasm
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jonnyboy
kim wants nukes so he doesn't get invaded. look at what happened to sadam. the irony is if he'd actually had the wmds he was alleged to have that would have been the reason not to invade him
Posted in: N Korea sentences 2 U.S. journalists to 12 years jail
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jonnyboy
was there a report on their departure from narita on this site? i couldn't see one, but it was humorous to watch it on tv last week: everyone of the players wearing their obligatory face masks (off to dangerous gaikoku, of course), but then taking them off in order to speak to the reporters. bwahaa!
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jonnyboy
people hate labour for behaving too much like the conservatives. to punish them by voting in the conservatives would be rather ironic. that said, it may well happen
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jonnyboy
i've said it before, and i'll say it again: try to keep power away from women and they'll find other ways to exert control over men. better to just let them have their fair role in society, at least it stops you getting pussywhipped in covert ways like this
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jonnyboy
they are though. everyone wants the "high status" job at the biggest corporations, even though the real benefits of these jobs are a thing of the past.
Posted in: Though students may be feeling they are in an endless loop of frustration, I want them to know that there are many excellent smaller companies. Jobs at small and midsize companies should not be seen as less prestigious.
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jonnyboy
far too much reference to bling in this article. it's like consumer porn
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jonnyboy
indeed. so much for the japanese being interested in all things foreign. seems to be a bit like the press turn up to take pictures of the celebrity (if female, ask obligatory questions about their sex life/marriage) and the promotions company hope that the audience might happen to notice the name of the film on the posters in the background
makes me wonder whether or not it's necessary. after all, it seems to be the tactic the promotion companies always use, but perhaps if they didn't, people might still take notice?? or am i clutching at straws, here?
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jonnyboy
that's not true. plenty of people have intimate relationships with their neighbours. but that's also the problem; entering into a "friendship" in japan is like signing a social contract with a lot of obligations and expectations. that's fine for a family living in the countryside, surrounded by the same neighbours for generations (the whole practice is medieval in origin...) but for those living in the city it's frankly not worth the effort and investment to establish relationships with their neighbours
sad, really. but that's what you get when you prioritise preserving traditions at all costs over allowing society mores to move with the times
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