Tuesday February 14, 2012

JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

mimitchy's past comments

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mimitchyFeb. 08, 2012 - 10:51AM JST

Oh, yes, the U.S, Marines have totally and completely conquested the Japanese on Okinawa!

not sure if he's concurring or is ignorantly sarcastic.

Posted in: U.S., Japan begin talks on sending 4,700 Marines to Guam
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mimitchyFeb. 02, 2012 - 11:27PM JST

LOL, Japan is protesting and planning to waste time finding cute names for some islands (see separate story), and China is drilling. Does anyone really need any more indication of where the power in Asia now resides? Get used to being an also-ran, Japan. Protest all you want. Even make meaningless threats if you will. But China knows that the Japanese economy is way too dependent on trade with China, so they hold all the cards.

You make an interesting point because if you look back in history, the early Yamato princes crowned themselves Emperor in direct challenge against the Chinese emperors' assertion of hegemony over Japan. In doing so Japan lost so much trade rights with the China and her suzerain states.

Posted in: Japan protests to China over undersea gas drilling
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mimitchyFeb. 02, 2012 - 09:15PM JST

Oh, her family name is Triendl, good relief! that sounds almost as heavy as 'Gertrude'

Posted in: Reina Triendl joins White Family in Softbank Mobile ads
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mimitchyFeb. 02, 2012 - 09:07PM JST

The only westerners interested in asian music would be those westerners who also happen to be asian. And maybe a few anime/manga nerds - but that's about it!!

So true, The appreciative gulf between Eastern and Western music seems to be crossable by only those who are ...quirky. You can find that most Japanese who listen to western pop music are somewhat unstable. Even worse, those teenagers or 20 somethings who listen to English speaking indie music are sure to have identity disorders and exhibit anti-social behaviour.

Posted in: Asian stars woo Western record market
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mimitchyJan. 19, 2012 - 03:34PM JST

Here we go again! Stupid cold islands in the middle of no where with more sheep than human citizens, call them the Falklands, call the Las Malvinas, what ever you want, but I do hope the UK and Argentina do not go at it again, oil??

It's like New Zealand with importance

Posted in: British PM stokes war of words over Falklands
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mimitchyJan. 19, 2012 - 02:35PM JST

I agree with Netninja is it wrong to take up the courage to defile the graves of soldiers that fought against their own country in contempt? or fire bomb the embassy of their nation? Who ever says otherwise is a pathetic liberal.

Posted in: Police issue arrest warrant for Chinese man in Seoul over Yasukuni arson attack
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mimitchyDec. 13, 2011 - 11:22PM JST

Is this the one where they help Tomomi Itano communicate with her home planet?

Posted in: Second AKB48 documentary to hit cinemas on Jan 27
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mimitchyDec. 13, 2011 - 11:02PM JST

The F-35B's STOVL capability was the only appealing feature of the jet, and Japan refused to get that one..

WHY?

Posted in: Japan likely to buy Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighters: media
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mimitchyDec. 04, 2011 - 08:52PM JST

Never forget! the blatant hypocrisy of the US-Commonwealth Allies during WWII!

Posted in: Japanese return to Canada's WWII internment camps
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mimitchyDec. 04, 2011 - 02:31PM JST

Silly me, God has no place in science.

But why does the idea of bringing back extinct species to life seem to somehow grossly disturbs the course of life on this planet? It's like trying to hop onto a different track of reality permanently.

Posted in: Japan, Russia see chance to clone mammoth
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mimitchyDec. 04, 2011 - 02:16PM JST

What's the point?

To show the world how inflated their God complex is?

Posted in: Japan, Russia see chance to clone mammoth
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mimitchyDec. 03, 2011 - 09:23PM JST

Edano says Japan's corporate governance on par with U.S.

Why does he say it like it's a good thing?

Posted in: Edano says Japan's corporate governance on par with U.S.
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mimitchyDec. 03, 2011 - 01:54PM JST

So I guess in your way of thinking it's justifiable to say what ever one wants to based upon where the people in question live or what their ethnicity is? No need to apologize for being arrogant and crass.

In his defense, a disproportionate number of US Forces in Japan continue to be stationed on that one island with the consent of the Yamato electorates at large.

Now, the Okinawans could declare independence or petition for new terms of federacy/union with Japan but they don't.

Posted in: Defense minister apologizes to Okinawa governor for official's 'rape' remarks
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mimitchyDec. 02, 2011 - 12:35AM JST

Headline should read: China launches aircraft carrier, doesn't have technology to land planes

Posted in: Japan concerned as China's first aircraft carrier starts second trial
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mimitchyDec. 01, 2011 - 05:35PM JST

Can you believe it? it's still cheaper to fly than it is to go by Shink.

Posted in: ANA flight canceled after pilot exceeds safe alcohol limit
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mimitchyNov. 30, 2011 - 01:54PM JST

In their defense, these dramas are crap. But the few J-doramas that the studios here still manage to produce on a shoe string budget are worse, if not, just as terrible. I avoided this year's Taiga drama altogether, the same choice I should've made with that Antarctic expedition show with that Smap hack on Sundays, it looks like a bad high school stage play.

BTW, is that a guy cosplaying as a Vocaloid?

Posted in: Korean drama backlash
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mimitchyNov. 25, 2011 - 10:28PM JST

NIMBY or is this the beginning of a revolt?

Posted in: Naha prosecutors indict civilian employee of U.S. base after SOFA revision
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mimitchyNov. 25, 2011 - 06:34PM JST

want to lead a healthy life? for starters, move out of the 23 wards.

Posted in: Radioactive strontium found in 3 locations in Tokyo
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mimitchyNov. 25, 2011 - 04:54PM JST

The hard part is maintaining a regime that will actually pay us back.

Posted in: Japan to give $750 million in loans to Iraq
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mimitchyNov. 18, 2011 - 02:08AM JST

I'm glad they are OK

But they got lucky.

From the details of the ordeal, it seems the brave pair did not have a mobile phone or cell signal coverage. Wow this is amazing, because a typical Japanese on the mainland would most surely fall into a coma as soon as they become separated from their mobile phones or receive a cell signal strength of 2 bars or less. "I have been severed from the collective [mailing friends], I guess I don't have anything to do now than shut myself down!"

Posted in: Lost 81-yr-old man, granddaughter, 3, kept warm by their dog until rescued