JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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Confrontation
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California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
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Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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netrek
Disgusting!
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netrek
He should sue the tobacco companies and everyone in his town who smokes with assault. There is a ticking legal timebomb. If the developed nations ever allow class actions lawsuits by innocent victims of second hand smoke it could destroy the entire industry overnight. But the damn politicians will make sure that doesn't happen. No one has a "right" to assault someone with their cancer causing smoke. They know it is harmful, the producers know it is harmful, the governments know it is harmful yet it legal? Smoke is a type of poison and should be illegal.
Posted in: WHO honors Shizuoka boy ostracized over anti-smoking campaign
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netrek
rjd_jr contrast postwar Germany's actions regarding the people they victimized with that of Japan's. The Japanese govt. refuses to acknowledge large parts of agreed upon history (by just about every reputable historian in the war whos studies WWII), they are publishing textbooks which deliberately are revisionistic and distort history, they even go so far as to blame the victims (Chinese, Korean, Philippinos, etc) and claim the Japanese Imperial Army did them all a great favor by liberating and helping them (vis a vis mass rape, torture, genocide, and general mayhem and destruction), Japan refuses to compensate a single Comfort Woman, they still claim they were "forced" into cowardly attacking Pearl Habor and killing over 3,000 US soldiers while they slept in bed and before a state of war was announced, they refuse to rigrously and sincerely apologize for their atrocious behavior against so many groups of people, look at the amount of education in Germany that ensures EVERY German child knows exactly what evil their country effected, look at how much money Germany has spent on memorial, museums, compensation to victims' families, etc. Japan is in total denial about how much harm it did. I have personally interviewed relatives who fought in the Pacific Theatre and all personally knew friends tortured (and not Abu Ghraib level "torture" I'm talking INTENSE torture that mutilates them for life if it didn't kill them!) and murdered while PRISONERS OF WAR by Japan. Japan also refuses to fully acknowledge the Bhatan Death March, crimes against humanity in China where they did the most heinous experiments on Chinese people (disecting them while they were still alive, infecting them with deadly diseases, and other stuff to horrible to even type), genocide in China and Korea and other places and one could go on and on. Japanese may love peace now but their grandfathers sure knew how to cause living Hell for millions of innocent people. And Japanese leaders still pay homage at the Yasukuni war shrine where Class A war criminals like Tojo are buried.
Posted in: From war to peace - Japanese style
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netrek
“Attack from whom? From those the United States threatens?”
Oh please. Lets break out the blankets, hold hands and sing Kumbaya!
The author is extremely naive. Yes it's fine to extoll the virtues of peace, and what sane person would not prefer a state of peace to war but she is completely sidestepping the harsh realities we live in.
There are some very fanatical, evil, unyielding people in this world who are not happy to be at peace, they crave conflict, domination over others whether they are coming from religious, economic or political motivations.
Sometimes one is forced into war. It is the lesser of two evils. I agree war should not be entertained lightly but it will come eventually.
The author is lucky to have lived a priveleged comfortable life. Let her go live in North Korea for a while and see if it is right that perpetual "peace" be maintained for another 60 years while millions are chewed up and destroyed by their regime. Let her be a Jew living in Poland or Germany in the 1940s about to have their whole society and culture and very lives be taken from them while the world sits back and Chamberlain chirps "Peace in our time!".
I believe she is well intentioned but she is falling into the simple minded narrative of "The big bad US is the real source of trouble in the war! Stop causing wars you big imperialistic, threatening bullies!"
The US is not interested in Empire building, if we were this could have easily been the United States continent instead of North America.
There is a price to liberty and the freedoms we take for granted. It has been paid for by the blood and service of many who came before us and although regretable and painful there will be times when war will again be necessary to stop evil in the world.
Posted in: From war to peace - Japanese style
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netrek
Better to have a doting mother than to be spend one's childhood being raised by nannies, babysitters, daycare centers etc. I thank God my mother was there every day when we came home from school. You can't put a price tag on that. Having a strong relationship with one's mother is not dysfunctional nor does it cripple one in future relationships with females. I feel quite the contrary is true. This author is arrogant and simplistic and sloppy in his thinking.
Posted in: For Japanese men, dysfunction starts in the cradle
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netrek
Disgusting.
Posted in: Are young males losing interest in commercial sex?
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netrek
I'm so sick of South Korea and Japan bashing the US for helping then defend themselves. We should have pulled all US troops out of Korea and Japan a long time ago. If we had Japan and South Korea would now be part of the North's empire. But if we leave don't expect help in the future.
Posted in: Japan unlikely to follow U.S. on defense
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netrek
KenjiYamamoto that is a big chip you have on your shoulder mate.
Posted in: Japan unlikely to follow U.S. on defense
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netrek
If he was caught in the US with that much cocaine under federal law he would have gotten automatic life in prison. No freedom ater 14 or 11 years. I'm surprised his sentence is so light!
Posted in: Nick Baker sent back to Britain to finish jail sentence
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netrek
That reckless idiot driver drove ONTO THE SIDEWALK thus he is 100% at fault and it is NOT the fault of the child or the parents!
Posted in: 6-year-old boy dies after being hit by car in Tochigi
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netrek
This is insane! A 20 year old is in no way a minor! What the heck!?
Posted in: Is there anything to be gained by the media reporting the names of minors involved in crimes?
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netrek
realist: What do you mean by "metabolik"? Ah_so: What is furigana?
Posted in: PTA says 'London Hearts' is worst TV program
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netrek
Ugh this doesn't bode well. Sounds like whoever is in charge of Japan's national police force has to get off his arse and address these problems from the top down if local officials are indifferent.
Posted in: Wave of retirements impairs police investigative ability
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netrek
If so it will be hard to prevent unless you ban or carefully regulate these common household ingredients that are readily available at any supermarket! Look at the Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing, it was done with easily available fertilizer and other chemicals. All terrorists would need to do is make a huge batch of this hydrogen sulfide and release it in a dense population center. Very scary! What is the Japanese equivalent of our FBI? Maybe they now monitor the sale of these detergents and other common ingredients. But if there is a lot of people involved in the plot each could just buy a few ingredients so it would be hard to notice something unusual. Or they could even pay strangers to purchase it for them or get it directly off the black market with yakuza ties.
Posted in: Authorities in Japan are very lax when it comes to controls of toxic substances. I don’t think we have learned anything at all from our experience in the 1997 sarin attacks.
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netrek
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/welcome.html
All the stats are there broken down in many ways.
In 2006 Japan had 230,000 incidents of burglary reported and the US had 2,183,746.
In 2006 the estimated population of Japan was 128,000,000 and 303,000,000 for America so that is 0.001796875 burglaries per capita in Japan versus 0.0072070825 for America. So our burglary rate is 4.01 times greater than Japan's rate! Why is that? I shudder to compare the homicide rates it will be even more skewed.
Zach
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