JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Financial Advisor
- Select Asset Management KK, Tokyo
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- Salary: ¥125,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month
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mindovermatter
It's private property, they own the train station, he is a direct representative of the owner of that property, YES it is against the law to break those rules.
This isn't your buddy Kenji's house and his no-smoking sign in his genkan, this is a public facility, and their rules, as with no smoking in a movie theater is punishable by law.
Of course he was! What planet are these people living on...?
Posted in: Saitama train conductor assaulted after asking man to smoke in designated area
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mindovermatter
Well Oh.... That's makes it all OK...!
Don't worry, we treat everyone up to age 79 as a 12 year old, you are free to do what-ever you want, just remember to say the magic words, that you were drunk, and your mommy didn't love you, and it didn't matter who you kicked or wipe saliva on!
Posted in: Saitama train conductor assaulted after asking man to smoke in designated area
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mindovermatter
Absolutely! They are accomplices to murder at this point, until it could be proven otherwise. They should be charged, then let the facts come out.
Posted in: Man beats pedestrian to death in Kanagawa; says it didn't matter who
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mindovermatter
Here we go again with the lack of "Common-Sense," which came first, "Chicken or the Egg" Debate, among people hell bent on enforcing rules.
What-ever happened to "Mind Your Own Business...?"
The point being... Is it really worth all the trouble of being right, or just letting it go....?
I can't understand for the life of me, why it is people feel it's their job or sole purpose in life to take it upon themselves to enforce rules or regulations...?
Ok, well let's just start handing out ticket books to all the neighborhood Oyaji's, and they can start writing tickets, if they feel you need one for talking too loud, smoking or riding your bike.
Oh, but let's not forget being rude, we need to have special politeness Oyaji's and Obasan's to hand out these tickets too.
We all know it wasn't their fault that they got: punched, kicked, slapped, saliva wiped on them, pushed in front of a train or stabbed, That's Not the point, but why would you even go there...?
Come on dude...show a little common sense...Please
Posted in: Man beats pedestrian to death in Kanagawa; says it didn't matter who
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mindovermatter
I know what you mean, and with the exception of the, "don't stand to close to the edge of the platform" comment, everything you said, contradicts common-sense and reasoning in one way or another.
I know that guy was who punched the lady was 100% at fault, but is she a sworn officer of th train police, was it really her place to be getting involved in something like that...? I think not, unless this kid was playing the game while sitting on her lap or standing on her feet.
As for the construction guy, and the victim, we don't know what happened, but my only question would be, obviously the guy was in over his head, is there not some point, where good, god-given common-sense and reasoning kicks in and the fight or flight reaction takes over...?
We don't know what happened, but why would you walk so closely behind a bunch of drunk construction guys... Sure, he was in the right...
But does it matter now...? Was it worth his life...?
Is being right, better than being alive...?
Just think about that...
No if you are in that 1% of the population (obviously you are not japanese) that has no problem kicking the crap out of 3 construction workers, drunk at that, then you need not worry...
Walk where-ever you want, tell anyone to shut-off that video game, but I still wouldn't stand too close to the tracks, in case there is some sick, mommy-didn't love him, psycho-boy on the platform behind you...
Posted in: Man beats pedestrian to death in Kanagawa; says it didn't matter who
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mindovermatter
No... I wouldn't say it's totally an "Only in Japan" moment.. People get the dog crap kicked out of them all the time, I wonder how much of it was due to this guy's mentality and how much of it was due to the other guy just being a crazy fxxxhead.
I would be curious to know the demeanor and size of the person that died... They don't word one about who this guy was that died... Was he 10kg weakling...? (it seems more than likely, Japanese like to prey on smaller and defenseless people, particularly women and children)
Or did this guy, egg him on...?
I've had a JN guy blow smoke in my face, just trying to egg me on, but it would have been a similar outcome, had I laid a finger on him... (by the grace of god, I walked away, for his sake)
They have this mentality that nothing ever is going to happen to them.... Total Lack of common sense...! Period!
I have no idea what happened in this case, he could have been totally minding his own business, but why would he walk so closely behind a bunch of drunk construction workers, late at night...?
Didn't he have the common sense to run..?
Or was this another instance "Ganko Japanese Pride" over-riding common-sense...?
Posted in: Man beats pedestrian to death in Kanagawa; says it didn't matter who
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mindovermatter
Obviously you read into these stories on JT way too much. It doesn't say anything about, "No Police" presence in the office when the lady was struck again by this wack-job.
But you may be surprised to know that, the minute this station staff and/or Good Samaritans usher this woman and wack-job into that station office, they opened themselves up for liability.
If you do nothing and the woman gets hit, it's nobody's fault other than the person who hit her, but the minute you offer assistance, in the case of this instance, you are obligated to provide a safe area, free of harm or injury.
To summarize, they escort both the woman and wack-job into a room together, not a very good idea to begin with... It shows lack of common at the very least, but once they did that (Station Staff or Good Samaritan, passengers) They also had a responsibility to ensure her safety...
Posted in: Man held for punching 50-yr-old woman on Saitama train over playing games on cell phone
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mindovermatter
Very Good Point!
Yea...! That's 1st class police work for you... I hope the lady presses charges and files a law suit against those loser cops...
Unbelievable... Those cops would have been fired that same day, and the police department would be looking at a multi-million dollar law suit had that happened anywhere else...but Japan...
More ridiculous stuff...
Posted in: Man held for punching 50-yr-old woman on Saitama train over playing games on cell phone
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mindovermatter
This is News...?
What about trying to save your family...?
I would have rescued my family OR Not come out alive...
Go home...
Posted in: Motorcyclist campaigns to keep his family’s killer behind bars
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mindovermatter
How about having your teeth knocked out...
This is what happens when a whole society doesn't teach the difference between "RIGHT" AND "WRONG." You end up with punks like this, who probably had a completely expense paid university tuition and apart by mom and dad... Sadder yet, will grow up to be 55 year old punks, an accident waiting to happen...
Oh... little Jun-chan... You need some more money so you can buy a PS3..? You need rent money...? Don't worry mommy and daddy will give it to you...
The more you learn about Japan, the less you like it..... What a country..
Posted in: Man held for punching 50-yr-old woman on Saitama train over playing games on cell phone
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mindovermatter
Are you saying these were university kids..?
Because this JT article clearly states, "10 men" and we all know that in Japan, anyone under the age of 50 is considered a boy or teen.
Posted in: Four injured after 10 men brawl in Saitama family restaurant
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mindovermatter
Yes, and I would go even farther and blame 90% of this mess we're in because of Bush.
If any of you Republican's can remember back when Clinton left office and turned it over to George Dubya, the U.S. had a budget surplus, AND we were starting to pay down the Nat'l Debt....
Along comes George Dubya, who just happened to be on watch when 9/11 happened, sees that as an opportunity to carry out his PENAC agenda... (Project For A New American Century)
And after 8 years of dumbing down the american citizen, with unbelievable BS.... I think only idiots and republican's can believe that BS... And I know republican's that still think GW can do no wrong.... Total idiots...
What a sad state of affairs that dubya guy put the U.S. in...
Posted in: Obama forecasts record $1.75 tril deficit in his 1st budget
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mindovermatter
Are they joking....?
It's easier to kill or cripple somebody with a baseball bat than with a gun.
Posted in: Man arrested for hitting 15-year-old girl with metal bat in Yamaguchi
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mindovermatter
WTF are you talking about...?
An organized crime syndicate, by it's very nature, is illegal... Now whether the JN Gov't is stupid enough to let it exist, is another matter.
You would never hear any Mafioso in NY or Chicago openly acknowledging their membership in any criminal organization...
You know why... Because the minute they start acting like these Japanese gangs, they will get too much unwanted attention from the Feds...
You see there's this little statute called, RICO... And it basically makes it Illegal to operate as an Organized crime syndicate...
And if that isn't enough, there's another agency that takes care of all the other catch 22's that RICO doesn't cover... It's called the I.R.S.
Japan is such a silly country...
Posted in: Yakuza eligible for gov't Y12,000 handout
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mindovermatter
Wow....Roughly $100,000, where can we sign up for one of these part-time jobs...?
Posted in: Woman held for forcing daughter and her friend into prostitution
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mindovermatter
As much as I dislike the Clinton's, nothing she could do would amount to anything but good, as compared with the last 8 years of that lying, stealing, cheating crook we had in the white house...
Posted in: Clinton visits Meiji Shrine
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mindovermatter
You're partially right, True most colds and virus's are picked up during the winter, but it's NOT due to people spending more time in doors...
It's because the humidity is typically much lower during the winter, and subsequently, your body's primary natural defense mechanism, tiny hair follicles, located primarily in the respiratory tract, nose, mouth, throat, also ears, become dry and do not function as effectively.
Posted in: Entrance exam competition heats up
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mindovermatter
This is something they should be doing in College, like is required at U.S. and other western universities, not when they're 10 years old...
We all know that basically showing up for class is all that's required to sail through with any degree at Todai or any of the other highly sought universities in Japan....
They certainly don't learn critical thinking...
What a waste...
"Mom Look, I can read and write 2200 kanji's... I can pass the Todai exam...!"
Posted in: Entrance exam competition heats up
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mindovermatter
Yea, this is one of the Senior Oyaji's at my company....
Posted in: 83-yr-old man arrested for exposing himself to junior high school boys in Saitama
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mindovermatter
Absolutely, Youdontknow
This is what you would expect in China, if you Talked bad about the government there...
The only possible way these people could have been arrested in any "CIVILIZED" country, would be if they all 40 of them posted Death Threats... This would be a crime.
Telling somebody they suck online, amounts to kids play...
Come guys, paradogz and airrunwesker don't they teach critical thinking in Japan...?
Posted in: 18 people to be prosecuted over insulting messages on comedian's blog