Wednesday February 15, 2012

JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

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magpieNov. 11, 2008 - 07:12PM JST

Why don't they just call it the half pounder and be done with it?

Altria... IMO they should just call it gross.

Posted in: Quarter Pounder
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magpieNov. 11, 2008 - 09:59AM JST

He's past his prime and will probably have to settle for a minor team willing to take a gamble on him

totally agree altria.

Posted in: Pitcher Uehara eyes career in majors
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magpieNov. 10, 2008 - 12:34PM JST

Why bother to work when your hubbie is Mr Moneytrain. Richard the First....coz Mr Moneytrain has to deposit most of his earnings with his agency....Johnny's Jimusho...

Posted in: Shizuka Kudo leaves her idol days behind
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magpieNov. 10, 2008 - 12:32PM JST

I onl;y see guys downing the soba in the photo...so who's the woman who won?

Posted in: Woman downs 383 bowls of soba in 10 minutes
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magpieNov. 10, 2008 - 12:31PM JST

Okay, so there maybe a distrust and a view that this is just a PR job. Guys/Gals lets just wait and see what the outcome is. kudos to Aso for having the guts to do this. He's a confidant man, which is more than I can say for the other PMs we've had. Further the fact that he's doing this and reaching out must be a first in japan. Give him time and see what comes out of it. Teh reality is Japan has been in a lethagic state for so long, what's a few months to a year?

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magpieNov. 05, 2008 - 02:48PM JST

Thank you JT...another wonderful photo appreciated by all. Long may you continue with Triumph, Wacoal and the other campaign pgirl pictures.

Posted in: Jury bra
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magpieOct. 31, 2008 - 08:53AM JST

Guys let's take our minds off the 2-3 litres of coke a day thing okay. What she chooses to drink is her issue. Sticking to the topic as the JT moderator is so prone to saying....

I would like to add my two cents wiorth of comments for the day, both Hoshino Aki and Akinna Minami are fine representatives of the "Golden Arches" and a nice choice by Mickey D's to be the spokesmen for L-Sizing something!

They can serve me in a mickey D's anyday!

Posted in: Hoshino, Minami promote McDonald's-Coca-Cola campaign
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magpieOct. 29, 2008 - 09:52AM JST

I am someone who's heard their music in the past. Whether they have come back from life-threatening illnesses is irrelevant; they still make god-awful music IMO.

Soldave, doesn't matter. Worse acts have prospered in Japan and in other places. If there is a market for them and their fans from the days gone by want them back, more power to them.

Posted in: Bubblegum Brothers to reunite after 12 years
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magpieOct. 28, 2008 - 04:23PM JST

Very ironic that JapanToday would post not only a picture but a "HUGE PICTURE" of an underage girl girl for these same men to galk at. VEry nice picture indeed but c'mon guys this girl is young as hell!

ALHQQ - To enjoy eye candy is very different from propositioning and commiting what is without a doubt a hideous crime. Agree 17 is south of what is agreed as legally and morally appropriate, but your first part of the second sentence captures it "Very nice pciture indeed..."

Posted in: Toray swimsuit girl
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magpieOct. 28, 2008 - 04:20PM JST

JT full credit for providing the Picture of the day in an enlarged format. Tomoe's picture certainly puts a smile in my face!

Posted in: Toray swimsuit girl
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magpieOct. 15, 2008 - 09:53AM JST

Who are the three ladies presenting the award?

Posted in: 11-year-old girl named 'best idol with glasses'
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magpieOct. 15, 2008 - 09:52AM JST

Beat Takeshi is more than a gangster actor. As ointed out by techall, Sgt Hara in Merry Christmas MrLawrence was one of his earlier roles and imo one of his best roles. Playing the charachter of Hideki Tojo doesn't make Takeshi any worse or unadmirable. History is history and it has to be told so that it won't be repeated. It only becomes a problem when one blatantly covers up history or distorts history that it becomes a problem. There are no winners or losers in a war as everyone pays a price in that humanity loses.

Posted in: Beat Takeshi to play war criminal Hideki Tojo in TV drama
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magpieOct. 08, 2008 - 02:18PM JST

Cannot possibly imagine Morning Museme will be able to celebrate their 30th Anniversary and sure hope they won't. The concept will be better off facing an early demise...

Posted in: Natsumi Abe performs at event to mark 30th anniversary of Sunshine City
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magpieSep. 30, 2008 - 12:46PM JST

The one on the right looks like a man and the left just looks awsome!

DBC....you do mean the other way around as in the one on your left....

Posted in: Manners more attractive than boobs, says Mika Kano
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magpieSep. 30, 2008 - 10:53AM JST

Hmmm personally prefer the Mandarin Oriental in HK and The Fullerton in Singapore.

Posted in: Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts voted 'Best Business Hotel Brand in Asia-Pacific'
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magpieSep. 29, 2008 - 01:28PM JST

Presto 345

Oh, forgot to mention that most Japanese women have excellent proportions - at a certain age, of course

I actually think that quite a lot of Japanese women have wonderful proportions nowadays. Whether you like them tall, small, thin, full figured, Japan nowadays has a lot to offer. And that is in a natural way, and without the surgeon's assistance.

On this topic of what did Kyoko look like before all the surgery, no idea. In general though, those who pursue the perfection of beauty via the surgeon's assistance are in pursuit of the impossible. Perfection is a non-existing concept, as it is the slight imperfection which I tend to find characterizes the true beauty. I mean growing up Michelle Pfeiffer was someone I thought was seriously hot and she is apparantly "far from perfect" in terms of facial balance etc (though by my efinition that is perfectly fine for me).

Look at Michael Jackson, along with the Kano sioster, a classic case where the surgeon's work takes them closer to looking like something far from perfect as they choose to look something closer to what they think is perfection.

In a nutshell, beauty is within the eye of the beholder. That may be the message the book aims to pass on but I think he authors may not be the right messenger to deliver such a message.

Posted in: Manners more attractive than boobs, says Mika Kano
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magpieSep. 26, 2008 - 01:51PM JST

Interesting....Frankie Goes to Hollywodd Relax...Now that you're wearing diapers, did the change the opening lyrics from

"Relax don't do it, When you want to go to it Relax don't do it, When you want to come"

to... "Relax GO do it, When you want to go to it Relax GO do it, When you want to pee"

Posted in: Japan holds diaper fashion show -- for adults
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magpieSep. 25, 2008 - 02:06PM JST

Kind of looks like a gathering hotel door men with their common uniforms...

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magpieSep. 24, 2008 - 02:51PM JST

The question si what happens to all those old CRT TVs? Another recycling mess coming up soon...

Posted in: Vested interests will make killing with digital broadcasts
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magpieSep. 24, 2008 - 02:35PM JST

All three are fine by me.

Posted in: Little Mermaid