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  • maplesugar at 09:11 PM JST - 7th October

    MeanRingo You can easily compare by Googling "elder abuse statistics", and you'll find that this problem is sadly widespread.

    Posted in 27 elderly people died after abuse at home in 2007: gov't survey at 09:11 PM JST - 7th October

  • maplesugar at 02:22 AM JST - 30th September

    cuddles2000, while I agree to a certain extent that there is more pressure for people to be married by a certain age here than in some other countries, that attitude is by no means universal. I know plenty of older mothers here who are happily married and happily raising children.…

    Posted in Police arrest mother for strangling 11-year-old son in Yokosuka at 02:22 AM JST - 30th September

  • maplesugar at 11:58 PM JST - 29th September

    bamboohat, 29 isn't especially old to have a child. I'm not sure where your assumption that she got pregnant so that she could get married before she "expires" came from. At any rate, very young parents with unplanned-for children also face a lot of stress which might lead the unstable…

    Posted in Police arrest mother for strangling 11-year-old son in Yokosuka at 11:58 PM JST - 29th September

  • maplesugar at 05:43 PM JST - 2nd June

    I agree too; this is outrageously overpriced for a three hour family event (yes, even for Tokyo USNinJapan2, and I've been here 9 years). At the "on the door" rate, it would be 20 000 yen for two kids and their parents. For three hours! It's disappointing because this is…

    Posted in Baby Loves Disco gets into its groove in Tokyo at 05:43 PM JST - 2nd June

  • maplesugar at 12:35 AM JST - 27th May

    I was so excited to hear that Baby Loves Disco had come to Japan My excitement was diminished when I found out tickets were 5000 yen/adults, 3000/kids. In the states all tickets are $12! Baby loves disco, but not THAT much.

    Posted in Balloon man at 12:35 AM JST - 27th May

  • maplesugar at 12:16 AM JST - 13th May

    It's not surprising that foreign women - those who are actually eager to date foreign men here - have a hard time, given the open hostility and disdain that so many foreign men have displayed on this thread.

    Personally I don't pick my partners based on broad cultural or racial…

    Posted in Foreign women in Japan sometimes remark how hard it is to get a date with foreign men. What are your views on this? at 12:16 AM JST - 13th May

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