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  mrsynikFeb. 12, 2012 - 09:03AM JST

  Thousands of people marched against nuclear power Saturday, amid growing worries about the restarting of reactors idled after the March 11 meltdown disaster in northeastern Japan.

  That's all well and good. Are these same people going to refrain from using electricity until the wind an solar farms are built to meet Japan's base load demand?

  I don't think so.

  Posted in: Thousands in Tokyo march against nuclear power

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  mrsynikFeb. 11, 2012 - 12:11AM JST

  Who needs Jokestar's woeful service. Japan should know better.

  Posted in: Jetstar Japan to start domestic flights in July

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  mrsynikFeb. 10, 2012 - 03:38AM JST

  Another generation of dreary salarymen.

  Posted in: Job-hunting season

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  mrsynikFeb. 02, 2012 - 07:22PM JST

  Nice, wish I was there on my skis!

  Posted in: Hard work

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  mrsynikJan. 26, 2012 - 06:36PM JST

  Make sure you watch this with the Mute button on otherwise the grunting will shatter the glass and mirrors in your house!

  Posted in: Sharapova to face Azarenka in women's final at Australian Open

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  mrsynikJan. 24, 2012 - 06:52PM JST

  then watched a porsche cayenne slide down an icy hill backwards into a brick wall

  That's the best place for one of those ghastly vehicles.

  Posted in: 53 injured in snow-related accidents in Tokyo region

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  mrsynikJan. 20, 2012 - 06:33PM JST

  Shouldn't the headline say "A traffic Ham" ?

  Posted in: Escaped pigs cause traffic jam on Hanshin expressway

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  mrsynikJan. 14, 2012 - 01:54AM JST

  So we can expect a new series of Carry On films if the goal is bums on seats rather than quality flicks?

  Posted in: Make money not arthouse films: British PM tells industry

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  mrsynikJan. 04, 2012 - 12:36AM JST

  Like those T Shirts you got as a kid, it should read "My comrade went to North Korea, and all I got was this lousy dictator."

  Posted in: Chinese site hawking Kim Jong-Il T-shirts

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  mrsynikDec. 23, 2011 - 09:00PM JST

  The photo looks like its from the Army Surplus store in the movie Falling Down.

  Posted in: Deck the halls at the best Tokyo men's outfitters

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  mrsynikDec. 22, 2011 - 06:53PM JST

  "they should also remind party goers it is not good manners to barf on train platforms or in front of stations."

  Here here. Why cant they barf on the track, over the side of the platform or in a garden or rubbish bin if they can't hold it in. Why do I have to a) watch you puke your guts and b) then have to tread my way through your partially digested ramen?

  Posted in: Subway manners

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  mrsynikDec. 20, 2011 - 07:15PM JST

  Omotesando makes me cringe at the best of times. Wasting energy on outlandish lights on the street of crassness while people in Fukushima freeze is just disgusting.

  Posted in: Omotesando nights

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  mrsynikDec. 15, 2011 - 11:51PM JST

  The Shotengai's that are outside Tokyo and the major cities are even more interesting, as they are like the English High Streets from many years ago. I like how they are covered with rooves, particularly in Sapporo with the snow and in summer, the covers over the Kokura and Takamatsu Shotengai's were a blessing.

  Posted in: Forget the glitz and find the real Tokyo in its shopping streets

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  mrsynikDec. 13, 2011 - 12:55AM JST

  i am all for Chinese tourists at ski resorts, just as long as they remember it is not China and no jumping the ski lift lines.

  That, and remember to keep the noise down in the apres-ski onsen, and not to shout loud enough so that the folks back home can hear them - saw that happen at Shiga Kogen last season.

  The only guys I have a problem is are the chinpira and gyarus that come for the fashion parade on their boards and keep on sitting in the middle of the slope and entering the difficult slopes and becoming live obstacles

  They're a major pain in the a***.

  Posted in: Chinese tourists drive Japan's winter resort recovery

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  mrsynikDec. 12, 2011 - 07:59PM JST

  Citigroup up to no good in Japan yet again? When will those clowns ever learn?

  Posted in: Citigroup, UBS accused of rate manipulation in Japan

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  mrsynikDec. 08, 2011 - 09:36PM JST

  Scumbag.

  Posted in: 49-year-old man kicks 9-year-old boy in face, breaking his nose

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  mrsynikDec. 07, 2011 - 09:43PM JST

  It still amazes me how much a Pizza costs to buy in Japan. 25% off the regular price there is still rediculous. Whoever designed that coupon webpage should be fired. One of the most user-unfriendly web pages I've seen in a while.

  Posted in: Domino Pizza offering unique discounts

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  mrsynikDec. 02, 2011 - 06:41PM JST

  This really is a storm in a teacup. Like many have said, the trains do infact drive themselves after the driver has pushed a couple of buttons after receiving the all clear to proceed from the guard. I suspect they were not making calls while this was happening. Just another example of JT Tokai treating its staff like robots.

  Posted in: 8 bullet train drivers used cell phones while driving: JR Tokai

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  mrsynikNov. 30, 2011 - 06:54PM JST

  protesting against too many Korean dramas being shown on Japanese TV.

  You have got to be kidding. With all the problems Japan faces, this is what these numbnuts choose to protest about? FFS!

  Posted in: Korean drama backlash

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  mrsynikNov. 29, 2011 - 06:46PM JST

  IMHO Politics is really the cancer of the society.

  If politics is a cancer, then what is the system that is in place in North Korea? AIDS?

  I say good luck to the new guy in Osaka. But don't listen to the Tokyo Village Idiot (Ishihara) for advice.

  Posted in: Central gov't to keep eye on Hashimoto's reforms for Osaka

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