JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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To be healthy, live in the big city
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Japan's nuclear safety standards flawed, says commission chief
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Teacher nabbed for using miror to peek up girl's skirt
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From carnivores to herbivores: how men are defined in Japan
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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kyoken
It is not only Japan that is in this malaise. Just look towards the number 1 and the unseen number of unemployed there are. With the wake of China and India (which we rich nations woke), the system has been knocked over.
We can no longer live a comfortable life on the shoulders of other nations and unless we all reduce our expectations and focus on more important things as pure consumerism, there will only be one direction for us: down.
Posted in: Japan as a country has lost its vigor. The economy has remained stagnant and suicides have topped 30,000 or so per annum for many years now.
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kyoken
Japan's families are doomed with this kind of "professional" advices.
Posted in: Yukina Kinoshita dispenses marriage advice
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kyoken
But luckily for us all, terrorist are very rare and more importantly they are incapable idiots. If they would be intelligent, they would blow up the long line in front of the security checks.
So what we do is paranoid. The money would be better spent on preventing the number one death cause: cardiac arrest ...
... or protecting us from lightening strikes as more people die during the thunder storm season than by terrorist.
Posted in: Scanners and pat-downs upset airline passengers in U.S.
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kyoken
All this security theatre serves only two purposes a) to serve as cover-your-ass tactic for the man in charge of security and b) to sell more placebo high-tech equipment.
Posted in: Scanners and pat-downs upset airline passengers in U.S.
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kyoken
Guess most children know more about circumventing filter "services" than their parents know about having them set up. And as filter services only give a sense of safety they are not complete and not secure; education is the key.
Posted in: Parents who are normally concerned should have the filtering service set up in their children's cell phones. Those who decline the service either have no interest in their offspring or do whatever their children tell them to do.
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kyoken
That's not correct. China needs a prosperous environment in the area, except Japan. It's Japan who needs a peaceful environment with Japan to keep its standard of living.
Posted in: For China to continue along its path of development, it needs a peaceful environment and a good relationship with Japan.
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kyoken
And these twin sisters show why its time to say "good by Japan", your myths of strength and speciality no longer work: edition(dot)cnn(dot)com/2010/BUSINESS/11/11/obama(dot)twin(dot)sisters(dot)japan/
bye bye ...
Posted in: Hear this
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kyoken
Sad, but true.
Posted in: Hear this
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kyoken
There are a number of options: a) Fly an airline with more legroom (there are online lists) b) ask for the seat next to emergency exit on wings c) fly premium economy or higher.
If one is outside the human standard she will always have problems. If you are too long, you will not fit into a small car, beds come seldom longer than 2 meters, suits are too short, shoes to small.
Bottom-line: you are always charged more if you fall outside the norm; why should air travel be different?
Posted in: How should airlines handle obese passengers?
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kyoken
The authors words mirror the sorry social state of the US best expressed as "Me, me and me first".
As for Europeans, I do not agree. Where I come from we still look after each other and we oppose what is called "Americanisation". I am more startled at the coldness and lack of human interaction one sees in Tokyo; in other words the growing problem of むえんしゃかい。
Posted in: The butterfly in the subway
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kyoken
Well said. All this demonstrating is about making forget ones pathetic state of self confidence. As they have achieved nothing in life, they need the country to be great so that they can feel better.
Posted in: Anti-China protest
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kyoken
Interestingly all reports on this "demonstration" of 3000 (Google writes of 4000) report about women as the most unreasonable and nationalistic. And so is my Japanese wife.
But if they would be as nationalistic as they claim to be, they would have more babies so that Japan can once again conquer the world .. or at least produce more Nintendo games and Toyotas.
Posted in: Anti-China protest
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kyoken
3.000 out of 30 Million living in Tokyo; is there any significance other than a cheap headline for media like JT?
Posted in: Anti-China protests held in Tokyo
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kyoken
ratters
Posted in: Anti-China protest
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kyoken
Always the same dumb question of the press.
Posted in: Megumi Yasu appointed 'takoyaki' ambassador
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kyoken
Kitsch.
Posted in: Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka lights up for last Christmas
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kyoken
Interesting women; and no it would not be a good thing to get all one wants, the history of Rome tells us.
Posted in: Niki Caro talks wine, whales and how to enjoy a full-bodied life
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kyoken
The myths and demons the neo-conservatives have created are hunting us.
Posted in: Mail bomb plot just narrowly averted, officials say
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kyoken
Spot on Japanoob; let JT do the speculation.
Has anyone seen anything that helps?
Posted in: Tokyo motorcyclist killed in hit-and-run
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kyoken
I am not convinced of this western understanding. A lot of young people are looking exactly for the cosy relationship with their company, the life-long employment the Japan Inc. is famous for.
Furthermore my centuries long experience in Japanese companies showed me that most Japanese had not been the tough guys they are portrayed now. Out of obligation they had put in long overtimes, just as they do today.
What has changed are the chances these young people get, with nearly 70% of all workers under 35 in low paid unsecured temp-jobs. That doesn't necessarily mean that the people have changed, but that the industry is failing them with insufficient possibilities for a "proper" job.
Posted in: As Japan begins to unravel in a sense, young people realize that the previous paradigm doesn't work. But they aren't sure what comes next. They've seen what amounts to a betrayal in Japan.