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I'm RICH!!!! RICH I SAY!!!!.... j/k Well, someone on the east coast is financially secure now...…
Posted in: Winning ticket for $590.5 million Powerball lottery sold in Florida
isoducky: I just want to go from A to B with this %$^$%%^^^ crowded train. Girls,…
Posted in: Guilty and never proven innocent – every male train rider's nightmare in Japan
The final and most ambitious phase envisages breaking the monopolies into separate generation and transmission companies…
Posted in: Gov't takes aim at electricity monopolies
gcbel: You know, there comes a point when the rabid "anti-Obamism" comes off as so disingenuous,…
Posted in: White House: Obama is no Nixon
Wow I wish I knew about it. That would have been great to see!
Posted in: Packed in
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kansaifun
Who are these exporters I keep hearing about? Major automobile makers and electronic appliance makers have moved everything overseas so they are not significantly exporting anymore... Consumers who will be paying more for imports (gasoline and most food at the supermarket) definitely aren't cheering... So who exactly is cheering, I wonder...
Posted in: Tokyo market to stay bullish on cheap yen
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kansaifun
Say what you will about the production quality and plot of that video, but , boy, can that girl swallow or what!?!
Posted in: AKB48′s Yuki Kashiwagi sparks debate over 'vulgar' video
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kansaifun
Some people are a glutton for punishment...
Others for a paycheck...
Mona seems to fit both bills.
Posted in: Mona Nakanishi makes her return to showbiz - for 3rd time
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kansaifun
I hope their new original oil doesn't include any leftover chemicals from Duskin's cleaning supplies...
Posted in: Mister Donut Japan to change product ingredients for first time in 42 years
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kansaifun
But I'm sure they will be hiring more workers or increasing the the wages of their current workers, in line with Abenomics...
Posted in: Furniture retailer IDC Otsuka raises prices
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kansaifun
@ freakashow
Consider yourself lucky. The line outside a Mickey D's in a major Osaka train station was nuts. There was no way I was gonna get a free cup without waiting 10 minutes. Same for this offer starting tomorrow. In my book, this is only free advertising because there's no way I'm gonna be able to get my hands on a free Sausage McMuffin..!
Posted in: McDonald’s Japan giving away free breakfasts
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kansaifun
Uh, there's always next year..?
Posted in: Suicides in 2012 fall to 15-year low
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kansaifun
I can certainly understand these J-bachelors...
If I had a time machine, my J-wife would destroy it...
Posted in: Increasing number of Japanese men opt for bachelorhood
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kansaifun
Been there, done that in Fuse, Osaka...
It was worth the 5000Yen admittance fee to see all of the dancers, but the place was obviously suffering....
Too many OTAKU hanging around the place; no clear place to buy alcoholic beverages; bad lighting and music for each performace...
Still, I hope this place and the handful of others survive to pass on this dying erotic art...
Posted in: Strip clubs face existential crisis in era of digital porn
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kansaifun
I've seen several young, good-looking Japanese women walking the the streets of Osaka wearing just skin-tight leggings (with no jean shorts or min-skirts over them)... That look is HOT!!!
Posted in: No fashion trends stand out for 2013
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kansaifun
Yeah, maybe it would do all that...
But I wouldn't want to look like a dork carrying it on my back...
Posted in: Lightweight rucksacks
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kansaifun
No! No! No! This is not happening! Everyone knows the yen is, uh, a much more secure currency than the dollar. I mean, the US economy could sink at any moment, right? C'mon, people, don't be fooled! Buy Yen!
Posted in: Dollar hits highest against yen since mid-2010
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kansaifun
Tragic really, but apparently either no KDDI au users read Japan Today or the disruption wasn't significant enough to comment....
Posted in: 1.75 mil users affected by KDDI au service disruptions
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kansaifun
If Apple had their way, we'd all be eating "that round, red fruit" or else paying for the right to say "apple"...
Posted in: Amazon fends off Apple claim to 'appstore' name
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kansaifun
All rules of fair play being equal, Hollywood will rule the film market for the next decade...
Only thing working in favor of Chinese films and Bollywood ones, too, is the huge domestic market. No one else in the world can stomach the 3rd world produced flicks they spit out...
Posted in: Hollywood tops Chinese film market in 2012
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kansaifun
He must be a little more popular than she is...
Regardless, congratulations to the both of them!
Posted in: Swimmer Kitajima to wed pop singer Chisa
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kansaifun
No one seriously cares about the population drop, do they?
If the government really cared, don't you think they would be doing more to encourage women to have children, like guaranteeing maternity leaves, opening more day care center for working women, financially supporting fertility treatment for infertile women, etc...
The problem in squarely on the Japanese government for this problem. And the main reason is that old, ignorant male politicians keep getting re-elected to prominent positions in the government...
You reap what you sow, which in this case is massive population drop!
Posted in: Japan's population logs record drop in 2012
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kansaifun
Hopefully, Abe has learned to keep his big, gaffe-filled mouth shut...
Say what you will about PM Noda, but at least it wasn't his mouth that did him in...
Posted in: Are you optimistic for Japan under the new Abe government?
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kansaifun
While I still can't believe any rational person would clean their whole house and\or business in the middle of winter, or rush to crowded shrines to pray for peace and prosperity, all in all Japan is a good place to unwind and celebrate the new year!
Posted in: Japan to greet New Year with shopping, prayers, 'Kohaku' and blizzards
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kansaifun
meh...
Posted in: Comfy 'cat capes'