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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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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kokuryu
As long as they can talk and read, there should be sex education classes to teach everything about sex, and there should be vending machines with condoms in the school bathrooms too. Anyone who believe that either by doing nothing or by delaying it to later years that nothing will happen is naive. Children are curious sexually from about the age of 5 and on. If you do not teach them this young what to properly do, and repeat it at least once each year after that, they will experiment on their own, blindly, at some point and the result will be a pregnancy. So many young men and women have so many backwards ideas about what type of sexual behavior they can do that supposedly will not result in pregnancy and end up surprised weeks later with a pregnancy. And the ages that the kids are getting pregnant are dropping too.
Many centuries ago, it used to be the job of the village elder to teach everything to the young women so they knew everything about sex, childbearing, what to do to get pregnant, and what to do to not get pregnant - by the time they were 3 to 5 years old they knew this. It is about time we in the modern age stop sticking our heads in the sand and ignoring what must be done and actually teach them at an early age.
And I do agree that the subject will float over the heads of some, which is why I believe it needs to be re-taught at least once a year for several years to ensure that those from previous years that just plain did not understand it, eventually DO understand it and the full implications of everything.
Posted in: Should sex education be taught in schools?
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kokuryu
Mmm, I still dont see how his character "died" in Maple Story... You just press a button and "whamo!" it's back again...
Posted in: Woman jailed after 'killing' virtual husband
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kokuryu
Well if they were a "significant" source of SPAM worldwide, I have not seen my spam drop even 1%... I wonder if we will ever see a TRUE significant SPAM operation shut down that will all of a sudden drop our SPAM by 50% overnight.
Posted in: U.S. authorities shut down worldwide spam operation
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kokuryu
It is about time I saw something that mentioned how bad it was to follow these early eduction things and how bad the current teaching methods are. The early teaching methods need to be interactive, informative, and done by the parents.
Posted in: Overzealous mothers prep their infants too early for school
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kokuryu
It is stupid. Once you end your life, it is over. If you did something wrong, admit to it, take the lumps that go with it, and begin anew with a fresh start and do not make the same mistakes twice. That is what life is all about.
Posted in: What do you think of suicide as a means to atone for a scandal or wrongdoing?
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kokuryu
I like JPOP and JROCK and listen to it all the time. Probably half my iTunes collection is JPOP and JROCK. They need to market them more worldwide - there is a vast audience that will appreciate them.
Posted in: What do you think of Japanese pop and rock music? Heard anything you like?
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kokuryu
Why spend $30? There are a thousand programs out there to copy DVDs to your hard drive, and none of them keep the CCS with the file. As a matter of fact, the majority of the direct download to own video has NO DRM or other copy protection on the videos at all. DRM is an old, archaic way of thinking that is swiftly being phased out.
Posted in: RealNetworks releasing DVD copying software
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kokuryu
Most operators of websites do not even know what 1/1000th of what gets posted on a website. A large website with thousands of people using it could get millions of messages.
This is just the same as saying that the company that pressed the piece of paper that the criminal wrote the ransom note on is liable for the ransom.
It is all the fault of only the person who makes the threat.
Posted in: Should operators of websites be held criminally responsible if users post death threats, notices of intent to commit crimes, instructions on how to build bombs, etc?
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kokuryu
They should leave in the OEM seats that come with the plane from the manufacturers - everyone can sit in those seats very comfortably - they are larger than the seats that they put in "First Class".
Anyways, I always end up purchasing a second seat if I fly coach, and if I fly First Class, the seats are normally the right size for me. I just have really wide hips that dont scrunch into those tiny seats they put in back.
Posted in: How airlines deal with 'customers of size'
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kokuryu
No, the US does not need to have military bases anywhere in Japan, however the current agreements in place require the US to defend Japan against certain military attacks. If Japan feels it is up to the task to once again defend it's own shores, then they should tell the US to please leave.
Posted in: Does the U.S. need to have military bases anywhere in Japan?
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kokuryu
Okay, let me get this straight... Japanese take off their shoes before committing suicide?
Posted in: 28-yr-old man placed on nationwide wanted list for murder of 17-year-old girl in Miyagi
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kokuryu
Overall, Japan's society is crumbling from the inside outward. The forces of change being exerted by the younger people in Japan are running into a wall of opposition by the older people living in Japan. A new Japanese society and a new Japanese language are both evolving and wanting to be born. This change has been noted by the officials and people in power in Japan, and they have attempted to clamp down on it, similar to the past mass executions done in order to control the tide of society and people in Japan, where whole towns just vanished overnight, rather than that the new age is causing spot people to vanish out of the blue. This void is noticed by society on a subliminal level, as the corruption of police and officials reaches new heights, and the general xenophobia that exists against all non-Japanese ethnic groups combines to make an era where "Japanese citizens do no crimes" and everything is scapegoated to anyone non-Japanese that happens to be in the area. This heightened sense of being able to "get away" with anything because they are Japanese, coupled with the heightened "useless people" syndrome where anyone with disabilities, who fails at anything, or otherwise is not generally liked by the "popular" crowd is automatically "useless" and deserves to die or be killed, has spawned a new era in Japan where it is slowing becoming acceptable to actually kill off those people feel are "useless" or "unwanted" - which could be anyone, because each person has their own list of who is "useless" and "unwanted". This backpressure created by the government is now feeding upon society itself and the corrupted infrastructure that currently supports it. It is something that cannot be sustained, and will probably overflow into full scale mass deaths around the country before something has to fail and fall. The current power structure has to end abruptly - either through it's own destruction, or by mass resignations, followed by a purge of all corrupted officials everywhere in Japan, and new leadership has to arise from the youngest generation in Japan to fill the void. The current Japanese language has to also be allowed to evolve to it's fullest, which will create a new blended language that will probably become a fad language that could itself evolve into a universal language that everyone in the world can use.
But I doubt very much that this positive outcome will happen - absolute power corrupts absolutely, and those in power do not want nor desire any change unless it gives them more power - and Japan is a society that inherently worships such power and power structures, which will give rise to it's ultimate downfall.
Posted in: What do you think is causing the recent spate of random stabbings in Japan and how can society address the problem?
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kokuryu
There are detailed in-depth studies on this done by organizations without political agendas that show that in reality the more violent the game is, the more stress is relieved in the people who play it, and the less likely they are to resort to any sort of violent tendencies while in public - and in most cases would even go out of their way to avoid violence at all costs. These people end up being healthier physically and psychologically than anyone else, as well as being socially fit too, as they have other people they can talk to / relate to both in the game (if it is connected by the net) and outside the game.
And they definitely found that people who were denied and restricted access to video games were less focused and much more violent than any other people out there, to the point where several of their test subjects committed robberies and murders while being part of their control groups.
There was zero violence reported from the control group that played the games all the time.
Score 1 for all heavy game players.
Posted in: Does violence in movies and video games contribute to violence in society?
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kokuryu
I use 4watt and 7watt CFL replacements for my lightbulbs. I drive a car that gets 40-45mpg highway and 30-35mpg city. Wherever I live, I try to make sure that the power is provided by a nuclear power plant, rather than any other type of provider.
Posted in: What do you do in your day-to-day life to conserve energy and protect the environment?
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kokuryu
You have GOT to be kidding me? THIS happens all the time? What are the police doing? This is one of those crimes that makes zero sense to me... He could have purchased them at a store, bought them used on eBay, or maybe even have found some girl that didnt care and would even give it to him free of charge.
Posted in: Man on motorbike assaults schoolgirl, steals her underwear on Gifu street
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kokuryu
Is the dress made out of woven threads of actual gold? How in the world is it that costly? I guess it is just the name of Yumi Katsura that is driving this craze...
But that being said, for a designer that has billion yen wedding dresses, her website is infected with malware... Pretty bad...
But there are a lot of VERY NICE wedding gowns there... I am actually impressed by the wide variety shown for the wedding gowns. Most of the gowns seem to be in the $4k to $10k range, and you can find them used for under $1k
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kokuryu
Nobody in the US is buying BluRay players, yet. The price is still way too high. On the other hand, about 30% of people that I know has an HD DVD player - including myself. I only know ONE person with anything that can play back a BluRay disc - and they have a PS3 for their kid, and are not buying any BluRay discs for viewing.
If the price hold true and a stand-alone BluRay player can be purchased for $150 in the US, then it will start to gain some traction. But until the price drop below the magic $100 mark, it will be slow to gain acceptance - the prices for the discs are still 2x or more that of normal DVDs - so nobody wants them.
Posted in: NEC Electronics to ship sample LSI for Blu-ray disc players
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kokuryu
Wow, that is so sad... Sounds like it was just a robbery too... There was no reason for them to kill her just to get some cash...
Oh, hey, I just remembered - isnt Gunma that place where a rash of stabbing have happened lately? 18 yr old stabbing a 9 yr old, somebody stabbing 7 to death in a post office, a Brazillian guy stabbing his girlfriend to death, and much more... Sounds like some sort of knifing epidemic in Gunma, and she is the latest victim.
Posted in: Woman found stabbed to death on vacant floor of Gunma building
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kokuryu
I was wondering how the XBox fared in Japan... I guess not too well. I like it - it's great developing games for it. That's the only reason I have for owning it anyways - only a handful of games that I like on it.
Posted in: Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 model price
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kokuryu
Cold green tea with honey is what I like to drink. If not that, then I like lab-produced plain cold water (PURE and SmartWater brands).
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