JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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lemur
...or the victim, for that matter.
Posted in: Body of missing Ibaraki woman found in river; co-worker missing
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lemur
If this gentleman's wife cannot be located, I think he should be presented with that dog who was stranded at sea. They seem made for each other.
Posted in: Man found stranded since March 11 in empty town inside evacuation zone
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lemur
All the lonely sheeple
Where do they all come from...
Posted in: Wishing well boom attracts legions of ladies—and commercial opportunism
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lemur
This article left me slightly confused until I realized there was a mistranslation/poor choice of words. The word 'dumping' is misleading, seeing as the bodies never left the premises. 'Abandonment' is the more legal term, as it implies that the suspect abandoned his legal responsibility to report the deaths to the proper authorities (for a reason to be explained later). Dumping would include the concept of abandonment, but implies improper disposal of things, in this case a corpse or two, especially off one's property. Since the bodies were found on the second floor and in the garage, abandonment off a corpse is the safer, more descriptive choice.
Irregardless of my quibbling, shades of Norman Bates here. He didn't happen to run an inn, did he?
Posted in: Man arrested over wife's murder in Hokkaido
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lemur
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought China abstained from the UN Security Council resolution on Libya, along with other G20 players Brazil and India. Not exactly a green light, but not a veto, either. Sometimes a complex situation requires one to do nothing for the time being.
Posted in: 48 killed, 150 injured as allies launch airstrikes in Libya
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lemur
Are they imported?
Posted in: Japan posts first trade deficit in 22 months
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lemur
What's missing from this article is the fact that this woman was already married and was having an affair with the NHK cameraman for the several years mentioned above.
Her car was found in a supermarket parking lot soon after her disappearance was reported, with her purse and cell phone inside. The police have suspected foul play from the beginning but have had little to go on. Now they have even less with their prime suspect in a coma.
Posted in: Acquaintance of missing woman attempts suicide in Kanazawa
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lemur
Well, one of the persons killed was a federal judge appointed by GW Bush. I would venture that he was on the conservative side. Besides, Giffords herself is a Blue Dog Democrat, or DINO as some have said. Both the judge and the congresswoman sound like sensible people, so overly politicizing this shooting goes nowhere, IMO.
The real tragedy is the 9-year-old Miss Greene: Born on 9/11, 2001, shot dead by a mentally unstable man with a handgun, purchased and registered by him only two months previous. I sincerely hope some good comes out of this. But, cynical me, the misdirected megaphone-toters on both sides will be back at work in no time and all will be forgotten. Miss Greene will have died for less than nothing in today's America: An honest interest in civic duty.
Posted in: Arizona shooting once again ignites gun control debate
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lemur
Still one of the weirder logos out there. Way up there with Proctor and Gamble's moon guy thingee.
That said, I like Starbucks; i just can't bring myself to pay the premiums more than once a month or so. Local company Doutor is the one that gets my business: More than twice a week sometimes. Plus they belong to the T-Point system. Those add up.
Posted in: Starbucks gives logo a new look
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lemur
Immediate 7-8% ROI is about average, providing there are current, paying tenants. But the occupancy ratio outside of a few popular core areas is not climbing. This country, I believe, still has a couple more years of ground-level recession in it.
Lots of empty commercial properties here in Japan, too. The difference from China is that the vast majority of empty commercial space here is over twenty years old, not newly built developments.
It goes without saying that even moderate capital gains in asset-flipping are a looong way away. Chinese investing here are definitely in it for the long term, methinks. Must pray their economy holds up, or there will be a mass selloff when they need their money back.
Posted in: What China and Japan mean to the overseas investor
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lemur
Inspect'er Gadget.
Posted in: Ehime man secretly films over 1,000 women with collection of hidden cameras
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lemur
5000 more shares of MizuhoFG before it hits 185.
Posted in: Which item is on your must-buy list for this year?
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lemur
From cold feet to cold-blooded murder?
Posted in: Groom kills bride, best man, then himself at wedding in Brazil
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lemur
The Blue Mountain Ski Resort is just outside Collingwood, about two hours' drive north of Toronto. Like Sarnia, it's firmly in southern Ontario. Northern Ontario begins much much further north, say Sault Ste. Marie or Sudbury, both a day's drive from T.O.
Glad I'm not there, though. That's a lot of snow, eh?
Posted in: Bone-chilling cold grips U.S. Northeast
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lemur
After the tragedy of the NZ mine disaster, some good news of people surviving as if by miracle. Fifty days adrift at sea beggars belief. I now have an old Far Side cartoon in my head, though. The one with the two men, the dog, and the short straw...
Survival note: When there is no fresh water, both seawater and urine can be absorbed by the body through rectal tissue.
Posted in: After 50 days adrift, 3 teens rescued in S Pacific
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lemur
Great article. (And, yes, Lemur is a beer snob.)
koriyamaboy: I hear you!
Posted in: In malt we trust
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lemur
Well said. But such is 21st century America, when so much power, real or imaginary, has shifted to the fifth estate. Screaming for change from the outside. And not change for change's sake: Screaming for screaming's sake.
Love this snippety snippet. A Republican matriarch takes aim at the golden girl of the hijacking upstarts. Feel the love.
American politics is my new entertainment.
Posted in: Sarah Palin: Serious 2012 contender or pretender?
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lemur
A load of cash and a bully pulpit on one hand, and a real job on the other. That's basically her choice.
Rush L. rakes in $58 million a year while Glenn B. makes over $22 million. Sarah Palin has the skill set to attain and maintain that level, such is her fan base. Why give up such a rewarding position where you get to vocalize other people's anger, never really be held accountable for it, and never have to work toward real solutions for real problems. Indeed, why go for a job that requires patience, resolve, compromise, and statesmanship, not too mention knowing when not to speak? Methinks these are out of her skill set at the moment. (And sometimes Obama's, too...)
Common sense aside, I think she'll actually go for the world's ultimate popularity contest. Too irresistable for a lifelong attention-seeker like her. The hard landing ain't gonna be pretty, though.
Posted in: Sarah Palin: Serious 2012 contender or pretender?
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lemur
Steve McQueen. The epitome of cool. Nobody like you now. Nobody comes close.
Any chance of this exhibit making the rounds? Osaka? Nagoya? I'd love to see it were it closer. In fact, I'd make a trip down especially for it.
Posted in: Steve McQueen Exhibition to be held at Marunouchi OAZO
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lemur
Mizuho FG is on track to double its profit, but they still haven't changed their (very conservative) dividend estimate. Last year, profit was 260B and dividend was 8. This year, profit looks to be well over 500B, but dividend is only 6?
Even accounting for the new issuance which diluted shareholders' equity by about 35%, by my very rough calculations, this year's dividend should be at least 9 or 10.
It also turns out that Japanese megabanks may be exempt from the most stringent Tier 1 capital requirements on the drawing board for Basel III. Mizuho FG et al had raised capital through new share issuances to cover the contingency, but it now looks as if some of that was unnecessary. Will they buy back some of their shares, or will they go on a global spending spree to broaden their reach?
Posted in: Japanese banking profits recover, forecasts raised