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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mareo2
Few people is going to complain if SK cross the border and retaliate the Cheonan incident by killing north koreans soldiers. Encourage north koreans soldiers in the border to desert to the south and live free, is far more human.
Posted in: Seoul resumes psychological warfare with Pyongyang
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mareo2
With all due respect can I call your attention to some facts?
SEOUL Thu May 6, 2010 10:19pm EDT - Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6460FC20100507
Seoul 2010/05/07 14:00 KST - Yonhap news
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2010/05/07/2/0301000000AEN20100507005400315F.HTML
The key point is the dates. Today is may 24 after the ending of the investigation, that was mentioned in May 7 and 6 on the begining of the investigation, these is not new for people following the news closely as the south koreans do and the ROK gobernament taked many steps for be transparent with the investigation from the begining. It dont look to me like the story changed just when the Un get interested, the investigation concluded that the torpedo was made in North Korea. I dont read any news about experts from the investigation team going back and saying that the torpedo was made in Germany.
Posted in: Who do you think was behind the sinking of a South Korean warship on March 26?
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mareo2
I find amazing that some people can believe that the Obama administration can kill sailors of an ally of the US. What is so difficult to believe that Kim can do something as despicable as an sneak attack?
Example A: Blowing the Korean Air Flight 858, the surviving perpetrator reckoned that it was an order from Kim and even writed a book.
Example B: Kidnaped South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee and her film-director husband Shin Sang-ok for producing propaganda films that glorified Kim Il Sung and his son, Kim Jong Il. The couple escaped to South Korea in 1986.
Example C: The abductions of Japanese citizens from Japan by agents of the North Korean government happened during a period of six years from 1977 to 1983. The North Korean government has officially admitted abducting 13 Japanese citizens.
Elvis bizarre records make him a prime suspect, even without the evidence that ROK collected and analized a time long enough and with an international team that give credibility to their conclusions.
NK dont need high tech for do an ambush, time for make preparations can replace the lack of equipment. The "stealth fleet" is a bunch of old submarines and mini-subs that focuse on surprise attacks and covert operations, they know well the aerea where they operate, the coast of the korean peninsula.
P.S. "Why is not Japan in the list", the DPJ? A pacifist country with a more diplomatic administration? With that line of thinking "why the martians are not in the list to?".
Sorry for the rant.
Posted in: Who do you think was behind the sinking of a South Korean warship on March 26?
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mareo2
I agree with smithinjapan. Yes, I an go without a cell phone for calls, but then I need a pocket clock or a wrist watch with alarm and calendar and read news on the internet when I am eating (I know bad manners). If we can replace the credit card, keys and ID with the cell phone, then is going immpossible dont carry one. But until then is like an electronic version of the swiss army knife. I can live without one, but I like having one. Just like cars.
Posted in: Could you go a day without using your cell phone?
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mareo2
If there is jobs, people flow to there. If not, is ghost town. People cant live without a job. PR dont change reality.
Posted in: Tottori struggles to keep population from shrinking further
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mareo2
I eatead american, ausie, japanese, brazilian and argentine beef. Sadly, I dont tried canadian yet. If we talk about who produce the tastiest I think that is the argentine beef for export to luxury restaurants. But if we talk about what is going to eat the majority of the world, is the cheaper low quality meat from feedlots. No matter what some people say about fat, I dont like fat on my beef. In my opinion fat is for minced meat in the hamburgers.
Posted in: Which country's beef gets your vote for the tastiest?
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mareo2
herefornow -- I take that you dont hang out much with japanese. When I see common japanese citizens near the nationalists, the majority ignore them and keep walking. If they are forced to stay near them, they can look embarrased if a foreigner look at them. If a foreigner ask to them "what is that?", some can even feign ignorance. People dont sympatize with groups that have reputation of links with yakuzas and most think that ask the help of the police is pointless, because these groups have links with conservatives in the LDP. They are "untochable-nuts".
Posted in: Right-wingers vow to block release of 'The Cove' in Japan
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mareo2
The uyoku-dantai is a minority that live with blinders and look to the past with rose-colored glasses. They are free to express their opinions, but the police must to keep an eye on them for avoid violence from fanatics.
Posted in: Right-wingers vow to block release of 'The Cove' in Japan
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mareo2
The fact that the US gobernament own 60% of GM, dont improve the image of fairness. Maybe Toyota have to take these to the international court of justice.
Posted in: Toyota hit with $16 mil fine over recalls in U.S.
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mareo2
Move them to Osaka's artificial island. The best of the best for okinawans and osakans.
Posted in: What is the best way to resolve the Futenma base relocation problem?
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mareo2
Now, yes. But less bases than before. Today enviroment is more about trade and currency, than about soldiers and nukes.
If J leaders try "really" hard to improve relations with China and South Korea, in 25 years, less bases are going to be needed.
If the the East Asian Communitty become real and not just "a pipe dream", in 50 years, maybe no US bases are going to be neded. But that is too far in to the future, perhaps beyond our lifetimes.
People talk like it can happen overnight, but in J changes happen at glacial speed (2 meters per year), so dont hold your breath or talk like is the end of the world just because the relocation of "one base".
Posted in: Does Japan need to host any U.S. bases at all?
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mareo2
M51T at 04:23 AM JST - 28th March
I remember the ex-PM Aso. He is famous for be a big fan of read manga and become infamous for have problems in reading some kanjis during spechs. Some people criticized him for use to often the phrase "nantonaku".
Posted in: The Japanese media and its Orwellian nature
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mareo2
The media in J is so dumb, that I stoped watching TV years ago. Long exposure can flaten your brain wavelentgh.
Posted in: The Japanese media and its Orwellian nature
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mareo2
They hardly can feed temselves and keep wasting resource preparing for an US invasion that never happen. In place of fear, I feel pity for them.
Posted in: N Korea reportedly has medium-range missile division
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mareo2
Guys, I think that the question is very clear that is about "animated films". Avatar show real actors, so is not animated, in the best case is an hibrid. Scoby do, Salior Moon, Monster, Deathnote, Simpons, Family Guy and South Park are TV programs. In the best case they get adaptations to movies, that looks like a very long episode or a very compresed serie. If the question have to be more narrowed like some people said before on these thread, then expand it to hibrids and adaptations maybe is not a good idea.
Damien15
I agree with nemoflow that you need to elaborate what do you mean with frames rates, because I never saw a noticiceable differencein a movie theater. I want to bealive that you are not making comparations by downloading low quality copies and watching them on your computer.
Also lipsinc is less important than voice acting, you can have a perfect lipsinc and a poor voice acting can destroy the emotion of an scence more than poor lipsinc. Some movies made me feel like I wasted my time and dont was worth my money, because it was just high tech but a mediocre artwork, for example Final Fantasy was forgetable. To be honest I am more interested in if the tale is inspiring and/or touching. If you measure quality by tech in place of art. Then obviusly we never are going to agree.
Posted in: Are American animated films better than Japanese ones in terms of quality?
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mareo2
J, because US animated films is mostly CG for kids. Compare "Toy Story" or "Shreek" with something like "Ghost in the Shell" or "5 cms per second".
Posted in: Are American animated films better than Japanese ones in terms of quality?
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mareo2
The town version of the zombie business. When something is "brain dead" just cut the life support (AKA as subsidies), have some dignity.
Posted in: Yubari film festival opens in Hokkaido
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mareo2
I agree in a mitting, but put that on TV is not what in english is called media-circus?
Posted in: Toyota chief's U.S. testimony closely watched in Japan
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mareo2
Hmm... More paranoid nationalism? These ideas spread by the media only encourage xenophobia. Is the result of chose to cope with a shrinking economic growt in place of keep growing with inmigration. In my humble opinion we need to learn from Europe that demolish national barriers is good for peace and business.
Posted in: Magazine airs anxieties over China's burgeoning economic clout
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mareo2
If is adapted to a "foreigner" taste, how it can be called "traditional"?
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