Wednesday February 15, 2012

JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

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mummetAug. 09, 2009 - 11:08PM JST

saw them new years in NZ they were awesome, got through NZ immigration fine

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mummetAug. 01, 2009 - 01:43PM JST

here is an interesting article. The photo aint the best I think its OK. What's the difference between a garter and panties and a bikini? Wheres the moral outrage their. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/disgrasian/whats-the-difference-betwb249180.html

"Yeah, it's really pervy, but we are talking a beauty pageant"--an event where coating one's teeth with Vaseline, shoving one's tits up their chin with tape, and spouting ignorant drivel from the stage are all kosher, if not recommended. Jen also ventured that the outfit might even be evidence of progress: maybe the Miss Universe Japan people are boldly stepping ahead of the curve, finally recognizing that the world kinda views the Japanese as pretty... pervy,

LoL at the last part

Posted in: Barrage of complaints force Miss Universe Japan to change costume design for finals
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mummetJun. 22, 2009 - 11:30AM JST

theres a bit on wikipedia about it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail why the US is on the list is ridiculous seeing they have only the Acela Express however they are planning to build some. Europe would have to be the best with the largest network

Posted in: Who has the best high-speed rail technology in the world?
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mummetJun. 14, 2009 - 08:51PM JST

FYI because of the Soviet Union tens of millions of people lost their lives.

Irrelevant, USSR did not start the war

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After the war, Kentaro Suzuki and others from his government and their apologists claimed they were secretly working towards peace, and could not publicly advocate it. They cite the Japanese concept of haragei—"the art of hidden and invisible technique"—to justify the dissonance between their public actions and alleged behind-the-scenes work. However, many historians reject this interpretation. Robert J. C. Butow

oh, you mean that effort by the japanese to cease the war. Please try and argue the Question all this provides nothing to the argument of Russia handing the Islands over or not, you're an apologist and just trying to detract from the question. What ever happened in the end the Islands are controlled by Russia and the international community largely accepts that they are Russian

Posted in: Should Russia return the four disputed islands off Hokkaido to Japan?
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mummetJun. 14, 2009 - 03:16PM JST

Seiharinokaze Im not talking about if Russia was an expansionist Empire or not, the size or Russia and Japan has no meaning to this discussion at all. If were talking about History I think it was the Yalta talks that it was decided Britain and US launch an Invasion in Western Europe to help the Russians then when Germany was defeated Russia being an allied power Since June 1941 would enter the war against Japan.

Russia committed a crime against peace??? Because of Japan tens of millions of people lost their lives, I'm glad Russia entered the war against Japan it brought a swift conclusion to the end of the war and helped restore China. Try reading about Japans strategic dilemma of the Northern and Southern Strategies. Try arguing the point rather than trying to detract the argument.

Either way it changes nothing, Japan started the war and if they had one the war in the Pacific they would have launched another war against the USSR. Japan lost, lost its territory and its time it came to deal with that.

Posted in: Should Russia return the four disputed islands off Hokkaido to Japan?
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mummetJun. 11, 2009 - 04:16PM JST

Tosaken As to the validity of wikipedia, being an academic I realise its flaws but its a reasonably accurate readily available resource for all. Yes you could rewrite wikipedia but doing so doesnt prove anything. My point was that Russia was involved with that Island and thus can make a historical claim to it. The interaction of peoples in those islands was not a one way affair and Japans historical claim to them is not as finite as many think. I think it would be great if American Indians got compensation or parts of their land back that goes for North and South. You may want to try and bait an American with that line. I dont think the Islands should go back to Japan, yes Russia did break the non-aggression pact with japan, however Japan attempted an invasion of the soviet union in 1939 it launched a surprise attack against Russia in 1905, Japan historically has been the aggressor against Russia. If Russia had not invaded Japan might not have surrendered because the real reason Japan surrendered was fear of communist Russia. Japan being the aggressor in WWII deserved to lose its territory.

Posted in: Should Russia return the four disputed islands off Hokkaido to Japan?
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mummetJun. 08, 2009 - 09:22AM JST

though this about one island and from wikipedia it gives an accurate History that shows Russias right to those Islands are not unfounded. Japan lost the war and signed the San Francisco treaty they gave up claim to those Islands. It would be like Germany trying to claim Prussian lands it lost after WWII. The borders changed after WWII and Japan needs to deal with that, it lost the war and deserved to lose its territorial integrity. they are lucky they didnt lose more, had it not been for the cold war Japan would have lost alot more than a few scattered Islands.

Russian fur traders appeared in the 18th century, hunting sea otter and seizing foreign ships in the area. There were clashes between the Russians and the Ainu in 1772, and the Russians left for a time, but soon returned. G.F. Muller’s Voyages & Découvertes faites par les Russes (Amsterdam, 1766) contained a list and description of the Kuril islands, including Urup whose people were said to trade with the Japanese but were not under their control. A small Russian presence was established on Urup by the fur trader Ivan Chernyi in 1768, acting on instructions from the governor of Siberia. During the 1770s it was the base for attempts to establish trade with the Japanese on Yezo (Hokkaido) which came to an end when it was destroyed by a tsunami in June 1780.[2] In 1801, the Japanese government officially claimed control of the island, incorporating it into Ezo Province (now Hokkaidō Prefecture). This would soon lead to clashes with Russia over Urup and the other Kurils. The island officially became Russian territory in 1855, with a treaty that established a border at the strait between Urup and Etorofu (Iturup), but was traded back to Japan twenty years later in exchange for Sakhalin Island. It was during this time that the island came under the administration of the Hokkaidō prefectural authorities, and the Ainu were forced out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urup

Posted in: Should Russia return the four disputed islands off Hokkaido to Japan?
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mummetMay. 26, 2009 - 01:20PM JST

By the way, does anyone know why http://crnjapan.com is off line? It was run by someone in China, possibly Mr. Wong.

you mistyped the address its http://www.crcjapan.com/

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mummetMay. 22, 2009 - 03:45PM JST

its Cliff Richard

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mummetJan. 03, 2009 - 07:51AM JST

think of ways to best do their jobs. wow what a concept who would have thought of something like that mind boggling.

kaizen encourages people to ask “why” five times. from my experience in Japan, Japanese people are the least likely to ever ask why.

Posted in: Ask why: American states seek efficiency via Japanese way
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mummetAug. 24, 2008 - 10:07AM JST

smithinjapan 48 girls in school uniforms dancing and singing...the oyaji will be loving it

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mummetApr. 25, 2008 - 09:47AM JST

several interesting things the cop covering the perp is that 6 shooter hes got? who uses them anymore except dirty harry? also if this perp

premise that terrorists armed with bombs and guns

has guns and bombs where are they how did the police disarm him from these guns and bombs and very few police for a group of terrorists armed with guns and bombs. i guess the guy stood there until arrested and put to the ground. no realism rather pathetic

Posted in: Anti-terrorism drill in Tokyo
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mummetMar. 31, 2008 - 03:35PM JST

bring back the older one please or change the older design to your fancy red stripe. i dont even read the headlines now too hard to tell where sections are and what they are

also not user friendly for quote of the day that seems to have massively dropped off

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mummetMar. 31, 2008 - 05:39AM JST

oh also there is no threat to japan by any country in the world

Posted in: Japan completes missile defense system deployment
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mummetMar. 31, 2008 - 05:38AM JST

yes and im sure itll work just fine not like Japan to hype their own capabilities or fudge data or take short cuts for the sake of kick backs or to implement a system wrong or build things in the wrong place like fault lines.

if it ever had to be used im pretty sure it wont work

Posted in: Japan completes missile defense system deployment
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mummetMar. 28, 2008 - 05:40AM JST

seems the majority of views are negative about the new site so are JT gonna change it back?

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mummetMar. 27, 2008 - 04:17PM JST

dont like it not as easy to use and will visit the site alot less now

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