JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- 加治金属工業株式会社, Tokyo
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- NPO法人グローバル教育推進機構（GLAD), Mie
- Salary: ¥230,000 / Month For a full working month. Some months differ.
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mastertigurius
At first, I didn't notice the UNI-CUB in the picture and thought Mori was doing a James Brown dance for the audience.
Posted in: No hands
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mastertigurius
The whole "A is impossible because B is Japanese"-thing must be one of the most frustrating things people say. I'm not even gonna sugarcoat it; it's flaming stinking racism, and if you're a Japanese person reading this and not understanding what I'm talking about, look the word up in Merriam-Webster (there are actually a lot of people who don't fully understand the definition of racism).
I beg all you young wonderful children of Japan to shake off the ignorance of your elders and prove that Japan is the wonderful country I always loved!
Posted in: Tokyo Disney Resort eases rules on same-sex weddings
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mastertigurius
I was actually surprised at how little it was....after the past few decades, I had gotten used to the misconception that the American president would have an endlessly vast fortune, but this is relatively modest compared to many other powerful Americans. Of course, it's not an "average Joe" income in any way, but the man even has a mortgage...compare that to Romney...
Posted in: Obama assets valued between $2.6 mil and $8.3 mil
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mastertigurius
Kodomo no Nomimono was probably the one drink that made me go more (o_O) than any other soft drink when I lived in Japan...tasty, though. :D
I really miss the soft drinks in Japan - for some reason, that's among the few commercial fields where the companies really don't bother playing it safe, and just let their creative juices run rampant. Going to the fridge in the convenience store was a little exploration all on its own.
Posted in: Strange drinks that come and go in the Japanese market
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mastertigurius
As a Norwegian, I thoroughly LOL at this article. :D
Posted in: White girl fronting Japanese rock band actually a Swedish boy
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mastertigurius
This brave woman reminds me of Aung San Suu Kyi.....a great leader, who never gives up, no matter how much danger she's putting herself in. I can't say Koofi will have much of a chance in the 2014 elections - especially with the way the "re-talibanization" is going right now. Never give up, though.
Posted in: Afghan woman sets sights on presidency in a man's land
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mastertigurius
I had a friend in secondary school who was a budding chemist....when he started talking about the periodic table and formulas, I would just gape in awe (he even knew the recipe for nitroglycerin by heart). Naturally, one of his favorite activities (like with most 14 year old boys) was to make things go boom, so he would regularly detonate some crazy concoction in the middle of nowhere...that Hokkaido-boy deserves a slap on the wrist, that's all....no need to involve the police over such things.
Posted in: Boy steals from high school chemistry lab to make explosives
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mastertigurius
I can imagine it: You're sitting with your friends in Gusto, and someone tries to take the last karaage. "AVADA KEDAVRA!!"
Posted in: Novelty chopsticks
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mastertigurius
Pictures or it didn't happen.
Posted in: London's Olympic stadium formally opens
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mastertigurius
As long as it's not Suntory Chocolate Sparkling....that was the most confusing drink I've ever tried.
Posted in: Pepsi Black
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mastertigurius
Repeatedly saying girls mature earlier than boys is about as mature as saying "my dad is stronger than your dad". Mental age depends on far more than just gender, so all those out there who love to yell "Sexism!" every chance they get; the stage is yours.
Posted in: From late primary school to middle school, girls develop faster than boys both physically and mentally. So it's inefficient for boys and girls to take the same classes together because their mental ages are different.
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mastertigurius
One of the reasons the psychiatrists are having a tough time is that ABB is backing up his deeds with a lot of ideological rhetorics, while at the same time proving to be severely misinformed and lacking in factual knowledge. This would make him seem evil, but sane...along the same lines as Hitler or Stalin. However, his paranoid delusions about government plots to have him executed without a trial and mad lynch mobs dragging him out in the streets of Oslo for a public hanging tips the scales the other way. If you ask me, no sane person would be able to think and do things the way he does, but then history proves me wrong.
Posted in: Breivik rails at psychiatrists for calling him insane
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mastertigurius
To sit on the other side of the world and watch the news the day after it happened was heartbreaking...Norwegians tend to be rather proud and patriotic people, and to see the almost idyllic country I grew up in turned into a flaming bloodbath was too much. People in my country are having a tough time right now, with all the slowly healing wounds being ripped up again by the poisonous tongue of the horrible man who did all this.
The best way you can help is very simple, and quite enjoyable. Go outside and make friends with someone....anyone...no matter what their faith, color or background is. The only way to defeat ABB's message of hate, is by showing love to one another.
Posted in: Court in shock as Norway gunman describes massacre
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mastertigurius
We (Norwegians) have a maximum prison sentence of 21 years, but there is an alternate sentence called "forvaring" (which Breivik is sure to get, unless found insane). This sentence carries an initial mandatory 21 years imprisonment in a high security facility. After the initial time, the inmate will be eligible for a hearing, where they will determine whether he still poses a threat to society. If deemed a threat, he will be held for another 5 years before he can have a new hearing. This process can go on indefinitely, and in Breivik's case, most of the experts in media are pretty certain he will never again be free.
All my thoughts and sympathy go out to the victims and bereaved after this horrible tragedy.
Posted in: Norway killer says he aimed for far higher death toll
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mastertigurius
I do get what you mean, but what would they be booking them on? Most civilized nations have already seen what happens when the police gets free reins to act (kempeitai?), and people would not be happy if officers were arresting yakuza randomly, only to have to free them a couple days later.
Posted in: Sumo wrestlers take part in anti-yakuza parade
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mastertigurius
I'm Norwegian, and have to say I'm very relieved at the conclusion made by the court psychiatrists. If Breivik had been found insane, he would've been sentenced to psychiatric care, thus being released back into society whenever he had been deemed to be well.
I don't believe he's insane (per se)....he just has insane ideas in the same way as Stalin or Hitler did. This is what happens when ideologies go too far without interference.
I do understand why a lot of people would want to see him get the death penalty. However, it would only serve his ends....he would be able to consider himself a martyr dying gloriously for his cause, with the expectation that he would serve to inspire generations after him. Also worth mentioning; death penalty is illegal in Norway.
That's not the way I want him to go, anyway....when he goes, he should feel lower than a turd under a shoe....he should spend life in prison with access to media, so he can see all the ridicule against him, people mocking him and his ideas, and the fact that nothing he did moved Norwegian politics anywhere near his direction. I want him to see that Norway is becoming more diverse each year, and embraces more cultures than ever before....all of his worst nightmares should come true while he's still alive. I hope he lives a long and awful life behind bars, forever knowing that he never made a difference. If he ever gets out, that will probably be the time he gets his death sentence.
Posted in: Norway gunman sane, says new psychiatric probe
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mastertigurius
Please rephrase that to loosely based, as the writer of the screenplay veritably spat in the face of people who loved the original novels. My advice; watch the movie, if only for shits and laughs, or gawking at the rather impressive visual effects. Then read the novels and see how fantasy/sci-fi is properly done...even better than Drizzt!
Posted in: Get Carter
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mastertigurius
Violating Japanese airspace is more than enough of a threat already, especially considering how NK has been rattling their sabers about nuclear weapons up till now. A nuclear weapon is commonly detonated as an air burst for maximum efficiency, so Japan needs to get far more serious about protecting their territories. ASDF should keep their finger on the button, and the second that missile crosses into Japanese territorial waters, it should be blown out of the sky.
Posted in: Gov't orders SDF to destroy N Korean rocket 'if necessary'
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mastertigurius
Isn't it wonderful to know that we can put a price on human lives? Also interesting to keep in mind that a US Marine is probably worth more than $250,000 when you count equipment, training, lodging, food etc.
Posted in: Afghans: U.S. paid $50,000 per shooting spree death
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mastertigurius
With what happened last year in my home country (Norway) freshly in mind, you definitely don't want random people getting a hold of police uniforms. The authorities are right to investigate that buffoon for putting a uniform up for sale, even though it wasn't actually sold.
Posted in: Assistant police inspector put uniform up for auction online